There was unconcealable excitement in Zara’s eyes.
The surrounding believers rushed forward and tore down all the vines and roots in front of the door.
Soon, they found a place with a Rubik's Cube-shaped key.
Zara looked at Hua Sha. A cultist handed her the Rubik's Cube and pushed her toward the door.
Hua Sha took the Rubik's Cube, looked back at Hei Lang, and made eye contact with him.
She knew that if they wanted to live now, they had to cooperate. She walked slowly towards the door.
She placed the Rubik's Cube in the hole and tried to turn it.
A faint light suddenly lit up above the Rubik's Cube. These lights swept over Hua Sha, seeming to confirm her identity.
The door on one side immediately started to move, and began to slowly open to both sides, making a buzzing sound.
But it seemed that it was too long ago. As the door opened, the surroundings began to tremble and a lot of dust fell.
This made everyone here subconsciously hold their breath, and at the same time they were a little worried that the underground space would collapse as a result.
Cage was surprised when the door opened automatically.
In fact, when he heard Heilang telling that this treasure must be opened by the Burgundians, he felt a little guilty in his heart.
How could those who lived hundreds or even thousands of years ago know who would come to open this treasure hundreds of years later?
But now it seems that he was naive.
There seems to be some special mechanism for detecting bloodline at this door.
After about a few minutes, the gate opened into a path that could accommodate a carriage.
At first, it was pitch black behind the door and it was impossible to see anything clearly.
Only the torches in the hands of these believers provided some light.
The moisture in the air was mixed with the smell of rotting wood, and there seemed to be the smell of something rotting.
But as they entered the door, something seemed to have been triggered.
Wisps of sunlight that are broken down into soft blue light seem to light up the dust when illuminated from above. Under the action of the Tyndall effect, the light is outlined with shapes.
These lights dispel the darkness in front of you.
But it's not that there is an opening to the outside here, it's more like the outside sunlight is refracted in through some kind of refraction mechanism.
Everything in front of them made everyone here look a little disappointed.
The space here is much larger than they imagined, surrounded by green grass and moss occupying the walls.
At a glance, there are countless treasures, boxes after boxes of gold coins, silver pots, and various handicrafts from unknown eras, as well as some gold bars that have not been polished, but their weight and value are extremely attractive. In addition, In addition, there are all kinds of gems and pearls.
This is not just the treasure of the dwarf named Andvari. The reason why Loki went to rob his treasure was because the compensation amount was not enough, so he used his treasure to fill it.
Added to this are mixed the fortunes of Fafnir and the wealth acquired by Siegfried during his adventurous years.
The special nature of this treasure means that every owner of it is not an ordinary person, and every time it changes hands, the wealth in the treasure will expand until it is today.
"The Treasures of the Nibelungs."
A believer beside Zara muttered absently.
"It actually exists, this treasure actually exists!"
He seemed very excited, and even before Zara came in, he quickly ran forward and threw himself on the treasure. He grabbed the treasure mixed with various gems and pearls and rubbed it in his hands. The treasure was shining like a waterfall. As each one fell, it made the crisp sound of hail hitting the glass window.
Seeing that Zara was not angry, the other believers also lost their minds and rushed forward to look at the treasures carefully.
That was a huge wealth that most of them could not imagine. It could only be seen in the fairy tale world, but it appeared in front of them very clearly at this moment.
The total wealth they have seen in this life may not be as much as what they see today.
Zara was still not angry, just watching all this with cold eyes.
Suddenly, one of the believers seemed to have discovered something and looked not far away.
There is a humanoid skeleton there, leaning against the wall, and there seems to be a sword stuck in the chest, but I don't know who it is.
He wore a helmet on his head, but what attracted the cultist most was what he wore on his fingers.
It was a golden ring, with a very simple shape, just a simple ring, but for some reason, it attracted his attention.
He couldn't help but step forward slowly, took off the ring from the skeleton's finger, and looked at it carefully in his hand, as if he was looking at the most beautiful treasure in the world.
Several other believers on one side apparently also discovered the ring in his hand, and were all attracted to it.
One of the believers stepped forward slowly, with obvious greed in his eyes, "Show me."
As he said that, he was ready to reach out and snatch the ring.
But the man holding the ring was obviously unwilling to give it to him, so he directly lifted the ring and said viciously.
"this is mine!"
The cultist's hand stopped in mid-air, looking at the fierce-looking companion in front of him, and at the same time looking at the ring in his hand, the greed in his eyes became more intense.
"Give me!"
He pounced directly on the person holding the ring, and the two began to struggle on the ground. The movements of his hands were merciless, and soon they were beaten to a bloody head.
The other nearby believers saw this and wanted to start a fight, but they seemed to have taken a fancy to the ring and participated in the robbery.
In this Nibelung treasury, seven or eight people struggled together, almost all trying to compete for the ring.
Suddenly, a man pulled out a small knife inlaid with precious stones from nowhere, stabbed it directly into the heart of the believer who had grabbed the ring, and snatched the ring from his hand.
He screamed, and blood spurted all over the ground. After a few seconds, he completely lost his life and fell to the ground. Blood kept seeping out from under him.
The man who stabbed him didn't seem to realize what he had done. Instead, he held the ring in his hand and looked at it longingly.
But at this moment, with a thud, he opened his eyes suddenly, lowered his head in disbelief, and looked at the bloody blade that pierced his chest.
Blood mixed with internal organs overflowed from the corner of his mouth. As the sharp blade was pulled out of his chest, he fell to the ground helplessly.
Standing at the door, Cage, Heilang and others looked a little distracted as the believers not far away were killing each other for the ring, and the smell of blood in the air became stronger and stronger.
Only then did Heilang realize that there were many skeletons near these treasures. Others should have visited this treasure in the past, but they were unable to take away the treasure and died here instead.
"The gold of the Rhine, the ring of the Nibelungs." Cage whispered absentmindedly, "The curse is actually real."
Heilang looked at Zara, "Your people are killing each other, won't you stop it?"
"Why stop it?" Zara asked.
He looked at everything in front of him coldly, "People will eventually pay the price for their greed. They cannot resist the temptation of Andvaranotte, and there is no use following me."
Heilang fell silent. He looked not far away. The battle for the ring soon came to an end. Only one of the seven or eight people was still standing, but he was also stabbed in the abdomen and blood was flowing.
But he seemed to feel no pain, and didn't care about the wound on his stomach at all. Instead, he picked up the ring with his blood-stained hands, with a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes.
"Peng!"
With the sound of a gunshot, the cultist's body froze, and then he turned his head in disbelief and looked at the door of the treasure house.
Zara just held up a gun, and black smoke was still emitting from the gun's mouth.
The cultist seemed to want to say something, but the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth blocked his throat, and then he completely lost consciousness.
Heilang and Cage both opened their eyes slightly and looked at Zara in surprise.
But he obviously ignored these people's intentions and walked straight towards the group of corpses. He was not interested in the gold, gems, pearls and various gold objects on the road.
The only thing he was interested in was the ring.
This is what their Nightmare Order spent nearly a hundred years searching through almost all of Europe to find.
The ring of the Nibelungs, forged with Rhine gold and claimed to possess supreme power—Andvaranot.
Stepping in a pool of blood, Zara leaned down to pick up the ring from the pool of blood, and wiped the blood on it with the believer's clothes that had fallen on the ground. The gold on the ring shone brightly under the sunlight.
He put the ring on his hand without any blood on his body.
At this time, when Hei Lang was distracted, the sound of the hidden sword piercing came to his ears, and he turned his head.
The believers behind them were assassinated by a group of assassins who appeared at an unknown time.
Some of them were assassins who stayed above, and some were assassins who stayed in the manor under Heilang's orders.
One of the leading assassins lifted his hood, revealing himself to be none other than Hoover!
He quickly came behind Heilang, untied the rope for him, and handed him the hidden sword he had left on it.
"Why are you here?" Heilang asked as he put on his hidden sword.
"You saved my life." Hoover whispered. "I can't just sit back and do nothing. Besides..."
He raised his head and looked at Heilang, "Everything is false and everything is allowed. This is the creed of the Brotherhood, isn't it?"
Heilang fell silent.
"We have killed all the believers outside," Hoover said.
He looked at Zara who was standing in a pool of blood not far away, "Now, this is the only thing left."
Heilang came back to his senses and looked at Zara who was deep in the treasure.
Zara obviously didn't care about what happened here, but looked at them calmly and said.
"If I were you, I should be running as far as I can right now."
"Really?" Heilang took a step, "But you are alone now."
He walked straight towards Zara, his eyes flashing coldly.
"I have a lot of accounts now that I need to settle with you."
"only myself?"
Zara obviously heard something funny and couldn't help laughing.
"Aren't you all subdued by me alone?
In the face of absolute power, all numbers are meaningless. "
He lowered his head, kissed the ring on his finger, and then slowly grinned at Heilang.
"You are lucky to be able to see this power that has been sealed for nearly a thousand years for the first time!"
The moment he finished speaking, his body suddenly expanded several times, and countless muscles proliferated on his body.
His expression gradually turned hideous, and he let out a painful roar.
Under the horrified eyes of Heilang and the assassins behind him, Zara's figure grew bigger and bigger, even growing scales and wings.
A four-legged dragon occupying half of the treasure's space appeared in front of them.
This giant dragon is completely black, with two horns on its head, thick scales all over its body, and huge claws that seem to be able to tear open the chest of anything.
Its wings have not been opened. If they were, the figure would probably be even more terrifying.
The assassins looked at everything in front of them in horror. They opened their mouths wide, as if they wanted to shout, but no sound came out.
What was in front of them was beyond their understanding.
"The evil dragon, Fafnir."
Cage lost his mind and muttered, "The guardian of the Nibelung treasures, is it the power brought by the ring?"
In the past, there were indeed mysterious powers that were unimaginable to humans, since these existed.
A myth, maybe it’s also true. "
Not fast enough, he suddenly came back to his senses, seemed to realize their current situation, and shouted excitedly to Heilang.
"Heilang, run!!!"
Hei Lang's reaction speed is also very fast.
The moment he saw the dragon appear, he turned around and ran away without any hesitation!
But the next moment, he felt as if he had been hit by a wild bull. His whole body was instantly knocked dozens of meters away, and he hit the cliff on one side hard, and then slid down.
He spit out a mouthful of blood and stared at the giant dragon not far away.
"tutor!"
The assassins immediately surrounded him.
"How are you?" Hoover asked with concern.
"Run!" Hei Lang shouted with blood in his mouth.
"You can't run away!"
The giant dragon Zara transformed into spoke human words, grinning to reveal its ferocious teeth, and flapped its wings to slowly fly up with his huge body.
The height of this treasure was enough for him to stop in mid-air. The huge dragon wings blocked the light. In the dim cave, only the pair of vertical pupils stood out.
A terrifying hurricane swept over as the dragon's wings flapped.
The jewelry and sand were thrown up by the hurricane and slapped on their faces, making it impossible for them to open their eyes.
Cage struggled to face the hurricane and opened one eye, only to see the giant dragon opening its mouth wide, and raging and hot flames spurted out.
A terrible wave of heat hit his cheeks, and he felt as if his hair was curling.
Once this breath of dragon's breath hits them, they will almost certainly die if they are mortals.
Hua Sha hugged Heilang tightly, and the other assassins also closed their eyes in despair.
But Cage kept his eyes wide open, staring at the blue dragon's breath reflected in his pupils.
The hair all over his body was tied down, and the fear of death quickly enveloped him!
The moment the flames reached him, he closed his eyes.
But to his surprise, the pain he expected did not come.
The rich but not pungent floral fragrance filled his nostrils.
He opened his eyes with some doubts, and what he saw were countless pink Christmas roses. The petals of these flowers brushed against his face without causing any harm to him.
The dragon was still pouring out its breath, but when it came to them, it turned into a gorgeous Christmas rose, with countless petals scattered on the ground. Under the light of the Tyndall effect, it was like being in the Eden of God, sacred and dreamy. .
Under the shrinking pupils of Cage and the surrounding assassins.
A figure also appeared slowly in the rain of petals, wearing a white magic robe, half-long white hair, holding a wand as tall as a person in his right hand, and the hem of his clothes and hair were like the petals flying in the wind.
Looking at the figure reflected in his pupils, Cage finally remembered who the unfinished statue in the underground of the brotherhood headquarters looked like.
(End of chapter)
