Chapter 21 The Edge of the Map

That night, nothing happened after Qisara kissed Kaiba. Kaiba went to sleep in the next room with a messy head. Then, early the next morning, the three of them said goodbye to the village chief and others. After finishing the arrangement, the three of them set out on the road to the Valley of the King.

The Valley of the King is a sacred place. In addition to the guards and the divine priests sent to the Valley of the King, only Kaiba's memory can let him know where the Valley of the King is. In theory, Qisara should also know it. After all, it was Dongfenggu Weiyang who "played" Qisara in the illusion who brought Kaiba here. But for some reason, Qisara now does not know the location of the Valley of the King.

Kaiba thinks this is understandable. Even in the illusion before, the witch who brought him here did not know the true meaning of the valley. She only knew that there was something extraordinary there when she passed by there to avoid being hunted.

The Kisara of this world did not establish contact with Set before he became a priest. That is why, for the Kisara of this timeline, it was just a foothold, without any special meaning. The people on the run did not have more thoughts to pay attention to these things. Soon, before the sun rose completely, Kaiba and the other three could see the magnificent Royal Valley of the Royal Valley. "Is this the 'Royal Valley' that Lord Sett mentioned?" Mana looked at the canyon with some surprise. She had never been here before. Her eyes revealed curiosity and confusion at the same time: "But why didn't I see the garrison that Lord Sett mentioned? And this canyon is too quiet, isn't it?" Regarding Mana's question, Kaiba frowned slightly, feeling that this matter was not simple. [Is it really the same as I guessed before? ] "Seth..." Kisara also looked at Kaiba with some concern - this canyon was indeed strangely quiet, and it didn't look like an important royal forbidden area at all. There were not even patrolling soldiers. "Don't worry, there must be something fishy about this."

Hippocampus seemed very calm. He got off his horse and walked towards the canyon with Kisara and Mana. He carefully searched in an entrance on the side of the canyon, and then began to dig in the desert.

"Seth, what are you doing?" Kisara came forward and asked Mana the question she wanted to ask. Mana nodded, and when she was about to add something, Hippocampus stopped.

He stopped because he had dug it.

[Sure enough, it's here...] Hippocampus took a huge tower shield out of the sand, and after cleaning it, the "Eye of Horus" on the tower shield reappeared...

"This is...'Eye of Horus'?!" Mana covered her mouth in surprise. The "Eye of Horus" is the symbol of the royal family in this country, which means that the origin of this shield is probably not small! It is even most likely related to the royal family!

And how did Set... know that there would be such a shield buried here? Did someone tell him, or...he was the one who buried this shield?

Kisara on the side basically had the same idea, but she also thought about another thing, that is, what exactly did "Priest Seth" want to do by digging out this shield?

Mana and Kisara felt that their brains were not enough at this moment, but fortunately Kaiba quickly explained why he dug this shield:

"There are many rules here, and the most important one is that no one can illegally enter the Valley of the King under the watchful eyes of the 'Guardian God', but this shield can block the sight of the Guardian God." Kaiba explained the role of this shield, and then handed it to Kisara and Mana: "However, the 'Guardian God' will not refuse me, so later, remember to use this 'Millennium Shield' to protect yourself, understand?"

"Understand... ""Understand."

Kisara nodded decisively, while Mana was still a little confused, but she didn't continue to entangle so much. Together with Kisara, they took the "Millennium Shield" handed over by Kaiba. For a moment, the two girls felt that the shield was a bit heavy, but not so heavy that they couldn't lift it. It was as if it was specially designed.

The girls looked at each other, and their brows conveyed their uneasiness - Seth's behavior after coming here was too abnormal, which made them start to worry.

"Then, I'll go in first." Kaiba waved to the girls who had taken the shields, intending to say goodbye first: "I'll go and see the road ahead by myself. If there is no problem, I will call you again; if I don't respond for too long, you... just take care of it yourself."

After saying that, without waiting for the other party to answer, Kaiba walked into the "King's Valley" alone.

After Kaiba left, the girls sat up around the shield: Kisara likes to be quiet, Mana likes to be active, and when these two are together, it is natural that one of them will desperately try to find topics, while the other will not move at all, only occasionally replying a few words, and most of the time looking at you with a "retarded look".

After Mana talked to herself until her mouth was dry, she finally realized from Kisara's increasingly uneasy eyes that Kaiba had been in for a long time without any reaction!

"That... what did Lord Set say before?" Mana looked at Kisara and said, "If he doesn't move for a long time, let us... take care of it ourselves?"

"Seth said that we can take care of it ourselves... but there shouldn't be no response for so long, right? No, we have to go in!" Kisara shook her head in confusion and nodded firmly, "Mana-chan, carry the shield, let's go in and take a look!"

Kisara's expression and tone didn't seem to be joking, and Mana was really anxious that Kaiba hadn't responded for so long, so Mana and Kisara carried the shield together and moved step by step into the "King's Valley".

What surprised them was that the priest Set himself was holding his "Millennium Staff" at this time, standing in the center of the canyon like a sculpture...

Why is it "the center"? Because there is nothing in this canyon!

The ground is flat, not like the ground that can be made by the polishing technology of this era; the sky is gray, as if this is not in the desert with the sun shining brightly...

This is a world of "death"... No, compared to death, this is more like a world of "non-existence"!

"Clang!" The "Millennium Shield" in the hands of the girls fell to the ground, but after seeing the statue-like appearance of the priest Set, Kisara's hands softened and the shield fell from her direction.

"Hey, hey, hey, this place is... eh? Nothing?" Mana, who felt that she was going to die after the shield fell, felt carefully and found that there was no "guardian god" watching everything here!

So, it means that what "Priest Set" said is biased?

"Seth, what's wrong with you, Set?" Kisara hugged Kaiba from behind and kept calling his name.

"Shh... don't make a sound, I heard it." However, Kaiba covered Kisara's mouth, and continued to listen... to the sound in the air that only "players" can hear.

Mysterious voice: ["... I really didn't expect that there would be chess pieces that could run out of the map."]

After hearing this, Kaiba clenched the "Millennium Tin Staff" and showed a barely noticeable smile at the corner of his mouth: [I didn't expect that this "King's Valley" would actually be just a "sticker"...]