I ruined Tyra.

Despite this, she still provided medical services to the heroine as soon as possible and took her to the infirmary for immediate examination.

Chapter 69 Everyone expresses his or her own opinion

Big Bob is indeed a seasoned bounty hunter. He skillfully led the team to avoid one deadly trap after another. Some of the traps that took a long time to set and did not cause much damage were destroyed by his impatience when he simply broke into them wearing armor.

While on the way, Carol looked at the traps that could kill people at any time with some sadness. She didn't think that these bounty hunters would dismantle these life-threatening things in advance when they evacuated.

For the safety of her villagers, she could only silently add the cost of hiring someone to remove the trap. Big Bob was eager to get the funds to buy medicine and had no time, and Grani was not very good at these things, not to mention those ladies who were obviously here to have fun.

As for Skadi? She doesn't care about these traps, because many of them can't even break her defense.

What Carol didn't know was that the old craftsman, the old knight and the bald Martin, who had maintained their identities as little girls, had been discussing the traps on the chat channel all the way, and at the end they angrily scolded these bounty hunters for completely abandoning their morals.

They were veterans who had participated in the Casimir and Ursus wars. These traps were really child's play for them. What kind of traps had they not seen when the war was raging?

But what made them even more excited was that they had originally planned to help dismantle these traps for free after getting the treasure, but the system prompted them that they had triggered a hidden task. As long as they dismantled all the traps set by the bounty hunters, they would receive a considerable reward.

As a result, they roughly understood the system's inclination. As long as their actions and intentions were just, the system would issue hidden tasks to support them.

If you kill innocent people in the game, you will be warned or even punished by the system. The tragic situation of the Rusty Bronze Knight being rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment overnight made the headlines of Casimir that day.

Later they found out that the Rusty Bronze Knight had been warned by the system for massacring Ursus civilians in the game. After he refused to change his ways, a powerful electric current was released from the nutrition cabin, almost sending the other party away.

Soon, Big Bob led everyone to the foot of a mountain according to Carol's instructions.

Krol looked up at the mountain and said, "This is Mount Morati. We need to go to the second cave halfway up the mountain."

"Is it the only way to get in through that hole?"

In response to Grani's question, Kroll shook her head and continued:

"I haven't heard of any other routes to get in. Even if we get into this cave, there are still many secret passages and traps inside. I'm the only one in this village who knows how to get out. The treasure is in the deepest part of the cave."

Everyone looked at the bottomless cave and was about to go down when noise, explosions, shouting and screaming came from not far away.

Zofia looked in the direction where the sound came from and knew that the bounty hunters had caught up with them. She decided on the spot to stay and guard the cave entrance, and it would be best if she could lead the bounty hunters away.

The old knight and the others looked at each other and confirmed that they all had the same idea. Then the old knight said to Maria, "You follow the team to search for treasure. We old bones will stay behind to help you."

Maria wanted to say something, but Bald Martin pushed her towards the team that was going down into the cave.

"Haven't you been curious about what the treasure in the story looks like for a long time? Don't miss this opportunity!"

Big Bob, who originally planned to follow the team, hesitated for a moment, and then chose to stay with them.

The old knight glanced at him and said nothing.

Then the few of them split up and returned to the jungle to fight guerrilla warfare with the bounty hunters, leaving only Zofia to guard a relatively hidden place at the entrance of the cave.

In the darkness, Skadi walked in front holding a torch. With her natural strength, it was easy for her to deal with these dilapidated mechanisms.

Grani and Carol walked together, looking at the darkness around them. From time to time, a few spiders and bats passed by them.

Carol, who was extremely nervous, suddenly screamed. She was frightened by a relatively large spider and subconsciously crawled into Grani's arms.

Then the poor spider was pierced through the body by Skadi's greatsword. Skadi then shook it off and threw the remains of the spider to the side of the road.

Grani hugged Carol and held her in his arms, looking around warily to see if there were any larger spiders or anything like that. Skadi, on the other hand, continued to walk in front holding the torch indifferently.

"Carol, are you scared?" Xiao Ma asked with concern.

Feeling the opponent's steel plate, Karol felt a little regretful that such a lovely Kuranta was just a girl. However, she didn't dare to say such words out loud. Instead, she nodded seriously in response to Grani's words.

“I…I’m scared.

But in order to calm our village and restore peace to this land, I also have things I must do.”

Hearing this, Grani sighed subconsciously.

"Really? You're really... strong."

"Eh?"

"It's alright, let's keep going. Skadi is already asking us which tunnel to take next."

At the entrance of the cave, Zofia, who stayed behind, had already started fighting with the bounty hunters who had mistakenly entered.

She transformed into Texas and used her lightsaber to cut off the weapons of bounty hunters one after another. From time to time, she released a rain of swords to stun a few people who wanted to sneak in. However, facing the large number of bounty hunters, Zofia gradually showed signs of defeat.

But soon, the old knight who had already dealt with the enemies on his side still did not release the red form, and rushed over to support as a red light.

The old craftsman, Bald Martin and others quickly dealt with the bounty hunters on their side and came to support. The only one who did not come back was Big Bob.

Just when they were worried about Big Bob, several people wearing white masks cut the vines blocking the road, came out of the woods, and came to the cave entrance with weapons in hand. Big Bob was walking in front of them.

Facing Big Bob, who led the integration movement, Zofia did not lose momentum.

"So, are you planning to betray the agreement?"

"I'm sorry, but for my brother to continue living, I must see the treasure shipped out and get the part we were promised." Big Bob felt a little guilty, but he had no choice.

"I understand, but it would be better if you had your men put away their weapons."

Hearing this, Big Bob waved his hand back and signaled them to put down their weapons, then he took the lead in putting down his own weapon, the chainsaw.

Then he and his men sat at the entrance of the cave without saying a word.

Chapter 70 Treasure

Just as the people outside were confronting each other because of their different positions, Maria, Grani and others finally came to the deepest part of the cave. There was only gravel and sand, but no trace of treasure.

"Carol, is the treasure you mentioned right here?" Maria transformed into a light-seeking form, and used the light gathered in her hands to illuminate the space. All traces were clearly visible, and one could even easily see that several mechanisms that were originally placed in the dark were now illuminated onto the table.

Now it is clear that there are paintings on the stone wall, but no one knows what they mean.

But when she saw these, Carol suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Many of them were what she saw and heard and drew on stones after she came here as a child.

(At this time in reality, the Yinjiao Archaeological Department looked at the murals near the Knight's Treasure sent back by the Infrastructure Team from the Water Drop Village. Since there were only photos and videos, they could not identify them up close, so they got into an argument about the period of the murals.)

Grani looked at Maria in confusion. She recognized this image. It was an instructor in the medical team on their Rhodes Island. But after seeing the changes in Maria's image before and after the transformation, Grani decided not to say much and planned to ask Instructor Lin Guang if he had a biological sister after returning.

Skadi, who had been holding a torch and exploring the way ahead, suddenly wanted to curse. Agor cursed. Why didn't he use the Originium skills such as Illumination before? It made her walk carefully with the torch for so long.

However, during the exploration of the deepest part of the cave, seeing Maria chatting heartlessly with Platinum, Skadi became more and more angry and couldn't help but punched Maria directly on the head.

The blow caused the other person to be so painful that he subconsciously covered his head with his hands and began to rub them. The light source in the palm of his hand flickered because it was covered by his palm and rubbed back and forth.

When everyone heard the noise, they subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and then saw Skadi, who was gritting her teeth with veins faintly exposed on her hands and face, and Maria, who was holding her head and screaming in pain.

Bai Jin couldn't help but burst out laughing subconsciously. She had been assimilated into a fun-loving person, so her first reaction to seeing this kind of thing was to laugh.

The impatient Grani rushed forward, protecting Maria behind him, and questioned Skadi why she hit her like a calf.

Before Skadi could answer, Platinum subconsciously agreed: "Yeah, why did you hit her head?"

Seeing that someone agreed with her, Grani became even more confident, but what she didn't expect was that the other party changed the subject and directly betrayed Grani.

"She's already not very smart, aren't you afraid of turning Maria into a fool? If she turns into a fool, Skadi, you'll be responsible for the rest of her life."

After hearing this, Skadi subconsciously looked at her hands. The force she had just hit shouldn't have been strong, right? Taking care of Shark was already a headache for her, and she didn't want to take care of a second one.

Grani didn't bother to get angry with Platinum, but hurriedly checked the condition of Maria's head injury. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he confirmed that Skadi had held back before hitting her. Then he immediately glared at the two of them with bared teeth.

At this time, Maria finally recovered from the pain of being beaten. She looked at Skadi with little Pearl somewhat aggrieved, as if she was wondering and questioning why Skadi hit her.

Skadi shook the torch in her hand helplessly, then pointed at the light source in Maria's hand that was still emitting a blazing white light, and asked in confusion:

"You have an Originium skill that can provide lighting, why didn't you use it just now? It made me walk all the way with a torch."

Maria scratched her head embarrassedly and apologized awkwardly: "Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot, and just remembered that I can provide lighting."

Skadi covered her face with her hands. She was really fed up with Kuranta, who seemed even dumber than her.

At this time, Carol finally found the mark that indicated the treasure from the painting on the stone wall, and dug out a box from the rubble.

When they saw the box, everyone ignored what had just happened and gathered around to look at the already very worn-out box.

Maria still found it hard to accept that this shabby box was the treasure they were looking for. It didn't look like it at all.

"This is the treasure that our family has guarded for generations, and it has been waiting for its owner to return." Carol took out a still warm key from her arms, held it in both hands and said seriously.

Skadi couldn't stand any longer and blocked Chloro with her scabbard. Then she stood in front of the treasure chest and said to him:

"Stay away from this box, and give me that key."

Carol shook her head, holding the key in both hands and took a few steps back in fear.

"The moment you use this key to open the treasure chest, you will die."

Carol was a little unconvinced by Skadi's explanation.

"This is a valuable item that has been passed down in our family for generations. Father said that one of our most important duties is to be responsible for keeping this key... Ouch! What are you doing?"

Before she could finish her words, the key was snatched away by Skadi. She looked at the still warm key in her hand and said:

"The key will cut your hands and suck your blood after use. If you are not a Kuranta, the key will be ruined."

Korol wanted to come up and take back the key, but was blocked by Skadi's greatsword.

Grani, who had been listening to their conversation, suddenly asked.

"Is everything you said true, Skadi?"

Skadi glanced at Grani and then repeated what Dr. Kelsey had told her.

"The person who hid the knight's treasure, in order to protect the knight's secret, did whatever it took, only——"

"Only the blood of Casimir can break all obstacles." X2

Grani and Carol answered in unison, and then Carol lowered her head in disappointment, even her ears drooped.

"Although I knew there might be some price to pay, I didn't expect the result to be like this."

Grani was silent. Is this the knight's squire? In order to protect the master's legacy, he was willing to die to protect the secret of the treasure.

She could almost imagine the scene that one day in the future, the descendant of the knight would come back to Water Drop Village to take away the treasure, and the descendant of the squire would use the key to open the treasure but be sucked dry of blood and die.

At this time, Korol, who had made up her mind, pushed away Skadi's sword, walked up to her and said seriously:

"For the sake of everyone in the village, I have made up my mind. I must open this box."

Then she instructed Grani, who was still thinking:

"Grani, if anything happens to me, please bring the money from these treasures to the villagers."

After saying that, he took a deep breath to give himself courage, and then tried to reach out to take the key from Skadi's hand.

But before he could touch the key, it was taken away again.

Carol looked at the person holding the key. Grani was carefully examining the key that would bring misfortune.

Chapter 71 Ownership of the Treasure

"This key doesn't look that big. Can it really absorb so much blood?"

Grani placed the key in her palm. The key was only slightly longer than her palm and not very thick, so it didn't look like it could be sucked.

"This key has been cursed. Although it may not look big, the amount of blood it absorbs is probably too much for an average person to handle."

Skadi answered patiently that although she wasted water by fighting and chopping people, she was a good killer whale.

After listening to Skadi's explanation, Grani made up his mind.

"So, this monster key must have a limit on the amount of blood it can absorb, right?"

Grani held the key tightly and said to Carol.

“There’s something I haven’t told you. My ancestors were also from Shuidi Village. I came back this time with the purpose of visiting my ancestral land.

Moreover, as a mounted police officer, my physical fitness is much better than yours. It's just that I lost too much blood. I believe I can hold on.

So, Carol, let me open this box.

Skadi, if I faint, please catch my body."

After saying that, regardless of Carol's objection, Grani squatted down and inserted the key into the keyhole.

Skadi did not object to Grani's approach. In her opinion, if what Grani said was true, she was indeed the most suitable person present to open the box, at least she had the highest chance of survival.

At this time, Grani also experienced firsthand what a cursed object looked like, and she finally understood what the cursed key was.

When the key was just inserted into the keyhole, the key handle suddenly sucked her palm. She felt a pain for a moment, and then she felt all the blood in her body flowing towards her sucked palm.