Chapter 2: The Secrets Buried in the Sand

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Location: Egypt

Before the mysterious light erupted from the catacombs beneath the Sun Disc. Researchers from the North African branch of Schicksal studied the structure, the energy that is constantly emitting from the Sun Disc and the catacombs below and how the Sun Disc was floating in air. Their first discovery is that this is a capital of a forgotten empire before Egypt, this city have temples filled with artifacts with the same or lesser form of the energy from the Sun Disc, a library which some researchers are depicting with modern technology, and the catacombs filled with tombs. The entrance to the tomb however is still inaccessible, and the key is shaped like a cross with sharp edges and was

A researcher named Almond gathered the materials used for building the structure to identify the building materials, however, something happened.

Almond when breaks a piece of a wall with a pick, the pieces fell into his hands, but suddenly. The piece crumbled into sand.

Almond: What? How is this possible!?

His co-worker came to see why Almond screamed at.

Co-worker: What is it?

Almond: I'm going to a sample from this wall to study its composition, until it grumbled to sand that is found everywhere!

Co-worker: Maybe the builders used a material with the mix of sand?

Almond: I don't know man. This is making me crazy! Look at that floating dish! How's it float without the use of technology!

Co-worker: You should take a quick rest, let's continue this tomorrow.

Then Almond saw the missing part  of a wall being repaired by unknown force. Sands formed around the gaping hole then covered with until it quickly hardens to form a new piece for that hole that Almond broke.

His co-worker saw that, both of their mouth gaped open as they saw what seems to be, magically.

Co-worker: Well shit, we'll both take a nap.

Suddenly, the earth shook with the intensity of 6.4 magnitude earthquake, but it was short yet powerful and the buildings aren't affected at all like that earthquake was caused by someone who owned this place.

???: Almond! Howard! We need to get to the vehicle immediately! 

Someone from their team shouted until she saw stabbed by a golden spear, the user is an armored soldier, donned in gold. 

His skin is flaking like a dry sand castle of a windy day

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His skin is flaking like a dry sand castle of a windy day. It spoke in a cold voice.

???: You dare soiled Shurima!? Leave  or our Empress shall decide your fate!

He warned them, since those two researcher are unarmed, they fled like sissies, but when Almond ran, he turned his head to see that the soldier crumbled into sand and merged with the sand on the ground. He freaked out and ran quickly than Howard himself.

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