Exploring a deep cavern, I uncovered the remains of an ancient battle alongside a stranded Spanish galleon. After pushing a cannon to blast through a stone blockage, I kicked a raft into the water to board the ship. On deck, I began manipulating a suspended falconet to smash through the lower hold.
Pressing deeper into the subterranean network, I navigated through a narrow cavern route, hoping that I wouldn't run into any supernatural horrors or lingering ghosts in the dark.
Squeezing my way through a tight crawlspace, I emerged onto the other side to find a sight that immediately caught my attention, which was the skeletal remains of an incredible ancient battle scattered across the cavern floor.
Examining the corpses, Lara pointed out the jagged spears and arrowheads still embedded in their ribs, confirming a brutal historical clash. Nearby, I spotted a heavy iron cannon resting on wooden wheels.
Realizing I needed to clear a path forward, I first shoved aside a heavy wooden crate blocking the barrel, then heaved the cannon down the incline.
The heavy artillery piece crashed straight into a stone barrier, shattering the rock face completely and opening up a brand-new tunnel.
Stepping through the newly made opening, I stared in disbelief at a massive Spanish galleon wedged tight inside the rock walls of the canyon. Lara expressed her own confusion, marveling at how a full-sized ocean vessel could have ended up trapped so far inland.
Piecing the historical clue together, I realized the original Spanish expedition must have drifted or navigated into this canyon system by accident, triggering a bloody conflict with the indigenous local tribes that ended with the ship abandoned in the cavern depths.
Knowing my objective lay aboard the stranded vessel, I began searching for a way to climb onto the deck.
Checking the waterline, I spotted a wooden raft wedged along the bank. I kicked the raft off the shore and out onto the water, using it as a floating platform to bridge the gap and haul myself up onto the hull.
Reaching the top deck in no time, I immediately began analyzing the environment to solve the puzzle blocking my progress.
I initially aimed my bow and fired a rope arrow into a heavy gear mechanism, attempting to crank it toward me, but the structure proved far too heavy to move manually.
Turning my attention to the ship's rigging, I noticed a heavy falconet cannon dangling from the boom yard high above.
Locating an interactive winch on the deck, I began cranking the arm to swing the suspended weight into position, planning to release the falconet to smash straight through the reinforced hatch and breach the lower decks of the galleon, but I had to release it next.
