1276 Unlucky Richard (1/2)
Today was the most unlucky day for Richard.
He had hoped that the others would not find the hole on the side wall of the pyramid. However, he had clearly failed. Now he had to roll down the slope of the airway. The journey made him lose his sense of direction, and he could not tell what he was looking at. His head hit the wall countless times, and he was worried that the impact would turn him stupid…
He decided to use his two wings to protect his head. Anything would be better than being a fool—after all, he depended on his wits, not his wings, to find food to eat. Unlike what Zhang Zian had said, that he used his mouth to eat, he felt he relied entirely on his own skills.
He was grateful to this slope because it extended downward at a 45-degree angle. If it was any steeper, he would've simply been freefalling.
At the same time, Richard hated the slope. Why was it so long? It felt like a neverending tumble.
When the slope finally ended, he felt like he was discharged like sewage into a large tank. He slammed into something hard before hitting the ground.
He thought he would die like this. There seemed to be a thousand flies flying in his brain, and a splitting headache was emerging fast…
He'd never imagined dying in a pyramid… Empty… Lonely… Cold…
After waiting for a while, his whole body was in pain. It seemed like he would not die. It was probably because a bird's bones were relatively light and would not easily fracture.
”Ah…” He heaved a sigh of relief and tried to stand up. However, his head once again hit something hard, like a metallic item. It made a loud sound that echoed through the space.
He fell again. He tried to stand, got hit, and fell again…
He thought that he kept hitting the item because he did not open his eyes. Now, he opened them wide, but there seemed to be no difference.
”Hey! Hey! Is it… Is it that I am blind? Did I become an ostrich? What should I do? The handsome me is so damn embarrassed…”
The last section of the air duct had a turn at a 45-degree angle to the horizontal level. That caused the light from the entrance to be almost completely blocked in the tomb.
”Hey... Zhang Zian, you brat, come and save me! I am blind now! You need to look after me till I die!” he growled sadly.
He had suppressed his desire to speak the entire day. Every time he'd spoken, he had been criticized. Now he could finally speak.
Yet no matter what he said, no one responded.
He flapped his wings and tried to wave them in front of him. He ended up hitting a very hard metal vessel. It was also there on the left, but on the right, it seemed to be empty.
So he rolled to the right, then stood up carefully. This time he finally succeeded.
”Hey! Zhang Zian, you brat, how can you simply abandon me? You must be celebrating that you finally got rid of me… No! I won't give you that! Even if I have to climb, I will get myself out of here! Then, I will sh*t on your head with… Hey!”
Richard had not finished speaking when he heard sounds coming from the airway… A squeaky sound, like a sharp object such as glass or claws rubbing on a stone.
He didn't have time to react before a fluffy object pressed into him and pushed him towards a stone.
”Who? Which idiot is it…”
He jumped a little. He did not get to finish what he was saying before he heard the same bored tone. The voice said, ”So very dark.”
”Hey! It is Fina, Her Majesty! You came here to rescue me! I am really grateful... Ah, you...did you get hurt on your way here? I was able to be of service to you. It is really my blessing…”