There was nothing else of value in the stone temple.
After destroying the altar, Matthew and Luna left the stone temple by the way they had come.
After jumping into the pool before the stone temple's mural corridor, turning and swimming into an opening, they had to swim upward for over a thousand meters.
If they had not been wizards, and had lacked diving equipment, they probably would have been trapped here until they died.
By the time they reached the top, the entrance to the Secret Passage had already closed automatically.
However, they did not need Mermaid blood to open the Secret Passage from the inside. They soon left it and returned to the Atlantis ruins on the seafloor's surface.
They had already explored the surface ruins, and neither had any desire to continue, so they returned to the ship together.
When the pirate-dressed helmsman saw them, he said, "If you hadn't come back soon, I would've sent someone to look for you."
Because of their exploration of the Secret Passage, they had returned later than scheduled.
Matthew said, "Sorry. We'll pay more attention to the time next time."
"It's time to set sail." The helmsman turned the wheel and set the ship moving. "We aren't accepting route bookings right now, because our company is holding a summer party in the United States tomorrow, after tomorrow's Quidditch World Cup group-stage matches."
"Oh, and if you haven't bought tickets yet, you can reserve them with me."
Besides working as a helmsman, he also made some extra money scalping tickets.
Although it was not yet August, the Quidditch World Cup had actually already begun.
The group stage was currently underway, with the Quidditch World Cup divided into sixteen groups.
After the group stage ended, the sixteen teams ranked first in their