In front of me was a huge prismatic structure that didn't look like a tomb at all, but a staircase that stretched from all sides into the air. The surrounding sand is as flat as a masonry floor, and it is hard to imagine how strong and huge the foundation of such a building was made.

The "Tomb of the Long King" of the Lycos looks more like a pyramid built by the ancient Jeeps for the pharaohs, but it is clearly two or three times larger than the largest pyramid of Khufu in human memory. It seems that the civilizations of northern Abel have clearly retained some similarities even if they are in constant conflict.

"Both the Ricos and the Jeeps believed that the pyramids were a stairway between the earth and the heavens, and that the souls of the dead kings would follow the pyramids all the way up until they became one of the stars." Moran sighed as he looked at the majestic tomb in front of him.

What caught Draenor's attention the most was the nearest stone pillar, which looked like a towering stone tablet with incomprehensible words carved into it from top to bottom on three sides. The further down you look, the clearer the text becomes, and it seems to have been carved separately from different time periods.

"This pillar records the names of all the deceased emperors since the dawn of the Snowway civilization. In the language of the Lycos it is called 'Memoria', which is the equivalent of 'memory' in the Messisalamic language. The Lykos do not have a surname, and only use the name of the eldest person in the family as a suffix. The greatest wolf of the Lykos is named Mutu, and the names of the largest on the pillars are called 'Mutu Descendants'. ”

Moran's fingers slid lightly over the lower end of the stone pillar, which seemed to be more like the family tree of the royal family of Lycos than the tombstone, except that the emperors recorded on it had long since been submerged in history, and only the bodies buried in the pyramids remained.

The Lycos are a race that emerged shortly after the birth of humans in the continent of Abel, and they consider themselves to be descendants of the ancient wolves, as evidenced by their transformation at the time of the full moon. Werewolves originally belonged to the "Beast Spirit Clan", and like those animals that evolved into human form, they were first thought to be a new species evolved from wolves. However, unlike other beast spirits, werewolves have a more active animal nature, and they followed the leadership of the brave "Mutu" to carve out a civilization of their own more than a thousand years ago - Snowway.

Since then, werewolves have also become a symbol of strength and unity, Lycos.

However, in the past ten years, the originally harmonious and peaceful Snowway Kingdom suddenly had a war, and the originally harmonious ancient kingdom was also shrouded in the haze of war. The only thing that can still stand in the desert is this silent pyramid.

Vikili could look at the hollow entrance at the lower end of the pyramid, and even in the sun-lit desert, she could feel the cold wind blowing in her face. One can imagine how gloomy the inside of this tomb where countless long kings are buried.

"Wait, does that mean that the emperors who were carved into the stone pillars are buried in this tomb?" Draenor suddenly felt dizzy, and it seemed that he had found the biggest clue to the "Blood of the Long King", but the name on the stone pillar had to be a hundred or so numbers, and it would be even more outrageous to find a suitable Long King one by one in this huge tomb than looking for a needle in a haystack.

"I've thought about this, but if you think about it, any person buried in the grave can be called the 'Long King'. In other words, if we find the tomb of one of the emperors, we will solve half of the problem. But just in case, we'd better find the latest buried emperor, 'Anton Lesda', whose tomb is the deepest, and if nothing else, it will be found soon. ”

Draenor pondered what Moran had said, and she pointed to the most legible name on the pillar. It stands to reason that the tomb of Emperor "Anton" is the most likely place where the "blood of the elder king" is kept, at least this can save some unnecessary detours.

"That's fine, let's go ahead and explore the way."

The group jumped out of the saddle, taking with them all the tools and supplies they could, and just as Draenor was following Moran's steps into the pyramid, he suddenly noticed that Cooper still seemed to be still fiddling with something by the camel.

The old man took out of the saddle bag a few cords and tied them together, tied one end to his waist, and then tied the other end to the armrest of the saddle.

Draenor was about to ask him what he was doing, but Cooper had already clapped his hands and walked confidently towards him.

"What do you see? Do you have flowers on my face? This is the bare minimum survival skill, and we dwarves do it before diving into an unknown mine, in case you lose the fire and get lost underground, this is the only way to save your life! ”

The Elder's experience came into play at this point, and Draenor really had to consider the risk of getting lost, and while Moran seemed very reliable, she hadn't personally entered the Elder's tomb after all. Cooper was left to do the work alone, and Draenor would only be troubled by tying such a rope, and all he needed to do was make sure that everyone could find the tomb safe and sound.

The two of them followed in the footsteps of the three girls into the tomb, and the cold wind blowing through the mouth of the cave made Cooper's hairs stand on end, and he quickly took the torch from Moran's hand and lit it with a match.

Moran pulled another torch from the iron basket at hand, but no one seemed interested in the only lighting tool except herself and Uncle Cooper.

"I'm sorry, although I thank you very much for your care, but the three of us have a special physique, and we can still see the tomb clearly at such a dim level." Vicilico shrugged her shoulders and said to Moran.

Draenor then remembered the changes in his body, his pupils had become almost as sensitive as those of Jeanne and Vicky, and even after he had reached the bottom of the stairs of the tomb, the surroundings were still as bright as day.

"I'm a envy of people who can walk at night, but in order to ensure that you can bring enough light to Cooper and me, you should bring some torches as much as possible." Moran said as he stuffed the remaining three or four torches into Draenor's backpack.

While caution can be beneficial in most conditions, being overly cautious can also be confusing. With a wry smile, Draenor arranged the torches under his holster and walked down the wide stone steps in the tomb.

The walls around it were faintly visible in all sorts of strange reliefs, not like any kind of writing, but rather slightly abstract frescoes depicting a fertile land. The wolf-headed emperor sat on top of a huge temple with a libra in his hand, and countless tiny figures sowed seeds and irrigated the fields in the distance.

Draenor looked at the mighty wolf-headed giant, wrapped in lines that symbolized light, and under the temple sat three or four humans looking up at him, and it was clear that they were all pharaohs who had existed in Jeep history.

Moran brought the torch close to the stone wall carved with frescoes, and even the light of the torch could not shine its full picture in the light. The wolf-headed figure appeared on almost all the walls around it, sometimes standing next to a human corpse, sometimes holding a scale in its hand to compare the weight of the objects at either end. Although it was somewhat abstract, Draenor was convinced that the object at one end of the scale was a human heart.

"That is the earliest ancestor of the Lycos, he has no name, he is a mysterious being who roams the desert. The ancient Israeli Jeeps valued life, but they also valued death. They believe that the mysterious werewolf is the god who rules the afterlife, and all of them pray to him for peace and protection for the dead. ”

Everyone listened carefully to Moran's mythology, and all the descriptions of the werewolf figure were so familiar, yes, it was the existence of the god of death symbolized in the jeep mythology.

Moran waved the torch lightly, and the light moved along the mural to the other end, where the wall depicted a god standing at the top of the pyramid, holding a scepter in one hand and a sign of rebirth in the other. Moran slowly stretched out his hand and pointed to the mysterious text on the top of the mural,

"He is called 'the one who is above the mountain' - Anubis."

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