As the world's oldest Special District of Demons, Gozo was not only a tourist destination with colorful natural scenery, it was also an island of ancient ruins listed as a World Heritage Site.
On this island, there were many ancient ruins, which still attracted scholars and professors from all over the world, trying to uncover the many secrets that had happened in ancient times.
Rozen, Gu Cheng, Yusha, Riana, and the others arrived at Gozo by sea. They got into another car, with Riana as the driver, and drove the group of eleven or twelve years old boys and girls to the other side of the island.
During this time, Rozen kept the energetic Yusha company, enduring Yusha's barrage of questions, and with Gu Cheng joining in from time to time, the group was lively and not bored at all.
Rozen also learned a lot of things in the process.
For example, Gu Cheng and Yusha were siblings, their full names were Gu Cheng and Yusha. The former was the same age as Rozen, twelve years old. They had just graduated from elementary school and were about to enter junior high school. The latter was eleven years old, one year younger. She was still in elementary school, but she was about to graduate next year.
Moreover, the parents of this pair of brother and sister also had some background.
Their father was an archaeologist, often visiting ruins all over the world, always conducting archaeological activities. He was knowledgeable, but he was not at home most of the time.
Their mother was a clinical magic doctor, a researcher who was the director of the medical department of a well-known company. Due to her work, she rarely went home.
In other words, Gu Cheng and Yusha were siblings who depended on each other since they were young, so their relationship was better than what others imagined.
This time, the siblings had come here because their father was excavating an underground tomb here.
It was said that the tomb did not have an official name, and was only recently discovered.
For the sake of this tomb, Gu Cheng and Yusha's father had been here for a long time, but it seemed that something had gone wrong, and the progress had been stagnant.
In desperation, the father called Yusha over, hoping that Yusha could help him.
As for Gu Cheng, he was worried about his young sister going to this place alone, so he tagged along.
Regarding this, Rozen was a little surprised.
"Even a professional archaeologist team can't do anything about the ruins, can you help?"
Rozen looked at Yusha in surprise.
Could it be that this lively eleven-year-old girl was more knowledgeable than the experts?
While Rozen was thinking about this, Yusha just proudly puffed out her chest, and Gu Cheng also looked very mysterious. Neither of them explained, and actually kept him in suspense.
On the other hand, Riana, as a noble from the Warlord's domain, a pure-blooded vampire, was here because this underground tomb was jointly excavated by the Japanese government and the Warlord's domain, so she was sent to be the chief consultant and guard of the investigation team.
"An excavation that requires a pure-blooded noble vampire as a consultant and guard?"
So Rozen's heart skipped a beat, but he quietly hid the trace of thoughts that flashed through his mind.
He was only here to temporarily avoid the limelight, and didn't want to get involved in any troublesome matters. So, it was better not to say anything unnecessary.
But …
"Since it's such an important job, is it okay to let someone like me go there?"
Rozen said with a look of hesitation.
Regarding this, Gu Cheng and Yusha didn't think much of it.
"Anyway, it's just the excavation of the underground ruins, there shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Mr. Ya Cheng likes to make friends. Although his personality is a bit weird, sloppy, and the people he knows are all weird, he doesn't pay attention to his daily routine, doesn't eat three meals a day, and often smokes and drinks, but he's very easy to talk to. I'm sure he won't deliberately reject Yao."
Gu Cheng and Yusha said so one after another. The latter also said a lot of things that others didn't want to know, so people didn't know whether to complain or not.
By the way, the so-called Mr. Ya Cheng referred to their father.
By the way, not long after Rozen got into the car, the siblings started to call him by his nickname, so Rozen could only call them by their names.
Kid (?) It was easy to get familiar with them. The matter of traveling together already made Gu Cheng and Yusha very happy, and they didn't reject Rozen.
Riana opened her mouth, looking like she wanted to say something, but in the end, she chose to remain silent and continued to drive to their destination.
Not long after, the car left the highway and drove into the wilderness full of rocks.
"We're almost there!"
Riana, who was holding the steering wheel, shouted loudly while trying her best to control the car.
Due to the relatively undulating terrain on the rocky ground, at this time, the car could be said to be quite shaky.
"Woo!"
Gu Cheng let out an embarrassing sound, grabbed the door tightly, and almost hit the roof of the car.
"Woo"
Yusha whimpered, and her pretty face turned red.
Because the bumpy car had already thrown Yusha onto Rozen, causing Yusha to fall into Rozen's arms.
"It's okay, I'm here."
Rozen put his arm around Yusha's waist, like a gentleman who respected a lady, and smiled at Yusha.
That made Yusha's face redder, and she almost screamed.
In fact, Rozen wasn't much better. If he didn't use Body Hardening to strengthen his body, he would be no different from the ancient city right now. How could he be so cool?
That was also Nakamura's advice. In front of people, he must maintain his image no matter what. That was deeply embedded in Rozen's behavior.
But …
"She's still an elementary school student."
Rozen once again complained in his heart.
Just like that, the car finally drove to the destination.
In front of them, there was a simple camp area made of tents and houses.
There were several construction machines parked in the camp area, and it seemed to be a private military company's guards and heavily armed armored vehicles could be seen everywhere. It seemed that the security was quite tight.
On the other hand, the number of investigators and archaeologists was so few that it was strange.
It was not so much an excavation site as a guerrilla's armed stronghold.
"Stop the car!"
Several road guards immediately came over and stopped the car.
In the hands of these guards, each one of them was holding a gun. They could almost be said to be fully armed.
"It's me."
Riana rolled down the window and poked her head out.
Upon seeing that, the guards immediately saluted and stepped aside to let the car pass.
The car stopped in the camp, and everyone got off one after another.
"Is this the place?"
Gu Cheng looked around and muttered.
"Where is Lord Ya? Where is Lord Ya? He didn't stand us up again, did he? If he does that again, I'm really going to get mad, okay? "
Yusha kept talking.
After getting off the car, Rozen immediately stared in one direction.
There, at the foot of a rocky hill, there was a stone entrance suspected to be a shrine.
The reddish-brown limestone was eroded by the wind and rain.
There was probably an accident during the excavation, and there were traces of destruction around.
An extraordinary aura filled the air.
With just one look, Rozen was sure.
"This is definitely not an ordinary ruin."
It seemed that he had unintentionally gotten himself involved in a troublesome matter.
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