Chapter 697 – The Mausoleum That Wasn’t Right
Chapter 697 – The Wrong Mausoleum
When that low rumbling sound rang out, Duncan’s attention immediately shifted to the open clearing in the center of the square –
He saw that the mottled and old stone slabs suddenly began to undulate and surge like quicksand, while some kind of huge structure gradually rose up from the depths of the ground, at first appearing in the field of vision was a grayish-white spire, and after a moment, the ancient and mysterious mausoleum, which was like a combination of a giant pyramid and a palace, gradually appeared in his field of vision.
Solemn, silent and ancient, the “mausoleum” building made of some kind of gray and white boulders stood quietly in the near distance, as if a frozen time, reflected in this dim chaos, Duncan looked at this huge building rising from the ground with surprise, and in curiosity carefully observed its style and structure, but found that it was different from what he knew, nowadays, but not the same. realized that it didn’t quite match any of the architectural styles that he knew of, nowadays, in the age of the city-states.
Rather, it looked more like the architecture of the Cretan Kingdom, which he had occasionally read about in some books and scrolls.
The soul projections of the saints in all parts of the plaza also quieted down, and countless gazes couldn’t help but fall on that huge pyramid mausoleum, and a solemn atmosphere with a hint of tension filled the assembly hall, causing the scene to fall silent.
After several minutes, when both Vanna and Morris began to furrow their brows in doubt, wondering if something had gone wrong, some movement finally came from the depths of that mausoleum, and the incomparably heavy-looking stone door finally opened slowly with a low rumble.
The gate opened up, revealing the dark and gloomy corridor structure inside.
The soul projection gates gathered in the plaza gazed at the gate, and the deathly silence lasted for a long time, finally gradually turning into a slight commotion and buzzing discussion.
Listening to the muffled discussions coming from all directions, Duncan realized that something seemed to have gone wrong, and he frowned as he inquired in a low voice to Vanna beside him, “What’s wrong?”
“The …… Gravekeeper hasn’t shown up,” Vanna similarly lowered her voice, seeming to feel a twinge of unease in her confusion as well, “Normally, the Gravekeeper would have stepped out of the gate by this time! ”
Duncan s expression grew grave.
As time passes, the ancient and mysterious mausoleum still stands quietly in the center of the assembly ground, the tomb keeper who should have appeared has still not appeared in front of the crowd – the whispering in the square is gradually spreading, this unusual situation even for a moment made many people overlook the appearance of today’s assembly in the “Captain Duncan”.
Others, however, subconsciously looked to Duncan instead.
Duncan didn’t care about the sights that were looking at him, but instead came straight to Helena.
“It appears that this is a situation you have never seen before,” he opened the door, “do you have any plans to deal with it next? If not, then I’m going to check out this so-called ‘mausoleum’.”
“You wait,” Helena said immediately, followed by a brief moment of thought as she turned her head to Lune and the others beside her, “…… Let’s go over there and see what’s going on first.”
“Good,” Lune first nodded, then raised his gaze and gave orders to the Soul Projections gathered on the assembly ground, “Everyone else standby on the plaza, don’t go near Vision 004.”
With that said he turned around and walked slowly towards the stately mausoleum not far away with Helena, Banister and Frem.
Duncan thought for a moment and took a step to follow as well – when Lune heard the commotion behind him and glanced back, Duncan casually said, “I’ll just tag along and take a look, don’t worry, don’t light any fires.”
Lune’s expression was a bit subtle for a moment, probably recalling the fire that had started in Silantis’ last moments, while Helena dropped her gaze on Vanna after a moment’s hesitation, and after a slight hesitation gave a slight nod, “Vanna, you’re coming along.”
“Me?” Vanna was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and hurriedly followed.
Morris, together with the others, stayed in the “safe area” some distance away from the mausoleum, and watched with a slight nervousness as the several figures slowly approached Vision 004.
Duncan followed Helena and the others, and slowly arrived at the foot of the solemn gray pyramid, and came to the silent open door.
The deep and dim corridor stretched into the distance behind the gate, and the not-so-bright light hazily illuminated the outline of the corridor’s depths, and the interior of the mausoleum seemed to have a space that was far more vast and deep than it appeared to be from the outside, and the corridor seemed to have no end, and could not be seen in sight at a glance.
Frem bent down next to the gate, seemingly scrutinizing something, while Lune pressed his hand against some part of the mausoleum’s outer wall, and near the place where his palm touched, a faint rune-like glow emerged from the air, flickering in mid-air.
Helena and Banister, on the other hand, seemed to be in silent benediction, and as if they were on guard against something.
Duncan looked at this scene with some curiosity and couldn’t help but ask, “What are you doing?” “In ancient times, this ‘Tomb of the Unknown King’ had an uncontrolled history, when it randomly summoned the Chosen throughout the world, causing many horrific events, and then it was only when the four divine churches of the time acted in unison that they were able to provide an explanation for this automatically-run ancient ‘Vision’ with a layer of shackles,” Lune casually explained while inspecting those runes in a hidden state around the mausoleum, “These contracts witnessed by the four gods set the rules for the originally disorderly ‘summoning’ behavior of the Vision 004 ‘ behavior by setting rules, which led to the present-day system of Swift Bells and Assemblies ……”
Duncan raised an eyebrow, “Sounds like some sort of sheltering measure?”
“Only a limited ‘use’ of it,” Lune shook his head, “A vision can’t be sheltered, but by grasping its laws, we can minimize its harm and even make it useful –Today’s Vision 004 still operates as constantly as it did in the beginning, only we’ve found a way to gain information from it without being killed by it ……”
The vision cannot be housed ……
While listening to Lune’s casual words, Duncan’s expression was a bit odd.
He thought of the Lost Country – technically speaking, the current Lost Country was actually in a state of internment, and he, “Captain Duncan”, was the condition of internment for the Lost Country.
But this exception is in line with the “Rule Zero” of anomalies and visions. ……
Duncan shook his head, putting aside for the moment the extraneous thoughts that had come to mind, and at the same time, he heard Frem break the silence with a deep voice: “It looks fine.”
“Yes, everything looks fine,” Lune had also completed his initial examination, and the elderly elf straightened up, took two steps back, and looked up at the magnificent pyramid mausoleum before him, his expression looking rather grave, “At least… . the outside is so.”
“Everything’s fine on the outside – so the problem has to be on the inside,” Duncan said softly, then stepped forward to the main entrance of the mausoleum once more, looking down the dimly lit corridor that seemed to have no end within the main door, “What’s next Do you have any more options?”
Frem stepped forward, and as Duncan watched with some curiosity, the silent and tall Sanguine Pope lifted the scepter in his hand and gave it three not-so-gentle staccato strokes on the ground.
In the next instant, a blurry shadow suddenly split from beside him and solidified and solidified in the blink of an eye into another Frem.
“This is my historical incarnation from an hour ago.” Frem turned his head and casually explained to Duncan, and at the same time as his words fell, that “historical incarnation from an hour ago” had already taken a firm step forward and crossed the door of Vision 004 under the watchful eyes of everyone.
The tall figure walked forward in the darkness, while Vanna came to Duncan’s side and watched with some nervousness as it gradually reached the depths of the corridor, and then she saw the figure suddenly stop at a certain spot.
“Why did it stop?” Duncan turned his head and asked with some confusion.
Frem frowned similarly, apparently even he, the “Summoner” himself, didn’t know why his historical avatar suddenly stopped in place, he looked at the scene in the depths of the gate of Vision 004 in confusion, raised his hand and sketched a few runes in the air, seemingly wanting to re-establish the connection with his avatar, however, at that moment, a great uneasiness suddenly appeared, and he saw the figure suddenly stop at a certain location. this moment, a great uneasiness suddenly surged into his mind!
Almost at the same time, that historical incarnation that remained in the dim depths of the corridor shifted slightly and seemed to be slowly turning back.
Frim, who was standing outside the door of Vision 004, instantly changed his face and violently raised the Pope’s Scepter in his hand, immediately signaling an alarm while disarming the summoning of the historical incarnation, “Beware, contamination!”
In the next second, he dryly cut off the summoning and gave the command to disintegrate the historical incarnation, however, the tip of the scepter in his hand only flashed with a fleeting dim light, and that tall incarnation standing in the corridor of Vision 004 didn’t dissipate in the slightest, but instead continued to turn its head after a slight shake-
Like a grotesque corpse, that tall and pale figure turned its head, and the face that slowly turned in the shadows had begun to show a horrifying and appalling distortion and a chilling smile, and in the dim light, that tearing smile blossomed in the darkness like the maniacal laughter of a madman, while layers and layers of murmurs, mutterings, and grotesque whistles appeared in an instant in the ears of almost every person! ear!
This frightening and bizarre scene made people’s hairs stand on end, Banister and the others immediately reacted and instantly prepared to deal with the contamination and fight against a strong enemy – even though the one who entered the mausoleum was only a historical incarnation, it was also the incarnation of the Pope of the Fire Transmitter, and that kind of power that could instantly contaminate and corrupt him was obviously extraordinary!
However, just at that moment, a tall figure suddenly stepped forward and blocked the door in front of the line of sight of the “historical incarnation” that was slowly turning its head.
Duncan’s body rose up in layers and layers of illusory flames, in a crackling spiritual fire, the green wall of fire blocked almost the entire door – he stood in the flames, staring at the figure that stood motionless in the distance, already tainted by some kind of power.
“Why don’t you keep spinning?”
(End of chapter)