Chapter 444 101. Three Keys
Annan, who was the last to return to the camp, attracted attention.
Annan ignored them - he found nothing anyway. After putting Lily down and letting her go back to the tent, he went to the still deserted tavern, chose a glass of juice and sat in the corner, ready to listen to the bragging of the gold diggers.
"Master Champion, I'm going back first." Flas ran out of the tavern, probably to tell the camp leader.
Annan didn't care either, because the Nuggets were coming.
They began to show off what they had gained in the city of Sollengo, some of which were quite legendary, such as the jewelry hidden in the latrine, the treasure map left behind by the rat men who could not understand, and a closet full of women's pajamas——< br>
Usually in a place where ratmen are infested, there will be no food or anything that looks like a weapon left. Eventually, the ratmen who form a rat tide will have messy things on their hands.
The girls also wore thin cloth clothes in the not-so-warm tavern to solicit business, following the gold diggers out one after another, and then came back a few minutes later.
With a lewd aura, he cast a flirtatious look at Annan. It's just that the boy is not interested in them, otherwise even if they pay, it will be fine.
At night, when Annan was about to return to his tent, the blond woman came to the tavern and sat down in front of Annan.
"You haven't left yet?" Annan looked at the blond woman's old aristocratic attire and praised: "It does look like a vampire..."
"You like vampires very much?" She held her chin.
"Just curious what a real vampire looks like."
Wood doesn't count. The only difference between him and humans is that humans eat everything, while he only drinks blood.
"If you like, I can also suck some blood part-time..." The blonde woman's other hand reached out to Annan.
"Slut!"
"Bitch!"
"Deserve to be burned at the stake!"
The peeping girls in the tavern let out low curses, okay After worrying about them, Annan stood up, avoided the woman of unknown origin, said goodbye to the guests in the tavern, and returned to the tent.
“When shall we act?” Farias asked.
The Earl over the hills could hardly wait any longer.
"Let's leave it to tomorrow."
After staring at it for two days, the leader probably has no interest anymore.
Farias suddenly whispered: "Where the forest is thick, where the streams are raging, where the singing is loud."
"What is this?"
"Three keys and three puzzles are needed to open the inheritance."
"...You know I am not a mage, right?"
"Three keys and three puzzles are needed to open the inheritance. The question corresponds to the three keys," Farias said in a way that normal people can understand.
“How do I solve the puzzle?”
“It’s in the museum.”
"What if the key is picked up by the rat man?"
"The key is placed in a very secret place."
"So the inheritance cannot be opened if the key is gone?"< br>
"Well..."
"Hopefully the Skaven won't put the key in the mace."
Annan was not interested in asking how Count Ulmit knew these secrets... He was just the executor and only wanted to get what he deserved.
On the third day, significantly fewer rat people were lured away by bait in the morning on time than on the first day. Annan followed the team of Nuggets into the city.
The peek hidden in the dark disappeared, replaced by Flass who followed Annan directly.
Annan let Flas follow because he couldn't figure out the meaning of the puzzle.
Walking through the empty museum after looting, scanning the empty halls, Annan couldn't help but wonder how to find the key if the puzzle was related to those collections?
Or is it that the key has nothing to do with the collection...
Annan was walking in the corridor where Fermi had searched, and Fras next to him showed sadness.
"Are you a violet person?" "No, I am a Montablrock..."
"Then why are you sad?"
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"Damn ratmen... all the human treasures were robbed by them."
Annan did not have this emotion. Compared to places like museums, city lord's mansions, and manors, the burned-out and collapsed houses and nameless wreckage aroused his sadness more.
“Do you know Mad Dog Archduke?” Annan walked into the lounge on the second floor of the museum.
“Mad dog...?”
“It’s the Grand Duke Gilles.”
"Your title is very appropriate...that's a bastard." Flas gritted his teeth.
Annan then learned about the deeds of this "Mad Dog Archduke" who had his territory taken away - including but not limited to promulgating harsh laws, imposing unbearable taxes, and forcibly recruiting residents to fight on the battlefield. Looting the property of nobles and merchants - this is the only thing Annan identifies with.
"Those nobles didn't do anything?"
"The Mages Association and the Principality Guard listened to that mad dog."
With the actions of this mad dog Archduke... Maybe he will continue to cause trouble in Gem City.
Annan, who was walking out, suddenly kicked something and lowered his head. A key was hidden in the dust.
Annan picked up the copper key painted with musical notes: "Fermi, you and Fras continue searching, I'm going to rest for a while."
"I'll be with you. "Fras said immediately.
An looked at him, her expression gradually becoming cold: "Are you spying on me?"
"Of course not! I just... want to protect you." Flas explained in a panic.
"You are not my servant yet, so you don't have to follow me all the time." Annan waved his hand and asked the frightened Vlas and Femi to go elsewhere, and then handed the key to the speechless Farias: "Don't tell This is one of the three keys.”
“Yes...it’s the singing key.”
“Where is this?” At this time, Annan was still thinking that it might be. The Rat Man dug it out and brought it here.
“The curator’s wife’s bedroom.”
“How do you know?”
"There is a map at the entrance of the museum."
Annan searched the room again and found a hidden grid on the wall where the mural was supposed to be hung.
This is where the key is placed
Bedroom...bed...singing...
Annan suddenly felt that he had guessed the answer to the riddle full of evil taste...
"Where are the changing room and bathroom?"
Annan followed Farias to the adjacent changing room. There was also nothing left here - the clothes in the closet were not known to have been looted. He was snatched away or passed through by the Rat Man.
The dressing room did not have a secret compartment like the bedroom. Annan asked: "Are there any other dressing rooms?"
"The maids' dressing room."
"Take me there."
Arriving from the second floor to the first floor, I happened to see Fras who was being punished by Fermi to clean up the garbage pile.
Allowing this guy who was actually the leader of the camp to continue, Annan came to the changing room and found the second key: the dense forest.
“How did you know?” Farias exclaimed.
Annan had no choice but to tell him it was "a warlock's intuition."
The museum has three bathrooms: those for guests, those for servants, and those for the curator and his wife. It’s just that none of the three bathrooms have the same hidden compartment.
Finally, I found the third key in the head maid's cubicle.
(End of this chapter)