Lichtens Castle.

The hands of the Templar Bell had just passed 9:30.

In the morning, everyone had returned to the mansion from the edge of the cliff and made their way to the library on the second floor.

Despite all the magic that has been explored, there are no particularly hidden compartments or mechanisms in this castle to be deciphered, and the detectives have previously skipped all possible clues.

But there may be some useful historical background information in the mansion's owner's room and in the library-like library.

For example, this mysterious era that no one can figure out, the relationship between the blood clan and humans, and the relevant records of the Huoning Empire.

Even if it doesn't help with the decryption of this movie world.

It can be recorded, and it can also be shared by the Southern Continent Film World Association with many researchers to analyze this important history.

With the exception of Ranch and Hubertarian, the other challengers remained in groups of three, keeping a safe distance from each other.

Leisurely walking to the window, Lanch pulled back the red velvet curtains, and the natural light hit the wood grain of the dark brown bookshelves, far clearer than in the early morning.

Ancient books, the dull gilded font on the book cover also regained its luster under the light.

As the sunlight shines through, the air in the library becomes fresher, mixed with the scent of books and candles, as if you can hear the whispers of books, telling the stories they have recorded that have been forgotten by history.

"Since everyone agreed to investigate the information before Mr. Detective returned, let's find out if there are any books about the Bloodline."

Ranch stood by the window, bathed in the sunlight behind him, and said to everyone.

Although there is no absolute host like a detective, it seems that among the two people who can be trusted the most, the young master of the [Geographer] Chamber of Commerce is not very reliable, and only the companion of the [detective] is Mr. [Lawyer], who looks relatively calm.

But it is this temperament that makes people instinctively feel that he is a little dangerous.

He always had a casual smile on his face, and he felt more like he had actually come to a mansion for a vacation than to a murderous castle.

"I have a suggestion, burn all these books."

At this moment, a female voice sounded from behind, and everyone followed the voice, only to see that it was the noble girl of the Crescent Empire, who had never expressed much opinion, and spoke.

In the team of this war priest, the female knight next to the noble girl just looked at her, and the little priest felt the eyes of everyone and became even more cowardly.

"Since the detectives have found the answer by bypassing all the mechanics, these original mechanics will be of considerable benefit to us, and destroying them together may also cause the betrayer to lose more critical information."

The aristocratic maiden of the Cress Empire continued to speak and added firmly.

Everyone fell silent, and when they thought about it, her statement did make sense.

"But it's also possible that these books only contain useful information for the challenger's side, especially for another mission objective, so I think it's better for everyone to quickly sift through the books related to the Bloodline."

The priest headed by the Goddess of Destiny Church in the Northern Continent said hesitantly, and seemed to be more supportive of Lan Qi's decision.

There was a moment of silence in the library.

Now it's nothing more than a question of gambling or not betting.

If you take a gamble and destroy the books, you may also destroy the information about the mission objectives of the betrayers.

"Personally, I'm very much against the burning of books...... Still, let's vote. ”

Lan Qi spread his hands like a peacemaker, as if he could do anything, as long as everyone could solve the problem calmly.

Soon, the three clergy of the Northern Continent all expressed their opposition to the burning of books, and they attached great importance to the intelligence of the Blood Clan in ancient times.

And Hubertarian naturally supports Ranch unconditionally, and like Ranchi, she is the opinion of keeping books.

Only all three members of the Cress Empire supported the burning of books.

The young master of the Chamber of Commerce looked at both sides, and originally wanted to have some fun and burn the book, but after thinking about it, he still felt that the opinions of Lan Qi and several clergy were relatively stable, so he also chose to keep the books, and the guards didn't say anything, meaning that it was closer to abstaining from voting, or that what they voted for would not affect the result.

Eventually, the moderates were in the majority, and after the vote everyone had no complaints, and began to look for books together, moving from one shelf to the shelves in groups of five or six, without leaving each other's sights.

From time to time, they looked down on the pages, then up again and walked the shelves, the sound of the pages turning, accompanied by the occasional whisper, made time fly by.

Ranch didn't say a word, gently touching the spine of a book with his fingertips, as if in a silent conversation with the knowledge.

Open a book, look at it page by page, and look at it with a focused and deep look.

Huberian secretly observed Ranchi's expression.

She always felt as if Ranch had been more convinced of something after the previous vote, but she couldn't tell what he was up to.

……

So all morning, everyone was in the library searching for books.

Each suspected key book goes through at least two different groups of challengers to ensure that no one gets the know.

Until it was close to noon.

I don't know who opened a book first, and everyone's [Mission Objective 2: Explore the secrets and dangers hidden in the castle] changed at the same time.

Added a "Collected a piece of core information, to be interpreted" annotation.

Everyone looked at each other and found that the young master of the Chamber of Commerce was opening an ancient book with demon characters engraved on the cover, and he was also looking at everyone with a confused face.

"This is ...... It is said that there is an ancient sealing technique. Gathering the power of the sun, moon and stars can create a powerful and eternal seal, and in the same way, if you want to break this seal, you need to collect the fresh blood of the two powers of the moon and the stars, and then you can reverse the seal when avoiding the sun. ”

The young master of the Chamber of Commerce quickly turned the page, and read the key content above to everyone with a confused expression,

"This is a magic book, I can't understand the specific content of the magic text, do any of you understand sealing?"

The twin guards behind him were silent, apparently they were all assassins, and only a few spells.

Not to mention sealing, a type of magic that even professional mages are rarely good at.

People's eyes couldn't help but focus on the mage girl of the Cress Empire and the priest of the Northern Continent.

These are almost the only two who are the most likely to understand.

"I'm not good at sealing magic."

The priest shook his head in shame.

In today's era, there are not many priests who are good at sealing.

And in the Northern Continent, sealing is even a notorious form of magic, all because of the horrific massacre of civilians by Bishop Askesan.

"I understand a little bit, show me."

The mage girl led by the Cress Empire nodded, walked to the young master of the Chamber of Commerce and took the book in his hand.

But she flipped through the book quickly until it reached the last page, and only shook her head helplessly.

"A lot of the content of this book is composed of demonic magic texts, or a kind of magic texts that have not yet fully evolved into human beings' own magic texts."

The Imperial Mage Maiden said.

Legend has it that humans did not know how to use magic in the beginning, and it was not until demons taught them that humans began to possess the power of magic.

However, the excessive use of demonic magic will lead to human beings deviating and going insane until they become monsters, a doctrine that has been proven until modern times.

After a long period of evolution, the ancient magicians of mankind gradually improved and gave birth to the first human magic texts, which allowed humans to use magic normally without paying a huge price.

And the magic text in this ancient book is still in a transitional stage between the demon magic text and the human magic text.

Not only humans can't read it, but even demons can't necessarily read it.

(End of chapter)