137 King of the tomb (1/2)

Black haired wise man Chiyuki

Mount Nabate is a rocky mountain on the border of the land of Gypsir and Apophis.

The altitude is not very high.

It is a long rocky mountain that runs from east to west and has many valleys.

Beyond this mountain is the land of Apophis.

The target pyramid is located just beyond Mount Nabate.

In the first place, the pyramid was taken from under construction as a precaution against the actions of the Serpent Queen who rules the land of Apophis.

I can only call it dumb.

The idea for the construction was conceived by Harses, and Harses and Isdes were in charge.

According to them, they had a good defense system in place, but the invasion of the enemy exceeded it.

That's not even an excuse.

The empty ship carrying us descends into a huge valley of rocky mountains.

We are not going to charge directly into the pyramid like this.

Because the enemy seems to have already sensed that we are coming.

Surprise attack was no longer possible.

Then, we decided to take a break for a while and attack carefully.

We hid our empty boat behind a rock and walked down the valley.

'I don't think we need to go all the way down, do you? There doesn't seem to be anything here.

I say what I'm wondering.

That's what Rage and Ishtia are thinking too.

It's on their faces.

Chinami Tona has no expression on her face and I don't know what she's thinking. Nell looks disinterested, and Medjed can't see her face in the first place.

''That's not true. Black-haired Sage Chiyuki-dono. It's there, here.'

It was Isdes who answered.

'What do you claim to have in store?'

'Humph! You'll know that when you go. You'll follow me silently.

Rage asks and Halseth says grimly.

Halseth is in a bad mood from earlier.

He doesn't really like the fact that Rage called out Benne, a high level spirit of light, and he doesn't like it very much.

Then he walks for a while as it is.

''Whoa!''

I couldn't help but shout.

We had been walking for a while in the valley.

The structure was made by hollowing out a sheer cliff.

The structure is ornately decorated and very beautiful.

This is the Palace of Cazner. It was one of the bases built by the dwarves for their campaign against Apophis. We will use it as a base to take back the pyramid.

Isdes explains.

Heh. I was about to go in.

A lot of armed skeletons appear from the ground.

It's a skeleton.

Because the shade of the rock becomes a shadow, it is possible to operate here as well.

'Skeletons? Why is it here?

Saying that, Rage holds up his weapon.

'Wait, these skeletons are not enemies. It's Nefes! Thanks for the welcome!

Isdes shouts, and from the back of the building emerges a group of people wrapped all over with bandages.

They look human. But they are probably not the living.

They are probably the undead called Mammy.

The mammies kneel on the ground with one knee on the ground, cross their arms over their chests and bow their heads in unison.

It seems that they are under the Isdes, including the skeleton.

I found out about Mammy when I did some research on the pyramids.

Mammy is an undead created by Isdes as the administrator of the pyramid.

Like vampires (vampires), they are intelligent.

The main difference is that they don't need to be replenished, such as by sucking blood, like vampires.

Some pyramids are built far from the city, so mammies that don't need to be replenished are the best suited to manage them.

She is usually asleep, and if something goes wrong, she is awake and active.

Perhaps it is because a corpse called Mammy is sleeping in the pyramid, but some people mistake the pyramid for a tomb.

And since there are also magical devices made of gold in the pyramids, it is said that tomb raiders (Tomb Raiders) who aim at them sometimes invade the tombs.

However, anyone who breaks in will probably be cursed to death by a spell, which is one of Mammy's specialties.

Even if they are lucky enough to escape the pyramid, they can operate in places where there is daylight, as they are covered with a magical cloth.

They will be chased everywhere.

'We've been waiting for you! Our God!

A hooded and most extravagantly dressed man named Nephes comes forward among the Mummy's.

He is probably Nephes.

From his appearance, he would be the existence called the Mummy King (Lord) or the Tomb King (Tomb King), a higher species of Mummy.

Hmmm. ”Hmm, Nephes. You're ready for this, aren't you?

”Yes, my God. We have gathered all the Mummy soldiers we can from the pyramids nearby that are waiting.

Nephes the Mummy King (Lord) bows his head reverently.

I sense a strong connection between Isdes and Nepheses from his appearance.

Perhaps Nephes was created by Isdes.

Isdes, the god of war, is the best swordsman in Gypseal.

And at the same time, he is also an excellent necromancer (necromancer).

In the Gypseal, a good warrior can become a mummy under Ithodes and gain eternal life.

For this reason, he is revered as the god of mammy making, and is revered as Ithdes, who is sent to the sacred room.

This area is the same as the lore of the War Maiden.

I don't know why there are so many ex-humans in the Mammy.

Maybe it's simply a matter of numbers, or maybe they are reluctant to let other beast gods' relatives become mammy.

''Come on, great people. Let me show you inside.

When Nephes said this, the Mummy soldiers stood up and split off to either side.

When you enter the Kazner Palace, you will exit into a large hall.

Compared to the size of the entrance, the inside seems to be much larger.

''It's Nefes. How's the pyramid that was taken?

'Ha! I'm home. I'm putting up a video.

Nephes says and the mammy wizard at his side chants a spell.

A light extends from the domed ceiling and an image is projected in the air.

The black pyramid is projected in a dimly lit landscape where the sky is covered with black clouds.

The sky is dark, but even those who do not have the ability of night vision will be able to see it because countless wil-o-wisps are flying around the black pyramid.

In addition, there are glowing blue-white skeletal knights on black horses riding around the pyramid in the sky.

They are high level undead called spectral knights.

These undead are powerful demons that can summon and use the mid-ranked spirit of darkness, the Nightmare Horse, and are excellent at martial arts and magic.

Other demons that look like wraiths and ghosts can also be seen.

There are quite a few of them.

They might be wary of us.

”d*mn them! You blackened our pyramid!

Halseth grunted in frustration.

It must not have been originally painted black.

The side of that black pyramid has the evil eye emblem of the serpent queen, Diadna, painted in white.

'This pyramid is supposed to belong to Apophis,' he said.

'What do you mean? You seem to be getting a lot of visual disturbances?

I'm sorry. My God. It seems that the magic doesn't work properly due to the powerful magic surge.

Nephes apologizes to Isdes.

Perhaps even my magic will not be able to produce any more images.

Just by looking at this image, I can feel the mighty magic from the pyramid.

''Hey, isn't it much bigger than a normal pyramid?''

I'll tell you what I think of the pyramids.

Many of the pyramids in Gypsir are replicas of the golden pyramids in Arnak, based on the golden pyramids built by the god Heybos.

The structure is basically the same, and no matter how different it is, it should be only slightly different in size.

However, the Black Pyramid seemed to be three times larger than the normal pyramid.

''That's right. ''The black-haired Sage Lord. We made some modifications to the design to make it an absolute protection from Apophis. However, this delayed its completion and caused it to be attacked.'

You can't!

I almost tsked at Isdes' words.

They have never attacked us before. That is when we were caught off guard. A sudden attack. It was all we could do to get Halseth-sama and the dwarves who were doing the construction work to retreat.

Nepheses nodded.

Perhaps Nephes had been there.

Perhaps it was the attempt to build this pyramid that inspired Apophis.

If so, it would be too dumb.

That's why the Black Pyramid's power had drilled a hole in the Gypseal's wards.

Apparently, Halseth and Isdes were lectured quite harshly by Sekmetra about it.