nownovels Chapter 24 The Family Treasure
Chapter 24 The Family Treasure
The merciless words immediately chilled the already less-than-harmonious atmosphere.
Vivian's delicate and beautiful brows furrowed slightly, then quickly relaxed. She was somewhat surprised by Viktor's actions, but they seemed to make sense... To put it bluntly, although the two were said to be siblings, their families had already disbanded. What could a shared surname possibly represent?
I just wanted her to obediently hand over the things.
"impossible!"
A cold glint silently slid out from her sleeve, and with a sound from her mouth, Vivian took a step forward, the dagger in her hand aimed straight for Viktor's throat!
"Your Highness!!"
A somewhat panicked voice rang out from Gar!
Before Vivian could even show a smug expression, she suddenly found herself facing an irresistible force!
The next moment, before she could even get close to Viktor, she was sent flying back like a ball that had been kicked, even faster than when she had come!
BOOM!
Her body slammed heavily against the edge of the wooden bed, the excruciating pain making her already fair skin look even more wretched, and she couldn't help but let out a muffled groan... This was even the result of Victor holding back!
Magic Impact is, after all, an offensive form of witchcraft. With the enhancement of the mercury in her blood, if activated at full power, Vivian could potentially be turned into mincemeat...
Victor's eyes swept over her:
"A boring trick!"
After speaking, Victor stepped into the room, followed by Gal, whose longsword was still sheathed. He approached Vivian but didn't get too close. Instead, he kicked aside the dagger that had fallen beside her, then placed the longsword beside him and fixed his gaze on her.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness Vivian, please cooperate for now!"
"Cough cough!!"
She coughed lightly, but the sound sent a sharp pain through her back. Cold sweat broke out on Vivian's forehead, but she still glared back defiantly.
"What a good dog!!"
"Thank you for your compliment..."
Gar accepted Vivian's address expressionlessly... There was nothing to be angry about; ever since he swore allegiance to Viktor, Viktor's orders had taken precedence over his own life.
Although he actually had a good impression of Vivian in front of him, Viktor's orders superseded everything. Let alone just a younger sister, even if Viktor's king father were here, he could still resolutely swing his sword and strike with a single command!
"snort!"
Seeing Gar completely taking her insults as praise, Vivian realized that she didn't seem to have any other options.
She turned her head and looked at Victor, who was standing in the middle of the room, looking around. She snorted coldly.
"Stop looking, Victor."
"There's no treasure... I'm all alone here."
Victor ignored her, instead tilting his head to the side and amplifying his senses to the extreme, carefully sensing every corner of the room... one second, ten seconds, one minute...
Finally, he opened his eyes, and his gaze quickly settled on the wooden bed behind Vivian.
He strode over, and under Vivian's gaze, his hand groped under the bed, quickly pulling out an exquisite box... Viktor stood up, took a deep breath, and a strange sensation within his body told him:
"Found it!"
"Victor, what are you doing?"
Vivian's expression also changed.
She never expected that something she had hidden so carefully would be discovered so easily.
But it was too late to say anything now. Viktor didn't even bother to pay attention to her. He walked to the table next to him, placed the box on the table, and then tried to open the box. Then... he saw what was inside the box.
A key... or maybe only half a key.
It looks unremarkable, even somewhat ordinary, like the kind of key that has been used every day for years, its surface covered with dirt and scratches.
"This is... the treasure that led to the disintegration of the entire family?"
Victor muttered to himself as he reached out and took the half-key out of the box.
Vivian couldn't help but speak up and mock:
"Don't even think about it, Victor... This is something my father gave me. As long as I don't tell you, you'll never know its secret!"
Unbeknownst to her, the instant she spoke, a notification about the key popped up in front of Viktor's eyes:
[Equipable item detected: Silver Key]
[Equipping this item grants the attribute: Door to Inspiration Lv1 — Actively open the door to inspiration, and you will hear the echoes of knowledge.]
[Requirement for absorbing equipment: Upgrade Mercury's Blood to level 3]
[Select equipment?]
......
"The Silver Key? The Door to Knowledge?"
Viktor was suddenly a little confused, because it wasn't what he expected. Why did his so-called "treasure" look so ordinary?
But the craving in his body was definitely not an illusion. As soon as he reached out and took the thing, the feeling began to lessen and quickly dissipated.
This means that what I found was correct, so... in other words, the effect of this key is definitely not just as simple as these few words, right?
Viktor had a guess in his mind.
However, to avoid fainting like when he swallowed the silver snake bracelet before.
He still didn't choose to equip it directly. Instead, he turned to look at his adopted sister, who was glaring at him intently. He then shook his hand.
"Take her with you, Gar."
"To avoid her not cooperating, knock her out first."
Vivian's expression changed slightly. She turned to look at Gar, about to issue a warning.
But Garr's large hand had already reached the back of her neck, and with a heavy slam, her eyes rolled back, and she lost consciousness.
Then Garr bent down, pulled her up, and hoisted her onto his shoulder.
Victor had already turned and started walking downstairs.
Naturally, the commotion just now attracted some people to come out and watch.
However, in this wizard-ruled world, there are indeed relatively few people who are purely mindless.
So even though some people hesitated when they saw Gar carrying Vivian, Victor, who was walking in front, was like a thick city wall, firmly blocking their sense of justice.
Perhaps some people tried, but found that the city wall was far thicker and more difficult to break through than they had imagined, and ultimately chose to give up... Finally, watching the backs of Viktor and the others, they walked out of the hotel.
The viper had been waiting outside for quite some time and was getting impatient.
Upon seeing Viktor emerge, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, quickly approached, glanced at the girl carrying Gar on his shoulder, and wisely refrained from asking further questions. Instead, he spoke to Viktor:
"Sir, our movements have been detected by the Crocodile Gang here."
"They have a lot of manpower... We came in a hurry this time, and we may not be a match for them."
"If you finish your work, we'd better leave now..."