Acus was aware of these harmful gases inside the ageing chamber. They will be scattered away if one is to wait, so he waited. Harold City third ruler, unlike his forefather, who were known for their might. He was born weak, which caused him to use his brain to fight. Not his brawn.
The family documents say. There were once others who tried to enter this chamber of death pursuing wealth. But only their bones will enjoy this wealth. The record state they died because of that childish legend. The Curse of the God. What fools. The so-called curse of the gods is just toxic gases.
After tens of minutes, the dust departed
''You shits, take a torch and go''. Acus told angrily at a few slaves.
These slaves hesitate, one had almost fought back, but he knows better than to defy lord Acus. They started to walk forward gradually under the orders of the master.
With these slaves to explore the path. Only then did Acus dares to walk through the entrance.
Exploring tombs is a reasonably risky activity, particularly these ancient ones. The story of these eras was full of man-eating lunatics. These tombs often contain traps of all types, pits to poison gold. Build to store wealth. But some with other intentions. There was a story of the Ironfate Chamber, said to hold gold worth several kingdoms. People, mostly youngsters. Those clowns, leaving behind their home. In the search for wealth. But upon reaching the Ironfate chamber, they were brutally tortured and devoured.
As a result of the possible danger, it practical for him to sends several slaves to walked into the passage. To be the one to clean up all the traps with their lives. He notices there were not any losses. After walking a while longer, it seems this passage had no surprise.
This fact surprised Acus, but after a long enough walk, he realized why. An obstruction appeared in front of the Lord of Harold. Which encompass some marking of the Giamor first testament. The Age of Ignorant. It seems and turned out that this is the resting site of king Auther, so the lost tomb of the king chosen by God. Is sleeping here just right in the stomach of this valley. The history books say that the burial site of the king. Was lost through time after the first Empire Collapse and later generation has no in-depth understanding of the first era, much was lost. In front of Acus was a boulder. That shut off the passageway and also obstructed Acus path, which was unacceptable.
"Damn it!! Fucking shit, ahhhh." After fiercely smashing the boulder with his hand, his skin has peeled from the rough surface.
Because of this boulder. In a short time, he would not be able to enter. The tomb of Auther, the king who wields the power of God, such treasure untouched since ancient times, is behind this boulder. Anyone would be furious by this setback.
The legendary king. The epic hero has brought man from the age of obscurity to the age of civilization. And now all but few know of his titles, even children have heard of his might. Bards sing of his glory. Countless books have been written in his name, his existence only second to God. And now he lives on through the thoughts of millions.
And this tomb of his. How many treasures have been bury for centuries, not to mention the legendary king Auther body was said to have been bury with the sword of God. Excalibur. One must not forget the flame that never died. Any treasures from the ancient Holy Empire or even gear, relics, when placed in this era is precious in all lands.
However, now that these things are so close he could taste them. He can only see but not reach, which is infuriating.
Before the exploration of the tomb. Acus had spent a lot of his forces and his family fortune. Also, he consumed a lot of time doing investigations and keeping this endeavour in the dark. This fact is bothersome Acus had worked hard and yet so little he reaped so far. But light is at the end of this tunnel. He just needs some time to loosen it up.
The guards and slaves also looked at the third Master of Harold. Who took a deep breath and said, "We'll go back and let the artisans do their job, and in any case, we will open this place and enter the tomb of the king of God!."
With great hesitance, Acus took his men out, only to be more enrage upon stepping out. His soldiers revealed to him some bad news
"The lord of the city of Frith and his soldiers have encircled us, and even more numerous than us, sir"
"What?" His teeth clench tightly, hearing the worse of news, he was taken over by wrath and jab the guard, which influences his mind to be a bit relieved, so he puffs out a sigh of frustration.
But at this time, the soldiers of the city of Frith moved to enclose them. But from a range, what are they doing? Obstructing my escape, no, they are trying to frighten me.
There are seven city-states within the Fith Star Alliance, with Frith City State being the largest city-state while Harold City-State is the second-largest city-state in the One Hundred Nation Alliance.
They both represent the apex of power of the Fith Star Alliance. To ensure their liberty and defence. The city-states within the Fith Star Alliance placed laws enforcing unity in the face of external strength. But they are also ambitious lords, albeit with discretion in the daylight, but hidden in the shadow. They are scheming.
Knowing that he's trapped. The third lord of Harold was not afraid, but just upset. As long as the city-state of Frith has not gone mad, they will never dare to move against him. Otherwise, the battle between them will cause enormous loss to them both. And this will cause them to become easy prey to the surrounding states.
It was not long before Acus, the lord of Harold, met the lord of Frith, and when he met him, he asked, "You old bastard, how dare you come without a gift. You should have brought your daughters for my man, not a batch of your armed apes. This is my territory. Do you desire war? Are you willing to go against the rules of the Fith Star?"
"Is that right? next time. I'll bring your household member headless body." Frith City Lord smiled as he said "It's about the tomb of the king chosen by God himself, King Auther. Even the breaking of the rules would be worth it, don't you agree lord Acus?"
Acus was amazed. Even he did not know of the tombs true secret. Absurd. Does this bastard have the other part of my family record?
"You've been digging this grave for almost three years. And the news has long since gone passed with the winds. Do you think the only one who knows about this is me?" Lord Altvin scoffed.
Acus face was oppressed and bittered, and after a good second he said, "What do you want?".
Acus would never have said that if his soldier were the one with numbers. And if there was a way to called for his soldier from Harold city.
"My condition is reasonable. We explore this tomb jointly, and we get what we get. We share equally." Lord Altvin did not want to press too hard and put forward his conditions, which was decent. He knew Acus temper well.
"You want my wealth. We've been digging here for three bloody years. And as soon as you come barging like stray dogs, you want me to split my goods. I do not want to old man ." Lord Acus sneered.
"So what is it do you want?" Lord Altvin was not irritated.
"I want 80 per cent."
"You are too stingy Lord Acus. It will need to be sorted fairly."
"Seventy per cent."
"Sixty per cent, that's my bottom line. And it's the tomb of Auther, the king Chosen by gods, not something comparable to your common king, who knows how much wealth is lost down there, and there may even be artefacts."
"I would prefer equally, but as I said the other knowns, so deal."
The two strongest city-states reached a compromise. And the soldiers of Frith city-state entered the sunset mountains, guarding the valley with the soldiers of the House of Harold. More important, of course, is to protect the tombs of King Auther from the valley.
For Acus, it was both a bad thing and a good thing to share his wealth with the lord of the city of Frith. Because, with the help of the artisans from Frith, it took them only half a month to break the boulders and dive deep into the tomb.
This time, the two sides of the passage are not empty, as throughout is full of bloodied carcasses and used traps. To clear the way, hundreds of slaves died during the process. One can say that this road is stained with the blood of the lamb.
Walking through the passage, they entered a stone chamber, full of crosses, full of bones, with rough estimations, maybe about a thousand people.
Acus and lord Altvin were not surprised by the bones. But also found bodies of nobles, dressed in what used to be craft masterpieces of the Holy Empire.
Since it is the tomb of King Auther, it is only natural that so many people should be buried together with him.
Even Acus and the master of Frith felt the might from just these feats alone. With thousands of people sacrifice and bury with him, it's without a doubt the tomb of king Auther as only he had such power.
Further ahead the stone chambers passage were blocked by the earth disintegrating. And the other one was blocked by a boulder.
The two city lords grew increasingly restless, ordering his artisans to speed up their progress. They started to developed a hatred for boulders. With the help of tools, the hated boulders at the opening. Soon broke, and Acus and Altvin immediately ordered their slaves to explore the road.
There were no traps in this passage. The slaves quickly entered the next stone chamber, which contained several paintings. And statues documenting the events of the birth of the Holy Empire and the rise of king Auther.
In the face of this forgotten history, the two city masters are speechless. For them, this is the original history of humanity from the age of obscurity. It's the ancient myth, great sagas, legendary tales. They have only heard off now one can see history itself, how thrilling.
The two city masters held torches and soon saw what the murals and statues were recording.
"The establishment of the Holy Empire, the battle of man against man, then legendary feared mass sacrificial ceremony, and..."
"In Gaia's name. Look at these two murals." A middle-aged knight shouted.
In fact, without his voice, the others had already looked at the two murals. These two murals occupied a large area, enough to occupy half the room in this chamber, up to ten meters high.
Compared with those two, the other records and statues are less striking. The contents of this stone slab are also astonishing, the first of which is a majesty man surrounded by light. In the darkness, beside a river. The God Giai was giving a fire and sword to a young man.
"The legend is true. The king of the first Empire saw God. So he was called the king Chosen by God, and that sword and fire should be the epic artefact called the Undying flame and God-given sword. Excalibur, say to be able to cut all things in the world." Acus lord of Harold, his voice was hoarse, and he could not remain calm when he saw a scene from the myth and legends unfold before him.
The second slab. The second one is even more significant than the first one. The Lord of Frith was equally excited, but his attention was more focused on the second mural.
In a sense, the second mural is more shocking than the first. The second mural content is that of King Auther standing in a shrine and at the foot of the statue of Gaia. The flame was burning the status of Gaia with the sword of God pointed to Gaia, tears fall as he roared toward God.
"Is this..." Acus said he swallowed his words
Seeing the slab, a guard suddenly thought of the taboo legends of King Auther, said if one spoke about it, death be upon them ''The taboo...''.
"Stop it." Altvin terrified voice immediately reaches the guard, with a frightened monstrous-looking expression: "Don't say, don't say." He recited.
The guard suddenly stopped. As soon as the words came out of his mouth he lamented ever being born. At that moment, thinking of this taboo tale, his legs quiver.
Some people thought the story was false, but from this slab, the story seems to be true, King Auther defiance in his later years.
Thinking about this the guard head drop. He dare not continue to look at the statue, not just him. Other guards and knights alike also lowered their heads. This even including the two city lords as they dare not resume to look. For fear of infuriating the existence of God.