# 1211
Chapter 1211: Under the Ancient Well
"The odds are actually that high?!" Joy flickered in everyone's eyes.
"But the前提 is that we find the other three 'Supreme God' artifacts."
"Now we only know the whereabouts of the King's [Scepter], but what about the other three? Where are they?"
"Don't panic! We have Miles as our prophet. As long as these three artifacts are still in the treasury, we'll find them eventually."
After some discussion, everyone turned to Lin Qiye with hopeful eyes.
Lin Qiye nodded thoughtfully. "Actually, in the prophecy just now, I vaguely sensed the location of the [Holy Grail]."
"You've already found the [Holy Grail]? That fast?" The agents exclaimed in惊喜.
"Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, the [Holy Grail] is hidden somewhere in the desert, in a dried-up oasis..."
"Then let's set out right now!"
"...Don't rush." Lin Qiye pressed a weary hand to his forehead. "Just now, I only roughly sensed its location. I'm not sure how far we need to travel, and because of the continuous prophesying, my spiritual power is already depleted.
Here's what we'll do—rest here tonight. Tomorrow, once I've recovered, we'll go find the [Holy Grail]."
Upon hearing this, some agents showed为难 expressions.
"But we only have less than two days left. What if the marks left by those two gods in our bodies activate by then..."
"Hehe, you're too on edge." Lin Qiye smiled calmly. "Once I recover tomorrow morning, I can prophesy the locations of all the artifacts. This treasury isn't too large. If we search them one by one, it'll take at most half a day to gather all the artifacts.
Right now, we're all in the same boat. If you can't get the four artifacts and kill those two gods, then I'll also be trapped here forever.
Why would I do anything to harm you?"
After a moment of thought, everyone's expressions softened.
"Alright, let's rest here tonight and set out to find the [Holy Grail] tomorrow." Claude nodded in agreement.
...
The Dungeon was attacked?
Upon hearing a servant's report, the city lord's face darkened. And the invaders? Are they...
They're all still locked up in the prison, sir. It's just that one servant who had a dispute with them before is dead—his skull was literally smashed open.
The servant seemed to recall some gruesome image, his face turning pale.
Someone died, but they didn't try to escape? The city lord frowned, confusion crossing his aged features.
Could it be... simple revenge?
We don't know. We questioned the invaders, but they said nothing.
...I see. The city lord fell silent for a moment. Through countless ages, Wu City had never seen invaders, yet now there were so many all at once...
Could it be that this world is about to fall into chaos?
City lord, what should we do now?
Tomorrow morning, execute the invaders and offer them as sacrifices to the Three Gods... And send that dead servant along with them. The city lord said slowly.
Inform all residents in the city to enter the highest alert status. Be ready at all times to activate the heritage-preserved artifacts to deal with any more enemy incursions.
Upon hearing this, the servant's expression changed:
City lord, is the situation that serious?
Even though over twenty invaders came all at once, weren't they all instantly suppressed by you? As long as your [Scepter] guards us, even if more invaders come, they won't pose a threat to us, right?
The [Scepter] may be powerful, but it's still just one artifact, and we are all ordinary people. The city lord glanced down at the cane in his hand, a trace of worry flickering in his eyes.
Moreover, not all the Supreme God artifacts within this world are under our control.
Are you worried...
The city lord sighed, his gaze drifting to the Wu City shrouded in darkness beyond the window. May the Three Gods protect us...
...
Dawn approached.
Morning sunlight fell upon the ancient cobblestone roads. More than a dozen servants held one end of a silver chain, leading over twenty prisoners with black cloth bags over their heads toward the execution platform at the city's edge.
Many residents stood on both sides of the street, carefully observing these twenty-odd invaders—curiosity mixed with fear.
So these are the ones who caused trouble in the city yesterday!
I heard they're invaders from outside this world? What do they look like?
Same as us—two eyes, one nose, one mouth. It's just that some of them have different skin colors from us, whiter than bleached cloth!
Really? I didn't see them yesterday.
Lucky you weren't at the scene. They almost chopped off my arm... If the city lord hadn't shown up in time, I might've been sacrificed to the Three Gods already.
Kill them quickly!
...
Amid the Wu City residents' calls, the twenty-odd agents were brought to the center of the execution platform.
Blades of light flashed repeatedly. A moment later, over twenty mutilated corpses thudded to the ground, blood seeping down the execution platform's supports and dripping slowly below.
Sacrifice to the Three Gods!
Among the servants, someone shouted. Everyone immediately threw all twenty-odd corpses into an ancient blood-stained stone well.
A muffled thud echoed through the Ancient Well. Over twenty mutilated corpses all sank into the narrow darkness, vanishing without a trace.
May the Three Gods protect us.
Seeing this, everyone lowered their heads and murmured.
After the execution concluded and the crowd dispersed, the servants also took a corpse hidden under black cloth in a corner—one with its skull bashed in—and threw it into the Ancient Well as well.
They stood by the Ancient Well's edge, staring into the abyss before them, and whispered:
May the Three Gods protect us...
The servants left, and the area around the Ancient Well fell into absolute silence.
No one noticed that, deep within the pitch-black and narrow Ancient Well, three figures motionless like stone statues slowly opened their eyes.
So many sacrifices came after all... With this, there should be enough offerings for the [Holy Grail].
One of the stone statues spoke in a low voice.
Rustle, rustle—
Fine gravel fell from the central stone statue's body. A dust-covered arm rose, holding up a mysterious dark-gold chalice.
Thick bloody water sloshed along the cup's rim. The liquid inside had already risen past the halfway mark.
A dim light flickered. The twenty-odd blood-stained corpses piled in the center of the Ancient Well floated upward automatically, dissolving into streams of blood that flowed into the dark-gold chalice.
Hmm? The central stone statue's eyes narrowed slightly. These offerings... have no life.
No life?
These are artificial bodies without souls. They cannot serve as offerings for the [Holy Grail]. The central stone statue fell silent for a moment. Outsiders have entered the [King's Treasury].
Could it be people sent from other divine kingdoms? The stone statue on the left frowned.
Who would've thought that after all this time, someone would still be coveting this treasury... Since all of these are soulless artificial bodies, those fools above must have been fooled by the outsiders.
Their true forms must be hidden somewhere within this [Treasury].