Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

"Only the most magnificent royal tombs would have side doors or alternative entrances built into them," Andrew said.

Kevin nodded. "That's exactly right. Royal burial grounds often took decades to complete. Emperor's tombs especially, would begin construction the day they took the throne. Some took up to 50 years to finish.

"Because of this, they inevitably had to create multiple side doors and alternative entrances. This made it convenient for craftsmen to come and go and allowed the emperor or high-ranking officials to come down and inspect the progress themselves!"

Chantelle asked curiously, "Wouldn't the emperor use the main entrance when visiting his own tomb?"

Andrew shook his head. "The emperor would only go through the main entrance once on the day he was buried. Every other time, he couldn't use the main door and had to use the side entrances instead."

Kevin was getting impatient. "Come on, let's hurry up and climb to take a look."

The nearly vertical cliff face constantly dripped with water, making everything slippery and wet. Even though there were stone steps carved into the rock, they were covered in moss and algae, making it nearly impossible to get a good foothold without slipping.

Andrew positioned himself behind Chantelle, holding her hips to help her maintain balance as she climbed ahead. Though it was somewhat embarrassing, Chantelle did not resist his help.

Kevin brought up the rear, struggling with the climb, and offered, "Andy, why don't you take a break and let me help Ms. Garcia instead?"

Andrew laughed coldly. "Kevin, you're nearly in your 50s and still trying to cop a feel? That's pretty shameless, don't you think?"

with anger. "Nonsense! I just wanted

"Mr. Wright Senior, don't trouble yourself. With Mr. Lloyd's help, I can make it up just

figure ahead of him, Kevin felt quite envious. That lucky bastard Andrew was certainly blessed

effort, the three finally made it up the hundreds of stone steps to reach the protruding platform.

are totems from the Crimson Dynasty—the Sky

stone carvings admiringly. "Such exquisite craftsmanship! You rarely see

place is so deep underground and hard to access for removal work. Otherwise, these two sculptures alone would fetch a

and chuckled. "But guardian pieces are ultimately just decoration. Once we push open this

push the door yet. Let's check around first to

Kevin waved dismissively and

was a side entrance used by construction workers-it's not a dungeon

as he

both hands

with all his strength. With two

opening!" Chantelle exclaimed

not right. Suddenly, his eyes sharpened, and he noticed that