Chapter 68

Under the protection of the magic spring potion, Lin Yun moved forward about several hundred meters and finally found the stone tablet mentioned in the notes. The stone tablet was not particularly grand, but the inscriptions on it were written in Nether script.

"Actually in Nether script..." Looking at the inscriptions on the stone tablet, Lin Yun was somewhat surprised.

If it were a recently constructed tomb, the Nether script would not be unusual. After all, over the past few centuries, although Nether script was still the exclusive domain of mages, it had become relatively widespread among them. Generally, any mage above the level of a High Mage would have some knowledge of Nether script.

But don't forget, this tomb is from the Third Dynasty...

In the Third Dynasty, only members of the royal family could master Nether script. It was a dynasty where bloodline determined everything, and the hierarchy between different bloodlines was strictly defined. Even the most powerful and transcendent mages who were not members of the royal family could not obtain the opportunity to learn Nether script. If they learned it privately, the only result would be immediate execution upon discovery.

"Actually a member of the royal family of the Third Dynasty..."

After a brief moment of surprise, Lin Yun's gaze fell back on the stone tablet.

Although the inscriptions were written in Nether script, they were far less complex than the magical knowledge Lin Yun usually dealt with. Therefore, it took him less than ten minutes to translate the inscriptions on the stone tablet word for word.

From the inscriptions on the stone tablet, it seemed that the person buried here was a prince, living in the early period of the Third Dynasty. Several grammatical structures in the inscriptions bore the characteristics of the early Third Dynasty, which allowed Lin Yun to determine the approximate time period...

"Strange..." After reading the inscriptions from beginning to end, a hint of confusion gradually appeared on Lin Yun's face.

Generally, inscriptions on a tombstone would review the life of the tomb's owner, even if not in great detail, but some important events would certainly be mentioned. However, the inscriptions on this stone tablet made no mention of the prince's life, as if his life were a blank page.

However, after identifying the identity of the tomb's owner, Lin Yun immediately understood why the other temple in the Poison Mist Canyon contained such astonishing wealth.

The royal family of the Third Dynasty worshipped the god Hyperion, the god of war and power.

In the mythological legends of the Noscent world, Hyperion was one of the two original dragons that appeared at the birth of the world. He governed war and power, and those favored by Hyperion would be invincible and wield immense power. Hyperion's favorite offerings were wealth, whether it was golden gold or sparkling gems, which would make Hyperion pleased. The amount of favor a believer could receive depended entirely on the amount of wealth they offered.

The wealth accumulated in a temple dedicated to Hyperion by a prince would naturally be described as countless.

Thinking about this, Lin Yun naturally became even more eager about the underground tomb.

After all, the Third Dynasty was notorious for its practice of burying the deceased with their wealth. Even when commoners died, they would bury their life savings in the earth, let alone members of the royal family. Each tomb of a royal family member could be considered a vast treasure trove.

During the peak of the magical civilization, countless powerful mages made their fortunes by tomb raiding. Even the tomb of a minor branch of the royal family contained enough treasures to make a High Mage rich overnight. It was a wildly crazy era, and almost all the royal family members of the Third Dynasty who were buried underground did not escape being disturbed by the living. From emperors to princes, from dukes to barons, people completed an archaeological study of the Third Dynasty's lineage in this way.

It was a wildly crazy era, and also an era of overnight riches. After this era passed, when the mages began to tally their gains, they discovered that the royal family members of the Third Dynasty had buried more than half of the world's wealth underground.

After reading the inscriptions on the stone tablet, Lin Yun began to make various markings in the mountain's interior.

Each tomb of a royal family member of the Third Dynasty had a fixed specification. This specification might be a secret to people now, but for Lin Yun, who came from the end times, it was no secret.

There was no way around it; during the peak of the magical civilization, the tomb-raiding mages had almost excavated all the tombs of the Third Dynasty's royal family members. What kind of tomb was built for what kind of identity, and what kind of specifications were used for what kind of tomb, these secrets had long been compiled into a specialized discipline, becoming essential knowledge for every mage.

Although Lin Yun had not specifically studied this knowledge, he had read countless explanations related to it in that vast and decaying library. Even with his eyes closed, he could deduce how a prince's tomb should be constructed.

What Lin Yun needed to do now was to mark the positions of the various chambers in the mountain's interior.

"This should be the main chamber, it's best not to touch it for now..."

If it were a regular tomb, the main chamber would be the priority for excavation, as it was where the tomb's owner was buried, and the burial goods there would be the most precious in the entire tomb.

However, the tomb to be excavated now was that of a prince of the Third Dynasty...

Lin Yun remembered very clearly that the royal family members of the Third Dynasty, in addition to their high magical prowess, were also proficient in bloodline curses. This was a power brought by their bloodline, and the more direct the bloodline, the stronger the curse. After their death, this power would linger like a ghost, and many tomb-raiding mages during the peak of the magical civilization fell to this power.

Lin Yun had no confidence in resisting such bloodline curses...

"Let's start from the outer part of the tomb..."

After careful consideration, Lin Yun decided to start from the outer part of the tomb. Generally, there would be no burial goods in the outer part of the tomb, but there would also be no danger. Lin Yun's current priority was to create a retreat route for himself.

There was no way around it; he only had ten bottles of magic spring potion in his pocket. Considering the consumption for the return trip, Lin Yun could only stay for no more than forty minutes. With such a tight schedule, even if he entered the main chamber, he would not have much time to gain anything.

Rather than making a futile trip, it was better to prepare a retreat route first...

If he encountered any danger in the future, he could promptly retreat through this route.

As for the gains, there was no need to rush...

He had agreed with Sos for three months, and three months was more than enough time to excavate the prince.

After making the decision, Lin Yun quickly got to work.

To be honest, for a Great Mage who wielded powerful magical forces, tomb raiding was a simple task. Lin Yun did not even need to do it himself; he just quickly recited a few spells, and several rock golems were summoned. These stiff and slow-moving elemental beings were of little help in battle, but they were excellent at tomb raiding.

The movements of the rock golems were very slow...

But they were incredibly strong and never tired. The only thing Lin Yun needed to do was to cast a magic blade on each rock golem, making their hands and feet grow sharp, magical weapons. With the help of these magical weapons, the rock golems quickly opened a passage to the tomb in the mountain's interior...

A cold, eerie wind blew out of the passage, making even Lin Yun shudder. For a moment, Lin Yun seemed to hear the shrill screams of the dead and see the spirits of the dead rushing out of the passage. The entire mountain's interior seemed to be filled with an eerie atmosphere.

"Playing tricks!" Fortunately, Lin Yun was well-prepared, and a long-prepared light spell was suddenly cast.

In an instant, the entire mountain's interior was illuminated by a bright light, and the eerie atmosphere was instantly dispelled.

After finishing this, Lin Yun let out a long breath.

Lin Yun knew that this was the power of the bloodline curse. Each tomb of a royal family member of the Third Dynasty was protected by this power. What affected him now was just a trace that had leaked from the tomb. When he entered deeper, he would truly feel the terrifying power of this curse.

After the light spell dispelled the sudden eerie atmosphere, Lin Yun did not stop reciting spells. One after another, spells like Featherfall and Haste were cast on the rock golems. After that, he cast a Wizard's Vision, temporarily linking the rock golems' vision with his own.

Then, Lin Yun gave the rock golems the order to proceed.

The rock golems, one after another, entered the passage, using the floating effect of Featherfall to land steadily in the outer part of the tomb.

Lin Yun had summoned five rock golems, and after entering the outer part of the tomb, they did not walk side by side but spread out in different directions under Lin Yun's command. Each rock golem explored a different direction, and with the shared vision from Wizard's Vision, Lin Yun could quickly understand the entire outer part of the tomb.

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