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Chapter 1862: A Few Things About the Treasure Map
There are two pieces from the alliance between the Holy Cross Kingdom and the Giant Kingdom, four pieces provided by Lupin XIII, one piece from the power source of the Fortress of Destruction, and one piece in the hands of the Freemasons, a total of seven pieces.

In other words, they already own most of the complete map.

Generally speaking, missing a piece is fatal, but Lupin XIII, a professional thief, proposed such a gambling hypothesis.

A treasure map does indeed only show the location of the treasure, but that is only limited to the type of treasure that contains pure wealth, which is of a relatively [low-level] type.

But if it's the Fountain of Youth, or an advanced treasure map involving elements like faith, then the situation becomes complicated.

Like the Fountain of Youth, places of faith must have tests and trials.

This means that the treasure map not only contains coordinates, but also includes the coordinates of the treasure location, the number of trials and challenges that will be faced in order to obtain the treasure, and the methods to pass the trials and challenges.

Lupin XIII gave an example of her own adventure in finding the Holy Grail of Immortality. She changed her name to Indiana Jones and stole a notebook that recorded the location of the Holy Grail to search for it.

There are three trials. The first is that those who disrespect the Lord will be beheaded. The second is that those who do not know the name of the Lord will fall into hell. The third is that those who are brave will jump over the lion's mouth to meet the last Knight Templar.

These three trials seem to be warnings to those who are looking for the Holy Grail, so that treasure hunters will give up, but in fact they contain the method to crack the three trials.

The first level is an induction mechanism where a beheading saw blade will appear at an extremely fast speed, like an invisible wind. The height is just the neck of a normal adult standing upright, so you just need to lower your head or lie down to get through it.

This is what is called having reverence for the Lord.

The second level is a pit trap. There are various symbols on the ground. The symbol that spells out the master's name is solid. Other places will collapse and fall if you step on them.

This level seems simple, but it actually contains hidden dangers. Because there are many languages, there are also many translations of the Lord's name, and you have to choose the oldest one.

As for the third level, it is even simpler. The temple enshrining the Holy Grail is just opposite the thousand-meter cliff. You just need to walk over there. There is an [invisible] road on the ground made using visual errors.

Blaze listened with great interest, but at the same time he had some doubts in his mind, but he planned to wait until Lupin XIII finished talking about her battle with the Knights Templar before asking.

As a result, Lupin XIII skipped this part and stated her conclusion.

"I want to take a gamble. I bet the missing part on the treasure map is the trial part. I'm confident I can crack those mechanisms without any hints. At worst, I can rely on my invincibility and the mechanism without blind spots to force my way through."

"I see..." Blaze stroked his chin in contemplation, then said, "Then how did you defeat the Templars?"

"Well... although he gained immortality through the Holy Grail, it's only physical immortality. His spirit has long since aged. Even if he possesses faith that can withstand loneliness, it won't change the fact that he will grow tired of his mission."

"Once the mind is exhausted, no matter how energetic the body is, it's meaningless, so I won without much effort." Lupin XIII spread his hands and recalled the Indiana Jones series.

Although the image quality is a bit low, it's still quite faithful to the original. "I have a small question: why don't you just force your way through those trial levels? They don't sound difficult at all, it's like you're just going to give away the Holy Grail of Immortality so easily."

Blaze's eyes were clear, he thought so, the saw blade with speed like the wind could be seen directly, and the next two trials could be jumped over directly with the jumping power.

This trial to enshrine the Holy Grail of Immortality was somewhat casual. At first he thought that the previous one was so perfunctory because the real guardian was the Templar. Unexpectedly, the Templar was powerless.

"Well..." Lupin XIII's expression became awkward. She couldn't say that although her body was set to be a versatile archaeologist, she was actually a fragile person who would die if touched by a trap.

"Ahem! Actually, this is what happened." Lupin XIII's monkey face put on a serious expression.

"In fact, the true trial is neither the three trials mentioned above nor the Templars, but rather [selecting the true Holy Grail of Immortality]."

"There are dozens, hundreds, even thousands of magnificent holy grails displayed there. Only one of them can grant eternal life. The rest will bring absolute death."

In order to prevent Blaze, a naturally dark kid, from saying something horrifying like why he didn't try them out one by one, Lupin XIII exaggerated the number of Holy Grails a little.

"The most important thing is that the effect of the Holy Grail is limited to the temple. If you leave the temple, the immortality effect will disappear. Even leaving the temple with the Holy Grail will cause the entire temple to explode!"

"Oh~~" Blaze nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with the story. After being satisfied, he returned to the main topic - piecing together the fragments of the sun gem.

"How did you get this Sun Gem fragment from the Freemasons?" Blaze held the powerful Sun Gem fragment in his bare hands, and under the guidance of Lupin XIII, put it into the energy core of the Fortress of Destruction, and pieced it together with the Sun Gem fragment of the Fortress of Destruction.

"I have a personal relationship with the little angel. When she was on a diplomatic visit, I served as a tour guide for my family for a while. Oh, now I have to move forward..."

Lupin XIII looked at the gradually becoming complete Sun Gem with some excitement. Although two pieces were missing, she heard that the Ninth Princess's memory could make up for the missing map.

She knew that this was arranged. Those who said that the game makers burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day to pray that the game world would not explode due to the disorderly development of the plot were all black fans.

"Come to think of it, if we resolve this matter, won't your notebook be useless?" Blaze suddenly said, "I remember you wanted to leave this notebook as a treasure for future generations."

"Although I don't like the idea of ​​a future with lots of thieves, would those thieves who admire you be interested in a treasure map that no longer contains treasure?"

"Then write more in there. There are always endless treasures to be found in this world." Lupin XIII shrugged nonchalantly. "Don't worry, people in the future will only complain that we old guys who leave behind our handwriting like to show off."

"And catch up with us."

(End of this chapter)