Super Righteous Player
Chapter 631 - 172: The Funeral Song Principality_1

Chapter 631: Chapter 172: The Funeral Song Principality_1

Although Lin Yiyi also didn’t know what exactly had just happened... the bartender’s attitude towards them had suddenly improved.

But that wasn’t important.

The clues about Captain Stone were now in hand.

As long as they had a direction for the investigation, they could greatly reduce the time spent on their inquiry. At least they wouldn’t have to rely on blind luck... This was a substantial improvement in efficiency.

However...

"You only knew about a place called ’Song of Mourning,’ and you managed to find out about it?"

Lin Yiyi looked amazed, "Are you ’Longjing Valley’s Song’? "

Less than three hours after she got the preliminary information and posted it on the forum, Longjing Tea called her, saying he had gathered complete information about the "Song of Mourning."

"Pure BS. You should believe in my information retrieval skills, Ah Gang."

"Why have you started calling me Ah Gang too..."

"Don’t sweat the details. After all, I also know your real name, and calling you Yiyi all the time is too intimate; it feels awkward," Longjing Tea said discontentedly. "Anyway, I’m professional when it comes to researching and strategizing, both in and out of the game. Plus, isn’t Miss Neve also helping with the investigation?

"I saw your live stream. What were you guys performing? Some kind of reality show? Rather than asking passersby for such information... it’s better to search in the hidden archives of the Eye of Secrecy."

He leaned back in his chair, maintaining the voice call with Lin Yiyi while idly twirling a pen in his hand.

There were three books opened to a certain page in front of him, secured with bookmarks. A newspaper was spread out as well. In his left hand, he held a thick brown leather notebook... which was also temporarily lent to him by Naifertali.

"Bro, if you find it too intimate, you can call me Ah Yi... no, wait a second... never mind that."

"Stop, stop, stop, let’s cut the crap. Listen here, Ah Gang..."

"Are you talking to someone?"

Naifertali walked over, curious.

She carried a bottle of wine, with the matching wine serving set and ice cubes readily available in the room.

"Ah... yes, Your Excellency."

Longjing Tea quickly sat up straight in his chair and politely explained to Naifertali, "I was just providing Miss Yiyi with some information. Under the influences of Lord Annan’s Curse Binding, we are allowed to exchange information this way."

"That is indeed convenient."

Naifertali exclaimed.

Seeing that Longjing Tea was still using the books, she did not bring the wine barrel over but instead placed it on the side table near the door.

She opened the barrel, and a rich scent of barley wafted out.

Longjing Tea’s nose twitched slightly, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

It seemed not to be fruit wine, but beer...

He suddenly became a bit interested.

But the matter at hand was more pressing—

Longjing Tea cleared his throat and spoke a bit faster, "To put it simply, Miss Yiyi. The term ’Song of Mourning’ you mentioned actually refers to the name of a duchy that no longer exists and the surname of the family lineage of that duke..."

"—If it weren’t for Miss Neve next to you, I’d really want to kick your ass hard with a boot," Lin Yiyi said sarcastically.

"Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll," Longjing Tea also felt a bit embarrassed to speak like this, but under the curious gaze of Naifertali, he was too shy to curse out loud, so he whispered, "Okay, long story short. The Duchy of the Song of Mourning was the home of the Bone Duke... you probably remember the Bone Duke better than I do."

"...That little skeleton student?"

Lin Yiyi couldn’t help but curse aloud, "Unbelievable, why is it still... that guy? Why is he everywhere? Is he preparing to go into the main instance now?"

The psychological shadow left by the gallery replica made her subconsciously dare not to utter that name.

"I feel, however, that the Skeleton Lord this time might be innocent."

Dragon Well Tea answered, "Because the Ascension Ritual the Skeleton Lord used to become a deity is buried underneath the National Corpse Country."

"Underneath?"

"Yes, underneath. But not the Underworld... The Underworld’s inception had something to do with the Decomposer, who copied the Skeleton Lord’s ’Book of Truth’ to force his own deification and smoothly ascended to divinity.

"In other words, during the old bone’s era, there was no such thing as the Underworld. It should be simply buried somewhere beneath the land of the National Corpse. The Ascension Ritual he used was comprised of the skeletons of every citizen of a country... If one were to unearth all the skeletons from his homeland and reinter them, I believe the Skeleton Lord would die on the spot,"

Dragon Well Tea replied.

"That’s a massive undertaking."

Lin Yiyi retorted, "Digging up and reburial of an entire nation’s people? I think leveling the place with explosives would be more efficient."

"So I also think that the guests of Ship in Stone going to the National Corpse Country this time are probably not there for that reason."

That is to say, the passengers on this voyaging ship to the National Corpse Country are likely not there to help the Skeleton Lord, nor to target him.

Lin Yiyi quickly realized this.

After all, it was a place where important things were buried, even related to her own life.

If she were the Skeleton Lord, the moment someone suddenly intruded into such an important place, she wouldn’t consider their excuse and would certainly kill them directly to be safe.

And if they were targeting the Skeleton Lord... To completely unravel these rituals wouldn’t be done in a short time.

If there were a construction crew, they might manage in a few years. But for one person, it would be impossible to finish no matter what. Such important rituals, the Skeleton Lord would not have left without some kind of sensing device or monitoring device.

If relying solely on one person’s strength, one could dig up the bodies of an entire country from beneath the ground, purify them and then rebury them all before the Skeleton Lord notices and arrives...

Then she would certainly be capable of defeating the Skeleton Lord as well.

The Skeleton Lord isn’t a deified being, once he dies it’s truly over, there will be no resurrection. With such a formidable entity, rather than considering how to dismantle his rituals, it would be quicker to simply go in guns blazing.

"How strange..."

Lin Yiyi furrowed her brows, "I always feel something is off."

"Right?"

Dragon Well Tea smacked his lips, "I also feel something’s not quite right. But I’ve been training newcomers recently, I can’t spare the time to get involved...

"The location of the relics in the National Corpse Country, lies in the southeast of The Holy Nation... That is the southeast corner of ’The Fogless Ring’, which has long been swallowed up by the Mist. And you are at the far southwest of the United Kingdom... that’s almost the farthest two ends."

"How are Selicia and the others planning to get there?"

Lin Yiyi slightly frowned, "20,000 leagues under the sea? But there’s the Great Vortex."

Sailing directly over would mean crossing over the Great Vortex formed after the capital’s sinking... It’s a place not even common merchant ships dare to traverse.

The concentration of the curse there, it’s said, can materialize nightmares into reality.

Which is why, after so many years, no one has been able to recover the Great Calamity Curio that sank along with the empire. It’s not for lack of trying, but because everyone involved in the recovery mission has died.

If Selicia could sail past that area...

Doesn’t that also mean, their ship... could travel to the sunken empire?

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