190 – Pyramid (3)
Monia continued examining the fragments and told the story of the nameless kingdom where the pyramid was located.
After discovering gold that could hold the sun, the kingdom researched gold. Looking at the numerous spears sprouting around the gold research painting, it seems that the research was conducted with the possibility of a weapon in mind.
During the research, the kingdom, which found out the ability of gold to some extent, built a pyramid by mobilizing labor for full-scale gold mining and developing weapons using gold.
“… … In other words, this is not a castle, but a military facility for making weapons?”
“I think we were mistaken because it looked luxurious because of the gold.”
“Right.”
“… … .”
“Ugo, what’s wrong?”
“The picture Monia drew, isn’t the person building the pyramid a bit strange? It seems that the description is a bit different from the people who studied gold.”
“I only drew what I followed. Maybe the people who build the pyramids were slaves, so they didn’t draw like normal people, but they were drawn strangely on purpose?”
“indeed.”
While studying gold and developing various weapons, they finally remodeled the pyramid to bring out the efficacy of certain gold, and as a result, the pyramid became an invincible fortress surrounded by a golden energy shield.
At first, the researchers thought of castle walls or shields, but eventually they were able to use the sun’s power absorbed by gold for offense, not defense, and began to develop weapons such as swords and spears.
The kingdom enjoyed its heyday by leading an invincible army that blocked all attacks with the developed golden weapons and shields and smashed down the walls.
“What is this? It looks like something is coming out of the end of the weapon.”
“Are you shooting something golden like a pyramid? Certainly, it must be powerful if it can shoot that hard thing.”
“It’s like each soldier firing a cannon.”
Then one day, they develop a formidable weapon.
“A weapon to be forged?”
“Considering the startling description and the fact that this is a weapon research facility, the only answer would be a terrifying weapon, hmm.”
Monia touched the stone slab that the giant snake raged on and broke.
“This won’t work.”
“Ugh, you useless snake guy.”
After kicking the corpse of the snake once, the group continued walking into the pyramid and watched the kingdom’s history.
The kingdom continued an endless war using the power of gold. Endlessly, as if possessed somewhere, they waged war and waged endless war as if they were going to trample the whole world without even thinking about stopping.
However, in the end, everything has its limits.
Enchanted by the mighty power of the army, the kingdom waged endless wars and expanded its territory, but in the end it could not handle the expanded territory.
Rebels appearing from all sides. The resistance of the people that naturally takes place in a country that has been forcibly ruled. unstable security. A poor harvest occurred while not caring for the land, and in the end, the rebels who stole the golden weapon they made turned into an invincible army and attacked.
It seems that gold was helpless in front of the same golden power. The shield that was never pierced is pierced, and the power that could break everything cannot break a single enemy right in front of it.
It was natural.
The nameless country that built the pyramid called its territory until its stomach exploded, and eventually died when the stomach exploded.
“To be so strong that it collapses, this is another rare case.”
“Those who are supposed to lead the country wisely have obtained uncontrollably powerful power, so unreasonable power must have become poison.”
Strength is meaningful only when there is a spirit worthy of strength above all else.
“Is there any story after that?”
“None.”
“Did you just want to tell the history of your country? who left it? Are you also a sculptor?”
“Looking at the detailed description of the situation inside the kingdom, he seems to be a person of quite a position.”
“Isn’t it like the person in charge of this pyramid?”
“It could be.”
While the group talked and went further inside, Rex, who was clinging to Chester, stared at the last jigsaw.
It reminds me of a mighty kingdom that was strong but collapsed and would have shone brilliantly on this desert in the past.
In Rex, the kingdom was all drawn by Monia, so the huge castle and walls and people were moving around in my head as if they were drawn on paper.
The picture of the kingdom moving around was trampled down and disappeared, leaving only the pyramid in its place.
‘I can’t just be strong.’
Rex learned something new.
* * *
After wandering around the pyramids for a while, the group arrived at a facility believed to be developing weapons.
Unfortunately, none of the weapons remaining inside were intact.
“Did the enemies take the intact weapon?”
“I guess so. but it’s great Look, it’s been a long time, but the day is alive.”
“Oh oh. … … Is it lighter than expected? I thought it would be heavy because it was gold.”
“So that’s what I mean.”
Chester and Urgo picked up the remains of the golden weapon and moved it around, but unfortunately it did not glow.
“It’s also broken.”
After stroking the crack in the weapon, Chester put down the weapon that would become a useless burden and looked at something else.
Besides the fact that this room was a place where weapons were made, there was something unusual about it, and that was that golden light flowed throughout the room.
The golden light, resembling a golden energy film covering the surface of the pyramid, flowed along a specific path throughout the room and gathered at the center of the room, at the tip of the pyramid hanging upside down from the ceiling.
“What is this? Is this a weapon too?”
“Chester, look at this.”
Monia looked at the square board hanging a little away from the center of the room and moved her hand.
As Monia moved her hand, golden ripples began to flow on the surface of the square plate, which eventually took on a specific shape.
Even Chester and Urgo were huddled together and watching it, but suddenly Rex reached out and touched something.
“It shines!”
I guess I wanted to touch something shiny.
The moment Rex touched it, a loud noise erupted from all over the room.
Geeeing!!
“What, what?!”
Embarrassed by the sudden commotion, the party instinctively ran out of the room and took refuge. The tip of the pyramid seemed to be shining, and golden energy was projected from there toward the floor.
Kwaaang!!
The moment the golden energy hit the floor, the ancient artifacts that had been left motionless for a long time and then suddenly moved were destroyed without being able to withstand the shock of the sudden maneuver. At the same time, the room collapsed without maintaining its structure.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … Rex, don’t touch me again next time?”
“Sin, sorry.”
The group, who had seen the door blocked by dirt and rubble, had no intention of clearing the blockage and looking inside the room again, so they went inside the pyramid again.
“What was that just a minute ago?”
“Magic?”
“Since it’s an ancient ruin, there might be some real magic… … .”
“I wonder if the small pyramid on the ceiling was also a weapon made here.”
There were many interesting things, so there was a lot to talk about. Monia admired the statue made entirely of gold, and Chester thought that the ancient people were insensitive to safety when he saw that there were maps that kindly guided the way to important facilities here and there, and Urgo was at the end of this snake they were following. I wondered what would be.
The giant snake was really long, and the inside of the pyramid was very wide as well.
The party went downstairs along the path of the giant snake again, and unlike before, one side of the passage was open, so they were able to go downstairs comfortably.
After going down again like that, the party who wandered around inside the pyramid finally found the tip of the snake, the head.
“… … .”
“what’s this.”
However, the head of the snake they found was broken in a way that far exceeded the party’s expectations.
The entire head of the giant snake was gone, and only a black burnt mark was clearly visible on the cross section of the neck where the head had disappeared.
Chester ran his hand over the spot and brushed off the soot from his fingers, then looked around for the snake’s head.
However, the head of the snake was not found anywhere in the wide space where the tip of the snake was left.
Urgo asked with a nervous expression.
“What do you think made this?”
“Isn’t it a weapon?”
“No, there are weapons that have remained intact until now?”
“This pyramid is still intact.”
At one of Monia’s, Urgo shut his mouth.
After a long time, after the kingdom was destroyed, until everyone forgot about it and the land turned into a desert, could there be a working weapon?
To say that, the pyramid was actually working.
“Ancient ruins.”
Until now, I thought it was just an old building, but I was able to properly realize that it was something formidable enough just to survive and exist on this land from ancient times until now.
And after a while, a sound began to be heard from beyond the dark passageway.
It was the sound of heavy footsteps. At the same time, it sounded like a hammer hitting steel, as is common in blacksmiths.
how loud was it I thought I saw two black lights flickering across the aisle, and then a voice came out.
[I am Anubis, the guard in charge of El Dorado, a military research facility in Kramshu Kingdom.]
old language. A language too old to be properly understood.
[The Unauthorized enters the battle for elimination after three warnings.]
No one understood what he was saying, so instead of focusing on the words, he focused more on the appearance of a figure walking out of the darkness.
[Please step back.]
It had a humanoid body about 2 m tall with a body made of gold.
[Warning. Step back.]
It had the head of a black dog, its eyes glowing like the fires of hell, and it spoke plainly without opening its mouth.
[Warning. Step back.]
A large round shield in one hand. In the other hand, he was holding a sword staff with a nosepiece at the end rather than a normal sword.
[I will remove the intruder.]
Then, it pointed the tip of its nose piece at the party.
In the next moment, the golden light emitted from the nose flew towards the party.