Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1069 1051. Tomb
Rudolf Plateau is a general name for a large area.

If there is no one who knows the way, it would be definitely not an easy task to find the tomb of the Witch-king of Angmar in this large area.

Since entering this desolate and gloomy land, Lan En automatically slowed down the speed of Qilin and fell behind Radagast.

Let the slovenly old wizard lead the way in a rabbit sled.

"It's right in front!"

Above the gray-black land, there is a sudden and steep mountain rising from the ground.

This mountain stands alone on the plateau, which is completely inconsistent with the geological movement.

Considering the geological history of the World of Arda, this may be a mountain created out of thin air by the ancient Valar when they were still able to raise mountains and plan rivers in Middle-earth.

This mountain is not high, but it is about 700 to 800 meters. The strangest thing is its shape.

It is so sharp and pointed that it looks like a pile of huge rock pieces stacked together and standing on the plateau.

The overall color is a smoky black.

This black color is by no means natural and has nothing to do with the local soil or rock. It is more like it has been stained by something over time and has become like this.

"It's the power of evil."

Radagast asserted once they reached the foot of the mountain.

He got off the rabbit sled and knocked on the rock wall of the mountain with the wooden wand in his hand, his mouth curled up in disdain and disgust.

"It can't be wrong!"

Lan En also asked Qilin and the big rabbits to go aside, and he jumped down with the fluffy ball.

The witcher looked up and saw that the sky in this area had never cleared up and was always covered with dark clouds.

This sharp mountain still has some snow from last winter.

"Tomb." Lan En frowned slightly, and his eyes scanned this strange mountain. "Where is the tomb?"

Although this mountain is only seven or eight hundred meters high, it is still a mountain and is extremely huge.

"Just follow me, come on."

Radagast also frowned and looked at the mountain in front of him, but unlike Lan's searching eyes, he was mainly recalling.

"First, count twelve pieces of rock to the east, then... um!"

While muttering to himself, the old wizard took off his hat and asked the three little birds that had built a nest in his hair to fly out to find and determine the route for him.

Radagast took a step forward, his tattered gray robe swaying, and waved his wand behind him without looking back.

What it means is that Lan En should stop talking nonsense and just follow.

"Well, I don't think he's reliable, meow~"

The fluffy ball jumped to the ground, looked up at his boss worriedly as he walked forward.

Lan En shrugged. "After all, he is an old wizard who has lived for who knows how long. Is it okay? I think so."
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This mountain is very difficult to climb.

This was also true even in the eyes of the fluffy ball, whose size and weight had surpassed Lan En due to the [Light Body Technique].

There are few places to stand on the rocky mountain.

It seems that it was precisely because of the characteristics of this mountain that the Northern Kingdom, which was responsible for burying the Witch-king of Angmar, chose this place to avoid anyone coming into contact with the tomb.

Radagast finally found the way up by relying on his vague memory and the bird's reconnaissance.

Those are many stone steps artificially installed on the rocky mountain.

These stone steps are unobstructed and extend straight out of the mountain, making people's hair stand on end.

The two people and the cat began to climb up the stone steps.

It has been so long since the tomb was built that even the stones have become brittle in the wind and rain.

The originally continuous stone steps have been broken in many places.

Fortunately, those who came up were not ordinary people. Even Radagast, who looked sloppy and old, was more agile than the ordinary young men.

The stone steps twist and turn, rising all the way to the middle of the mountain. More than 300 meters away, a cave finally opens up in the rocky mountain.

There was a corridor in the cave, which was the same width as the inside and outside of the cave entrance, and was only slightly wider than the shoulder width of an ordinary person.

It can only accommodate one person walking normally.

For Lan En, the place was too narrow and cramped, and he had to lower his head and move sideways to move forward.

But after walking through the corridor, I still felt uneasy.

There was no stable ground at the end of the tunnel, but a square, bottomless hole. It was probably dug directly to the bottom of the mountain.

Opposite the square hole is another door.

There was deep darkness inside the door, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Some light, Radagast."

Lan En is still not sure what kind of magic the wizards in this world can use, but the Flash spell is very reliable.

Radagast blew twice on the crystal head of the wand as if blowing out a candle, and the crystal lit up with a gentle light.

This light can radiate very far.

As a result, a corner of the scene inside the doorway opposite the cave was also illuminated.

There should have been an iron gate at the entrance, with strong and thick iron bars.

But now, the iron gate was broken from the inside.

A powerful force, like tearing a curtain, turned the iron gate into a hole that broke out.

The torn and broken iron bars were turned outward and rust could be seen. It seemed that the door had been breached for quite some time.

And continue to look inside following the light from the magic wand
"Flutter!" Radagast's bird jumped out of the darkness and flew towards the old wizard in panic.

In the corner that was illuminated by the light for a moment, there was no strict seal
The lid of the sarcophagus, which was as thick as a fist, was completely broken!

The thick iron chains that originally tied the sarcophagus also hung limply on the ground!
"This is.!"

Radagast was also stunned by the scene before him.

There was a circle of loose stones at the edge of the cave where people could stand. He quickly raised his wand to illuminate the room and moved towards the door opposite where the sarcophagus was placed.

With one hand he held onto the torn, turned-out iron bars of the iron fence, while using the light to illuminate and look at the surrounding rock walls.

"This isn't right! This shouldn't be the case!"

The old wizard spoke tremblingly, and his old and crazy voice echoed deeply in the deep darkness.

"This place is filled with malicious spells! Ancient and full of hatred!"

"How could the people of the Northern Kingdoms use such a spell to bury the Witch-king of Angmar?! Have they been driven mad by hatred?"

"This is an evil servant!"

"You don't know?" Lan En asked Radagast across from the entrance of the corridor.

"I don't know! I wasn't there when they buried the body!"

The witcher gnashed his teeth and said, "Then the Witch King of Angmar is the only one here? Only him?"

"No"

Radagast said this in a daze, his face expressionless.

As he spoke, he extended the tip of his glowing wand over the hole in the ground and motioned for Lan to look down.

There are many layers under this deep cave.

And on each floor, there is an iron gate that has been torn open from the inside and turned outside!

Radagast raised his head and met Lan's gaze across the hole in the ground as he just stretched his head and looked down.

The sloppy old wizard's eyes were trembling in panic and he was muttering to himself.

"The Witch King of Angmar is one, and there are nine in total!"

"Do you have to recite poetry at this time? Good God!"

Lan En pinched his brows with a headache.

At the same time, the demon hunter nodded to the cat behind him.

The calico kitten meowed seriously and solemnly.

Then, it nimbly and lightly darted past the squatting Lan En.

After rushing out of the corridor, he jumped directly down.

Having practiced the [Light Body Technique], Felynx is extremely light, and its claws can serve as a leverage point on the tiny cracks on the rock wall.

In the square and deep cave, the kitten was seen jumping back and forth, observing every iron gate that was torn from the inside.

Radagast also picked up the wand backwards and pointed it at the hole to provide lighting.

"This layer of coffin has been broken, meow!"

"This layer is broken too, meow!"

As the fluff ball observed and reported, Radagast's expression became uglier.

He gripped the wand even harder, and the light on the wand grew brighter, moving downward layer by layer along with the flannel ball.

Lan En maintained a half-squatting position, his eyes following the leaping figure of the flannel ball, his fingers stroking the rock wall of the corridor.

How much effort did the people of the Northern Kingdom put into building such a horrifying tomb?

They had to dig through the mountain wall, hollow out a passage inside the mountain, and transport the huge sarcophagus in through this narrow corridor and seal it.

It is true that there is magic in this world, but based on Lan's rough understanding of the magic in this world, their magic is not very capable of making things convenient for people.

For example, there has been no significant achievement in the field of architecture.

In this case, what did the Northern Kingdom pay to build such a mausoleum?
Lan En soon found out.

The ball of fluff flexibly explored the nine-layer cave below, layer after layer. It was easy for a kitten who, due to his racial talent, had the ability to use [Light Body Technique] to match the leader of the Lone Shadow Ninjas.

But when Felyn stepped on the bottom of the cave, the sound it made was not the slight sound of its paws stepping on rock.

Instead, there was a clanging sound of metal collision.

Radagast held his wand downward, and the light it emitted extended to the bottom layer.

"Meow!"

The fluff ball screamed.

The bottom of this square hole was covered with a layer of bones. Because the hole was not big, it was estimated that there were only about ten people.

These corpses were wearing rusty, dusty armor, the style and shape of the armor were different from what Lan En had seen in this world so far.

"It's the remains of the Northern Kingdom's soldiers!"

Radagast recognized the armor immediately.

"They paid with their lives for the construction of this tomb!"

In the absence of sufficient technology, it is normal for lives to be lost in difficult large-scale projects.

And considering the spells that Radagast had identified before, and the Northern Kingdom's hatred for the Witch-king of Angmar, it was normal for human lives to be sacrificed in order to seal the tomb.

But the problem doesn't end there.
After Elu Cat's scream, a slight sound was heard again from the pile of bones, which had been silent.

(End of this chapter)