In fact, Joey had already set his sights on the villa next to the garden when he entered the Royal City several times before.

According to the intelligence he collected from other places, he knew that this villa was the residence of a senior official in charge of finance in a nearby city, and that this official was also a senior priest of a certain god, so there must be a large number of royal palaces in this villa.

Even items related to the City of Gods, each of those items is worth a huge fortune when taken out.

It's just that although there were many weird monster knights around the villa at that time, it was not difficult to see from his eyes that these knights were not easy to mess with, and he also found that the living dead were not effective in front of these knights. As long as they were close to these knights, these knights would

They will chop these living dead into pieces and smash them into pieces without hesitation.

It was precisely because of the obstruction of these knights that he had to give up this treasure house, but he was not willing to give up in his heart, so every time he entered the royal city, he would come to the villa to take a look to see if he could find an opportunity to sneak in.

"What's going on?" Joey, who had no expectations at all, got an unexpected surprise. Most of the monster knights he regarded as the biggest obstacles had fallen to the ground, and the ground was a mess.

There were some huge arrows like wooden stakes stuck in the ground, as if they had experienced a war.

Although there are still some monster knights wandering around the villa, their wandering locations are very remote and will not cause any obstacles for him to enter the villa.

Seeing this, Joey didn't think much and immediately ran towards the villa with his backpack on his back.

Joey's ability to enter and exit the royal city so many times not only relies on his luck, but also relies on his extraordinary observation. When choosing a route, he also used his observation to carefully check the surrounding situation and avoid

He walked around the edges of those wooden pile-like arrows, avoiding the spot where the monster knight who was not completely dead fell, and moved closer to the villa along the inner edges of some houses and woods.

It took him about ten minutes to arrive at the undefended villa without any danger.

Just as he had expected, this villa is indeed a huge treasure. Every object in the house, even the vase on the table, has the obvious mark of the royal city. The gold coins that can be exchanged for it are enough for him.

Filled a bathtub.

While Joey was dazzled by what he saw, he also forced himself to calm down. Instead of rushing to pick up an item and stuff it into his backpack, he searched carefully in the villa.

Because he knew very well that this time it was just good luck. There had been some battles here before, which caused heavy casualties to the knights and created loopholes in the patrol area. But just like the living dead, those knights would probably recover soon after death.

At that time, this place will be sealed again, so instead of some common items in the royal city that are slightly valuable, it is better to search carefully in this villa, maybe you can find some precious items that can make the outside world crazy, such as and the gods.

Relevant religious items, etc.

When searching the villa, although Joey seemed to be searching casually, the locations he searched were all carefully selected by him, because after many years of being a thief, he could easily find some small things that ordinary people would not easily find.

places, and those small places are very likely to contain some precious treasures.

Just when Joey arrived on the third floor and started searching the fifth secret place he chose, a roaring sound came from the window, startling him.

Worried that something had happened, Joey immediately ran to the window and looked outside. What puzzled him was that there was no difference between the outside and when he came in.

Just when he was puzzled, the loud noise came out again. This time he was sure that the sound came from the small garden not far away, and he couldn't help but look in the direction of the small garden.

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Such a gorgeous little garden was built very unexpectedly on the lower floor of the Royal City. It is eye-catching no matter how you look at it. In fact, Joey had already noticed this small garden when he first came to the Royal City.

But he had never thought of entering the small garden, because he thought that it would be dangerous enough to kill these ordinary living dead. If there were any ferocious monsters in the woods of the small garden, then he would undoubtedly be seeking death by entering.

Hearing the loud noises coming from the small garden, although Joey didn't understand the cause of the loud noises, he guessed that something big had changed in the small garden, so while he was extremely glad for his previous decision,

He also decided to speed up the search because he was worried that the changes in the small garden would expand into the villa.

Returning to the secret place he had found before, Joey moved the tables and chairs next to him and carefully knocked on the wooden boards on the floor and wall. Soon an unusual knocking sound came from a floor.

Joey immediately took out his tools and dug up the floor, revealing a small cavity covered by a wooden board. Inside the cavity was a stone box of just the right size.

Joey suppressed the joy in his heart, quickly took out the stone box from the cavity, and then carefully placed it on the table. He carefully looked around the box. After finding no precautions, he moved a wooden cabinet to himself.

Then, insert a small blade into the gap of the box lid, use pliers to hold the knife, hide behind the cabinet, turn the pliers hard, and let the knife tilt up the box lid.

There was no big movement when the box lid was pried open, but a strange-looking black gas overflowed from the box like a snake, hovered in the air, and then gradually dissipated.

Although the black air dissipated, Joey still did not approach the box immediately, but waited patiently beside it.

According to Joey's idea, be prepared to wait a few hours before approaching the box, because no matter what is spilled from the box, a few hours should be enough for it to completely dissipate.

But the louder and louder sounds in the small garden also indicate that the source of the sound is approaching the edge of the small garden. No matter what the cause of the sound is or what the sound is, it is not a good thing for Joey.

Under the urging of a loud voice, Joey finally gave up on waiting, found a piece of cloth, covered his mouth and nose, and covered most of the exposed organs and skin of his body, even just

Even his eyes were covered with a piece of very precious silk, and he could barely see the scene outside through the thin silk.

After taking some simple precautions, Joey carefully approached the stone box and paused for a moment. If something abnormal happened, he would definitely turn around and leave immediately.

However, it was obvious that he was a little overly worried. The black energy that escaped before may have completely dissipated, or it may not have any harmful effect on people. In short, he did not feel any discomfort, nor did he feel any danger around him.

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Joey, who was slightly relieved, did not take off the protection on his body, but continued to wear it. He walked to the stone box, used a small blade to completely open the stone box that had opened a gap, and did a little work.

I don’t know if there is any useful blocking action in case something pops out of the box again.

However, after the box was opened, nothing unusual happened around him, except for the louder and louder sounds outside and the loud noises that were getting closer and closer.

Joey relaxed a little and took off the silk from his face. Instead of throwing it on the ground, he stuffed it into a pair. Although this kind of silk is a common item here, if you put it outside, it is a treasure.

Every noble lady in the kingdom would be willing to pay a lot of money to buy one.

After packing up his valuable things, Joey focused on the stone box. When he saw the contents of the stone box clearly, he felt a little disappointed, a little surprised, and a little bit...

Looking forward to it, and involuntarily rubbed the ring in his hand a few times.

I saw that the stone box did not store the treasures that Joey expected, nor did it store religious items related to the identity of another high priest of our Lord. Instead, it contained a statue, and this statue can be seen everywhere in this city.

Statue of a giant snake with large front teeth.

However, the difference between this statue and other statues in the city is that the shape of this statue is very similar to the ring in Joey's hand. They are both in the shape of ouroboros, but the only difference is that the ring has the mouth of a big snake.

It holds a snake's tail in its mouth, but this statue has a snake's tail wrapped around its head.

And in the empty space in the middle of the ring formed by the Ouroboros, a layer of black oil-like substance wandered back and forth, as if it contained some kind of life.

Seeing this situation, Joey instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this statue, especially the black oily substance. According to his past practice, no matter how precious the thing was, as long as he felt something was wrong, he would immediately turn around and leave.

, but this time he violated his own principles of doing things, because he found that he had a very strong desire in his heart to hold this statue in his hands.

This strong desire that came from nowhere even exceeded his vigilance and self-control, causing him to involuntarily reach out and grab the statue in the box, and as his hand approached the strange snake statue, in the middle of the statue

The ball of black oil is also moving faster and faster.

Just when Joey's hand was about to touch the statue, a loud noise suddenly came from the wall behind him, and then the entire stone wall collapsed, and a burst of dust instantly filled the entire room.

The loud noise was accompanied by the impact of a huge air wave, which lifted Joey's whole body out and fell hard to the floor beside him. The box on the table also fell aside, and the statue in the box rolled over.

On the ground, only the black oil in the statue never left the ring-shaped void.

Although Joey is a living dead, it does not mean that he will not feel pain. The fall made him unable to get up for a long time. He lay on the ground for a while before he reluctantly sat up and adapted to the pain in his body.

Finally, he couldn't help but look at the collapsed wall.

I saw that the wall was completely broken, as if someone had smashed it with a huge hammer. Fortunately, the structure of the house was very strong. Even if a cliff hit him, it would not affect the solidity of the entire house.

When Joey was curious about what hit the wall, he found that there seemed to be some cloth mixed in among the rubble. With curiosity, he went up to take a look, and saw that there was something like a piece of cloth among the pile of rubble.

Church monks usually have short hair, and humanoid monsters wearing weird costumes lie on it.

The reason why he is said to be a humanoid monster is because the appearance of this kind of humanoid monster is very similar to that of humans, but it only has a bunch of round ears instead of a pair of pointed ears like them, and the monster's skin is also

It was very rough, even now it was much worse than Joey who was a living dead. This was not the weirdest thing. What made Joey most incredible was that this man had a lot of hair on his face and mouth.

It's as if his hair has been transplanted to his face and up and down his lips.

Maybe it was because the humanoid monster seemed to be in a coma, which lowered Joey's vigilance, or maybe it was because Joey's curiosity was too strong. In short, after seeing this humanoid monster, he

I couldn't help but reach out and want to touch him.

However, before Joey could touch the humanoid monster, the humanoid monster suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of colored eyeballs that were completely different from Joey's. It stared at Joey, and at the same time, the monster's hand

At some point, he grabbed Joey's stretched out wrist, and the huge strength in his hand made it impossible for Joey to break free and escape.

"It's over, it's over this time!" A thought came to Joey's mind, and he was also worried about whether he could be resurrected if he was killed in the royal city.

However, what Joey was worried about did not happen. The humanoid monster did not attack him. Instead, it released its grip on him, sat up from the ground, dusted off its body as if nothing happened, and walked to the damaged area.

He walked out of the wall and looked towards the small garden for a while, then turned his head and looked at him like a wise man.

At this time, Joey realized that the loud noise that kept coming from the small garden had now disappeared, or to be more correct, after the humanoid monster smashed the wall from the outside, the huge noise inside the small garden disappeared.

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"Who are you?" Joey couldn't help but ask this humanoid monster.

At the same time, the humanoid monster also opened its mouth and made some noises towards Joey.

Although Joey couldn't understand the sound the other party made, his mind miraculously generated the meaning of the sound, and this meaning was the same as what he asked, "Who are you?"

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Joey didn't know why he could understand the meaning of the other person's voice, but he was sure that the other person was an intelligent life form, not the living dead who only knew how to attack anything. This made him immediately excited.
Chapter completed!