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then why did I ask you to buy it...

1 gold = 50 silver = 500 rummies

Okay, then I'll sell.

Countries of the south – Vanishal
Book “Why it’s better not to be born”
Pills made from powdered antlers

I'll buy boots, 2 packs of water, and provisions for the remaining money.

- Jerl, do you know the saying, my enemy's enemy...?

The mercenaries sent to the palace of Reysen Reima couldn't solve the mystery of this enigmatic place, no matter how hard they tried. Castor L. Celene, seeing this "pathetic sight," as he called it, focused on the task at hand and made the following observations:
The inscriptions on the obelisks (names of the Duchies of the empire and descriptions of torture devices) suggest the correct sequence for the combination. Brightwin (south), Larian (west), Darkiria (north), Laetia (east). Castor believed that this indicated a circular combination, starting and ending in the south. The arrangement of the torture devices also confirms this. However, if we believe what is written on the obelisk and follow this theory, the descriptions are arranged in order (otherwise, the sequence south-west-east-north would make no sense), so the inscription "kings demand the most important" refers to the dragon, not the statue.
Continuing to reflect on the images seen in the visions, we can assume the following: for each of them in this room, there was a pair of stones with thematically corresponding names. However, one stone is missing, but there are only nine sculptures in total. By elimination, the first of the visions is missing a pair, and only "nothing" fits it. Thus, "nothing" can only fit the central statue, and since the visions also followed a certain order, from darkness/emptiness to clocks, this could also be part of the code.
There could be two combinations, as Castor suggested:
1. The stones follow the same order as the visions (with the exception of "nothing"), that is, two in a row for one vision (2-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-1).
2. The stones follow the same order as the visions, but one at a time in a circle – outer and inner (2-3-4-5-2-3-4-5-1).
- Now, regarding the visions. I cannot be sure that my interpretation is correct, but I arrange them as follows:
1 – nothing, this requires no explanation.
2 – the most complex of the visions; I had to compare its meaning with what was written on the stones by elimination; it probably describes the curse placed on this place and the rules for overcoming it.
3 – horror at what was seen and despair at the hopelessness of the situation.
4 – power and lust, attributes of... the Mighty Emperor Reysen Reima.
5 – the clock symbolizes time and death.

All present except Castor lose 3 points of intelligence.

All present except Castor lose 3 points of intelligence.

Tsukiko sadly looked towards the industrial district.

Pills made from antler powder.

1 tablet costs 6.25, just so you know (you currently have 66 silver, and the boots cost 70 silver with Cedric).

I'm buying another liter of pure water.

It's really easy.

Nebok, you can sell the Sonata's book to Cedric for a high price.

However, if we believe what is written on the obelisk and follow this theory, the descriptions are arranged in order (otherwise, there would be no point in the sequence south-west-east-north), so the inscription "kings demand the most important" refers to the dragon, not the statue.

Argh, if it weren't for this, we would have already figured it out. Although, okay, I also mixed up the second and third visions in terms of meaning.

- Jerl, do you know the saying, "my enemy's enemy..."?

Jerl shrugged.

-- I thought that the hands holding a person should be connected to the rules... -- Tsukiko began hesitantly. -- Okay, you know better.
Order of stones:
1, 2

Stone (death)
Stone (horror)
Stone (lust)
Stone (despair)

Curse
Rules
Power
Time

Nothing

Hmm. Actually, if you look at it this way, I like how I distributed the stones according to visions more than Castor does. In this order, everything fits perfectly in meaning ("nothing" separately), and otherwise, the stones fall exactly as the visions were. 4 stones for 4 visions, then another 4 for 4.
Anyway. Let's say we have distributed the stones by vision. Next, we go south-west-north-east. Well, we insert "nothing" into position 9. Then comes what Castor suggested: curse + rules. Most likely, it is arranged in circles after all. Logically, first the inner one, then the outer one. So, Castor said, let's start from the south towards the south. That is, from 5 to 8 and from 1 to 4. Again, it is unclear why exactly like that.
In the process, another thought arose.

Brightwin
Sweet memories turn into nightmares

Lust => horror

Larian
The dead crave to see the light

Death => ? (the opposite of hope is despair)

Darkiria
Kings demand the most important thing

Power => ? (probably time)

Laithia
A wise man never shares his experience

Only rules remain => curse, but there is absolutely no logic here.
In general, I don't quite understand Castor yet )

Just try his options, seriously.

I would have done it easily, but it didn't reach the final version in the end. That is, it's unclear from which point in the circle to start inserting the stones. That's what I'm trying to figure out...
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Oh, wait. I said it. It just sounds silly. But let's try it.

Ah, and here's something else. In Castor's version, it's unclear which stones should go in which circle. The visions have two meanings, okay, I've already said that.
But I assumed that these meanings are clearly distributed across the outer/inner circle. In the order they are given, obviously. Otherwise, you can rearrange them however you like. In its current form, Castor's version simply cannot be implemented, unfortunately. Unless the order doesn't matter, but I doubt it.
-- Okay. Each vision, except for the first, has two meanings. But... you can't just change their order however you want when you insert the stones into the statues, can you? I think the order should indicate which set the stone was given to us in. The third set consists only of "nothing." It's in the middle. The small circle of statues is then the second set. This is Curse, Rules, Power, Time. The large circle is the first set. Death, Horror, Lust, Despair. And then, regarding the visions... They either contain two meanings from different sets. Or each one only has one – Nihonka got a little confused by the long speech. – Am I right?

The official waved off the question from the Japanese person and returned to his own tasks, as he didn't want to argue or discuss the topic further.