Chapter 82: Treasure
In Farajo under the pitch-black sky, somewhere in the vast wasteland, the evening breeze was bleak, and the low grass and trees were swaying slightly. At this time, black clouds were emerging in the dark sky, covering the gradually setting moon.
Under the hazy moonlight, a tall ancient castle stands alone on the wasteland with almost no other settlements. The castle with city walls, arrow towers, towers and high towers is in typical late Farahoy Bourbon style and is very well preserved. The atmosphere of the times it contains makes it look like a huge object on display in solitude.
At this late hour, the castle was lit up, and the lights from everywhere illuminated the entire castle, as if the people inside had not rested all night. There were countless sculptures decorating the tops of the towers and towers. These sculptures were not the heroic warriors or plump women that were decorated on ordinary buildings, but monsters with bared fangs, ferocious faces, and wings on their backs.
Inside the tower of this huge castle, there is a grand and luxuriously decorated audience hall. Various kinds of silks are decorated on the edge of the hall. Three huge ceiling lamps with countless crystals are hung on the ceiling. Various exquisite and simple furnishings decorate the corners. Lifelike portraits are hung high on the walls. Majestic armor is placed on the wall, holding weapons and silently guarding. Just like the black monster stone statue outside the hall, it is also decorated on the edge of the ceiling of the hall, crouching on the top of the stone pillar, silently staring at the scene in the hall below.
At the back end of the hall, there was a tall throne with steps. On the high-backed chair on the throne, sat a slightly old figure.
He was an old man who looked to be in his fifties. He was wearing a gray-brown robe in the style of ancient Faraday nobles. The robe was decorated with intricate gold embroidery unique to the late Bourbon period. He had a white scarf at his collar and a flat noble crown on his head. His gray hair and beard were carefully and meticulously groomed, and the curls of white hair made him look like a judge's wig. On his face, which did not have too many wrinkles, a pair of slightly squinted eyes stared forward.
Three figures were kneeling on the floor of the hall, where the old man's eyes were focused. They were three Cretaceous cadres of the Dark Gold Society, Chang Li, Dok, and Clay. Their missions were completed and they were kneeling respectfully in front of their children, reporting the results of their missions.
"Mr. Frederico, the thing has been taken. It's a pity that the thief was not caught, but the target is still in hand."
Kneeling on the ground, Henry spoke respectfully to the old man named Frederico in front of him. While speaking, he took out an object from his clothes and stretched it forward in his hand. It was an irregular shape made of gold.
Frederico, sitting on the throne, stared silently at the gold product in Henry's hand for a few seconds, then turned his gaze to the three kneeling people, and then spoke slowly in a slightly serious tone.
"You three combined...can't catch him?"
"I'm sorry, sir. The ability of the thief K is very strange and slippery. We have never seen it before. The three of us have tried very hard to control his actions, but we have not succeeded. In the end, we simply used some extreme means to bury him directly."
Beside Henry, Doc continued to respond to Frederico. After hearing the words of his men, Frederico pondered for a while and spoke again.
"Strange ability... As expected, Thief K has a lot of secrets. Please report to me in detail about his ability later. Now give me the thing."
"Yes." In response to Frederico's words, Henry, who was originally kneeling on the ground, stood up and walked forward, presenting the irregular gold product in his hand. After Frederico took the gold base from Henry's hand, Henry slowly retreated to his original position and then knelt on the ground, while Frederico began to carefully examine the gold base in his hand.
"Excellent craftsmanship... The casting method used is obviously the work of top craftsmen from the First Dynasty. Just like the crystals that Maria illuminated, this thing looks like gold... but it is actually a special metal that is extremely similar to gold... The First Dynasty was able to create something like this, perhaps with the help of the power of 'stone' of that era."
While examining the golden pedestal in his hand, Frederico murmured softly. As a high-ranking member of the Dark Gold Society and a Beyonder of the Red Stone Stage, he obviously possessed a strong ability to appraise treasures. At this moment, he was using all his knowledge to appraise the authenticity of the golden pedestal. After looking at it for five minutes, he could not find any flaws on the golden pedestal.
This golden base is authentic. Henry and his team really found the base of the thief K, eliminated him and successfully brought back the target loot.
After being convinced of the above point of view, Frederico could not help but nodded slightly. Then he raised his head and stared at the three men who were still kneeling in front of him.
"Get out of the way."
After hearing Frederico's order, Henry and the other two stood up one after another, and then moved to both sides of the hall. Then Frederico waved his hand again, and under a strange power fluctuation, the whole hall suddenly began to vibrate slightly, and a rumbling sound echoed in the space.
During this slight vibration, the floor of the hall began to split left and right under the control of some mechanism, revealing the hidden space underneath. Then a dazzling halo shone out from it, leaving an impression on various locations in the hall.
These halos came from the things in the hidden space. They were piles of gold coins, silver coins, various jewelries and exquisite utensils, almost filling up an entire room. The precious metals and gems piled together refracted the light around them, emitting crystal clear brilliance, which increased the nobility of the entire space. This hidden space was a treasure house, a treasure house filled with all kinds of treasures!
After opening his underground treasure house, Frederico waved his hand again, and then a small copper box inlaid with a huge gem in the treasure house automatically flew up and flew in front of Frederico. Frederico took the small copper box and opened it immediately. Inside were four huge, crystal clear prismatic crystals.
Frederico took out the crystals from the small copper box, and then began to try to put them on the golden base. After a while, Frederico had installed all the crystals. Frederico began to study the golden base inlaid with crystals as a whole, and after just a short study, his face changed.
"No... this is..."
Frederico's words had just come out of his mouth when the whole scene suddenly changed. For some unknown reason, all the window glasses in the hall burst at the same time with a loud noise. Two small stick-like objects were suddenly thrown in from the window from somewhere, and then the two objects suddenly exploded in an instant, and an extremely dazzling light burst out from them.
The strong light suddenly filled the entire hall, making it difficult for people inside to see normally for a moment. In this dazzling light, a ghostly figure entered the hall from the broken window and flew straight towards Frederico at high speed without touching the ground.
Although his vision was obscured by the strong light and he did not sense any vibration, Frederico was the first to realize that a dangerous action against him was underway. At this juncture, Frederico quickly manipulated the elemental power in his body and released a diffuse strong gust of wind with himself as the center. After this gust of wind rushed out in all directions, the strong flash of light at the scene dimmed and gradually disappeared. Then, when Henry and the other two regained their vision, they saw a figure that was knocked away, tumbling twice in the air, adjusting its posture and landing safely, standing firmly on the ground.
The figure in the top hat, mask, cloak and suit was exactly familiar to Henry's three companions. After seeing it, they stood up and blurted out.
"Thief K?!"
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