Chapter 424 - The Hidden Treasure (Part-5) (2/2)

”So after searching for so long we never found anything other than the door, so maybe we should proceed through it and maybe we might find something.”

Ryuu felt bad, he felt bad for Su-Min who was grasping on to the straws, she was so hyped about treasures but now, she was hit with a dose of reality and it was not nice, he looked at the room which they had turned upside down, the stone stele was broken, the mound was dug up, and the coffin pulled up, the dead body was lying crumpled in a corner.

Ryuu bit his lips as he spoke, ”You know but I am starting to believe that he had spent his entire fortune to create this tomb for himself.”

Su-Min narrowed her eyes as she spoke, ”Why do you believe that Ryuu?”

”Well the arrays from what I have seen so far are done by different people, some of them sloppy in fact as if someone was simply copying an unknown array there were some mistakes on it, reducing its potency but what was worse was that whoever did it seemed not only not to care but was impatient, but here is the real kicker no two arrays even if they are made by following the same schematics they are always different, do you know why Su-Min?”

Su-Min shook her head as she spoke with a confused look on her face, ”How are they different? If you are using the same schematic they should work the same.”

Ryuu nodded at that as he spoke, ”Yes they would be, they would work the same but the problem comes during its creation as no two people have the same handwriting, not to mention every array master tend to add a few quirks in their array that acts in the same manner as when an artist puts their signature on their painting.”

Ryuu looked at the figure as he spoke with a pitying look on his face, ”You know I feel a bit sorry for him I do not know who he paid to have these arrays placed, but that person has cones him, the only array that would have given me the problem was the cage, it was marvellous a work of art and something you do not see every day”, he paused before he continued, ”Yet it was like being locked up in a jail cell with the keys hanging from the lock.”

True-Spear sneered at the dead body as he spoke, ”Serves him right, cheapskate might have angered them.”

The others did not say anything though they shared the same sentiment, even Ryuu who was a bit sceptical about harming the person's corpse, one who had supplied him with such a poison, he then realized a very important truth, he was not the creator of the tomb as such there is no need to feel sorry for such a cheapskate.

Frost Flames looked towards the door as she spoke, ”Since there is nothing else to do, let us leave through the door that sister Frozen had found out.”

Her idea was appreciated by all as they went through the door, with Ryuu once again leading the front.

”How curious”

”What is it, Ryuu?”

”Well, see the wall here, at least the walls before had at least something covering them, even if it was bones in some cases, but this part is soil, frozen hard soil nothing spectacular.”

As Ryuu answered Frozen Ocean's question she touched the wall with a frown on her face before she whispered so low that only Ryuu was able to hear, ”I feel sorry for Su-Min.”

Ryuu gave a small nod as he spoke with a sigh, ”Me too, she was so hyped up.”

The door had opened a passage for them and following it they had managed to reach a dead end and then a quick search later, Ryuu found a small notch at the side of the wall which let the wall to slide down as he stepped out of the passage.

The group stood by the side of a snow-covered mountain as the cold air hit them Ryuu simply glanced at the dejected look on Su-Min's face while Frost Flames simply gave her a small hug.