
Preceptor Crown Mountain is one of the historical buildings that have survived since the ancient era. If there is an organization that secures international culture, this mountain should be awarded as a world heritage site. Information from Suzuka, Crown Mountain Preceptor was once an academy or school that was in the ranks after High School. Preceptor Crown Mountain became a training ground for the elite in gaining knowledge. They always get the best learning media.
The area grounds of Crown Mountain's Preceptor Academy itself covered the entire mountain. If it must be forced, that the swamps that Dans and his friends passed through were still part of the academy even though they had not entered the mountain area. All of that was the front page that showed just how much of an asset the academy had.
Now everything has become a relic. What remained were the fragile buildings on top of the mountain that were once used as halls, classes, dormitories, and others. It's also not well maintained. Many parts of the building have been integrated with nature. Nature has taken back its dominance over human civilization. That's what Dans and his friends saw.
The five of them just came out of the hallway. Hundreds of stairs are exhausting to pass. Udin and Tiana were the weakest among them to the point of making them. Both are out of breath. Unlike Dans or Dayat which in the mind of both of them focus when it comes to meeting Zen. They've both been on alert since.
“It feels very nostalgic. I used to live here too.” Suzuka looked at each stone pillar that was still standing upright. The stone poles made of marble had been left intact with the vines and the roots of the plants began to infiltrate them. But even so, in Suzuka's mind it still crossed clearly how the shape of a magnificent stone pillar.
“Really? What did you serve as? Lecturer?” ask Udin.
“Subject research,” replied Suzuka coldly. “What do you expect from an artificial robot? Have you forgotten my explanation of the Gods of this world that are nothing more than super-sophisticated robots that have programs to perform certain tasks?”
“O-OK...” In his mind, Udin said, ‘It doesn't have to be that way, ‘kan?’
“Now what do we do?” ask Tiana.
“Log into the deepest area. If you go inside this hall, following the passage that leads down, you will find the underground examination hall. In the room was stored an artifact named Golden Egg.” Suzuka's hand pointed at the direction in question following her explanation.
“Golden Egg?” Four of them asked simultaneously.
Suzuka turned around and showed her smiling face to all of them. “Golden Egg is actually a graduation mark for students. He became a symbol of greatness and kinship. People who have Golden Eggs are always hailed by residents in their home country.”
“And let's not come here to find pride,” timpal Dans interrupted.
“I know.” Suzuka pouted. “Even if we do not get pride from obtaining Golden Eggs, we will still look for it to have its effect as a fixture that will add strength.”
“Oh, yes? What is it?”
“What do you think is egg-related?” A mysterious smile is formed when Suzuka gives a guess.
“Ayam?”
“Box?”
“Food?”
“Mata?”
“Oh...”.
“Then what are you waiting for? Let's get it right away!” take Udin.
“I'll stay,” said Dans.
It was enough to make all his friends confused. They questioned Dans' decision. Isn't he the most enthusiastic about defeating Zen? He even had to be forced to rest.
“Why?” ask Suzuka.
“I will be on guard. There's no guarantee Zen and his squad will arrive after we're done. I don't want them to steal our target Golden Egg.”
“And can you beat them?” Suzuka threatened. “Listen, I'll come inside. That means you'll be here with an ordinary sword. Using me you still can't give Zen a scar. Are you able to survive using a regular sword.”
Dans speechless. No argument can contradict the facts. Water flowing from high to low cannot be said otherwise except under different conditions. Dans lost against Zen, that's a fact. It can only be challenged in certain situations.
“I know but... I know.. but I don't want us to fail! When a single sacrifice can solve everything, I do not wish SACRIFICE!” Dans confirmed with a shout. “Please…. I don't plan to die..”.
Suzuka held onto her forehead while moaning. “Ugh... why judging a stubborn person is troublesome..” He looked at Dans with sharp eyes. “Good, we will leave you here. I didn't expect you to buy time when Zen came, but I hope you can survive.”
“Umu, thank you.”
That was the story until they split up into two squads. Dans stood guard there, while Suzuka led the other three in search of the Golden Egg.
When there was a difficult thing to reach where the Golden Egg was stored, it was the corridor and the passageway had changed a lot. Nature takes over human civilization. It was not uncommon for them to find the underground passageway had collapsed. If grass and weeds grow along the way, it is still easy to mop up using blade-shaped angina magic. But getting rid of the ruins will even cause other ruins.
“Why also they keep it underground, anyway..” Suzuka grumbled as she could not help her frustration.
Tens of minutes passed with them constantly wandering around inside the ruins of the building. Still warm memory Suzuka dote the building plan. He was very memorized as to where this passageway would take them. But when it has entered the underground area, there twirling looking for a way is done. They're like rats in a labyrinth.
Until it continues, finally their search managed to produce results. Suzuka managed to find the closest path leading to the room where the Golden Egg was located. Indeed, the roof had collapsed and this greatly hindered the journey with them doing the digging bit by bit. But good, they arrived.
In front of Suzuka was a dark steel door that stood towering dozens of meters upwards. The door had no decorations at all. But when Suzuka jumped up and placed her palm in the middle of the door, the blue stripes formed intricate geometric patterns. Next, they found an empty room that was very wide behind the door.
“Be careful, behind there is the final exam room. Most likely there is no system that works here, but still be careful and do not activate any mechanism.”
“Good!”