Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"Well, midnight assassination, only two losses..."

Late at night, King Boren was not yet asleep.

Inside the outer room, in front of him were four blocks carved with special patterns, and within the blocks were glowing spots, but two of the spots had already gone out—

They sensed the armor of the four Boren secret guards through some means.

"Hmph, still able to kill two people in their sleep, they do have some strength!"

King Boren waited, and at this moment, the door finally opened.

Two people wearing black armor and masks walked into the room.

"How did things go?"

King Boren asked without looking up.

In this palace, there are many secret guards, and King Boren wouldn't care about the appearances of these secret guards.

He only needs to know that, under the image of the carved patterns, these secret guards will not betray him, nor will they leak any information.

That is enough.

Polo and Leake looked at each other after hearing the king's words.

Finally, Polo, who had changed his voice and appearance, spoke in the voice of a secret guard:

"They have all been killed, Your Majesty."

"Well, not bad. Did you find anything special on them?"

King Boren raised his eyes slightly, seeing that Polo and the other had nothing on them except their equipment, and asked with some puzzlement.

"They had some written records of the Star-Slaying Sword on them. They might have really wanted to ask Your Majesty to use the Star-Slaying Sword to kill the giants and save the people of Boren."

Hearing these words, King Boren frowned. He vaguely felt that something was wrong.

But the anger in his heart covered this up, causing him to let out a sneer:

"Star-Slaying Sword? Save the people? They are just coveting this divine weapon—a divine weapon that only the strong can be recognized by! What does that have to do with saving the people?!"

Many of the thoughts and repressions in King Boren's heart would not be shown in front of others.

Many of his true faces would only be told to the princess and prince, who are also members of the royal family, or to the secret guards who would never betray him.

"I know that countless people are coveting the divine weapon belonging to my Boren royal family.

Over the years, there have been countless thieves—

The Star-Slaying Sword is in this room, who among them can touch it?"

Speaking of this, King Boren waved his hand as if relieved.

Now that the things he had been worried about tonight had been almost taken care of, the heart that had been hanging could finally relax.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, go back and prepare. Don't cause any trouble on the day of the evacuation later."

The king waved his hand and said.

Hmm?

Polo's eyes under the mask narrowed slightly, "Your Majesty, regarding the evacuation, could you elaborate further..."

"When those soldiers and people delay the giants, you act quickly and take us away—

The more detailed parts are for you to consider, understand?"

The king said somewhat impatiently, but then, his heart suddenly jumped.

Cold sweat instantly flowed from his somewhat aged face.

He saw the black sword of the secret guard, already against his neck, the coldness pressing!

He wanted to use spell, activate the self-destruct inscription on the secret guard's armor, but somehow—

It failed, as if someone who had mastered the inscription technology had already taken over and controlled this armor.

"Your Majesty, please elaborate further."

The faceless secret guard no longer concealed the coldness in his words: "About your escape plan, and the location of the Star-Slaying Sword."

...

Deep within the palace, the king's bedroom.

One side of the wall, under the incantation, became transparent again, revealing the secret chamber behind, which sealed the Star-Slaying Sword.

"First of all, what should we... do?"

Polo looked at the secret room, at the dense inscriptions, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

And although Leake had learned the inscription inheritance of Boren Jue, her time was short and not enough to see through the mysteries within this more complex formation.

But fortunately, as long as she knows what to do.

Leake picked up a scarf woven from gold thread and brocade, which belonged to Princess Boren, and at the hem of the scarf, among several diamonds and crystals, there was also a cone-shaped crystal.

Leake cut off the cone-shaped crystal with a knife, which was also a “ spell-breaking cone".

Now, all three “ spell-breaking cone" of the Boren royal family were in her hands.

Through the queen's notes, and the king's words confirming each other.

Leake also confirmed that... these three cone-shaped crystal were actually the keys to seal the Star-Slaying Sword.

"The seal of the Star-Slaying Sword can actually be forcibly removed by destroying the formation inscriptions, but with these keys, there will be much less danger."

Leake said, spreading out the queen's notebook "Star-Slaying Sword" in front of her, reciting the incantations recorded on it.

At the same time, the three crystals began to glow and float...

In the secret room sealing the Star-Slaying Sword, the star-shaped opening in the center of the three inner walls also glowed accordingly.

After the light in the three spell-breaking cone was raised to a certain level—

After the dazzling white light faded, it turned into three... stars shining with silver brilliance!

They flew into the openings on the wall and fit together perfectly.

The sealing formation inscriptions shook, and disappeared together with the three silver star-shaped crystals.

Then, in the center of the room, the gray sword came into Leake and Polo's eyes.

"This is... the Star-Slaying Sword?!"

Polo frowned. Although the sealing formation had disappeared, this thing that looked like a rotten stone still didn't show any sword light.

He stepped forward, raised his claws, and touched the sword edge—

Not a single wound, as if it had no edge at all.

Why?

Polo stretched out two claws, pressed on the sword hilt. The sword was easily lifted up, even lighter than an iron sword of the same volume.

"According to the description in the notebook "Star-Slaying Sword", it should be that the Star-Slaying Sword has not recognized you, Polo."

Leake thought for a while, and then said, "If you had this sword, what would you do?"

"What to do?"

Polo was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then revealed some realization.

Before holding the sword hilt, he didn't have a particular desire to do anything with this sword—isn't a powerful divine weapon close at hand enough?

Even if he had such a divine weapon, Polo might kill lone giants within his power.

But if his life was threatened, he didn't think he would stand up selflessly like a true hero.

After all, no one among the Boren people had a deep bond with Polo.

"Okay, I admit, I may not have the same awareness as those Boren soldiers."

Polo retreated awkwardly, giving Leake space, "At least now, I'm not so eager to use this sword... to protect something."

"What about you? Leake?"

Polo looked at the girl, revealing a trace of expectation.

"I think... I might not be able to either."

But Leake hesitated for a moment, and still reached out and grasped the sword hilt.

"Crack—"

The sound was very soft, but in the silent secret room, it seemed particularly obvious.

Polo stared nervously at the Star-Slaying Sword's blade.

A crack appeared on the gray-black, rock-like surface. It started from the hilt and spread along the blade towards the tip...

But as it extended to the middle, it became slower and slower, until it stopped.

For a long time, there were no further changes.