Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 347 Behind the Door
Within seconds, everything in the tomb began to corrode and age. The lights that had been kept on quickly went out, and the surroundings rapidly darkened.

"call!"

Several flames ignited beside Lu Ze, which he made float in the tomb chamber as a light source.

By the light of the fire, he looked at the picture frame in his hand.

This is a portrait of a young man with a relaxed smile.

The young man had slightly wavy black hair and black eyes, a broad forehead, and a somewhat thin face. He wore a black, pointed soft hat, resembling the attire of a legendary wizard, and a monocle on his face, but this did not add much to his scholarly air; instead, it made him appear even more eccentric.

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Looking at the portrait, Luze suddenly realized something and abruptly glanced at the faded fresco. Among the infants held by the two angels, one had black hair and black eyes. Considering his hallucination at the time and Soraya's wary attitude, it was obvious who the person in the portrait was.

Ah, Monk!

The erosion of time had ended, and the skin on his body was healing itself. However, Lu Ze had no mind to pay attention to his body; he was only warily observing the young man in the painting.

The more he looked at the other person, the more he found their smiling face extremely annoying.

"Thump thump".

Footsteps echoed from the tomb; Zoroya had entered. Upon seeing the figure in the painting, he clicked his tongue softly. He didn't seem to do anything, but the painting quickly changed; a certain spirit vanished. The once lifelike Amon became a lifeless, dull figure, even resembling someone unrecognizable.

"Okay, now I don't have to worry about him noticing me."

Zorua nodded, then said to Luze, "This thing is yours. Just be careful not to turn it over."

Having said that, he abandoned Lu Ze and strode to the black coffin.

"crunch-"

A harsh, tooth-grinding sound followed as Zoroya pushed aside the heavy coffin with one hand, exposing its interior to the air.

Lu Ze looked over curiously, then was somewhat disappointed. The coffin was empty, except for a golden cushion embroidered with a transparent worm with twelve rings around its body, which looked exactly like the demigod worm that Zoroya had just crushed.

Is there some connection between this insect and the thief?
"Humph."

Although the coffin was empty, Zoroah was not displeased. He reached out and picked up the golden cushion, placed his hand on it, and stroked it from left to right. After touching it, he casually tossed the cushion back into the coffin and stepped down from the platform.

He began to observe the tomb chamber.

Sharon was still standing outside when Luze winked at her, signaling her not to come in yet. In case there was anything strange about the tomb, her presence outside could still be of some use.

The iron lamp stands along the walls of the tomb chamber had rotted and collapsed, and the murals were peeling and crumbling. Apart from the corpses of extraordinary beings on the ground, which were gradually exuding spirituality, there seemed to be nothing of value left in the tomb chamber.

After circling half of the tomb, Zorua stopped in front of a wall. On that wall, the outline of a stone door was faintly sketched.

Is there still space behind this?
Lu Ze couldn't help but think to himself.

Soraya seemed to think the same way. He stepped forward, placed his right hand on the stone door, and slowly pushed it open.

The stone door wasn't pushed open, but a hazy, shimmering light appeared on its surface, creating an almost realistic image:

The deep blue waves, almost black, surged forward, crashing against the rugged, towering peaks. A thick, boundless black fog filled the view, with only the waves at the bottom and the peaks emerging from the fog as the sole exceptions.

Waves?

Upon hearing the sound of the tide, Lu Ze almost instinctively associated it with the ocean currents within his body. But he soon realized that the deep blue ocean seemed to be a real thing, completely different from the thick, illusory sea he had ever seen.

But why is there a stone gate leading to the mysterious sea in Amon's tomb?

"Hehe." Just as he was feeling confused, he suddenly heard laughter from the person next to him.

—Zoroa chuckled, a look of sudden realization on his face.

"I see. So that's where you went."

He muttered to himself, as if speaking to Amon, who did not exist.

Did Amon go there?

Did they go to the other side of this sea?

Just as Lu Ze had a guess, he saw a surge of spiritual energy suddenly well up in Soloar's palm, and some kind of invisible rule was rapidly forming. As a result, the surface of the stone gate began to weather, gradually turning into fragments until it was completely annihilated.

Apart from a clump of stone dust remaining on the ground, there is no other evidence to prove that it ever existed.

Zorua destroyed the door!

"Sir, what is this?"

"Give that guy some trouble."

Soroya chuckled, appearing quite pleased.

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Indeed, when Amon finishes what he's doing over there and tries to return through the stone gate, only to find it destroyed and he can't come back, his expression will be quite something.
Lu Ze thought to himself with a wicked grin.

In any case, they not only destroyed a stone gate, but also overturned Amon's tomb.

"Sir, which item are you planning to take?"

After destroying the stone gate, Zorua clearly lost interest in continuing the exploration and returned to the center of the tomb. Luze then asked a question.

"I have received what I asked for."

Soroya waved his hand, "You can do whatever you want with the rest."

Did you get it?
All you've done since you came in is touch that cushion!

Lu Ze subconsciously looked inside the coffin; the cushions inside were still in the same position as when he was thrown in. Hmm?
Then, he suddenly noticed that the twelve-segmented worm embroidered on the gold cushion was gone. If he hadn't seen it earlier, Lu Ze would have thought that there had never been anything embroidered on the cushion in the first place.

Was all Zoroah really after just that bug?!
The thoughts of a high-sequence powerhouse are hard to fathom; perhaps there's some deeper secret hidden within that embroidered insect. But Luze is self-aware enough not to be reckless and try to figure it out. He simply nodded, feigning confusion, and then beckoned Sharon in to help collect the scattered traits.

The haul this time was quite substantial. Besides several pieces of the Human Skin Shadow trait, there was a powerful extraordinary item, as well as the extraordinary traits extracted from the tomb raider earlier. Not only traits, but the explorer also carried some other items, all of which went to Luze and Sharon.

"Alright, let's call it a day."

"Thank you for your help," Soroya said.

Having said that, he lowered his head. As if a gust of wind had swept by, the firelight inside the tomb dimmed for a moment.

"Huh? Who are you? Where is this?"

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, then screamed, looking around in terror, clearly terrified of the two of them. The deep, terrifying aura he once possessed had vanished; now, his traits were barely at Sequence 6.

And that being called "Zoroa" seems to have quietly left.

(End of this chapter)