Wilderness Survival, Reconstructing Part of History

Sparks flew.

Under the night sky, Aaron sat by the fire and casually draped his dried cloak over himself.

After an entire afternoon of exploration, he came to a sad conclusion: it was probably an Deserted Island, with almost no other living creatures within a radius of thirty miles except for a few birds.

Of course, it's also possible that he didn't explore far enough. After all, this island, or rather the mainland, is not an ordinary place. There might be other people living further away!

However, the most urgent task is to fill their stomachs, as Warlock also need to eat.

Vico had prepared three days' worth of food for him, but he didn't expect to use it so soon.

Aaron took out a Canned Meat, a piece of bread, and a portion of compressed rations from his Ration Pack for dinner. After a simple meal, he lay down on the Grass Mat made of leaves and fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Aaron's biological clock woke him up on time.

Without delay, he extinguished the fire and continued his exploration.

There was nothing he could do about it. His food would last him two more days, and if he couldn't find a human town or village within two days, he would really have to survive in the wilderness.

Every so often, Aaron would climb to the top of the tree to check the direction of progress. After walking from morning until noon, he finally saw a clear blue sky amidst the lush greenery.

"Heaven has not forsaken me!"

Aaron almost burst out laughing. He immediately quickened his pace and walked another seven or eight miles before arriving at a clear stream.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a clear river. He could see the rocks at the bottom and even the fish and shrimp in the depths very clearly, though their numbers were pitifully small.

A sudden rumbling sound came from my stomach.

The protests from his body left Aaron feeling rather helpless. Luckily, there was no one around, so he decisively waved his Wand, and a fresh grass carp was pulled to the shore.

The entire process of killing the fish, bleeding it, removing its scales, gutting it, scraping off the black membrane, removing its gills, and cleaning its fins can be completed within half a minute.

At this moment, Aaron was genuinely grateful to his Salks Ancestor. Although he had only studied under him for a month or so, he was still a pretty good cook, and at least he wouldn't suffer too much hardship in the wilderness.

Aaron placed the prepared grass carp on a rock and prepared to start a fire.

But just as he was about to break off a few branches, a strange feeling came to his heart: Can you please not hurt me?

Damn it!

Aaron immediately let go; he didn't think he had misheard.

This tree is alive and has self-awareness.

Aaron took a deep breath and began to concentrate on sensing, but he found nothing. The consciousness seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep or deliberately hidden itself.

Out of awe of the unknown, he did not harm the tree.

More importantly, there are countless trees of the same type in this forest. The probability of cutting down one tree and angering the entire forest is not high, but it is still possible.

However, he wasn't afraid; he simply didn't want to cause trouble.

His Thought Form has been retrieved, and he is now Grand Archmage. Even if he can't defeat a whole forest, escaping unscathed is not a problem.

Because of this incident, the Roasted Fish meal was rather bland, but it did replenish my energy.

Aaron followed the river forward. If all went well, he would eventually see a civilized society, or at the very least, he would be able to leave this forest.

Night fell before they knew it, and a hundred-meter-high cliff blocked their way.

Aaron rolled his eyes at this, speechless.

One day, he walked for a whole day, and finally emerged from the forest only to be played such a cruel joke on him.

Rock climbing isn't difficult for him, but he's really not interested in rock climbing late at night.

He picked up some twigs to light a fire to keep dangerous creatures away, then found a relatively clean rock and lay down on it.

Bored, Aaron looked at the stars in the sky.

Professor Trelawney's Divination included astrology, and although he preferred using Crystal Ball Divination, he did have some knowledge of astrology.

Star Tawa, Star Aranbi... Victory, peace, Sirius... war... and Unexpected Enemy.

"Hiss!" Aaron gasped. It seemed he had entered a rather complicated world, but it shouldn't be more complicated than the previous one.

After all, the World Tree has arranged a simple journey for him this time, so even if he participates in a war, it shouldn't be on a large scale... probably.

Aaron comforted himself, then suddenly remembered something and sat up from the rock.

"Sign-in, Mr./Ms. Tong."

He almost forgot about this; it's the fastest way to find clues about this world, at least he can find out if he's on a deserted island.

"Sign-in at an unknown ruin in Suku, and gained 5 Magic Points."

Aaron blinked, barely suppressing the urge to unleash a torrent of curses. "I've been walking all day and haven't found a single trace of the ruins, let alone one named... Chief, could you be any more perfunctory?"

"The system is already very user-friendly, otherwise the Sign-in location would be some unknown world."

Aaron:...

You win.

Is this the place where they hold the final say? I've really learned something.

"Unknown ruins?"

Aaron repeated the word over and over, slowly turning his gaze to the top of the cliff.

That should be it. Even if it isn't, he'll have to cross that cliff tomorrow.

The next morning, Aaron opened his Ration Pack.

After eating and drinking to our hearts' content, we began rock climbing.

This height of cliff face was nothing to him; he easily climbed to the top.

Looking at the lush jungle on the cliff face, his composure crumbled instantly.

That's going too far! This is ridiculous! It's like wrapping a large intestine inside a small intestine!

In that instant, Aaron had the idea of either using Apparition to rush over directly, or flying over directly using Animagus.

Reason wouldn't allow him to do that. He knew nothing about this world, and it would be disastrous if the inhabitants of the land were hostile to magic.

Fortunately, he soon discovered a path paved with rocks, which brightened his mood.

As they continued along the Stone Road, the forest gradually turned into grassland, and sure enough, a ruin appeared directly in front of Aaron.

Unsure if anyone was inside, Aaron cautiously and slowly approached.

The ruins are large, without any traps or mechanisms; they resemble a magnificent palace, only eroded by time.

The appearance of some scattered Monolith changed Aaron's mind; the palace must have been captured by an army and turned into ruins hundreds of years later.

"Catapults, a palace from hundreds of years ago..." Aaron stroked his chin, carefully observing the damage to the ruins. He thought that the technology level of this world was probably not high, and it was even inferior to the previous world he had visited.

First, there is no trace of damage caused by firearms in this ruin. Second, the Monolith launched by the catapults are very irregular, which is enough to prove that the army several hundred years ago did not even have a fully perfected weapon like the catapult.

Unless a technological explosion occurs, even after several hundred years, the people here should still be living in the Cold Weapon Era.

Thinking of this, Aaron's lips curled up uncontrollably, revealing an exaggerated smile.

His Costume Change Space contained five guns, making him a true god-tier weapon in the Cold Weapon Era.

Once he's certain there are no Supernatural Beings in the world who can threaten him, can't he just run wild?

However, we should keep a low profile until then.

Aaron briefly inspected the entire ruins from the outside in. There were no signs of trampling on the roadside weeds, no signs of picking the fruit on the books, and not a trace of smoke in the air.

These clues confirmed to him that there was no one else here, not even intelligent life, let alone wild animals.

"Then it's time to study history, which will give me a little understanding of this world," Aaron muttered to himself.

He then cleared out a large section of the stone wall and constructed a prototype of the palace from hundreds of years ago based on his current discoveries in the ruins.

"Rows of broken stone pillars, crumbling walls... This is a palace, a few steps, a semi-circular platform... This should be where the throne is, but... Am I wrong?" Aaron looked at the four bases on the platform and couldn't help but fall into self-doubt.

In his understanding, a country can only have one king, but these four pedestals directly indicate that this country, which disappeared in history, may have had four kings, and their statuses were equal.

This is too exaggerated. Unless there is a greater emperor above these four kings who can steadily maintain the balance of power among the four sides, or... these four kings established this kingdom.

Shaking his head, Aaron stopped thinking about these random things.

Knowing the general outline of history is enough; he can't analyze too many details.

In short, several hundred years ago, four kings ruled this land, when a powerful enemy suddenly attacked and destroyed the country.

The enemy did not occupy the kingdom, but instead plundered it...

Wait, looting?

Suddenly, the word "robber" popped into Aaron's mind. His gaze inexplicably shifted to the azure sea, and the robber instantly transformed into a pirate.

Aaron felt as if he had grasped the truth: pirates had plundered all the wealth of a kingdom.

This group of pirates must have been quite large, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to conquer a kingdom.

However, several hundred years have passed. Perhaps those pirates left this land, or perhaps... they rebuilt a kingdom.

Gollum!

Aaron was startled by his own imagination, then burst into laughter.

A low-budget version of Pirate King? No way!

Having roughly reconstructed the history of the tribe from hundreds of years ago, Aaron began to search carefully within the ruins.

He had no hope for the pirates' character, but he still had some faith in the kingdom; perhaps they had hidden something before the kingdom was destroyed.

Starting with a thorough search of the palace's corners, Aaron found a pure gold chess piece in the grass, which could only prove that the pirates hadn't looted the place completely.

To his surprise, there was indeed a Secret Door under a section of broken wall.

The door was made of wood, and hundreds of centimeters of wind and rain had made it extremely fragile. Besides cobwebs, it was covered with countless traces of insect damage.