008 Awakening (Secondary 2)
A group of people surrounded the glass tank where Bai Min was, watching with respectful and fearful eyes, and everyone didn't dare to come forward anymore. Ryan asked the alchemist standing aside, "Bode, what do you think about this?" These ancient things, you alchemists should be more proficient. β
Bode was circling around the glass trough, and he was a professional like everyone else. He could tell from the thick ice ballast on the edge of the crystal trough that it had been frozen for a long time, perhaps from the time of ancient magic to the present. Bode didn't understand what methods the ancients had used to make this instrument work for so long, but that didn't stop him from having reverence for them.
He had been thinking about how this thing worked, hoping to learn some experience from it and use it in his alchemy, but the level of technology accumulation was too far apart, and he had no clue at all, but because he was too engrossed, Ryan's voice calling his name startled him.
"I'm sorry, I'm distracted." Bode smiled apologetically.
The people around him have long seen strange things, alchemists and sorcerers are all this virtue, and when they encounter strange things, they will always think about it, find a way to analyze it, and imitate it. However, they are far less able to connect with the soul than the soul-contemplatives, so most of the time, this kind of behavior will be useless, and of course, there will be occasional successes.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, Bode coughed, and said thoughtfully: "Judging from the color of this place, it should be the tomb of the ancient royal family as everyone guessed. The woman in this particular crystal vessel, her identity has three possibilities. β
Bode looked around, and saw that everyone's eyes were all on him, he was very satisfied, and his emotions suddenly became excited, and he continued: "First, she is a funeral object. However, this possibility is very small, we all know that the ancient humans were very kind, and they knew that they did not need to leave a stain after their death, and just now Lord Ryan said that the women inside seem to be alive, so this is not a funeral. β
"The second possibility is that she is a woman who has been sealed. Lady Rose said that she was very dangerous, and that perhaps this woman was a very evil person in ancient times. And in order to suppress her, the royal family sealed her here together, and at the same time used the holy light to ......" Bode pointed to the shadowless lamp above his head: "Slowly weaken her strength until she dies." β
"The third possibility is that she is a mausoleum keeper. Just like in our time, the tombs of the great nobles usually had various mechanisms, and as a royal family of ancient humans, it is impossible for his tombs to be unprotected. Let us go in and out. β
Someone asked: "Your Excellency, didn't we come in, if she was really a guardian, she should have dealt with us at this moment, why is there no movement at all?" β
In response to other people's doubts, Bode was not angry, but explained: "Although the ancient ancestors were powerful, they were also human beings after all, not gods. This mausoleum is 10,000 years old, and even if various magic and techniques are used to delay the aging of the body, the flame of life will eventually be extinguished, and perhaps this guardian is now too weak to break through this cold magic crystal tube. β
Some people with dirty hearts whispered, "Since it's a dying guardian, let's smash it open." Although I can't see exactly what the woman in the ice cube looks like, I have heard that ancient humans were all handsome men and beautiful women, and looking at the outline of her body, it seems that she has not yet been dressed, maybe we can taste the taste of ancient beauty. β
"Get out of the way." Ryan laughed and scolded: "You want to die yourself, don't find us." β
The mercenaries are used to seeing life and death, and their words are a bit fishy. As the only woman in the group, Rose was used to it, but that didn't mean she was going to be a part of it. Looking around, Rose continued to use her special abilities to begin probing the traps around her.
The place was safer than she had imagined, and she hadn't found a single mechanism since she came in. In the past, she and Ryan had also robbed tombs, the tombs of the great nobles, a small trap in three steps, and a deadly trap in ten steps. This is the mausoleum of the ancient royal family, what a noble identity, it is so quiet and peaceful, could it be that the ancestors of ancient times never thought of preventing tomb robbers? ,
NaΓ―ve ancient ancestors...... Rose pursed her lips, although she was not very interested in the kindness of the owner of this mausoleum on the psychological surface, but she actually knew in her heart that if there was a chance to let her live in ancient times, she was willing to exchange it for everything. Her disdain was just a sign of her jealousy. Why can your ancient ancestors live so peacefully, so kindly, so naΓ―ve, that our descendants will starve and suffer, and we will have to bear the sin of murder?
As she walked, she used her left hand's special ability to probe around. Slowly, she walked to the door of the restoration area, turned her head, and saw Chen Xiansong's restoration cabin in the center, and several unused restoration cabins next to it were empty on the side.
It's a constant bed! Finally found it!
Overjoyed, Rose rushed back to the incubation room and excitedly told Ryan what she had discovered. The group of people was immediately moved, and trotted with her to the cultivation room, where they cheered loudly when they saw several repair pods. Ryan rubbed his hands and said: "I thought there was only one constant bed, but I didn't expect there to be so many, and the other six are still empty, everyone remember, there is an ancient ancestor sleeping in the constant bed, we can't move, the rest doesn't matter." His Excellency James Bong only said that the eternal sleep of the ancestors should not be disturbed, but the empty permanent bed is not an example, and you will use your means to bring the empty permanent bed back to the ground......"
Wow! A group of people cheered, and Bode, who had rushed to hear the sound, saw it and jumped up: "There are so many, I want one, I want one for the study of alchemy, keep one for me, and I am not allowed to sell them all." β
Hey? What is this? Ryan found a strange silver circular device on the ground next to Chen Xiansong's restoration cabin, he picked it up, looked at it for a while, and asked Bode to come over to confirm, and he didn't know what it was, and said: "There are too many things created by the ancient ancestors, and there are many strange things that we can't use at all." Anyway, this thing is not heavy, you can keep it as a memorial, and leave it to your children and grandchildren in the future, it can be regarded as a symbol. β
Ryan thought about it and put it in his pocket.
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A successful 'tomb robbery' can turn a group of people into nouveau riche and live a superior life. Ryan and Bode were given a huge fortune. They disbanded their mercenary group, Ryan and Rose returned to their hometown to get married, bought a manor, and donated part of the money to the local nobles, making a low-end aristocracy, and are ambitiously trying to run a business, wanting to become a new powerful person in the Kate Kingdom.
Bode returned to the Tatebana Dynasty. A large caravan was ordered to work for him; At the same time, he also set up an alchemy room to focus on his own research. There is no impermeable wall in the world, Ryan and Bode excavated an ancient royal tomb, and the news of the big hair spread in the mercenary world, and many people were very interested in the only remaining permanent bed in the mausoleum, but under the strong intervention of James Bang and his teacher, there were not many people who really started to steal it, after all, it was really unwise to offend two soul thinkers at the same time, and the nobles with real power, and behind them, standing was the Soul Ponderers Association, which was a matter of courtesy even for the Sun God Cult, Its influence is enough to make any king tremble, with a multitude of geniuses, an awesome syndicate.
Three years later, with the support of a huge amount of money, Lane succeeded in becoming the lord of a town, and the taxes alone had made him rich. Rose is now a nobleman, because she no longer has to be frightened by the wind and rain, she is already quite beautiful, she eats and dresses well, becomes more and more beautiful, and has become a dazzling lady.
And Bode, because he didn't care much about the operation of the caravan, was cheated of a lot of money, coupled with the high research expenditure of the alchemy house, in less than three years, he was in debt, and he fell from the nouveau riche to the bottom again.
One night, the depressed Bode drank a somewhat sour ale at home, he missed the high-spirited and extravagant life of two years ago, he missed the days when he could spend lavishly and study alchemy, and he missed being stared at with envy and jealousy, rather than the fiery and mocking gaze of now.
Tuk tuk, there was a knock on the dilapidated wooden door, and Bode, who was a little drunk, opened the door unhappily, and roared: "I have said it all, I have no money, don't come............ Ah, it's you, Jakes. β,
Outside the door stood a middle-aged man with curly brown hair, his eyes as tax as eagle's. The man greeted Bode, observed the situation in the room by the way, and said with a smile: "Commander, it seems that you have not had a good time lately." β
Bode snorted, "Are you here to sarcastically mock me, too, Jakes." β
"Why, in fact, I came to ask the head of the regiment for help." Jay Jays smiled.
Bode let him into the house and said weakly, "You should also see my current situation, let alone help you, my own life is a problem." By the way, what difficulties have you encountered, the money you get is not much less than mine, enough for you to marry ten or eight wives and live for hundreds of years. β
Jakes entered the room and pulled up a shabby chair and sat down: "Not long ago, I was addicted to gambling, and then I was cheated, and all my property was won by them, and I owed the other party a loan shark, and they have the support of nobles behind them, and I can't fight them." The noble trustee told me that if I wanted to get rid of the usury, I would go and steal the last one in the ancient tombs, and that I would get a large sum of money, a great sum of money, afterwards. When the mausoleum was sealed, it was an alchemical trap set by the head of the regiment, so this matter must be done with your help, commander, the money is divided into two parts, and it will not be much worse than the wealth you got before. β
Bode took a breath, he was surprised by the audacity of the other party: "You are crazy, you dare to go against the Soul Thinkers Guild?" β
"For the sake of money, I dare to do anything now, and I am willing to do anything in order to become a master again." Jakes's eyes were filled with a crazy desire for power: "Captain Bode, do you want to continue to live in such a low-class bungalow?" Besides, the nobleman who entrusted me with his work was no worse than a soul-contemplative. β
Bode was stunned: "Could it be ......?"
"Servant of the Sun God!" Jakes whispered.
Bode's breath became rapid, and after a long time, he let out a long breath: "It's dry, I'm afraid of death, it's not a mercenary." β