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Emma listened carefully, then a thought suddenly struck her, and she whispered, "Was the Golden Kingdom destroyed because of this?"
Dark looked at her suddenly, utterly astonished, because he realized that Emma's guess was not without reason.
The legendary Golden Kingdom is described as being "covered in gold," and even that would be an understatement. In every historical document, everything in the Golden Kingdom except for people is described as being made of gold.
However, when he read those documents, he subconsciously regarded them as a kind of "exaggeration" rhetorical device.
However, now that he saw these golden sands, he suddenly felt that the historical records might actually be true.
The Kingdom of Gold was once a land where every city, including every brick and tile, was made of gold!
However, if that statement is true, then where did all that gold come from?
The El Dorado certainly had gold mines, but given the manpower and resources available at the time, could they really have mined enough gold to build a kingdom?
Darke has always believed that it is absolutely impossible.
In that case, attributing all the irrationality to "alchemy" is indeed a good choice.
Dark picked up the bottle containing the golden sand and said, "Get in the car. Now that we know the Golden Horse Knight can make golden sand, we can obtain it for research anytime."
Emma filled a bottle as well, and nodded, saying, "We should go after them and see what happens; we can't let the compass get lost."
After saying that, she turned to Maiya and said, "Stop pretending. This golden sand might turn back into sand at any time."
The malt, now filled with a sack of golden sand, said smugly, "Whether it will turn back into sand, I don't know. As long as it remains gold until I sell it to those greedy, fat merchants, that's enough."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she saw the golden color on the golden sand in the bottle in Dak's hand suddenly fade, and it suddenly turned back into ordinary yellow sand.
"In such a short time?" Dark exclaimed in astonishment.
Emma opened her left eye, the "Eye of Truth," looked at the bottle in her hand that also contained "Golden Sand," and said, "It has completely turned back into sand."
Dark asked, "Is there a time calculation?"
Emma nodded and said, "It's only been three minutes since the Golden Horse Knight started using his skill."
"Three minutes to turn lead into gold," Dark pondered. "If it only lasts three minutes, it's meaningless. There must be alchemy that can last longer. I wonder if there's any residual energy in this sand. After we find the ruins of the Golden Kingdom, we'll get some golden sand to take back to Professor Kazel as a gift."
After saying this, he didn't empty the sand from the bottle. Instead, he carefully put it into his backpack before boarding the carriage.
Emma did the same thing.
Only Malt, looking utterly dejected, emptied all the sand from the sack.
The three golden horse riders, enveloped in golden light, charged forward at an accelerated pace and soon caught up with Alibaba's group.
The group of nearly forty people was quickly surrounded by three knights riding golden horses from both sides.
Suddenly, Alibaba flipped open his holster, pulled out a dwarf musket, and pulled the trigger at the golden horse rider charging from the side.
"boom!"
The gunshots were deafening.
But the Golden Horse rider was unharmed.
The bandits of the Golden Land under Ali Baba's command drew their swords in unison. The sand cart suddenly turned, surrounding the three golden horse riders. A ruthless glint appeared in Ali Baba's eyes.
With nowhere to run, he finally revealed the ruthlessness of the Golden Village bandit.
His thieves, who had been holding back their anger until now, were also eager to vent their frustrations, and at this moment they erupted with unprecedented ferocity.
Even though they were facing the Golden Horse Knights who had wiped out the Gold Rush, they charged towards them fearlessly.
Ultimately, compared to the "Fossilized Pteranodon," the Golden Horse Knight lacked both size and imposing presence. Since they hadn't witnessed their gold-digging team being slaughtered by the Golden Horse Knight, their fear was lessened. One by one, strong and burly bandits leaped from the sand cart, their swords slashing swiftly towards the Golden Horse Knight's neck, back, and hands.
Loud shouts echoed through the desert.
But the three golden horse riders simply turned around, and with a smooth arc of their swords, a golden arc of sword light flashed out, instantly cutting the golden bandit from the Golden Village in half!
Those bandits from the Golden Land were among the elite in the Desert of Death. But when faced with the Golden Horse Knights, they were utterly powerless.
The bandit from Golden Village, instantly cut in half at the waist, rolled to the ground, his cut surfaces turning to gold without a drop of blood.
They rolled on the sand, still breathing even after being cut in half at the waist, their screams were so pitiful and chilling that they sent shivers down one's spine.
But the battle had already begun, and the bandits of Golden City had nowhere left to retreat. Their inherent ferocity was unleashed, and they charged forward one after another, their swords slashing fiercely at the knights. But all that was heard were the crisp sounds of impacts, as if they were striking metal or stone.
This was a battle where the strength of the two sides was completely unequal.
The golden horse riders slaughtered the bandits with ease, as if they were cutting melons and vegetables.
The bandits of Golden Land couldn't even manage to leave a scratch on them.
They could only pin their hopes on Alibaba and try to buy them as much time as possible.
Alibaba's sand cart is still moving forward, only the driver has changed.
He stepped back, held the oil lamp in his hands, rubbed a little gold leaf, rolled it up and put it into the spout, flicked out a wisp of flame with his finger, lit it, and then rubbed the side of the oil lamp three times.
Suddenly, golden smoke billowed from the spout of the oil lamp. But the smoke slowly condensed and transformed into a long-eared fairy. The fairy had no wings, only wore a small golden vest, beneath which her belly was round and fat, and her eyes were full of greed.
"Genius lamp! Genius lamp! Grant me my wish, and give me the power to slay the knight!"
Upon hearing the wish, the genie with the lamp suddenly turned its head and glared at one of the golden horse riders.
Without warning, the golden horse rider's head was severed from his body.
However, before Alibaba could even rejoice, the golden horse rider, whose head had been severed from his body, suddenly reached out and caught his own severed head.
The head turned towards Alibaba, and a red light flashed in its eyes.
Alibaba felt a sharp pain in his brain and suddenly screamed. After a brief delay, he was sent flying backward with extreme abruptness.
Alibaba!
Lillian screamed and reached for his hand, but only touched his fingertips.
Alibaba crashed hard into a sand truck, falling to the ground and rolling around in pain.
Shouts rose and fell in waves.
Amidst the excruciating pain, he faintly heard the voices of different people.
Interspersed among them were Lillian's screams, the screams of her companions... and laughter from who-knows-who...
The moment he heard the laughter, he suddenly felt a lightness all over his body, as if he were falling, falling... His thoughts were gradually swallowed by the abyss until he crashed hard into the ground, and his whole body felt like it was falling apart. Only then did he suddenly wake up and struggle to open his eyes.
The white light shining down from above illuminated the dark underground, reflecting a golden glow from all sides.
But as he strained to look upwards, all he saw was pitch-black light. The white and black light mingled, throwing his mind into chaos. His thoughts suddenly felt like they were being swallowed by a vortex, rendering him unable to think of anything.
It was some time later that he gradually regained some clarity.
The oil lamp lay quietly beside his ear. The golden fairy had already retreated back into the lamp.
Within sight, a golden stele stands on the ground, covered with densely engraved characters.
Alibaba tried to decipher the characters, but his neck was completely immobile. The golden light reflecting off his face filled him with terror.
His entire body, from the neck down, turned to gold.
On the ground, the "Chariot of the Moon Goddess" sped over.
Dak witnessed firsthand the moment Alibaba was swallowed by the "death trap."
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A pitch-black pit suddenly appeared in the center of the group, without any warning. Ali Baba fell into the pit, and the other bandits panicked.
The Golden Horse Knight completely ignored the "death trap" and charged into the center of the group with his sword raised.
The bandits of Golden Village lost their leader, and their desperate attacks were of no use to the Golden Horse Knights. Their moral compass could no longer be maintained, and they fled on the spot.
Lillian failed to grasp Alibaba's hand and watched helplessly as the sudden "death trap" swallowed her. A look of utter despair instantly crossed her face, and she froze on the spot. Fortunately, the driver of that sand cart was skilled enough; otherwise, he would have been killed by the Golden Horse Knight.
Three golden horse riders charged in, as if they were in an empty field. In just one round, they killed more than a dozen bandits.
However, the bandits of Golden Village were very experienced in "escape". After regaining their senses, the surviving bandits immediately dispersed, and each sand cart chose to escape in a completely different direction.
The three golden horse riders sheathed their swords and, after a quick glance, chased after the nearest sand cart.
The three of them walked side by side without separating. The bandits on the sand cart that had been chosen as their target cursed incessantly and desperately urged the driver to speed up, speed up, and speed up again!
However, the Golden Horse Riders were not "fossilized pterosaurs." They had no desire for playfulness, only for killing, and the distance between them quickly closed.
Finally, someone, unable to bear the ever-approaching shadow of death, chose to jump from the moving vehicle.
After jumping out of the car, they landed and rolled to dissipate inertia, then suddenly got up and fled in other directions.
This time, however, two of the three golden horse riders chose to chase after the sand cart in opposite directions, while only one continued to pursue it.
The bandits from Golden Country who jumped off the carriage to escape were almost instantly hunted down, and then the Golden Horse Knight raised his sword and fell, heads rolling everywhere.
The driver of the sand truck also couldn't escape the pursuit; he and his truck were destroyed together.
Then, the three golden horse riders regrouped and chased after the nearest sand cart.
The sudden collapse of the Alibaba team was completely unpredictable beforehand.
This not only hindered the Alibaba team's continued progress, but also caused Daq's "grazing plan" to nearly fail.
However, such variables arising from the sudden appearance of a powerful enemy are not within the scope of what can be predicted.
Although the "herding plan" was forced to end, it wasn't entirely useless. At least Ali Baba led them a very long way and pointed out the next clue to the Golden Kingdom—the three golden horse riders!
From Darke's perspective, these three golden horse riders were undoubtedly products of the Golden Kingdom.
He had long sensed that the ancient kingdom had been "resurrected" and was waiting for someone to "dig it up" so that it could truly see the light of day again.
Next, all we need to do is follow those three golden horse riders, and theoretically we can find the Golden Kingdom.
Once they realized this, Alibaba and others naturally became no longer important to them.
Even the mechanical compass in Lillian's hands has lost some of its meaning.
The reason they didn't completely abandon it was because it was still uncertain whether the mechanical compass would still provide guidance after entering the ruins of the Golden Kingdom.
However, what attracted Dark's attention even more at this moment was the suddenly appearing "death trap".
Dark already had six rhombus-shaped black diamonds in his hands. Therefore, the first thing he did when he saw the "Death Pit" was to continue collecting them.
However, this time, although the "death pit" also emitted a huge suction force, it did not condense black diamonds.
If it were just that, it would be fine; we could treat it as a different type of phenomenon. After all, there are many unheard-of phenomena in the Death Desert, so it wouldn't be surprising to encounter one suddenly.
However, just as Dak was about to land to observe, Harry, who was supposed to drive the sand cart away, turned back!
At this point, there was no one around the "death pit".
Desert bandits come and go like the wind, escaping at a moment's notice—they can barely protect themselves, let alone lie in wait outside this pit.
Ackerman and his companions, who had been observing from a distance, naturally fled as quickly as possible after witnessing the Golden Horse Knights' rampage.
Driven by their final greed for the Golden Kingdom, they chose Lillian's escape route.
However, Harry, a fellow member of the Sand Clan, unexpectedly turned back.
Dak raised his hand to signal, and "Fairytale animal? Little rabbit" immediately caused the carriage to stop in mid-air.
They stopped just a short distance from the suction range of the "Death Pit" and hid using the "Hidden Feather" barrier of the "Adventure Bird".
Harry drove the sand cart back, circled the area of the "Death Pit", and then suddenly rushed into it, as if committing suicide, leaping into the dark pit at the very center of the "Death Pit"!
There was no light in that pitch-black place; once you jumped in, you vanished instantly.
Dark and Emma kept watching, and Malt instinctively wanted to stop them. But before she could even extend her hand halfway, Harry had already jumped in.
Then Malt immediately realized that Harry's sudden behavior could not possibly be "suicide." He must know something to have chosen to jump into the "death trap."
Since she was aware of it, Dark and Emma couldn't possibly be unaware. The two acted almost simultaneously, attempting to summon a magical spirit to scout ahead. "I'll do it."
Dark raised his hand slightly and said.
He then put the Magical Spirit Card he had subconsciously drawn back into his card pack, and then waved to the sky, whereupon three "Fossil Aerodactyls" suddenly flew down.
He chose one of the two "sword beasts" and ordered it to fly into the "death pit".
The surrounding yellow sand flowed into the pit and disappeared into the darkness.
At its command, the Fossil Aerodactyl (Sword Beast) suddenly flew into the pit, allowing the immense suction of the "Death Pit" to pull it inside. In just a moment, the Fossil Aerodactyl (Sword Beast) lost contact with its original form.
This is completely different from the mechanism by which the "death pit" absorbs the energy of surrounding matter and condenses into a rhombus-shaped black diamond.