Having a powerful lord as a father figure, what's wrong with just wanting to draw cards?

At this moment, the pig-headed man came over again.

He pulled a glowing green pebble from his leather apron pocket and tossed it to Domi; it was exactly the same pebble he'd gotten from the innkeeper.

Here, is your tip.

Domi took the stone and asked with considerable curiosity:

"So... what exactly is the use of this stone?"

The pig-headed boss is different from the innkeeper; at least he can talk.

He raised his hand and gestured towards the north:

"Collect three bird's eye stones randomly within the town, head in that direction, and the king will be waiting for you at the end of the road. That is also the only way for you to leave this place."

"Can you tell me about this king?"

"No, I will be punished."

"Alright, let me ask you another question, Pig-headed Man, why are you still here after all these years? And why do you have such a long lifespan?"

The pig-headed man hesitated for a moment, perhaps because he was too lonely and longed to confide in someone, he chose to tell these young children who had mistakenly wandered into this place:

"The king required me to stay here and design and maintain this level. After doing so, I was blessed with the 'Bronze' and gained a long life and an inexhaustible source of magic."

"But the gift of bronze is both a blessing and a curse. I am already tired of immortality and loneliness. As long as I don't leave here, I will have to live like this for all eternity."

"So... your lifespan, and your power, all come from that being called 'Bronze'?"

The pig-headed man nodded.

“The kings have ruled over bronze for generations and exercised its great power among humankind.”

Now we can explain why the gravedigger, the innkeeper, and the pig-headed man, though they don't have any magical energy flowing through them, can still use magic.

"Then why don't you leave here? Wouldn't that free you from this predicament?"

Listening to the conversation between Domi, Shia, and the pig-headed man, everyone felt that there was a big secret hidden inside.

"Leave?" He shook his enormous pig head:

“'Bronze' and the King, they will not let me leave. Since I accepted its blessing, I am forever bound to them on the same boat…”

Chapter 109-108 The Last King

"The power of bronze is too great. Dynasties rose and fell because of it. The king has long gone astray and gone mad. Those of us who remain here are just making a last-ditch struggle before going mad."

"You must be from the hotel. The owner there used to be my comrade-in-arms, but now he's mentally unstable, which is why you saw those chaotic and dark hallucinations."

"I guess he'll be even more insane after being reborn, just like me..."

"Ah, it feels so much better to say it out loud."

"Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Leave now. This is the land of the living dead. Your presence here will only make me envious."

As the pig-headed man departed, he remarked, "Death, sometimes, is a luxury."

After leaving the restaurant, the group arrived at a new 'checkpoint' in order to obtain the third Bird's Eye Stone to continue progressing through the map.

This time, the scenario is an escape room in a tailor shop, where you have to escape from a giant magic scissors that chases you for half an hour in the maze beneath the shop.

Even a cow would be exhausted after half an hour of running!

Domi immediately objected and confronted the tailor shop owner and his scissors.

He was almost defeated, and in the end he had to summon three reinforcements to barely take him down, thus obtaining the third Bird's Eye Stone.

Once they had collected the three pebbles, they followed the direction indicated by the pig-headed man and headed north, stopping in front of the entrance to an underground palace built against a rock wall.

There were three recesses in the center of the tightly locked gate, presumably for placing stones.

Domi took the three of them out of his pocket and pressed them in one by one.

After a while...

Rumble, rumble——

The door slowly opened.

The interior of the underground palace has a very simple structure: a vast hall with huge round pillars standing on both sides like pillars of creation, supporting the entire palace.

Between each pair of pillars stands a bronze statue, all wearing crowns and holding scepters, presumably representing the monarchs of this dynasty throughout history.

They walked in the middle of the road, and even their voices echoed.

At the top of the high steps stood a large bronze coffin, capable of holding the remains of a giant, overlooking the crowd below like an emperor.

"So, this is the end of the road the pig-headed man was talking about?" Edward, seeing nothing there, walked up the steps and even tapped the coffin with his hand: "I haven't seen the king he was talking about."

"Hey, don't mess around!" Aiwei was afraid that Edward might accidentally trigger some mechanism and harm them all.

"Domi, what do you think?"

Domi seemed to have some knowledge of ancient burial practices, but Shia still wanted to hear the insights of a 'professional'.

He walked up the steps and examined the coffin carefully.

This is the first thing that should appear in the tomb after it has been buried, so it must have special significance.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Since the pig-headed man said the road is here, it must be right; we just haven't found it yet."

"To find a dragon, look at the winding mountains. Each winding mountain is a barrier. If the gate has a thousand locks, a king or nobleman must reside there."

Shia looked completely bewildered: "Wh...what do you mean? It sounds so formal."

"We have gone through complex terrain and various checkpoints to get here, which means this place is very important. It must be the burial place of a king or nobleman. There is no doubt that this is the place."

"Edward, come here and stand where I am."

Domi made Edward stand on the southeast corner of the coffin.

"what?"

"Extend a finger and light a small flame on it."

Edward did as he was told; he extended his index finger and then lit a small flame between his fingers.

Domi stared intently at the small flame, muttering to himself:

"Humans light candles, ghosts blow out lamps; geomancers and tomb raiders search for star peaks..."

Domi breathed a sigh of relief when the flame in Edward's hand did not go out in the end, which meant that the owner of the coffin had not refused to let them open it.

If the flame goes out, it's considered "ghost blowing out the lamp," and they'd better not open the museum, otherwise they might encounter some supernatural event.

"Phew, it's alright. Everyone come over here, let's all work together to lift the coffin lid off!"

Lifting the coffin lid... wouldn't that be against the natural order?

If we don't overturn it, we can't go back... To hell with the heavens!

"Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho!!"

sizzle-

With everyone working together, the heavy coffin lid was finally moved slowly until there was a hole big enough for them to crawl through.

This time, without being reminded, Edward lit a fire and went over to it himself.

With the light he provided, Domi was able to see what was inside the coffin.

Contrary to expectations, the coffin did not contain corpses and burial goods, but rather another path leading to the underworld.

Can We Go On?

There was no other way; what else could we do but go down?

After everyone had entered the passage inside the coffin, the coffin lid miraculously closed itself!

"It seems the owner of the cemetery doesn't want us to go back."

Rosa asked in a panic, "Then... what should we do?"

"Let's go all the way to the end; we have no other choice."

After walking in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, the steps ahead gradually leveled out, and a room came into view.

Four oil lamps were placed in the four corners of the room, keeping the small room brightly lit all year round.

The room contained nothing but an ordinary wooden chair in the center, upon which sat a skeleton dressed in magnificent robes and wearing a crown studded with jewels, diamonds, and gold, with bronze as the main material.

Because of the eeriness it evoked, the group simply stopped at the entrance of the room and did not take another step forward.

Seeing the skeleton and considering its shape, Shia seemed to remember something. After a moment's recollection, she said:

"It is said that the Urumqi dynasty, which worshipped bronze and was once powerful, declined rapidly and destroyed itself under the rule of its last king."

"However, when the enemy forces stormed into the palace, they did not find the last king, nor even his remains."

"173cm tall, slender...could this be her?"

Domi frowned and asked, "Sia, are you sure that's how it's recorded in the ancient books?"

"I'm not mistaken, but I'm not sure if this person is the last king."

“In that case, there must be something fishy about him hiding himself in this tomb alone and designing such an inconspicuous little room for himself. You all wait here, I’ll go test the water inside…”

He was about to go in when Argyle grabbed his wrist:

"What if there's danger? We have to go together."

"It is precisely because it is dangerous that I have to go alone, so as to avoid the whole group being wiped out."

Rosa didn't want Domi to be in unknown danger, so she advised, "Brother, maybe we shouldn't go in."

"Yes, Domi, this looks dangerous."

Aiwei and Xia also tried to persuade her.

Domi slowly shook his head and said, "If we don't go, we'll be stuck here forever."

After saying that, he forcefully broke free from Argyle's hand and resolutely walked into the room.

Just then, a phantom rose from the skull, which turned out to be the last king who had been alive and had flesh and blood!