I, Became a Gravekeeper of the Pyramid of Giza - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: How Dare You Burn My King Scarab? All of You Will Die Today

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

They looked up and saw that the walls of the vertical tunnel were densely covered with swarms of greenish-black beetles.

Each of them was as big as a fist, and they had scary mouthparts.

The bugs rushed down like a flood pouring from above. Furthermore, they were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they were already halfway down.

“Oh my god! What are those things!”

Anna’s face instantly turned pale from fright, and the expressions of the others also changed at once.

Even Kohler and Taylor felt a chill up their spines.

Their shirts were soaked wet in cold sweats.

Especially Kohler.

He vaguely recalled that he had seen those bugs before.

On an ancient Egyptian scroll!

They were sacred scarabs!

Kohler remembered. Then, he shouted at the other members of the team, “They are the sacred scarabs! Run!”

His words seemed to have pulled the frightened crowd back into reality. The special security guards were the quickest to react.

One of them pulled Kohler to his feet at once. They turned around and ran back along the way they came.

All the special security guards had now recovered from their shock.

Even though they were experienced veterans, they knew they were no match for the tide of sacred scarabs.

There was no need to fight them head-on. The priority was to get out of here alive.

Furthermore, it was their duty to ensure the safety of the archaeological team.

Therefore, they pulled up the people around them and immediately ran toward the exit.

Given their physical strength, they were much faster than the three explorers from before even when they were carrying other people.

The photographers didn’t forget to take photos of the scarabs even at this critical moment.

The netizens watching the live stream also caught a glimpse of what those sacred scarabs looked like as the bugs surged toward the group like a tidal wave.

“Oh my god! What are these?”

“They look like beetles, but I’ve never seen a beetle this huge!”

“Could they be what poisoned the explorers earlier?”

“Why do I feel that these things look highly poisonous?!”

“Run! They’re catching up.”

At this moment, the netizens were still commenting on the live stream despite the shaking camera.

On top of that, everyone had realized that it must be the sacred scarabs that had poisoned the explorers!

In their eyes, the archaeological team was on a suicidal mission.

They had made a clear conclusion earlier that it was dangerous, but they refused to back out. They were playing with fire.

Alan looked behind him. The tide of sacred scarabs was still chasing after them relentlessly.

This wouldn’t do!

Thus, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind! He stopped running.

“F*ck you! Die!”

“I spent so much frigging money to get into this archaeological team. How can I let you bugs eat me?!”

He somehow mustered enough courage and picked up the flamethrower. Then, he aimed it at the sacred scarabs and pulled the trigger.

Boom!

In an instant, extremely hot flames spurted out of the barrel under the pressure from fuel combustion.

Sensing that the path behind them was suddenly lit up, the other members of the group turned around and saw an unforgettable scene.

Crack!

The raging flames incinerated the entire tomb passage.

A sea of fire engulfed the swarm of sacred scarabs.

Even the incomparably poisonous sacred scarabs were burnt to a crisp by the extremely hot flames.

At that instant, the sacred scarabs were unable to advance.

Moreover, hundreds of sacred scarabs were burnt to death in the blink of an eye.

Everyone was stunned by the sight, including the netizens.

Impressive!

At this moment, Alan was like a god of war. He saved everyone’s life.

“Pui!”

He spat out a mouthful of saliva onto the ground and stopped his flamethrower. He shouted angrily, “F*ck! Who cares what kind of bugs you are? What are you against my flamethrower?”

Kohler and the others heaved a sigh of relief.

“Phew!”

“I can’t believe there are such things in this pyramid.”

Anna couldn’t help but ask, “Professor Kohler, do you know what bugs they are?”

Kohler nodded and said, “I only read about it in a sheepskin scroll unearthed in Egypt. According to the records, they are called the Sacred Scarabs. They are usually sealed in the bodies of mummies that were buried with the dead.”

“But no one saw them before. I also thought they were just mythical creatures, certainly not expecting to see them in the Great Pyramid of Giza.”

“It seems that the three explorers were killed by those sacred scarabs. They are extremely poisonous. A person will probably die from just touching them!”

Hearing those words, everyone gulped nervously.

Anna was freaked out. She did not want to come back to this pyramid ever again.

Therefore, she hurriedly said, “Professor Kohler! Let’s head back. Who knows how many of those bugs there are?”

Now, even the legendary sacred scarabs had appeared.

It seemed that she had recalled what the young man had said earlier.

“You will wake up the sleeping gods!”

But Alan, who had just defeated the wave of bugs, refused.

“Head back? What for? It wasn’t easy for us to get here. Do you know how much I paid?”

His family had spent a whopping five million pounds.

If he just left like that without any achievement, his family would definitely punish him severely.

“But!” Anna wanted to persuade him.

Professor Kohler interrupted her. To her surprise, he spoke up for Alan. “I agree with Alan. We should move forward. Let’s go to the second floor of the pyramid.”

“True, the sacred scarabs are dangerous. But doesn’t that mean that the Great Pyramid of Giza is unusual? I must uncover the secret!”

“Besides, we have flamethrowers and plenty of fuel! The appearance of the sacred scarabs means that we are near the main chamber.”

“That’s right, Anna!” At this moment, Taylor also tried to persuade her. “Think about it carefully. This is Khufu’s pyramid! If we can excavate his chamber, it will be a milestone achievement in the entire field of archaeology!”

Hearing that, Anna felt that these people had gone crazy!

For some reason, she felt that the archaeological team had been led astray by the relics in the tomb.

In order to obtain the relics, they did not even care about their own lives.

Even Kohler, the mentor that she respected the most, was no exception.

“Watch out!”

Anna suddenly shouted.

The others immediately turned to look. To their surprise, the swarm of sacred scarabs which had just withdrawn had actually returned. They were charging at them again.

Meanwhile, they saw a blood-red sacred scarab flying in the air not far away.

“That’s the king!”

“Burn the king first!”

Kohler quickly reminded Alan.

Alan seemed well-prepared. He aimed his flamethrower at the king scarab and engulfed it with flames.

Even though the king scarab could fly, there was no way to hide in the huge range of a flamethrower.

…

Buzz!

Vincent, who was meditating on the second floor, suddenly opened his eyes.

“The king scarab is dead?”

Vincent looked at the passageway on the first floor, only to see Alan firing his flamethrower into the air.

This didn’t mean that the king scarab was too weak.

Rather, Vincent had failed to realize that the archaeological team had come with so many firearms.

At the end of the day, sacred scarabs were still bugs.

“How dare you kill my king scarab?”

“Fine! I wanted to keep a few scarabs, but you disrupted my plan.”

“All of you will die today!”

Those people had clearly crossed Vincent’s line.

After all, it took lots of effort to produce one king scarab.