4: The Mummy Returns

'How does it feel to live with a prodigy.'

-author Hobert X. Gonyea

I once thought that I am the greatest bookworm living in the world but then I remember that I did not read that one book which can explain my current situation very wisely.

My elder brother had just defeated the current Crown Prince Charles William Rocria in the arena and claimed the Warriors Championship. It is an annual event that is hosted every year on the king's birthday.

On the other side of the arena above a platform, our birthday boy, King William Rocria III is sitting on a royal chair and clapping loudly, sitting beside him, Queen Amelia Rocria is smiling and clapping lightly but also look a bit concerned for her child.

Either side of the king and the queen were occupied by the three Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses, and the champion of Mage tournament which was none other than my elder sister.

In my previous life, I was a total mob character. I can say, that I am also a mob character in this life but due to the influence of the three prodigies of Astrye house, I become some kind of mob boss.

My elder brother has some kind of rare spiritual veins.

My elder sister has a pure yin body and a cool named magic core.

My younger sister has both spiritual veins and a magic core also some kind of cool named body.

I also have both spiritual veins and a magic core but due to God's blessing, they were common and ordinary as potatoes.

In the eyes of the public, I am just an ordinary human realm cultivator aka a harmless mob.

I do not show any talent for magic because they will consider me a magic warrior and give me the badge of low-level prodigy. A magic warrior is an indispensable asset for any country defense and is given utmost respect in society.

I have enough capability to defeat everyone participating in the tournament without lifting a finger. My secret of strength is that thing and I must keep it a secret at all cost. As for not being a prodigy, it is a clear rule in my superhero rulebook.

Rule#6

6. A Superhero cannot be a prodigy.

Superheroes can't be prodigies. They can be a mob or a spoiled child but cannot be a prodigy.

Well, it's really weird to get three overpowered prodigies from the same house and I believe it's all fault of our mother. She can hide her strength from others but not from me. In my net view, I can see hundreds of light balls moving around her whereas my father which is a Grand Knight only have ten light balls moving around him. He is not the type of badass father that protagonists usually have. I even recommended him to shave his head and grow a goatee (They all are badass) but sadly he did not like my suggestion and throw me out of the window. Oh! he got the same temper.

I order another piece of cake as the last fight of the tournament was about to begin (VIP benefits). My elder brother and sister came into the arena. Some people may think that 'This is another world, fights are a must watch'. These were my first thoughts too but I realize people here only know the concept of punching power. They are no fighting styles or fighting techniques which are the main concepts behind the earth1 martial arts. There are qi techniques, magic spells and something like forbidden arts but the end result is like a turn-based video game.

The first person shout loudly and uses his skill -"thunder slash"

The second person shout loudly use his skill-"fireball"

The first person dodge and again shout loudly-"thunder slash power up"

and it goes on and on and on...........mega fireball, super thunderflash, ball fire, slash thunder all came from time to time.

It is practically boring but flashy.

And the fight between my elder sister and elder brother started. Compare to others they do use some fighting techniques and some extra flashy stuff. My sister uses some kind of super flashy ice magic and it ends... Oh! my elder brother is truly good at blocking, No, he can' t block the punch and there he flies out of the arena. Congrats sis.

The entire crowd burst into cheers. I have to say that this year tournament was really too flashy but all's well that end well.

Last few days were really heavy on me. I somehow was able to overcome my psychological trauma by believing in the general public also I have a much bigger issue in my hands.

The Mummy has returned.

It's true. I thought I have killed her but no, she was only sealed. I have to stop her, before mummy's curse take over the world.

I still remembered the day. It was two years ago.

To create my superhero costume, I needed beast cores. Using some illusion magic and few tricks, I was able to escape from Rocria and travel toward the great forest in the east. During my travels, I found a very unusual old stone temple. The temple gave a feeling of a mystery, there were no signs of life around 100 Km from the temple. The land was barren and drought lines were visible. I open my net vision and found out that temple or something in the temple was absorbing distortions in the net. This was completely new to me. I made my plan to find out the mystery of the temple and return life to the barren land.

Finally, I reached into the core of temple. The journey gave me the feeling that I am exploring the pharaoh's tomb that I did on earth1. I sometimes stopped in the way thinking about

'What should one do if they wake up any sleeping mummy or bring mummy's curse upon the world' (I have watched all the movies) but then continue forward due to the excitement of new traps and puzzles.

I do meet a monster who claims to be some Heaven Devouring race patriarch and was sealed by some godly blah blah monarch and few more blah blah. I asked him if he was a mummy or does any mummy live here. He said he doesn't know if his son was alive or not and he will devour up everything once get out of this place and some gods blah blah. So he was not a mummy but something evil. I gave him a good beating for all his nonstop blah blah blah and started exploring the temple again. I somehow understand why people seal him here.

I have to say he was pretty thick skin and strong even when tied by chains for god knows how many years and have injuries all over his body. In the end, he rattles some more blah blah blah, you can't kill me blah blah blah, I will blah blah blah and then lost consciousness.

"So this is the divine artifact or something."

On the top of an altar, a pendant was floating in the air emitting a green light. The murals on the wall were also shining. I inspect it carefully and found out that they were some kind of cultivation technique.

"Cool! It seems costly".

From my knowledge cultivation technique = Money.

Yeah! I remember that father has spent thousands of gold coins to buy a suitable Human realm cultivation technique for my elder brother. I came to know that higher is the realm of cultivation technique, higher is the cost of cultivation manual, and this technique seems even above Warrior realm.

I don't need cultivation technique to increase my strength as I have found that thing. I will sell it on the market and become rich.

I recorded the murals into my memory and then came to the altar.

" So there was a 50% chance that the whole temple would collapse and 50% chance that I will get the curse if any mummy is here."

I hold my breath and then jump in the air to grab the pendant, nothing happens. I happily put the pendant on my neck and move out the temple humming, whistling and even jumping.

I was at some distance away from the temple when golden light covers the sky for a moment. A thick beam of golden light landed not very far away from me. I run towards the location where the beam of light landed.

I saw a young girl of 12 or 13 years old, lying on the patch of a grass. She is very beautiful. I have never seen such a beauty ever in my life, even sister Kayla and mother beauty fade before her. Her face has a perfect golden ratio, crimson hair and her lips, red like roses with some blood seeping from the corner. There was a profound expression of tiredness written over her. As I was about to come closer, her eyes opened, they have a shade of red with a deep sense of pain and anger. She stands up unsteadily and then glared at me. I can feel the killing intent in the air. This type of killing intent should not belong to a young girl, there was far more malice and hatred even compared to the worst I have ever met. She looks at me and then her eyes stop at my pendant. I can sense, that she wants to snatch the pendant away from me. I then understand what she is and why she is here. I added a new rule into my superhero rulebook.

New* Rule#7

7. Never trust a monster locked in an ancient temple for God knows how many years.

As she was "The Mummy".