An Ancient Relique's

Ancient Tombs

Nirwana approached the stone door with a unique carving in the center. A large circle patterned labyrinth was engraved in the middle of the door. There is only one line of sentences that are circular according to the labyrinth. Words in Old Latin.

Nirvana approached the door of the tomb from the stone slowly, he observed the circularly engraved ancient writing.

"Hhm, this is unique if in the tombs of the Pharaohs there is a warning not to open and disturb the soul who lives but here is a little different. No warning, just .. hhhm, what's this sentence?"

Nirvana tried to make sure by touching the reliefs of the writing, while Darren watched around, his eyes catching one invisible relief movement of Nirvana.

'The vampire elder's grave will not be left without a trap, especially if there is a protected antique inside.'

Nirvana increasingly walked closer and almost touched one of the ancient symbols whose shape resembled the inverted ankh in hieroglyphics but Nicole's shout shocked her.

"Professor Nirwana! Thank goodness you survived!" Nicole followed the other assistant down the stairs and approached Nirvana.

The crack in the ground blocking their path passed very carefully. Nirvana was a little upset because his concentration was disturbed.

"Nicoles! What do I say when I'm busy?"

Nicole thought for a moment and replied, "Hhm, shut up and don't bother!"

"Good, so now shut up!" Nirwana continued reading with a face of murmuring and making Darren laugh.

"Is there anything funny Mr Darren?" sindir Nirwana without taking his eyes off the relief in front of him.

"No," 

"Good, so please shut up and don't make much noise!"

"Ok, but I'm warning miss you to read the letter upside down."

Nirvana was dumbfounded and she looked at Darren, "What do you mean? Isn't this an old Latin? I read it right!"

"It's ancient Latin, but the way you read it is wrong. Trust me, use the mirror!"

Nirwana smiled cynically at Darren, he could not believe the words of the man he had just met. "Oh, really? So you understand Latin?"

Darren flicked his shoulders and drew a curved line on the lips, "Slightly,"

Nirvana did not heed Darren's words, he continued reading but then stopped in the middle. "What the hell does this mean? The words are irregular." 

"Hey, miss! Take this!" Darren throws a glass at Nirvana.

"Where did you get it?"

"Your beautiful assistant gave it to me!"

Nirwana looked at Nicole but the one being stared at was confused. As Nicole recalled, she never gave a mirror to the foreign man in front of her. Darren rolled his eyes at Nicole and made the girl stutter. He forced a smile on Nirvana.

Nirvana clucked in annoyance, but he relented and followed Darren's advice. The first sentence reads easily when the relief is faced with glass.

"Here lies the supreme of the elders ...," Nirvana paused for a moment to think.

"Septima generatio, seventh descendant!" Darren connecting made Nirwana frown.

"Not bad, Darren!" 

"The seventh descendant of the much feared nobility ...," Nirvana continued again.

"You heard it?" nirwana asked half-turned towards her team.

"Yes, we heard it."

Nirwana looked at Darren whose face turned tense. Somehow he was sure that the pale-skinned handsome man next to him knew something. Darren, who also had unusual hearing, heard strange movements from behind the stone walls. His vigilance increased sharply, he sniffed out danger.

Nirvana again read the inscription carved on the door of the tomb, "Gutta sanguinis qui possede vivica eum." (A drop of blood can raise it)

Darren's eyes caught a rapid movement that shot towards Nirvana. "Revelation!"

Darren pulls Nirvana's body, he protects the beautiful archaeologist with his body. Dozens of sharp iron blades rained down right in front of the tomb's door. Almost the smooth body of Nirwana impaled a sharp iron full of rust. The sudden terrible shock made all the team members no exception Nirwana hold their breath.

"Oh my God, professor of Nirvana!" Nicole screamed hysterically when she saw Nirwana's clothes torn by a bar of iron.

Nirvana breath hunting due to adrenaline soaring high, if there is no Darren body must end horribly there. "I'm ok, Nicole!" shouted Nirwana confirming his condition.

"How do you know there's a trap?" Nirwana asked still in Darren's arms.

"You ask me? I thought you were smart, miss?" darren's annoying smile made Nirwana cluck in annoyance.

"You should know, ancient tombs will not be easily conquered. You're so careless!" he continued with a cynical look that made Nirvana even more upset.

Nirvana let go of his embrace and asked again, "Oh, is that right? Then what do you think, sir, is that we can get in there or get stuck and pick up death here."

"It depends how well you read the warning!"

Nirwana does not believe Darren underestimates his abilities, he is able to solve the mystery in the City of the Dead which has a high level of complexity but this handsome man in front of him casually degrades his linguistic abilities.

"Oh, so you doubt me sir? Well then just try to decipher the writing!"

Nirwana challenges Darren, the debate both of which leaves the other team members confused. They took turns looking at Nirvana and Darren. No one wants to budge between the two. Nirvana again approached the stone door, and reread the sentence engraved there but each translation was reinstated by Darren.

Nirvana was upset only this time he met someone who doubted his ability, Miracle happened when accidentally Nirwana's hand pressed one stone column on the left side of the door with a unique carving resembling a tiny labyrinth.

The sound of a rock moving and shaking sounded so loud. Nirwana and Darren retreated, away from the door of the tomb. Slowly but surely, the door was wide open leading to another room of the tomb. 

Nirwana sparkled, his smile spread wide, he shouted. "Endlich hat es geklappt!" (It finally worked!)

After the tomb door was wide open, Nirwana walked over to a chest located right in the middle of the room. The large room with the dome roof looked so spacious. One large crack that allowed sunlight to enter was located exactly perpendicular above the stone coffin.

Darren sharpened his eyes, he approached the stone coffin and noticed the carving on it.

'So this is the tomb of the seventh elder that Cezar condemned?'

The ancient Latin he mastered helped Darren read who was put to sleep and punished there.

'seventh constantine. That means my great-grandfather? All I know is that he got Cezar convicted of a fatal mistake, but what was that?'

Darren circled around the ancient stone coffin, reading one after another the memorials that were on the outside of the chest. His eyes were round when he saw an engraving on an ancient relic he was looking for. 

'Strange, if he's punished why is there a carving of this relic? Was that item purposely hidden here to obscure the search?'

Darren is curious about the tomb, he makes sure if the tomb is true and belongs to the vampire elders who incidentally are his ancestors. The symbol of the Constantin family is also found on one of the hidden sides of the coffin. He was astonished to find the relic carving on the left side of the stone tomb. Darren was more and more convinced the relic was inside the crate.

I have to get that relic any way!