Chapter 1057 Ancient Treasure

Graycastle...King!

Lorenzo couldn't help but shuddered.

The man who rose from an unknown border lord to the leader of Graycastle in just a few years has a reputation that is known to everyone in the church. No intelligence could explain why he could rise so quickly. Even the Holy City of Hermes, which was trying to unify the continent, was defeated by him.

Lorenzo was able to make a decision so quickly and resolutely break off from the church largely because of Roland Wimbledon - in his eyes, the church and Graycastle had developed an eternal feud. If you still regard yourself as a bishop, you may suffer disaster at any time. If you don't take off your cassock now, how long will it take?

It's just that the other party has just ascended the throne, and his attention should be on his own territory. Now that he suddenly intervenes in the border between Chenxi and Langxin, and makes it known to everyone with great fanfare, his purpose is worth pondering.

"Are you sure?" The Earl looked at Hagrid, "Tell me the details!"

"There is absolutely no question about the credibility of this news. It has been confirmed by many parties," the latter vowed. "First of all, the troops stationed at the foot of Cage Mountain are from Graycastle. Their attire and appearance are exactly the same. This is undoubtedly the The style of a strange army. Secondly, orders for death row prisoners have been received from all over the Dawn. Not only is the gathering place in the Cage Mountain area, but some people say that the person they serve is the King of Graycastle!"

"Cage Mountain...Death Prisoner..." Lorenzo took two steps back and forth, and suddenly a light flashed in his eyes, "Could it be that he came here for that thing——"

"It's very possible, my lord," Hagrid nodded and replied, "No... I should say, it must be so."

"But how did he know this?"

"It's not surprising that he knows. The person who discovered the ruins in the first place just relied on a bit of luck. I have always believed that those ruins do not exist in isolation. There may have been some kind of connection between them before - and Roland happened to be in front of them all. In front of people.”

Although until its demise, the church could not pinpoint the exact reason for the rise of the four princes of Graycastle, there were several theories circulating internally. Putting aside nonsense such as the incarnation of gods and the devil's spokesperson, there is one explanation that has many believers: that is, he received the inheritance from a certain ruins and has since mastered incredible power.

Even though the three bishops dismissed this statement, many believers believed that this was the truth of the matter, and Lorenzo was one of them.

Otherwise, why would the other party be above the Holy City?

When it comes to Cage Mountain, the most incredible relic is the Cursed Temple.

Back then, the Divine Punishment Army swept across the entire Wolf Heart Kingdom with thunderous momentum. The Wolf Heart nobles either died in battle or surrendered. Even the Queen of Clear Water and the Wolf King joined forces and could not stop the church's attack. As the former bishop of Grand Duke Island, he participated in most of the logistics and sweep-up work, sending looted materials to the front line or collecting them in a centralized manner. And during an operation to search for Cliff Ridge, he happened to learn about this legend from a hundred years ago——

According to legend, a group of villagers smuggled out a batch of treasures from the Cursed Temple on Cage Mountain, and then died one after another, and the treasures fell into the hands of local nobles. The ancestors of the Earl of Cliff Ridge were very interested in this. They believed that what caused all this was not a curse, but something related to the things that were brought out. Therefore, after spending a lot of means and energy, they bought back some of the treasures from Chenxi.

After some research, and at the cost of more than ten lives, the old count did discover a different artifact - it looked ordinary, but it could produce fatal light, and its effect was very similar to a curse. Call it a weapon that kills people invisible!

However, after using it a few times, it stopped responding, as if it had exhausted its power and turned into a dead object. Although the old count sent people to explore the border many times and even ventured into the temple himself, he never found a way to restore it. So he wrote this past event into his family history, hoping that future generations would be able to find the answer, and the rare object was preserved as a family heirloom. It was not until the cliff ridge was conquered by the church more than a hundred years later that it changed hands again.

Although this thing aroused Lorenzo's interest at the time, the "no more movement" mentioned in the family history is also true. After tinkering with it for a while and still finding nothing, he packed up the treasures and threw them into the warehouse, planning to wait. Centralized disposal of the Holy City.

After all, not everything recorded in the family letters is the truth - there are aristocratic families boasting long bloodlines and astonishing wealth everywhere. If they are all believed to be true, how can the church defeat Wolf Heart and Yongdong so easily? It would be more like being swept away by others.

However, with the disastrous defeat in the Cold Wind Ridge battle, the church's good situation took a turn for the worse, and no one cared about the seized materials. He also put the matter behind him. Now that the butler mentioned it, Lorenzo suddenly remembered this.

If the King of Graycastle also came to curse the treasures in the temple, then its credibility would be greatly enhanced.

The earl couldn't help but become a little excited, "Keep talking!"

"Yes, sir." Hagrid nodded and said, "Assuming that Roland Wimbledon got the information about the treasure from other ruins, then he is also likely to know the working principle of the treasure and even the method to restore it. If we can If you find out this information, it will be equivalent to having a guarantee that can replace the God's Punishment Warrior."

That's right, a weapon that can unleash a curse! Its deterrence will definitely deter the Wolf-Hearted Nobles, and Grand Duke Island will also gain more time to find the whereabouts of the Holy Code.

Lorenzo stamped his feet, "Follow me to the supply warehouse, now!"

"grown ups?"

"I have to make sure that the thing is still on Grand Duke Island first - since it is so important, it can no longer be guarded by ordinary guards."

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In order to prevent the news from leaking out, Lorenzo took the housekeeper and personally rummaged through the material warehouse for most of the day. After eating a lot of dust, he finally found the bag of packed "treasures" in an inconspicuous corner.

The earl was also glad that he did not call a third person for help.

Opening the sack, he noticed something strange about the "treasure" at a glance.

Compared with other items such as luminous beads and exquisite statues plucked from the ruins, it is as simple as a stone - it has a square outline, no more than a palm long and wide, and its surface is extremely rough, even if it has been polished twice. Granite is smoother and more beautiful. If it weren't for the fact that there were some sapphire stripes on it, no one would be willing to move it back.

The Earl of Cliff Ridge did mention in his family letter that the cost of acquiring it was the least among all "treasures".

But now, a square stripe on the stone is slowly flashing, and soft blue light flows from one end to the other, as if indicating the direction.

The two looked at each other and showed expressions of ecstasy in unison!

The stone that had been unresponsive for nearly a hundred years actually changed. It just so happened that Roland's men appeared at the Temple of the Curse again. It would be too unbelievable to say that the two have nothing to do with each other.

If those words just now were just speculation, then after seeing this scene, the possibility has become nine out of ten!

Roland sure knows how to restore it!

"You have to go to Cage Mountain," Lorenzo carefully held the stone in his arms, "except for you, I don't trust anyone else. You can have as much money as you want, as long as you can find the treasure. Just use the information."

"I understand, please don't worry, sir." Hagrid said, stroking his chest.

"There is one more thing you need to remember," the earl warned word by word. "You must not attract the attention of the King of Graycastle. Since he can destroy the church, crushing us is no different from crushing an ant. Unless the treasure You can show the strength to compete with it, otherwise you must act invisibly... The safety of Grand Duke Island is entrusted to you."