Don't confiscate my citizenship

Lichtens Castle.

The hands of the church clock had just passed nine-thirty.

This morning, everyone had returned to the mansion from the cliff and arrived at the library on the second floor.

Despite various magical explorations, there are no particularly secret compartments or mechanisms in this castle that need to be deciphered, and the detective has previously skipped all possible clues.

But there may be some useful historical background information in the owner's room and the library-like library.

For example, this mysterious era that no one can figure out, the relationship between vampires and humans, and the relevant records of the Horning Empire.

Even if it doesn't help the decryption of this shadow world.

It can be recorded and shared with many researchers by the Southern Continent Film World Association to analyze this important history.

Except for Lan Qi and Hyperion, who stayed together, the other challengers remained in groups of three, keeping a relatively safe distance from each other.

Lan Qi leisurely walked to the window and opened the red velvet curtains. The natural light hit the wood grain of the dark brown bookshelf, which was far clearer than in the early morning.

Each ancient book, the dim gilded fonts on the book cover also regained its luster under the light.

As the sunlight penetrates, the air in the library becomes fresher, mixed with the ink of books and the fragrance of candles. It is as if you can hear the whisper of books, telling the stories they record that have been forgotten by history.

"Since everyone has agreed to collect some information before waiting for Mr. Detective to come back, let's look for any books about the vampires together."

Lan Qi stood by the window, bathing in the sunlight behind him, and said to everyone.

Although there is no absolute host like a detective, it seems that among the two most trustworthy people at present, the [Geographer] and the Young Master of the Chamber of Commerce are not very reliable. Only the [Detective]’s companion, Mr. [Lawyer], seems to be relatively calm. .

But it's this calm demeanor that makes people instinctively think that he is a bit dangerous.

He always has a calm smile on his face. Compared to arriving in a castle full of murderous intent, he feels more like he is really on vacation in a mansion.

"I have a suggestion, burn all these books."

At this moment, a female voice sounded from behind. Everyone looked along the voice and saw that it was the noble girl from the Creation Empire who had never expressed her opinion. She spoke.

In this Battle Mage Priest team, the female knight next to the noble girl just looked at her, while the little priest felt the eyes of everyone and became even more cowardly.

"Since the detective found the answer by bypassing all mechanisms, these original mechanisms will be of very little benefit to us. If they are destroyed together, the betrayer may also lose more critical information."

The noble girl from the Creation Empire continued to add firmly.

Everyone fell into silence. After thinking about it carefully, her statement did make sense.

"But it is also possible that these books only contain useful information for the challenger, especially for another mission target. I think it would be better for everyone to quickly screen out the books related to the vampires."

The priest headed by the Goddess of Destiny Church in the Northern Continent said hesitantly, seeming to be more supportive of Lan Qi's decision.

After a moment of silence in the library.

Now it is nothing more than a question of whether to gamble or not.

If you take the gamble and destroy the books, you might also be able to destroy the information about the mission targets of the betrayers.

"Personally, I am very opposed to the act of burning books...but everyone should still vote."

Lan Qi spread his hands like a peacemaker, as if anything was fine, as long as everyone could solve the problem calmly.

Soon, the three clergymen of the Northern Continent expressed their opposition to burning books. They paid special attention to the intelligence of the vampires in ancient times.

Hyperion naturally supports Lan Qi unconditionally, and like Lan Qi, she also holds the opinion of retaining the book.

Only three people in the Creation Empire supported book burning.

The young master of the Chamber of Commerce looked at both sides, and originally wanted to do something cool and burn the books, but after thinking about it, he still felt that the opinions of Lan Qi and several clergymen were relatively stable, so he also chose to keep the books. The guard brother and sister did not say anything. , the meaning is closer to abstention, or that whatever they vote will not affect the outcome.

In the end, the conservative group was in the majority. After the vote, everyone had no complaints and started looking for books together. Almost in groups of five or six, they shuttled between the bookshelves without taking away each other's eyes.

From time to time, they lowered their heads to search on the pages, and then raised their heads to wander around the bookshelves. The sound of turning pages, accompanied by occasional whispers, made time fly by.

Lanci said nothing, gently touching the spine of a book with his fingertips, as if having a silent dialogue with this knowledge.

Open a book and read page by page with focused and deep eyes.

Hyperion secretly observed Lan Qi's expression.

She always felt that Lan Qi seemed to be more convinced of something after the previous vote, but she couldn't tell what he was planning specifically.

…

So throughout the morning, everyone was searching for books in the library.

Each suspected key book must pass through the hands of at least two different groups of challengers to ensure that no one deceives the intelligence.

Until almost noon.

I don't know who opened a book first, which changed everyone's [Mission Objective 2: Explore the secrets and crises hidden in the castle] at the same time.

A note "A piece of core information has been collected, waiting to be interpreted" has been added.

Everyone looked at each other and found that the young master of the Chamber of Commerce was opening an ancient book with demonic characters engraved on the cover. He also looked at everyone with a confused face.

"It... records an ancient sealing technique. By gathering the power of the sun, moon and stars, you can create a powerful and eternal sealing power. Similarly, if you want to break this seal, you need to collect the power of the moon and stars. Using the fresh blood as a guide, the seal can be decoded in reverse while avoiding the sun."

The young master from the Chamber of Commerce quickly turned the pages and read the key contents to everyone with a confused expression.

"This is a magic book. I can't understand the specific magic text. Do any of you know the sealing technique?"

The twin guards behind him were silent. It was obvious that they were all assassins and only knew a few spells.

Not to mention sealing, a type of magic that even professional mages are rarely good at.

People's eyes couldn't help but focus on the mage girl from the Creain Empire and the priest from the Northern Continent.

Almost only these two people are the most promising to understand.

"I'm not good at sealing magic."

The priest shook his head in shame.

In fact, there are not many priests in the current era who are good at sealing techniques.

Moreover, in the Northern Continent, sealing is even a notorious magic, all because of the unreasonable and massacre of civilians committed by the Bishop of Annihilation Asksan.

"I know a little bit, show me."

The mage girl who headed the team from the Creation Empire nodded, walked towards the young master of the Chamber of Commerce and took the book in his hand.

But she quickly flipped through the book until she reached the last page, and just shook her head helplessly.

"The compilation of this book, a lot of the content is composed of demonic magic script, or it is a kind of magic script that has not yet fully evolved into human's own magic script."

The imperial mage girl said.

According to legend, the first humans did not know how to use magic. It was not until demons taught magic to humans that humans began to have the power of magic.

However, excessive use of demonic magic will cause human beings to become deformed, go crazy, and become monsters. This theory can be confirmed even in modern times.

After a long period of evolution, ancient human magicians gradually improved and gave birth to the earliest human magic texts, which allowed humans to use magic normally without paying huge costs.

The magic text in this ancient book is still in a transitional stage between demon magic text and human magic text.

Not only humans cannot read it, but even demons may not be able to read it.