Chapter 14: The Baron's Vault
Although it was only a poor town, the scale of the Baron's Palace was still repaired according to the standards of normal nobles, and it took several minutes to walk from the training ground to the basement.
When he was heading to the treasury, Al suddenly walked to Chu Ge's side, and whispered close to Chu Ge's ear:
"Hey, by the way, Ino used the same method when you easily defeated me four years ago?"
Chu Ge was stunned for a moment, and then said helplessly:
"How could I still remember, but it shouldn't be, it's very likely that I defeated you that time."
Al was obviously a little unconvinced, and asked:
"Why do you say that?"
Chu Ge pressed his temples and said helplessly:
"You see, according to your character, if you were defeated by me in that way, would you probably be convinced?"
Al replied very simply:
"Definitely not!"
Chu Ge spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said:
"That's it, that was the last time we fought, and you haven't fought me since, and if I had used that method, I guess you'd have fought back on the spot, rather than choosing to run away."
Al's face suddenly darkened, and after looking around and seeing that no one had noticed them, he continued to mutter:
"Don't go too far, you guy, what is a gray sneak away, if it weren't for worrying about Karina's sadness, I wouldn't have let you go that time."
"You're really not honest."
After patting Al's shoulder, Chu Ge smiled and walked forward quickly, letting Al hang himself at the back.
"What are you two talking about?"
Karina seemed to be in a good mood.
Chu Ge shook his head lightly and said:
"It's nothing, it's you, do you still have reservations about fighting me before?"
Karina blinked, then squinted and smiled:
"Now, you said the Silver Casting Sword Technique, I'm not very familiar with that, so of course I don't dare to use it casually during the competition."
Hearing Karina's explanation, Yuu's eyes suddenly wandered a little, as if she was remembering something.
In between his way to the vault, Baron Said began to explain to the crowd the specifics of the Tirisfal Glade:
"Yesterday I received a letter from an old friend of Lille, asking me for help."
"Lille is the lord of the neighboring town of Westmar, and according to the description in the letter, a forest in his domain was suddenly stained blood-red, and although it did not affect it in any other way, his wife was very disturbed by it."
"Madame Lille has sent her guards to investigate the woodland many times, but unfortunately nothing has been found, and the only thing found is that an abandoned monastery in the woodland has suddenly disappeared!"
"Because the second-order under Lille were all taken to the imperial capital by him, none of the guards under Madame Lille came in handy, so he can only turn to me for help for the time being to investigate the abnormalities there."
"By the way, another point is that a week before the anomaly, there were several cases of missing people in his territory, and the missing people were all children under the age of seven, maybe this incident has something to do with the anomaly in the blood-colored woodland."
Karina lowered her head and thought for a while, and said:
"The disappearance of young children and the disappearance of the monastery? And the woods that were suddenly dyed blood, it sounds weird, Father, are you sure you want to intervene in something that sounds terrible? ”
Said replied with a smile:
"Just take a look first, even those guards in his territory can enter and exit safely, I naturally have no reason to be afraid, not to mention that the guy in Lille has promised me a lot of benefits, if it is really solved, the people in Brywell will probably be more comfortable next year."
You asked:
"Uncle Seid, are you sure that no other people have died since the anomaly?"
Seid immediately shook his head affirmatively and replied:
"This is fully confirmed, as is stated in detail in Lille's letter, except, of course, what happened after the letter had been sent."
Chu Ge suddenly asked:
"When did the mutation of the woodland begin?"
Baron Said frowned and pondered for a moment before replying uncertainly:
"Based on the date and content of the letter, it has been almost a full week since the Tirisfal glade turned red, and it is impossible to know exactly when the monastery in the woodland disappeared."
"A week......
Chu Ge pressed his temples and began to keep recalling.
To be honest, at this time in his previous life, he was still in the excitement period of the game "Origin Morninglight", and he only knew how to experience the pleasure of the game, and would not take the initiative to observe and think about those bits and pieces of information.
Therefore, he will not pay much attention to many hidden things, and some sensitive things will be subconsciously ignored by him.
Just like an ordinary novice, he will only grope and rarely summarize, see what he can see, and block his sight.
For the next action, he just passively accepted it, in fact, the questions raised by Karina and Yu just now were very useful clues, but it was a pity that he didn't notice it at all in his previous life.
Although he had deep memories of his experiences in the Scarlet Monastery in his previous life, he did not know much about the nature of what happened in the monastery, and after solving the anomalies in the monastery in his previous life, the monastery was directly burned down.
While he was trying to think about it, the group had already arrived at Baron Said's treasure collection room.
Originally, it was very unruly to let outsiders into his storage room, but at Karina's strong request, the Baron only smiled and agreed.
After all, he didn't have anything unsightly, and he was just an ordinary little nobleman, so he couldn't take out anything particularly valuable, and the reserves were also used by him for the development of his territory, so it was really a stupid thing to keep his property all the time.
As for the so-called heirlooms, of course, they have always been carried by him.
Therefore, the moment he opened the stone door of the vault, he did not resist at all, of course, his behavior was no different from a madman in the eyes of other nobles.
Empty, tidy, and even a hint of depression - these were the first thoughts that came to Al and You's minds.
It can be seen that in order to survive the disaster twenty years ago, Baron Said's father has exhausted the Antuno family's heritage, otherwise as the owner of the once famous adventurer's domain, the Antuno family will be far richer than it is now.
Because there was no gambling contract in his previous life, Chu Ge also did not see Baron Said's collection, although he had seen countless treasures in his previous life, it did not hinder his curiosity.
No matter how boring the script is, as long as you read it carefully, you can still occasionally find some bright spots - this is what he has always believed.