Could this be the BOSS? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but once again set his gaze on that pile of crystal fragnts. No way, although my Spiritual Counterattack is quite sharp, turning it into fragnts instantly all at once seems too weak, doesn't it? Brand suddenly felt a bit clueless.
And it wasn't just Brand; Char seed to find the pile of humanoid crystal fragnts in front of him sowhat familiar. He ntioned uncertainly in the Mind Communication: "It seems... this is that thing from before, boss."
Brand nodded, without answering. His eyes flickered, suddenly discovering sothing exceptionally familiar among the burial items. It lay amidst a pile of gold and silver items, just a palm-sized, dark grey stone fragnt, with a dull surface, looking like a piece of fragnt fallen from a coffin lid. If Brand weren't confused and had repeatedly scanned the Stone Coffin several tis, he might not have noticed such an ordinary stone fragnt at all.
However, he lightly exclaid 'Oh?', grabbed the item, and suddenly found it very similar to sothing he had seen. Hesitating for a mont, he pulled out sothing from his pocket.
That was also a stone fragnt, dull and grey, except it was only thumb-sized, almost identical to the larger stone fragnt in Brand's hand. This small stone piece was a relic of Viscount Neison discovered while escaping with Romantic and Frey in the Forbidden Garden where the Golden Magic Tree was located on the Xavier Mountain Path. Of course, it could also be said to be the relic of Antitina's father.
He rembered that among all of Antitina's father's relics, this piece of stone was the only thing he didn't recognize. He initially thought this stone was so sort of alchemy material, after all, in the Amber Sword there are innurable materials he didn't recognize, which was quite normal given he was in combat professions, not a secondary profession player.
However, later according to the identification of the Alchemist Tama, this item wasn't a mineral, nor was it similar to other alchemy materials, not showing any Magic reaction, it seed more like an Ordinary piece of stone. Brand considered discarding it several tis, but ultimately didn't, as it was obtained in a special scene, which could potentially be a plot-related item, throwing it away would an losing it for good.
But he didn't expect that he would find a similar item in such an unnad tomb within Tonyger.
What exactly is this?
The appearance of this strange stone among the burial items indicates it must have so value, at least recognized by the tomb's owner. Brand glanced at other burial items, while not imnsely valuable (after all, they were rewards from a Level 30 Underground City), most were Magic Items, the rest were equivalent valuables and artworks in gold, silver, and pottery.
This stone appeared among Antitina's father's possessions, now appearing in a tomb from centuries ago, intertwining secrets from two different eras, causing Brand to furrow his brow.
He couldn't co up with a conclusion after much thought, the most sensible guess is that this stone was so kind of special burial item likely given special significance in an era, while Viscount Neison was coincidentally an 'archaeology' enthusiast, making sense of everything. Yet saying this feels quite disrespectful to the deceased, as there is no circumstantial evidence proving Antitina's father was a tomb robber.
Moreover, Viscount Neison always carried such an ordinary stone piece with him, accompanying the letter given to Antitina, indicating he was quite proud of this item. Brand couldn't think of any value it holds worth cherishing. This isn't a Flint spearhead from the Stone Age.
Brand decided to cautiously keep this stone, at least its presence in this tomb suggests it might have gone through a longer history than Erune itself.
"Oh, there are Destiny Cards here."
Brand suddenly heard Char say with so surprise in the Mind Communication. He turned his head and saw his attendant beckoning inside the Stone Coffin with his finger, imdiately a black object flew up amidst layered spider webs, like a box, with a sunken equilateral triangle engraved on its surface, within the inner side of the triangle sat a sunken circle, creating a unique symbol, surrounded by so rising fla patterns.
But via flickering eyes, he saw a flash of silver light beneath the box, connecting to a thin silver wire almost invisible to the naked eye. Upon seeing that silver wire, Brand's face changed, voice trembling as he shouted:
"Put it down now!"
But it was too late, Char already grasped the box in his hand, and turned around puzzled, looking at his master.
Suddenly, the entire tomb began to quake fiercely, dust pouring down from the ceiling anwhile the pillars supporting the surroundings began bending, making a teeth-grinding, creaky sound. Everyone now understood what was happening, evidently soone triggered so imnse trap chanism.
"Ah!" Char gasped: "Ah… Lord, it was just an accident."
To him, indeed it was an accident, explaining through the card's background he was theoretically a Wizard maturing within the Ivory Tower universe. Unlike adventurers, NPC Wizards erge from the endless ocean of books, disassociated from adventures, lacking knowledge of pitfalls within Underground Cities.
But Char's skills had caused both him and Brand to overlook this fact.
Additionally, Brand neglected a paramount reality, Char is a native, rather than a player magician.
"Damn!" Brand swore inwardly, imdiately saying: "Forget about accidents, run! The tomb is going to collapse!" Within Amber Room tombs, many have self-destruct chanisms, but experienced players refuse to fall for such obvious tricks, now seeing Char caused sweat to flood his spirit.
Both exchanged glances, simultaneously spinning on their heels.
…(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please support it by voting with recomndation and Monthly Tickets at Qidian (qidian), your support is my greatest motivation.)
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