Chapter 43: Dreaming
"But unfortunately, this beautiful and majestic insect has become extinct on the island."
The old man's words suddenly sounded a little lonely.
Hearing this, Alka quickly asked, "Extinct? Why?"
The old man was somewhat indignant when he heard Alka's question.
But the voice said with a hint of helplessness: "When you entered the city, did you see the avenue full of flowers?
Many of those flowers were transplanted from other islands, and there are several very beautiful flowers, but their pollen is deadly to the Golden Horn Hammer. "
"This has caused an imbalance in the ecological environment on the island, but those masters don't care about that. "
"Alas." Having said that, he couldn't help but sigh.
Alka could only nod in understanding.
But he asked, "When did this insect become extinct?"
“Probably, about 20 years ago.”
Hearing this, Alka had a bad feeling in his heart.
From the treasure information, we know that this golden horn hammer may be needed to unlock treasure house No. 5.
It is not known whether this is symbolic or if a living Golden Horn Hammer is really needed, nor is it known whether the specimen is still viable.
But in this case, Alka had to make preparations in many ways.
He asked after thinking for a while with a frown.
"So besides this island, are there any other islands with the Golden Horn Hammer?"
The old man's eyes lit up a little when he saw that Alka seemed to be really interested in insects.
He simply grabbed Alka's wrist and walked towards the counter.
"Come here, I once collected an atlas, which said there was an island with this kind of thing."
As he said this, he pulled Alka inside.
After arriving at the counter, he rummaged around under the counter, put on gloves and took out a very well-preserved insect illustration from a wooden box.
I flipped through it carefully.
Alka saw that the insect illustrations on each page were so lifelike that they looked like photographs.
This shows how precious it is.
After turning to the middle, the old man turned the book over and pointed at one of the pages.
"That's it."
Looking at the pictures and text descriptions above, Alka wanted to touch it, but he pulled his hand back halfway.
Looking at this action, the old man nodded with increasing satisfaction.
The way he looked at Alka became more and more pleasing to the eye.
Then he began to explain: "The golden horn hammer is an insect that is often collected by insect lovers because of its beautiful appearance."
"However, most enthusiasts are willing to protect them. It is recorded that this insect exists on Antfors-Saint Armor Island, which is also a holy place for various insect enthusiasts."
" It would be better if I were younger. Nowadays, traveling on the sea is not suitable for an old guy like me."
Hearing the information he wanted, Alka quickly memorized it in his mind.
Then, after chatting with the old man again for a while, he said goodbye and left.
Seeing that it was not yet dusk outside, I continued to stroll around like a tourist.
While strolling around, he saw a group of people who seemed to be watching something. Curious, Alka also looked over.
I saw a man dressed like a clown, in a slightly exaggerated way, performing acrobatics and magic for everyone.
magic!
Seeing this, Alka couldn't help but walk over to watch.
After watching one, the Joker bowed.
Everyone took out some coins and threw them into the box in front of the clown.
Look at the coins piling up in the box.
Alka's eyes lit up slightly.
Some people even threw silver snakes in.
And from his point of view, the clown's magic was just so-so, and he could see through all the magic tricks.
Looking at the money, I couldn't help but think.
Due to the accident, he didn't have much money with him.
If he had no money, it would be very disadvantageous for his disguise.
Maybe I can perform like this myself.
To be honest, since I learned magic, I have never performed it formally for outsiders.
Watching the clown leave to perform somewhere else, Alka also went to a different restaurant to eat.
After dinner.
Taking advantage of the afterglow of sunset, we walked towards the villa along the neat and beautiful stone road.
I happened to see Mrs. Anda chatting with a group of women and greeted her.
After returning to the villa.
After a simple tidying up, he came to his room.
He took the magic mirror out of the closet again and placed it next to the bedside table.
While there was still some light outside, I lit the oil lamp.
At this time, Alka felt that the pocket watch he had stuffed in his arms was vibrating slightly.
When he opened it, he saw that what was vibrating was the blue crystal slice he had inlaid on the watch cover.
He immediately squatted down, groped up from under the bed, and took out the robot spider.
"Arka, Arka..."
"I am here."
"We are ready and will go to the place you mentioned at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow night. Do you want to come with us?"
Alka pushed aside his watch and looked at it.
After calculating tomorrow's schedule, he replied, "No problem. I'll meet you tomorrow night."
"Okay, that's settled then. Remember to be safe."
"Um."
Then he stuffed the spider back under the bed.
I just sat next to the bedside table, looking at the magic mirror on the table, waiting for the night to come.
While waiting, Alka's hands flew up and down practicing magic, and at the same time practicing the flexibility of his hands.
The bright full moon was hanging high in the sky.
At this time, the surroundings were already silent.
Alka drew aside the curtains and looked at the magic mirror, but saw nothing unusual happening.
He frowned slightly.
After thinking about it, I put it back into the closet.
Then he extinguished the oil lamp and went to bed.
After a while, the sound of Alka's even breathing could be heard.
Alka in the dark.
A faint sound coming from far away was heard.
The extremely vague sound, as subtle as a thread, surrounded Alka's ears like a silk thread.
"Save...save me, save..."
In the darkness, Alka heard the faint cry for help and wanted to open his eyes, move his hands, and twist his body.
But there was no doubt that he couldn't do it.
The body in the darkness seemed to no longer be controlled by its own brain, but its consciousness and sense of touch could still feel its own body.
But he seemed to have lost control.
I could only listen to the cry for help but could not make any response, as if I was still in a deep sleep.
In desperation.
After roughly understanding the cry for help.
Alka could only let the words echo in his mind.
"Who are you? Are you trapped in the magic mirror? How can I save you?"
Three questions kept repeating in my mind.
It seemed that he really received the information in Alka's mind.
The hazy cries for help began to change.
"Magic...touch...touch...help..."
Various repeated combinations of words surround my ears.
Aka was able to understand a little bit of what he wanted to express.
It seems that in order to free it from the magic mirror, one needs to possess magical power and become the toucher.
That's probably what it means.
"No problem. If it's possible, I will save you. But can you let me out first? I want to have a good sleep."
This time, it was much simpler for him to accept the message that Alka wanted to convey.
"Okay... promise..."
"Okay, I promise you that if possible, I will find a way to release you from the magic mirror after I become the Toucher."
Alka said with sincerity.
Finally, he seemed to have regained control of his body and was no longer buried in darkness. He immediately opened his eyes.
Looking at the room where I rest in the moonlight.
He immediately got up and lit the oil lamp on the bedside.
Open the cabinet.
Look at the magic mirror just placed there.
At this time, the pattern on the back of the magic mirror was emitting a faint light, the same as the moonlight outside.
