Chapter 143 Text On The Stone, Threat Prison

Seeing Runa suddenly running ahead, everyone was surprised.

Irish shouted, "Runa, wait for us, don't run off on your own!"

Saying that, she also hurried over to Runa.

When Irish saw that she stopped in front of the stone, she immediately heaved a sigh of relief.

The group hurried over, and caught up to Runa in just a couple of seconds.

"Runa, don't just suddenly run away like that!" Irish said with a worried look, "How am I supposed to tell Dad if something happens to you?!"

It seems like Runa also knows her fault and immediately apologizes to her.

"I'm sorry, sister Irish." She lowered her head and said, "I was just curious at the words written on the stone as it felt familiar."

The others also turned their gaze at the stone at this time and immediately realized that the words written on it were not their own language.

"What language is this? It doesn't seem to be a language of other countries since I am familiar with their writings." Mary said, frowning as she tried to guess the origin of the text.

"Maybe it's an ancient language." Natalie suddenly said.

Seeing that the others were looking at her, she shrugged, "I just said it since miss Irish–"

"Call me sister!" Irish suddenly said.

"Eh?" Natalie was confused.

"Don't call me Miss, call me sister Irish like Runa." She clarified.

Natalie scratched her head, "Uhm, sister Irish…"

"Good!" Said Irish happily.

The others sighed at her antics but did not say anything.

"So, what were you saying again?" James said,

"Ah, I was just saying that since Mi- sister Irish that this is an ancient ruins, so won't that text be an ancient language then?"

But at this time, the others did not notice that Nathan and Runa were already standing side by side while looking intently at the stone.

They stared at the text for a while not paying any mind to the others.

Then, at the same time, they opened their mouths.

""Naeco Camp ahead, Threat Prison Facility.""

Hearing words coming out of one another's mouth, they were stunned and turned to look at each other with a surprised gaze.

"You can read it?!" Exclaimed Runa in a voice only audible to them.

Unlike her surprise, Nathan was immediately able to calm himself down.

He nodded calmly at her, "Yeah, I'm actually surprised that you can read it too."

Hearing that, a hesitant look appeared on Runa's face as if she had something that she wanted to say but didn't know if she should say it.

Noticing her struggle, Nathan said, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Because of that, Runa stopped thinking about it too much and decided to just ask him.

She looked him directly in the eye and said, "You, are you also a Naeco?"

"No, I'm not a Naeco." Nathan plainly replied, "Since you said 'also', you're probably a Naeco, huh."

Nathan has known this since the time he bumped into her back at school just a few days ago.

But since it was not something that he should know, he decided to act clueless.

Hearing his words, Runa was startled and immediately realized her mistake.

She paled and looked at him with fear.

Seeing that, Nathan was surprised.

He did not know that those simple words of his would result in such a reaction from Runa.

He frowned and immediately asked, "Hey, what happened? Why do you look so scared? It's not like I'm going to eat you or anything."

Runa seems to have calmed down after hearing his words and attitude.

Unsurely, she looked at him and said, "You… you're not scared of me?"

"Huh?"

At her question, Nathan suddenly became confused.

"What? Why would I be scared of you?"

Seeing that Nathan didn't seem to be feigning his reaction, Runa finally calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked back at Nathan with a curious look and with a small voice, she asked, "Don't you know about Naeco?"

"What do you mean?" Nathan asked as he's becoming more and more puzzled the more she asks questions.

In the end, Runa did not answer his question but shook her head at him saying,

"Nothing."

Before turning back her eyes at the stone.

Nathan was puzzled as to what happened but just threw it at the back of his head, taking note of this small episode.

At some point, the others in the group also gathered around the two, seemingly trying to decipher the text on the stone.

"It says that this place is called, Threat Prison." Runa told them,

"Threat Prison? So this place is actually a prison, huh." Said Irish,

"I wonder if there are still prisoners inside it." Kenneth suddenly said,

"As if," said Mary, "Since this place seems to have been left for hundreds of years, anyone sent here should probably be dead by now."

The others nodded their heads in agreement.

Only Nathan on the side did not say anything or make any movements.

Based on a human's lifespan, what Mary just said would of course be common sense.

But because of Nathan's knowledge about the Naeco Civilization, he know that there's a possibility that the threat in here is not just any other threat, but the number Threats like Threat #13.

You have to know that those Threat were enough to make the people from the Camp that Nathan owns now, escape for their life.

Just to be safe, Nathan decided that he should always stay wary and mindful of his surroundings.

He cautiously said, "Guys, be on guard. Always remain alert until we leave this ruin."

Seeing his unusual behavior, the others were puzzled as to why he started acting like this.

"What's the matter, Nate?" Kenneth approached him and asked.

With a frown, Nathan scanned his surroundings and said, "I just thought that since this is a prison, there's still a one in a million chance that a deadly item or person could still be here."

This was the only explanation Nathan could come up with since he can't really speak about the Threat number as he is not sure about it's existence either.