A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 206: Chapter 164 Ancient Tomb’s Evil Shadow_1

“Boom!!!”

The earth broke into pieces, the ground collapsed, and in the next instant, the three of them directly plunged into the dark abyss.

Duanmu Huai reacted quickly, stretching out his hands and grabbing Old Bent and Greiya with one hand each. The jetpack on his back immediately fired, rapidly emitting a stream of air that halted their further descent, they then slowly landed on the ground.

“Bang!!”

The heavy Power Armor collided with the ground, emitting a low sound. Duanmu Huai then let go, allowing Old Bent and Greiya to stand.

It wasn’t until now that Greiya seemed to understand what she’d done, and she hurriedly stood, incessantly apologizing.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Sir Knight, I’m sorry… It was my fault…”

“Alright, it’s not solely your fault.”

Duanmu Huai replied casually while observing the surroundings.

“Seems like those goddamn mice have been hollowing out the ground here for some time, otherwise, it would not have turned into this.”

“Right, the mice!!”

Hearing this, Old Bent also immediately regained his senses.

“Where are the mice?”

“They’re probably all dead.”

Duanmu Huai clearly knew the power of Greiya’s previous burst of fire. His Power Armor had even issued a warning when Greiya released the fire. The Power Armor was a type of equipment specially made for space warfare. Under normal circumstances, ordinary fire couldn’t possibly cause damage to Duanmu Huai’s Power Armor. Judging by the alarm triggered by Greiya’s fire, it was likely that those mice were destroyed without a trace.

However, soon after, under the illumination of the spotlight, Duanmu Huai discovered something unusual.

“Hm? It seems this place is quite interesting too.”

Speaking, Duanmu Huai raised his head. With this action, the spotlight’s white light shone directly onto the wall in front of them. Under the illumination of the spotlight, they could vaguely see the stone-carved walls and a half-collapsed gate…

“Sir Knight, what is this?”

“In short, it’s definitely not built by those mice.”

Duanmu Huai walked over and took a closer look. Then he reached out, forcefully prying open the iron door blocking the entrance, revealing the dark passage inside.

“Alright, let’s go in and take a look.”

Under the lead of Duanmu Huai, the three of them walked into the passage.

Fortunately, the passage was relatively spacious, at least it allowed Duanmu Huai to walk straight up inside it. Illuminated by the spotlight, they could see several rectangular holes on both sides of the passage, and in the holes, there were piles of bones.

“Seems like, this should be an underground tomb.”

Duanmu Huai observed the surroundings and made a judgement, then he looked at Old Bent.

“Did you know about this underground tomb?”

“…I’ve heard that there is indeed a Nord Cemetery near the town, but no one has ever been there, because such places are usually haunted by the undead…”

Old Bent replied, terror-stricken as he looked around, not daring to say much.

“Well, seems like you built your cemetery on top of someone else’s.”

Duanmu Huai made a casual remark and continued walking forward, while Old Bent and Greiya followed him without uttering a word.

No doubt, this underground cemetery was massive. Piles of bones, even some mummified corpses could be seen everywhere in the holes along the corridor. They were all fully armed, holding large swords, standing in the niches at the corners of the corridor, just like living guards, still guarding this cold, dead world.

“Sir Knight, where are we going?”

Greiya asked in a cautious whisper. Duanmu Huai, without turning his head, focused on the road ahead and replied.

“We need to observe closely, this underground tomb must have some secret. Also, I don’t believe it’s just a coincidence, there must be some connection.”

“I see… Ahh!!”

However, before Greiya could finish her words, a sinister feeling suddenly emerged, causing her to freeze.

“Sir Knight, please stop grabbing my tail!”

“I’m in front of you, how could I grab your tail?”

“Huh?”

At this point, Greiya realized that indeed, Duanmu Huai had been walking in front of her all along, then who was the one who had been grabbing her tail…

Fearing for her life, Greiya turned her head. A desiccated corpse was slowly emerging from the hollow, its eyes glimmering with blue luminescence, clutching a giant sword and coldly staring at the intruder within its presence.

“A m-monster!”

Greiya’s terrified shriek echoed in their surroundings. In the next moment, her long, thick tail was slammed directly into the undead mummy, shattering its form into pieces and sending it crashing clumsily into the wall, motionless.

But this seemed to awaken the rest of the undead. One by one, from all sides, undead returned to life bearing shields, battle axes, giant swords, and long bows, emanating spectral blue lights from their eyes.

Duanmu Huai laughed coldly in response, pulling the Thunder Warhammer from his back.

“Good, always playing ghost house games was somewhat tiring. Let’s have warm-up exercise!”

As for Old Bent, he seemed to have suffered all the thrilling experiences of his lifetime this night. Though surrounded by the undead Nords, truthfully, Old Bent was already in despair. After all, they were only three against several dozen fully armed undead soldiers, a battle seemingly impossible to win.

However, the reality was far beyond Old Bent’s expectations.

The man clad in black armor, tall as a giant, crushed the undead into pieces with relaxed swings of his war hammer. The arrows shot by the Nord undead could not even pierce his heavy armor.

Even the previously terrified young girl seemed to have found her courage. Old Bent saw her right hand mutate into a form resembling a lizardman’s claw, swinging at the enemies before her while engulfed in flames. Every sweep of her hand annihilated the undead soldiers in her path.

Had he not witnessed all this personally, Old Bent would never have believed it. He had lived many years and met several adventurers, but he had never met anyone as formidable as them.

“Ha!!”

Greiya let out a roar, her right fist collided with the undead soldier who had swiftly raised his shield in defense. But her punch casually tore through the soldier’s defense, knocking him flying into the flames, turning them into ashes.

“Phew……”

Greiya finally breathed a sigh of relief as the last foe fell. At that moment, a voice sounded next to her.

“Are you feeling calm now?”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing the voice, Greiya turned her gaze towards Duanmu Huai, who stood next to her. Their eyes were locked, and she blushed a bit, nervously looking down.

“Yeah, sir knight… I apologize for my previous panic.”

True, as a student of the Manaria Magic Academy, she was not naturally afraid of ghosts. However, the various strange events she had encountered tonight while with Duanmu Huai had even disturbed the usually calm Greiya. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Especially those rats… it still sent shivers down her spine when she thought about them.

After the battle, Greiya definitely felt less panicked than before.

“Don’t worry about it; just calm down,” Duanmu Huai reassured her, patting Greiya on the shoulder.

“Don’t be so hard on yourself. Everyone makes mistakes, and your mistake actually helped us find some clues.”

“Yes…”

After the sudden interruption, they all continued onward. However, the further they proceeded, the more Greiya’s expression seemed tense.

“Knight sir, I smell a strong… scent of blood.”

“It seems like we are heading in the right direction then.”

Upon hearing Greiya’s words, Duanmu Huai tightened his grip on the war hammer, squinting his eyes, and vigilantly watched ahead. Soon, they crossed the corridor and reached the massive stone door at the end.

The door was unlike the others. It was locked by some special mechanism with three owl, bird, and bear engravings embedded around an inset that looked like a place for a key. Clearly, if this were some adventure game, they might need to find a key to unlock this strange three-ring stone door.

But, Duanmu Huai didn’t care about these trifles. He signaled Greiya and Old Bent to back off, then retreated a few steps, let out a roar, and his jetpack burst, propelling him mercilessly forward.

Immediately after, Duanmu Huai charged at the stone door like an angry rhino, smashing through it effortlessly!

“Boom!!!!!”

Such was the might of Duanmu Huai’s blow, the door frame was ripped apart, and the dozens of centimeters thick stone door was split into fragments that soared into the air. Duanmu Huai then stormed into the secret chamber, and the sight before him finally came into view.

At the center of the chamber was a red crystal, glimmering brightly. At this moment, it was bursting with a foreboding power, red thunderbolts scattered from the center of the crystal. Around the crystal, kneeling on the floor etched with bewildering, array-like markings, were several figures in black robes who looked like the cultists of the Evil God.

These cultists were chanting some spells in unison, raising their hands high, blood flowing like water, seeping into the markings on the floor, taking the form of some special pattern.

Although Duanmu Huai didn’t know what these cultists were up to, he knew it wasn’t good!

“Greiya, protect Old Bent! I’ll deal with these bastards!”

Duanmu Huai roared, brandishing his Thunder Warhammer, and rushed towards the array!