Chapter 266 Goodbye after another year

After doing all this, Les walked out of the palace again.

Daphne and Astoria, who were standing on the dune opposite the ruins, were numb. From their perspective, Rice was walking in and out of the ruins, looking extremely busy.

But this busyness has nothing to do with them. In the final analysis, it was because the two of them were not strong enough to withstand even a sneak attack.

"Maybe we need to focus more on practicing magic." Daphne sighed: "This way we can help Les as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Astoria nodded, agreeing with her sister's suggestion.

After entering the palace ruins this time, possibly due to psychological suggestion, Les felt that something had changed in a corner of the passage - there was obviously no difference in the scene in front of him, but Les just felt that something seemed different. .

He quickly rushed deeper into the passage.

Sure enough, the two stone kobold statues returned to their original state and stood silently outside the door of the hall.

After confirming that his guess was correct, Rice turned back the same way, but an accident happened again - he actually heard someone's voice!

[Ancient palaces... Godly nagging... habits...]

The passage was long and narrow, and the distant voices were carried by the wind to where Les was. Although it was blurry, he could still clearly distinguish that it was his own voice! ! !

Les's eyes widened suddenly.

He instantly realized that he had underestimated the palace in front of him. It did not record a period of time, but marked a period of time, and then sent those who entered the palace to that period of time!

If time is a river rushing forward, and people are fish drifting with the current in the river, then this palace is like a boat on the river, constantly leaving anchors on the shore. After the fish jumps on the boat, it will be taken to the anchor points upstream.

Of course, it's possible that he was overly worried. The palace only recorded the images of him, Daphne and the others when they came in, but he couldn't gamble because the risk was too great.

The biggest taboo in time travel is meeting yourself in the previous timeline.

Les took a deep breath, his mind racing: What should I do? According to the timeline, I will be here with Daphne and Astoria in a few minutes.

Now, he is particularly grateful to himself for being a good teacher before. If Daphne and the others hadn't been given some instruction on the ruins mechanisms along the way, it would have taken him less than a minute to get there.

Although he only had a few minutes to spare, Les didn't panic. Because he knew that he would be able to find a hiding place.

The reason is very simple. My past self did not see "myself" in the passage, which means that my future self must have successfully hidden it.

You just need to be patient and calmly look for that destined opportunity.

Soon, Les's eyes fell on a wall.

The moment he saw the wall, Les suddenly remembered that this was where Astoria discovered the abnormality.

Hidden behind the reliefs on this wall is a dark room.

I had observed it before and found signs that the seal in the darkroom had been opened, so I stopped paying attention to it.

But the seal on this darkroom has never been opened.

A flash of realization flashed through Les's mind. He put his hand on the relief and carefully felt the magic circuit inside the relief.

Soon, his magic power broke through the seal inside the relief, and the sun carving held by the figure in the statue turned into a hollow that could accommodate one person.

Without any hesitation, Les used a magic spell to fill the hole with some fresh air and then got in, and the hole immediately closed.

The dark room was pitch black, without a trace of light. With the help of the fluorescent spell, Rice could clearly see the layout of the cave: hundreds of papyrus rolls were piled in a dark room not much bigger than a wardrobe.

"Oh?" Les suddenly became interested and immediately carefully took out a volume and unfolded it to read.

He originally thought that it recorded the characteristic spells of ancient Egypt, but judging from the pictures included in the scroll, it should be a record of the ancient Egyptians' sacrifices to the sun god, and perhaps a so-called "oracle".

Les wasn't very interested in these fascinating things, but since he was trapped in the darkroom and had nothing to do, he simply studied the contents on the scroll - and entered the bathroom without his mobile phone and began to study the shampoo formula. People have the same mentality.

While Rice was studying the papyrus rolls in the darkroom under dim fluorescent light, there was a burst of conversation outside.

"Les——"

"There should be a dark room or a hidden passage, and the mechanism above has been cracked."

The voices of the three people gradually faded away, and Les in the dark room knew that he could go out.

What he had just experienced gave Les a bold idea.

If after adjusting the inner compass, I can see myself before entering the ruins, what will happen if I adjust the outer compass and adjust the palace time to when Hufflepuff enters?

He will probably meet the Hufflepuff who entered here a thousand years ago!

As for what happens next, Les doesn't know, but just seeing an old friend is enough to get him moving.

After confirming that he was far away, Rice walked out of the dark room and followed the passage out of the ruins. Looking at the sun, which had barely changed its position, Rice's heart beat faster.

He told Daphne and Astoria to stay where they were, then walked into the middle passage and came to the compass.

This time, he moved the compass on the outer ring and moved it forward one space.

Suddenly, an extremely strong feeling of dizziness emerged in his mind, making Les's eyes darken. At the same time, he felt like he was put into a bag, and then someone outside vacuumed the bag.

This feeling lasted for a few seconds and then completely dissipated, but the strong side effects still made Les unable to help but vomit.

After the physical discomfort subsided, Les slowly walked out of the palace. When he stood in front of the exit of the passage, his heartbeat accelerated to the extreme. He could almost hear the pounding of his heart and feel the blood hitting his eardrums again and again.

After walking out of the passage, Les immediately looked at the dunes on the opposite side - thank God, Daphne and Astoria were still standing there.

He didn't hesitate anymore and rushed into the passage on the far right as quickly as possible, and then rushed all the way into the deepest hall.

After waiting patiently for a moment in the main hall, there were several clear and crisp sounds outside the door. Then the door of the main hall was opened, and an old witch who looked quite dusty walked into the main hall.

Les has been here waiting for her arrival for a long time - nearly a thousand years have passed since the last time the two of them met.

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