346 Golden Scales
Not long after the ravens beneath the tainted mage's cloak flew away towards the gray-white sky in all directions, they flew back from all sides of the sky. The Tainted Mage stood still until the crows flew back under his cloak, when his cloak unfurled again as if it had been blown up by the wind, and before he could see what was underneath his cloak, the hundreds of crows in an orderly arrangement flapped their wings and flew back under his cloak.
And this qiē is like magic, but it is also magic.
When the last black angel flew back under the Tainted Mage's cloak, the Tainted Mage's cloak was once again folded off the corners and draped over his body. But on the surface, it was impossible to tell how bloated the Stained Mage was, after all, hundreds of crows had just burrowed under his cloak.
The Tainted Mage didn't seem impressed by the spell, and he finally tightened his grip on his staff, took a step, and turned around heading southwest.
Yes, the hundreds of crows that were released by the Tainted Mage just now flew in all directions to find the direction of the next Tomb, and by the time they returned, the Stained Mage already knew which direction the next Tomb would be.
It's just that what the Tainted Mage didn't expect was what kind of person the tomb keeper in the ancient tomb he was about to enter was.
With that, the Tainted Mage held his staff and walked slowly towards his goal.
The sky was still gray-white, and no matter what the grave breakers and grave keepers thought about the grave guards under the sky, when they left any of the tombs, the sky outside was always gray-white, and the seemingly non-existent sun hanging in the sky was always hidden above the thick clouds, and no one remembered how long it had been since they had seen the sun in its entirety.
Although the Taint Mage already knew where his target was, when he looked up into the distance, all he could see was flat ground and the horizon ahead, and the gray-white sky that met the earth. Maybe that goal is further away.
Perhaps because the target was too far away from the Taint Mage, the Tainted Mage finally stopped after walking seven or eight steps, and he suddenly sighed helplessly like an old man, as if complaining about the distance of the road. It also seems to be angry that there is no transportation here?
But after a moment's hesitation, the Tainted Mage suddenly raised his staff again, and slammed it into the ground with a "dang" thud.
One might think: maybe he wants to release a few hundred crows again. But the previous time he sent the crow was to find the direction and location of the next tomb, but what use would he do if he sent the crow again this time?
Although the Tainted Mage struck the ground with his staff again, after a long time, the corners of his cloak around his waist did not unfold again. But the Tainted Mage still held his grip on the ground after striking the ground with his staff, and used the end of the staff near the ground to draw a line on the ground? This can't help but remind people of the "line of life and death" that Sogi once drew in front of Chasing the Wind.
In fact, both Chasing Wind and Soggy use magic, but their magic is one lower and the other is medium. Tainted mages with high-level magic are of course not at the same level as them. Besides, there is no need to draw a line of life and death in this place.
Although the Tainted Mage inexplicably drew a line on the ground with his cane, he still didn't stop because of such a line, only to see him raise his cane again and draw a line on the ground again. …
If anyone saw this action of the Tainted Mage, they might wonder why he had drawn line after line on the ground. Perhaps many people would pay more attention to the lines he had drawn, for it was true, and the Tainted Mage had raised his staff again and again and drew line after line on the ground.
But the Stain Mage didn't care that he had drawn a few lines on the ground, and when he looked up, he saw that the face of a mountain was gradually revealing in front of him.
It is clear that the Tainted Mage understands the law that each tomb is connected to the bottom of a cliff, and that the top of their tomb is clinging to a huge rock that borders the cliff.
Maybe no one would have thought about it. The reason why the Taint Mage uses his staff to draw lines on the ground again and again is because he is using a magic that shortens the distance between him and his target, but the use of this magic looks a lot like rowing: while a person is rowing, the human feet are not moving, but the hands are moving, using the oars to push the waves backwards. And the backward waves will push the boat forward.
The same is true of the Tainted Mage's staff, each time it touches the ground and draws a line from front to back, the target in front of the Taint Mage is one step closer to the Taint Mage.
And just like that, the tainted mage didn't wait to take a few steps, just under the magical power of his staff. The target seemed to be on a large sheet, and the Tainted Mage struggled to pull the sheet to his side with his staff, and after a short time of "tugging" it, he finally saw the entrance to the next tomb - despite the fact that the Tainted Mage was pulling himself towards the tomb with his cane.
When he saw the mouth of the ancient tomb, the tainted mage suddenly had a strange feeling, he always felt that this ancient tomb was unusual.
In fact, the entrance of this tomb is indeed different from other tombs.
The tops of all the ancient tombs that have been broken into are connected to the rocks under a cliff, and their gates are supported by several large pillars, and although there are no doors, the tombs are very open and magnificent, and although the tombs are all black, they still look like ordinary buildings from the outside.
However, the entrance of this ancient tomb in front of the Tainted Mage was very narrow, far less grand than that of the other ancient tombs, which was narrow enough for two people to enter together, and this tomb was very poorly built, although it was indeed located at the bottom of the cliff, but its tomb was no longer connected to a huge rock under the cliff, but the tomb was directly attached to the bottom of the cliff. Although the door frame of the tomb was boxy and rectangular, and the door frame was decorated with gray-white stones, the Tainted Mage could see it clearly: the so-called tomb entrance was the entrance to a stone cave under the cliff.
The Tainted Mage froze at the entrance of the tomb for a moment, for he realized that something was wrong with the target he had chosen, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
After hesitating for a moment, the Tainted Mage finally clenched his staff again and lifted his feet, heading towards the depths of the tomb.
As the Tainted Mage approached the tomb, he suddenly smelled a pungent smell. He couldn't tell what it was, but he could describe it as a sweet and sour taste.
Like every ancient tomb that an intruder enters, there is no sunlight visible from all sides of this ancient tomb. However, unlike other tombs, there are no stone bricks on the ground in this tomb. The land here seems to be only land, covered with black soil, but there is not a lot of soil here, and it is clear that the ground underneath them is also hard. …
And the wall in this tomb is not a stone brick wall, of course, it is impossible to place an oil lamp in the dark passage of the standing bricks, but the tainted mage can still see a qiē in the ancient tomb without the illumination of magic, that is because the wall of the ancient tomb reflects a colorful light, just like all the walls are lit up, and it is the light they emit that will illuminate a qiē in the ancient tomb. It can also allow the tainted mage to see the path in front of him without much effort.
The Tainted Mage couldn't help but reach out and touch the light that was lying on the wall, but the wall was a little cold to the touch, and the Tainted Mage couldn't tell how it was different from the walls of the cavern.
When the Tainted Mage looked up to look ahead, he saw four or five jars of disorderly sarcophagi ten paces away from him, and he saw many inexplicably glittering golden things on the ground near the sarcophagus.
Before we get closer to these things and find out. The Tainted Mage had already guessed some answers in his mind. So he was not surprised when he walked into the sarcophagus and bent down to pick up and see the glittering golden things, which were indeed a pile of gold, as he had expected.
The Tainted Mage held the gold in his hand, and he stood up again and walked over to the four or five sarcophagi, and he found that the sarcophagi, which had long since grown grass on the outside and were covered with dust, were also shining golden inside and out.
Seeing this, the tainted mage seemed to understand a little: the reason why the owner of this ancient tomb had placed a pile of dazzling gold at the door was to hope that the tomb breakers would not go further into the tomb after obtaining the gold.
But who is the Tainted Mage? He already knew what the key to hide in these seven ancient tombs meant, and for that key, he had come to this world to adventure himself, and he even did not hesitate to offend the evil demon king Emperor Og. Perhaps the greatest wealth for him should be the key he most wants to see, not a mountain of gold and silver.
Thinking of this, the tainted mage casually threw away the piece of gold in his hand, and then continued to walk forward.
In fact, when the Tainted Mage had just stepped into this ancient tomb, he saw the whole situation in the ancient tomb, because this ancient tomb was not the same as the construction in other ancient tombs. The inside of it is more like an underground passage that can be seen from beginning to end, although this passage is not very straight, although this passage is covered with cobwebs and dust, but after all, it is surrounded by light and illuminates the surrounding walls, so this tomb does not look as eerie as the previous tombs.
Moreover. From the first moment the Tainted Mage entered the tomb, he noticed a large copper-colored key hanging from the wall at the end of the tomb, opposite him.
But underneath the key lay a black sarcophagus, and on top of it lay a snake as thick as a bowl, and the snake had golden skin all over it.
The Tainted Mage could see clearly that just as he walked into the tomb, the snake was looking at him and spat out the letter in its mouth.