Legendary Architect of Apocalypse-Chapter 156: Left Behind

The skeleton was cut in two halves and fell on the ground behind Elias, but Astralious was more distracted by the domain of water.

"Was that another Domain?" Astralious mumbled, even forgetting how to react to the incredulous sight.

Elias ignored the question, realizing that there was no need for it. Astralious was already wise enough to understand what he had used, and what it meant.

He turned to the skeleton, that was lying on the ground. He reached out his hand to secure the little skeleton's bones.

"Hmm?" His fingers had barely touched the skeleton when he saw a deep blue flame rise on the skeleton.

He was forced to take his hand back while the freezing blue flames engulfed the skeleton, leaving not even the ashes behind.

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The only thing that was left behind was the small dagger-like sword that was broken in two halves.

"No wonder I didn't see any other bodies here. This place is like a dungeon that devours everything that dies here." Elias reached out his hand, and picked up the two pieces of dagger.

He knew that everyone else who came here before him was strong. Despite that, he expected at least a few of them to have died if they came across this skeleton, but there was not a single corpse left behind.

It made him think of the possibility that everyone might have had a different starting point within this tomb. He wasn't sure of that possibility anymore.

"How long are you going to stand there glaring at me?" Elias placed the two broken pieces of the small bone sword in his storage space and turned to Astralious.

"As long as it takes until you tell me how many domains do you actually have?" he asked Elias, who scratched the back of his head, still hesitant.

"Do you think Domains rain down from the sky?" he sarcastically answered, before quickly changing the topic. "Anyway, what did you think about that skeleton?"

"Hmm? That thing was definitely strange. When he first appeared, I couldn't sense even the slightest of strength within it." Astralious fell for the trick and started thinking about the skeleton, rubbing his chin with great curiosity.

"Then again, I should have expected something like this from a tomb created by that person. If I'm not wrong, there might be more than one of those skeletons in this place. Or maybe that one will repair itself and appear again. We should keep moving before that happens."

Elias didn't contradict Astralious, since he thought the same thing. If the other group managed to get past this place, it meant they killed the skeleton, even if they had a few losses of their own.

For the skeleton to appear again during his turn, meant that there was more than one, or that one could repair itself with time.

"I am not fond of this place. If it wasn't for the Ice Phoenix Flames, I truly wouldn't want you to come here." Astralious followed after Elias, with the two of them leaving, without resting.

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"Argh, this cursed place! Why did it have such stupid rules!" In a different part of the tomb, a girl was complaining constantly in frustration.

In front of her, there was a single statue that was hiding a door behind it. The twenty feet tall statue, depicting a man that had six hands, and held one item in each hand.

"We can only blame our luck! If that one bastard hadn't died before, we might have had enough people. But now, we can't even do anything with just the five of us!"

Another girl picked up a small rock and tossed it at the statue in anger. The rock was tossed without using any skill, but just the raw strength of the girl made the rock fly out like a bullet from a gun.

It struck the statue of the masked man, and disintegrated, failing to leave even a single scratch on it.

"Should we go outside and try to bring another person back with us?" A third person suggested.

"Didn't they say that we can only enter this place once? If we leave, isn't it as good as giving up?" Another person argued.

"What is even the point of not giving up then? Even if we wait for an eternity, nothing is going to change. Without a sixth person, we can't even participate in the second test of the tomb."

"Why are you stating something so obvious? Do you think we don't know it?"

"Tch, he is starting to annoy me at this point. Should I just kill him?"

"Why don't you give it a try? I also want to see just how strong you have gotten since the last time we fought."

"I might not be the strongest in my class, but I am at least strong enough to crush that smug face of yours!"

"Hah, the Creators have always been foolishly confident. No wonder you fall like flies when you come across someone truly strong like Lord Aliath."

"Hmph, so you really think you are someone comparable to that Reaper? Also, didn't Reaper also disappear somewhere? He probably died without even leaving a corpse behind."

"You truly have an absurd fantasy. There is no way the Reaper would be dead. But if you don't stop annoying me, you might truly end up dead."

"Can you all please shut up? All your nonsense is starting to give me a headache," the fifth person opened his eyes, rubbing his forehead.

Unfortunately for him, the bickering didn't stop. Everyone at this place was frustrated that they didn't have enough people to take the test, and were left behind by the others.

The arguments kept becoming stronger, until two of them summoned their weapons.

Tap~

Tap~

The two were almost ready to rip each other apart, as their auras flared up. It was only when they heard the sound of footsteps that they looked towards the entrance of the hall, growing suspicious.

They were certain that no other student came with them, which made them think that it might be something from the tomb.