Chapter 1633 Doomsday Mural
To put it bluntly, ciphertext is to encrypt text, such as the famous Caesar cipher and the acrostic poems of our dynasty, which can be regarded as a type of ciphertext.
Generally speaking, if there is no corresponding decryption method, you have to spend a lot of time studying the text patterns to find out how to read it. Time...
Even the most adept wordsmiths take anywhere from a few years to a few decades.
But it doesn’t have to be cracked hard, Flavia is still there.
As a member of the royal family of Subia, he must know how to interpret it. It would be a bit funny if he couldn't understand the information collected in his family's secret room.
Anyway, take all the slates back and let Flavia identify them.
Aldee opened the magic bag and numbered the slates with an oil-based pen to avoid confusion. Zola carefully picked up the numbered slate and stuffed it inside.
The earliest slate was hundreds of years ago, and even the latest one was two hundred years ago. There were some cracks on the slate, and it might break if moved too much.
Then the trip was in vain.
Nemea was wandering around the secret room, seemingly looking for possible treasures. After this adventure, he didn't even see a room full of gold. It really felt like something was missing.
This girl obviously didn't realize that the adamantine dagger on her waist, regardless of the value after enchantment, the material price alone was worth an entire well-maintained castle, even if the dagger was only mixed with adamantine and not pure essence. Made of gold.
When looking for possible treasures, Nemea naturally set his sights on the murals.
"What's painted on this?"
"Maybe it's the founding history of Subia. There are similar things in Oswea's family secret room."
It should be said that all demon kingdoms are similar and will be displayed in the form of murals, mostly to let future generations know how awesome I used to be.
Aldai didn't pay too much attention and continued to install slates inside, but Neemia said:
"Um...it doesn't look like the history of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Some places look inexplicable."
These words caught Aldai's attention, and after the last stone slab was inserted, she went over to take a look.
There is a number in the upper left corner of the mural to tell you which side to look at from.
The first thing that appeared was a man dressed as a warrior stepping on the head of an ogre. This probably recorded what happened to the founding monarch of Subia during his adventurer period.
The second picture is of a warrior marrying a nobleman's daughter. Putting it here is a bit of a show of affection.
The third picture is of a warrior leading an army. Although the founding of Subia was sudden, it was not entirely smooth sailing, and wars did break out during the process.
The fourth one shows a scene of sitting on a throne, wearing a crown. Generally speaking, the first four murals are the same as Aldee guessed, and they are the history of the founding of Subia.
But by the fifth painting, something was wrong.
The upper part of the mural is a huge whirlpool, while the lower part is a plain dotted with buildings such as farmland and farms.
What's this? Did this happen in the history of the founding of Subia?
Aldai carefully recalled the history books, but there was no record at all. After all, judging from the murals, the huge whirlpool almost occupied the sky. Such a spectacular event would definitely be recorded in the history books.
Glancing at the upper left corner, I saw that the previous murals had numbers, but starting from this one, the numbers disappeared.
Continue to look at the next painting, this time it is of the seaside, probably a port city in the Demonic Kingdom of Subia.
But the strange thing is that on this painting, where the sea should be, there are several huge tentacles, as if they want to hold the entire city in their hands.
Another mural, this time depicting a giant raising its feet to step on it, turned out to be a castle. According to this ratio, the giant must be hundreds of meters tall at least.
Moreover, this giant has no particularly obvious racial characteristics. If you insist on speaking, the whole body looks very thick, as if it is made of rock.
The penultimate painting is very simple, with only a sword drawn and lines that make it look like the sword is shining.
The last painting is even stranger.
Aldee recognized it at a glance. The main part of the painting was the royal city of Subia. She had been there before when she was a child, so it was impossible to mistake it.
Behind the royal city, a huge crack appeared that seemed to tear the sky and the earth together, and something seemed to gush out of the crack, but the fineness of the murals could only go so far.
The reason why it is strange is that there is a twisted pentagram pattern carved into the crack.
That was the holy symbol of the previous generation of Demon King God.
The Demon Kingdom of Subia was clearly brought up by the Seven Apostles, and the Seven Apostles clearly did not want the Demon King to return.
In the family secret room of Subia, why does the holy emblem of the previous demon king appear on a mural?
Aldai suddenly felt that she should have made a major discovery, but she didn't have enough information now, but she couldn't figure out what these strange murals wanted to express.
She immediately took out a piece of paper as big as she wished she could use it as a blanket from her magic bag, and used the photocopying technique on each mural to make rubbings of them all for later study.
At this point, the adventure is over, and all that's left is the return trip.
There is so much to investigate and so much information to ponder.
Maybe it was because Aldai took too long to rub the murals. By the time she finished, the door to the secret room had been closed again.
This is not a big problem, and the door can be opened with Flavia's blood.
But the problem was, when Aldai walked up the steps and planned to wipe blood on the ceiling, she noticed a large area of dense writing on the ceiling.
These words are not common language, nor are they the ancient language used in the Demon Clan's domain thousands of years ago, but the ancient Elvish language with pictures and texts.
Anyone who studies magic must know Elvish, because there are many spells that require Elvish or Dragonic to pronounce.
The ancient Elvish language is much more complicated than the modern Elvish language. Considering that the builder of the family secret room was an Elf mage, this is not too surprising.
Aldai is not very proficient in this language and only knows a little bit about it. She learned it while chatting with local linguists in the academic city.
Alday couldn't tell what was written on it, but she knew magic.
Then Zola and Neemia saw Aldai making spell-casting gestures at the ceiling, as if checking something, and used seven or eight spells in a row, which took almost ten minutes.
Finally, Aldai seemed to be satisfied, nodded, took out Flavia's blood and wiped it on.
Just like before, the door was reopened and the three of them walked up the stairs and returned to the room with the statues of the Seven Apostles.
Only this time, Aldai said to the illithid statue that looked like it was carved from crystal:
"You are so unlucky..."
There was even a little bit of schadenfreude in his tone.
(End of chapter)