As Dohyuk thought about where he found the item, Emma snapped her fingers to bring in one of her men from outside the tent . As her man came in, she pulled out the object from the pouch to show to him .
It was a hexagonal cube, and its surface looked like wood carving that glistened . Every surface had different hieroglyphic engravings that glowed with a faint, silvery light .
"Bring it . "
Emma gave the short order and the man walked out of the tent .
Dohyuk then began saying, "Compared to my world, I'd say it looks like a…"
The place was similar to the old Ancient Greek ruins . However, because of the complexity and materials of the structures, it seemed like the civilization was much more advanced than Ancient Greece . Besides, there were no robots back then either .
There were about 7 cow-liked, four-legged machines . Also, there were traps installed within the ruins .
"They were really powerful . "
If Dohyuk didn't have Heeyun to support him, he would've died about five or six times . It was only after he barely destroyed two of robots and snuck in that he found the cube .
But he couldn't figure out what it was, nor its purpose .
Dohyuk even became suspicious if he had brought a fake that had been put in place to protect the real relic, and he visited it again to check that out . It was from that visit that he acquired the wounds he healed just a while ago .
"To be honest, more things are hidden in there, but I probably can't get to them with my current power . "
Simply put, the cube WAS the treasure . And it seemed like that was right from Emmanoel's reaction .
"So, how do I make that work?"
"You can't . "
"What?" Dohyuk frowned .
"Tell me how advanced your world was . "
"Why is that necessary…"
"Think about a device like this: one that holds a lot of information . A large amount that can't even be written down on a big piece of paper that might fill this tent . "
Dohyuk opened his eyes in shock . There were some objects he could think of .
"…USB?"
Or CD, DVD, or tapes . There were plenty of objects that fit Emma's explanation .
"Oh, so your world was a bit advanced after all?"
Emma then flicked her empty hand and something flew right at her, which she grabbed . It was also a hexagonal cube that was about the same size . However, the color was brown and it had red lines .
"Mepamians . People of Mepam . The people from Kezinkey's world had those objects . These two are the same . "
"And the difference between those two?"
"Amount of information . The size is the same, but the information that it can hold differs per color, and the value that follows . "
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There was a total of five colors .
White, Green, Brown, Purple, and Black, and these colors grew in respect to each other in terms of value and limitations .
"I have white, brown, and purple . The Mepamians were illuminated long before our world started . I am what I am, but even then, I only have one of those three colors . "
"…So, what's stored in there?"
"Information, mostly . "
It was then that Emma's man came in with a large panel . It had dials and engravings on the side to control it .
"They contain traces of Mepam civilization that the Mepamians who resisted illumination had left . Poem, songs, cooking recipes, architectural designs, history… oh, and you know that these people even built a city on their moon?"
"I am not sure how they managed to do that though . Maybe I mixed up a legend with history . "
Emma smiled as she couldn't quite believe it, but Dohyuk could've guessed that it was probably real . Building cities outside of Earth was the dream that the humans of Earth had once .
Dohyuk was shocked in another way .
Other world .
He knew that there were countless worlds that existed, but he never thought that there were other civilizations that were more advanced than human civilization, or the one he belonged to .
Every traces of the other worlds he had faced until now was full of savagery and they weren't advanced .
"Anyway, let's see what's hidden inside . "
Emma then placed the cube on the panel . With large sound, the surface of the panel began to churn .
Dohyuk then saw a 'tree' like figure growing up from the panel with sprouting branches and fruit .
"Whoa . " Emma became astonished and gasped .
"Can you tell me what you're fussing about?"
"Remember that the best cube I had was purple? There was a blueprint of the five largest cities of the Mepamians in that thing . It had a record of everything, from the largest building to the sewers . "
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"And?"
"But this… it has 14 times more than that . At least from what's been pulled up right now . "
The speed of the growing 'tree' began to slow down and Emma quickly managed the few controls .
"So…"
Then, everything except the hieroglyphs on top of the tree disappeared . Remaining glyph was then pulled down toward the panel to zoom in .
"…What I'm seeing is the table of contents… but what is this? The content… seems too simple compared to how much it holds . "
Emma then slowly began to translate what she read .
"Hatred… enemy… decimation…"
"Can you sort it out and translate what you're saying?"
"Gosh, can you be patient for once? It's been centuries since I've read the Mepamian language . Be quiet!"
Dohyuk closed his mouth, and after a minute, Emmanoel began to speak in complete sentences .
"At last, we have finished the plans that we cost a lot of our time . "
It started it as if it was some kind of a story .
"The spear is ready to decimate the long hated demon's very existence from all dimensions . "
It wasn't only Dohyuk who was shocked .
"…"
Both of these god-haters gave some thought to the meaning of what they just had read .
"R…read more . " Dohyuk stuttered .
"Y-yeah…" Emmanoel also answered with a shaky voice .
She began to read, but after she uttered a few words, the panel started dying .
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And in the next instant, Dohyuk moved to jump backward and covered himself as best he could with his arms and legs . It was a wise choice as he would have gotten injured from the explosion .
The explosion left the tent in ruins .
"…At least . "
Dohyuk spoke as he coughed through dense smoke .
"Machines don't explode when something goes wrong in my world . "
Dohyuk stood up . Emma was still sitting in the same place . The huge explosion would've injured Dohyuk if he didn't act fast, but she didn't even have soot on her clothing .
Instead-
"It's same with this one . "
Her face grimaced .
"The sound before the explosion… I've heard it before . "
"And it didn't explode then?"
"It needed some repair, but as you said, these kinds of machines don't explode when they're broken . "
It was a machine to read information that was stored in the other devices, not to explode like this . The smoke began to thin out, and Dohyuk saw the red cube shining in front of Emma .
"It was probably made to do this if it's not read by the designated machine or by an inferior machine . "
The color itself didn't change, but it had intense heat, hot enough for Dohyuk to feel it from the distance .
"It's either to protect the security…"
"Or figured it was useless for one to see when one might die from the explosion . "
He then walked over to the cube and picked it up . It was enough heat to melt human flesh at once . Even for Dohyuk who had powerful heat resistance felt like if he was holding a boiling metal pot .
They became silent . It wasn't because they had nothing to say .
It was because they had the same thing to say .
Dohyuk who spoke first .Please download our sponsor's game to support us!