Elements: The Ancient Tomb

Chapter 11: "Unstoppable"

Two days after the surprise attack of the undead on the Downest City Police Department, the media began to count the number of casualties and gave many different theories about the origin of the undead. and the unknown heroes who fought them to protect the people through the testimonies of the witnesses present in the case,... Experts have the same conclusion: it was the most horror and frightful anti-human event, they also predicted the great consequences that the event would leave later for future generations. After all, the event was named "The Undead's Invasion".

At Moonlight cafe, Michael was still glued to the TV screen listening to the situation at PDDC through the voice of a news reporter. Suddenly he heard the news: "...In the area outside the PDDC headquarters building, there was a big explosion that caused a part of the explosion. The building was badly damaged and led to the death of a series of undead trying to get inside by climbing the wall. Adam Stairwell - the hero who bravely rescued hundreds of hostages from the building on the rooftop of the building - is still missing, as evidenced by the fact that the field inspection team could not find his body. Many theories have been suggested, one of them implying that the explosion was caused by Adam and that his body may have been blown up after the explosion... The FBI is investigating to clarify ...", Michael expressed sadness, holding his head in thought : 

"Where are you, Adam? I don't believe you're dead."

Victor was coming in from the cafe door with a piece of paper in his hand. He patted Michael's shoulder and said:

"I just received a letter from a prison in California. Guess who has sent it?"

"It can be... Jimmy?"

"Right. After that event, he determined to change himself in the last days of his life, he also convinced the inmates to do the same as a way of respecting fallen soldiers when the helicopter Yelenaded safely. And you know, all of them said they accepted his request and obediently obeyed go to prison with him without resistance."

"They decided not to escape anymore, but will obediently be living the last days in prison until the day the court issues the official verdict? Looks like he is good at convincing everyone. Adam and Jimmy are the heroes we need not the ones we deserve. Phew, I can relax right now."

"Circus will not continue, I think."

"So did he witness Adam's last moment after the helicopter had taken off?"

"He said he witnessed the moment when Adam stayed to fight the undead in the building through the helicopter window, but unfortunately he didn't see the whole melee so he didn't know if Adam was still alive."

Michael was even more depressed at that time, turned off the TV and stood up, saying:

"Perhaps he couldn't escape the scythe of death. Listening to the theories on the radio, I thought it was him who threw the suicide bomb to wipe out the zombies climbing the wall the moment we got there, indeed. The possibility of surviving that explosion… Hmm…"

"Such heroic sacrifice. He was recognized as a hero. It's just a pity that we couldn't find his body for a proper burial," Victor said with a sad look.

"I used to think he was crazy, talkative, and inexperienced, but now I realize he's braver and more experienced than anyone there. An ordinary person with the will of a warrior," Michael said.

Victor realized that he had also criticized Adam like that, saying:

"You are right. I was wrong about him too."

"The media will manipulate this story to increase viewership even though it will confuse the public."

"Yes, because this is an unprecedented disaster in human history. After all, only we can shoulder this mission, without this power, humans will come to the brink of destruction."

Michael thought:

"That's what I thought and always will be. But why does what Adam said about me constantly torment my heart? What did Adam mean then? Is he referring to me or is this power the danger?"

The part when Victor interrupted Michael's line of thought and said:

"Adam, Mai, and others will live forever in our hearts. I won't let their sacrifice go in vain. That bastard Handaz will pay for what he did."

Then he took a bag of something and went out. Michael quickly called back and asked:

"Hey, Victor, where are you going?"

"I need to go out to make clear something."

"Didn't you remember something?"

Duan Victor stood still for a moment, smiled strangely, and replied:

"When I'm done, I will tell you. Now here I go."

Victor's ambiguous attitude made Michael quite curious and a little insecure. Traveling in Mr. Karatini's car, Victor bit his nails continuously and thought:

"Why is my telepathy only allowing me to see Yelena's memories? Why are the memories of me and her so few but her memories with a girl named Lisa so many? Through Yelena's memory, Lisa used to be an exchange researcher between Thanh An Archaeological Institute in Vietnam and Sunshine Archaeological Institute in Texas. The two met at a library, then Lisa asked Yelena to come to her workplace to show her some research. So Thanh An and Sunshine Institute are the key points to solve all the mysteries…"

So he pressed the gas and drove quickly to Sunshine Archaeological Institute in Texas. Less than 20 minutes later, Victor's car arrived at the destination. 12:05 a.m., the Institute is empty and quiet. After parking the car, Victor entered the building, and thought as he walked:

"If the headquarters where Adam worked was not severely damaged in terms of facilities, I would have been able to get the tape recording of the conversation between Lisa and Yelena. Well, by the way here, I also want to find out some clues about the research that Lisa once conducted. I guess she's probably still working here."

When he went to the front desk, Victor was told by the staff to stay there and wait for her to call the newly appointed director. Victor was surprised and asked:

"The new director? Where's Director Lisa? Or has she moved back to America?"

The employee looked away and said:

"What do you not know? Former director Lisa is in the hospital receiving treatment after an unfortunate accident."

"What...?!"- Victor was surprised- "I didn't know about that. It's so abrupt."

When he met the new director in the director's office, Victor couldn't help but be enthusiastic, just sat down and asked:

"What happened to former director Lisa?"

The new director seems quite calm, leisurely pouring water:

"You stay calm. Drink some water first, then I'll tell you. This is quite complicated."

After taking a sip of water, Victor immediately put the cup on the table and asked:

"Can you be more specific? I would love to know and am willing to hear it all."

"Well, it's been more than 2 months, and I still have not stopped being obsessed with what happened to Lisa in Vietnam. She was harmed by the bad guys, that's all I can say."

"Been… harmed by the bad guy?"

"So that you can get the hang of it, I'll show you two tapes of her final moments."

Victor was shocked and said:

"Is there that tape?" But why would you have them?"

"I'll tell you later. Can you sit in my office chair over there? I'll show you them on my laptop."

"Is it okay if you show them to me?"

"Why not? We are no longer strangers. Because I know about you, I have to show you even more."

Victor sat on the chair that the other director pointed to, thinking:

"He talks like he and I have known each other for a long time. It feels a bit strange. Hmm, his name is Arthur Excepicon, it's written on the nameplate on his workboard. No wonder he's so quick and aggressive."

After turning on the laptop, Arthur opened a file, including the tape he mentioned, saying:

"This is a video taken from the camera outside the entrance to the main door, recording the scene where Lisa met a stranger, it seems that the two fought because of some disagreement between them. I will skip to the climax."

When the climax began to run on the tape, Victor saw the scene of the other stranger raising his hand toward Lisa, Lisa suddenly appeared to be suffocating as if strangled. She clutched her neck in fear and pain. Victor was completely shocked, thinking:

"She… hugged her neck as if she had been squeezed by the person's hand."

"Have you heard of 'supernatural power'?" - Arthur leaned close to Victor's face and asked.

Victor was startled, stood up from the chair, and said:

"Don't make my heart flutter like that."

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be so focused. Back to the question, you must have come to know about it, right?"

Victor now sat back in his seat and said:

"Ah, that is not strange to me. So you mean this person has supernatural powers?"

"Please keep watching. The latter part of the tape will further strengthen my theory."

As the video continued, Victor saw a horrifying scene: Lisa was lifted in the air and then thrown against the wall several times in the direction of the mysterious person's hand until she lost consciousness and was covered with injuries. . He also clearly heard Lisa's screams for help after several blows before losing consciousness.

Suddenly Victor's head hurt, he fell off the chair and collapsed on the floor. Some old memories from the night flashed through his mind. He saw the same scene in the video, in front of him was Lisa, with a tragic face and a scared face begging for help, then she hugged her neck with a pained and tortured expression similar to those of other people. What happens on the tape? Victor escaped from the stream of memories with a sweaty face, tears began to fall on his eyelids. He knelt with his hands on the floor as if he had no strength left to lift himself.

"Why… why is that person Yelena?"

Behind him, Arthur is looking at the laptop screen with a scary smile...

Coming out of Arthur's room, Victor's eyes became lifeless. He staggered with limp steps, with a tired body. Disappointment and sadness enveloped him until he left the Institute. Seeing Victor's pathetic appearance from afar, Arthur pulled out his phone and said to the bodyguards:

"Watch Victor 24/7 when he walks out of here. If there is any movement of him, report it to me."

Just hung up the phone, Arthur smiled and said:

"You will become my obstacle if you try to find out everything about that Spirit. Her death is necessary for my future reconstruction of the Archaeological Institute as official director. Soon, I will have the fame and glory that Lisa once had, no longer her shadow. I'll bring you two down to hell after you find out where Lisa is being treated."

The next morning, Victor woke up early in a state of sadness and mood. As soon as he stepped down, Victor saw that Mr. Karatini was cleaning the plates after preparing bread dishes on the table. Victor asked Mr. Karatini :

"Where is Michael? Doesn't he go down to breakfast? "

Mr. Karatini replied:

"He is sleeping because he worked all last night, I guess. Please bring breakfast for him. "

Victor looked at him with warm eyes, but in his heart, he thought:

"Is it time to tell him the truth? Yelena's death was a big shock for him, in case of knowing about this, could he bear it? Well, I'd better keep this secret with him temporarily. "

Victor slowly went to Michael's room with the food tray. As soon as he was in front of the door of the room, Victor knocked on the door several times but did not hear a response. So Victor immediately opened the door. Just opening the door, he saw Michael sleeping in bed with a pile of chaotic documents on the table and bed. Because Victor was a neat, tidy person, he was extremely itchy eyes when he saw that pile. Victor put the food tray down in a corner, then went to clean up the pile that Michael laid out on the table and the bed.

When starting to clean up the documents on the table, Victor saw some strange drawings on a piece of paper in the document, which was noted in a strange Yelenaguage. Suddenly the Elemental Card Card in his pocket glowed, Victor took it out, and he saw some strange images. He saw Yelena in the past, she was trying to translate strange drawings, including the drawing he was holding.

The Elemental Card Card glowed again and brought his mind to another space- an ancient and strange place. Victor looked around and exclaimed:

"A cave? The cliffs, cave doors, ...! "

In front of him is the goddess, and the two sides are her entourage, they look like The Elemental Cardal Gods. They stood above, looking down at the people dressed in strange costumes that were down kneeling as if the miracle was kneeling in front of the Supreme One. Victor realized that he was in the period of Eastern feudal times because their costumes were a bit ancient and had gray and brown tones, like what he saw in historical films.

"So the goddess used to live in the feudal period of Vietnam? Never imagine she looked like this 1000 years ago"

Suddenly he realized one of the people who were kneeling below. When they raised their faces, Victor was very surprised. He saw an extremely familiar face, he didn't know if he was dizzy. Through his vision, he realized that the person in middle was quite similar to Michael.

"Michael, why is he here?"

Suddenly from the cliff, the bats simultaneously flew out with jarring screams. The person looking like Michael looked towards the goddess and said:

"The bats have realized that the disaster is about to do so to touch us. Everyone, be ready to get our goddess' order. "

"Although it doesn't want that to happen, that's happened. The Guardians, be prepared for the battle. Vow that you will survive and return. "

"The guardians that she talked about are probably ..."

Victor realized that the guys that the goddess is talking about are just some humans with hidden faces by masks, their weapons look quite rudimentary. One of them advanced and said:

"Because of the goddess, they vow to dedicate their hearts and bodies. Nothing can make us subdue anymore. If we die, we want to be buried right here. Please make our last request, Our Goddess "

Victor could see the contentment of the goddess when she heard him say that. She turned to look at the gods and said:

"Thedus, Helius, Zephystos, Helfireus, do the last rituals for them."

Immediately, the four gods came and gave their energy guards just by touching their heads. Because of seeing everything through the subconscious of Thedus, Victor can completely feel Thedus' energy flowing throughout his body. He exclaimed:

"I can feel that. Feel like Thedus' body and mine became one. I can't stand it anymore. What is kind of this source of power? The organs in the body are burning down. I can't stand it anymore! "

When he thought he could not stand it anymore, Victor was brought back to reality after Michael's held his shoulder. When he saw Michael, Victor was so confused that he spilled all the documents on the floor, stammering and said:

"Are you ... Are you awake?"

"What are you doing with my documents? Why would you stand like a stone without saying anything? "- Michael asked.

"Ah, it's just ..."

While talking to Michael, Victor suddenly stopped when he saw the tattoo on Michael's left hand, which coincided with the drawing on the paper that he held. His skepticism toward Michael was getting bigger ...