Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 302: Tomb of the Gods
"Looks like we can get down to business—"

Cassius looked around the venue. Of the three dynasties and forty-nine magic organizations, there were less than thirty people left, of which the academy, the magic town and the four demigods accounted for half.

The chief elder of Selia bowed to the demigods and said, "My four honorable princes, and my fellow comrades who are willing to stay, please allow me to explain to you that before, I, the second elder Inovice, the third elder Euoris, and I pretended to be in seclusion, but in fact we were on guard against the Tomb of the Gods, which has become increasingly active recently."

Lucia showed a look of understanding, "Is the Tomb of the Gods you mentioned the place where Esti was sealed?"

"Yes," Cassius nodded. "One thousand and eighty-two years ago, the last survivors of the Star-Moon Era sealed the severely injured and exhausted Esti in Selia. This was not because the pioneers of the time intended to leave trouble for the future, but because the remaining power of the civilized world at that time was not enough to completely kill her. They built a surveillance fortress on the plain south of the Tomb of the Gods and left hundreds of the most elite warriors of various races as eternal guardians. This is the origin of Selia."

"But the forbidden war did not end completely with the sealing of Esti. In the following decades, people both on the surface and underground fought bloody battles with the evil gods' followers and heretical sects. Since the guardians of Selia were closest to the Tomb of the Buried Gods, they faced the most frenzied evil gods' followers. They attacked the fortress defense line again and again, trying to break into the sealed forbidden area and revive their gods, but they were never able to break through the blockade of the group of warriors."

"When the Age of Resurrection arrived and the Eternal Survivors from underground returned to the surface, the first generation of Selia Watchers had almost been wiped out. Most of the second and third generation Watchers who were raised by them and the native residents of Gaileid also died on the front line of resisting the evil god's followers. It was not until a group of Eternal Survivors came to the East Continent that the Watch Fortress was able to barely escape the dilemma of extinction."

"Later, the descendants of the survivors and the guardians built the magic town of Selia together. Although most people in the world believe that today's Selia has drifted away from the former Star-Moon Civilization, only we Selia people know that both the Three Elders System and the Hall of Mysticism that have been passed down from thousands of years ago are preparations for guarding the Tomb of the Buried Gods."

"The only reason for us and our descendants to exist in this world is to prevent the possibility of the evil god's revival. Even if he inevitably revives, we must immediately spread the news of the crisis to the entire civilized world and seal the evil god again at all costs - even if we have to pay the price of everything."

"The Ancient Dragon Dynasty will participate in this war with all its strength. This is the fate that all civilizations in the border area must face together," Lucia said. "If necessary, Fam Azra can send fifteen elders, five thousand flying dragon warriors, ten thousand storm knights, and a hundred thousand mixed legions."

Upon hearing this, Latan nodded deeply and said, "Kalia can also send out 100,000 troops."

Michaela, who represented the Golden Dynasty, smiled and said, "The existence of the Blazing Sun Legion is to deal with emergencies like this. I will immediately write a letter to Brother Godwin and ask him to lead the army eastward and reach Gaileed before Esther recovers."

After the three major dynasties expressed their stance, other major magic organizations that were willing to stay also expressed that they would use all their strength to deal with this disaster.

To them, an evil god that is about to revive is indeed terrifying, but Esti, who has reappeared in the world after a thousand years, will inevitably find it difficult to recover to her peak state during the forbidden war. The most crucial thing is that this time the civilization at the border is the agent personally selected by the Supreme Will, and Esti is just an abandoned child with empty power.

Therefore, under the premise that the three dynasties have made all-out efforts, victory has become inevitable. Although participating in this war involves great risks, it is also an unprecedented great opportunity.

"Thank you all - thank you for your courage and responsibility to sacrifice your blood for the civilized world." This time, Cassius took two steps back and bowed deeply to everyone, and everyone stood up to return the greeting.

"I propose that Your Highnesses and all of you come with me to take a close look at the interior of the Tomb of the Gods, and then we can discuss the details of the dispatch of troops and military plans." Naturally, everyone had no objection, so they left the Hall of Night under the leadership of Cassius and Luther and drove to the Selia Mountains, 20 kilometers to the north.

Before leaving, Lucia arranged for Lani to stay and take care of Malenia to prevent the corruption seal from recurring. Lacard was responsible for the deployment of the three demigod guards. At the same time, Anasia and Finlay had each led dozens of the most elite guards to spread throughout the city to monitor the actions of all parties.

An hour later, the convoy drove into the mountainous area. Compared with the flat terrain in the city of Biseria, the terrain here rose up almost without any transition, and quickly arched up to a steep mountain nearly a thousand meters high in a very short distance. If the secrets behind the Tomb of the Gods were not known, it would be difficult for scholars to explain this strange geographical change in their entire lives.

However, Lucia captured even more details along the way. In his powerful spiritual perception, there were at least hundreds of high-level night mages lurking around the few kilometers of mountain road he had just passed.

Compared to the academic mages, these Selia people were natural assassins. Their aura was hidden in the darkness like ethereal mist, but Lucia could clearly sense their venomous coldness. Among them were even strong men of the level of Rein and Oga.

At the same time, there were several more elusive auras that were faintly locking onto everyone in the convoy. This vague feeling of being watched began to appear when he left the Hall of Night, disappeared when he briefly returned to the State Guesthouse, and reappeared when the convoy left Magic Town, and has continued to this day.

Lucia couldn't help but raise her opinion of the chief elder of Selia to a higher level - the other party obviously maintained absolute respect for the demigods. Cassius, or Selia, was only monitoring the major magic organizations that remained.

No matter how passionately they expressed themselves at the meeting, the top leaders of Selia remained rational and calm. They knew that the series of changes in the Origin Faction were all secretly manipulated by someone, but if they kept harping on about it in the Hall of Night, they would be doomed to get no answers except causing chaos.

Therefore, they wisely passed over the matter and kept close surveillance on everyone in secret. In this way, even if those manipulators behind the scenes were cautious enough not to reveal any clues, they would inevitably encounter great resistance in the next action.

While they were thinking, the convoy stopped in front of a smooth and steep cliff. Everyone got off the car and looked around. They saw only steep rocks all around. There was nothing around the cliff, and there was no sign of a fortress at all.

Cassius walked to the front of the cliff, drew the rapier from his waist, and with a flick of his wrist, he sketched a string of secret words on a stone surface that looked no different from the surrounding ones.

A moment later, with a heavy roar, the stone wall split into two from the center and slowly shrank towards the rocks, revealing a doorway ten meters high.

"Everyone, we have arrived at the Tomb of the Buried Gods."

(End of this chapter)