Chapter 67: The Gate of the Tomb
Everyone was busy for a long time, and the boulder still showed no signs of loosening, and Hortz saw that this was not an option, so he had to order everyone to rest. As the only woman present, Eliza did not participate in such a hard work, and everyone also took pity on her not to participate, and as soon as everyone rested, Eliza's surroundings were full of people.
Hotz and Larry discussed for a long time but could not come up with a feasible solution, but Larry came up with a plan, which could be burned with fire and then poured with a large amount of cold water, using thermal expansion and contraction to cause the rock to crack, which might destroy the boulder. Although Larry's method is not easy to attract the attention of other mercenary groups, and the wood for burning the fire is everywhere, the only problem is water, there is no water source in this small valley, and it is an empty word to pour a lot of cold water after the fire. The two were at a loss for this, and while talking, Hortz accidentally saw Eliza surrounded by the stars and the moon, and Hortz suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked Larry: "Isn't Eliza a magician?
Larry felt a big head when he heard Hortz's words, Eliza was a magician who made it up purely by him, although he didn't know how Eliza made up that kind of sonic magic, but he was almost certain that Eliza couldn't do magic, and now he had to let her cast ice magic, so he had to show his feet. Larry didn't speak for a long time, and Hortz didn't find any abnormality in Larry on the boulder now, and Hotz continued: "Otherwise, you can ask her, in case she knows ice magic, you can solve the problem." ”
Larry had no choice but to agree, "Okay, I'll ask her." With that, Larry stood up and walked over to Eliza.
Of course, Larry couldn't ask this kind of thing in front of everyone, he called Eliza aside, and then asked in a low voice, "Eliza, do you use ice magic?"
Eliza shook her head honestly, and when Larry heard this, he said that it was not what I expected, although he had thought of this result beforehand, he was still a little disappointed in his heart, how good it would be if Eliza was a real magician. Eliza saw that Larry suddenly fell silent, and didn't understand why he suddenly asked if he could ice magic, so she asked, "Brother Larry, what do you need ice magic for?"
Larry didn't hide it, and said that he planned to use fire to burn the boulder, and after speaking, Larry still asked with some reluctance: "Do you know water magic, for example, you can suddenly make a lot of water spells?" After asking, Larry also felt that he was a little redundant, generally speaking, water and ice are almost the same magic, if a magician can't ice magic, then he probably can't know water magic, this common sense even if he is not a magician.
Eliza tilted her head and thought for a long time, then muttered, "If it's just a lot of water, maybe I can try it......"
Larry couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, he held Eliza's hands tightly and said, "If it's true, then you are the hero of the whole group!"
Eliza's face flushed when she heard Larry say this, and she nodded vigorously, "I'll do my best......!" If it doesn't work out...... Don't blame me either. ”
Larry waved his hand and said, "No, no, you just have to do your best." ”
Unexpectedly learned that Eliza actually had a way to get water, which made Larry overjoyed, he ran to Hortz in three steps and two steps to tell the matter, Hortz was also overjoyed, and sighed in his heart that he was lucky, he actually picked up such a treasure for nothing, you must know that the mercenary group wants to invite a magician to join the huge price, and it has to eat, drink and serve well, and his mercenary group actually got a magician without spending a penny, which is more happy than completing a big task.
Hots immediately ordered the people to take action, and in a short time they picked up a few large piles of dead branches and leaves for fuel, and Larry, fearing that it would not be enough, ordered a few dead trees to be cut down. Everything was ready, someone lit a torch and was about to light the firewood, but Hotz waved his hand and said, "Not now, when it gets dark, everyone should hurry up and eat and rest." Hots's fears were justified, as smoke could be seen miles away once the firewood was burned, which might reveal his location, and years of mercenary life had made Hotts a habit of being cautious in everything.
Finally, when it was completely dark, the cold wind gradually blew, and the temperature difference in the mountains was large, and it was so hot that people sweated during the day, and at night they could freeze and shiver. Savin and Eliza, the two people from the ocean, are afraid of heat and cold, but at night they feel more comfortable.
Hortz looked at the sky, stood up and commanded, "Let's start, light the fire!"
Several large piles of firewood were lit, and the raging fire kept **** the huge rock, and the whole valley was reflected red by the firelight, and Savin and Eliza just felt a little cooler, but now they were roasted and sweating profusely, and had to stay away. The fire burned for nearly two hours, and seeing that some parts of the rock had been roasted as red as charcoal, Hotts felt that it was almost done, so he said to Eliza: "Eliza, it's up to you next." ”
Eliza nodded and was about to step forward, but Sawin whispered a little uneasy, "Is it really okay?"
"No problem, don't worry. Eliza said with a wink.
Eliza stepped to the boulder, and in the scorching heat, she took off the necklace around her neck, held the pendant with both hands, and silently read something in her mouth. With Eliza's whisper, the azure gem set in the center of the pendant suddenly glowed blue, and the light flickered faintly, shining on the surrounding stone walls like a sparkling ocean.
Everyone in the mercenary group had never seen such a strange scene, and they were all so shocked that they couldn't speak, and the dozens of people present were silent, their eyes motionless as they stared at Eliza, who was wrapped in a faint blue light. Eliza's murmur finally came to an end, and she suddenly shouted loudly, "Open!"
With the shout, a white column of water suddenly erupted from the pendant, and poured it on the boulder that still spontaneously emitted dark red fire. The extremely hot rock suddenly encountered a large amount of cold water, but after a while, I heard the cracking sound of "rattling, rattling" from inside the rock, and a large amount of white steam filled the air, and soon the whole small valley was shrouded in a white mist.
The whole process lasted about a quarter of an hour, and Hotz felt that enough was enough, so he asked Eliza to step back and rest. Eliza grinned and left the boulder to return to Savin, and said, "Well, do you still doubt it now?"
Sawan also looked happy and said, "Tell me, how did you do it?"
Eliza looked left and right, everyone's attention was on the boulder, so she attached to Sawin's ear and said: "Actually, my necklace is an extremely rare Haina spirit stone, in this stone stores as much water as a large lake, my father gave it to me to provide me with enough moist water vapor, and secondly, it is used to escape, in case of danger, as long as we release all the water inside, we can use the water to escape." ”
After hearing this, it dawned on Samin that it was the work of this stone, and he almost thought that Eliza really knew magic.
Because of the violent thermal expansion and contraction, the inside of the boulder has been full of cracks, and everyone in the mercenary group rushed up, chiseling and knocking, knocking and knocking, making a boulder full of holes, and then everyone took the method of pulling with a rope again, only to listen to the "boom", the boulder finally collapsed half of it, and a big black hole appeared in front of them.
"It's really famous!"
"There really is an ancient tomb, and now we are rich!"
"The regiment commander and adjutant are really amazing!"
Everyone in the mercenary group applauded, this trip was not in vain, I didn't expect that there was really an ancient tomb here, it seems that this time the mercenary group is going to make a windfall, and it has been tight for a while, and now everyone is full of desire for the treasure that is about to arrive. Hortz was naturally happy, but he was not carried away by this small achievement, it was difficult to say what was in the cave, and it was too early to rejoice.
Larry ordered a few men to go in and investigate, this kind of thing requires courage and care, and there are a few old fritters in the regiment who are suitable for this kind of work. A few people who entered the cave came out after a while, it turned out that there was a stone wall inside, and there were carved patterns on the stone wall, and a few people did not dare to act without authorization, and came out to report and ask what to do.
Larry decided it would be better to see for himself, and he led a few men into the cave again, and he took a closer look at the light of the torches. This is a black stone wall, and there is a fresco carved in the center of the stone wall, and the content of the fresco is not complicated, which probably means that the owner of the mausoleum obtained the headband of the Sun King, so he thinks that he is the reincarnation of the Sun King, and then he boasts about how great his reign is, etc., in short, he bragged about his great achievements. However, there is one thing that Larry finds strange that there is no name of the owner of the tomb left on this stone wall, which is relatively rare, and what fool would do such a thing without saying who he is.
Since you can't figure it out, let's wait until you enter the mausoleum. Thinking of this, Larry ordered, "Knock this stone wall open!"