Chapter 8: Keys

Coming down from this castle, we slowly walked to the back garden.

The back garden is deserted because it has been left untended for a long time, and there are not many hunters here, after all, the back garden is generally not of much value.

I walked over to the fountain building, which had stopped spraying water tens of thousands of years ago.

But why didn't there be a single skeleton in the castle? Could it be that they all left the castle en masse tens of thousands of years ago?

This castle looks so precious, at least one or two guards will be left!

I leaned quietly against the fountain, which had a statue in the center.

I took a closer look and saw that something was wrong, the statue seemed to be holding something in its hand.

In an instant, I quickly destroyed the statue's hand, and I got what the statue was in hand.

It's a key!

Silently put the keys in his pocket and didn't think about anything.

Then they walked around the back garden, and although there were young hunters here, they all hurried away after just one look.

It's quiet here, if that girl comes. I'm sure no one will find out about killing her, and even if there is, then I'll kill him.

"You're here!".

A girl's voice came from behind her.

"How did you get here?

I had the knife ready, and started to turn my head slightly.

"Let's go, it's not fun here".

The girl ran away to the castle after saying this, and I didn't have time to kill her.

I shook my head and ran towards the castle.

As I entered the castle, I heard a shouting and scolding.

"This is what Lao Tzu discovered first! Don't rob me of your bald donkey!" said a middle-aged man who looked hot-tempered, and looked at the badge and knew that he was a high-level hunter.

And the opposite of him is also a middle-aged man, just bald, and he is also a senior hunter.

"Shit! How can you be sure you found it first!But Lao Tzu touched this crown first!".

What they were fighting for was a crown that looked uniform and translucent, as if it were made of diamonds, surrounded by a variety of precious stones.

In terms of value, this diamond crown is enough to buy a small city. The people present all looked at this crown with red eyes, but those two were high-level hunters with strong strength, and the union was some regulations that caused them to only look at it.

"According to the rules of the union, let's have a duel" The hot-tempered middle-aged man took down the weapons he was carrying one by one.

"Well, whoever wins will get the crown" The balding middle-aged man also began to take down the weapons he was carrying one by one.

There is a rule in the guild that when the treasure is found together during the treasure hunt, a duel can be held to decide who the treasure belongs to. Hunters must not bring weapons to duel and must not injure the opponent's life.

I made the rules in the union, and I made them... It's perfect! It lasts forever.

Both high-ranking hunters laid down their weapons and began to fight with their bare hands.

I watched the situation.

The hot-tempered middle-aged man attacks fiercely and strongly, while the other bald middle-aged man is very good at dodging and will find the right moment to sneak up on him.

At first, the two fought from a distance, but then they got into a scuffle.

That's right, it's just a scuffle together, everyone else is very interested in watching the two scuffle, but I'm not interested, this kind of fighting technique is just funny to watch, not exciting at all.

It was at this moment that I saw a sneaky figure who quietly took the crown and carried it away, while the others focused on the scuffle between the two and did not see him.

But none of this is my business, and I can't speak!

However, I remember a rule I created that theft would be punished by a unionized decision, and the punishment would be determined by the value of the stolen item.

"Eh, where's the crown?" suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, and the others quickly looked at the place where the crown had been placed, and the two scufflers stopped to look at the crown.

"Who stole Lao Tzu's crown!".

"! It's Lao Tzu! If I had known that kid had stolen it, I would have skinned him."

After the bald middle-aged man finished speaking, he turned his head to the crowd and said angrily.

"Which of you stole the crown? stand up for me!".

You're going to take his skin, and who's going to show it?

I can't leave at this time, those two people are tightly packed with people, and whoever leaves will probably be suspicious of those two people.

I didn't take the crown, but if I was found out, I would have been searched, which would reveal my identity.

I silently calculated my speed and the speed of the two hunters, they couldn't catch up with me when I ran, but it would attract attention!

The man who stole the crown was still in the crowd, and it seemed that he knew that he would be suspected if he ran away!

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, and everyone collectively looked at the source of the sound.

Their leader was riding his horse and running slowly.

"What are you doing here?" he shouted into the crowd.

"Please take a look, chief!" We found a treasure and were ready to duel to decide who the treasure belonged to, but it was stolen by the villain," said the bald middle-aged man.

"Oh, which of you stole the treasure?" the leader turned his head to the crowd.

"You must know the rules of the union, theft is punished severely!"

After saying that, he turned his head to the two of them and asked.

"What treasure did you find?"

"It's a crown" hot-tempered middle-aged human.

"Crown! Isn't that worth a lot!".

Here he turned his head to the crowd and said with a slightly angry face.

"If you don't want to receive great punishment, hand over the crown!".

According to the value of the crown, there is at least four-tenths of the treasure hunting tax, and you can own about four percent of the wealth of this crown.

Then I saw the kid who stole the crown slowly retreating, and the same leader found out.

"What are you going to do!".

"I didn't steal anything, why can't I go?" the boy raised his hands as if to show his innocence.

"I didn't say you stole again," the leader commanded the crowd, and the crowd began to sort out.

The crowd detoured a road, and the crown appeared in the center.

The chief ran to pick up the crown and said to the men.

"The thief has not yet been identified, the treasure is temporarily placed in me" The crown in the leader's hand quickly disappeared and was placed in his storage ring.

"Uh... , how do I feel that our things have been confiscated..."The two high-level hunters looked at each other, and then walked away helplessly.

I don't know if the surveyor made any discoveries.

I turned my head to look at the girl on the other side, and she seemed to be secretly remembering something. No, she's the surveyor!

I turned and crept over to the place where the throne had been placed (the throne had been removed by the hunters), where there was a small hole that resembled a keyhole, which no one noticed due to the confusion of the presence.

I inserted the key I had found at the fountain and twisted it again.

Just a sound was heard, and the block in front of the throne opened...