Ancient Field Logs: Part I

An expedition log found before a ruin with a round gate. The writer seems to have been a noble of the old Mondstadt aristocracy.

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The weather is still very harsh today.

The wind and snow have eased somewhat, yet still often force the eyes shut.

It reminds me of an old poem that compared wind and snow to a dance of pale iron swords.

But as Lord Landrich said, whatever difficulties we meet, we must push on.

We must bring rich results back to Mondstadt.

Only so can we not fail Lord Landrich's hope, firm the family's name further, and cool the faintly restless rebels.

Because of the steles, we decided not to survey the ruin cellar on the southwest as planned today, but go to the locked sealed chamber.

According to Young Master Eberhart's reading of the stone inscriptions, there may be well-preserved ancient murals and some weapon of starsilver.

If so, it may be the most meaningful archaeological find in decades.

—Though Lord Ingbert says so, I still cannot put down the comrades lost in the snow a few days ago.

I only hope that, as Young Master Eberhart says, they are noble sons strictly trained from childhood, able to return alone to the temporary camp.

We are about to leave the sunny-side camp and go deep around the mountain into the ruin's heart.

This time we must carefully survey the structural stability of the ruin.