106: The large-scale massacre behind the stone gate

Chapter 106: A Large-Scale Slaughter Scene Behind the Stone Gate

Soon, Cecilia took the lead, jumping into the black hole at the center of the vortex first, followed closely by Donald.

Dick waited for ten seconds behind them. After confirming there were no issues, he cast a protective spell and entered the underground cave.

The passage was narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass, but after falling for a few seconds, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a wide underground river.

Following Cecilia's guidance, Dick cast a water-oxygen spell and swam forward for dozens of meters, finally coming ashore into the underground cave of the Academy.

Looking back, Dick saw that the underground river was connected to the spiritual spring above, and its spring water came from the underground river.

The river water could not flow backward. Clearly, the magic array set up by the Ancestral Emperor was working, causing the underground river to reverse its flow upwards, ensuring a continuous supply for the spiritual spring.

However, this only explained the principle behind the spiritual spring's generation and did not explain why it could cure all illnesses.

Dick's eyes narrowed slightly. With the help of his talent, Exorcism and Soul Hunting, he saw threads of soul power one after another.

This soul power flowed along the river water, reversed its flow upwards, and transformed into another kind of energy when passing through the magic array set up by the Ancestral Emperor, thus bestowing the spiritual spring with the ability to cure illnesses.

Dick chuckled, having understood everything. This was the true purpose of the Ancestral Emperor's magic array.

She utilized hundreds of thousands of vengeful spirits underground, using the vast soul power they generated to cleverly create a spiritual spring that could cure all illnesses.

Truly clever, truly ruthless. Such an operation was simply turning waste into treasure. The Ancestral Emperor of the Aimiya Empire was indeed a hero!

Thousands of years have passed, and those hundreds of thousands of vengeful spirits from the previous dynasty are still serving the Aimiya Empire to this day. They cannot dissipate and can only continuously provide soul power.

Dick showed a look of approval. The Ancestral Emperor's idea coincided with his own.

These hundreds of thousands of remnants from the previous dynasty, if they were alive, might have raised an army to rebel, causing the descendants of later generations to sleep uneasily. It was better to bury them alive and make them work like oxen and horses in a different form.

It's just a pity that the Ancestral Emperor's abilities were ultimately limited. The magic array she set up was full of loopholes, not only wasting a large amount of soul power but also allowing the Demon named Kun to be nurtured here.

Although the idea was good, the method was too crude!

If it were him doing it, let alone a small spiritual spring, as long as he squeezed these hundreds of thousands of vengeful spirits to the maximum extent, Dick could even create a spiritual lake!

Before long, the three arrived in front of a stone gate.

Cecilia looked fearful and said with exaggerated seriousness, “Behind this stone gate is where the Ancestral Emperor buried the remnants of the previous dynasty alive. There are a large number of ghosts wandering inside, it’s very dangero—”

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

Before Cecilia could finish speaking, Dick pushed open the stone gate and entered. The giant stone rubbed, emitting a dull sound.

“Di, Dick, you mustn’t be reckless. Even Mr. Donald hasn’t gone in yet. You can’t be so rash!”

Donald chuckled from behind, “Miss Cecilia, you can rest assured. Dick is also a professional Exorcist. There is no danger behind this stone gate.”

To be honest, Donald himself wasn't sure. He just saw Dick walk in swaggeringly, which is why he made that guess.

Whether there was danger inside, Donald didn't know.

But he did know that Dick cherished his life. Since he dared to walk in first, it must be very safe.

Cecilia was half-convinced, because the admonitions passed down from her ancestors all said that behind this stone gate was very dangerous, and various preparations must be made before entering.

For example, one must first take a bath in the spiritual spring, then pay respects to the statue of the Ancestral Emperor, and then carry a large amount of ancestral Exorcism secret treasures, fully armed, before entering.

But Dick did nothing. He disdained the admonitions passed down from the Royal Family, only urging Cecilia to bring him down quickly.

Woo woo woo—

Behind the stone gate was a large square, the space was vast, and the sound of wind constantly came from around, like the wailing of ghosts. A faint smell of decay permeated the air.

The soul power stored here was extremely vast, simply Anberer'er's unlimited self-service restaurant. She could eat herself to death here.

“Dick, you can’t be so reckless anymore. In the future, you must tell me immediately about any actions you take, otherwise I will be angry…”

Cecilia walked to Dick's side, hands on her hips, puffing out her cheeks as she criticized Dick, looking like a stern mother.

By now, Cecilia had completely treated Dick as her husband. Even though Elizabeth had not announced the engagement, this was a subconscious behavior.

“Then I’m going to cast a lighting spell, okay?” Dick smiled.

Hearing this, Cecilia pouted, saying somewhat speechlessly, “You don’t need to tell me about such small things. I’m referring to big actions… Wah ah ah ah!!”

The next second, Cecilia directly let out a scream, then immediately hugged Dick, burying her head in his chest, her delicate body trembling.

And Donald, who was on the side, also frowned, instinctively retreating.

Even though he was a professional mercenary who had seen all sorts of bloody scenes on the battlefield, the terrifying scene before him still made him feel fear.

At this moment, a magic light ball was floating above Dick's head, its brightness extremely high, almost illuminating the entire square behind the stone gate.

It was densely packed with corpses here, complete and incomplete, scattered human bones of various kinds lying all over the ground, in all sorts of strange postures.

Even the place where the three were standing now was stepping on a large number of fragmented corpses. Every step they took would make a crisp breaking sound, as if they had stepped on withered leaves.

Clearly, this was once a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, but now the bodies had decayed, the blood had drained away, leaving only white bones.

Legend has it that back then, the Ancestral Emperor made hundreds of thousands of people from the previous dynasty come underground to mine, deceiving them by saying it was “labor reform,” and they could regain their freedom after digging for ten or twenty years.

Unexpectedly, when hundreds of thousands of people all came to the underground cave, they did not see any ore, but were collectively buried alive by the Ancestral Emperor using poison mist magic.

The scene at that time was horrific. These twisted and contorted corpses must have suffered immense pain before death, dying in torment.

This was not because the Ancestral Emperor had some perverse hobby, but because people who die in extreme pain are most likely to form vengeful spirits with powerful soul power.

Dick looked at the surrounding rock walls and indeed saw many embedded magic arrays. With just a casual glance, Dick recognized them as magic arrays for sealing ghosts.

These low-level magic arrays were all from that book, “Bai Ou’s Annotations, Collection of Soul Nurturing Ancient Arts.”

No wonder a large amount of soul power leaked out, ultimately nurturing the Demon named Kun.

The Ancestral Emperor outwardly claimed to disdain the art of manipulating ghosts, but in reality, she secretly learned and used it behind the scenes, and even used the art of manipulating ghosts in the incident of burying people alive.

Dick knew that the Ancestral Emperor was not as “righteous and great” as the legends said. If she wasn’t a ruthless Hero (hero/schemer who stops at nothing), how could she have founded the Aimiya Empire?

After all, a true gentleman could not commit acts like usurping the throne and building a nation through slaughter.

The incident of burying hundreds of thousands of remnants from the previous dynasty alive was just one of the many slaughters committed by that Ancestral Emperor. The folk legends were not baseless.

It is estimated that Elizabeth herself also knew that the Ancestral Emperor praised by the Royal Family was not a good person.