Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"You must not enter any room other than the rightmost door before you reach the Immortal's room!"

"If you want to come out, you must also abide by the same rules!"

When these rules were mentioned, the wizard's tone became stern.

These are taboos of the Temple of Immortality; otherwise, no one knows what might happen.

Chapter 823 The Four Doors

After listening to the instructions of the male sorcerer Paiya Puli, the scout captain from the East silently memorized them and then nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

"In that case, distinguished guest, please enter the Hall of Immortality."

Paiya Puli and his servants' faces returned to their previous amiable expressions, now bearing sinister smiles.

Then they opened the gates of the dilapidated ancient building, allowing Xu Ying to enter alone, while the rest of the Golden Heavenly Dynasty delegation members were kept outside the Hall of Immortality.

"In that case, let's meet this so-called 'immortal'."

"Let's see what he wants to see me for?"

The middle-aged man, with a red-tasseled helmet, wearing the armor of a fifth-base officer, and a resolute face with a thick black beard, thought to himself.

He then calmed himself down slightly, gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist, and pushed open the door to go inside.

Squeak—

The heavy doors of the Temple of Immortality were pushed open with a dull thud, and dust even fell from above. Then the doors slammed shut, and the scout captain from the Golden Dynasty vanished without a trace.

...

"This is where?"

Xu Ying entered the Hall of Immortality, but before he could even get a good look at his surroundings, the door behind him slammed shut, cutting him off from the outside world.

Although it was just a dilapidated wooden door, for some reason, Xu Ying vaguely felt as if it had isolated him from another world. He could no longer sense anyone outside. The faint whispers and the male wizard's gaze were all cut off the moment the Immortal Temple's doors closed.

The middle-aged man, a scout captain of the fifth-base garrison, was highly skilled in martial arts and agile. His reaction speed was extremely fast; he grabbed the doorknob the moment the door closed.

He felt a vague sense of unease, but now he could just open the door and walk out. However, his hand remained on the doorknob for a long time, and he ultimately did not open the door.

He remembered the words of advice given to him by the sorcerer named Paiya Puli before he entered the Temple of Immortality.

"You can enter through the front door, but you can't leave through it!"

"No matter what you see in front of you, no matter how many doors there are, always open the rightmost door!"

Xu Ying remembered what Paiya Puli had told him: the front door was for entering but not exiting; violating the rules of the Temple of Immortality could lead to something extremely terrifying.

Therefore, he remained silent for a while, and finally loosened his grip on the doorknob. Instead of risking opening the door and escaping, he turned around and began to carefully examine the interior of this immortal palace.

Now that the long night has fallen, the outside world is pitch black, and the Immortal Palace, which has no windows from the outside, is naturally also completely dark inside.

Xu Ying didn't know what this place usually looked like, but now there was a blazing torch next to the front door of the Temple of Immortality, which seemed to be for her use. Otherwise, it would be pitch black here and she wouldn't be able to see anything or find the door.

"The rightmost door."

The middle-aged man took a deep breath, then took the burning torch from the wall and held it tightly in his hand.

The torchlight dispelled the darkness, and the world before him became much clearer. He could finally see what the main hall looked like from the very beginning.

The rooms here share the same architectural style as the buildings outside, all decorated in a dilapidated and ancient style. In front of Xu Ying are four old wooden doors, two of which are open, namely the two middle doors. Faint sounds are coming from them, drawing Xu Ying toward them.

What's inside the door?

"Is someone inside?"

Xu Ying's expression tightened slightly as she gripped the hilt of her sword, because she seemed to hear some women moaning coming from the second door on the left.

However, when he walked to the second door and peered inside, the scout captain's face suddenly turned red, because the scene inside the second door was simply unbearable to look at.

A beautiful woman with a seductive figure is lying naked on the ground with her limbs outstretched, while five ugly dwarfs are on top of her and humiliating her.

"Bastard!"

Upon seeing these obscene scenes, Xu Ying blushed and flew into a rage. It was clear that regardless of whether the woman was willing or not, this was extremely immoral, and if she was not willing, he would kill these guys.

Xu Ying gripped the hilt of her sword at her waist, her anger surging to her head. She took a step forward, but was immediately struck by a bone-chilling cold, and stood rooted to the spot, too afraid to move.

It wasn't that something happened after he stepped out—the live sex show was still going on inside the second door, with five dwarfs humiliating the alluring beauty—but rather that Xu Ying suddenly remembered the sorcerer Paiya Puli's instructions to him just before he was about to step directly into the second door.

"Remember! Always only open the rightmost door!"

The pale-faced, blue-lipped sorcerer had repeatedly warned Xu Ying in front of the Temple of Immortality not to open the wrong door, otherwise he might not see the immortals, but instead unleash a terrifying disaster.

The door in front of Xu Ying was the second door from the left, and it was clearly not the rightmost door that Paiya Puli had told him about.

If Xu Ying had actually stepped inside, no one would know what would have happened. Over the years, many people have disappeared in the Hall of Immortality.

That's why he suddenly stopped in his tracks just before taking that step, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

“Paiya Puli said that the rooms of the Immortal Palace sometimes open automatically, and there are all sorts of strange sights and prophecies inside.”

"Some things exist in the past, some things have not yet arrived, and some things will never happen; it's just that the world has deviated from its original trajectory."

Xu Ying stood in front of the second door, watching the live sex show still unfolding inside, and felt a chill run down her spine, involuntarily taking two steps back.

He was in no mood to look at any of this; his mind was filled with the words that Paiya Puli had just told him, and he fell into deep thought.

"Then... if it's a prophecy, what does this scene signify?"

"Was there a beautiful woman in the past or future who was raped by five dwarfs?"

"But what kind of big deal is this? And what kind of prophecy is it?"

Xu Ying was puzzled, wondering why the Temple of Immortality would make such a prophecy.

But he didn't forget his main task. He then turned his gaze to the fourth door, the rightmost door that Paiya Boli had been insisting he open, and walked towards it.

However, as he passed the third door that he had opened himself, he inexplicably glanced inside.

However, inside was just a vast expanse of white snow, and nothing could be seen from outside the door.

Therefore, Xu Ying dared not linger, opened the rightmost door, and went inside.

Chapter 824 Illusion

Xu Ying opened the rightmost door and went inside, but the sight before him made him freeze in place, too afraid to move.

Because after he stepped through that door, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar world.

"Is this the room behind the door?"

"No way, that's too big."

Xu Ying pushed open the rightmost door and stepped inside, only to find herself seemingly entering a magnificent palace.

This was a palace with a completely different architectural style from the Golden Heavenly Dynasty. The ground was paved with huge square golden tiles, and several towering stone pillars supported the dome. His gaze followed the main path upwards, and at the end of the steps was a menacing metal throne.

When Xu Ying saw the metal throne, his breath even paused slightly, because just one glance was enough for him to imagine how many great emperors throughout history had sat on it and commanded the world, with thousands of troops moving about.

However, at this moment, the magnificent and imposing throne was empty, with only a crown sitting quietly on it. A large ruby ​​was set in the center of the crown, absorbing the surrounding light and emitting a dazzling brilliance.

Xu Ying pushed open the fourth door and entered the palace. Before he could react, the door behind him closed by itself.

He heard a sound and turned around, only to find that there was nothing behind him but a cold wall and a giant beast relief on the wall looking down at him with cold eyes. He was startled again, and then realized that the other party was just a relief, not a real monster.

"What kind of monster is this?"

After being startled, Xu Ying calmed herself down and carefully examined the relief. After all, this was the Temple of Immortality, and the male wizard's warning before she entered forced Xu Ying to be on high alert and fully focused, which is why she was often startled.

The relief in front of us is clearly a large creature with a ferocious head, a massive body, and a pair of enormous wings.

"It may be the totem of this country."

Xu Ying looked it over. He had seen many monsters from the gray wasteland and had even hunted them, but he had never seen a monster like this before and did not know its name. Therefore, he deduced that it might be a totem worshipped by the owner of this palace.

Now, this magnificent palace is empty except for Xu Ying. However, the reason for its emptiness is quite simple: it is very likely that a war is taking place here.

Xu Ying walked into the very center of the palace. Looking up, she could see a large hole in the palace dome, revealing the clear sky outside.

Bright sunlight streamed through the hole into the palace, where flames raged and dust mixed with bricks and stones occasionally fell and hit the magnificent golden floor tiles.

"A war is taking place here."

Although Xu Ying knew that the scene before him was likely an illusion, because the size of this palace alone exceeded the size of the Immortal Palace as he saw it from the outside, it was impossible for this to be a palace inside the Immortal Palace; it must just be an illusion.

Just like the scene he had seen before of a woman and five dwarfs, a vision of the past, the future, or something that would never happen, this was now one of those scenarios.

Because Xu Ying didn't know where he was, he had no way of knowing whether this was a story that had happened in the past, something that would happen in the future, or something that was supposed to happen but would never happen because of changes in the world's trajectory.

However, he hoped this would happen in the future, because he could see the clear sky and bright sunshine outside through the large hole in the top of the palace.

This means that humanity has finally triumphed over the long night. Humans did not cherish the sun above them before, but only after losing it did they miss it dearly, including Xu Ying.

Outside, the roar of battle filled the air, and shouts of killing rose everywhere. Then, the middle-aged man, wearing a red cherry-blossom helmet and chainmail, turned his gaze to the menacing metal throne in the center of the palace and walked toward it.

Tap tap...

Xu Ying ascended the steps of the throne room and walked step by step toward the Iron Throne.

The crown, which reflected a faint light, lay quietly on the throne. Xu Ying's gaze was fixed on the crown, and the ruby ​​inside seemed to be looking back at her as well.

Then the middle-aged man came to the Iron Throne. As he looked at the crown, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart, as if a voice in his mind was urging him to reach out and pick up the crown and put it on his head.

Xu Ying, as if possessed, reached out his hand. The ruby ​​in the crown was still shimmering slightly, but just as his hand was about to touch the crown, it suddenly stopped.

Damn it!

The middle-aged man then clenched his outstretched hand into a fist, abruptly pulled it back, and began to gasp for breath.

Resisting one's inner desires is not easy, but fortunately, Xu Ying had his own inner principles, which were the spiritual strength left by the sages of the Golden Dynasty. Although it was just some poems and scriptures, it supported Xu Ying's will at this last moment, allowing him to break free from the trap of desire.

"This is a trap!"

After Xu Ying overcame his inner desires, his gaze toward the crown suddenly changed, becoming somewhat frightened. Even though the ruby ​​was still quietly gleaming, he took several steps back, keeping a distance from the other party.

He didn't know what would have happened if he had picked up the crown, but his reason and instincts told him it probably wouldn't have been a good outcome.

However, just then, the sound of a girl playing nearby suddenly came from not far away, instantly attracting Xu Ying's attention.

The girl's playful voice wasn't loud, but it drowned out the sounds of war and fighting outside. It was obvious that a battle was taking place outside the palace, and even the palace's owner had disappeared. There certainly wouldn't be any girl playing here.

Sure enough, Xu Ying looked over and found four large doors quietly waiting for him not far to the side below the Iron Throne.