Genshin's Wish

 Chapter 3: The Final Trial of the Mysterious Ruins

After the adventure in the desert kingdom, Bennett and Mika did not stop. This time, they were attracted by an ancient legend and embarked on a journey to find a mysterious ruin. It is said that the ruins contain a power that can change the world, but they are also full of traps and tests.

The two of them passed through the dense jungle, climbed over the steep mountains, and finally arrived at the entrance of the ruins. A huge stone door stood before them, engraved with strange symbols and patterns. Bennett carefully examined the symbols, trying to find clues to open the door.

"These symbols look like an ancient writing system, but I've never seen it before," Bennett said with a frown.

Mika was observing the environment around the stone gate and suddenly found some shallow footprints on the ground, as if someone had just been here.

"Bennett, look, there are footprints here. Maybe someone else has found this place as well." Mika said, pointing at the footprints.

Bennett walked over and looked in the direction of Mika's finger, feeling uneasy. "It seems we have to be careful. I don't know if these people are friends or enemies."

Just as they were looking around warily, the stone door suddenly made a low roar and slowly opened. An old and mysterious atmosphere came over them. Bennett and Mika looked at each other and mustered up the courage to go in.

The light in the ruins was dim, and strange lights flickered on the walls. The two walked forward cautiously, their footsteps echoing in their ears. Suddenly, a huge ravine appeared in front of them, and a stone bridge was across the ravine, but the bridge looked shaky.

"Is this bridge walkable?" Mika looked at Qiao Liang with some doubt.

Bennett carefully observed the structure of the bridge and said, "It should be OK. Let's go over it carefully."

The two walked slowly onto the bridge, taking every step carefully. However, when they reached the middle of the bridge, it suddenly began to shake violently.

"Oh no, the bridge is going to collapse!" Bennett shouted and grabbed Mika.

At this moment, a group of bats flew out from the darkness above their heads and attacked them. Bennett and Mika had to deal with the attack of the bats while keeping their balance to prevent the bridge under their feet from collapsing.

Bennett swung the sword in his hand, slashing down several approaching bats, and shouted to Mika: "Mika, use your magic to attack them!"

Mika quickly cast a spell, and beams of light shot towards the bats, and the bats dodged. With the cooperation of the two, the bats' attack was temporarily repelled. But at this time, the bridge was already shaky, and they had to leave as soon as possible.

Bennett saw the right moment and jumped up with Mika, landing on the ground on the other side. The moment they jumped over, the bridge collapsed.

"That was a close call!" Mika patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Continuing forward, they came to a huge hall. In the center of the hall was a high platform, on which was placed a crystal ball emitting dazzling light.

"Is that the legendary crystal ball?" Mika's eyes sparkled with excitement.

However, just as they were about to walk towards the platform, countless traps suddenly appeared around them. Sharp spikes popped out from the ground, arrows shot out from the walls, and all kinds of strange mechanisms attacked them.

Bennett and Mika dodged everywhere, trying to find a safe route. In the process, they found that these organs seemed to operate according to a certain law.

"Bennett, these mechanisms seem to be related to the previous symbols!" Mika suddenly realized.

Bennett slapped his head and said, "Yes, the symbol we saw on the stone door just now may be the key to cracking the mechanism."

The two hurriedly recalled the symbols on the stone door, trying to find the pattern. After some thinking and trying, they finally found a way to crack the mechanism. With a roar, the mechanism stopped working.

Bennett and Mika walked up to the platform and reached out to touch the crystal ball. The moment they touched the crystal ball, a strong light flashed and pictures appeared before their eyes.

The picture shows a scene from ancient times, where people used the power of the crystal ball to create a beautiful world, but later due to a war, the crystal ball was sealed here. The symbols and mechanisms they saw were set up to prevent the crystal ball from being used by bad guys.

"So that's how it is. We must protect this crystal ball well." Bennett said.

At this moment, the group of people they saw outside the stone gate appeared. These people looked at the crystal ball greedily, wanting to take it for themselves.

"Hand over the crystal ball!" shouted the leader.

Bennett and Mika held the crystal ball tightly and said, "Don't even think about succeeding!"

A fierce battle began. Bennett and Mika fought desperately with these people with their tacit understanding and courage. Although the other side had a large number of people, Bennett and Mika were not afraid.

Mika cast a powerful spell to repel waves of enemies, while Bennett wielded a sword and moved freely among the enemies.

"We can't let them take the crystal ball, or the world will fall into chaos again," Bennett shouted.

Mika nodded: "Yes, we must protect it to the end!"

Under the tenacious resistance of the two, the enemy gradually showed its weakness. Bennett seized the opportunity and used his special skills to beat the enemy back step by step.

Finally, all the enemies were repelled. Bennett and Mika sat on the ground exhausted, looking at the crystal ball in front of them.

"We succeeded and finally protected the crystal ball." Mika said with a smile.

Bennett nodded. "It was a thrilling adventure, but we did it."

They carefully put the crystal ball away and prepared to leave the ruins with it. On the way out, they encountered some minor troubles, but they were all easily solved.

Finally, they walked out of the ruins. The sun shone on them, and they felt particularly warm.

"What should we do next?" Mika asked.

Bennett thought for a moment and said, "Let's find a safe place and hide the crystal ball first. Then, we can study the secret of the crystal ball and see if we can use its power to help more people."

Mika nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's get started then."

So, Bennett and Mika took the crystal ball and embarked on a new journey. They knew that there would be more challenges waiting for them in the future, but they were ready and would move forward bravely no matter what difficulties they encountered, because they were brave adventurers and guardians of justice.