Tombs

"Have you not entered yet and is Hyung not here?"

Eun-woo asked as he prepared his gear in front of Ji-hyun, he only wore leather armor and gauntlets, and shin pads as he Ji-hyun was briefing him.

"No Seung-ho's not here he couldn't come, as for entering we've tried many attempts, spells and explosives to no avail, we could publicise this tomb and split it with those who could enter but I was waiting for your approval"

"No need, I'll give it a try myself, after all I didn't expect that you guys would find it quickly."

Eun-woo stepped outside of the tent followed by Ji-hyun, Diamond's members made way for Eun-woo and Jihyun as they knew he was their ticket to getting more artifacts which made them respect their family even more.

"This is the fifth unguarded tomb we've raided of course we would be quick but this somehow feels different than the last four"

"I know, don't come looking for me unless it's been a month"

"Mom and Dad would kill me if they knew you'd be down there for more than a week."

"I'll probably be down there for a week or two so you got your work cut out for you Noona, I've been suspended for a month after all and I've got nothing better to do, might as well learn to raid a dungeon or a tomb on my own."

"Have you packed everything?"

"I think I did"

Eun-woo grabbed the bag Hwang Jo-hyun his butler handed out to him.

"Take care Young Master"

"Thanks Uncle, take care of Sowon and Snow for me while I'm away, tell Ling Shu to not drown in the pool, Ono Hayami to not do stupid things and well Yu-na to continue what she's doing"

"Why do yo sound like you're going to die?"

Eun-woo was about to respond but he soon saw another bag thrown into his face, he caught it and opened and saw the contents.

"I won't die, I promise I'll come back alive Noona"

"Take care brat"

Eun-woo nodded and soon went face to face with the golden tomb door, the dark gray door soon turned golden as runes appeared, many were fascinated as they looked at it in awe, Eun-woo waved at them one last time before entering, as soon as he did the tomb door returned to its original state.

"Chen Lan"

"Yes Young Miss!"

"Guard the surrounding area with your team twenty four seven, I don't want anyone to know about this tomb, kill intruders on sight, I'll take care of everything that comes after"

"Your will be done Young Miss!"

"Watson"

"Mademoiselle"

"Dispatch your team to do surveillance on the other Guild's movements I'm sure they're more than eager to know what we've been doing here and they'll most likely come and try to raid here if they knew."

"As you wish, but I do have a suggestion"

"Speak"

"Why not publicise it instead and use Young Master Eun-woo's name? I'm sure the media would flock instantly though it'll cause a commotion and somewhat impact Luxuria Academy's name on why he was suspended but it's more than enough to deter other people from snooping around"

"I'm listening"

"If they knew about the reason why he was suspended public opinion would side with Young Master Eun-woo and why he was raiding this dungeon this'll give him leverage in the future and will make his path cleared of obstacle once he returns."

"I agree with Watson Young Miss, we can use this time to lift up Young Master's name and at the same time make the tomb less appealing, we can create a false story that this tomb only contains goblins at most and doesn't drop anything and has a restriction, I'm sure the Alliance wouldn't do something as petty to obstruct Young Master's path and would gladly support him instead."

"All right I'll start making some calls now, Uncle Hwang use Eun-woo's media companies to spread it as fast as possible, I'll call the Alliance and other outlets not under our control yet to do the same, I guess you'll now be staying here along with Chen Lan Watson, I'll be leaving this area in your capable hands, if anything goes wrong you can call me or Mother."

"Understood!"

Both of them bowed as Ji-hyun went inside her car along with Hwang Jo-hyun who was the driver.

"Remember, Kill on sight if there are any intruders"

-

"That brat is still giving me headaches the day he left"

Lee Hyori read the news in front of her but she just laughed crazily.

"So that's why he took the suspension, can't say I can't blame them but now"

Lee Hyori then heard her phone rang and instantly took it.

"Hello?"

"Professor Lee"

"Oh Dean Choi!"

"Come to the meeting room at once!"

"Ouch! I think I have a headache, what did you say? I couldn't hear you" I'm hanging up see you tomorrow!"

Lee Hyori put the phone down and locked her office room, she then turned on the news and read the articles on her phone as they were getting released real time.

"I see, Ji-hyun probably did this behind his back, but I can't say he won't like it, looks like I'll have to appear in public once again"

Lee Hyori immediately laid down on her couch to sleep as she knew the coming days would be hectic.

-

"Have they issued a formal response?"

Ji-hyun asked her secretary Hwayoung as she was organizing letters.

"Not yet"

"Then release the video along with a statement"

"Understood Young Miss."

-

"Well I'm here now what next?"

Eun-woo asked Luxuria as he was walking down a thorny path as he cut down vines with Murasame.

"Once you see a platform imprint your Divine Aura, it'll let you use this place as you please"

"What place? this place is just a jungle with overgrown weeds"

"Have you forgotten that pocket dimensions exist?"

"Then we'll get there when we get there"

"Let me tell you something about this place, this place was created by the seven sins, originally this was where we would place our champions through hardships by giving them trials"

"But?"

"We stopped using it after some time as it was a fruitless endeavor, the last one who used this place was me, after centuries have passed now I have to use it again, of course you'll be the one activating it."

Eun-woo kept listening as he slashed his way through the thick environment until he saw stone pavements.

"I still remember bringing one child each time I selected but times have changed so have our goals, I doubt the other divinities still remember this place so we'll be taking it for ourselves"

"How?"

"Simple, I'm the one who designed this place so I know the in's and out's, once you reach the platform engrave your divine aura on my statue and I'll do the rest"

"Wouldn't this destroy the whole place?"

"What we're after is the training platform not this pocket dimension, first off you'll be training under my divinity then we'll slowly move our way through each divinities trial and earn their reward, though it'll take a long time and each divinity has their own trial I won't help you and you must do it yourself."

"How many have passed the trials?"

"Only one."

"What the hell"

"It's because we placed our hopes on them too high, though they got stronger but it wasn't enough but on the other hand the one that passed all the trials was an anomaly, too bad she got distracted and ultimately vanished before she could spread her wings."

"I see"

Eun-woo didn't say anything as he continued, soon the two of them arrived at a platform, there was a small broken down statue in the middle surrounded by seven humanoid statues, Eun-woo first approached the center to look at the statues.

"Why can I see yours but not theirs?"

Eun-woo looked at the statues faces, everything was still intact and he could see no parts where broken but there were shadows cast on each of their faces except Luxuria's

"It depends on each divinity, of course you can see mine since I've granted you mine, unless each divinity reveals their forms to you then you won't see them."

Eun-woo nodded, he then followed Luxuria's earlier command and placed his divine aura on her statue, shortly her statue glowed, the statue's eyes turned golden and the statue suddenly sprouted golden wings.

"Now return to the center and prepare yourself"

Luxuria flew and casted spells, runes appeared around them as it formed a dome, the once sunny environment turned dark Eun-woo looked at the sky as he could see runes were written on it, he couldn't understand the language but he felt a sense of familiarity with them.

Runes from the sky fell down as each one that fell Luxuria would replace them, Eun-woo wondered how strong she actually was as he didn't touch anything about the power of the divinities aside from that they would guide people.

Shortly he heard a loud bang and the seven statues crumbled while Luxuria was floating in the center with a huge violet sphere in her hand, she approached Eun-woo and took his hand with her ring on it and placed the sphere inside the ring.

"Imprint your blood again now!"

Eun-woo instantly bit his other hand and dripped the blood onto the ring, the ring instantly changed color with a palette of violet and gold instead of the previous appearance of a normal ring now it had engravings of stars and six other symbols he was unfamiliar with.

"Now the hard parts done, all right-"

Before she could finish both of them felt another divinity's aura. Eun-woo saw his appearance was that He looked like an old-aged man who was about sixty to seventy years old. His face was pale, and His body was in a heavily aged state and was frail.

"I knew it was you"

"Acedia?"

"It's been a long time Luxuria, I see you have found another child"

"And I see you're still doing well"

"Thank you, this must be what the other five have talked about, I do see his potential but sadly his nature isn't compatible with me, a tragedy it is."

"What about you Acedia don't you have any plans?"

"I do but I've checked the academy even beyond it sadly I haven't found anyone suitable, I asked the others if I could find from them but they declined as they have still yet to pick"

"Do you want to check mine?"

"It's fine, I'll find mine soon enough if I can't then I'll have to ask you, may I take a look at him?"

Luxuria looked at Eun-woo and then nodded at Acedia.

Eun-woo wondered what would happen but the moment he blinked his eyes Acedia was in front of him.

"Forgive me child"

Acedia palmed Eun-woo's sternum, Eun-woo was blasted away instantly, he crashed onto several trees, he felt his bones breaking each time his body would snap a tree in half, as he finally landed he saw again that the old man Acedia was in front of him.

Acedia kicked his chin sending him flying above as he arrived at the sky in his highest point Acedia arrived and kicked his abdomen sending him down as fast as he arrived.

As his body arrived down and created a crater Acedia kicked him again sending him flying once more to the side.

"Move your Aura if you don't want me to accidentally kill you!"

Luxuria watched above as he saw how Acedia was beating down Eun-woo, she summoned her journal and started writing as well, a habit she acquired again after she saw Eun-woo kept writing.

Eun-woo stood up and was circulating his Divine Aura but before he could he felt a punch in his gut stopping what he had been doing.

"Slow! You'll die outside if you don't move it!"

Eun-woo hasn't felt this kind of pain before but he bit his lip and stood up as he looked at the old man in front of him.

"I swear I'll beat you down one day!"

Acedia punched Eun-woo's face and grabbed him by the collar and throw him once again in the air.

"If I were you I'd focus on using you're divine aura fast!"

Luxuria laughed as this was also the first time she saw Eun-woo getting trashed, she knew Acedia wouldn't actually kill him but instead forced him to use his divine aura as training.

"I swea-"

"Shut up"

Acedia punched him again to silence him, he then looked at Luxuria who gave a thumbs up of approval as Acedia continued to train Eun-woo who was slowly learning how to utilize divine aura faster which surprised him.

"I won't stop till you learn!"