Cataclysm King

Chapter 317 Have you found the imperial mausoleum now?
Four days later.

Loon Heights.

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

Black fog filled the air all around, and the trees were as dry as iron.

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

In front of the team, a three-headed dragon with red, brown, and green dragon heads was breathing out flaming dragon breath, burning the surrounding trees with howls of ghosts and wolves.

If you look closely, 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.

The name of this sequence is not a secret to the outside world.

A little inquiry will give you an idea.

Salo is a rare three-path practitioner.

He took the opportunity to observe everything carefully.

This can be regarded as a secret that is not passed down by the royal family.

In the other triangle position, there is Kaili, the second young master of the "Crimson Duke" family of the Red Dragon Kingdom. He is a fourth-level black knight with a dragon body and nearly invincible defense.

Various relic-level equipment, arcane-level spells, and dragon language secrets.
The methods of the royal family are much richer than those of ordinary adventurers, and this represents the pinnacle inheritance of Talon's glorious civilization 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 has also inherited 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.

Seeing 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 test results, they chose to join forces.

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

And with the blessing of a wealthy princess, the cards are scattered around for free.

From the three people's combat prowess 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 path to at least mastering order + royal power.

This is what Ji Xunyan is keen on.

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

In order to achieve good results, graduates of the Royal Academy also chose to travel in groups.

Therefore, 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 had learned from Aragorn before that certain career sequences could be advanced.

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

The understanding of laws is still so high, far beyond the average 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 transition 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.

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

This guy's exaggerated combat prowess largely stems 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 areas.

He is also a fifth-level card master, [8 of Plum Blossoms-Element Controller].

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

As a non-combatant, "Shaun" does not have 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 had been thinking about his fifth-level advancement before.

When he advanced to the fourth level, he communicated with Master Merlin about 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 multi-dimensional improvement will maximize the combat power of the rank.

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 the [Three-Headed Demonic Statue and the 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.

Couldn't be more ideal.

Sure enough, it has to be a royal family.

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

On the periphery 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 great, 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 I can't say that."

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Of course Ji Xun knew why they took this route.

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

Although Ji Xun didn't get the map.

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

Moreover, this direction happened to be the direction in which he speculated that Augustus's tomb should be.

It’s not surprising that Prince Salou would choose to go this way.

While chatting, a few people saw the young swordsman in the tree demon wearing a slave collar and holding a fish bone sword.

"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 of high rank, they have a large population. 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."

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

The ghost-like young man was none other than Che Er.

Old Man Xu was arrested, and of course he was also arrested along with him.

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

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

Ji Xun looked at it with emotion.

When I 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.

Nothing to worry about at all.

Che Er was able to follow Old Man Xu for so long without dying.
Naturally, his fate is 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 grey-faced old man crawled out from a pile of dead branches.

A lot of cannon fodder died, and the old man looked miserable, but he was fine at all.

Gou as always.

The [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 adventuring party.

But 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 came in and began treating 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.

"We found the entrance!"

"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!"

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

No wonder the hunters were so excited.

These aristocratic young men are very willing to spend money, and there is a share of the treasures discovered during exploration.

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people ran over in a group and happily dived 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 currently almost no large-scale ruins found in the entire Rune Highlands, only monsters.

Now that artificial traces have been discovered, we are off to a good start.

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

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

Called "Old Fu".

Ji Xun also looked slightly sideways 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 were 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 a knowledgeable archaeologist as he said, and he didn't show any flaws.

Normal people can't see anything unusual about him.

However, Ji Xun is different.

In "I am the world", the logic of everything is connected.

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

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

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

Ji Xun was basically certain that Lao Fu was a secret guard of the royal family.

Correspondingly, this guy may have discovered 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.

Putting aside the struggle for royal power in the Southern Continent, most of the people in this team are political opponents of Prince Salo, so it is not surprising that there are spies lurking;
But the Eastern Continent.
There are only a few suspect targets.

Unfortunately, they are all Ji Xun's enemies.

The inheritance of the Bai family continues, 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 soul being dug up by the people in the Southern Continent.

But it can't be stopped from the front.

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

Therefore, Ji Xun suspected that there were probably members of the Bai family in this expedition team.

With this thought, 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!"

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

The archaeologist Lao Fu was also called over.

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

And it's a burial object.

This means that the underground is really a mausoleum.

Now everyone was excited.

There were many nobles in the Talon period and there were many tombs.

To truly discover a tomb is like encountering a gold mine for an adventurer.

But 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 of an ordinary tomb near the royal mausoleum.

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.

But right now.
Found it?
It's so easy that it makes people think they are lucky.

Others have not realized how special this tomb is.

But Prince Salo came here just for the royal mausoleum.

He immediately ordered everyone to go underground.

The news was not allowed to leak out, and 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 high.

You can't see the end at a glance.

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

Ji Xun and the thousands of people came in and spread out, but they didn't feel 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, orange light illuminated the entire underground palace.

An extremely spectacular scene came into view.

As soon as the lights came on, 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 palace in the style of the Talon period, with the whole body made of huge dark yellow stones.

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

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.

Everything in the underground palace seems to be built for gods.

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

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

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

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

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

It's most likely true.

The reason for this idea.

It's because he has seen this style before.

The "Grand Cemetery Maze" extra-dimensional space on the outskirts of Innocence City has exactly the same style!

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

Even ordinary royal families are not qualified to buy 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 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.

Correct!
Starting from that "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 someone really guides me, who would it be?"

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

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

The Oran royal family, the Bai family, the high priest's lineage, and the senior officials of the Airel Empire
Ji Xun instantly deduced it in his mind.

But he didn't expect anyone to have the motive to introduce Prince Salo and his group into the royal tomb.

Just as he was thinking about it, the guard next to 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.

Under 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 Xun didn't dare to be careless at all.

Confirming that the mausoleum in front of him was probably 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.

However, Old Man Xu can.

(End of this chapter)