"So you're saying you found what looked like an ancient sarcophagus from the Land Era at sea. You thought it was treasure, but when you opened it, you found a perfectly preserved mummy inside?
"You wanted to sell it... no, donate it to one of the Twelve Stars' research institutes, but you ended up afflicted by its 'curse'?"
Shi Ming frowned.
He hadn't wanted to get involved, but the location where the *Ganges* found the mummy was, as luck would have it, right near his destination: the sunken Pyramid.
'This is too strange. I should probably get to the bottom of this.'
'Besides, I might be able to get some good intel out of it.'
Eliza's face was etched with worry.
She hadn't been afflicted by the "curse," but their ship's pillar of strength, the captain of the *Ganges*, had become one of the victims.
