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A month and a half ago, it was about the same time when Pioneer Town first encountered thieves.

But there is a problem.

"You stole the knights' horses, and they never came to your village to ask?"

"But our village...is the territory of the Fire Sparrow Flower Dynasty."

Brenda was a little confused. "How could the knights of the Principality of Ritter cross the border and search our village?"

"The Fire Sparrow Flower Dynasty." Ye Yiyi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It seems that Grand Duke Ritter was originally an ordinary duke of the Fire Sparrow Dynasty.

That being said, if knights from another country break into another country's territory for search without reason, it is equivalent to driving a tank across the border in modern times.

This is an extremely bad act of provocation, even tantamount to declaring war!

"No wonder these people are so bold that they dare to steal horses directly from the barracks. It turns out they rely on this reason." Ye Yiyi understood.

"One last question. If you answer it honestly, I won't kill you."

Ye Yiyi glanced at the boy's trembling back and said:

"Has Federico undergone any significant changes in the past month?"

"Yes! He's become stronger than before!!"

When Brenda heard that he would not be killed, she was immediately delighted and spoke quickly.

"Ever since they sent those horses down the chasm, Federico has grown bigger and bigger. He was only slightly taller than me before, but now he's a head taller than me!

"And... and Federico's men!" The boy said this with a trace of horror on his face.

"I saw it with my own eyes. His men can change other people's appearances! They relied on this ability to steal horses several times without being discovered!"

"Changing appearance... Could it be some kind of camouflage ring?" Ye Yiyi's eyes lit up.

As for whether it is true or not, we will know after we go down.

"You're lucky to have survived."

He lowered the greatsword from the boy's neck and placed it back on his back.

Brenda had just breathed a sigh of relief when she felt a huge force grab the back of her collar, lift her up, and then throw her onto the bed in the cave.

What is this for? !

The sixteen-year-old boy was shocked!

He had long heard that the people of the Principality had the habit of playing with male prostitutes. Federico had even been to a male prostitute parlor in the pioneer town to experience it. According to him, the people of the Principality were very good at playing with men!

This guy is also from the Principality. Could he be trying to play tricks on me?

"No! Sir, no! Please! Don't play with me!! I'm not fun! Please let me go! Please!" The boy struggled and cried.

"..."

Ye Yiyi, who was holding a rope to tie up this guy to prevent him from escaping, fell silent when he heard the voice.

"I'm not interested in men!" he said coldly, "But you're also an accomplice in stealing the horse. This matter isn't over yet!"

After tying up the boy who was crying even louder, Ling Meng stood up and walked towards the place where the boy had hidden the crane.

Soon, he found the crane behind a rock.

Taking out the waist lamp and hanging it up, Ye Yiyi looked at the old wheeled crane in the cold light.

The crane showed signs of repair, and he also found a carved image of an eagle with outstretched wings on its side.

"This should be the equipment the Grand Duke used to build the bridge. After so many years, I didn't expect it to still be usable after some repairs."

He pushed the crane to the edge of the cliff, then turned the dehydrated and cracked wooden handle to lower the net bag.

Virgil, as a horse, weighs at least 500 kilograms, and he will have to find a way to transport it up later.

Looking down, he saw the net bag hanging accurately next to the rainbow stone. Ye Yiyi jumped up and descended from the air by grabbing the rope.

Amid the howling wind in the rift valley, he landed on the cliff that protruded outward.

"The phantom wall is right here." He glanced at the wind-eroded rock wall in front of him and stretched out his hand.

When the fingertips touched the rock wall, there was a slight sense of obstruction, as if touching a soft membrane.

With a little force, the membrane was popped like a soap bubble, and then it flowed smoothly without any obstruction.

But the wind-eroded rock wall did not disappear and still stood there, while Ye Yiyi's palm had already sunk into the rock wall.

“It’s a little different from the phantom wall in the game.”

Ye Yiyi thought in his heart, then stepped forward and entered the rock wall.

Then, a metal corridor with obvious signs of cracks appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

The corridor was filled with dust and gravel, and the lamps on the ceiling had long lost their function. The torches hanging on both sides of the corridor replaced the lamps.

"Ancient ruins! It's true!"

Ye looked around, then his eyes fell on the edge of the corridor, on a metal cross-section that seemed to have been smoothly cut by something.

"It's exactly as I imagined. This was originally an underground workshop of a king craftsman, but due to the war, the workshop was severed, and half of it fell to the bottom of the Disaster Rift."

He looked back and saw the Disaster Rift outside through a layer of illusory rock wall.

The illusory rock wall blocked the cold wind, but the air could still circulate normally.

"The next step is to explore the interior of the workshop and retrieve Virgil."

He took the crossbow from his waist and checked whether the ammunition in the crossbow box and the winding mechanism were functioning properly.

Ye Yiyi was just dealing with a few petty thieves who stole horses, and he was too lazy to even use his sword.

He then turned off his waist lamp, switched his personal panel to the mage, took out the Silver Moon Staff and cast [Silent] on himself.

Even with the lighting of torches, the corridor still seemed extremely dark.

The place was covered with dust and rocks everywhere. Ye Yiyi was sharp-eyed and saw footprints and horseshoe prints on the ground.

"This place lay dormant for who knows how many years, until Federico discovered Zero Dream II a month and a half ago."

Ye Yiyi thought as he walked.

"But if Brenda wasn't lying, Federico must have first found some clues in the Archbishop's former residence before discovering this place."

He didn't think that the son of an ordinary village chief was capable of discovering this phantom wall.

But this also raises a question.

If the Archbishop was the first to discover this place, why didn't he take away the things inside?

He did not find any items related to the King Craftsman in the Howling Tower.

"Or maybe he couldn't take it away? But that doesn't make sense. Federico's men have a camouflage ring, so they might have taken it away from here..."

Burying the doubts deep in his heart, not long after, Ye Yiyi heard the restless neighing of horses and the sound of horses anxiously swinging their hooves deep in the corridor.

Besides that, there were two boys with young-sounding voices chatting.

"Alan, this horse is so stubborn! I can't pull it!" The voice sounded a little exasperated.

"What's going on? The fumigation bag is no longer effective?" The boy named Alan answered in a slightly dull male voice.

"I don't know. The fumigation hasn't been effective since I started."

"Tsk tsk, it really is a good horse!"

Alan couldn't help but admire, "Such a strong horse will definitely provide more vitality. Break its legs first, and then drag it in!"

"it is good."

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows, anger suddenly surged to his forehead.

You damned scoundrel, how dare you kill my horse?!

He no longer hid and walked out of the corridor with a dark face.

In a black and gold metal room, he saw two muscular men, one tall and one short, surrounding the anxious Virgil, holding up their sticks.

Ye Yiyi raised the crossbow and pulled the trigger at the tall man.

At the same time, the dung beetle flapped its wings and jumped up from the shoulder, heading straight for the other short man.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

"Boom!"

The sharp crossbow arrow pierced the tall man's knee, and the dung beetle's large spade-shaped horn hit the short man's forehead hard.

"Ah!! My legs!!"

The tall man dropped his stick and fell down wailing.

The short man rolled his eyes, collapsed to the ground, and was knocked unconscious by the dung beetle.

"You are so brave!"

Ye Yiyi walked forward with a cold face, drew out a flame-shaped two-handed sword with one hand, and tapped the tall man's cheek with the cold sword blade, leaving a bright red mark.

"Stealing my horse is fine, but killing me?

"I want to see how many lives you have left for me to kill!"

The tall man's eyes widened, and when he looked up, his expression became terrified.

"It's you!! Why are you chasing me?!"

"Oh?"

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, then narrowed his eyes and looked at the man carefully.

"You're the guy who cheated me out of my horse. Your face...is different from before."

"Ah! That's not me! You got the wrong person! That's not me!"

The tall man reacted with horror, covered his face with his hands, and then crawled backwards in fear.

Ye Yiyi took a step forward and stepped on the tall man's left arm. As he lifted and lowered the sword in his hand, a shining middle finger flew into the air.

"Ahhh!!! My hand!"

Amidst the screams, Ye Yiyi grabbed his finger and took off a silver-gray ring stained with blood.

"That's my ring! Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

Seeing the tall man crying and begging, Ye Yiyi placed the sharp sword in front of him and asked coldly.

"In your Plantagenet dynasty, what was the punishment for stealing valuables? Cutting off hands? Hanging? Burning at the stake? Or being reduced to slavery?

"One month, nearly 20 horses. If I hand you over to the knights of Pioneer Town, do you know what will happen to you?"

"Woooo..."

The tall man was heartbroken and fell to the ground crying.

Ye Yiyi looked at him coldly, then checked the silver-gray ring in her hand.

【Mask Ring】

Chapter 129: Carpenter Wang's Workshop

"Ling Mengqi (II) Three Others IV Wine Paint I (I: I) [Mask Ring]

Skill cost: 30

Attribute correction: Intelligence C

Proficiency: (0/20)

Item Description: A magic ring made by the "Faceless Magician" Kelekas.

Able to change one's appearance and show a false face to others.