The previous summoner of the Magic Lamp built a kingdom overnight with three wishes and later gained immortality. Even so, he could not resurrect his deceased lover, because he had already used up all three wishes.
To resurrect the Queen, the previous summoner secretly built an underground pyramid. At the same time, he brutally captured his own people and forced them through the trial passage, hoping to find a successor with a pure heart who could help him fulfill his wish to resurrect the deceased Queen.
That might have been why the Seventh Dynasty collapsed so quickly... The king kept letting his people die horribly for the sake of a fourth wish. Given enough time, some among the people would probably have risen up in rebellion.
Actually, the so-called kingdom of that era was not very large. Rather than a kingdom, it was more like a modern city-state... Since it could be built in the desert overnight, it could naturally be destroyed overnight as well.
Come to think of it, if Otto was the previous summoner, then he had probably known about the underground pyramid from the beginning. He might even have known where the Magic Lamp was placed.
Actually, traveling through the desert at night was unsuitable, but having just escaped from the bandits' camp, they naturally could not linger near the exit.
Although Aliyah had completely fallen out with everyone over collecting the travel fees, his principle of always doing what he was paid to do left no room for criticism. They were all quite unhappy, but as a desert guide, his professional knowledge had indeed come in handy.
After riding their camels for quite some distance, Aliyah found several dilapidated, unoccupied houses in the desert, built from mud and stone.
"It's too cold now, and visibility