The Prince of the Bloodline owns a palace.

The configuration of its palace is not particularly luxurious, but a low-key luxury.

This is not the same concept as light luxury.

The essence of light luxury is to slap a swollen face and become fat.

And the essence of low-key luxury is that gold is hidden in a box.

Since the blood of the royal family was scarce to the point of almost being cut off, with the sudden death of the previous prince, the result was that the management of the royal family's property had been transferred to the hands of the Senate.

Then, after a long period of 80 years, the vast majority of these assets have been embezzled in various ways.

The prince is like a vassal king who has just been released from the capital, and how many things there are actually depends on how much is given from above.

The palace was nominally the private property of the royal family, and only the prince was entitled to occupy it, not even the senate could embezzle it.

It is usually covered by an enchantment, and it has a long history, and after generations of royal transformation, it is essentially equivalent to an easy-to-defend fortress.

In the era of demigods, the giant clan once broke into the lair of the blood clan and tried to behead the demigods of the blood clan, but the decapitation action needed to be fast and fast, and it was as fast as the wind, and the giant spent two days and one night in front of the last fortress and could not attack it for a long time, and the result was that the decapitation operation failed, and was finally surrounded by the blood clan in a wave, so the giant clan collapsed and disappeared in the long river of history in less than a hundred years.

"Only the blood of the royal family can open this opal palace."

Mussell leads the way.

"For eighty years after the death of the previous prince, it remained closed and was not reopened until not long ago."

She raised her finger and said, "The Opal Palace has a total of three structures, the first is the outermost garden area, the prince's succession ceremony, and the reception of guests are all in the outer area, which is also the range that ordinary nobles can reach. ”

"The second is the main building of the Opal Palace, which was built by the first royal family Vidra himself, using a technology that has been lost, and it looks small on the outside, but once it is unfolded, it will form a tower with more than 100 floors, and there are as many as 1,000 internal room structures."

"It can be said that the Opal Palace itself is a huge dungeon, and the technology of making dungeons and labyrinths appeared in the era of the city-state, reached its peak in the age of demigods, and then gradually disappeared with the great unification."

Bai Yu interrupted, "What is the meaning of the existence of the dungeon?" ”

"Self-preservation, one of the main themes of the demigod era is that defense is greater than offense, even if it is as strong as a demigod, it will not easily step into the territory of the other party, usually every time a war starts, both sides will fight each other to pieces, but few sides can break through the other's dungeons."

…… Why does this sound so much like trench warfare?

Mussel continues: "The second monolithic palace area is already very complex, and is generally accessible only by invitation; The third area is even deeper, and it is a field that only the royal family can enter, and I don't know what it is. ”

She stopped, turned around and said, "Next, we are about to enter the Opal Palace, the scene inside has been restored by magic, and it is a projection body pieced together according to almost everyone's memory pictures, remember not to touch it." ”

Push open the door and step inside the Opal Palace.

Suddenly there was a feeling of traveling through time and space, and in the blink of an eye, I arrived at the night of a month ago.

A large number of guests arrived at the prince's succession ceremony, the nobles staggered, raised their glasses to celebrate each other, and the handsome men and women talked to each other in the reserved manner of the nobles.

There is a troupe playing music not far away, the enthusiastic and unrestrained aristocratic daughters twist their waists along with the music, and the ladies and gentlemen are like fish in water in the crowd.

"It's all phantom magic?" Jeanne touched a nearby person, her fingers running through their bodies, leaving no trace.

"It's a memory projection." "Unlike other races, our souls flow in the blood, so the blood preserves memories and personalities, and we only need to hand over the blood to extract the memories of that night," Musayl said. ”

"The scene you see now is the scene that the bloodline memories of the seven hundred and thirty-nine guests that night have been sorted out...... With a credibility of more than 99.8%, one person's memory may not be reliable, but everyone's memory is true. ”

The bloody knight strode forward.

Bai Yu looked at the crowd and raised his eyebrows: "You were also at the scene at the time?" ”

"Yes." Mussel also saw her back, she was wearing a bare skirt with a knight's sword attached to her back, standing straight.

"How long did this party last?"

"All night." "It begins at nightfall and ends until the sun rises the next day," says Muselle. ”

"When was the prince killed?"

"It's in the middle of the night."

"No one has ever entered the Opal Palace before?"

"Nope." "The more than 700 guests present all entered in advance, and after the banquet began, the barrier was raised, the gate was blocked, and no one entered or exited again. ”

"It's a secret room."

"...... the Chamber of Secrets?" Mussell thought for a moment, "It's like a closed room, indeed. ”

"It's a classic sighting chamber." Bai Yu said lightly: "According to what you said, the first outer area of the entire Opal Palace is full of guests, and it is also full of a large number of sights, and the memories of more than seven hundred guests have formed an all-round coverage throughout the night, confirming that no one has ever entered or exited - so, this is the secret room...... Jeanne, take note. ”

"Okay, dear."

Jeanne took out the morning light stationery and wrote down a line casually - the first weight of the Opal Palace was a witness chamber composed of more than 700 people.

Bai Yu held his forehead with his hand.

has already revealed their identities, in fact, you don't need to continue to perform, right?

He was about to speak when he saw the corners of Musel's mouth on the side rise, and his eyes quietly looked here, as if he was refreshed.

…… No, what are you happy about?

"Uh-huh!" The Warrior of Pure Love came back to his senses: "There is actually no need for much investigation on the outer layer, what really matters is the interior of the Opal Palace. ”

At the main entrance of the Opal Hall, there are a total of six sculptures of different shapes on the left and right, and there are gargoyles on the top floor of the palace, each of which looks very imposing.

"This is the standard configuration of ancient dungeons, gargoyles gatekeepers, if they detect an alien hostile lifeform, they will automatically activate to give a fatal blow." Mussel said.

Bai Yu looked at the gargoyle: "Then why is there no response now, and the power is unplugged?" ”

"Ancient Gargoyles are not triggered by humans and bloodlines, and only some powerful creatures with a threat activate it." Mussel said lightly: "Because humans are relatively weak, and in the past, they were usually the recipes of the blood clan. ”

Bai Yu sighed: "Then the feeling of being ridden on top of the head by humans in turn now, is there a kind of beauty that is contrary to Tiangang?" ”

"You're going to be able to chat." Mussell raised her hand and pressed it against the door, and with a burst of magic radiance, she pulled out a blood-red hedron, and after the light scanned it, the door slowly opened.

"This item is a pass of entry?" Bai Yu raised his eyebrows: "That being the case, as long as you use this thing, you can open the main gate of the Opal Palace." ”

"This is the blood soul crystallization of the royal family, and I said it before, you can't enter and leave the Opal Palace without the blood of the royal family." Musel shook his head and said: "And the blood soul crystals are things that will only be left after death, all the royal blood soul crystals are all under the custody of the Senate, and this one was also applied for for the purpose of investigating the case." ”

"So there were no blood soul crystals before?"

"No, even the senators have to go through the senators to retrieve it, and individuals can't get it at all." Musel said: "These questions are insignificant, even if the other party has a blood soul crystal, it is impossible to open the door without being noticed, there are more than seven hundred guests outside, so many pairs of eyes cannot be avoided." ”

Bai Yu just said to Jeanne, "Record it." ”

Jeanne wrote down two of them.

- The Blood Soul Crystal after the death of the royal family can open the doors of the Opal Palace.

- Gatekeeper Gargoyles do not trigger when facing Humans or Bloodlines.

After officially entering the Opal Palace, Bai Yu finally felt how the three words of the dog were written.

"How does it feel?"

"There's a beauty that makes you want to steal an ashtray."

"The ashtrays in the Platinum Palace in the middle of winter do often get stolen." "But it's better not to do anything here," said Muselle, "for the wealth here belongs to the royal family, and anything that is taken out is considered a crime, and you can't take it out at all." ”

"Why?"

"There is an anti-theft mechanism." Musel said lightly: "Although I haven't tried it either, I've heard of it...... The belongings that enter the Opal's palace are considered to be its belongings, and no one can take them unless they are the princes, and they will be cursed to take them privately. ”

In the midst of small talk, I entered the hall.

There were three people sitting in the middle of the hall.

The three pretty women didn't look very old, and their eyes were raised one after another, falling on the person who came.

Bai Yu looked at a red-haired girl nearby, looked around her, and after a full circle, she said, "Strange, how does this look so realistic?" ”

"This gentleman ......" The red-haired aristocratic girl took two steps back, pressed her chest and said, "Don't you think you're offending me by doing this?" ”

Bai Yu: "......"

Jeanne said helplessly: "No matter how you look at it, it's not a projection, it's a real person, dear." ”

"I forgot to say it." Musel appropriately added: "The five people who participated in the blind date this night have all stayed in the Opal Palace, and they are also the objects of suspicion, so in order to ensure that their families are not implicated, they can only stay and cooperate with our investigation." ”

Bai Yu turned his head: "So they stayed here for a full month?" ”

"Well, what's wrong?" Musel asked, "It's nothing to live here for just one month, and many people don't have this opportunity." ”

…… So what's going on with your bloodline's concept of time?

I'm almost used to the race's outrageous view of time.

Musel was about to introduce the three in front of him, but was interrupted by Jeanne.

"Let's call everybody."

The Blood Knight thought for a moment and agreed, "Go and call the other two...... Where are they? ”

"We were limited by our vows, and the only areas we could move around were the hall and the bedrooms." The dark-haired girl replied.

The third girl reacted the fastest: "I'll call someone." ”

Half a minute later, a scream came from upstairs.

(End of chapter)