Lord: Starting with Summoning the Regular Army of Earth

Chapter 66 Mysterious Corpse and Rubik's Cube (Seeking First Subscription)

The skeleton was indeed similar to a human, but seemed taller and more slender, with delicate bones that had a jade-like texture, as if it would not decay even after thousands of years.

But Matthew's gaze was immediately drawn to the sides of the skull, to the bones and auricles that had not decayed or disappeared. There were protrusions and shapes there that were distinctly different from those of humans, with pointed and elongated auricles attached to them.

"Pointy ears!" Matthew exclaimed in surprise. Looking at the exquisitely crafted armor and patterns on the corpse, the name of a race immediately came to mind—the elves.

Although the original owner's memories contained no information about elves, it didn't mean that elves didn't exist in this world. So he turned to Will and asked, "Will, have you ever heard of elves?"

"Elves?" Will looked bewildered and confused. "Your Highness, I have never heard of elves."

Will's words stunned Matthew. Even Will didn't know. Was it because of his lack of knowledge, or was it because the existence of this race had been completely buried in the long river of history, and might even be older than any history Will knew?

Or perhaps the elves have other names in this world?

"They are those who look very similar to humans, but are generally more slender and beautiful, with more delicate features, and most importantly, they have the distinctive feature of pointed ears." Matthew described some characteristics of the elves based on his previous life.

However, Will exchanged a glance with Conrad beside him and shook his head again: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, but in my knowledge, neither the historical records of the Kingdom of Augustus nor the legends of the surrounding races have ever mentioned a similar race. There are humanoid races with pointed ears, such as the trolls, but apart from their pointed ears, they do not seem to match the characteristics you described."

Will's answer confused Matthew even more. Did the world really not have elves? What race was this corpse?

Is it a variant of humanity, or some other unknown race?

But this world has goblins, dwarves, orcs, trolls, and even frost giants from the far north, so why is there no elf race?

Could it be that the Kingdom of Augustus was too isolated from the world, or that due to certain historical issues, this race became taboo and was no longer mentioned?

Matthew stopped dwelling on that and turned his attention to the other details of the skeleton.

The craftsmanship of his armor was exquisite, far from ordinary, and the material felt extraordinary. In particular, his longsword was likely an enchanted weapon, probably quite valuable.

This person's outfit is probably worth several hundred gold coins, or even more.

This is definitely the biggest haul of the day.

However, at that moment, his gaze also fell upon the object that was mostly covered by the helmet. He immediately kicked the helmet open and saw that inside was a dark gold hexahedral device.

It looks like an extremely complex Rubik's Cube, but each face is divided into more small pieces, each piece is engraved with distinct runes, and the structure is so intricate that it is breathtaking.

"What is this thing?" Matthew wondered, and carefully sensed it with his mental power, but did not seem to detect any magical fluctuations.

However, he was still cautious and did not touch it directly with his hands. Instead, he fiddled with it with the hands of a mage to make sure there was nothing wrong before sending it to the group. This was also to verify whether the mental intimidation came from the Rubik's Cube.

As it turned out, the psychological deterrent did not come from the Rubik's Cube. Yang Guang picked it up, retreated to a safe distance from the others, and casually rotated the Rubik's Cube to conduct some experiments, confirming that it posed no danger.

Seeing this, Will leaned closer to examine it closely, even fiddling with it in his hands for a while. He still couldn't figure it out, but his face was full of amazement: "Your Highness, this device is extraordinary in both material and craftsmanship, and the rune system on it is completely beyond my comprehension. Although I don't know its true purpose, I'm certain that it is definitely a treasure."

After confirming that the Rubik's Cube posed no danger, Matthew used his Wizard's Hand to grab the corpse's helmet and longsword. After confirming that the source of the mental intimidation was also unrelated to these two items, he threw them to Conrad.

As a knight, Conrad was quite knowledgeable about armor and weapons, but the helmet and longsword before him were unlike anything he had ever seen before, both in terms of material and craftsmanship, and were definitely not ordinary items.

It is estimated that such treasures could only exist in the royal treasury.

Having confirmed once again that the mental intimidation was unrelated to the helmet and longsword, Matthew became even bolder and began to dismantle the armor on the corpse with the hands of a mage, since in his eyes it was all real gold and silver.

When faced with readily available and sufficiently large benefits, a person's motivation and growth rate are absolutely at their fastest.

Matthew was like that at this moment; his control over the Mage's Hand seemed to be evolving every second, from simply and brutally disassembling the shoulder guards, arm armor, leg armor, and chest armor—

As he meticulously unfastened the equally impressive silver chainmail underneath, his control over the Mage's Hand became increasingly skillful and adept.

But just as he was disassembling the silver chainmail, a small leather pouch tied with a thin rope came loose and fell onto the stone platform.

The bag appears to be made of some unknown animal hide, yet it remains supple despite the passage of time.

Matthew had an idea. He carefully used the Mage's Hand to untie the rope and pour out the contents.

Inside were not gold or silver treasures, but several neatly folded animal hides. When unfolded, they were covered with unfamiliar characters and symbols written in some dark ink, accompanied by some simple maps or patterns.

The style of the writing seems to be consistent with the rune system on the longsword, full of an ancient and mysterious aura.

"Will, look at this." Matthew carefully presented the animal hide to Will using his mage's hand.

Will was overjoyed. He took the item with both hands and held it up to the phosphorescent light of the cave to examine it closely, his brows furrowing more and more.

"Your Highness, these characters look very ancient; I've never seen them before. But these patterns—this one looks like a mountain range, and this one—somewhat resembles the trajectory of stars? Could this be some kind of log, map, or—instruction manual?" Will boldly speculated.

"Keep it safe first, it might be the key." Matthew nodded. The corpse was full of unsolved mysteries, but it was clear that all the items on his body were unusual and worth studying in depth.

After collecting all the items from the corpse, Matthew conducted a final verification. He picked up the skull of the corpse with the hand of a mage and brought it close to the group. Sure enough, the mental intimidation was coming from this corpse.

Therefore, he could only move all the remains to a relatively hidden corner and leave them there temporarily.

But just as Matthew walked up to the crowd...

Whoosh—

A sudden splash broke the silence of the cave.

The sound came from the calm underground lake in the center.

Everyone looked on in astonishment to see that the water, which had been as smooth as a mirror, was now rippled violently, with huge ripples spreading from the center of the lake and crashing against the stalagmites on the shore.

Beneath the surface of the water, a huge, blurry black shadow was silently swimming past at an extremely fast speed.

The shadowy figure was estimated to be over five meters long, its shape difficult to discern, but one could sense a primal and chilling predator aura emanating from it.

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