Although the information carried on this 【Seal of Demon’s Box】 is not extensive, it is still very valuable.
Not only does it reveal the name of a suspected troublemaker behind the scenes, but it also confirms the magical source, namely the fact that the Moon Shadow Demon Wolf cub is indeed trapped inside. The skills brought by the game are indeed reliable.
Next, the task is to find a way to open this thing.
Since it’s an artifact and doesn’t even have identity binding, dealing with it isn’t particularly difficult. However, considering that there are people watching nearby, it’s better to reserve some more convenient but secret methods for now.
Let’s try the simplest method first.
Violet took out a “Universal Key” from her backpack and found the only slot on the black box, attempting to insert it.
“............”
Well, it doesn’t turn.
Under Menna’s curious gaze, the black-haired girl expressionlessly returned the key to her pocket.
This was within expectations. As both are artifact-grade equipment, the more versatile “Universal Key” definitely can’t open the 【Seal of Demon’s Box】, otherwise the latter would be too useless.
So, it’s time for the brute force method.
Violet decided to destroy this thing.
Although it’s an artifact, it’s not particularly valuable to the priestess. As stolen goods, she didn’t feel comfortable openly keeping it for herself.
If entrusted to Menna, who knows if this high-level equipment from the enemy might have some sort of backdoor. Violet was still a bit uneasy about that.
So destroying it directly is the most convenient way to handle it.
A golden-red holy flame ignited at her fingertips, Violet brushed the thumb-sized flame over the surface of the 【Seal of Demon’s Box】, burning away the densely engraved magic runes.
The magic runes on the equipment are akin to the magic core within a magical creature’s body, the source of its supernatural powers. Only with magic runes can something be considered a magical equipment.
However, the difficulty of engraving magic runes is extremely high, and it requires the use of various precious materials mixed with liquid. Therefore, equipment of purple grade and above in this world are so rare.
The same principle applies to artifacts, except their powers are stronger and more complex. Only when it reaches the next level of artifact, the divine artifact, will there be a true qualitative change.
So as long as the magic runes are destroyed, it’s easy to destroy an equipment of purple or gold grade, although the process being somewhat troublesome.
Spending about a few minutes, Violet patiently burned away all the magic-infused runes on the black box, even turning it over to deal with the bottom specially.
Actually, if the intention was just to destroy the equipment, there would be no need to put in so much effort. But that little wolf cub is still trapped inside the 【Seal of Demon’s Box】, so she couldn’t just burn it along with her.
In the moment when the last trace of dark runes was burned away, the strange magic lingering around the black box finally dissipated completely. Violet glanced at the dim keyhole on top and the seemingly seamless box body, then earnestly rested her chin on her hand, contemplating.
“Oh! I got it!”
As if having an epiphany, the girl raised her hand, a golden light flashing briefly on the surface of her skin. Then, she pressed her hand against the black box, and her slender, fair fingers gradually exerted force.
“Click click click click click...”
With the sound of metal deformation that made one’s teeth sour, a certain priestess actually forcefully created a “handle” on the surface of that unknown metal with her hand.
Then, someone jumped onto the truck, lifted her foot, and without any grace of a lady, directly stepped on the edge of the black box, gripping the “handle” tightly, puffing her tender cheeks and pulling hard!
“Bam!!!”
With a violent roar, the black metal box serving as the casing of the artifact was torn off forcefully by Violet from the top as if it were a torn thick paper box!
“Hmm, done~”
Glancing at the twisted box cover she held in her hand, the black-haired girl casually threw it on the ground, clapped her hands, jumped off the car, and was about to peek inside. However, as if noticing something, she turned back towards a dumbfounded Menna and several shadowy figures, looking puzzled as if they were petrified by magic.
“What are you guys doing? The box is open, aren’t you coming to take a look?”
The blue-haired young woman at the head of the group twitched the corners of her mouth repeatedly, as if she had finally managed to calm down. She took two steps forward.
“Ah, t-truly worthy of Miss Violet, to solve it in this way...”
As she spoke, the little princess obviously glanced at the part of the black box lying on the ground with considerable interest, then used her eyes to signal the shadowy figures beside her, who were equally stunned, to handle the crowd attracted by the loud noise, before finally gradually returning to her usual demeanor.
Violet saw everything but couldn’t help muttering to herself.
It seems like the commotion is still too much, isn’t it?
But this was already the most low-key solution, wasn’t it? Disassembling equipment isn’t like picking cabbage. It’s better than her just pulling out a tree or using a wand to smash it, isn’t it?
The two girls tacitly understood each other and didn’t discuss much about certain actions just now. They just leaned in together and looked into the opened black box.
Inside, there was a cute little wolf cub about the length of a human forearm, covered in soft dark blue fluff. At the moment, it was curled up into a ball with its head and tail connected, sleeping soundly with its eyes closed, seemingly not even awakened by the violent dismantling by a certain priestess just now.
“So, this is the little Moon Shadow royal cub that caused such a stir? Doesn’t seem so extraordinary, does it?”
Violet reached out and grabbed the back of the neck of the cub, which looked more like a puppy than a wolf, from the already dismantled and dilapidated “Seal of the Demon” box, curiously holding it in front of her to examine.
“It seems to be correct. According to the intelligence, the direct descendants of the Moon Shadow royal family have a small tuft of wolf fur with noticeably different colors on their necks. Miss Violet, take a look here.”
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Menna pointed to the circle of neck flesh on the cub that the black-haired girl had just grabbed. Violet shifted position and indeed noticed the smooth black fur that was markedly different from the dark blue fur covering the rest of the cub’s body.
“This should be the recently born successor to the Moon Shadow clan chief, blessed by the divine, Novia Moon Shadow. Wonderful... we’ve finally found her.”
At this point, even with Menna’s calm demeanor, a bright smile couldn’t help but appear on her face.
“Umm...”
It seemed that Menna was unaware of the “Source of Magic.” Seeing the delighted princess, Violet had an idea. Taking advantage of the opportunity to hold the wolf cub, she activated her “Information Detection” skill.
The skill ran smoothly, and various information about the cub’s body quickly came back, without any signs of the imagined riot or counterattack by Violet.
Indeed, this was a juvenile Moon Shadow magical wolf, with attributes slightly above average compared to humans, but that was about it.
Its level definitely wouldn’t exceed lv20, and there wasn’t an endless amount of energy within its body. Its soul seemed to be in a state of slumber due to some unknown reason, seemingly unaffected by the “Seal of the Demon” box.
Strange... Is this really the “Source of Magic” that Tiyelu mentioned, which would cause a huge disaster if it lost control? It just doesn’t seem like it at all.
But during the investigation of the “Seal of the Demon” equipment earlier, the information it carried confirmed that what was sealed inside was indeed a fragment of the Source of Magic named Novia Moon Shadow...
Wait a minute... Fragment?
What does it mean by fragment? Tiyelu didn’t mention this before, did she?
Although it was a bit confusing, both Menna’s judgment and the investigation skill had already confirmed the identity of the cub, so there shouldn’t be any mistakes. As for more details, they could wait until Novia was returned to Tiyelu to clarify.
With that, things here should come to a close.