While Riz kept the smartphone locked away, the paintings were not.
He gathered them carefully, stacking them into a neat bundle. He wants to pass it to the researchers at the university, so they have something to work with.
He believed these people would be interested in the advanced civilisation of the past.
They were a peculiar, relentless kind of individuals who easily became obsessed and would walk barefoot across burning coals just to investigate it.
Riz knew them well. This discovery would hit them like lightning.
These paintings will be an excellent bait to drive them to venture into the north, thus increasing the appeal of that land and contributing to its development.
While crop cultivation is almost out of question, the island has more than just that. Lumber, wild game, and minerals are all waiting to be explored.
Riz handed it off to a staff member with a simple instruction, "Deliver this to the university's Department of History. Tell them it is urgent."
