Chapter: 374
The construction of the pyramid began around the altar and the pit – and this is where the murals ended; the rest had been destroyed.
Thankfully, it was enough for Jay to get an idea of what happened here. Combined with what he saw in this pyramid, he could mostly fill in the missing parts of the story.
Helvetia, invented some hastily-crafted, advanced, untested ritual to turn themselves into stone soldiers – this was when they made a discovery, which was adding more than one human and one statue.
Driven by blind hatred and revenge, they continued, attempting to create obscene horrors to hunt down their enemies; the cult who cursed their lands.
After realising these beasts couldn’t be controlled, and that this instrument could cause their own downfall, they tried to destroy the altar – but to no avail.
The last option was to seal away the altar in the pyramid.
That was where the murals ended – but Jay had an idea of what happened next, or at least a theory.
Based on what he had seen so far, he guessed that Helvetia had not given up on its unchecked desire for revenge, so in this prison they continued their experiments.
A select few master hexamists and manacrafters, along with some guards, were sealed away here. If their enemies ever broke in, they would hopefully be met with creatures that tore them to pieces. The idea was still to lure their enemies back here, in hopes of power and riches.
The hexamists perhaps could control and slay the abominations they created at first, using cages and sleeping anaesthetic fluids – but over time, as the centuries passed and melded into one another, their minds slowly left them. This only resulted in them becoming more reckless.
With their judgement flawed and their impatience mounting, they soon created beasts beyond their control – the same abominations that would soon consume their creators.
Of course, the fail safe was the giant statues – there to stop any creation from escaping and reaping havoc on what was left of the helvetian stone military.
Jay took this as a lesson, he would not make the same mistakes when he made his first chimera.
Jay wondered if he would find the same chimera, another dihexapede, in the passageway to the right or some other failed experiment – of course, there was only one way to find out.
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“The new students should be coming soon.. hopefully. Are their rooms prepared?” Norgrim, the head of the 3rd academy, sat behind his desk leisurely eyeing a document as he enjoyed the sunlight coming through the window.
He knew that the mage hunters were already on the march to find a necromancer, so time was of the essence, and Jay still had to be convinced to leave with Lannister and Lara. Thankfully, they were proactive about it and everything was ahead of schedule.
“Yes. As per your request, I’ve looked over the details about both of them being place into the Azure dorms… but I’m not sure it’s a good fit for them.” Evelyn pursed her lips.
“Oh?” he smiled, stroking his beard.
The azure dorms were luxurious, reserved for the best students who contributed the most to the academy. Only the top students could apply for one, even then there was only a chance of getting a room.
“Well, these dorms have to be earnt… I think the other students will have a problem with it.”
“Mm… yes. I suppose so…” Norgrim leaned back in his chair and looked out the window, watching some red leaves gently falling from the trees.
“Well, perhaps we can just put him in Wisteria?”
“Put them in Wisteria?” Evelyn raised a brow, stressing the word ‘them’.
Norgrim cleared his throat, “Mh, yes. Them.”