Krafft's Anomaly Notes

Chapter 265 Broken Sword
With an attitude of not giving up until results were achieved, Green's team basically settled underground.

Even so, the progress is still not ideal.It takes a long time to explore all the branches of a passage, and it consumes a lot of physical and mental energy.

Not to mention that the number of personnel that can be mobilized is currently limited, which increases the burden on participants.

Church personnel can stay here for a long time, but the professor cannot. He still needs to return to the clinic every day.On the one hand, I couldn't let go of the clinic, which was mainly run by David and assisted by Coop; on the other hand, I had to take care of Yvonne's rest.

But for several days in a row, it seemed that I was worrying too much.

The girl showed resilience that was consistent with previous impressions. Expression was not what she was good at, persistence or stubbornness was.Once again, Kraft was reminded of her specialness.

Although he would never show it, it was undeniable that he did have a little hope that the search in the past few days would achieve the purpose of persuading him to quit.

It turns out that this was really just hope.

After overcoming the initial difficulties, her adaptability quickly allowed her to blend into the environment, just like the moss that sprouts in the masonry and cold water, opening the cracks in response to the guest.

She traveled back and forth between the two places every day, traveling between tunnels with the team. Finally, the monks accepted that she could be counted as a member of the team, and not a disruptive factor in normal search activities.

As the unexplored area decreased and the collapse points on the map outlined an increasingly obvious circular border, Green gradually stopped worrying about being too eager and began to speed up the process.

From Kraft's point of view, every other night, the search progress will advance one or two tunnels further than the previous day.He had to advise Green in advance not to rush in if there was any discovery, and at least notify him to be present before continuing.

The proposal was prescient.The intense search soon brought back something weird but not entirely unexpected.

When Kraft arrived at the camp on a morning that was no different from before, Green showed him the results of the overtime work the night before.

A rusty stick.

To be precise, it was a relatively flat and long piece of rust, with both ends broken off due to embrittlement and missing.

The monks found this thing in the mud in a passage niche. It seemed that it was turned out due to the change of water flow, revealing the bumpy and swollen corners like fused lymph nodes.

Indescribable places, diseased metal, the remains of some kind of artifact.They tried to pull it out, but found that part of it was embedded in the masonry, not in the gap, but in the middle. In the end, they had to break it off and bring it back.This makes it more like some kind of pathology rooted in the channel.

Kraft used linen cloth to absorb the remaining moisture on the surface. He held the thing under the candlelight with his gloves on, tapped it lightly with the tweezers he brought with him, and then tried to pry off a small piece. There was still red rust underneath.

The oxide layer is so thick that this thing can basically be defined as a rust block. After peeling off the outer shell, not much is left. I can only guess the approximate purpose of the original body based on intuition.

Not excluding the bias caused by personal perception, he felt that it was more like a sword body, or at least a section of a long-edged weapon.

Regardless, Kraft was glad that the priest had followed his advice and decided to bring it back as soon as it was discovered, rather than heading straight up the river to find the source.

"Actually, this is not the only one." Green crossed his arms and leaned against the wall to seize the moment to rest. Every second he spent here, he was worried that the water vapor above his head would condense into rain clouds again. "There are still some small fragments. But it was too small to sift through it and not recognize what it was.”

"It looks like part of a sword. The middle is the spine, which is thicker than the two sides." "Okay, now, not only is the armor dropped here, but also the sword is dropped. Are you trying to gather an army? ?”

"I advise you to say less." Kraft's face didn't look good.If that's correct, they should be getting close to their target.

What you have to do now is simple - get ready and go down until something appears in front of you, then decide whether to advance or retreat.For better or worse, everyone has been waiting for it for a long time.

But before departure, there is one last problem to be solved.

If I remember correctly, not everyone here is ready to leave, and there is also a trainee.

At least Kraft didn't initially have the idea of ​​turning the apprenticeship directly into first-line practice. He looked at Yvonne, who was playing with the dagger. The girl seemed to have a special interest in this old trophy that was not practical.

Of course, the latter felt the mentor's eyes, clearly understood the meaning, and looked back - she didn't come here just to follow him for a few days and then leave at a critical moment.

Kraft wanted to say something like, "This time is different, I'm not sure enough," and "We need to take it step by step, and it will work next time."

But Yvonne had passed the preliminary test. She had faced similar incidents more than once before, and her experience was as good as that of most people present.In terms of ability, the previous batch of people who had doubts about this no longer have any doubts.

She desperately needs the respect she deserves, to be treated as an independent individual with enough will and ability, even if this respect may be expensive.

There's never a perfect time, so perhaps starting with an initial in-depth mission is a good idea.

"Here is a hammer, not too long." Kraft asked for a smaller page hammer from the monk stationed there.I originally thought that Coop would always be in charge of this position, but Mr. Attendant's work has become more and more detailed recently, and he spends most of his time playing with the puncture needle with Dr. David.

"Holding this is almost like wielding a candlestick."

"Is there anything else I need to know?"

"Just use a little force. Most of the time, you don't need to use all your strength." With the strength of an ordinary adult, this thing was smashed hard enough for the head protected by the armor to see my great-grandfather. "And, the most important thing, everything is as it should be." Do what I say, otherwise there will be no next time, do you understand?"

Yvonne nodded excitedly and eagerly took the beautiful weapon with hammer leaves forged into flying wings.

After giving instructions here, Kraft turned to Green and asked: "Do you want to leave as soon as possible? I have enough people here."

He didn't plan to bring Kupu with him. This was just an initial deep dive and he had enough manpower.Instead of calling Coop over, he might as well learn more in the clinic.There is no need for an additional knight's retinue here for the time being, but a professor's assistant may be needed soon.

"No, let me get some sleep." When clues began to emerge, the priest showed enough patience.He found a fairly comfortable position by the wall, leaned on the package he had brought casually, and forced himself to close his eyes.

In fact he was not asleep.Through the eyelids, one can still detect the eyes moving behind the cover.

After a short period of time, Green opened his eyes again and led the team across the rock crevice to the waterway where the rusty relics were found.

(End of this chapter)