084. Desertification(1)
It was a sarcophagus wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and judging by the erosion marks on it, it had a long history. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Oh, it's this thing." Bald patted his head, "This is an item acquired by Auction House No. 7 from an Oriental merchant, a monument from the time of the Aegent Empire in the Death Desert deep in Asha, at least four thousand years old. ”
"There's weirdness." Isabella said to Adam, "Look at the sarcophagus. ”
Adam hurriedly looked, only to see that the sarcophagus placed behind the bald man was trembling slightly, and he really couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.
Bald does not have the abnormality of the sarcophagus behind him at all, and is still gushing about the origin and mystery of this sarcophagus.
"Our staff has been unsuccessful in opening this sarcophagus with great effort, and yes, not even one of the Golden Archmages we have hired has been unsuccessful. It can be said that now, neither Yupla nor Yasha knows what exactly exists in this sarcophagus. This casts a layer of mystery over our sarcophagus, doesn't it? ”
Little by little, a yellow-brown light escaped from the cracks in the sarcophagus, which was not very obvious under the illumination of the magic lamp, but there were many good professionals present, and now they were also beginning to notice the abnormalities that occurred on the sarcophagus in the bald mouth that even the golden archmage could not open.
"Originally, this sarcophagus from the far east would have been put on the market as the last and second auction item, but because of the staff's mistake, it is now auctioned in advance, and I can responsibly say that this sarcophagus hides a secret, after all, not a single golden archmage has been able to open it."
The sarcophagus movement was even more obvious, and even the staff in the audience and the auction hall noticed the abnormality, and they slowly opened their mouths wide, and their eyes showed a look of surprise.
Their reaction fell on the bald eyes thinking that they were being intrigued, and again, under his eloquence. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, as long as he could mobilize the interest of these rich and powerful people present, he could get himself out of this auction mistake.
So he cleared his throat and shouted out the last words of his life in a more enthusiastic and high-spirited voice: "The starting price is 5,000 gold coins, and it can finally be sold at 90% of the bid, start now." ”
The expected cheers did not come, and the bald man looked at the audience suspiciously: Could it be that his introduction was not moving enough?
Click!
Before he could figure it out, he heard a strange noise coming from the sarcophagus behind him.
The bald body stiffened in an instant, and a cold sweat broke out.
He really didn't brag or fake what he said just now, the golden archmage they invited did try all the methods to open this mysterious sarcophagus, in order to maximize the profits, they specially used this as a propaganda point to raise the price of the sarcophagus. But now, he clearly heard a voice coming from behind him, definitely from inside the sarcophagus.
At this time, Bald finally understood why the people in the audience showed that kind of expression: the difference in their eyes was fear, not surprise and interest.
He opened his mouth wide and was about to shout something, when his body suddenly cooled, and then he found that his body was like a statue that had been eroded by the wind for an unknown number of years, and his clothes, his skin were turning into rough sand falling from his body.
"Help......" Bald raised his right hand and shouted in fear, and in less than half a second, his right hand had all turned into yellow sand and fell from his body.
Bald kept his back to the sarcophagus until his body began to sand and couldn't understand what was going on, but Adam and the others in the audience could see it clearly.
As the sarcophagus clicked, the yellow-brown light turned into misty yellow sand on the ground, and then fell on the bald body closest to the sarcophagus. After being touched by the yellow sand, the bald body immediately underwent terrible changes, both the clothes and the flesh began to sand and gradually turned into sand and fell to the ground and became a part of the yellow sand.
"Ah......h
A man was turned into a pile of sand, and great fear enveloped the rich and powerful, who had little force, and some men let out loud cries of terror than their female companions.
"Run!" The noblewoman beside Adam let out a sharp cry, and her body exploded at an unprecedented speed.
Click, click, the sarcophagus finally made a loud noise that could be heard in the entire auction room, and the entire sarcophagus shook violently.
"Young Master, let's get out of here quickly." Andrew and Simon went to Adam's location immediately after the sarcophagus at the auction house went unusual.
"Dangerous?"
"It's dangerous, Simon and I suspect that the monster hidden in the sarcophagus will not be inferior in strength to any golden archmage!" Andrew looked solemn, "But don't worry too much. ”
Andrew is confident that the purpose of his and Simon's existence is to keep Adam safe, and they don't care about the others. As for Isabella, who Adam cares about very much, Andrew doesn't think she has the strength to protect herself.
As he spoke, a gust of yellow wind rolled up around the sarcophagus, which was mixed with yellow sand, and swam back and forth throughout the auction hall.
All those swept by the yellow wind immediately froze in place, and then watched in horror as their bodies turned into a pile of sand in just a few seconds. During the entire desertification process, not a single drop of blood flowed out of their bodies, which was very strange.
"Get out of here!" A yellow wind blew from the auction floor, and the female companion, who was trembling with fear, hid her whole body behind a chubby merchant. The merchant shouted in fear and rage, dragged his female companion out from behind and pushed him towards the blowing yellow wind, and then ran towards the exit without looking.
Behind him, the beautiful and touching female companion screamed and watched as her beautiful body turned into sand little by little.
Seven silver mages belonging to the auction house ran in from the backstage of the auction house, looking panicked, standing around the auction table with wands in their hands.
Call......
A gust of yellow wind blew past a silver mage, turning a staff member who had no time to dodge into a pile of sand.
The seven silver mages chanted incantations, and pieces of transparent magic shields protruded from their wands, fusing together little by little. If all goes well, their magic shields will converge in a few minutes to seal the sarcophagus on the auction table.
Bang!
The yellow wind blew on the transparent magic shield, and little by little sand fell from the magic shield. Under the erosion of the yellow wind, even the magic shields issued by the mages are gradually sanding.
The seven silver mages blushed and threw all the magic and mental power in their bodies into the spell of the magic shield.
"Where's Zoe?" Isabella floats in the air, looking around for Zoe's figure, but finds nothing.
"There it is!" Simon pointed to a corner of the auction house. There, Zoe ignored the constant yellow wind from the sarcophagus on the auction table, and sneakily walked to the backstage of the auction house.
Call......
A yellow wind blew at Adam.
Simon raised the huge wand in his hand and pointed at the blowing yellow wind, and a beam of holy light shot out of his wand, forming a divine shield in front of the yellow wind.
The divine shield issued by Simon, a high-ranking saint judge of the silver rank, was larger and thicker than an ordinary shield, and even so, the divine shield did not last more than ten seconds in front of this strange yellow wind before it turned into sand and fell to the ground.
"How could such a thing happen?" Gilderoy couldn't understand such a strange thing, this sandification ability was very similar to the elemental transformation of the elemental lord, but it was much more powerful than the elemental transformation.
"Get out of here quickly, or we'll be sanded too." Sybil's already serious expression now looked even more serious and solemn. But in the face of this strange yellow wind emitted by the sarcophagus on the auction floor, she was not completely sure that she could hold on to the yellow wind. This is evidenced by the incessantly eroded and sandy magic shields issued by the seven mages who chanted incantations around the auction floor.
"Help me......" A nobleman dressed in great flamboyance was squeezed to the ground in the scattered crowd, and a yellow wind was blowing behind him. He had seen many people being turned into piles of sand and falling to the ground under the yellow wind, including one of his nemesis. There was fear in his heart when he saw his nemesis, whose frightened cries turned into a pile of sand after being struck by the yellow wind, but he knew that there was more to gloating.
Before he could take back the joy in his heart, it was his turn next. The poor nobleman cried out desperately, hoping that the guards would help him.
But the guards he had hired at great cost disappeared into the crowd without even looking at him, faster than ever.
In the face of death, no amount of money is of any use.
How so?
He felt that the yellow wind had blown on his body, and his body was turning into yellow sand little by little. He knew that soon he too would be the inconspicuous heap on the ground, no different from the yellow sand of the lowly civilians he usually looked down upon.
"Keep up with Zoe!" Isabella flew towards the backstage of Auction No. 7 with Alice in her arms, a little terrified by the raging yellow wind.
Yellow winds blew around Isabella, blocked by her defensive magic. After she flew over, the defensive magic that was still in place turned into a pile of sand and fell to the ground under the erosion of the yellow wind.
At this time, the entire auction hall has fallen into chaos, and those who can run out have almost run, and those who do not run out are either incapable of running, or professionals with special purposes, such as Adam and Isabella and their party, such as Zoe.
Andrew and Simon looked at each other and immediately followed Adam, who kept sending out divine shields from his wand one by one, blocking the yellow wind blowing from all directions.
The magic shields issued by the seven mages next to the auction table had almost all converged at this time, and only a small hole remained in the top one. Dense yellow winds continued to gush out of this small hole, and even the wind did not know how many times stronger than it was at the beginning.
Simon raised his wand and sent out a beam of holy light that landed on the small hole at the top of the magic shield, and the holy light collided violently with the yellow wind, splattering a little bit of light and yellow sand.
"Thank you!"
The silver mage, who looked like the leader, thanked Simon and took the opportunity to work with the other six mages to continuously pump out mana, finally closing the last hole.
Rumble!
The yellow wind whined inside the transparent magic shield, making a sound comparable to the tornadoes Adam had seen before. Huang Feng, who was constantly wandering around the auction room, seemed to notice the abnormality on the auction table, and rushed towards the auction table at the same time!
"Be careful!" Isabella suddenly shouted, and her body that was about to enter the backstage passage retreated suddenly, and at the same time, three consecutive atmospheric shields were placed in front of her.
Bang Bang Bang!
A huge axe landed on the Atmospheric Aegis, and a series of three Atmospheric Aegis all turned cyan and the wind dissipated into the air.
Under the yellow wind and the breeze, a tall figure was revealed.