92. Catacombs

This team of bounty hunters is still estranged after all.

Sean didn't feel much about this, as the Black Lord said, Sean's strength would not encounter any danger in the entire Ryan Kingdom. What he is more interested in now is what is there in that underground mausoleum, which has attracted so many people to explore. Of course, I hope that I can find clues about Elizabeth and the Marquis of Flories there, so that at least it will not be in vain.

However, compared to Sean's indifferent attitude, Yun's attitude is more thought-provoking.

As the nominal captain and leader of this team, she did not want to eliminate the antagonism and estrangement in the team, but instead turned a blind eye to it. As a result, the distrust and antagonism in the team naturally began to have a reaction similar to a qualitative change: Phil and the big man had begun to keep their distance from Sean, and Anna's attitude towards Sean was not bad, but she also began to subconsciously keep an appropriate distance.

Sean estimates that if it weren't for some communication with Anna in terms of swordsmanship, I'm afraid Anna's attitude wouldn't be much better than Phil and the big man.

Of course, this kind of exchange is also based on Anna's advice.

For this girl who is keen on swordsmanship, Sean still has a good feeling.

Although this favor came a little inexplicably, Sean guessed that this should be a side effect of being a "sword master": for those who use swords, he always has a sense of comfort that the elders look at the juniors. But that was the end of it, except for the regular discussion and consultation of swordsmanship, Anna had no other contact with Sean. Sean didn't care much about that.

So this strange bounty team continued to rush towards the location of the underground mausoleum with this peculiar atmosphere.

This time. There were no accidents on the trip for several days. Except that Sean found an excuse to go out to meet with the district head, and issued a new order - to temporarily abandon the confrontation with the Ryan Kingdom. Go all out to the aid of the Duchy of Garrod, and at the same time prepare to defend against possible flanking attacks by the Kingdom of Lane: after all, the fortress of Tony is too close to Sean's territory, and if it is a mountain division unit that is accustomed to rushing and crossing mountains, it will take about a week to march to the Void City.

This has to be guarded against.

Other than that, nothing happens.

The whole team arrived at the entrance of the underground mausoleum that Yun said without any danger.

Contrary to Sean's imagination, the entrance to the underground mausoleum is not under some ruins, but in a cavern formed by a collapse.

It is evident from the location of the mouth of the cave. The mausoleum itself is built to a depth of about 300 meters under the cave, and there is a drop of about 300 meters from the ground. Moreover, the entrance to the mausoleum is not the main entrance passage, but a corridor of the soul on the first floor of the mausoleum, and the damage at the entrance is a gap that has been forcibly broken through by brute force.

In the Miracle Continent, the deceased will have different burial methods according to their status.

Like slaves and the like, if you die, you can throw them away to the suburbs.

Poor people, such as the poor, may have a place to be buried, perhaps in a monastery or the like. Or maybe it's land on the outskirts of the city. Only those civilians who had faith were allowed to be buried in monasteries or temples, and in the case of civilians without faith, they could only be buried in monasteries or the like.

Ordinary aristocracy. It can be buried in ancestral lands, shrines, and monasteries.

Those who are qualified to build mausoleums are generally the high-ranking aristocratic class, such as the earl and above who own the field. Or marquises, dukes, and royal relatives with real power, etc. The size of the mausoleum is generally not limited. As long as you have the money, you can build whatever you want, but it usually defaults to around four floors. Only the royal family would have built a five-story underground mausoleum.

With the exception of some careerists, of course.

The standard construction method of this kind of underground mausoleum is the soul corridor composed of a long corridor and a cloister, the first floor is generally composed of two small and one large three rooms, the large one is through the mausoleum guard hall on the second floor, and the two small ones are symmetrical burial rooms: mainly to place some utensils and the like. The second floor is also two small and one large and three rooms, the large one is the confessional hall leading to the next floor, and the two small ones are still burial rooms, but the burial goods have changed from utensils and the like to jewelry.

From the third floor, the structure depends on the overall specifications of the mausoleum.

Proportions are given to the four-story mausoleum, and the third floor becomes a two-size-room structure. One of the two large rooms is the dormition hall leading to the fourth floor, and the other is the coffin hall of the clan relatives, which is used to store the tablet and coffin of the family master. The two small ones are also burial chambers, but because every time someone in the family dies and is buried, these two burial chambers will be opened to put new burial goods, so the general reserves will be considerable compared to the first two floors.

The fourth layer will be divided into three large and two small structures. The two small rooms are still burial rooms, the three large ones are the final hall that symbolizes the end of life, the other two are the main hall where the coffins and ranks of the family heads of the family are stored, and the other is the auxiliary hall where the descendants of the family can be buried.

If the scale is five floors, the layout of the third and fourth floors of the four-story structure is moved one floor, and then the auxiliary hall is increased from one auxiliary hall to two. The layout of the vacated third floor will also become two large and two small rooms, and the layout of the burial room will remain the same, except for the two large ones, one is the listening hall leading to the next floor, and the other large room is usually used as a sealing place, which is used to seal the powerful evil qi and death qi in the mausoleum, and maintain the rest and stability of the souls of the dead throughout the underground mausoleum.

Bounty hunters or tomb robbers who find such a mausoleum will surely empty the burial chamber of contents.

The funeral goods accumulated by these mausoleum families over the generations are usually worth tens of millions of gold coins, and if they are the mausoleums of famous families or royal families, the value of the burial goods will even increase several times to more than ten times. And the further down the mausoleum, the higher the value of the funerary goods, which is why once someone finds this type of mausoleum. The reason why it will continue to go deeper, the purpose is naturally for those burial goods. However, if you encounter a five-story mausoleum, you will generally avoid the third floor.

The third floor of the five-story mausoleum. It is also known as the layer of balance and the layer of inheritance.

The structure of the four rooms is arranged in a south-east-north-west direction, with small rooms of the funerary chamber on the east and west sides, also known as symmetrical offerings. The Hall of Listening and the Place of Seals are known as symbolizing the twin worlds of the living and the dead—the living leading to the next level, and the dead leading to the kingdom of Hades. The existence between the offerings is to ensure that the seals between the seals will not be broken, which is considered a balancing measure and a kind of respect for the owner of the mausoleum.

However, when entering this stone cave, Sean had already deliberately observed a cloud.

Just from Yun's calm and indifferent look. Sean didn't notice anything suspicious. On the contrary, Phil and the others all showed excitement, and this kind of performance is the normal reaction of a bounty hunter - when a bounty hunter or a demon hunter, which one is not forced to do it for money?

In this way, it makes the purpose and actions of the cloud even more suspicious.

However, just when Sean was about to observe Luo's expression, the assassin escaped into the darkness one step earlier, and also distanced himself from Yun and the others, obviously investigating the situation first.

"It's normal." Luo soon came with the news of the feedback. "There was no ambush."

After confirming the safety, the group entered directly through the gap in the cave.

Sean also deliberately observed that the cave was not naturally formed, and even the collapse was not a natural act. The air was filled with the smell of alien energy. But Sean is not a professional magician after all, so he can't distinguish the specific information of these energy breaths, the only thing that can be confirmed by him. The composition of these alien energies is extremely complex, and there are even some cases where they have a neutralization reaction with each other. This makes it even more difficult to distinguish energy.

However, for Sean, who has never pursued the process much, he is convinced that the rediscovery of this underground mausoleum is by no means a simple accidental exposure.

Come to think of it. Sean couldn't help but look at the clouds walking ahead.

As if aware of this, Yun glanced back at Sean, and even showed an indifferent smile.

At this moment, Sean suddenly had a throbbing feeling.

The obvious abnormal flow of the surrounding air, as well as the sudden boiling of blood in the body as if it had been ignited, fully demonstrated the change in the atmosphere of the mausoleum at this moment. The pinprick sensation from all over his body gave Sean a sense of danger approaching, but Sean couldn't judge where the source of the danger was, and the only thing he could feel was that the aura of this underground mausoleum was very chaotic, and it was even serious enough to disturb his perception a little.

In the time that Sean was in such a flash, the team had already advanced a long distance.

Obviously, they already know something about the situation on the first layer, so they are not particularly concerned and vigilant. Even the casual aura on them is clearly visible, not at all like professional bounty hunters.

Unlike these people, Sean's muscles have tensed, and even the True Eye, which has not been opened for a long time, has been opened again. It is completely a state of preparation for battle, and the breathing rate is constantly adjusting, in addition to not revealing his true strength, Sean is already completely at the peak of his current strength.

"Don't be nervous." Yun didn't know when, and suddenly appeared beside Sean, "The first and second layers, we have explored, traps and other mechanisms have been cleared, as long as Luo Detective is not ambushed, we can pass with confidence." …… The only trouble is in the third layer, and it is because we preemptively found a way to enter the third layer, so the ghost eye and the thunder dragon will target us so much. ”

The entry of each floor of the underground mausoleum is not a simple matter.

After all, no mausoleum owner wants his mausoleum to be destroyed and harassed, and in order to prevent some guys who are proficient in necromantic magic from disturbing the rest of the dead, they will set up layers of mechanisms in the mausoleum. In order to get to the burial chamber and retrieve the burial goods, you must find a way to break through the door to the next level, and depending on the preference of the mausoleum builder, these traps will vary.

The most common ones are real and false traps.

After all, the space between each floor of the mausoleum is extremely large, and the middle part can be completely built to create a space layer again. The most common practice of false doors is that they can only enter and exit, and once they enter the false door by mistake, they usually have to pay a lot of money to be able to return.

Therefore, the value of finding a true door that can properly lead to the lower levels is completely immeasurable.

The words of the cloud are full of logic and order, and there are no flaws and loopholes at all.

But for some reason, intuition did tell Sean that the words of the woman in front of him were absolutely not credible.

"After all, I'm used to walking alone, it's just a reflex action." Sean smiled, and instead of letting his guard down as Yun said, he was more vigilant against Yun, "But I don't think there's anything wrong with that." …… After all, there's nothing wrong with being cautious. ”

"That's right." Yun nodded, didn't say anything more, and then walked past Sean and continued to walk forward.

Sean's face was as usual, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

He slowed the pace of his breathing, allowing his tense muscles to relax, but not completely, and his concentration and concentration remained high, ready for a possible surprise attack around him.

In his retina, Phil and the others basically have a pale yellow halo on their bodies, which represents a neutral color, with different shades of color. Although this neutral attitude is equivalent to no hostility towards Sean, it is not very friendly, at least this is very consistent with everyone's attitude towards Sean now. The only ones that have changed a little more obviously are Anna and Yun.

The former is much lighter in color, showing a light yellow mixed with pale green, which is obviously slightly more friendly.

As for the clouds, they were pale yellow with a hint of reddish, which was obviously a bit of hostility towards Sean. And these reddish reds didn't exist at the beginning, but they only emerged after Yun persuaded Sean to let down his guard.

This makes Sean maintain an absolutely high degree of vigilance against the clouds.

Especially after leaving the first layer and directly entering the second layer, the aura emanating from Yun's body was obviously more dangerous than before. While this level still doesn't threaten Sean, his instincts tell him that things are clearly going in a less friendly direction.

This subtle tense atmosphere stimulates Sean's adrenal glands to secrete continuously, even if he does not turn on the adrenal stimulation skill, Sean also feels an unprecedented excitement and mental fullness. (To be continued.) )