The whole iron box has a simple shape, except for the blood black pattern on the lid, there is no other decoration. The four sides are angular, the lines are rough and cold, and the protection measures are correspondingly simple, with only one large lock firmly locking the box.

Duran tried to fiddle with various lock-picking tools, but the big lock didn't move, and the bracket inside didn't look like it was rusting to death.

"My lockpicking skills need to be strengthened."

Scratching his head helplessly, Duran took a deep breath, recalling what he had learned while training in lockpicking at the Rogue Training Base in the Tower of Shadows. There is no doubt that the lock in front of you is not a strange lock designed by a skilled craftsman, but just an ordinary lock. The trick to unlocking is in the inner workings of the lock, which requires experience and technology, and Duran is not good at it.

Fortunately, he is not helpless, and in the Shadow Rogue Training Base, he has also obtained some sharp weapons to deal with ordinary locks.

That's the [Temporary Unlock Scroll].

Faced with the temptation of the blood black runes on the iron box, Duran did not hesitate to take out the small stack of thin scrolls from the prop box. There are eight of these scrolls, and unlike the other magic scrolls, they are much thinner. Duran took out one, spread it out in the palm of his hand, and read out the syllables marked on the scroll word by word by the light of the fire on the side.

The temporary unlocking scroll is actually a thin piece of paper with a quaint key drawn on it, and in the lower right corner is the corresponding rune to open the scroll. The scrolls were clearly the work of Ravenkin, the previous owner of the Tower of Shadows, who had reached a pinnacle in both magic and locksmithing, and combining the two was a transcendent feat for generations. At the very least, Duran hadn't heard of any Thieves' Guild or Thief Grandmaster other than Ravenjin using scrolls to pick locks.

According to the inherited knowledge of the Shadow Thieves, they divided locks into two types: one is ordinary locks, including the types of locks that have been popular in various eras, and have spread widely and far-reaching influence; The other is the odd-type lock, which is generally carefully designed by the masters and has a specific purpose, and the odd-type lock often has a unique and non-replicable surname.

And there is no doubt that in terms of difficulty, odd-type locks are much more difficult than ordinary locks. Ordinary lock thieves have their own certain patterns and rules, basically follow the rules and experience to solve the problem, and in the face of odd locks, even the most powerful thieves are probably very easy to eat, the latter requires extremely high insight and level of luck to open.

In ordinary locks, according to the difficulty level, it is divided into three levels. Among them, the first-level lock is the simplest, and most of them are some locks designed with simple principles such as machine telescopic and spring pulling. This kind of lock is basically nothing to the thieves, and even Duran can barely cope with it; The secondary lock is relatively difficult, on the basis of the primary lock, the secondary ordinary lock has added a lot of detours and detours, only experienced old thieves can easily control. As for the three-level lock, even if it is not as cumbersome and weird as the odd lock, it is not far from the same in terms of difficulty.

Generally speaking, when encountering a first-level lock, Duran will try his skill level; The second-level lock was enough to make him deflated, and the third-level lock, he didn't even have the interest to try.

Luckily, the makeshift lockpicking scroll from the Tower of Shadows was enough to handle all the locks below the second level of locks, which made it a lot easier for Duran.

I saw that with Duran's spell slowly falling, the scroll suddenly floated slightly, and its surroundings rolled up slightly, as if an invisible hand was holding it up. The yellowed parchment burns spontaneously from the upper left corner, and the faint flames do not scatter here and there like candles or matches—on the contrary, the firelight coalesces together to form a faint yellowish beam.

The beam of light hit the hole in the lock, like a nimble snake, seeping into the hole.

Seeing this scene, Duran took a half step back, then ducked to the right again, almost sticking himself to the shelf on the right.

The beam lasted for a full twenty seconds, and by this time, all but the quaint key drawn in the middle of the parchment had burned out, and countless intricate runes had emerged from the key. After a while, I heard a pop, and in the midst of the flames, the key suddenly stood up from the plane, as if it suddenly had a spiritual surname.

The keys are transparent and range in color between purple and pink. Invisibly, it was as if a hand was holding the key and inserting it into the hole in the iron box.

"What a lock-picking artifact!" Duran couldn't help but secretly praise Ruiwen Jin's divine skills.

The purple key was inserted into the hole, and it turned slightly, and a mechanical click came from the box, and the lock opened.

The quaint iron box popped open, and three rows of cold arrows shot directly out of the box, nailing deep into the wall on the side.

Duran shrugged his shoulders, sure enough, he was careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, and the old blacksmith was poisonous enough to put such a mechanism in the iron box. But then again, he may not be the one who set up the mechanism, but at least the dwarves wouldn't have designed such a sinister mechanism that didn't fit their style.

"Only human beings have such a vicious mind and the ability and skill to put it into practice......

Duran saw that there was no movement for a long time after the iron box was opened, so he cautiously leaned over.

After the unlock was opened, the transparent key was long gone, and what caught Duran's eye was a large handful of straw and wheat stalks.

Undeceived by the cover of appearances, he stretched out his left hand, fiddled around with the box a few times, and sure enough, he touched something. Duran's heart moved, trying to pick up the thing, who knew that at this time, those straws suddenly began to burn!

The flames rushed towards Duran's hands as if they had a spiritual surname, but unfortunately the designer of this magic mechanism was probably disappointed, because these flames had no effect on Duran at all.

The [Terrible Gauntlet] itself has the effect of exempting from flames, not to mention the talent of the Duran Flame Monarch, and the fire trap alone can't hurt him at all.

The straw burned out before the true face of the iron box was revealed.

It's a discolored piece of armor!

The patterns on the armor are very intricate, and they are a work of art in a delicate way. Duran gasped, and he couldn't wait to remove his gloves and stroke them with his own hands.

The cold touch was as expected, and he caressed every joint of his armor with love, and the color of ecstasy in his eyes grew stronger and stronger.

The whole set of armor is composed of upper and lower body armor, which can be flexibly detached and combined, and in terms of defensive area, it is undoubtedly a knight's heavy armor - from the face to the throat and the limbs, all of which are covered in protection. But materially, even Duran's knowledge could not identify it.

"It's so light...... Even I can easily wear it on my body, right? Just when Duran had some doubts about the utility of this overly ornate armor, a terrifying roar rang in his ears:

"Who is it?!"

"Awakened the sleeping dragon?!"

"Despicable Ember Man! Take your dirty hands off the armor of time now! ”

(A well-designed key clue has finally been opened, Duran will quickly become stronger, and the story will become even better!) There will be a change in a while, remember to vote~)

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