Chapter 72: Entry

Under a piece of rubble about twenty yards away from the pit smashed out by the Goth Grand Knight, Dean reached out his palm and touched a round, smooth stone—obviously, a stone with such an appearance could not have formed naturally from the wind, rain, and sun.

At the very least, that smooth surface could not have formed naturally.

Click!

Dean’s palm gently moved the stone, and immediately, a slight mechanical sound appeared; with the appearance of this mechanical sound, the ground Dean was standing on began to shake slightly.

Almost at the moment the shaking appeared, Dean rushed towards the pit smashed out by the Goth Grand Knight.

Although the other party’s method was reckless, the location chosen was correct—this was the conclusion Dean reached after carefully examining the surroundings.

Of course, in order to find that opening mechanism, Dean spent a full four hours—by now, the sky had darkened again.

Nightfall was the time hunters liked most.

Moreover, there was already a group of the most cunning and cruel guys around.

Therefore, Dean had to enter the Conqueror King’s tomb before the other party arrived—this was a game of time; if he could not enter in advance, what awaited him would be layers of encirclement by the Wolf Pack.

And only by entering could he complete his original plan.

As for the Wolf Pack following him in?

In fact, Dean wished for exactly that.

The mechanisms inside the Conqueror King’s tomb were enough to put him in an invincible position; if he could also take care of that Alpha Wolf, the scroll in his arms would be put to use.

Rushing to the front of the pit, looking at the opened, pitch-black hole beside it, Dean grabbed the two Longswords belonging to the knight who was skilled at dual-wielding and dived into the hole—undoubtedly, Longswords that could withstand a blow from a Snow Bear without being destroyed were amazing in quality, even if the wielder had considerable skill.

At least, they were better than the standard Longsword of the Central Knight Order at Dean’s waist—

[Knight Sword of Steel X2]

[Type: Standard Longsword]

[Weight: 3.1kg]

[Length: Blade length 4.1 feet]

[Special Effect: Sturdy]

[Sturdy: Besides being forged through a thousand trials, some special materials were added, making the blade far tougher than imaginable.]

[Description: This is the Longsword favored by Goth Knights; not only is it sharp, but it is also sturdy. Of course, most importantly, the requirements to use it are not high.]

[Note: If you are not a Goth, and don’t want trouble, you’d better throw this Longsword away!]

Undoubtedly, the description of the two knight swords on the character panel far exceeded Dean’s previous Sword—the evaluation of being ‘just a slightly better Longsword’ was obviously far from this kind of Magic Weapon-like Longsword.

However, Dean would not throw away his own Sword.

Even if he had to throw something away, he would throw away these two Longswords, and even that more valuable Long-handled Battle Axe would be no exception.

After all, these were weapons of the Goths; although they were useful, they were too conspicuous. Ordinary people might not see anything, but the Goths themselves would definitely be able to tell.

As for where so many Goths would come from in the Emerald Kingdom?

Apart from those known Spies, Dean was sure that when the team searching for the Conqueror King’s legacy did not return for a long time, that Goth Prince would definitely send more people here.

If at that time, he still had such a Longsword hanging at his waist, wouldn’t that be clearly telling the other party the clue?

Therefore, once he left the tomb, these two Longswords would need to be thoroughly hidden.

Of course, that included the Long-handled Battle Axe as well.

As for destroying them?

Leaving aside whether Dean had the ability, even if he did, the destruction of three Magic Weapon-like weapons would be enough to make Dean’s heart ache.

Tap, tap…

The solid feeling coming from the soles of his feet made Dean rush forward even faster—this was a flight of stairs leading downwards, going straight to the entrance of the Conqueror King’s tomb.

Behind Dean, the opened mechanism door stopped.

It was not that the mechanism had reached its limit, but that the attack of the Goth Grand Knight had affected the mechanism here, so that the door, which could originally allow several people to pass, could now only allow one person; and this slightly narrow distance undoubtedly made the Wolf Pack suspicious and hesitant.

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, Dean could clearly see several ordinary wolves poking their heads around in front of the mechanism door, but they did not dare to enter.

Undoubtedly, this was good news for Dean.

With that scroll, Dean definitely did not want the Wolf Pack in front of him to be harmed on a large scale; in fact, apart from that Alpha Wolf, Dean did not want to lose any wolf—obviously, the Wolf Pack before his eyes, after Dean obtained that scroll, had already been regarded as his private property by him.

“Perhaps, I could…”

Standing in the middle of the stairs, Dean thought with a slight hesitation.

Then, the next moment, he directly took out the scroll, and after the candle in his hand lit the torches on both sides of the stairs, borrowing that glimmer of firelight, Dean began to chant aloud.

Dean had learned Magic knowledge on the Secret Spell Island of the Free Federation and had shown good Talent; some Wizards even expressed their willingness to take him as a disciple. If not for the hatred in his heart, Dean would definitely not have minded staying there for his whole life; however, precisely because of the hatred in his heart, Dean chose to leave again.

However, some Magic knowledge and the use of small and medium-sized Magic Items could not trouble Dean.

In fact, if he had more time to study, Dean would have been able to condense his first Spell Model.

But, time at that time was definitely a matter of life and death for Dean.

Even now, it was the same.

While chanting the magic text on the scroll, Dean slowly retreated—he definitely did not intend to subdue the Wolf Pack here.

Instead, he wanted to lure that Alpha Wolf inside.

After all, only by getting rid of that Alpha Wolf would the entire Wolf Pack be his.

As for whether that Alpha Wolf would come in?

With the scroll in his hand, unless that Alpha Wolf gave up the entire Wolf Pack, the other party would definitely come in; after all, this was the dignity of an Alpha Wolf.

As for how to defeat and kill that Alpha Wolf?

If it were usual times, Dean would definitely run as far away as possible when he encountered this Alpha Wolf, but right now, it was different.

Behind him was the tomb of the Conqueror King!

And inside this tomb, there were layers of mechanisms—for others, these layers of mechanisms were naturally obstacles, but for Dean, they were aids one after another.

With the help of these aids, even a Fierce Beast close to the Silver Level was not impossible for Dean to defeat.

Whoosh!

A Black Shadow slipped in silently from the entrance of the mechanism door.

Obviously, after the entire Wolf Pack was intimidated, only that Alpha Wolf could move.

When he saw that Black Shadow flash past, Dean didn’t even think; he turned around and made a leap, jumping straight down from the middle of the stairs, instantly plunging from the bright place illuminated by the torches into the Darkness.

Such Darkness for humans was definitely so thick that one could not see one’s hand in front of one’s face.

But for wild beasts, especially Fierce Beasts close to the Silver Level, it was nothing, at most just a bit blurry.

Therefore, after landing, Dean performed a roll to dissipate the force poured into his body, and then ran straight into the distance—where the first mechanism after entering the tomb was located.

Click!

While running, Dean felt a slight looseness under his feet, and immediately, without thinking, he performed a forward roll on the spot.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Ding, ding!

In the next moment, two arrows nailed themselves to the position where Dean had originally stood with a fierce sound of breaking through the air; and obviously, this was just the beginning.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Arrows fell like rain, and Dean just buried his head and rushed forward regardless—currently, the place he was standing was a Square, connecting the steps leading down after entering the tomb and the tomb passage leading into the real Tomb Chamber.

This Square could not be considered truly spacious, but if placed on the ground, it would be bright enough—if it were not for the fact that under some of its bricks, springs connected to crossbow arrows were hidden.

The distribution of these bricks naturally followed a certain pattern.

If it were usual times, Dean would definitely study it before lifting his legs to walk.

But now, it was not that time—

Woo, woo!

The low call of the Alpha Wolf behind him sounded as if it were right next to his ears, forcing Dean to speed up his progress; after Dean accelerated, that Alpha Wolf stopped. It looked at the arrows shooting out from all around, obviously hesitating.

Especially after it tried to follow behind Dean but triggered another wave of arrows, this Alpha Wolf became more and more cautious and began to circle around this Square.

Undoubtedly, this Alpha Wolf was cunning.

However, no matter how cunning, it was just a wild beast—it only saw the endless attacks before its eyes, but did not think about how much danger such attacks actually posed to it.

Perhaps this was the instinct of wild beasts.

However, precisely because of such instinct, Dean was able to safely reach the entrance of the tomb passage.