For archaeologists, rough conditions during an excavation can be considered as pretty normal circumstances, but excavating in a swampy area like Oligie is rather challenging to describe.
Apart from the handsome rewards provided by Leonard Ethan, the main reason everyone's spirits were maintained was Leonard Ethan and Joan taking turns leading the excavations into this small marshland.
However, the old smell of mud in these wetlands is terrible, unbearable even with a gas mask. After all, the rate of organic decay within this cold climate is very slow. Naturally, this would cause an unbearable odour.
Nevertheless, thanks to this wet and low oxygen environment, previously submerged items under the swamp turned out to be better preserved than expected. That very afternoon, they hooked up a human skeleton with a probe and iron hook.
