Chapter 27: The Ruins’ Revenge and an Unexpected Truth
"This is Haeryun Seojin, the third-ranked Sage among the Seven Sages. He possessed a rare foresight ability and was also a top-tier alchemist. Given that, this ruin must have been left behind by Haeryun Seojin."
"That explains it," Darius said, thinking of the stash of rare medicinal herbs. "If it was left by Haeryun Seojin, it’s not surprising. But the Seven Sages all went into seclusion more than two hundred years ago, and no one has been able to find them since."
"In any case, we got lucky," Illiya concluded in a calm tone.
Eoryun stood up, patting the dust and grass off his clothes. "Alright, alright, it’s about time for us to be teleported out of the ruins. Just thinking about my uncle’s resentful expression later makes me want to laugh."
Darius agreed. "He is definitely a man of true emotions."
Illiya chuckled along, though the laughter didn’t quite reach his eyes.
When no one was paying attention, he secretly took a small, inconspicuous fragment from the black box that had held the scroll.
The moment he touched the fragment, the Book of Elves in his spiritual sea flipped to a certain page, displaying an illustration.
And that illustration... was identical to the painting they had just seen—it was the image of the Third Sage.
A familiar dizziness came over them, but this time, it was different from when they had entered.
When they first stepped into the ruins, it was just a slight dizziness.