The team continued to move forward. As Chaplin walked, he thought of ways to earn back the money he just spent. He spent a lot of money to find information and hire help to escort him into the ancient tomb in the ancient ruins. Although this amount of money was a drop in the bucket, a miser like Chaplin was unwilling to spend a single cent. “Grab everything that you can see later,” Chaplin anxiously reminded them. He hired them for another important purpose. Captain Nico had a storage bag on hand. With this bag, he could take many things from the ancient ruins without anyone’s knowledge. Nico nodded. His bag was empty except for some medicine and weapons. His task was to bring things for Chaplin. The things would be split 80-20, which was good enough for Nico. While they moved ahead at top speed, Philip and his party finally caught up. Philip calmly glanced at the tunnel and found no danger. The tunnel was free of obstacles and very long. They would waste a lot of t
The onlookers felt angry when they saw that Philip and his party had arrived at the finish line safely and were waving to them provocatively. “Did you see that guy's expression? He's mocking us!” “Damn it, let’s go too. Don’t let them look down on us!” They felt that Philip had taken the head start, so they had to catch up. They moved quickly, but the tunnel was no longer safe. Someone had just taken a few steps when a long arrow zoomed through the air and pierced through him. Another person managed to run for several kilometers when a skeleton appeared at his feet and grabbed his ankles, tripping him over. As he fell to the ground, spikes appeared and stabbed through him. He died a miserable death. Very soon, everyone noticed the anomaly in this tunnel. This tunnel was full of various booby traps aimed at them. “What on earth is going on? It was safe earlier, so why did it turn out this way?” “Oh no, help me! This thing is about to eat me! I don’t think I can han
Most of the people they brought along died in the tunnel. The prince and his men scowled darkly at the closed tunnel. “This place is really full of dangers. We need to be careful from now on.” Someone said that, and everyone nodded in full agreement. They sat cross-legged in meditation, hoping to regain their strength quickly. If they failed to restore their energy, they would be dead if they encountered such danger again. “Something is weird about this. Why did the traps work when we entered the tunnel? Nothing happened to the earlier team when they did the same.” The people of the royal family discussed it. First Prince Baldric Hayes had entered the ancient ruins with his followers and his royal sister, June Hayes. They were very confident that they could gain something from this trip. However, reality proved otherwise. They were caught off guard before they entered the ancient ruins. “June, we've lost many people, so we have to be careful from now on. As for the ea
Philip finally discovered the truth upon careful observation of his surroundings. “It’d be bad if the others realized it. They’ll be right on our tail.” Lyle sighed. Fortunately, few people knew about it. Thanks to their arrogance, they did not pay attention to the inscriptions on the tombstones. “Since the safe time is only three hours, we’ve been here long enough. Some people will probably catch up soon!” Aslan felt traces of someone’s earlier presence. Due to his nature as a monster beast, he could tell the specific timing too. “It has been more than three hours. Someone must have arrived before us, triggering some booby traps.” Philip was pleased at Aslan’s discovery. Indeed, he had also found traces of the traps being tampered with. However, the traces were unnoticeable, which meant that the other party was very careful. It would have been difficult to discover if they were less observant. “I’m sure that someone has been here before us because I found these tra
Of course, Tory was the most surprised. Tory had been watching silently and behaving well the whole time. Tory could listen and digest the information quietly before this, but he lost control after hearing Aslan’s complaints. “How can such a genius exist in this world? Kid, how old are you?” Although Custard was tall, his face was clearly immature. He was very young at first glance. Anyone would be shocked to see a child with such great abilities. Tory was so flabbergasted that he thought dying would be the better option. He had worked so hard for more than 30 years, but he had only made it this far. He thought it was good enough to become a small official in Imperial City. In comparison to Custard, however, he was nothing. Sure enough, one only had the right to speak if one was strong enough. “I have the sudden urge to become your student now,” Tory said to Philip from the bottom of his heart. Any expert could be hailed as a teacher. If Philip’s student was good
People in this world were different from Philip’s original world, after all. Philip understood Tory’s action but could not accept it. As Philip helped him up, Tory’s eyes welled up with tears. He knew Philip had acknowledged him. Tory vowed to stand by Philip no matter what they encountered in the future. Even if Philip wanted him to die, he would agree without hesitation. Unbeknownst to Philip, he had gained Tory's loyalty. They quickly continued on their way, and Chaplin and his party had no idea that someone was about to catch up to them. Chaplin urged everyone to move forward quickly, but when they passed a tomb chamber, he saw numerous energy stones. These energy stones were embedded in the wall by energy. To get them, they had to pick them out one by one. Although Nico tried to get them to leave this tomb as soon as possible, a money-minded person like Chaplin would be unwilling to do that. “Hurry! With so many of us, we can get it done in no time,” Chaplin said
Philip was about to enter the next chamber when Chaplin yelled in a panic. Philip and the others stopped and turned to look at him. Chaplin was very annoying, and Philip wanted nothing to do with him. “Who are you? How did you know that my energy stones had turned into ordinary stones?” Chaplin jumped down from the air and walked up to Philip. Philip and the others were in disguise with different appearances. Chaplin did not recognize Philip and merely thought he looked strange. To know that secret, he was not an ordinary person. “Tell me the truth. Who are you?” Chaplin was angry. He would not allow anyone to disobey him. Philip sneered, pushed him aside, and walked away. Chaplin did not expect that Philip would make a move and was so strong that he pushed Chaplin to the ground. Nico and his team quickly helped Chaplin up and looked at Philip in fear. As a professional hunter, Nico could tell how powerful Philip was. Philip had simply pushed the short and fat Chapl
“This guy is nothing but a crook,” Aslan complained about the owner of the ancient ruins, who displayed the treasures in the ruins just to fool everyone. “Look, the last chamber was full of top-grade energy stones while this one is full of high-end weapons. How could anyone resist the temptation? They’ll realize that everything turns into dust when they take them away!” Aslan cursed unhappily without stopping. Everyone could not stop laughing, but Philip was frowning, lost in thoughts. “Philip, what’s up? Did you find something weird?” Aslan saw Philip's expression and asked. As a monster beast, Aslan did not sense anything wrong. Was Philip more acute than him? Philip was amused by Aslan’s outspoken nature. “Don’t you sense a beast’s aura? It seems like a powerful one too.” Philip felt the beast's aura slowly getting stronger. It seemed that their intrusion had awakened the beast from its slumber. Hearing that, everyone started to sense their surroundings but to no a