Yes, these two women originally came to rob tombs...
Tomb robbing is a common activity no matter which country it is in. After all, this job is quite lucrative. Many high-ranking officials and nobles' burial objects are priceless. If you dig them out, you might become rich overnight.
Most of the tombs of important people are difficult to preserve intact, and the higher the quality of the cemetery and the more solidly it is built, the harder it is to preserve it...
Because everyone can imagine that a tomb that is built very solidly will most likely contain valuable funerary objects - otherwise, why would it be built so solidly?
Therefore, most cemeteries will have gravekeepers.
But tombkeepers are actually a high-risk job, especially the tombkeepers of kings' tombs...
The cemetery of King Ulrich is of course guarded, and the standards are quite high. After all, this is the cemetery of two generations of Lion King - Ulrich's father, Mad King, is also buried here.
There are two squadrons and more than 200 soldiers who guard the cemetery on a daily basis. If nothing happens, ordinary tomb robbers will have no hope of even approaching the cemetery, let alone digging graves.
But unfortunately, Baranli Town happened to have a big accident a few days ago...
The previous continuous wars caused an influx of tens of thousands of refugees into Baranli Town. These refugees rioted a few days ago, smashing, looting and burning everywhere, causing huge chaos.
Of course, the mob also wanted to target the king's mausoleum. Thousands of people flocked to the cemetery and fought a bloody battle outside the cemetery. As a result, the troops guarding the cemetery were completely wiped out.
Afterwards, the mob dug up Mad King's grave first - Mad King's tomb was larger and looked more valuable.
Perhaps it was because the grave goods in the Mad King tomb were relatively rich. In order to compete for the property, the mob dug up the tomb and then internal strife broke out. Thousands of people fought in a large-scale group fight...
Before the fight was over, several regular troops from different countries arrived.
Although the number of regular troops was only one-tenth that of the mob, these mobs had no armor or horses, so they did not dare to confront them head-on, so they dispersed and fled in all directions.
Since the cemetery had been destroyed in a mess, several regular troops probably thought that the King's Cemetery was completely destroyed. They split up to pursue the mob and left. As a result, the cemetery was completely unattended...
In addition, today is Winter Solstice Festival, that is, Goddess Blessing Day, Lion Territory people will all pray to Goddess on this day, and usually will not go out.
So this night, there was absolutely no one in the cemetery.
The two women took the opportunity to come over and try to see if they could get anything valuable.
Although the tomb of Mad King is indeed empty, the tomb of Ulrich is still there.
However, these two women were obviously not professionals in this kind of civil engineering. They dug for a long time without digging. Instead, they saw Li Ang floating in the lake...
"Her Majesty the Queen, this king's tomb seems quite simple... Do you think his burial objects are enough for you to form an army?"
The female warrior asked while digging.
"Stop talking and dig quickly...Ulrich Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I am also helpless, please forgive me..."
That Queen was digging in the soil while mumbling something, quite polite...
She had probably never used a tool like a shovel, so the way she used the shovel looked like she was wielding a sword.
"Boom!"
After a long time, the sound of a shovel hitting woodwork was heard - the coffin was finally dug.
"Quick, quick, look... shovel the soil again..."
"Wait a minute! Something's wrong. Why isn't the coffin lid nailed?"
"Oh... you don't care whether it's nailed or not, look at what's inside..."
"Ah! How could it be!"
"Empty? How could it be empty... Are we late?!"
"That's not right... His tomb has never been dug... Besides, no one could steal the body... Could it be..."
The two women were talking in low voices and busy at the same time.
Behind them, the unkempt man lying on the ground slowly moved.
"Isn't this place clean? Hiss..."
The female warrior stood up straight, looked left and right, and then looked at the bright full moon in the sky.
On a full moon night, the lake reflected the pale moonlight, the cemetery was messy, and the coffins were eerie.
A gust of wind blew by, causing the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees to sway and make a rustling sound.
"Don't... don't talk nonsense..."
The 'Queen' shuddered and his voice began to tremble. "Take... bury that man in it. At least I got a handful of gold coins, so it's not in vain..."
"Sigh... maybe... maybe Goddess... won't let us use this dishonorable way to obtain military funds..."
The female warrior also started to tremble, and she couldn't help but rub her shoulders, probably because she got goosebumps.
"Um...Ulrich Your Majesty, we really have no ill intentions... We will find someone to keep you company... May your soul no longer be alone, well, no longer alone..."
The woman known as Queen whispered in a trembling voice.
Apparently, when she was digging the grave, she saw the inscription on the back of the tombstone.
The two women began to look around while hurriedly lifting the man and placing him in the coffin.
Then, they lifted the lid of the coffin next to it.
But just as he was about to put the lid on the coffin, the man in the coffin suddenly sat up!
"Mom..." "Ahhhh..."
The two women threw down the lid and ran away, running very fast, their screams echoing in the night.
"Cough cough cough..."
The man in the coffin coughed violently and said as if talking to himself, "Ahem... who the hell threw Abyssal Gate to the bottom of the lake! You've tricked me!"
Of course this man is Li Ang who just came back from the void.
Ever since he arrived at the Pande Continent, his luck has been bad, and this time his luck was particularly bad - at that time, he immediately lost consciousness after touching the stereoscopic projection of that planet.
But this is actually not a normal phenomenon. He will lose consciousness, mainly because he appeared underwater at that moment.
And it's very deep underwater...
Without any buffer, the water pressure suddenly increased by an unknown number of times, rendering him unconscious in an instant. This is the body's automatic protection. When fatal danger approaches, the body will automatically close its consciousness and put it in a state of minimum consumption.
This automatic reaction of the human body is faster than the nerves transmitting information to the brain. Li Ang fell into a coma without even seeing anything clearly at that time.
The automatic protection mechanism of coma can often prevent fatal injuries.
But the problem is, Li Ang was unconscious in the water... It's a good thing that he didn't drown on the spot. If no one cares about him, there will definitely be big problems.
After this, he had a long dream.
He dreamed that he was at the bottom of a very deep lake, with fish swimming around in the lake, and at the deepest place in the center of the lake, there were two dark pages - those were Abyssal Gate, the last code.
It seems to be true, where the code is, he will return there.
Li Ang had a strong feeling that the dream was his current state.
This feeling is like your own soul watching you from the side.
Later, he dreamed that he slowly floated to the surface of the water and floated along with the current.
I don't know how long it has been floating.
Until now.
"Wait... I think I heard him coughing?"
'Queen', who was running wildly, suddenly stopped and turned around to look.
"Don't worry... run, it must be a devil or a ghost..."
The female warrior was still in shock. She swallowed her saliva and decided to stay away from this terrible place.
"No... He seems to be a living person? Ghosts can't cough, right..."
'Queen' reacted, turned around and walked towards Li Ang.
"Your Majesty...Her Majesty the Queen... Hey hey..."
The female warrior looked around in a panic, then stamped her feet and followed. It seemed that her loyalty to Queen had finally overcome her fear of the unknown.
"Who are you... what time is it?"
Asking for the name and the time is a normal reaction for most people after waking up from a coma.
"My name is Baudess... It's Winter Solstice Festival's night right now - can't you tell just by looking at the moon? There's only one full moon in a month..."
Baudess feels that this sloppy man is probably still a little unconscious.
"No, I mean, what year is it now?"
Li Ang shook his head and stretched out his hand to take a look. The fingernails were half the length of a finger and rolled inward into a sharp arc.
"Pendor Calendar 357..."
Baudess also shook his head and looked at the man in front of him sympathetically. "Well, it seems that you have been drowning for too long and you may have gotten sick... This is your money. Since you are not dead, take the money back for medical treatment."
She probably thought that Li Ang was not very smart.
"It's been so long...Baudess, I must thank you for saving me, otherwise I would have become disabled even if I didn't die... Although you were only here for money."
Li Ang didn't take the gold coins, and after washing his face with the lake water, he began to sincerely thank 'Queen'.
"You shouldn't call Her Majesty the Queen by his first name! You should call 'Your Majesty'! You are offending a Queen!"
The female warrior nearby shouted very dissatisfied.
"Oh? Queen? But you guys really don't look alike... You look a bit like technicians engaged in another profession - if I read correctly, this seems to be the coffin I personally buried for King Ulrich..."
Li Ang looked at the two women, and then looked at Ulrich's cemetery.
The scene is a bit embarrassing.
"You buried it with your own hands? Who are you?"
The female warrior looked at Li Ang with some vigilance, holding on to the hilt of the sword at her waist.
"My name is Li Ang...Duke of Long River Town."
Li Ang looked at the female warrior. "Do you have scissors or a knife? I have to take care of myself..."
"Duke Li Ang? I've heard of you!"
Baudess exclaimed in surprise, and then sighed, "Hey... I can't help it. If there is another way, I won't desecrate the king's tomb."
Baudess is indeed a Queen.
She comes from Ficavia--she briefly ruled the kingdom of Ficavia.
Ficavia is an island country with a total population of only 50,000 to 60,000 people, located southwest of the Pande Continent.
It was a country where feminism was supreme.
Ficavia's class status from low to high is as follows - men, eunuch slaves, eunuch warriors, female commoners, female warriors, female aristocrats...
Yes, men who have not been castrated have a lower status than slaves in Ficavia. They are completely used as props for women to have fun - basically bedding.
The women there are actually married to women - this feminist society has developed to this day, and most women regard their best friends as their lovers.
As for reproduction, they basically get randomly conceived while having fun with bedding...
And those bedding objects, after their physical functions have deteriorated, will be 'upgraded' to become eunuch slaves, and then engage in daily chores, such as farming or hard labor.
Ten years ago, Baudess returned to Ficavia and took over the position of Queen after traveling around the world.
She felt that the entire country could no longer maintain this state. Since the founding of Fikavia, the goddess Fikavia has never come again. This kind of society without family values has caused various violent tragedies to continue to occur in the country.
At the same time, once men are about to be castrated, most of them will resist. Even if they don't resist, they will be disloyal to the country.
Riots and conflicts often occur, and high-pressure supervision must be maintained at all times.
However, the few female warriors who have to resist foreign enemies and supervise the country are really stretched thin.
Moreover, most men are castrated, which deprives many civilian women of the opportunity to have children, and the population of the entire country has been unable to grow.
In order to maintain the domestic situation, Ficavia women have no intention of creating new things, so Ficavia has had almost no development for more than a hundred years.
If it weren't for the fact that Pande Continent and Amara Continent are relatively chaotic and other countries have no intention of dealing with them, I'm afraid they would have been destroyed long ago...
Ten years ago, Baudess saw muskets in the Buckley Continent, and also heard about the war between Meitengheim - Meitengheim and Ficavia has the same population, but it is a country rich in macho men. Baudess knows that Meitengheim people's overall combat effectiveness is much stronger than Ficavia.
Now that Meitengheim has been beaten like that, Baudess feels that if this continues, Ficavia will probably be conquered by the Bacchus Empire.
It's impossible to rely on Ficavia Goddess to turn over every time, right?
Therefore, Baudess, who is deeply in crisis, plans to reform. She is trying to make Ficavia a little bit more progressive in terms of gender equality - she plans to give some outstanding men aristocratic status, so as to attract some men from other countries into Ficavia, and let some outstanding men gradually become the pillars of Ficavia.
But such reforms will undoubtedly stimulate the nerves of most female aristocrats who are accustomed to the supremacy of women's rights.
Therefore, Baudess's power was taken away by her sister.
Her sister Eleanor led most of the female nobles to launch an 'uprising' and regarded Baudess as a 'sinner who betrayed his faith'.
The unfinished reform was stillborn, and Baudess herself had no choice but to flee to the Pande Continent with her best friends.
She wanted to take back the throne that belonged to her, so she came to the Pande Continent for help.
Baudess originally landed at Light Roar Bay from Fieltzwe, but the status of women there was not high and no one wanted to see her.
Moreover, the local Dawn Knight Order also regards her as a heretic - as long as she is not a believer of Goddess of Justice, Dawn Knight Order will regard her as a heretic, not to mention that Ficavia is also a famous castration kingdom...
Therefore, Baudess went all the way east, intending to try his luck at Lion City.
She heard that the current king of the Lionheart Kingdom, Amy·Sonade, was a Queen, and she felt that she might get help from this Queen.
But after arriving at Lion Territory, she realized that Lionheart Kingdom was facing difficulties and was trapped in the quagmire of war.
Moreover, Amy Queen had already organized Lion City to move the entire city.
The capital was moved, obviously to avoid the war.
In this case, it is definitely impossible to expect support from the Lionheart Kingdom. Everyone has moved their capital to avoid the war, so it is naturally impossible to send troops to help others fight, so Baudess has to find a way to raise money to recruit troops.
So, she set her sights on those cemeteries at Baranli Town.
"Okay... As expected, most people who have attempted to restore the country since ancient times have dug and robbed graves...Baudess, I can help you form an army for the restoration of the country as a reward for saving me."
Li Ang thought about it and gave Baudess a promise.
"Really?... But how... how did you end up in this situation?"
Baudess's eyes lit up, but after looking at Li Ang's current appearance, she was a little hesitant.
"The Duke can drown too..."
Li Ang sighed, "But you have to send me back to the territory first. I'm injured now and I'm a little dazed."
He is indeed in a trance now, because he seems to be able to see himself now - as if he has God's vision, he can 'see' himself talking to Baudess, and can 'see' the surrounding environment.
The kind with no dead ends.
"Where are you going?"
Baudess no longer asked, she was more concerned about where to get the money.
"Long River Town... Wait a minute, let's get out of here quickly, an army is coming!"
Li Ang frowned, looked to the side and behind Baudess, and then waved to the two women to leave quickly.
Baudess turned around and saw nothing, but she did not object because she really should leave here immediately. This is a cemetery after all...
The two women helped Li Ang leave the cemetery. As soon as they walked outside Baranli Town, they saw an army of hundreds of people heading straight for the cemetery in the distance.
In terms of time, when Li Ang reminded us, that army was still at least several miles away from the cemetery!
"How did you know an army was coming? Are you a prophet?"
Baudess looked at Li Ang with something wrong in her eyes. Now she was a little doubtful, was the person she saved a human or a ghost?
"It depends on feeling... My feeling is very good... Otherwise, why do you think I became a duke at such a young age? There is an army ahead, two or three miles away from us. Let's go to the roadside to avoid them..."
Li Ang doesn't want Baudess to know about his abnormal situation.
Moreover, he feels that his abnormality is a good thing. This kind of God's perspective can avoid many dangers and seize opportunities in wars.
Li Ang feels that this ability may have something to do with Creator God or the void - Althea said that he would lose all memory of Creator God's temple after leaving it, but Li Ang still remembered it clearly and forgot nothing.
Moreover, he thought that only a few days had passed in the void, but now it was more than a year later. In other words, he had spent a full year in that void!
Li Ang does have a strange feeling now. He feels that there is not nothing in the so-called chaotic void.
Maybe it's full of magic, or Faith Power, or the power of the soul - whatever you call it.
It should be a special kind of energy, so he didn't feel hungry at all in it, and he didn't even feel hungry or weak until now.
Although he had little strength due to the injury after being struck by lightning, his spirit was extremely strong.
This ability like God's vision is not really able to see everything, but it is able to detect the movement in the surroundings, just like one's own spirit can cover several miles around.
In fact, this feeling is very uncomfortable - his mind will feel very irritated, because he can detect all the disturbances, but at the same time he has first-person vision, and his mind is a bit confused.
Perhaps this is the power of the prophet.
Li Ang closed his eyes and felt a little more comfortable.
Then, he suddenly realized - Madigan, the original prophet Madigan, after he became a prophet, he cut off his ears and blindfolded his eyes...
Is this to hide his identity as Noldo Elves, or is it because...Madigan also has the same abilities as himself?