68 Tomb Surroundings (1/2)

Under the protection of the Magic Spring, Lin Yun went a few hundred meters deep in the cave before finally finding the mentioned stone tablet. The stone tablet wasn't that imposing, however, words in Nesser language were inscribed on it.

'It's actually Nesser characters…' The inscriptions on the stone tablet brought a sort of shock to Lin Yun.

There would be no issue with the Nesser runes being there if it was a newly built tomb, after all, it was already considered to be relatively widespread among mages. High Mages and stronger mage powerhouses would usually study such Nesser runes.

But this tomb was a tomb from the 3rd Dynasty...

In the 3rd Dynasty, only the members of the royal family could understand the Nesser runes. That was a dynasty ruled by bloodlines. The ranks between different bloodlines were strict, and mages who weren't part of the royal family, no matter how powerful or otherworldly they were, couldn't get a chance to learn the Nesser language. Only one outcome awaited them if they were found guilty of learning the Nesser language in secret, immediate execution.

'So it's a member of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family...'

After a short surprise, Lin Yun's eyes fell onto the stone tablet once again.

Although the inscription on top of the stone tablet was in Nesser language, it was far less complicated than the magic knowledge Lin Yun usually came in contact with. Thus Lin Yun spent less than ten minutes to decipher the inscription on the stone tablet.

From the stone tablet's inscriptions, the person buried there should be a prince who should have lived during the early stage of the 3rd Dynasty. It could be seen from some grammatical parts that were commonly used during that time. Lin Yun relied on those details to make an approximate guess of the tomb's origin.

'Strange…' After reading the inscription, Lin Yun was filled with doubt.

Normally, an ordinary tomb inscription would be a review of the tomb owner's life. Even if it wasn't detailed, it would surely carry some important bits of information. But this stone tablet didn't say anything about the prince's life, it was as if the prince's life was blank.

However, Lin Yun understood after figuring out the identity of the tomb owner. No wonder such a shocking amount of wealth was hidden in a temple in the Poison Fog Canyon.

The 3rd Dynasty's royal family believed in the Haiba Dragon God of War and Power.

Among Noscent's legends, the Haiba Dragon God was one of the two Dragons at the birth of Noscent, in charge of war and power. Someone who obtained the favor of the Haiba Dragon God would have the power to triumph in every battle. The Haiba Dragon God's most loved offering was wealth, whether it was dazzling gold or glistening gems, they would both make the Haiba Dragon God happy. How much care a follower would receive depended on how much wealth he offered.

A prince's offering to the Haiba Dragon God could naturally be described as outstanding.

Thinking about this, Lin Yun was naturally looking forward to exploring this tomb.

After all, the 3rd Dynasty was famous for their lavish burials. Even when a civilian died, they would be buried with all their savings, let alone members of the royal family… Every royal tomb could be considered a huge treasure.

Who knew how many powerful mages became rich by being grave robbers during the peak of the magic era. Even a tomb of a member of the side branch of the royal family would make a High Mage rich overnight. That was a crazy era, almost no member of the 3rd Dynasty's royal family would escape the fate of being disturbed by the livings. From emperor to prince, from duke to baron, people used this method to do an archaeological study of the 3rd era's high society.

That was an insane era, but it was also an era that would make one rich overnight. During that era, mages began to make an inventory and discovered that the riches found in 3rd Dynasty's royal tombs amounted to almost half of Noscent's overall wealth.

Once he was done reading the inscription, Lin Yun started carving all kinds of marks on the inside of the cave.

Every 3rd Dynasty family's royal tomb had fixed rules. These might be unknown to people of this era yet, but not to Lin Yun.

This was due to those grave robbers during the peak of the magic era, who excavated nearly all of the 3rd era's royal tombs. What kind of tombs were built for people of different status, what kind of rules were established for what kind of tomb, all of these secrets were already classified into a specialized school of magic knowledge, becoming a mage's essential knowledge at the time.

Although Lin Yun didn't specialize in learning that kind of knowledge, he had seen countless explanations about it in the decaying library, it was to the point that he could easily figure out the layout of a prince's tomb.

What Lin Yun had to do now was marking out the position of every room of the tomb.

'That should be the prince's resting place, I should leave it for later…'