“The Tulls family is a behemoth that has been passed down for hundreds of years, having experienced countless ups and downs. One failure does not mean much, nor will it lead to their destruction or downfall. Since the plan is destined to fail, they must consider cutting their losses.”
At this point, Menna seemed somewhat helpless. After hesitating for a moment, she continued honestly.
“Miss Violet may not be aware that Taylor Tulls, while capable, is stubborn and has a temper like a bull. And he dotes on his only daughter, Lan Tulls, to an extreme degree, so he will do anything to protect her.”
“It’s very likely that he had a contingency plan from the beginning. Once an irreparable situation arises, as long as Lan can capture and eliminate the leaders of the Ghost Thief Group on the surface and find that Moon Shadow royal offspring, and then Taylor claims that this was his personal action, he can naturally maximize the safety of his family and daughter.”
“So... you mean he wants to sacrifice himself as the ‘car’ to protect his family and loved ones as the ‘commander’?”
“Most likely.”
“Wow, this old fox is so cunning and ruthless, ruthless to himself and even more so to his partners...”
The priestess couldn’t help but comment.
“The Tulls family is known for their cunning strategies, and Taylor is indeed ruthless. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to plan this event. In fact, if my sister and I hadn’t come up with a surprise tactic, and if they hadn’t underestimated and ignored me due to my young age, they wouldn’t have succeeded so easily.”
Menna chuckled softly.
“Moreover, even the most carefully laid plans can go awry. In the end, Taylor made a miscalculation. His intention was probably for Lan to falsely claim that she obtained the intelligence through a secret channel or by coincidence, as a vague explanation for capturing the remnants of the Ghost Thief Group. However, Lan Tulls chose to tell the truth in order to save her father’s life.”
“In this way, although Taylor may have merits, the entire Tulls family will have to bear the charge of deceiving the Queen. Conveniently, my sister has been troubled recently by the excessive power held by some nobles. She’s been wondering how to weaken it, and now there’s sufficient reason.”
“You officials really know how to play...”
Miss Violet fully embraced her role as a critic and suddenly asked with some curiosity.
“So, if Lan had indeed followed the plan and shifted all the blame onto Taylor, would Lilya really have him executed?”
The princess walking ahead turned back and locked eyes with the black-haired girl, then nodded deeply.
“She would, absolutely. It’s more accurate to say that even if my sister were willing to spare Taylor, given the extent of the situation, she would still have to sentence him to death. Otherwise, the dignity of the royal family and the Queen would become a joke, and it would be difficult to convince anyone.”
“That’s true, being a Queen isn’t easy...”
The conversation ended, and the girls happened to arrive at the large covered trucks, where Menna casually asked a nearby Shadow Guards member.
“Have you found it?”
The girl in black immediately lowered her head.
“Apologies, Your Highness, we’re still unable to confirm... But we’ve found items suspected to be the targets, indeed within those covered wagons. Would you like to take a look?”
“Suspected, you say... Lead the way.”
“Yes!”
The Shadow Guards member led the two girls forward until they reached a seemingly ordinary cargo truck, indistinguishable from the others. Here, the guards from the Shadow Guards seemed particularly numerous.
Without much ado, the leading Shadow Guards girl simply nodded slightly to her colleague and then reached out to lift a corner of the black cloth covering the truck.
The groceries used to conceal traces and block lines of sight had already been cleared away in advance. What caught the girls’ eyes was a roughly meter-long, square black metal box, densely engraved with obscure magical runes.
Seeing it, a hint of surprise flashed in Violet’s silver-blue eyes.
This thing should be a quite remarkable sealing-type magical item, possessing bidirectional concealment of aura, blocking physical and mental probing, and other isolating effects. At least, even with simple spiritual penetration, she couldn’t directly perceive what was inside.
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This was already beyond what purple-grade equipment could achieve.
An artifact, this was at least an artifact.
“This is it, Your Highness. The Shadow Guards has searched through all the items carried by this gang, but couldn’t find the target. Only this box cannot be opened.”
“We’ve asked the prisoners, but they don’t know how to open this box either. It seems the key is held by a woman named Eileen, but she has never appeared in the enemy’s stronghold or with this group from start to finish. She must have escaped in advance.”
“Eileen... the current leader of the Ghost Thief Group, abandoned the gang and hostages to escape alone. She’s a decisive and cunning one...”
Menna reluctantly lowered her head and lightly bit her nails, seeming that the situation was developing beyond her plans for the first time.
“Can I take a look at this thing?”
Violet patted the princess’s shoulder and gestured towards the black box, her meaning already expressed very clearly.
“Ah? Of course! Thank you, Miss Violet.”
“Don’t make it seem like I can definitely crack it, though. That puts a lot of pressure on others...”
The priestess stepped forward and placed her hand on the box, activating her “Information Detection skill”.
“Crackle!”
A bright electric light suddenly flashed from the fingertip of the girl as it made contact with the black box. Just as Menna and the Shadow Guards members onlooked with surprise, Violet calmly raised her other hand and gave a thumbs-up gesture behind her, indicating that she was fine.
Interesting, they’ve actually set up counter-attack magic against detection and analysis. It’s a pity it’s not quite perfected yet, it couldn’t even break through the basic protection of 【Feather Robe Graria】.
However, the style and form of this counterattack magic reminded Violet of the scene when she first came to this world and took the 【Demon God’s Gem (Fragment)】 from the underground altar.
Back then, when Xiao Guang reached out to grab it, it seemed to encounter some similar countermeasures. At that time, Felina probably also noticed this, which is why she didn’t take the thing right away, giving the Miss Priestess and the Dragon a chance to pick it up.
Is it the work of the same person, or the same faction?
Finally, they’ve found you, the elusive one hiding here...
After easily resisting the counter-attack magic attached to the black box, Information Detection functioned normally, and relevant information quickly appeared in front of Violet.
Seal of Demon’s Box
Grade: Spirit Artifact
Description: Crafted by the summoning alchemist Silvester Bullwer according to the information left behind by the legendary demon artifact “Seal of Gods”.
It has the power to seal the internal biological magic, spiritual, and other physiological activities, but fundamentally, it’s just a crude imitation of the “Seal of Gods”.
This item was lent to the poaching organization, the Ghost Thief Group, by Silvester Bullwer to isolate the sensing of the magical source body, Novia Moon Shadow, in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains.
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“The 【Seal of Demon’s Box】, huh...”
Interesting. Who exactly is this summoning alchemist Silvester Bullwer to be able to craft equipment of artifact grade on his own? It’s worth noting that there are only three such items even in the Royal Family of the Human United Kingdom. Although I haven’t delved much into the Azure Sky Kingdom, it probably doesn’t have many either.
And the Demon God Six Artifacts and the “Seal of Gods”... even the replicas are of artifact grade. With such grandiose names, could it be that there are a total of six divine artifacts?
Huh, the Demon God Olivia... she didn’t realize it was this extravagant.