After the Aurora Society stepped forward and claimed responsibility for the two attempts on Duke Negan's life, the dramatic assassination plot and the bill it had propelled came to a temporary close.
Xu Yue's exploration team also set off overnight for the ruins.
Though it was called the Amon Family, it was actually all just Amon playing different roles by himself, so this tomb had likewise been arranged by Amon.
The other side led directly to the Forsaken Land, making it convenient for Amon to travel back and forth.
The steps, polished from black marble, had weathered one or two thousand years and still retained sufficient hardness, without the slightest sign of corrosion.
They descended all the way underground and saw asymmetrical stone pillars and patterns that looked as though they had been carved with knives and axes, features distinctly characteristic of the Fourth Epoch.
The pillars stood on either side of a broad passageway, and ahead was a massive, heavy pair of dark gray stone doors.
The stone doors had already split open enough to allow two people to enter side by side. Beyond them lay profound darkness.
"At this level of tomb, not only might Extraordinary creatures have bred inside, there may even be prearranged traps, so..."
Klein had studied history, so he immediately began offering advice.
Then, with a blank expression, he watched Xu Yue toss a Sunflame Charm through the doorway...
The blinding radiance turned the outside as bright as day despite the narrow crack in the doors. Only a few brief shrieks sounded within before vanishing without a trace.
"What were you saying?"
Xu Yue turned back and looked at Klein somewhat blankly.
"Nothing. Let's go in..."
After entering, Klein speechlessly discovered several Human-Skin Shadow characteristics on the ground.
He recognized them at once because