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But if it's the Fountain of Youth, or an advanced treasure map involving elements like faith, then the situation becomes complicated.

Like the Fountain of Youth, places of faith must have tests and trials.

This means that the treasure map not only contains coordinates, but also includes the coordinates of the treasure location, the number of trials and challenges that will be faced in order to obtain the treasure, and the methods to pass the trials and challenges.

Lupin XIII gave an example of her own adventure in finding the Holy Grail of Immortality. She changed her name to Indiana Jones and stole a notebook that recorded the location of the Holy Grail to search for it.

There are three trials. The first is that those who disrespect the Lord will be beheaded. The second is that those who do not know the name of the Lord will fall into hell. The third is that those who are brave will jump over the lion's mouth to meet the last Knight Templar.

These three trials seem to be warnings to those who are looking for the Holy Grail, so that treasure hunters will give up, but in fact they contain the method to crack the three trials.

The first level is an induction mechanism where a beheading saw blade will appear at an extremely fast speed, like an invisible wind. The height is just the neck of a normal adult standing upright, so you just need to lower your head or lie down to get through it.

This is what is called having reverence for the Lord.

The second level is a pit trap. There are various symbols on the ground. The symbol that spells out the master's name is solid. Other places will collapse and fall if you step on them.

This level seems simple, but it actually contains hidden dangers. Because there are many languages, there are also many translations of the Lord's name, and you have to choose the oldest one.

As for the third level, it is even simpler. The temple enshrining the Holy Grail is just opposite the thousand-meter cliff. You just need to walk over there. There is an [invisible] road on the ground made using visual errors.

Blaze listened with great interest, but at the same time he had some doubts in his mind, but he planned to wait until Lupin XIII finished talking about her battle with the Knights Templar before asking.

As a result, Lupin XIII skipped this part and stated her conclusion.

"I want to take a gamble. I bet the missing part on the treasure map is the trial part. I'm confident I can crack those mechanisms without any hints. At worst, I can rely on my invincibility and the mechanism without blind spots to force my way through."

"I see..." Blaze stroked his chin in contemplation, then said, "Then how did you defeat the Templars?"

"Well... although he gained immortality through the Holy Grail, it's only physical immortality. His spirit has long since aged. Even if he possesses faith that can withstand loneliness, it won't change the fact that he will grow tired of his mission."

"Once the mind is exhausted, no matter how energetic the body is, it's meaningless, so I won without much effort." Lupin XIII spread his hands and recalled the Indiana Jones series.

Although the picture quality is a bit low, it is still restored.

"Then I have a small question. Why don't you just force your way through those trials? They don't sound difficult at all. It seems like you're just planning to give the Holy Grail of Immortality away to anyone."

Blaze's eyes were clear, he thought so, the saw blade with speed like the wind could be seen directly, and the next two trials could be jumped over directly with the jumping power.

This trial to enshrine the Holy Grail of Immortality was somewhat casual. At first he thought that the previous one was so perfunctory because the real guardian was the Templar. Unexpectedly, the Templar was powerless.

"Well..." Lupin XIII's expression became awkward. She couldn't say that although her body was set to be a versatile archaeologist, she was actually a fragile person who would die if touched by a trap.

"Ahem! Actually, this is what happened." Lupin XIII's monkey face put on a serious expression.

"In fact, the true trial is neither the three trials mentioned above nor the Templars, but rather [selecting the true Holy Grail of Immortality]."

"There are dozens, hundreds, even thousands of magnificent holy grails displayed there. Only one of them can grant eternal life. The rest will bring absolute death."

In order to prevent Blaze, a naturally dark kid, from saying something horrifying like why he didn't try them out one by one, Lupin XIII exaggerated the number of Holy Grails a little.

"The most important thing is that the effect of the Holy Grail is limited to the temple. If you leave the temple, the immortality effect will disappear. Even leaving the temple with the Holy Grail will cause the entire temple to explode!"

"Oh~~" Blaze nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with the story. After being satisfied, he returned to the main topic - piecing together the fragments of the sun gem.

"How did you get this Sun Gem fragment from the Freemasons?" Blaze held the powerful Sun Gem fragment in his bare hands, and under the guidance of Lupin XIII, put it into the energy core of the Fortress of Destruction, and pieced it together with the Sun Gem fragment of the Fortress of Destruction.

"I have a personal relationship with the little angel. When she was on a diplomatic visit, I served as a tour guide for my family for a while. Oh, now I have to move forward..."

Lupin XIII looked at the gradually becoming complete Sun Gem with some excitement. Although two pieces were missing, she heard that the Ninth Princess's memory could make up for the missing map.

She knew that this was arranged. Those who said that the game makers burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day to pray that the game world would not explode due to the disorderly development of the plot were all black fans.

"Come to think of it, if we resolve this matter, won't your notebook be useless?" Blaze suddenly said, "I remember you wanted to leave this notebook as a treasure for future generations."

"Although I don't like the idea of ​​a future with lots of thieves, would those thieves who admire you be interested in a treasure map that no longer contains treasure?"

"Then write more in there. There are always endless treasures to be found in this world." Lupin XIII shrugged nonchalantly. "Don't worry, people in the future will only complain that we old guys who leave behind our handwriting like to show off."

"And catch up with us."

Chapter 1863 Craft Goddess

Except for the two missing pieces, all the fragments of the Sun Gem were placed into the core of the Fortress of Doom under the guidance of Lupin XIII.

The fragments of the Sun Gem that had not lost their power fit together tightly, as if they had never been cut.

However, the fragments of the sun gem that had lost its power had many cracks under the ravages of time, and the sharp edges were worn into arcs.

There is a subtle mutual influence between the fragments of the Sun Gem and the power contained within them. Once the fragments of the Sun Gem are damaged, the power within them will begin to flow away from the gap until it is completely exhausted.

But if the power in the fragment of the sun gem is intact, it itself is a super gem with high-temperature properties of the crystallized sun, which can burn and melt all nearby substances. Not to mention being damaged, it can be used directly as a throwing weapon.

However, it is not surprising that the fragments of the Sun Gem are damaged. After all, they have been disassembled, which is equivalent to a cracked egg. Any impact exceeding a certain force will definitely damage it.

"How about it, Jasmine, can you scan the information above?" Blaze nodded at the [Eye of Athena] on his face.

[The power contained in the intact Sun Gem fragment is too strong, affecting the scan, and only the appearance of the scan can be scanned.]

“I can’t see it from here either.”

Blaze opened his eyes helplessly. The properties of the Sun Gem were naturally incompatible with him, and the power of [Blindness] was useless at this moment. He could only see a white sphere.

Only at this time would he realize that [Blind Eye] symbolizes the God of Darkness.

"I can see it!" Amaterasu popped up immediately, her golden eyes fixed on the Sun Gem. She excitedly gestured, "There are lots of circles on it, lots of twisting and turning people, and even this shape!"

Amaterasu's description was quite abstract and could not be used as a reference at all, but Blazer still took out the parchment and pen and handed them to Amaterasu with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

After Amaterasu took it, she pressed the parchment directly on Blaze's head, and started drawing with the pen in her right hand, with the playful spirit of a child drawing casually.

Blaze could feel that Amaterasu was just drawing straight lines continuously. If nothing unexpected happened, Amaterasu would turn the parchment into a black mass.

"It's done!" Amaterasu held the two ends of the parchment in her hands and handed it to Blaze.

"Oh, a black mass...huh!?"

Blaze's eyes widened. The image and text on the parchment were exactly the same as when he copied the Sun Gem, without any deviation.

This means that while Amaterasu appears to be blackening the parchment, she is actually lifting her pen when necessary, leaving blank space to reveal the information on the Sun Gem.

"This is much harder than drawing it directly, not to mention your way of drawing..." Blazer's mouth twitched. He thought of the printer in the Age of Gods technology. That machine swept back and forth with a buzzing sound and sprayed out the picture.

I didn't expect Amaterasu to have such magical skills.

"Ah~ You don't think that Lady Amaterasu is a clumsy goddess who can't even do such a thing, do you?" Amaterasu raised her eyebrows, with dissatisfaction in her tone, as if to say not to underestimate people.

“No, this is amazing.”

"Stop lying to me. This is a basic operation for those goddesses, especially the one named Athena." Amaterasu hugged Blaze's neck and hummed twice.

Blaze was ashamed. He didn't expect that this time Amaterasu was not deliberately using the contrast to tease him, but really thought so.

The story about Athena is true. Although Athena is almost as lustful as a monkey, she has very scary handicraft skills. She can sew disposable props with special effects using ordinary threads and cloth.

Some of the popular products in the Goblin Village today are handicrafts made by goblins who learned crafting techniques from Athena and changed their jobs to become goblin craftsmen.

It is worth mentioning that Athena maintained an attitude of "it's just so-so" towards her craftsmanship, but after transforming into a white owl, wandering around and meeting strangers, she proudly called her craftsmanship first-class.

There was clearly nothing wrong with each word, and there was nothing wrong with the way they were put together, but when Athena said it, it felt quite strange, like she was harassing her, and she couldn't find any evidence.

Blaze shook his head, not daring to think too much about Athena, for fear that she would find out and force it to be a hint.

There are two huge blank spaces on the Sun Gem map that Amaterasu perfectly reproduced, occupying one-sixth of the entire map.

Their luck was neither good nor bad; each Sun Gem fragment seemed similar in appearance, but the area they actually occupied on the Sun Gem's surface was slightly different, so there was less missing content on the map than expected.

Unfortunately, the missing part seemed to be very subtly located where the treasure was hidden.

Now the importance of the Ninth Princess has increased a lot. If the Ninth Princess is a sincere collaborator, it would be fine. He doesn't mind taking the initiative, but the problem is that they and the Ninth Princess are in a frank relationship.

The Ninth Princess intends to use them to seize the legacy of the Magic Kingdom, and then use the power within to conquer the world or directly take revenge on them.

They planned to get the inheritance of the Magic Kingdom and kill the Ninth Princess at the same time, without giving her any chance to repent and reform.

In this situation, both sides will definitely look for opportunities to trip up each other, and it becomes very important who has more initiative.

The Ninth Princess had a broad smile on her face, not hiding her inner joy at all.

The young man in front of him, who possessed super strength, an extremely firm heart, and decisiveness, did not seem to be good at concealing his inner thoughts. The expression on his face changed obviously when he looked at the map.

If it were in the past, she would definitely not show it, but now they are open and honest with each other.

"It looks like the missing part is exactly where the coordinates are."

"That's right, and what's missing is the map information of the approximate location." Blaze handed the parchment map in his hand to Lupin XIII.

Lupin XIII was not at all surprised. If he was really lucky and had the complete map, then the Ninth Princess would be useless.

Of course, even if we really have complete map information, it is impossible to kill the Ninth Princess now out of caution.

It would be troublesome if the treasure trove of the Magic Kingdom had some kind of authentication system that required a magic core artifact to open. It might even have some kind of self-destruct function.

Chapter 1864 Bloodline Inheritance

Lupin XIII scanned the map and saw that the twisting lines that Amaterasu said were actually the dwarf's writing.

Unfortunately, the dwarven language is an almost extinct language. It is estimated that there are no more than one hundred dwarves who have been active on the ground in history. In addition, those dwarven activities require contact with humans and transactions, so the language they use is naturally not the dwarven language.

But on the other hand, the Dwarven language has become a natural code, and no one except the Dwarves can decipher its meaning.

The "no one" here includes those forging masters who have seen the dwarves directly and learned forging memories from them.

Only dwarves and those who have inherited dwarven blood can read its meaning.

But the player's dwarves and half-dwarves must be excluded.

There is a very strict but reasonable explanation for this. The culture of the ancient race is inherited in the blood. The easy-to-understand explanation is that if one of the parents, or both parents, understands a piece of knowledge, then their children will be able to understand it instinctively.

As strangers, players are set to have no parents. They are souls that pass through the fog between worlds and the long river of time. They are visitors from another world. Their bodies are directly generated based on blessings, like water without a source. Naturally, they cannot inherit knowledge in their bloodline.

However, if the player completes the relevant racial tasks and is recognized, he can inherit knowledge, unlock racial-specific skills, and so on.

Elf players and half-elf players need to go through a series of tasks to unlock the elven heritage and obtain special racial professions such as the [Ancient Bard].

As a special race in Northern Europe that is as famous as the elves, dwarves are naturally expected by many players.

Many people used to think that the dwarf race’s special profession was the upper limit for blacksmiths. Later, after the upper limit for blacksmiths was lifted, it was discovered that anyone with the blacksmith profession could challenge the upper limit. All it required was the dwarf’s wisdom, and it had nothing to do with the dwarf race itself.

Fortunately, all races have similar methods of making maps. They all pick a few terrains with distinctive appearances, draw them, and give them mysterious names.

Normally, this kind of map is quite reliable and has a long shelf life, but this world has Titans and evil gods, as well as all kinds of terrifying beasts, so changing the terrain is not a difficult task.

See how frequently the map is updated now.

It would be a blessing if two or three of the terrain on the map printed on the Sun Gem could be preserved after so many years.

So no matter whether the map is complete or not, they probably need the Ninth Princess to lead the way.

But... Lupin XIII's expression remained unchanged, without even squinting his eyes, and he handed the parchment scroll to the Ninth Princess very smoothly and casually.

"As you can see, our map is incomplete. I need you to lead the way. But here I have a question."

"Since the King of the Magic Kingdom has asked the nine of you to gather the fragments of the Sun Gem and use the map above to find the Magic Kingdom's treasure trove and obtain the ultimate weapon, then you must be able to understand the words of the Magic Kingdom above."

Blaze is not good at asking questions in a roundabout way, and his face basically reflects what he is thinking.

The good thing is that when threatening others, the effect is outstanding, letting others know that he is definitely not joking.

The bad thing is that it's pretty useless otherwise.

So Blaze was in charge of posing on the side and being her super stick, and she was in charge of everything else.

Faced with the parchment scroll handed to her by Lupin XIII, the Ninth Princess's thoughts were in turmoil as she began to speculate on the purpose of Lupin XIII's doing so.

Is it a test, or is it really unknown, or maybe both.

A gleam flashed in the eyes of the Ninth Princess. The important thing for those who accomplish great things is not to come up with many ways, but to make decisive choices.

"This isn't the Magic Kingdom's writing. I don't recognize it, and this is the first time I've seen it. The Sun Gem was stolen from the Immortal Tribe by the Magic Kingdom, so the map and writing on it should belong to the Immortal Tribe."

"Really?" Lupin XIII touched his chin and smiled meaningfully.

Blazer had to admit that when he saw others smiling meaningfully, he felt very angry and aggrieved. But if this meaningful smile was used to deal with others, he would feel like he had everything under control and was playing with others.

The Ninth Princess' expression remained unchanged. She was extremely grateful that her current body was a creation of the magic core, otherwise she would have started sweating coldly due to nervousness.

Lupin XIII was just difficult to deal with. In any other situation, she wouldn't be so nervous, but the problem was that there was a Blaze standing next to her, and the invisible pressure made her thinking feel oppressive.

"Then when we are ready, we will notify you to take us to the treasure place of the Magic Kingdom." Lupin XIII's tone changed, waved to Blaze, and left the core area.

Before leaving, she turned around, and her funny monkey-like smile looked oppressive because of the shadow on her face.

"I hope you can think of our destination."