Chapter 77: What is this? A box, let’s open it!

“The Tuls Family is a colossal legacy that has endured for hundreds of years, weathering countless storms. One failure doesn’t mean anything; it certainly won’t lead to their destruction or disarray. Since the plan is bound to fail, they must consider cutting their losses in a timely manner.”

At this point, Mona seemed a bit helpless. After hesitating for a moment, she finally stated honestly.

“Miss Vilyric might not know, but Tyler Tuls, although quite capable, is extremely stubborn and hot-headed. Moreover, he dotes on his only daughter, Lan Tuls, so he will do anything to protect her.”

“It’s very likely that he had a backup plan from the start. If an irretrievable situation occurs, all Lan needs to do is capture and eliminate the visible culprits of the Ghost Thieves and find that Moonshadow Royal Family Youngling. Then Tyler can claim it was a personal act of defiance, thus protecting both his family and daughter to the greatest extent.”

“Hmm… So, he wants to sacrifice himself as a ‘pawn’ to save the ‘king’ of his family and loved ones?”

“That’s most probably the case.”

“Wow, this old fox is quite sinister and ruthless—hard on himself, even harder on partners…”

The Priestess couldn’t help but interject.

“The Tuls Family is renowned for its cunning, and Tyler is indeed ruthless. Otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to orchestrate such an event. In fact, if it weren’t for my sister and me pulling off some clever tricks, they wouldn’t have been so easily outsmarted given their lack of caution regarding my youth.”

Mona chuckled lightly.

“Besides, Tyler’s meticulous plans were ultimately flawed. His original intention was to have Lan falsely claim information was obtained through secret channels or by coincidence as a vague excuse for capturing the remnants of the Ghost Thieves. However, Lan Tuls, wanting to save her father’s life, chose to tell the truth.”

“As a result, although Tyler can be seen as partially guilty, the whole Tuls Family will bear the charge of deceiving the crown. Just in time, my sister has been worried about some nobles wielding too much power and doesn’t know how to weaken them; now there’s ample justification.”

“You officials really know how to play games…”

Miss Vilyric fully embraced her role as the comic relief and suddenly asked with concern.

“So, if Lan really did pin all the blame solely on Tyler as initially planned, would Liliya really execute him?”

The Princess, walking ahead, turned around and exchanged a glance with the Black-haired Girl, then nodded deeply.

“Yes, absolutely. Even if my sister truly wished to spare Tyler’s life, given how things have escalated, she would have no choice but to decree his death. Otherwise, the dignity of the royals would be reduced to a joke and it would be impossible to command respect.”

“Is that so? Being king can’t be easy…”

As the topic concluded, the girls arrived at the large convoy covered by black cloth, and Mona called over a nearby Shadow Person to casually ask.

“Did you find it?”

The girl in black immediately lowered her head.

“Sorry, Your Highness, we haven’t confirmed yet… But we found items suspected to be targets inside those covered carriages. Would you like to take a look?”

“Suspected? Lead the way.”

“Yes!”

The Shadow Person led the two girls forward to a cargo truck that appeared unremarkable and identical to the others. The guards stationed here seemed to be particularly numerous.

Without making much noise, the leading Shadow Person simply nodded to her colleagues and lifted a corner of the black cloth covering the truck.

The miscellaneous items used to hide traces had already been cleared away, revealing a box about a meter long and square-shaped, sealed in black metal, intricately inscribed with obscure magical patterns.

Upon seeing it, a flicker of surprise flashed in Vilyric’s silver-blue eyes.

This object should be a rather remarkable sealing-type magical item, possessing bi-directional concealment aura, blocking various forms of physical and spiritual detection—at least the simple penetration of Spiritual Points couldn’t allow her to perceive what was inside.

This was beyond the capabilities of purple-grade equipment.

A spirit tool—this was at least a spirit tool.

“This is it, Your Highness. The Shadow People searched through all the items carried by this group, but found nothing except this box which cannot be opened.”

“We asked the captives, but they also didn’t know how to open this box. The key seems to be in the hands of a woman named Aileen, but she hasn’t shown up with the enemy base or this group at all. She must have already fled.”

“Aileen… the current leader of the Ghost Thieves, abandoning the group and hostages to escape alone? What a decisive and cunning individual…”

Mona bit her nails in frustration, as if the events were starting to unfold in a way that exceeded her plans for the first time.

“Can I take a look at that?”

Vilyric patted the young princess’s shoulder and gestured to the black box, the implication clear.

“Ah? Of course! Please, go ahead, Miss Vilyric.”

“Just don’t act like I can definitely crack it. That’s a lot of pressure for me…”

The Priestess stepped forward, placing her hand on the box, activating “Information Detection.”

“Crackle!”

A bright spark of electricity suddenly ignited at the fingertip where the girl touched the black box, momentarily surprising Mona and the Shadow People. Vilyric, however, unhurriedly gave a thumbs-up with her other hand, indicating she was fine.

Interesting, huh? They even set up counter-detection and analysis magic. Unfortunately, it still lacks a bit; it couldn’t even breach the basic protection of “Feather Garb – Gloraria.”

Still, the tactic and form of this counter-magic reminded Vilyric of the scene when she first arrived in this world, extracting that “Magic God Jewel (Fragment)” from the underground altar.

When Little Guang reached for it, she seemed to face some similar countermeasures. Perhaps Philena decided not to grab it immediately because she sensed this and let the Priestess duo get the spoils.

Could it be the work of the same person or organization?

Sure enough, here you are, hiding away, I finally found you…

Easily overcoming the counter-magic attached to the black box, “Information Detection” worked normally, rapidly displaying relevant information before Vilyric.

[Sealing Magic Box]

[Grade: Spirit Tool]

[Description: A sealing-type item crafted by the summoner alchemist Sylvester Burwell based on the legend of one of the Magic Gods’ Six Artifacts, the “Sealing Divine Court.” It possesses the ability to seal the magical power, spirit, and other physiological activities of creatures inside. However, it is merely a shoddy imitation of the “Sealing Divine Court.”

This item was lent to the hunting organization, the Ghost Thieves, by Sylvester Burwell to isolate the Source of Magic entity Noviya Moonshadow from the Mountains of Ten Thousand Demons.]

“A sealing magic box, huh…”

This is getting interesting. Who is this summoner alchemist Sylvester anyway, that he could craft spirit-level equipment all by himself? Keep in mind that even the royal family of the United Kingdom owns only three of these, and the Kingdom of Azure isn’t likely to have many more.

And as for the Magic God’s Six Artifacts and the “Sealing Divine Court,” even the copies are spirit-level—plus this grandiose name. Is it possible that there are six original divine artifacts?

Wait, Magic God Olivya… is she really that extravagant?

   

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