Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 184 Just like humans always need stories

Gu Ganyu used strict laws to consolidate royal power and maintain his own image.

As the resting place of royal family members, the symbolic meaning and importance of the royal tombs are self-evident.

If the harp was placed in the royal tomb, what to do became the most difficult problem.

"Go over and have a look before we talk."

Moro glanced at Lu Pei's hand that was noisily searching for something.

Kang Jae nodded.

The three of them continued on their way.

Soon, a palace built against the mountain appeared in front of them.

In front of the palace stands a mountain gate hall with three doors.

The ground between the mountain gate hall and the palace is paved entirely with blue bricks and stones.

Stone gate, green road, and palace.

This is exactly the royal tomb that Kangzai mentioned.

Moro, Kang Zai and Lu Pei all stopped at the same time.

"Right there! Right there!"

The hand searching for something was as noisy as a crow, and it kept pointing at Wang Ling with its middle finger.

Kangzai frowned and whispered, "Lu Pei, shut it up."

There are two ordinary houses near the mountain gate hall of the royal mausoleum.

That was obviously the residence of the tomb keeper.

The terrain here is open, and if the hands searching for items are allowed to continue making noise, it is likely to attract the attention of the tomb keeper.

Lu Pei didn't say anything, but just silently put away his ability.

As the mental energy dissipated, the searching hand disappeared out of thin air, and the surroundings suddenly returned to silence.

Kangzai then looked at the palace building in front of him, which was the entrance to the underground royal tomb, but only members of the royal family were qualified to enter.

"The thing is really in the king's mausoleum. There is nothing we can do."

Kang Jae frowned and sighed helplessly.

The tomb keeper in charge of guarding the royal tomb naturally could not stop them.

What really stopped them was Gu Ganyu's extremely strict laws.

No Nen user can withstand the wrath of a superpower, not even Netero.

Moro glanced at Lu Pei who was accompanying him inconspicuously. Even though he had many thoughts in his mind, he could only put them aside temporarily.

The cold wind blew from afar, bringing a biting chill.

The few of them didn't stay for too long and turned around and left.

The uniqueness of the royal tomb ultimately deterred Moro and Kangzai.

For a moment, Kang Jae even thought about giving up.

Even though he could work hard and exhaust himself to solve this problem.

But the obstacle before him was enough to make him lose his last bit of strength.

Soon after returning to the temple, Lu Pei felt that he had completed the commission and went straight to find Moro.

Just as Kang Zai expected, Lu Pei invited Moro.

Moreau refused on the spot.

Lu Pei was not discouraged, but he did not continue to pester her. Instead, he requested to exchange contact numbers.

Moro felt that the ability of "Lost and Found" was very useful, so he agreed to Lu Pei's request.

That evening.

Lu Pei received a good reward from Kang Zai and then left Haozhu City.

A professional hunter like him who is committed to the pursuit of fame, fortune and status will devote all his time and energy to his career without stopping for a moment.

In a sense, Lu Pei is worthy of the identity of "professional hunter".

Night falls.

Kurt came back from playing outside with a bunch of food in his hands.

"Moreau, what happened to him?"

Arriving at the covered bridge, Kurt looked at Kang Zai who was sitting on a stone chair in the yard not far away, and asked curiously while stuffing a piece of candy into Moro's hand.

Kang Zai was frowning at this time, obviously worried.

Morrow took a bite of the cookie and said, "I've encountered a 'problem'."

"Is there no way to solve it?"

Kurt raised his eyes and glanced at Kangzai's back.

Morrow nodded slightly and then changed the subject: "Did you have fun these days?"

"Ah."

Kurt smiled, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Seeing this, Morrow smiled.

People's joys and sorrows are not the same.

Kang Zai, who should have been free, now took on a heavy mental burden because of what was happening.

Kurt, who should have been restrained, found rare freedom in this city. He threw away the shackles of his thoughts and enjoyed the unrestrained time.

No matter what...

When he learned that the harp was placed in the royal tomb, many thoughts flashed through Moro's mind, but in the end he rationally gave up this opportunity to recharge the annual rings.

In this large monarchy country, even the slightest disrespect to a member of the royal family can be punishable by death, let alone touching the resting place of a royal family member.

Furthermore, there are many opportunities to recharge the annual rings...

There was no need for Morrow to take a huge risk for this opportunity.

into the night.

Kang Jae knocks on Moro’s door.

Moro opened the door and was slightly startled when he saw Kang Jae.

Kang Zai looked at Moro and sighed, "Moro, I actually regret this a little bit."

"Do you regret it..."

Moreau was a little surprised. "That's not something you would say."

Kangzai smiled bitterly, and the scene of his parting with Moro at the noodle shop last year emerged in his mind.

If he had not been so determined to get to the bottom of the matter, he would not be in this dilemma now.

“I regret the decision I made.”

Thinking of this, Kang Zai slowly suppressed the bitterness on his face, and a hint of ruthlessness gradually emerged in his eyes, "But now that things have come to this, I am sure... I don't want to give up halfway, so I will never regret my next decision."

"You are not Kang Zai." Moro said suddenly.

Kang Zai was stunned for a moment, and several question marks suddenly popped up in his head.

"what?!"

"How can Kangzai use two idioms correctly at once?"

"???"

Kang Jae's eyelids twitched, and he felt helpless but unable to refute Moro's teasing.

Morrow smiled slightly and then asked, "So what are you going to do?"

"..."

Kang Zai was silent for a moment after hearing this, his lips moved slightly, as if he was struggling, and he was unable to speak for a while.

This state lasted for several seconds before he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I plan to take the risk and sneak into the royal tomb."

After saying that, he paused, with a hint of hesitation in his eyes.

"Moreau, help me?"

"help."

Moro said.

From the moment Kangzai said he didn't want to give up halfway, Moro had already guessed his motive for coming to him.

The twelve earthly branches in front of him finally decided to go all the way to the end...

Is this due to my personality, or is it that I can never get over the hurdle in my heart?
Moreau actually didn't understand it either.

But since Kang Zai said so, he would not let Kang Zai down.

Seeing Moro agree so straightforwardly, Kang Zai grinned at first, and then quickly showed a serious expression.

"Moreau, if we are discovered..."

"Then try your best not to be discovered."

Moro interrupted Kang Jae.

Kang Jae nodded silently.

It was he who asked Moreau to take the risk together, but it was he who was hesitating.

The night is getting darker.

Several figures quietly left Haozhu City and came to the royal mausoleum several kilometers away. "According to the plan."

Kangzai first looked at the two houses near the royal tomb, and then looked at the only entrance to the royal tomb.

The stone palace standing quietly in the night.

Some figures can be vaguely seen near the entrance of the palace.

Those figures were the tomb keepers.

Even in the middle of the night, there are people on duty.

From this point, we can see how much importance the ancient Ganyu Kingdom attached to the royal tombs.

Facing the whistling night wind, Moro, Kangzai and Kurt all took action.

Outside two houses near the royal tomb.

Kang Jae came quietly and went in.

at the same time.

The tomb keeper who was on duty at the entrance of the royal mausoleum suddenly heard some noisy voices.

"Did you hear that?"

The look of one of the tomb keepers changed.

The other three tomb keepers nodded, having heard the noisy voices mixed in with the sound of the wind.

But when we followed the source of the sound, we saw only the empty and desolate night.

Not to mention people, not even a ghost could be seen.

If a normal person encounters this situation, he or she will probably feel a chill down the spine.

But the soldiers in charge of guarding the mausoleum did not show any fear at all.

"Lian, you stay, and the others follow me."

One of the tomb keepers made quick arrangements and took the other two people towards the direction where the sound came from.

They walked for a distance, and the noisy voices became clearer and clearer, but they still couldn't see any figures.

"what happened?"

The leading tomb keeper frowned, feeling confused.

They didn't notice that among the grass swaying in the wind, there were paper-cut figures of various shapes quietly placed.

Each paper-cut figure is whispering different words.

These paper-cut figures were exactly what Kurt had placed here in advance. They were originally used to monitor the target's abilities, but now they served as bait.

When the tomb keepers gradually approached the paper-cut man, Kurt shuttled through the night like a ghost, holding a purple bamboo fan, and gently waved it, knocking them out accurately.

at the same time.

Lian, the tomb keeper who stayed at the entrance of the royal tomb, was also knocked unconscious by Moro who approached quietly.

Moro did not waste time waiting for Kangzai. He quickly walked past the fallen tomb keeper, carefully observed the surrounding environment, and then walked straight into the palace.

There is no gate in the palace, and the main hall is right after entering.

Passing through the main hall, Moreau saw a stone staircase winding downward.

He cast a circle, and suddenly, a layer of transparent mental power with a faint glow slowly spread out in all directions.

Next, Moreau went down the stairs and soon came to a spacious tomb passage.

On both sides of the tomb passage are stone statues of some unknown creatures that look like lions but are not lions, or tigers but are not tigers.

With the real-time feedback from the "circle", Moreau went deeper and deeper.

Although the entire royal tomb was very large, he did not spend much effort to find the tomb chamber where the harp was located.

the reason is simple--

The aura of thoughts about the afterlife emanating from that harp was too strong to be ignored.

After arriving at the tomb chamber without any obstructions, Moreau finally saw the jade-white harp with his own eyes.

The music score inlaid on the piano body is emitting a dark aura like fangs and claws, which gradually overlaps with the scene in memory.

“It went a little too smoothly.”

Moro thought to himself, and with a thought, he put away the "circle" and instead used the ability of "Starlight Condensation".

In an instant, bright light particles spread throughout the entire tomb chamber and even seeped into the passage outside the tomb chamber.

Although the range of "Star Condensation" is larger than that of "Circle", it cannot penetrate buildings, but it is more suitable for the present.

Maintaining his starlight state, Moro walked to the harp.

Time was running out, so he reached out without hesitation and touched the ominous aura of death.

The moment he touched it, the thought of death seemed to have consciousness, it suddenly surged and struggled, losing its previous arrogance, and instead tried its best to stay away from Moro.

However, all this is in vain. The suction of the annual rings is like a black hole, mercilessly sucking the thought of death into it.

Moro quietly observed the process of absorbing the death thought and saw that the energy of the second ring of trees rose rapidly and finally broke through 90% before stopping.

When the last trace of deathly thoughts disappeared, the stained music score on the white jade harp slowly dissipated, leaving only a blank space.

Moro withdrew his hand and was about to turn around and leave when a wave of energy suddenly appeared out of nowhere in front of him.

His eyes focused, and he quickly drew out the Red Jade Bird Knife, retreated quickly, and at the same time put away the "Starlight Condensation", tightly attaching a large amount of mental energy to his body.

At this moment, a figure appeared in the energy fluctuations——

The third princess Eve with long silver hair suddenly appeared in this strange way.

Eve calmly glanced at the harp, which no longer had any thoughts of afterlife, and said calmly, "It's faster than I expected. You guys are amazing."

"..."

Moro remained silent, holding his sword across his body.

At this moment, it was meaningless to delve into how Eve appeared. All his thoughts were on how to deal with this sudden situation.

Eve turned her gaze to Moreau, who was on guard with a knife, and said with a hint of approval: "But the more amazing person is you."

"..."

Moro remained silent, his eyes grim.

Eve didn't care about his reaction and said to herself: "From the moment you removed the disaster force for the people, I was thinking... maybe you have enough ability to solve this unstable factor."

Having said that, a smile slowly emerged on Eve's cold face.

"You didn't let me down."

"Hearing you say that..."

Seeing Eve talking so much, Moreau finally spoke, "I solved Harp's afterlife, but I helped you?"

"not quite."

Eve shook her head slightly, her tone calm, "But for me, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

"is it?"

Moro said expressionlessly, "You can use the power of the afterlife freely, and you also have some means to transfer the 'price' to the citizens you mentioned. From this perspective, you have always been the beneficiary. Now that you have lost this power..."

"You've obviously misunderstood something."

Eve's tone remained calm: "Just as humans will always need stories, so will vocal music. So... unless humans no longer need it, it will not disappear."

"..."

Moreau frowned slightly.

Eve suddenly took out a completely black card.

The card was covered with silver spots of light, and in the center was an eye surrounded by a square frame.

When Morrow saw the card in Eve's hand, he was slightly surprised.

That is--

The Eye of Truth card?
Eve held the card between her index and middle fingers and said, "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. However, this is a rare opportunity, and I want to try out the effect of the so-called 'Dream Maker' ability."

As soon as she finished speaking, without giving Moro any time to react, a strong telekinesis suddenly emerged from the card between her fingers.

The next moment.

The place where Eve and Moreau were suddenly changed.

When they came to their senses, they were already in an indoor fighting arena.

The card in Eve's hand disappeared, and she said, "This is a fantasy space that I 'made up'. Here, you can fight to your heart's content without worrying about 'death'. Come, let me see the power of a Nen user..."

"Buzz!"

Before Eve finished her words, Moreau suddenly raised his hand and the red jade bird knife in his hand shot towards Eve like lightning.

There was a flash of excitement in Eve's eyes, and she moved sideways just in time to avoid the oncoming Ruby Bird Knife.

But she didn't realize——

The Ruby Bird Knife was wrapped in a telekinetic force that reached directly into Moro's palm and was "hidden" and eliminated.

She dodged the Ruby Bird Knife and rushed straight towards Moreau.

But as soon as he took the first step, his vision suddenly flipped violently.

"Eh?"

In the violently shaking vision, Eve saw her headless body and Moreau's expressionless face.

Oh.
It turns out I was beheaded.

Ha, ha ha…!
She became even more excited.

(End of this chapter)