The letters currently used throughout the Southern and Northern Continents were clearly different from the various alphabets Raphael remembered from the Common Era.
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And the more he looked at the letters before him, the more they resembled Russian letters!
Why would Russian letters appear on the outskirts of Backlund, on the Northern Continent?
Of course, Raphael would never voice his doubts to Audrey. He took a step back and asked her:
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"Have you seen letters like these before?"
He rubbed his chin, unable to stop himself from speculating. Could this be a building from the Common Era?
Had they used reinforcing steel manufactured in Russia to build it?
But... Raphael still found that rather far-fetched. He couldn't say exactly how many years had passed since the Common Era, but even if it wasn't ten thousand years, it should have been seven or eight thousand.
Even the hardest concrete was unlikely to last that long!
So Raphael asked again, "What do you think?"
I wonder whether Sorn City in the Forsaken Land of the Gods has any relevant records...
At that thought, Raphael smiled and shook his head. Sorn City's records could only go back as far as the Second Epoch at most...
Wait!
Raphael spun around. No one was there!
Where was Audrey?
Hadn't she just come downstairs?
"Audrey!" Raphael called.
No one answered!
Raphael immediately transformed into a Wraith and floated up to the second floor.
No one!
He went up to the third floor.
Still no one!
Psychological Invisibility?
Why turn invisible for no reason?
No, no. Audrey wouldn't do something so pointless.
Raphael frowned, sensing that the atmosphere around him had subtly changed.
To rule out the possibility that Audrey was playing a prank on a whim, he brought his Main Account online