Charles turned warily, facing a silhouette at the entrance of the tomb. Seeing it was Aria, his expression softened sowhat, but he remained on guard:
"It's you! Are you following ?"
"If you can follow and then spy on bathing, why can't I follow you?" Aria's voice was soft yet tinged with reproach as she gave Charles a pointed look.
Although Aria's words were tinged with rebuke, her charming deanor kindled a liking in Charles. Yet, reason prevailed, and he remained unmoved by her allure, warning her coolly, "Since you've stumbled upon my secret, I won't keep it all to myself as compensation for intruding on your bath last night. But don't expect an equal share, at most seventy-thirty... no, eighty-twenty!
I take eighty, you take twenty!"
Seeing Charles's serious deanor, Aria was both annoyed and amused: "Why are you as petty as Felix? If we go by who ca first, it was clearly who found this place last night. Do you believe if I say I could call Felix right now, and you won't get even a tenth?"
"Are you threatening ?" Charles was sowhat surprised; this young lady was quite stubborn!
With many tomb raiders camped around, her shouting could potentially bring a lot of trouble. Charles, visibly annoyed, held up three fingers: "Seventy-thirty split?"
Aria shook her head, clearly dissatisfied, and already looked like she was about to call for help. Frightened, Charles quickly intervened: "Sixty-forty! I take sixty, you take forty, can we agree on that?"
Aria nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this, then drew her sword, still eyeing Charles warily: "You'd better keep your word, or if it really cos down to a fight, you might not be my match."
Charles grimaced, feeling the pinch. He was being blackmailed by a young girl; he had found the treasure first, and now he had to share half of it with her, a frustrating thought...
But Aria, in her half-beast form, was indeed not to be underestimated.
Looking towards the dark entrance of the secret passage, Charles gestured for Aria to go first.
Aria glanced at the seemingly bottomless pit and then gave Charles a surprised look: "What? You're a big man, are you really going to make , a woman, go first?"
Charles nodded firmly: "You were thinking of killing last night. How can I trust you behind my back?"
"You..." Aria bit her lip in frustration, stomping her foot angrily.
From a young age, she was well aware of the advantages her beauty afforded her, and she was adept at using them. Yet she suddenly realized... this tactic was utterly ineffective on Charles.
If they lingered any longer, Felix might indeed show up, which wasn't her intention at all. Reluctantly casting a glance at Charles, she stepped into the secret passage.
Seeing her enter, Charles followed suit.
He certainly wasn't going to sit tight and wait for disaster; stabilizing her mood was his priority. After all, if they did find treasure, wouldn't the share still depend on actual strength?
The passage was initially very narrow, allowing only one person to squeeze through, but after traveling about fifteen ters, the space suddenly opened up. Charles was surprised to find that this hidden chamber was even larger than the outer tomb!
It seed the exterior was designed to mislead tomb raiders. This place was the true location of the Bloody Pool tomb.
The mont Charles switched on his flashlight, he was nearly blinded by a dazzling array of gold, and if not for the damp, muddy ground underfoot, he might have thought he had stumbled into Genosha's national treasury.
Around the three-ter-wide flagstone pathway, treasures piled up like mountains. Not just glittering gold coins, but countless jade artifacts, gold ornants, bronze vessels, and rare natural treasures... Charles even found nurous jade vases, likely containing miracle drugs.
Just as Charles was about to sweep up the surrounding treasures, a chilling laugh echoed from behind: "Thanks a lot, Charlie. If not for you, I might have missed out on all these treasures!"
"Felix?" Clenching his tyrant spear, Charles spun around. Felix had already blocked the way out, flanked by his henchn.
He had been extrely cautious, yet sohow he had still led Felix and his group here.
"Kid, I kindly offered you a spot in our group, and you refused. Don't bla for being ruthless today." Felix's words carried a cold intent to kill, and as he spoke, he summoned his two tigers.
The dozen or so tomb raiders behind him had also summoned their pets and were eagerly brandishing their weapons.
Noticing Aria behind Charles, Felix's fierce gaze softened sowhat, and his voice beca gentler: "Aria, what are you doing here? Co over quickly, swords have no eyes, and I wouldn't want you to get hurt!"
Aria was montarily taken aback. She had anticipated Felix would follow them, but she hadn't expected him to arrive so quickly.
She glanced at Felix and then back at Charles, her expression one of hesitation about whose side to take.
After three days of observation, Aria could clearly see that Felix was nothing but a villain. Yet Charles, having spied on her bathing the previous night, wasn't much better—a shaful pervert!
Aria's hesitation seed to Felix like a decision to side with Charles, which made his face darken.
Over these three days, he had gone to great lengths—sending flowers, showing concern—to humbly win the young girl's affection, only to not even have touched her hand!
Now, seeing her choosing to stand with Charles in front of all his n, Felix felt a mix of anger and humiliation: "Aria, since you insist on opposing , don't bla for not being rciful."
Damn it! Kill this kid first, then capture Aria!
As Felix advanced step by step, Charles's heart raced uncontrollably. He scanned the surroundings, and the interface indicated that everyone present was a Level 1 Beast Master, with Felix even a Level 2. In both numbers and strength, they had the upper hand.
If a fight really broke out, he would surely lose.
"Should I really use that move?" Charles glanced at Max's [energy bomb] ability description, hesitating.
Using it would be like burning the bridge after crossing it—it could potentially bring down the tomb chamber. He hadn't planned to resort to it, but now, there was no choice.
anwhile, Felix's n continued to pour into the chamber, their eyes widening at the sight of the treasures glittering on either side of the tomb.
"Gold! It's gold!"
"With so many treasures, we won't have worries for the rest of our lives!"
"Second Boss, we're rich! Hahaha!"
Even the seasoned tomb raiders were stunned by the sheer amount of burial treasures in the tomb.
One of the henchn dove into the sea of gold coins with a mad grin, scooping handfuls into his pockets.
Seeing soone lead the way, several others dropped their weapons to fight over a white jade statue, and so even charged toward the two sarcophagi in the center of the tomb...
"These idiots! Don't they know to kill their enemies before grabbing the treasure?" Felix cursed loudly as his n started looting, but his authority completely evaporated at that mont.
Whizz——!
Following the sound of the air being split, a spear several ters long shot forward. Felix reacted quickly, narrowly dodging as the spear grazed past his neck, a near miss.
He managed to evade, but his companions behind him were not so lucky.
Thud!
The spear pierced through one man's chest, its formidable force carrying the corpse and impaling several others in succession, pinning them dead against the wall.
"It hurts! It hurts so much, Second Boss, save …"
The blood from several n flowed down the spear, trickling along the tomb wall and pooling into a small stream, staining the surrounding gold coins red.
"Damn it! It's a trap!" With years of tomb raiding experience, Felix instantly realized they had triggered the tomb's defensive chanism.
Whizz, whizz, whizz——!
More slicing sounds followed, and after several screams, a few n were riddled with bolts from the trap, looking like beehives.
"I...I can't breathe, it feels like there's fire burning inside my lungs, it's unbearable…" Several more screams echoed.
Following the noises, Felix saw traps everywhere. Spears, crossbow bolts, spikes, pits... Over a dozen n had died, and poisonous gas even began to fill the air…
"This is cursed, even an emperor's tomb wouldn't have this many traps!"
Ultimately, the will to survive prevailed. Felix turned to flee. On his last glance back, he thought he saw dozens of blood-red eyes in the darkness…
"Quick! Block the entrance!!!"
As soon as he escaped the secret passage, Felix ordered the lookouts to block the entrance.
Seeing his actions, his n panicked: "Second Boss, what happened down there? If we seal the entrance, what about our brothers?"
"Just shut it when I tell you to, shut your damn mouth!" Felix kicked the man aside, then went to turn the bronze division censer himself.
Inside the tomb.
In the instant danger struck, Charles raced toward the entrance of the secret chamber, dodging the deadly traps within the tomb. He was almost out when the heavy stone doors suddenly slamd shut with the grinding sound of gears...
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