8

Steve stared intently at the obelisk in front of him. The obelisk was the same as before both in terms of the writing used and also the shape. But what distinguishes it is the content and color. The young man closed his eyes, entering the dimension of time to see what had happened in the past. One hundred years ago. But nothing happened. There are only snakes and trees there. Then Steve tried to look further, two centuries ago but still nothing happened.

Three centuries. Four centuries. Five centuries. Still not yet. Only snakes and big trees are here. Also the obelisk which must have been centuries old. Six centuries, seven centuries, eight centuries, nine centuries, still not. Until the tenth century. A thousand years ago. This obelisk was moved by someone. The figure was about three meters tall, wearing a black robe with the words Diavolo on it. Whatever the purpose and reason for the figure to move the obelisk to this place was clearly to protect it from something quite threatening. And Steve was also pretty sure it was the same figure who had moved other obelisks in some of the most dangerous remote places in the world.

Steve opened his eyes. And when he did, all of Steve's energy seemed to be sucked up until the man almost collapsed if only Zeo didn't hold his body, "What happened? Are you okay Steve? What do you see?" he asked in a worried tone.

Leo immediately came closer, touched Steve's shoulder, transmitting warmth through the touch, "Your body is so cold. What are you looking at? Was it something terrible?"

I managed to go back a thousand years. It was only for an instant but what I just saw I never expected. I saw someone moving the obelisk to this place. He was wearing a black robe with Diavolo written on it. After that nothing happened. other people besides us who came. Everything was just filled with trees and snakes," explained Steve breathlessly. Still looking weak for what he just did.

Leo stared at the obelisk. It's full of venomous snakes that look so deadly. Even if the three of them were immune to any kind of poison, the poison from the snake on the surface of the obelisk would still have an adverse effect on their bodies even if they were not felt. Then with his icicles, Leo froze the entire obelisk. But in an instant the ice melted. Also a light emanated from it, "Something is protecting this thing," said the young man, "A truly powerful force. Whoever made that barrier, definitely didn't want this obelisk to be taken by someone else. in the forest of Timeo Village,"

"That means the one who made the shield on each obelisk is the same person? It is possible that the one who made the shield was the person with the Diavolo robe as Steve said, right? Then Steve, have you read the contents of this obelisk?" Zeo asked Steve who was still in his arms. It looked very weak because it had expended a lot of energy to go back in time a thousand years. Because obviously that's not yet within Steve's realm of power. The last time he was only able to go to a hundred years ago. And forcing himself to go back a thousand years using the time dimension within him is such a reckless act.

"I'll read it" Steve leaned on Zeo's shoulder to stand up straight. Reading letter by letter the hieroglyphs written on the obelisk before finally frowning, looking at Zeo and Leo in turn, "I don't understand what this obelisk means. But I think all the writing here has its own meaning. This is a play on words, "

"What do you mean?" Leo shook his head in disbelief.

"Rex periit, et Oceani insula subsedit. Odi fateor, sed avaritia humana omnia mutavit. Quidquid habuimus messed. Frigida et calida concrepat. Nix et solitudo incipiunt tangere. Medium civilizationis et centrum mundi. Omne autem contrarium est. Sed intelleges cum viam poteris invenire . Tantum potest populus electus est. Et solus in mediis duabus silvis umbrosis periculosis flumen frangere potest. Quorum periculosissimus ille fluvius est," said Steve, reading every letter on the obelisk.

"You're right," Zeo muttered, "I think there's a riddle in there. I'm just not the smartest person to solve a riddle like that,"

"Oh I forgot you can speak Latin," Steve glanced at Leo who just nodded nodded his head pretending to understand what he just said, "No need to act Leo, I know you don't understand what I'm saying right?"

"You refuse to teach me Latin. Then how can I master the language on my own. I'm not as smart as you Steve. So don't expect more from my small brain capacity,"

Steve sighed heavily "The king has perished and the island has sunk to the bottom of the ocean. I hate to admit it but human greed has changed everything. It's messed up everything we had. Cold and heat are in conflict. The snow and the desert are starting to collide. The center of civilization and the center of the world. Everything is contradictory. But you will understand when you manage to find the way. Only a chosen person can do it. And only he can break a river in the middle of two dangerous shady forests. Which, that river is the most dangerous among them,"

"Huh? Breaking a river in the middle of two shady and dangerous forests? It's like a river that's between the Giant Forest and the Snake Forest huh? Aren't those two forests very dangerous. But the river is even more dangerous?" asked Leo, "As far as I can remember only that river is between two forests. Because most of the rivers here are in the middle of a forest, not between two forests,"

"What's the name of that river?" Zeo immediately turned his head, "Is that the Devil's River? Some people have said that the name of the river is the devil's river, right?"