novelraw Chapter 29 Eight Naked Corpses
Chapter 29 Eight Naked Corpses
The candlestick in his hand emitted a bright, warm orange light.
Such bright light is warm and gives people a cozy feeling.
Of course, this is on the premise that the candlestick is not made from a human head.
Su Tu didn't focus on the candlesticks, but instead carefully observed the stairwell.
The wooden staircase shimmered with a brownish sheen under the candlelight.
With each step, the wooden staircase makes a crisp sound.
This sound was not from the staircase being old and in disrepair.
On the contrary, it's the kind of voice that gives people a sense of security.
"Aren't there any mechanisms or anything like that?"
Using his appraisal ability, Su Tu would scan his surroundings after each step.
If Rhys hid the crown in the stairwell and he didn't notice, he would have missed it.
However, he noticed this as he stepped onto the stairs.
However, based on the current situation, the Purification Crown is not likely hidden in the stairwell.
Upon reaching the second floor, the warm candlelight immediately dispelled the darkness in the room.
Conversely, the strange smell in the air became even stronger.
If nothing unexpected happens, the source of this strange smell is on the second floor.
He walked out of the stairwell and found himself at the end of the second-floor corridor.
There are four rooms in total, one on each side of the corridor, and the doors are all made of wood.
At the other end of the corridor, there is also a wooden door.
That was also a room.
The layout of the entire second floor immediately came to Su Tu's mind.
There are five rooms in total, at the end of the corridor and on both sides.
He didn't know what each room was specifically used for.
Since he hadn't gone inside, he naturally didn't know what was inside the room.
However, there are now less than 15 minutes left before the Royal Scouts arrive.
He certainly couldn't search for the Purifying Crown in each room.
The best way, of course, is to use the magical tool appraisal ability to search the entire second floor.
Su Tu's ability to appraise magical artifacts is different from ordinary appraisal abilities.
Other identification methods may require seeing the item in order to identify its specific information.
But he's different.
His appraisal ability has only one target: magical artifacts.
As long as it is a magical artifact, within the scope of the appraisal ability, he can obtain information about the item regardless of where it is stored.
Even if he is separated from the magical artifact by a thick wall, he can still identify the information about the magical artifact.
This is also the specific reason why he was able to figure out the situation of all the magical tools on the first floor in a short period of time.
Before entering the secret vault with Rhys last time, he also relied on this ability to scout out the location where the Royal Scouts were hiding.
It can only be said that a single identification capability has certain unique features and is convenient to use.
Looking at the several pale blue messages floating through the wall, Su Tu read them one by one.
His calm gaze flickered slightly only when a pale blue message appeared in the corner of the room at the end of the corridor.
"Found it."
A rare slight smile played on his lips as he held the skull candlestick and slowly walked toward the room at the end of the room.
The sound of their feet landing on the solid wood floor was crisp and clear.
In the quiet room, the footsteps were loud and unsettling.
However, this kind of panic would not appear in Su Tu's heart.
At least not now.
Standing at the end of the room, Su Tu gently extended the candlestick in his hand.
The wooden handle, with its interplay of light and shadow, also caught his eye.
Su Tu hesitated for a moment, then reached out and opened the door.
In an instant, that strange smell hit me, and my face felt like it had been doused with a bucket of water.
Suppressing his stomach discomfort, he opened the door completely, using the candlelight to illuminate the entire room.
Once he saw what was in the room, the discomfort in his stomach was instantly forgotten.
"This is... a corpse?"
He took the candlestick and went into the room. Looking around, he found that there were eight glass boxes in the room.
Each box contained a corpse, and each corpse was submerged in a pale green, unidentified liquid.
If there are no unforeseen circumstances, the strange smell in the air should be coming from these liquids.
only......
Su Tu took the head candlestick, walked into the nearest box, and examined it carefully.
These corpses were completely naked, and every inch of their skin was clearly visible.
Surprisingly, every inch of the skin on these corpses was flawless, except for being slightly pale.
This paleness even made the corpses look unusually white, like beauties in the snow.
Upon seeing these lifelike corpses, Su Tu's first thought was that they were the corpses in the Aishir Secret Treasury.
"Could it be that Rhys took all these corpses from the grave?"
The Ashhill Vault sounds like a treasure trove, but it's actually someone else's tomb.
He was buried in the tomb in the imperial holy site.
It goes without saying that he possessed a noble status during his lifetime, not to mention that he was a powerful individual with his own S-class magical artifact.
You should know that most people in this world cannot use magic and can only fight by relying on magical tools.
Therefore, the strength of a magical tool also determines the strength of a person.
Furthermore, the technology for manufacturing S-class magical tools has been lost.
Those who possess S-rank magical artifacts naturally became extremely rare.
Aside from those S-class magical artifact owners who are still alive.
Other S-class magical tools circulating in the market are basically brought from ruins by others.
This led to the emergence of heritage merchants.
Rhys was one of these heritage merchants, and one of the bigger ones at that.
After all, there are several S-class magical artifacts sealed downstairs in his building.
Su Tu just couldn't understand why there were eight lifelike corpses in the home of Rhys, the relic merchant.
He was puzzled, but he had no intention of lingering there any longer.
For some reason, this house gave him an uneasy feeling ever since he entered this room.
I always feel like something extremely threatening is going to happen at any moment.
"How about... we make use of the Royal Scouts?"
Su Tu knew how strong these guys' investigative abilities were.
If we let them investigate these matters, it might have unexpected results.
Anyway, those guys are already on their way. All I have to do is make a move, and the corpses here will definitely be exposed.
They will definitely investigate these bodies when the time comes.
At the very least, they would report the matter to the king.
After a moment's thought, he had an idea in mind. Based on the location of the Purification Crown that he had previously identified, he took the magical artifact.
He then quickly left the room, closing the door behind him.
After extinguishing the candlestick and placing it far away, he climbed out the window again and left, returning to the alley.
Standing in front of the mahogany door, Su Tu did not hesitate and took down the doorplate hanging next to it.
Then they walked to the house behind them that Rhys had used as a cover and took down the house's nameplate.
House number 002 was put up.
As for the house with the red wooden door, he labeled it house number 001.
Looking at his perfect masterpiece, Su Tu nodded in satisfaction.
"This way, the Royal Scouts will be able to enter the house to investigate."
He murmured to himself, his gaze fixed on the alleyway not far away, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"I wonder if Rhys will be able to maintain that calm expression once he finds out."
After saying that, he pulled up the collar of his trench coat and walked deeper into the alley.
Five minutes after he left, the five members of the Royal Scouts arrived at the entrance of Beller Lane.