Chapter 199: One Is none
After walking for a while, I heard some wet sounds. Like something was hitting the water.
Suddenly, the torch lit up a far away ce from where I was standing.
It was the same type of fire torches I saw before.
Another torch lit up. Then another. Another. Another. One after another, all the torches lit up.
It was an enormous open chamber.
All the torches were held by armors.
And in the middle of the room, there were...
"Tombs"
There are some stone coffins on the pedestal.
[Looks like some of your ancestors are buried here]
"Not exactly buried"
[Should we open the coffin and take a look inside?]
"You want to see some bones? And it will probably stink, you know?"
Well, I don''t really think it will stink. I am sure they have already taken care of it, but well...it just feels weird, seeing someone''s tomb.
Graves and tombs are different. I have seen many graves. There are thousands of graves in Edens'' cemetery.
[Aren''t you curious to see what''s inside]
Eight tombs. All are of simr design, but one is different. There are paintings on each tomb.
I walked to that tomb and brushed my fingers on it.
Not even a single dust.
"This tomb looks like of a king, and the rest are of his wives"
[Why do you think so?]
"Gut instinct"
I slid the lid of that coffin.
It was a broken skeleton of a male. The royal attire and all this jewelry is enough to convince me that this person was a king.
"Are you seeing this, Lily?"
[Yeah]
"How does it feel?"
[Weird.--well I can''t actually feel it, but it''s just...]
"Yeah, I got you"
[Put up the lid again]
"Yeah"
No need to open other tombs.
I am not interested in looking at someone''s wives.
I picked up the lid from the ground.
"It''s heavy"
As I was putting up the lid, I noticed something written under the lid.
[I can''t recognize thisnguage]
"I...am...not...me"
[You can read it?!]
"Well...there was a chapter in one book about thisnguage"
[You need to teach me thister]
"I will try"
"Hihi"
That sound echoed throughout the entire chamber.
I looked on my right to see those two kidsughing while ying with each other.
They noticed that I was looking at them. The boy grabbed the girl''s hand and ran into the cave.
Should I follow them? It''s not like I have any other choice.
I quickly ran into the cave.
<em>Click~~</em> Click~~
As soon as I entered the cave, I heard clicking sounds.
[Das]
"Yeah"
I immediately ran out and took the fire torch from the nearest armor.
"There are bats, or some kind of insect in there"
I could see everything. There was no need for me to take the torch with me, but I took it, so that the bats or whatever insects are in there don''te near me.
Besides, I saw something I don''t want to say.
Those armors had skeletons inside them, meaning they were humans who were put as guardsmen of the tombs.
The torches probably lit up because I opened the way, and the cirction of air in the chamber was disturbed.
Damn ancient civilization!
As I walked to the cave, the shadows of the bats were already visible.
I can use them to find a way out. If, there is a way out.
I just hope they were not born here. If that''s the case, then they have probably never left the underground pce.
"Hihiha"
I just followed their voices.
[There are 20 minutes left, Das]
"I know"
Dammit!
I started running as fast as I could without using my system
I can''t afford to fall down here.
After running for a while, I reached another open chamber.
As soon as I entered that chamber, they both disappeared.
[Das]
"How is...this possible!"
There is a big and round pedestal in the middle, and a white light beaming from the small hole, illuminating it.
It must be the moonlight. I can''t think of any other sources.
There is water around the pedestal.
There are 8 paths to step onto the pedestal. The paths are thin bridges.
There is a fountain in the middle of the pedestal, and there is something shining on the top of it.
The water is running on the fountain and slowly dripping. And that water is flowing all over the chamber.
It has a slope, so the water returns to the fountain after flowing all over the chamber.
[Isn''t this chamber somewhat simr to that room abyssal Ruins of LWO]
"It is, but that room wasn''t part of LWO"
[It was created by your system]
"Yeah"
I have only one question.
How does my system know all this?
As the moonlight illuminated the top of the fountain, I saw that boy and girl circling around the fountain.
The boy was trying to catch the girl who was running whileughing.
I walked to the fountain, dipping my legs in the water.
The water is so cold that it can''t bepared to ice.
The boy and the girl stopped when I reached the fountain.
There was an orb like thing ced on the top of the fountain, that the moonlight was illuminating.
It must be the Oyuoral.
"Should I take it?"
[Das]
"Hmm?"
[Your system is asking for permission]
"For what?"
[I don''t know. It just says ''Slot one activating'', ''Awaiting permission''. I don''t know what does it do]
"What do you think? Should I allow it?"
[We can allow it, and we can disable itter if it turns out something dangerous]
"Allow it"
[Done]
The water stopped flowing and started flowing backwards.
It is against the slope, but it''s flowing backwards.
"What is..going on?''
[Das your eyes]
"Huh?"
[It''s glowing red]
"Could it be that my system was asking for permission to do this?"
[Looks like it]
"I will take off the Oyuoral now"
[Good luck]
I slowly moved my hand to take off the Oyuoral.
As soon as I took it out, the water stopped flowing again and started flowing how it was flowing at first, down the slope.
I looked at the boy and the girl.
The girl opened her mouth and moved her lips to say something.
There was no voiceing out. Just like before, she just moved her lips.
Last time, I couldn''t figure out what she said. But this time I did.
"You are not you"
That''s what she said.