1824 - - 49-13 Towards the ruins



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 < is complicated.

 First, there are two groups: the who remained in Hael and the who emigrated to Ars.

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 < were divided into and , but they have already died out.

 The , after having established themselves on the continent of Gondor, were divided into the < and the <, and the < into the <, the <, and the <.


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 Of these, the went to present-day Mitsho and Huso, and the settled in present-day Koguryo.

 The <> became the ancestors of the <> on the continent of Gondor.


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 And what of the <>?

 <> tried to develop independently in Ars, as represented by No. 600012, and failed .......

 Then, what about the <>?

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 So far, no remains have been found that correspond to them.



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 On the morning of May 11, on the island of Horai.

 In front of the research institute, the members of the who are heading to the <> are assembled.

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 Jin, Hannah, Saki, and Goose. Reiko, Smith1, and Nurse Alpha, an automata for nursing, are accompanying them.

 Theon has already returned to the Nordic Federation through the warp gate.

Are you ready?

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 Jin asks just to be sure, since he can get what he needs by warp gate or transporter.

"I'll be fine."

"Yes, I'm fine."

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 When he received only affirmative answers, Jin boarded the <>, the leg of the trip. Everyone followed.

 Edgar was accompanied by Elsa and the twins, so Sky 10 was the pilot for this leg.

"Bye!

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"Bye, baby."

Bye!

 The <> floated up in the air as Elsa and the twins watched it go.

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 Once it gained enough altitude, it flew north.

 Erza, Chloe, and Mio waved at the airship until it was out of sight.


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"......You finally got there. ......"

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 Goose, who is not very good at flying, remained leaning back in his seat with his eyes closed.

 < arrived at its destination in about an hour, having also used the .

 Zion was waiting for them in the plaza in front of the clan territory of <>.

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 Nearby, they see Zion's father, Radeous, mother, Rorona, and friend, Marikka.

 Without a sound, the plane landed.

"Jin, everyone! Come here!

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"Hello Zion, it's been a long time.

"Sorry to rush you, but are you ready to head to the ruins?"

 Jin nodded.

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"Yes. <
"Yes, it will be fine.

"Who's going that way?"

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 Jin replied that Zion and Maricka would accompany him.

 Two researchers from the Shinra Institute will be there.

"Jin-san, please take care of Zion for me."

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"Marikka, make sure you do your research.

 With these voices, Jin's group, including Zion and Marikka, took off again in the .

"Let's continue north for about 50 kilometers.

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 Saki heard Sion's directions,

Saki asked, looking at the map, "Well, is it around where we hit the Lugada River?"

 Saki asked, looking at the map.

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"Yes, that's exactly right. About 400 meters away from the river.

"Hmmm. "Well... if you are thinking about water convenience, you should have put it a little closer to the river," Goose said.

 Goose said.

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 Hannah looked at the map with Saki,

"But the river might have been changed for a long time there.

 Hannah said.

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 When a river meanders in its middle reaches, the outer part is eroded and the inner part is sedimented.

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 In other words, the outer part of the meandering area is being eroded and the inner part is being filled with sediments. As a result, the meandering becomes larger.

 If the meandering becomes too large, the upstream and downstream parts of the bend become attached to each other. When this happens, the river flows easily, in other words, it flows straight, and the meandering part is left behind.

 This is called Lake Mikazuki.

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 The lake crescent was found near the river Hanna pointed out.

"I see, it has been a long time since the time of the origin. That's a strong possibility.

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 Guth retracted his previous statement and agreed with Hannah's opinion.



 In the meantime, arrived near the ruins.

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 A wide plain spread out before them, with good visibility.

 In a part of the plain, a tent was set up.

"Oh, there it is."

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"I see, I can see it clearly."

 The tent was a good landmark.

  landed about 50 meters from the tent.

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 A man comes running toward us. He seems to be one of the researchers.

"You must be Jin's group. Welcome. Thank you.

He's a leconaus. He's an archaeologist.

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 Theon introduced them.

"Thank you, Theon."

 Reconaus was a serious-looking man with silver hair and light blue eyes, typical of the Shinra clan.

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"By the way, the other one is Tonelius, his younger brother.

He is still in the ruins.

Then let's go with him.

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 We've come here with that intention," said Zion.

 Jin and the others are eager to see the ruins, so they do not object.

 They had all the necessary equipment in their rucksacks on their backs, so they were ready to go.

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"I'm off then. You'll take care of the rest, right?"

 Jin called out to Sky10 as he left.

"Go ahead, master. Take care of yourselves.

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This way, sir.

 The ruins were located about 30 meters from the tent.

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 There was a 5-meter-high rock rising up like a table.

 There was a crack at the base of the rock, and when we looked inside the crack, we found a small, large room-like space. It seemed to be the entrance to the newly discovered ruins.

 The floor of the room, illuminated by a magic lamp, had a square slit in the shape of a door if you looked closely.

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"This is the entrance. It was probably some kind of emergency exit.

 Reconaus said and lifted the door to show it open.

"Oh, ......."

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 There was a vertical shaft opening.

 A ladder was suspended from the wall of the pit. It certainly looked like an emergency exit.

"About 20 meters down is a small hall. So far we have only gone that far.

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 Now that you're here, we can finally move on," he said, smiling expectantly.