The Adventures Of The Young Master

Arthur neared the old wooden door and observed it with his eyes. He was finding clues as to what to do. After all, it shouldn't be as simple as pushing this through, right?

Era Emperors had eccentric attitudes because of the erosion of time affecting them. Thus, sometimes even the simplest form had thousand complications. Hence, his cautious attitude.

"Young Master, there is no signs of malice here. We can open this safely." One elder spoke his suggestion.

"Okay." Since it's their elder, Arthur didn't doubt him. He opened the door slowly and a creaking sound was created.

The creak was so loud that it echoed in the passageway back to the exit.

What met their eyes was too amazing to describe.

"This..." Arthur's heart began thumping fast. The things in front of him was too much for him, "Thousands of treasures... Damn."

Even the elders almost lost composure, "Our Black Mercenary will rise to the clouds with these resources."

The Black Mercenary had a worse reputation in this vicinity. Not even the townsfolks would want to interact with them due to being afraid of them.

While they were focusing on the treasures, Jin Rou was observing the large stairs in the corner part of this area. It also contained treasures which were emitting a golden aura.

"Do you take a liking to one of the treasures over there, Brother Jin?" Linggu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will get it for you later on."

Linggu had 20% part of the whole treasures here and he could pick the treasures he wanted. So, he didn't mind getting a treasure for his friend.

"Thanks, then." Jin Rou smiled and nodded, "But we have to confirm something first."

"What to confirm?" Arthur heard it and he directed his anger from Linggu to Jin Rou, "As you can see, the treasures are here for the taking. What's there to confirm? Or you just want to stall time in order to have more of these treasures?"

"Arthur, your accusations are baseless." Linggu didn't like the tone of the other party, "Whether my brother wants something, it's none of your business. I have the 20% of these total treasures, no?"

Linggu was confident as Arthur signed a soul contract with him yesterday. He wasn't afraid of the man backing out and reneging from the deal.

"Of course. I know it. But are you sure it's me who signed the contract?" Arthur was smiling sinister as he looked at Linggu like a prey.

"What do you mean...?" Linggu finally could pinpoint what went wrong and immediately realized something. He pulled out the soul contract and discovered it was fading. It just meant one thing, the other party disappeared from this world and died. He didn't know who, but that person must be the one who impersonated Arthur yesterday.

He have been had.

"You..." Linggu almost vomited blood. His eyes were raging and shouted, "You dare to trick a member of the Rampant Eagle Organization? You must be tired of living, Arthur!"

"You think that our Black Mercenary will still be afraid of you folks after getting all these treasures?" Arthur laughed sarcastically, "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being dumb to fall into this simple trap."

"Clang! Clang!" Then, shackles chained down Linggu and Jin Rou, making them fall down butt first. Linggu tried to resist but the chains were tying them down.

"Stop struggling. Those chains are made by our Eternal Vajra. You are just a lowly myriad. Don't think you can free yourself from that." Arthur sneered, "Now watch closely how we rack these treasures in our sack before you die."

After that, he turned his back towards the two and began putting the treasures in the pouches they prepared.

"I'm... Sorry... Brother." Linggu's voice was trembling as he asked for an apology, "If not for me, you... wouldn't be in... this danger."

Jin Rou shrugged his shoulder and sighed, "It's okay. It's nothing actually."

"You are going to die... with me, and you aren't... affected?" Linggu said. He lost all hope that they could survive this.

"You will not die. I will not die." Jin Rou assured Linggu, "Just wait. Those people will be revealing funny expressions later on."

Linggu was confused but he didn't ask further.

After racking the treasures by the sides, Arthur ordered them, "Don't leave those treasures in that large stairs or something. They must be valued higher since they are shining brightly."

One person walked over and touched the treasure in the lowest level of the stairs.

"Rumble! Rumble!" Soon, the cave shook violently which alerted the whole mercenary group.

"Into your positions!" Arthur immediately ordered. He had an ominous feeling regarding this.

"Raaaah!" A terrifying growl was heard and a large sphinx appeared out of nowhere. The cave trembled again and it shouted, "Intruders wanting the treasures, you all shall die here!"

"Raaaaaaaah!" The sphinx growled again, but this time it was scarier which made most of the people fell down with pale expressions. How could they fight this large monster?

"Elders!" Arthur could feel the severity of the situation. Right now, the elders were who could save them.

The two elders flew towards the sphinx and casted their strongest techniques. However, it had no effect against the sphinx as it swatted them like mere flies.

"Grug!" The elders spurt a mouthful of bad blood as they looked at the sphinx with despair, "We need to run!"

Seeing that the two Eternal Vajras helpless, all of the mercenaries lost hope and ran away for their lives. They even dropped the pouches to run lightly.

"You cowards!" Arthur cursed. He was about to run away too. But the old door turned into a large and metal door with imperial symbols around.

"Shit..." Arthur cursed again. Now, their path to retreat was gone. They had no choice but to fight, "Soldiers, we are trapped now. We cannot let it kill us! We have to fight back!"

But how could these soldiers fight in their state of mind? They were utterly suppressed mentally by the sphinx already.