The Godslingers X 2: Chapter 3

Stella's P.O.V

I really wanted to find out where my dad is, but so far no such luck.

I remembered the code imprinted on the paper that I found on his cabin. It read: 71, 148, 115, 167, 101, 223, 124, 224, 87, 187, 94, 174, 62, 139, 59, 130, 49, 112, 39, 98, 113, 241, 133, 234, 59, 131, 73, 130, 49, 99, 62, 98, 77, 169, 102, 174, 91, 182, 127, 190, 47, 94, 81, 109, 65, 130, 93, 135, 95, 205, 106, 194, 96, 206, 127, 211, 140, 299, 183, 301, 67, 143, 73, 134.

And the bottom one is: 118, 251, 124, 236, 101, 211, 128, 214, 67, 140, 98, 148, 46, 92, 72, 101, 68, 136, 105, 150, 79, 178, 96, 176, 118, 237, 177, 257, 19, 38, 19, 38.

I really wondered what that meant, since that didn't make any sense to me.

I looked at the paper again, and on the bottommost part of the paper there is another string of numbers, but this one it seems to be in one digit.

I looked at the numbers again, and it read: 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3, 6, 4, 6, 2, 4, 4, 5.

I took a closer look, and I remembered what my father had taught me.

This is a cryptic message, which can be used to send secret messages. There is something very fishy around here.

I decided to grab my graphics calculator and put in the string of numbers at the bottommost bit. I made the matrix setting to 4x4. Then, I began to insert the numbers in order, but in matrices, you have to go down while inserting. After that, I began putting the other numbers into the separate matrices.

Then, the other matrix I set us were 4x16 and 4x8. Then, I began to enter those numbers on a separate matrix box.

After I multiplied the matrices together, I got this: 9, 6, 0, 25, 15, 21, 0, 22, 1, 13, 20, 0, 20, 15, 0, 6, 9, 14, 4, 0, 10, 15, 19, 8, 0, 13, 3, 12, 5, 1, 14, 0, 7, 15, 0, 20, 15, 0, 20, 8, 5, 0, 4, 15, 1, 0, 18, 5, 3, 15, 18, 4, 9, 14, 7, 19, 0, 19, 20, 21, 4, 9, 15, 0

And this: 25, 15, 21, 0, 23, 9, 12 ,12, 0, 6, 9, 14, 4, 0, 8, 9, 13, 0, 9, 14, 0, 20, 1, 18, 20, 1, 18, 21, 19.

I just realized that this string of numbers are decoded to be some sort of words. for example: a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, and so on and so forth.

After I deciphered the code, I get the message: If you want to find Josh McLean, go to the DOA recordings studio.

Wow, this is the entrance to the underworld, isn't it?

Then, the second message deciphered. I get: You will find him in Tartarus.

My eyes widened. My father is in Tartarus, which means there is only a slim chance he is able to survive.

I decided to return back to camp and then regroup with my friends, which of course they forgave me.