Chapter 15: The Megalith
Leaving the separate residence, they skirted a long courtyard wall, ducked through a stone archway, and arrived at the kitchen yard, where the grunts of exertion rang out within the courtyard.
They stopped in their tracks and fixed their gaze.
Over a dozen Protectors were gathered around the well, each shouldering a wooden ladder.
One end of the ladder lay flat on the ground, while the other rested against the well’s edge.
A massive stone lay atop the ladder, as big as a millstone. More than a dozen men were jointly trying to lift the ladder, hoping to roll the stone onto the well to block it off.
Su Gui was also there, waving his arms and shouting loudly for the Protectors to exert their strength together.
As the Protectors exerted force, the ladder was gradually raised.
The end that had been on the ground slowly lifted, hovering in the air, and continued to rise.