1072 Imperial Curse Part 2 (2/2)

Saleen thought he had been sucked into the stomach of the giant, but when he looked at his surroundings, he found himself somewhere rather eerie instead.

The puppets brought by the sorcerers were all smashed, but the Water Puppet was unscathed. Gusion felt a heartache looking at the five mercenaries by his side, as some of his men who were sucked into the branch.

Gusion knew that the reason Saleen wanted them there was so that the mercenaries could get something out of it. As a golden grand swordmaster, it would increase his power exponentially if he were able to get some good equipment from the ruins. Saleen had even changed the gear of the mercenaries, giving all of them purple gold sacks.

The expedition had been for their benefit, yet now they suffered for it. The risk of venturing into the ruins was far higher than anticipated. About a dozen elite troops died for nothing, which saddened Gusion.

Jalin, however, bounced from the ground like a swordsman. Her eyes glittered as she looked far away.

It was a very large hole. There was no telling how tall the hole was. Saleen's Elemental Eye was severely limited, allowing him to see only about three miles ahead. It was the limit of a level nine sorcerer. He did not know how others fared, but the senses acquired from Water Puppet told him that Rossen was hardly any different from a blind person, capable of seeing only about a dozen miles away.

”Leave this place!” A loud, booming voice reverberated within the cave. Saleen's Water Shield had not dispelled yet. Outside the Water Shield, the surviving warriors all looked ill and blood trickled from their eyes, ears, and noses. The surface of Saleen's Water Shield flickered with lightning sparks, resisting the attack of the sound.

Jalin charged outside the protection of the Water Shield, blinking a few hundred meters away in an instant. Saleen took notice that there was a large hexagonal magic array in front of Jalin with a stone tablet on top of it.

The stone tablet was about a hundred meters tall and entirely black. Saleen had failed to notice it at first due to lacking elements and having no light around.

Saleen lifted his arm and spun the star chart on his bangle for a bit, summoning the Thunder Dragon Blaster. He gritted his teeth, wanting to shoot Jalin, but was unable to get through with it. Arbola was not something he could mess with, and he was filled with regret seeing her using the mark of Six-Winged Flying Snake.

If she had not been armed with that mark, he would not need to fear her despite being at level nine. He could just call for his teacher if things didn't go his way.

Sika felt something was off as well. No one knew that she was hardly affected by the environment, and her sight was somewhat better than Saleen's. The reason Jalin rushed at the magic array was because she wanted to enter the ruins by herself.

However, Sika also took notice of the hundred meter stone tablet, as well as the words etched on it.

Grave of brothers. Trespassers will be forever doomed. It was signed with a signet with nothing else etched on it.

Saleen recognized the signet. Back when he wanted to disguise himself as royalty, Lex taught him the ways of the badge of nobles. The noble badges shared similarities with the signet, and that signet was the first one Saleen had learned about.

The signet of King of Glory, emperor of the First Dynasty.

The First Dynasty was established by a level 18 professional, who had slaughtered 18 gods of the same level. There was no way Saleen would ignore words left by someone like that.

That place was not some ruins; it was a cemetery, a cemetery for the giants.

There was no weaklings among true giants. Furthermore, this giant was someone who the first emperor of the First Dynasty called his brother. Dragons did not call ants their brothers. As such, it stood to reason that the dead giant was just about as powerful as the King of Glory himself.

Jalin is literally insane. She actually wants to just charge into the cemetery, ignoring the curse of the King of Glory?

Crazy b**ch! Saleen put his blaster away. There were 12 other sorcerers looking, not knowing what was happening. If he had shot Jalin dead, they would definitely tell Arbola.

Jalin was faster than grand swordmasters when she ran. Saleen had no idea where she had acquired use of earth element in a place like this. She circled around the large gravestone and reached the hexagonal magic array in just three seconds.

It was the entrance to the cemetery and there was no one to stop her. Jalin turned around and smirked at Saleen, before stepping into the magic array.

”Leave this place! Leave...” The booming voice kept howling, but Saleen felt numb about it all. Jalin had actually went in. Is she thinking that she can actually handle the curse of the King of Glory?

Saleen possessed a Figure of Fate, yet he had no certainty that he would be able to overcome such a powerful curse. The signet of a level 18 professional who crushed hundreds of divine kingdoms stared at everyone in that huge space from that cold gravestone.

Boom!

Boom, boom...

Something dropped from above. Saleen put up his Water Shield and called to all surviving troops. What fell from above were thousands of parasitic puppets in the giant's body. Saleen was able to tell from their claws.

The puppets dropped without any protection and were quickly smashed to pieces when they reached the ground. The place quickly filled with scraps, sending shivers down Saleen's spine. He was able to tell using his Elemental Eye that the smashed puppets were picking their broken bodies and piecing themselves back together. The puppets stood up when they were done doing so, then surrounded Saleen.

Saleen regretted not killing Jalin. He thought that it would not have mattered who he offended.