Chapter 869: The Death Knell
Passing through the narrow tunnel, there is a cave, although this mysterious tomb hidden in the mound does not look solemn and gorgeous, but there is a mysterious atmosphere everywhere inside. Whether it is stone carving, decoration or layout, it is completely different from the Central Plains and grassland.
There are no traps in the mausoleum, after all, the makers are just a bunch of lost dogs who have defected from the Radiant Empire. It is very rare to be able to build such a mausoleum silently and covertly.
There were only about twenty people who followed the little prince in, and the space in the mausoleum was very small, and no more people were allowed to follow in. The little prince was very curious about the surrounding scene, and kept pointing at the surrounding arrangement. But Tatam and the rest of his men were extremely vigilant, holding their scimitars.
"Little prince, you have to be careful to stay among us, this place is so weird, maybe there will be some traps......"
"Uncle Tatam, don't be so nervous, the people of the Radiant Empire were chased and fled here, they were originally a group of lost dogs, it is not easy to create such a tomb, where will any traps be arranged?" the little prince retorted disapprovingly.
Maybe he was beaten crookedly by the little prince, and there are indeed no traps in the tomb. They even easily made it to the middle of the Tomb. It's a relatively empty space, and there's nothing particularly striking about it. The only thing that attracts attention is a rectangular box on a round table in the middle, and what looks like a large clock on the side of the box.
Everyone paused, Tatam stepped forward cautiously, but he didn't get too close, and after looking at it for a while, Tatam turned back to the little prince and smiled, "Back then, Williams once told the Great Khan. There were two holy things he was looking for, the Holy Grail of the Radiant Empire and the Ark of the Covenant.
Legend has it that these two things were left behind by the gods of their glorious empire. Whoever gets it will receive the power of God. These two things should be in front of you!"
When the little prince heard this, he couldn't wait to walk towards the Holy Grail and the Ark of the Covenant. The guards behind him hurriedly followed. The little prince held the torch and slowly approached the chalice. The chalice is very quaint, as if it was made of bronze, and the chalice is carved with intricate runes around the body.
The little prince used to study in the Central Plains, although he was not full of poetry and books, but it was no problem to know a few ancient characters. Surrounded by the many runes of the Holy Grail, three quaint ancient characters caught the attention of the little prince.
"Isn't it the Holy Grail?" the little prince looked at Tatam suspiciously.
"The wild land of the West, maybe the bell cup does not know. This one seems to us to be a bell, but in their eyes it is a big cup. Tatam stroked his beard and smiled faintly.
The little prince nodded silently, "Come on, move this ancient clock." β
The ancient bell is more than one person tall, and the bell wall is thick and estimated to be at least a thousand catties, and the little prince will definitely not be able to hold it alone. Twenty subordinates immediately received orders to surround the Ancient Bell, and were about to move it, when they had just touched the Ancient Clock, and suddenly the Ancient Bell made a loud bell.
"Whenβ" The loud bang happened so suddenly, and the intense sound wave rippled out visibly in all directions. The unsuspecting little prince and Tatam flew away with blood in their mouths. The entire tomb fell into a dead silence.
The men who were guarding outside were also frightened by the sound of the bell, and instantly rushed to the entrance of the cave, "Little Prince, General Tatam...... Are you all right?"
After waiting for a while and not responding, the guards suddenly ignored the military order, and swarmed into the tomb again. One or two hundred people went down again, and when they arrived at the tomb, the scene in front of them was so weird.
More than 20 people surrounded the ancient clock, motionless, as if someone had frozen time. And their little prince and Tatam general fainted at this moment with blood spitting from their mouths.
The warriors of the Tuye tribe who entered again didn't care about what was going on, and hurriedly helped the little prince up and shook violently, "Little prince, wake up...... What the hell is going on? The Little Prince......"
In the violent shaking, the little prince woke up and slowly opened his eyes, and the roar in his ears made the little prince have a hint of the urge to vomit. When he regained his senses, the little prince suddenly looked at the ancient clock in front of him, which had returned to calm.
His mouth was wide open, and his eyes were full of fear. The sudden sound just now almost scared the little prince away. It was like a cannonball exploding in my ears, and my whole mind went blank for a long time.
"The Little Prince...... How is the little prince?" Tatam also came to his senses from the shaking of his men, and Tatam was a battle-hardened veteran, and he regained his consciousness almost instantly. After regaining consciousness, he did not care about his injuries, but asked about the little prince's condition with concern.
"Uncle Tatam...... I'm fine...... What the hell just happened...... Why ......"
"I don't know!" Tatam also looked at the ancient clock that had fallen silent from afar, with horror in his eyes. And what made him feel even more strange was that the more than 20 people he brought down were frozen around the ancient bell one by one, like wood carvings and stone statues.
A warrior held the scimitar tightly in his left hand, and slowly walked towards the brothers with a hesitant face, "Hey Zaban, what's wrong with you?
The warrior gently stretched out his hand and touched the shoulder of the frozen warrior, and suddenly stood on the spot as if he had seen a ghost. And the countless eyes behind him who stared intently at this scene only saw that the person in front of them trembled as if his body was electrocuted, trembled again, and then dripped water drops down the trouser tube.
"Maha, what the hell are you doing?" Tatam drank with an unkind look, and at this time, Tatam had already regained his former calm.
"Ghost ...... Hell......" The man let out a scream, and went limp as if his bones had been sucked out. And the next scene scared everyone even more.
A cool breeze blew from nowhere, and the twenty people who were frozen instantly turned into smoke and disappeared. Everyone's hearts beat violently, and everyone drew their scimitars and looked around in horror. It's as if the scimitar in their hands can give them infinite strength and courage.
"It's a holy thing, it's really extraordinary!" Tatam's insight was much stronger than that of the Tuya tribe, and he didn't attribute the strange scene in front of him to the hands of the gods.
"Uncle Tatam, you...... Do you know what just happened?" the little prince was also pale, but fortunately, his concentration was not bad. Although his voice trembled violently, at least he did not scream in fear.
"Little Prince!" Tatam respectfully came to the little prince and bent his old waist, "Little prince don't need to panic, didn't we hear a bell just now? They must have been killed by the Holy Grail, and they were punished by the gods for touching the holy relics without the permission of the gods!"
"That'...... So we ...... What should I do?" the little prince was now six gods and no master, and his mind was still blank. The blank eyes were full of fear.
Tatam looked at the performance of the little prince, and exhaled a little gloomily, after all, the little prince was too far from the Great Khan. But Tatam also knew in his heart that he couldn't expect too much, after all, there were not many steppe heroes like Allah, even in the history of the steppe.
"Little Prince, your eldest sister has found out some news from Williams. At the beginning, Williams said that the Holy Grail was a token of the gods, with the power to create and destroy the world. And the Ark of the Covenant is a bridge of communication with the gods. Just by speaking into the Ark of the Covenant, the gods will hear us.
The power of the Holy Grail is exactly what Williams said, but we must have the permission of the gods to control the Holy Grail. Little Prince, or we ...... Try it?"
Listening to Tatam's suggestion, the little prince nodded silently and slowly came to the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant in front of you appears to be a bronze chest with quaint inscriptions.
The little prince slowly approached the ark of the covenant and knelt respectfully on the ground, "My revered god, I am your faithful believer Tebrie, and I believe in you so devoutly. But now, your faithful believer Tebriel is in trouble.
My country has been usurped by shameless bandits, and my people have been brutally killed by robbers. I need my great gods to help me, to help me restore my country, to help me reclaim all that is mine. If you help me reclaim the grassland, I will abolish the immortal heaven of the grassland and believe in you forever......"
The little prince swore and prayed over and over again, and even he was hypnotized to the end, and the little prince's face really showed the madness of a fanatic. However, the Ark of the Covenant did not change in the slightest, nor did the Holy Grail in front of him move in the slightest.
Tatam on the side frowned deeper and deeper, looking at the little prince who kept kowtowing and praying, Tatam's eyes flashed with a hint of essence, "You, go and help the little prince up." Go and open the Ark of the Covenant and see what's inside!"
The little prince turned back suddenly, "Uncle Tatam, don't! What if you anger the gods and something like the one just happened?"
"Little Prince, do you really believe that there are gods in the world? I think that worshipping the Ark of the Covenant can communicate that the gods are a term used by the Holy See of Light to fool mortals. I prefer to believe that there is something hidden in the Ark of the Covenant that will give us control of the Holy Grail. In other words, it can explain what kind of existence the sun god that the Radiant Empire believed in. β
After the warriors of the Tuye tribe received Tatam's order again, even though they were so frightened in their hearts, they still approached the Ark of the Covenant step by step. Because they are not only warriors of loyal subjects, but also soldiers who absolutely obey orders.
"Maha, you touch the ark of the covenant first and see if it will be attacked!" Tatam stared at Maha with burning eyes, and the cold light in the depths of his eyes made Maha shiver suddenly. Tatam's eyes are already very clear, you dare not to do military justice.
A panic flashed in Maha's eyes, but when he saw that his once close comrades-in-arms around him had slowly drawn out the scimitar, Maha slowly closed his eyes and showed a face of grief and indignation. Stretch out your hand and slowly touch the ark of the covenant.