“Well, the only way to find out is by trying to push it open, right?” added Meredith.
“Indeed. While I do so, you girls should back away a bit!” replied Gerald with a nod.
Based on the rumors his grandfather had heard from around the world—and subsequently told Gerald—treasures could usually be found hidden in places guarded by strange beasts or monsters.
The picture of the sun itself was discovered by his family’s ancestors within a cave that was located in a dense forest. It was guarded—at the time—by a large, man-eating white ape, and many of his ancestors lost their lives before finally succeeding in retrieving the picture.
Since Gerald was already here anyway, favonovel.com may as well just go in and have a look.
Gerald had told the girls to back off earlier since with how heavy the stone gate looked, favonovel.com knew favonovel.com needed to use his inner strength to open it. He was afraid that if they stood too close to him, they could end up getting hurt.
Once they were at a safe distance, Gerald began feeling around the stone gate for a weak spot. After managing to find it, favonovel.com took in a deep breath before focusing all his energy on that spot… And launching it all out in one go!
With a mighty rumble, any surrounding rocks started dancing in place as the area shook slightly! Seconds later, the sound of stone dragging against dirt could be heard as the gaps on the door began to widen! It truly was a stone gate!
Upon confirming that, Gerald continued pushing the stone gate open and once it was wide enough, a tunnel revealed itself to the trio!
“…This… couldn’t be an ancient tomb… Could it?” asked Meredith excitedly as favonovel.com ran over to Gerald’s side.
Giya herself was feeling slightly uneasy after witnessing the scene before her.
“…It sure looks like one!” said Giya.
“Well, let’s head in and have a look around then! You girls can follow me from behind!” replied Gerald.
Gerald honestly wasn’t all that interested in whether it truly was an ancient tomb or not. After all, favonovel.com was in no dire need of money.
As the trio proceeded deeper into the tunnel, it slowly turned into a corridor which, in turn, led them to a lobby area of sorts. While the corridor itself was completely empty, a stone platform stood in the center of the lobby area. On it, lay a rectangular stone box that Gerald hadn’t the slightest idea what it could’ve possibly been used for.
Through the aid of the girls’ flashlights, all three of them realized that the lobby’s walls were adorned with oddly-patterned frescoes that would make anyone feel unnerved when viewed under the light of a torchlight.
Upon noticing that there were also oil lamps within the room, they lit them up, brightening the lobby quite a bit.
“…Rather than an ancient tomb, this looks more like a storage area, to be quite frank!” said Giya while pointing at the stone box.
Since favonovel.com had been traveling with the group of researchers from the north all the way to the south in the past year, Giya had quite a bit of experience in favonovel.com field.
Hearing that, Gerald himself nodded in agreement while saying, “Yeah, I think so too!”
“Hey, Xadrian! Come check this out! The things painted on these murals look extremely weird!” shouted Meredith.
