System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1204: Five Items

ʼThere was a traitor among us.ʼ

”!!!” Noel widened his eyes in shock.

ʼThat traitor not only fed the enemy with information, but it was also the cause for my wife to die. If not for that traitor, my wife would still be able to endure the demon kingʼs army until I arrived.

ʼThatʼs why I have prepared these five gifts for you.

ʼThere is no need to explain about the badge, the scroll, and the black cube. The qualified Ardagan familyʼs members will be able to understand them without me explaining it.

ʼThe key is a key for the Ardagan familyʼs treasury. I donʼt have much, but the Treasury will definitely help you. Last but not least, the ring. This ring has a special power, but rather than explaining it myself, you should find the Dark Butterfly Spiritʼs contractor. The Dark Butterfly Spirit can explain it better than I do because this ring is a keepsake from my grandmother.ʼ

”…” Noel fell silent after reading the messages. There were three things that came into his mind.

”If there are indeed two demon lords, it means that I canʼt be the only one to reach the spirit king stage. Anna should become one as well. However, to reach that level requires a lot of resources. If we look at this, itʼs going to be extremely hard for us to become spirit kings at the same time.

”I donʼt know whatʼs going on, but I guess this is the only way. However, Anna will surely say that if we canʼt defeat the demon kings, itʼs fine to repel them first and kill them later once she becomes a spirit king.

”Thatʼs why I have to consider this possibility as well. As for those three items, considering itʼs actually related to Ardagan, I might have to wait until Ardagan wakes up before I know what they are.

”Judging from what Iʼve seen so far, Iʼm sure theyʼre going to give me something. If thatʼs the case, I should focus on the key and the ring. I can easily bring this ring to Layla, but to confirm it, if I personally go there. Anna has distracted the enemy, so if I go there right now, they might cause some trouble.

”I guess we have to wait for a bit more. As for the key, where is the Ardagan familyʼs Treasury? There is no mention of its location. I guess Ardagan will know about it.

”He can even confirm whether there are two demon kings or not. I guess Ardagan hasnʼt said anything because weʼre planning to become spirit kings together…”

Noel fell silent for a moment, contemplating what he should do.

After some time, Noel returned everything inside. Before leaving, Nathan politely bowed and said, ”Thank you very much for your help, ancestors. This descendant will take his leave. Iʼll do my best to defeat the two demon lords so that this land can gain peace.”

Noel brought the box with him and immediately searched for Incetta and Vivi.

”Are you done?” Incetta asked.

”Yes. There is one thing that I need to ask though.” Noel turned to Vivi. ”Do you know where the treasury of the Ardagan family is located?”

”Huh?” Vivi tilted his head in confusion. She thought for a moment before saying with an unsure tone, ”Iʼm not really sure. However, Margaretha had a stash in the past.”

”A secret storage?”

”Yes. Iʼm not sure if that is the one youʼre talking about, but I can show you the location. Because Alex doesnʼt care much about their spending, Margaretha has to take care of everything, including the budget for Alexʼs spending.”

”In that case, can you lead me there? Has it been destroyed yet?”

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”I donʼt know, but itʼs located underground, so it might havenʼt been destroyed yet.”

All of them walked back to the city that had been reclaimed by nature.

Vivi pointed to a building. ”Thatʼs the place.”

The building itself had been destroyed, leaving only a single wall. ”Go to that place and dig one meter down. If you find a black rope, follow that rope to find the entrance. It has been buried inside, so itʼll be hard to find it. Then again, Margarethaʼs element allows her to do all that work in just a few seconds.”

Noel couldnʼt help but say, ”This is such a random building to hide your belongings…”

”Thatʼs what we said as well. Then again, it was actually connected to a secret tunnel where they lived. By putting this building on top, she basically camouflaged it. No one was going to dig that ground, so yeah…”

”Fair enough.” Noel started releasing his spiritual energy, lifting up a chunk of soil at a time.

It didnʼt take too long for him to actually find the rope Vivi was talking about. However, it had deteriorated to such an extent that he couldnʼt pull it anymore if he didnʼt want to break it.

Hence, he just lifted up the soil around it and continued to follow this black rope.

After several minutes, the rope started leading down. It turned out there was a hole that had been covered by dirt, so Noel carefully excavated all the soil until he could jump into the hole.

He threw away the soil and cleared up the area around the hole, revealing two things.

When he turned to the left, he saw the ceiling, the walls, and the floor, confirming that this was a tunnel. Unfortunately, the tunnel had been fully blocked, and he didnʼt have any business in that direction.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, there was a door made of metal. There was a wheel, which only had one meaning.

Noel carefully grabbed it and started turning it, testing which direction would work.

*Creak!*

Unfortunately for him, the metal wheel actually snapped. Yes, it snapped.

”Huh?” Noel blinked a few times, looking at the wheel on his hand. Because of this, he couldnʼt open the door anymore. ”This is… How am I going to open this door? Should I just destroy it? There is no rune around.”

Noel tried to scan the entire area with his spiritual energy, which actually revealed another door behind this one, which had a different mechanism.

”Yeah. I think there is no other way.” Noel clenched his hand into a fist.

*Bam!*