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Chapter 1849 Breaking the pot

"Next, go this way!"

Lupin XIII ran in front, leading the way for Blaze.

"Thankfully, the Magic Kingdom was rather lazy in this regard. The structures of all nine mobile fortresses are identical. I spent quite a bit of time digging up the battle records of the guilds that attacked the mobile fortresses, and from them I found this straight path."

"Wait, if these nine mobile fortresses all have the same structure, then wouldn't it be a joke that the nine mobile fortresses gathered together would have the power to destroy the world?" Blaze asked doubtfully.

Although the level of the mobile fortress is an astonishing LV450, it is inflated. The actual level should be around LV250. The magical creation army can make up for part of it, allowing it to barely make up for some of it as a group monster.

It is just a partial recovery. In this way, even if the nine identical mobile fortresses are put together, it will not cause any qualitative changes.

In this regard, the eleven beasts of Tiamat are more valuable. The eleven beasts alone pose no threat at all, but once all the eleven beasts are gathered together, they will combine into the extremely terrifying corpse of Tiamat.

"This is a classic trope. Nine mobile fortresses put together can indeed have the power to destroy the world, but the nine mobile fortresses themselves do not possess this power."

"One of those treasure-hunting stories where one riddle is followed by another."

"Could it be?" Blaze was stunned and thought of a possibility. "We guessed that the clue to finding the Sun Chariot was on the Sun Gems in the Fortress of Destruction, but it's not actually on any of them. To be more precise, it's not on any of them. The nine Sun Gems combined are the location of the Sun Chariot!"

"Yes, putting important clues in a separate place like this is kind of silly and cute."

"No, the Immortal Tribe should only have one Sun Gem. How come there are nine?"

"This part is what gives me the most headache." Lupin XIII crossed his arms across his chest, showing a distressed expression.

"The reason we resisted this answer was simply because the result of [the clue is in the easiest Sun Gem] is more favorable to us. We subconsciously resisted the more difficult method of [finding all the Sun Gems]."

"But unfortunately, the world is also subject to Murphy's Law, and the worst-case scenario will always happen."

Lupin XIII stopped and pointed helplessly towards the thing in the center of the core area.

"Look, the most undesirable thing has happened."

Blaze's expression darkened. As expected, the core area was filled with the Sun Gem. Just standing at the entrance, he could feel the terrifying energy coming from the Sun Gem.

But there's a problem, there's something wrong with the sun gem placed inside.

The reason why the sun gem is called the sun gem, in addition to the terrifying heat it possesses, is also because its shape is very similar to the sun and is a perfect round shape.

But the sun gem in front of him was very strange. It was just a long square strip with a slight arc at the end.

Rather than being a gem, it is more like a building block that foreigners use to build houses.

"Now let me introduce you to our world's classic educational toy, the Luban Lock."

Lupin XIII made a lifting gesture towards the Sun Gem behind him, and at the same time, with his other hand, he took out a small, long stone that was about the length of his forearm and very similar to the Sun Gem.

"A few seemingly unrelated pieces can be pieced together into a very simple shape if you follow a certain order and use certain techniques." "I suspect that the Magic Kingdom disassembled the Sun Gem in some way that does not affect its power, turning the original sphere into nine parts."

"Dismantling, piecing it back together, I see. It feels a bit like a totem." Blaze stroked his chin and thought.

The Sunstone is a rather delicate gemstone. If the perfect sphere is even slightly damaged, its power will gradually be lost.

This is a bit like a totem. Once the shape changes slightly, the meaning will change.

The concept of Luban Lock allows the disassembled Sun Gem to still maintain the concept of [part of a perfect sphere], thereby retaining the power of the Sun Gem to the greatest extent.

If it can be cut perfectly so that there are no gaps when it is reassembled and it remains a whole piece, then the power of the Sunstone will not be lost at all.

This is not impossible. Legend has it that with some legendary kitchen knives, after cutting open the belly of a fish and taking out the roe, the wound will heal automatically with just a touch of the finger, as if the flesh itself did not feel the injury.

Unfortunately, this approach is not perfect.

"Is the one in your hand also a Sun Gem from the Mobile Fortress?"

"Yes, I stole it from...anyway, it was one of the mobile fortresses that was crushed by the evil Titan. It was codenamed Mars, but unfortunately~" Lupin 13 pointed to the edge of the stone in his hand, where there was a very obvious gap.

"Because its form was destroyed, its power was completely lost, and it finally turned into something that looks like stone. It only has commemorative value. It's a good thing it became like this, otherwise I wouldn't know how to steal it."

If what they were seeking was the power of the Sun Gem, then they would undoubtedly return disappointed, but no, what they wanted was only the clue above.

Although the Sun Gem plays an indispensable role in the rituals of the Immortal Tribe, if the destination is truly the Sun Chariot, then the presence of the Sun Gem is irrelevant.

"But it's better to destroy its shape, otherwise we won't be able to take it off." Blaze patted the magic bag. There are really not many objects that can hold the sun gem, not even a magic bag.

The divine bag is made of animal skins. Even the fur of a divine animal is still a product of animal skins, which is naturally weak to fire.

Anyway, they don't need the power of the Sun Gem, so destroying it a little and diluting its power is a last resort.

"But will this damage the clues recorded above?" Blaze expressed his concern.

"Hahaha, don't worry about it, just go ahead!" Lupin XIII laughed heartily twice.

"Oh!? Does this mean your judgment as a professional thief won't be affected?"

"That's right." Lupin XIII nodded and said confidently, "Anyway, the other parts must have been broken into pieces. They were connected to the mobile fortress itself and were crushed by the Titan God's foot. How could they remain intact?"

"Since the others are broken, what do we need from this one?"

"Ah, it's a broken jar."

(End of this chapter)