Cataclysm King

Chapter 317 Have you found the imperial mausoleum now?

 Four days later.

  Rune Highlands.

　　A dark forest marked on the map as "Howling Woodland".

The surroundings are filled with black mist, and the trees are as dry as iron.

 There is a smell of death and decay in the air.

In front of the team, three giant dragons with red, brown and green dragon heads were breathing out flaming dragon breath, burning the surrounding trees with howls of ghosts and wolves.

 Look carefully, and you will see that there are strange human faces on the burned trees. They were burned by the dragon's breath until they looked hideous, and streams of fireflies that looked like will-o'-the-wisps sprouted from the tree trunks.

This three-headed dragon is none other than the transformed Prince Salo.

With his own strength, he was able to overwhelm the fighting momentum of hundreds of mercenaries around him.

  Because this is the graduation test of the Royal Academy, the assessment results will directly affect the graduation grade.

This sequence name is not a secret to the outside world.

 You can get a rough idea by asking around a bit.

 Salo is a rare practitioner of the third path.

 He took the opportunity to observe everything carefully.

 This is also a secret that is not passed down to the royal family.

As for the other triangle position, that is Kaili, the second young master of the "Crimson Duke" family of the Red Dragon Kingdom, a fourth-level black knight, with a dragon body and almost invincible defense.

 Various relic-level equipment, arcane-level spells, and dragon language secrets.

 The means of the royal family are much richer than those of ordinary adventurers, and this represents the pinnacle inheritance of the glorious civilization of Talon for three thousand years.

 So in the past few days, the team has been pushing almost all the way.

 The three dragon heads respectively master the extraordinary power of the three pathways of strength, flame, and order.

The dragon is a natural master of magic, and the dragon-born card master also inherits this bloodline talent.

The royal family members of the Black Dragon Kingdom have super rich black dragon blood, which makes Princess Betty born with super high affinity to dark elements and understanding of laws.

Looking at that guy killing everyone, even though he had so many great opportunities around him, he sincerely sighed: "This guy is really strong."

Ji Xun also saw the exaggerated fighting power of the three of them for the first time.

 This is a huge trial group with a total of more than 8,000 people.

Wearing heavy armor, he rampaged among the tree monsters with unparalleled bravery.

 In order to achieve better trial results, they chose to join forces.

Beside Prince Salo, the young female mage holding a staff of legendary quality was equally impressive.

Coupled with the blessing of a wealthy princess, the cards are scattered around like no money.

He saw behind the three people's combat power that far exceeded the same level. He saw the extraordinary system of the system, the high-quality demon marks and professional cards, and the extraordinary power of the dragon's spell.

Ji Xun's eyes also stayed more on Prince Salo.

And [K of Clubs-Pope] is a high-level way to master at least two ways to reach the gods: order + royal power.

This is exactly what Ji Xunyan is keen on.

This is the fifth-level special career card in the [6 of Spades-Order] sequence—[Three-Headed Golem·Holy Dragon Iron Guard].

Graduates from the Royal College also chose to travel in groups in order to achieve good results.

Hence, the Southern Continent has a large number of card masters who are proficient in the mysteries of elements.

 On the battlefield, the three people were the most popular.

 He ​​learned from Aragorn before that certain career sequences can be advanced.

The mercenaries and adventurers hired by the three are also the best in the entire camp, and together they form a very strong fighting force.

 The understanding of the law is still so high, far beyond the ordinary fifth level.

 Prince Salou, Princess Betty, and this Kaili.

 This also opened the eyes of Ji Xun, a card master from the Eastern Wasteland.

 [6 of Spades-Order] can be regarded as the transitional sequence of [Pope].

 This is Betty, the princess of the Black Dragon Kingdom.

These three people are among the top five in this graduation trial group.

Ji Xun even knew why this guy chose this sequence.

 At this Howling Woodland, this was the first time I encountered a group of troublesome monsters.

This guy's exaggerated combat prowess is largely derived from several theosophy professions secretly passed down by the Red Dragon royal family.

 This is the strongest one among the more than ten trial teams.

 She raised her hand and cast the Dragon Language annihilation spell, harvesting monsters in large swaths.

  Similarly a fifth-level card master, [8 of Clubs - Elemental Controller].

The students also made no secret of their methods, killing all kinds of people.

 “Shaun” is a non-combatant and does not need to participate in the war.

But when Ji Xun saw this, he didn't think of royal power.

 The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and he thought in his mind: "This professional card suits me very well."

Ji Xun has been thinking about his fifth-level advancement.

 When he advanced to the fourth level, he discussed with Master Merlin the choice of subsequent advancement directions.

The advice given by the master was that Ji Xun's physical body was already strong enough and his foundation was solid, so he could give due consideration to his warlock abilities.

Such a multi-dimensional improvement will maximize the combat power of the tiers.

 But if it was just to advance to the "wisdom" sequence, Ji Xun felt that it was a bit of a waste of his JOKER talent.

 Until I saw this [Three-Headed Demonic Statue·Holy Dragon Iron Guard] in front of me.

 Isn’t that just right?

 The three extraordinary elements of elements, flesh and blood, and wisdom are all present.

 It couldn’t be more ideal.

 Sure enough, he must be from the royal family.

 The best extraordinary resources are in the hands of these guys.

Outskirts of the team, three noble young masters led a group of mercenaries to fight fiercely.

In the center of the team, a group of doctors, staff officers, maids and other non-combatants gathered together to wait for orders.

The situation was very good, and the group of people started chatting without a word.

“Old Fu, what kind of monster is this? I’ve never heard of it.”

"[Human-faced Dryad] is said to be a necromantic monster formed by the fusion of remnant souls and old trees that are more than a hundred years old. It can only be formed in places where the aura of death is extremely strong. This place is so evil~ I don't know whether the prince Why did Your Highness choose this road? If you want to go to the assembly coordinates announced by the academy, other roads are obviously better."

“Brother Sean, you are well-informed. Do you know what’s going on?”

 “I do know a little bit about it. But that’s hard to say.”

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun certainly knows why they took this route.

 Because among the information that a colleague sold to Prince Salou before, there was a map that a gravedigger found [pointing to a mysterious treasure].

Ji Xun didn’t get the map though.

 But after walking this way and deducing a bit, I guessed the route the team took, and it was most likely the route pointed on the map.

Furthermore, this direction was also the direction in which he speculated that Augustus's tomb should be taken.

 It is not surprising that Prince Salou would choose this way.

While chatting, several people saw the young swordsman wearing a slave collar and holding a fishbone rapier among the tree demon monsters.

"But having said that, that slave from the Eastern Continent is very powerful. What's his swordsmanship like? He could jump several meters in the blink of an eye? He was only at level 4, but a level 4 disaster-level tree demon was stabbed to death with one sword in his hand. Yes, the methods are really evil."

“That’s the ‘Sword Intention of Time’. It’s normal that ordinary people can’t understand it. I don’t know how that guy practiced it, but he actually touched the mystery of a high-level law like the Law of Time. What a gift.”

"Although the card masters in the Eastern Wasteland are not high-level, they have a large population, so it is not surprising that there are a few talented ones. It is said that when the slave catching team captured this kid, many people died. In the end, the sixth level took action. Stop it. Later, it was sold to His Highness the Nineteenth Prince for a good price."

ˆ “.”

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at it.

That young man with a ghostly figure is none other than Che Er.

 Old man Xu was arrested, and of course he was also arrested together.

However, because of his strong combat power, Che Er became a member of the slave guard rather than cannon fodder.

 The relic-level thin sword in the car's second hand was the [Flash Heart-piercing Sword] given to him by himself.

Ji Xun was also quite emotional when he saw it.

 When we first met him, he was just a slightly immature swordsman apprentice.

　　Now he has grown into a very powerful swordsman.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes as he looked at it.

 There is absolutely nothing to worry about.

 Che Er has been able to follow Old Man Xu for so long without dying.

 His destiny is naturally not that easy to die.

 As for Old Man Xu

Ji Xun glanced at it and didn't think much more about it.

Unsurprisingly, as the battle was about to end, a gray-faced old man crawled out from a pile of dead branches.

Many cannon fodders died. The old man looked miserable, but he was fine at all.

 Just as stubborn as ever.

　　【Human-faced Dryads】gathered into a large forest, and the strongest lord was Level 5 Disaster.

 This is an almost impenetrable place of death for a small adventure group.

However, for Ji Xun and his large team of more than 8,000 people, it was almost overwhelming.

 After the monster lord was killed by Lorne and others, the battle came to an end.

 Doctors entered the scene and began to treat the wounded.

 Others clean up the battlefield.

 But Prince Salo seemed determined to find something, and ordered a careful survey of every corner of the forest.

Although everyone didn’t know what was going on, they could only follow orders.

 Without the obstruction of monsters, this carpet search is very efficient.

Not long after, someone suddenly shouted loudly.

 “The entrance has been found!”

"Your Highness, there is a robbery cave here. It looks like it was left by a gravedigger." "Hahaha, we are rich! There are many ancient relics in the cave!"

ˆ “.”

 The plot suddenly reversed, from adventure trials to excavation of ruins.

 It’s no wonder the hunters were so excited.

These noble young men are very willing to spend money, and they will get a share of the treasures discovered through exploration.

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people ran over in a group and happily got through the hole covered with dead branches.

Ji Xun was not surprised when he heard this.

  He knew that there was a high probability that he had found the "mysterious treasure coordinates" on the map.

 After all, there are almost no large-scale ruins found in the entire Rune Highlands, only monsters.

 Now that artificial traces have been discovered, we have made a good start.

Just as I was thinking about it, a cautious voice came to my ears: "It is not easy to gather such a strong undead energy. I am afraid there are a lot of undead monsters."

 The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with gray hair.

 Called "Lao Fu".

Ji Xun also looked sideways slightly as he listened, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes that was not easily detectable by others.

According to Lao Fu himself, he is an [archaeologist] and knows a lot of strange knowledge, so he was hired in the team.

 They are all non-combatants. They had many exchanges along the way and became familiar with each other.

However, Ji Xun felt a crisis in this guy.

 Not everyone is a perfect actor.

 Lao Fu is indeed as he said, a knowledgeable archaeologist, and he has no flaws.

 Normal people cannot see his abnormality.

However, Ji Xun is different.

 In "I am the world", the logic of all things is involved.

 Behind one lie, it takes countless lies to cover up the logical flaw.

Ji Xun is now very proficient in this magical and mysterious method.

Behind this seemingly perfect identity story, after some deduction, he found some clues.

Ji Xun is basically certain that Old Fu is a secret guard of the royal family.

 Accordingly, this guy may also find someone lurking.

Ji Xun was very confident and it was definitely not him who was exposed.

 If you are not discovered, then it is someone else.

 This is very interesting.

Leaving aside the royal power struggle in the Southern Continent, 80% of this team contains political opponents of Prince Salo, and it is not surprising that there are spies lurking;

 But the Eastern Continent.

There are only a few targets of suspicion.

 Unfortunately, they are all Ji Xun’s enemies.

 The inheritance of the Bai family has not been broken, and now he is the national advisor of the Oran royal family.

Ji Xun didn’t think that the new king Arthur would watch his ancestral spirit being dug up by the people in the Southern Continent.

 But it cannot be stopped from the front.

  There is no more suitable way to lurk than the Bai family.

 So Ji Xun suspected that 80% of the expedition team included members of the Bai family.

With this thought in mind, in the past few days, he had used his identity as an intelligence dealer to give the old man hints about the Bai family's lurking methods from time to time.

Ji Xun thought that there should be some sparks between the two sides.

“Your Highness, there seems to be an underground palace down there, it’s very big!”

 “Oh my God, there are so many relics!”

ˆ “.”

Not long after, the first batch of mercenaries who went underground brought back exploration information and a large number of ancient items.

 Lao Fu, an archaeologist, was also called over.

After some identification, he immediately confirmed that the rusty metal weapons and broken clay pots were from the post-Talon period.

  And it is a burial object.

  In other words, the underground is really a mausoleum.

 Everyone was excited now.

 There were many nobles during the Talon period and there were also many tombs.

 Finding a tomb is like encountering a gold mine for an adventurer.

However, when Ji Xun heard the news, he was slightly surprised: "Is it so easy to find it?"

Now, a piece of news has been confirmed from the side of Nan Jing's mouth. The Luen Highlands is really the location of the tomb of the Augustus royal family.

 There is absolutely no chance that there are ordinary tombs near the royal mausoleums.

In other words, even if the underground palace below is not a royal tomb, it must be an important ancient relic.

Ji Xun originally thought it would take a lot of effort to find it.

  It can be done at the moment.

 Have you found it?

 It’s so easy that it makes people think that they are lucky.

Others have not realized how special this tomb is.

 But Prince Salo came just for the royal mausoleum.

 He immediately ordered everyone to go underground.

 The news was not allowed to leak out, even the logistics staff such as Ji Xun followed.

 The space underground is very large.

 It's really like a huge underground city.

 The underground palace is supported by various huge pillars, with the highest floor height being one or two hundred meters.

Looking far away, one cannot see the end.

 Although many places have collapsed, it is still extremely spacious.

Ji Xun and the thousands of people came in and spread out in all directions without feeling crowded at all.

 The assassin climbed up the stone pillar briskly and lit the ever-burning lamp on the high wall of the tomb.

In an instant, the entire underground palace lit up with orange light.

 An extremely spectacular scene came into view.

As soon as the lights were illuminated, everyone's faces showed expressions of horror.

“Oh my god, what kind of tomb is this?”

No one present had ever seen such a large tomb, and everyone was shocked by the scene before them.

This is a tomb underground palace with a strong Talon period style. The whole body is made of huge dark yellow stone strips.

Huge stone guard statues a hundred meters high stand everywhere in the underground palace, majestic and solemn.

 The walls are covered with exquisite murals with bright colors and delicate brushstrokes.

 The content of the murals records the daily life, war stories, myths and legends of some people during the Talon period.

The characters are lifelike, making people feel as if they are seeing a vivid historical scroll unfolding, allowing people to personally touch the glory and mystery of Talon civilization.

 All the items in the underground palace seem to have been built for gods.

 Everything in the field of vision is ten times the size of normal human objects.

 Human beings are as insignificant as ants in this ancient monument.

This also made everyone feel an inexplicable sense of awe and admiration.

 Looking at the scene in front of them, everyone was very excited.

 But in Ji Xun's trembling eyes, there was a hint of doubt: "Have you really found the royal tomb?"

 There is a high probability that it is true.

 The reason why I have this idea.

 Because he has seen this style.

　　Just in the "Cemetery Labyrinth" extra-dimensional space on the outskirts of Innocence City, it has exactly the same style!

And according to Ji Xun's understanding of history, the size of this mausoleum is definitely not an ordinary noble mausoleum.

Even ordinary royal families are not qualified to have such a large tomb statue.

 It can only be the royal tomb of Augustus!

 But just because he thought he had found it, Ji Xun became more and more suspicious.

 Because the process is too easy.

This made Ji Xun instinctively feel a sense of crisis. They seemed to have been deliberately guided here.

right!

Starting from the "gravedigger's map", the cause and effect line of things begins.

Ji Xun thought of something, and a slight doubt appeared in his eyebrows: "It's strange. If there is someone who can guide me, who would it be?"

With this thought, a sense of conspiracy and intrigue came over me.

 Not many people know that the tomb of Augustus is located in the Rune Highlands.

 Olan royal family, Bai family, high priest lineage, high-level officials of the Irel Empire

Ji Xun instantly deduced it in his mind.

 But he did not expect anyone to have the motive to lead Prince Salo and his group into the royal tomb.

Just as he was thinking about it, the guard beside Prince Salo in the distance shouted: "His Royal Highness has ordered that everyone who enters the tomb will be rewarded with three thousand gold coins! After returning, everyone will be rewarded with dividends. Start exploring now, and there will be major discoveries. Those who have made meritorious deeds will be rewarded heavily!”

As soon as these words came out, the mercenaries and hunters became excited.

 Everyone knows the danger, but they are working for money, so a reward would be great.

With the heavy reward, the adventurers also excitedly explored the depths of the underground palace.

Prince Salo came with this group of people, of course they were here to be cannon fodder.

Ji Xunke didn’t dare to be careless at all.

Confirming that 80% of the time he was in front of him was the royal tomb, he decisively scanned the cannon fodder slave camp and quickly found a timid old man.

 He himself was not sure that he could survive in the dangerous tomb.

 But, Old Man Xu can.

 (End of this chapter)