An Anomaly on the Northwestern Horizon

After continuing their exploration and overcoming quite a few obstacles, the three of them finally arrived before a cramped chamber inside the cave.

Stepping around the numerous Demonized Spiders frozen stiff in their path, the three entered the chamber, which was barely ten square meters in size. It was covered in dust, and a box rested silently atop a stone table.

The box was over twenty centimeters long and wide, five or six centimeters high, and entirely black. Its surface was dull and unremarkable, with nothing special about it.

Yet Yuesefu's eyes lit up when he saw it. He stepped forward, waved a hand, and cast a spell, using a breeze to swiftly clear the dust from the box's surface before examining it carefully.

After observing it for a while, Yuesefu turned to Richard and Bobobo Wei Qi, nodded slightly, and confirmed, "It seems we've obtained the target item."

"This box?" Bobobo Wei Qi asked, still finding it hard to believe. The box looked far too ordinary.

"Yes, this box." Yuesefu answered with certainty. He took a folded piece of Silver-Patterned Black Cloth, one meter square, from his robes, carefully wrapped the box in it, and held it against his chest.

After finishing, Yuesefu said, "All right, this mission can be considered successfully completed. We can head back now."

"We're going back already?" Richard spoke up. "We haven't finished exploring the ruins, have we?"

They truly had not finished exploring the ruins. At most, they had covered half of them, with many areas still left unexplored. Leaving now easily gave one the feeling of ending things halfway through.

Hearing this, Yuesefu looked at Richard and said seriously, "Wizard Richard, there is indeed still room to explore the ruins further, but we have no need to do so. Just as you