Chapter 214: Rune Slab

Chapter 214: Rune Slab

The view from the high tower was great, but Sir Stoker had obviously brought Jon on this visit for more than just the view.

They came to a stone wall enclosure, which did not look any different from other places, but after Sir Stoker gently pushed the outermost surface of a stone wall, a stone slab obviously different from other places was revealed.

It is a stone slab with an overall black colour, carved with dense, hidden writing on it.

Jon did not lie before, when lurking in Hogwarts Castle, to understand the "slave pact" signed by the muggle students in the castle, he did study the ancient runes for a while.

But this is purely out of interest, and the study does not last long at all, so he simply did not achieve much significant progress, only barely knew and understand basic common runes, with that, he can only recognize some runes in front of him and know the general meaning of some lines and clauses.

"I found this slab five years ago, during a special astronomical observation I found it by chance due to the rare star alignment that day. You should remember what I told you last night when we first met, that although this tower was left to me by my family, all my past two generations of family members had actually forgotten that such a place even existed."

Sir Stoker suddenly and strangely did not continue to talk about this stone slab and instead chatted about the history of this tower. nove(l)bi(n.)com

"It didn't stand this high at all when I first came here, only about twenty floors were exposed above the sea, and the rest of this nearly fifty floors high were built slowly by myself alone after I came here and determined to resettle. It took close to twenty years in total, and it was only completely finished in 1976."

Jon frowned slightly, catching the implication of his reason for introducing this.

"In other words, the top of this tower where we are now was actually built by you eighteen years ago?"

"To be more precise, it was twenty years ago." Sir Stoker said seriously, "I had completed this spot before 1974, and the latter two years were mainly for the arrangement of the various floors."

The two-year gap had no impact on the problems that arose from this matter itself.

"You, newly built this floor in 1974, but suddenly five years ago you found this slab hidden behind the wall which you knew nothing about?"

Jon stared into Sir Stoker's eyes, and he seemed to suddenly think of something.

Sir Stoker nodded with a somewhat gloomy gaze.

"Here's the problem, this tower is ancient, but I can be sure that every piece of material from the twenty-seventh floor onwards was made by my own hands with magic to construct and build this tower. I am certain that at the beginning I did not leave anything hidden on this floor and never brought any outsiders here before, but just five years ago, I found this stone slab covered with ancient runes"

As for why this Sir when he encountered this kind of thing, instead of going back to the land to find someone to solve this problem is still breaking his head here with no apparent result, it is expected that he has his own reasons.

"So, Sir, you want me to help you decipher what is written on this slate and investigate the origin of this thing?" Jon asked.

Sir Stoker nodded his head gloomily.

"You should be able to understand my thoughts now, there is no way I can accept that such a thing can happen in such a place where I have spent most of my life living and which belongs to me alone. I have to investigate the origin of this slate, so I need your help, Professor Johnson."

Jon looked at the slate and asked the question in his mind.

"Since you found this slate five years ago, why didn't you go back to the land in the meantime to find someone who specializes in runes to investigate it?"

Sir Stoker took a deep breath and said with a serious look on his face.

"I once swore that I would never leave this tower in my life if I don't complete my research goals."

Only then did Jon's face show an expression of understanding.

If you think about it, who would want to spend their lives in such a place where there is no communication with the outside world at all?

Unless one really has deep obsessions with certain things.

From the top of the tower they are now in, it is roughly evident that Sir Stoker's vow should be related to the starry sky above their heads.

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