A vast number of burial offerings had been placed around the pyramid's coffin. The metal vessels and golden ritual items alone were enough to make someone rich overnight, wealth that several generations could never squander.
Four Aztec warriors clad in golden armor stood at the four corners of the inner burial chamber.
Lan Mu noticed that there were actual corpses inside those suits of golden armor... These four warriors were burial offerings as well!
Lan Mu slowly lifted a sheet of rotted goose down from the coffin, revealing an exquisitely carved relief.
The relief was human-shaped and had likely been designed in the likeness of the tomb's owner.
The tomb's owner was a High Priest. His soul, along with those of the four warriors, was also within the soul orb, mixed together with the souls of slaves.
"No matter how noble they were in life, after death they were still no different from slaves, trapped within the pyramid and unable to be reborn for all eternity..."
The relief was also draped in a priestly robe set with countless golden scales, golden leaves, and golden feathers...
Its face was covered by a golden mask, carrying the mysterious aura of an ancient theocratic civilization.
A scepter was embedded in the relief's hand. It was entirely made of gold, with a finely carved black gemstone at its tip.
With a casual tug, Lan Mu plucked the scepter free. He tried stuffing the soul orb into that gemstone.
"All right, it doesn't work..."
The souls passed straight through the gemstone, failing to merge with it as Lan Mu had hoped.
Lan Mu found another golden box, placed the soul orb inside, and shut it.
The soul orb obediently remained inside, and Lan Mu could sense the dark power within it anytime, anywhere.
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