Because of the system's warning, Michael reluctantly decided to wait before opening the artifact.
"What are we gonna do with those bodies?" While Heinberg was tieing up Jonah and Logan, she asked about the dead bodies.
"We'll give them a proper burial, they deserve it" He was not a monster to let the bodies rot or throw the bodies to the undead army outside.
"What do you think about this place?" Michael asked Gaya. It wasn't anything fancy, just a gigantic empty hall surrounded by old walls.
"If you think about making this place our base in the Southern Continent, I have no objection. In fact, I was thinking the same. The pyramid has nature's protection like the rainforest and the ocean surrounding the island. Also, we have an undead army standing outside protecting from well... everything"
She spoke what he had in his mind. Yet he wanted to tell her something,
"This place was built by the order of the death" Behind her mask, her brows arched up in surprise,
"The same guys who built the Abyssal?"
"Yeah, when I entered this place first, this building or something talked. It said welcome Lord Lucifer"
"Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure. I haven't heard the voice after that"
"Well, for dead guys, they'd been pretty helpful for us. First, they gave us the Abyssal and now they had given us this pyramid"
She was pretty happy with the place. Without using Arch energy, it would be nearly impossible for someone to reach this place. If they destroyed the rope bridge outside, no one in this world could get inside unless someone could fly to the top of the pyramid and activate the teleporting light. Thinking about the teleporting light, she remembered something else,
"Hey, if they built this place, they would have left something to control the teleporting light right? What about the artifact take it out, I want to see it"
She shook him by his elbow in curiosity
"Contain your curious snake, we'll open it when we're alone" he gave a gentle knock on her head.
As payback, she too gently punched him in the shoulder. Finally, after a few more minutes, Heinberg finished tying Logan and Jonah. He dragged the two of them to Michael. Logan's face was swollen on the place where he received Michael's punch. Jonah on the other hand received no punches yet he completely lost his consciousness simply due to the overwhelming fear stimulated by the fear toxin he inhaled. With the bodies tied up, he still had one more thing to take care of. He flew towards the wall in front of him as he heard the system's voice in his head,
[Does the host wish to mark this place for runic teleportation?]
"Yep," A golden L symbol appeared on the wall before disappearing out of sight. Now that he had taken care of the teleportation, he came back to Heinberg
"Heinberg, hold onto them" He barely understood his words before he saw David raise his hand. Suddenly he was lifted by an invisible force. His body jerked but he was able to balance himself by holding onto the unconscious bodies of Jonah and Logan. Heinberg looked over his shoulder while being lifted into the air to see the dead bodies also being lifted into the air.
"I'm flying," Heinberg mumbled. This was the first time he had experienced something like this. When they reached the top, the light appeared from the very top of the pyramid. Like before, the light enveloped them. The light disappeared as they appeared on the rope bridge. The sunlight has completely disappeared but the moon provided gentle yet beautiful light along with sparkling stars. For a few moments, Michael just stared at the moonlit sky as it soothed his soul. The sky had millions of stars, sparkling in various colors. The distant milky ways added extra charm to the dark blue sky. In his focus on the sky, he overlooked the Silent Reaper docked in the sea in the distance.
"Where's the east?"
"This world, it's beautiful isn't it?" he asked, still staring at the sky. It wasn't as he had never seen such sights back on earth, it's that something about this world that made even simple sights artistic and divine.
"Yes, my lord" the sight really made him agree with David wholeheartedly.
Previously he heard some people who traveled on flying ships boast about views. At that time, he simply thought they were boasting about their flying ship trip though now, experiencing the view himself, he realized they weren't just bragging but telling the truth.
Heinberg pointed in the opposite direction to where they came from. Soon, Heinberg began to float again in the air. He went higher and higher as he was able to see a black ship. The sails of the ship were up, meaning the ship was docked. He felt pity for the group who's coming for the artifact or the glory of killing the undeads. However, even from a distance, Heinberg could tell the ship wasn't just a merchant ship, it looked like a warship.
"The world will be more beautiful when we rule it"
His heart skipped a beat after the girl spoke these words. If someone had spoken the same words, he would have laughed it off but these two could really bring down the entire Southern continent in a few days as far as he knew.
"That's the plan" he nodded before continuing his journey towards the east where the Silent Reaper is waiting for them. They flew above the army of undead and the ocean of trees before landing on a small mountain peak. From the peak, they could clearly see the ocean and the Silent Reaper. A small portion of the cliff was barren without any trees and he chose this place to be their graves.
"Bury them here" He quickly entered the system store to buy a shovel and two knock-out potions.
"Fear not, there aren't any undeads near you" he threw the shovel at Heinberg as he took off from the cliff with Gaya, leaving Heinberg with the dead bodies while he took Jonah and Logan with him.
"I can see the point in sparing the big guy but why did you spare him?" she asked poking Jonah in the face.No matter how many times she poked him, he still didn't wake up.
"Sometimes, brains can be just as useful as brawns. Let's make this guy work with Dular. That way if Dular were to die, we'll have another expert in undeads"
She was genuinely surprised at his words,
"You think Dular would betray us?"
Since the system went haywire when he tried to recruit Dular as his subordinate, Michael knew something was up with Dular. Hence, he put surveillance cameras in Dular's room to monitor him. Even to this day, Michael was keeping an eye on Dular. There was no denying Dular's talent in summoning and controlling Netherels. If he was to face Guardians and probably the nine great clans, he knew he would have to use the Netherels at some point. If Jonah could learn everything there is to learn about summoning Netherels, Michael could dispose of Dular without worrying about losing the NEtherels. Of course, if Dular remained loyal to him, he wouldn't kill the orc.
While flying towards the Silent Reaper docked in the sea, he flicked his wrist as two syringes and a vial of sparkling sky blue potion appeared in his hand. Gaya saw him filling the syringes with the potion she had never seen before. Michael soon injected each syringe into Jonah and Logan to make sure they dont wake up at least for another twelve hours as the syringes contained a powerful knockout agent. This potion would be useless against cultivators so he never bothered to brew and sell them in the majestic. Since the southerners weren't cultivators, he could knock out anyone with this potion.
Under the moonlight, Shorty was having a peaceful walk with his good old friend called rum. The others were long gone to their beds except him. He was bored out of his mind for the last couple of weeks, he wanted to go out in the sea, plunder merchant ships.
"I hope the new captain will let us plunder as before. I mean, how could we call ourselves pirates if we don't do any pirating? On the other hand, if the new captain wants, he could use magic to make any kingdom give what we want, is that really pirating? Huh, I'm talking to myself again!" Short slapped himself. He laid on the wooden floor, looking at the moon.
"It doesn't hurt to get yourself some rest heh Shorty" Again he spoke to himself.
"Isn't this past your bedtime Shorty?" Shorty tripped the rum bottle he kept beside him in fear. His body jerked as he jumped up to see two figures flying towards him.
"What in the hell?" Shorty rubbed his eyes. For a second, he thought he was dreaming. The sudden fear removed the rum's effects, his blurry vision soon cleared up to reveal the figure of Dark Queen.
"Dark...Dark Queen" No matter how many times he had seen her, she still freaked him out with her black armor and magic. Shorty recognized her but he couldn't recognize Michael because Shorty never saw him in his Lucifer armor.
"Lock them in a cell"
Michael was not in the mood to stay and chat with his crew. He just threw Jonah and Logan on the floor. Then, he willed the system to teleport him and Gaya back to the pyramid.
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What's your guess about the artifact? what will it be? Let me give you a clue, it's badass!!!!! and oh, I already gave you a clue in one of the previous chapters? the clue is in chapter 248