Chapter 1212 – Under the Ancient Well

　　”The chances of winning are surprisingly this high?!” Joy surfaced in the eyes of the crowd.

　　”But the prerequisite is that we have to find the other three ‘supreme’ divine artifacts.”

　　”Right now, we only know the whereabouts of the King’s [Scepter], but what about the other three? Where are they?”

　　”What’s the point of panicking! We have Miles, the prophet, with us, as long as these three divine artifacts are still in the treasury, we’ll be able to find it sooner or later.”

　　After some discussion, the crowd eyed Lin Qiye again.

　　Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully, “Actually, in the prophecy just now, I already vaguely sensed the location of the [Holy Grail].”

　　”Already found the [Holy Grail]? That fast?” The agents opened their mouths in surprise.

　　”Well, if I’m not mistaken, the [Holy Grail] is hidden in some dry oasis in the desert ……”

　　”Then let’s set off now!”

　　”…… Don’t rush.” Lin Qiye held his forehead with some fatigue, “Just now, I only roughly sensed its location, it’s still unclear exactly how far I have to go, and because of the continuous prophecies, my mental power is already a bit overdrawn.

　　How about this, let’s rest here for the night, and when I recover tomorrow, I’ll go look for the [Holy Grail] again.”

　　Hearing this, some of the agents looked a bit embarrassed.

　　”But, we only have less than two days left, if it comes to the time when the imprint that those two gods left in our bodies kicks in ……”

　　”Hehe, you guys are too nervous.” Lin Qiye said with a smile at the corner of his mouth, nonchalantly.

　　”After I recover in the morning, I’ll be able to predict the whereabouts of all the divine artifacts, this treasure trove isn’t too big, so we’ll look for them one by one, and we’ll be able to gather all of them in half a day at most.

　　Right now, we are grasshoppers on the same rope, if you guys can’t get the four divine artifacts and can’t kill those two gods, then I can only be trapped by them all the way here.

　　How could I harm you all?”

　　The crowd pondered for a moment, and their expressions eased a bit.

　　”Alright then, we’ll rest here first tonight, and then set out tomorrow to search for the [Holy Grail].” Claude nodded in response.

　　The dungeon was attacked?

　　The city lord’s face clouded over when he heard the report from one of the attendants, what about the intruders?

　　They …… are all still well locked up in the prison, it is that there is a squire who had a verbal argument with them before who died, having his head cracked by a hard smash.

　　The squire seemed to recall some disgusting image, and his face was white.

　　People died and they didn’t run? The city lord frowned slightly, doubt surfacing on his aged face.

　　Could …… it be that it is simply revenge?

　　I don t know, we asked those invaders and they didn t say anything. I know. The city lord was silent for a moment, during countless years, the city of Wu had never seen any invaders, but this time, so many …… appeared in one breath!

　　Could it be that this side of the world is really going to be in chaos?

　　City Lord, what should we do now?

　　Tomorrow morning, let s kill the invaders and offer them to the three gods as sacrifices …… And then send that dead attendant, along with them. The city lord slowly said.

　　Notify all the residents of the city to enter the highest state of alert, and always be prepared to activate the inherited maintenance artifacts to deal with more foreign invasions.

　　Hearing these words, the squire’s face changed:

　　”City Lord, are things that serious?

　　Even if more than twenty invaders came in one breath this time, weren’t they still instantly suppressed by you? As long as you have your [Scepter] in place, even if more invaders come, they won’t be able to threaten us, right?

　　No matter how strong the [Scepter] is, it’s still just a divine artifact, and we’re all just ordinary people. The City Lord looked down at the scepter in his hand, and a flash of worry flashed across his eyes.

　　Moreover, not all supreme divine artifacts within this world are under our control.

　　You are worried ……

　　The city lord sighed, his eyes looking out the window at the city of Wu shrouded in darkness, may the three gods bless us ……

　　The sky is brightening.

　　The rising sun spilled onto the ancient masonry pavement, and more than a dozen attendants carried one end of a silver lock, leading more than twenty prisoners with black bags over their heads towards the execution platform at the edge of the city.

　　Numerous residents stood on both sides of the street, cautiously surveying the twenty or so intruders with a hint of timidity in their curiosity.

　　They were the ones who had caused trouble in the city yesterday!

　　Invaders said to be from outside this world? What do they look like?

　　About the same as us, two eyes, one nose, one mouth, except that some of them have a different skin color than us, whiter than bleached cloth!

　　Really? I didn’t see them yesterday. I didn’t see them yesterday.

　　Fortunately, you were not there, and this arm of mine was almost cut off …… by them If it wasn t for the timely intervention of the Lord of the City, I am afraid that I would have been sacrificed to the three gods.

　　Hurry up and kill them!

　　Amidst the cries of the residents of Wu City, more than twenty agents were brought to the center of the execution platform.

　　Blazing swords flashed one after another, and moments later, more than twenty bloodied corpses crashed to the ground, their blood slowly flowing downwards along the stands of the execution platform.

　　Sacrifice the three gods!

　　Among the attendants, I don’t know who shouted out, and the crowd immediately threw all of these twenty-odd corpses into an ancient blood-colored stone well.

　　Dull landing sounds echoed in the ancient well, and the twenty or so bloodied corpses all drowned in the narrow darkness and disappeared.

　　May the three gods bless.

　　Seeing this, the crowd bowed their heads and chanted.

　　The execution ended, and when the crowd dispersed, the attendants threw another body, hidden under a black cloth in the corner, with its head knocked out, into the ancient well along with it.

　　They stood at the edge of the ancient well, gazing into the abyss in front of them, and murmured the same words:

　　May the three gods bless ……

　　The attendants left, and the area around the ancient well completely fell into a dead silence.

　　No one noticed that in the deepest part of the dark and narrow ancient well, three motionless figures that looked like stone statues slowly opened their eyes.

　　Surprisingly, so many sacrifices have come …… This time, the sacrifices offered to the [Holy Grail] should be enough?

　　One of the stone statues spoke in a low voice.

　　Rustling-

　　Fine gravel fell from the body of the central stone statue, and the dusty arm lifted up, holding up a dark golden mysterious tall cup.

　　Sticky blood rattled around the rim of the cup’s walls, halfway up its height in the body.

　　A dull light flashed, and the twenty or so blood-colored corpses piled up in the center of the ancient well automatically floated up, turning into a mass of blood water that flowed into the dark golden cup.

　　Eh? The eyes of the stone statue in the center narrowed slightly, these sacrifices …… have no life.

　　No life?

　　This is artificial flesh without a soul, and cannot be used as a sacrifice for the [Holy Grail]. The stone statue in the center was silent for a moment, an outsider has entered the [King’s Treasure Trove].

　　Is it someone sent by another god’s kingdom? The stone statue on the left frowned slightly.

　　I can t imagine that after such a long time, there are still people who are still thinking about this treasure trove …… Since these are artificial bodies without souls, those fools up there must have been teased by outsiders.

　　Their original bodies must be hidden somewhere in this [Treasure Trove].