Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

After Zuo Jian finished speaking, he glanced at the doctor standing next to him, and the latter waved his hand in response.

"Why are you looking at me? I didn't say I wanted to—"

She knew that if she went with them, the defense of the Duke's mansion in the short term would have to fall entirely on Skadi and Shining.

Considering Liz, Shining can still be trusted at least for the time being, but the key is that this will result in none of them being able to make decisions based on the actual situation.

Therefore, the Doctor planned to stay here and watch over them with Shining.

but.....

'You too, Doctor.'

The long-lost voice of the evil spirit sounded in his ears. The doctor was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously changed his words.

"I didn't say I wouldn't go, Zuo Jian. Maybe my physical strength can't keep up, but in this situation, it should be a test of willpower, right? I don't think I can be defeated by you."

The doctor spoke, and she almost subconsciously believed the evil spirit's advice.

But... the latter disappeared again after saying that sentence, as if he had never spoken.

Chapter 25: The Ambition That Has Gone in Smoke

"Sir, this is the storage room where Master Warwick used to keep some valuables. You..."

The butler said this and glanced at the three people following behind this Lord Dragon Blood.

Two

It's the Sarkaz from before, and another hooded lady, the one I mentioned before named Skadi

But....at least in his opinion, this new master of his seems to have some special relationship with the gentle-looking pink Sarkaz in the middle.

However, even if he had such suspicion, he would not say it directly. He just wanted to remind the new owner who inherited the Earl of Warwick's estate that some things, such as the property of a duke, were better not to be counted by "outsiders".

However, it was obvious that the other party also realized what he wanted to say. Longxuegong turned his head and glanced at the butler with his scarlet pupils. The latter immediately shut his mouth wisely and pulled out an ancient key from his waist and handed it to the latter respectfully.

At this moment, he knew that the other party wanted to tell him that he was the one in control here and the Duke of this territory, and that there were some things that did not require a butler to give orders.

At the same time, after silently classifying the people behind Lord Longxue as "the master's confidants", the old butler left the basement respectfully.

It was obvious that he did not classify himself as someone who was "allowed access to the storeroom" as considered by the new Duke.

At this moment, Princess Longxue held up the key and slowly inserted it into the old keyhole. With a click, the complex mechanical structure in the keyhole was opened, and the heavy door in the storage room was slowly pushed open with a low friction sound.

Everyone followed the leader, Prince Dragonblood, and slowly walked into the storage room. The last one to enter, the Doctor, signaled the Shining to go forward and close the door.

"Did you look at that butler too fiercely just now, Laurentina? He is too old to bear it." The pink Sarkaz came up to the Dragon Blood Prince's shoulder and patted him, reminding him helplessly.

"Zuojian, I just..."

The expression of the Dragon Blood Prince changed. Gradually, the cold and hard middle-aged man disappeared, and was replaced by Laurentina, who lowered her head with a somewhat self-blaming expression.

"I just... want to be quick..." She was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly felt a little warmth coming from above her head.

Zuo Jian touched Laurentina's head and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry for making you worry like this."

"...left room..."

He took the other person into his arms, gently stroked the other person's back and said.

"Laurentina, don't worry. I promised you, didn't I? No matter what happens, I will come back to you."

"Um----"

Shining, who was standing by, looked at this scene and subconsciously turned his head away.

Looks like... too much like it.

This gentle gesture...

"I say! You two guys! Can you please stop standing there and come find the thing!"

"The Shining, what did you say was the medium for this kind of witchcraft?" The Doctor said to the people beside him as he and Skadi were rummaging through boxes.

"The only thing missing right now is Originium. Since I'm the only one who can perform the spell, I need high-purity Originium as a medium." Shining explained, pulling out a long sword from his arms and slowly drawing the complex ancient Sarkaz inscriptions on the ground with the tip of the sword.

The doctor on the side suddenly looked a little ugly after hearing this, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"High-purity Originium? This kind of stuff is worth a lot of money. It just so happens that the previous owner of this storage room didn't care about money."

The doctor slowly stood up from a box and shook the things he had taken out in his hand towards them.

book.

Moreover, the book is extremely old.

"Generally speaking, don't nobles like to put gold coins, gems and the like in boxes like this and lock them in storage rooms?" The doctor sighed and then closed the box.

"According to the reputation of the Earl of Warwick during his lifetime, it is possible that he did not have much——"

"impossible."

The doctor directly interrupted Zuo Jian's guess, dusted himself off and said.

"Warwick's so-called integrity is only compared with other nobles. As an earl, at least the wealth he possesses is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people. This can be seen from the fact that he was able to maintain a mansion, even if it was not luxurious enough."

"and----"

The doctor lowered his head and looked at the floor under his feet.

"You know, too, right, Earl of Warwick, is he really as he appears to be?"

In response to the doctor's question, Zuo Jian stopped talking and slowly approached the wall. He stretched out his hand and placed it on the wall.

empty?

Could it be...

"Za Ma! Laurentina! The key!"

Just then, the Doctor waved and shouted at them from a shelf with more ancient books.

"What did you find?" Laurentina walked up to the doctor and handed her the key.

The latter squatted down and pointed at the dusty ancient books. Only a book with a black cover was not covered with dust.

The Doctor pulled it out, then reached for his flashlight and illuminated the inside of the bookshelf.

"Is this... a keyhole? Is it the same as the door outside?"

The doctor took the key and slowly inserted it into the hole. With a few clicking sounds, she found

The key in his hand didn't move at all.

"Yes, how could it be just one key? The other key must be somewhere only Earl Warwick knows... Laurentina?"

The doctor made room at Laurentina's signal, and then the others watched her raise her hand, blood flowing out from her palm to form a scarlet key.

However, at the other end of the key, there are several tiny tentacles that are constantly wriggling.

"Let me try."

Laurentina watched the blood vessels on her fingertips gradually merge with the key, and then the tentacles on the other end were gradually under her control. She leaned over and pushed the key's tentacles into the keyhole.

After a few creaking sounds, a crisp sound suddenly came from the keyhole.

"It's open." Laurentina withdrew her hand and turned the key back into blood and returned to her body.

"Damn, this ability can actually be used to pick locks... It's so practical and enviable." The Doctor couldn't help but show envy in his eyes.

"Laurentina, promise me that you won't use your ability to pick locks to do anything illegal or criminal. Some things cannot be undone once they've been started." This is what Zuo Jian subconsciously said to Laurentina as he pulled her aside to educate her after seeing her picking the lock.

"Oh, I understand." This time, Laurentina unexpectedly did not refute anything. She just lowered her head quietly and accepted Zuo Jian's "nagging".

"But then again, this Earl of Warwick is really traditional. I thought he would set up something more advanced..."

The doctor finished speaking, but the next moment, as if anticipating something, the bookshelf in front of him began to sway slowly, and then several layers rotated 180 degrees, revealing their other side to everyone——

A password key structure with numbers.

"That Doctor...you want a more advanced structure." Zuo Jian stood aside and patted the other person's shoulder helplessly.

"Damn it, what the hell, is this guy sick? After using the key, he even set a combination lock on the back!"

"Do you want to destroy it by force?" Laurentina squinted at the panel, seeming to be ready to attack.

"No, the other party has gone to such an extent. Maybe they have also prepared a device that will self-destruct when the door lock or other structures are violently damaged."

"so what should I do now?"

"I can only think of a way——"

Wow! !

Just as the doctor was looking worried, the sound of bricks falling suddenly came from behind them.

Everyone turned around and glanced at Shining who was carefully setting up the witchcraft inscription. The latter looked up and pointed at the figure standing in the smoke and dust nearby.

"Ahem...Um...did I do something wrong?"

Skadi, looking a little dusty, walked out of the smoke and dust, blinking her innocent eyes.

"I...I really didn't use much strength! It's just that the wall is too brittle!" Facing everyone's gaze, the little killer whale subconsciously wanted to explain something.

"Damn it! Skadi, you are a fucking genius!" When the smoke cleared, the Doctor suddenly shouted and ran to the gap.

"Hey?"

"Is this....the other room?"

"Wait, that is to say..." Laurentina walked in and saw a passage on the side. When she walked to the end of the passage, she saw the flipped bookshelf and keyhole structure...

“…I really have to thank the killer whale…”

Several people entered the new space and found that there were wooden sealed boxes of various sizes stored around it.

The Doctor motioned for Skadi to pry open one of them, and soon, a dark orange light filled the room.

Pure Originium and a large number of Victoria gold coins.

as well as.....

Zuo Jian reached out and pried open the other boxes.

Standard crossbow wrapped in oil paper...

The filling under the crossbow also includes matching grenade arrows...

The Ursus inscriptions on the arrows seemed to have told him the origin of these weapons. Zuo Jian stood up and looked at this space, which was several times larger than the original storage room, and the countless sealed boxes scattered on the ground.

Pure Originium, gold coins, weapons, and...

Ursus.

"This is normal, Zuojian. Just like in the basements of nobles' homes in other countries, there might be weapons made in Victoria secretly stored... Maybe they were bought, or maybe they were 'gifted' to a noble. It doesn't matter. After all, such things are not uncommon." The doctor patted Zuojian's shoulder and spoke slowly.

"I'm sorry, Doc. I just...feel a little sorry."

Zuo Jian shook his head and retracted his gaze.

Earl of Warwick, if possible, I really hope that you are a kind master as the residents around you say, rather than an ambitious man who tried to use his adopted daughter and was killed instead.

He closed the crate as though he were laying closure on the eyes of some dead earl.

"Have you found the Originium?"

"Quite a bit."

"Well... then... let's get started."

Zuo Jian and his companions walked out of the room with the Originium.

The Shining outside has been drawn and is waiting for everyone to return.

Chapter 26

The beginning of the intersection

"The spell is ready. What about you?" Shining looked at the large number of complex patterns engraved on the ground by the sword, then looked up at Zuo Jian and others who were surrounding him.

"Are these enough for the Originium you want?" The Doctor waved his hand, signaling Skadi to put the sealed box she was carrying on the ground, open the cover, and reveal the pure Originium inside.

That's a very deep secret, Count.

She glanced at the Originium on the ground and sighed unconsciously.