Chapter 1116 - An Underground Laboratory (1/2)
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In the lord’s office in the castle.
It took Sean two hours to recount his story.
Generally speaking, the plan had been successfully executed. Zooey and Betty had not only retrieved the ancient Magic Cube but also manipulated the God’s Punishment Warriors into looting the entire treasury of the Archduke Island. All the treasures, including jewels and gemstones, had been dumped into a vacant cabin. Henceforth, all the remnants the Church of Hermes were uprooted. Nobody on the Archduke Island would ever have any engagement with the church.
On the other hand, Kajen Fels took his leave right after the ship disembarked and returned to his hotel with his student. It was obvious that he could not wait to work on his new play.
Both Farrina and Joe were detained, awaiting for their trial which would be presided by the Graycastle Security Bureau.
“I’ll leave them to you,” Roland looked away and said quietly to Nightingale.
Nightingale gave him a pinch of comprehension on the shoulder.
“So, is the legendary treasure… the Magic Ceremony Cube in this lead box?” Roland asked as he cast a look at the gray box next to Sean. Based on the traitor, Hagrid’s description, the Cube was of the size of a palm and made out of a polished stone. In consideration of the lethal property of radioactive material, Roland had asked the rescue team to take full protective measures before they had set off for the journey.
“Yes, I kept it in my custody during the whole trip as you had instructed. Other than Miss Zooey and Miss Betty, nobody has touched it,” Sean replied. “However, I found an unusual sign before putting it in this lead box.”
“What sign?”
“Your Majesty, do you remember in my encrypted letter, I talked about the reason Lorenzo had decided to send Hagrid to the Cage Mountain to investigate the treasure?”
Roland said thoughtfully, “Because the treasure suddenly emanated blue light for the first time in the past 100 years?”
“Yes,” Sean confirmed with a nod. “When Miss Zooey brought back the Magic Ceremony Cube, she said one thing that caught my attention. She said ‘the blue light seems to be changing directions all the time’. So I took another look and noticed the light always pointed at me like a compass. To be honest, I was terrified at that moment and almost dropped it.”
Roland felt a chill running down his spine as he listened to Sean’s narrative. However, he still managed to keep a straight face and said nonchalantly, “And did you find out the reason?”
“Maybe,” Sean said as he produced something from his pocket and placed it on the mahogany desk. “After I calmed down, I gave it some thought and think it’s not likely that an ancient artifact would respond to a common person. It must be sensing something else. After a further examination, I discovered the light wasn’t pointing at me, but this coin.
It was the exact enriched uranium coin Azima had used to look for uranium mines, which she had given back to Sean after her return to Neverwinter.
In other words, the Magic Ceremony Cube illuminated because it sensed the coin.
This sounded interesting.
Roland spoke after a moment of reflection, “I see. You did a good job. Off you go.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
After Sean retired from the room, Nightingale revealed herself from the Mist and studied the lead box up and down.
“Any luck?”