316.The Lost Treasure of the Bone-Grinning King
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Adele replied firmly：
“I believe that the person who was able to escape from the arena with my mother at all costs could not have no complaints about his unexpected resurrection and the second period of his life that was manipulated by jackals..
Even if it has been resurrected from the dead, it is absolutely impossible for it to serve the gnolls willingly.！
In fact, I think Uncle Bella may have been secretly planning another escape in the name of 'freedom'.
I think we can definitely cooperate with him in this regard. Those gnoll warlocks of the Bonegnawing clan who are busy in the filthy swamp are our common enemies.！”
“Well, that makes sense. Just bring it in..”
Murphy crossed his fingers and said something to Adele. Sister E opened the door and walked out. A few minutes later, she returned to the office with Bella, the Corpse Witch..
This guy's hands and feet were shackled with brass shackles, which did not affect his movement..
But through these suppression objects made by Tris herself, the corpse witch's spiritual energy can be suppressed to the extreme level of weakness and its threat can be reduced to a minimum..
Seeing Murphy again, Corpse Witch Bella couldn't help but cursed fiercely.：
“I should have activated Hellfire before and burned you bastard to death by the swamp, you piece of shit! How dare you turn "Free Hand" Mona and "Shadow Hydra" Truman's only daughter into a vampire！
I curse you! Murphy！
I curse you to fall into the underworld and never be able to escape.！”
“Curse, ha, if such a weak curse can really make a vampire fall into the underworld, then our race would have been exterminated eight hundred years ago..”
Murphy knocked on the table rudely and said：
“So please calm down, Mr. Bella.
If you listened to Adele's story, you should know that it was me who saved her and brought her back to the world of midnight from the tragedy of becoming a blood ghoul..
I don’t ask for your thanks, but at least I shouldn’t use such harsh words.！
Okay, let’s get down to business..
Tell me all about what happened to you before, about those gnoll warlocks who manipulated you. What on earth are they doing in the swamp?？”
“ah! If there is any choice.”
Bella sighed like a living person.
The corpse witch pulled his hood back up to cover his mummy-like body, and he said hoarsely：
“They are looking for something, something extremely important to the gnoll race. To be precise, it is a lost treasure..
From the bone-gnawing king who mysteriously disappeared at the end of the Fourth Black Catastrophe 110 years ago.
According to legend, the Bone-Gnawer King fled into the Foul Swamp after his defeat..
It took its bravest guards and tried to return to the mossy valley of the Dark Mountains through the swamp in order to make a comeback. However, the Bone-gnawing King entered the swamp and never came out again..
The jackal king who nearly overturned the continent must have died somewhere in the swamp..
But the problem is that there is a legend that has been circulating in the Bonebiter clan.
It is said that there is something in the hands of the Bone-Gnawer King that can give Gnolls unique powers, allowing a lucky individual to become the king of all Gnolls.！
It was with that kind of treasure that the Bone-Gnawing King gathered a legion as large as the Fourth Black Disaster. You also know that with the character of the jackals, it is impossible for them to form a dark tide of that scale under natural conditions..
Therefore, I personally think this legend is somewhat credible..”
“Have they found it?？”
Murphy wasn't surprised when he heard about the Lost Treasures of the Bone Grapple King.
It is quite normal that such an influential figure can still cause some unnecessary incidents even if he has been dead for more than a hundred years..
As for the treasure
Maybe, but Murphy doesn't really care.
After all, it is a racial treasure of the jackals, and others cannot use it if they hold it in their hands..
But you can’t let the enemy get it if you can’t use it. The so-called victory doesn’t just mean getting something for yourself. Letting others return empty-handed is also a very useful strategy..
Facing Murphy's question, Corpse Witch Bella let out a weird laugh, and said in a long voice:：
“I said, it has been more than three years since I was resurrected, and it has also been three years since my consciousness was pulled back from the chaotic underworld to the material world, which means that they have been active in the swamp for a long time..
Although the Foul Swamp is huge, it is not that big in front of a sleepless army of the dead. Those gnoll warlocks searched almost every part of the swamp, but they found nothing..
They can't find that thing！
They are not destined people！
Just when I got the order to leave the swamp and go to Smuggler's Grove to establish an observation outpost, those plague warlocks were already planning to concentrate their efforts into the forbidden area of the swamp..
They doubt that the treasure they want to find is hidden in that dangerous place.
If you ask me, I think it is a desperate way to seek death.”
“forbidden area？”
Murphy narrowed his eyes and asked.：
“what's there？”
“A legendary beast or beasts.”
Bella shook her head and said：
“Bernice and I died in the hands of those things. Adele should still remember what happened at that time..”
“Ninkinanka, the Elvish word for 'giant snake'’.”
Mrs. Adele explained in a measured tone.：
“The legendary creature hiding in the filthy swamp is like a mixture of a giant snake and a lizard. I only remember that the huge creature glowed and disappeared in the swamp, and then set off an earthquake-like terrifying attack..
That is not a life that mortals can fight against. Master Murphy, please do not have any interest in those things that only exist in legends..
The fact that the jackals dared to provoke the giant beast shows that they are crazy enough and desperate enough..”
“But this is an opportunity！”
Bella, the corpse witch, then said:：
“The gnoll warlocks plan to challenge the swamp monsters to find the lost treasure of the bone-crushing king, and they will definitely put all their strength into it..
This means they will relax their surveillance of the rest of the swamp.
All it takes is an elite team！
I can take you to infiltrate the camp set up by the gnolls in the swamp, and we can steal back our phylacteries..
I promise you, Lord Murphy, as long as you can get back the phylactery, as long as you can give us freedom after death, 45 corpse witches and Hades knights, including Bernice and I, will be loyal to you.！”
“Master, I am willing to do this for you！”
Adele also asked seriously：
“I also hope that Uncle Bella and Aunt Bernice can escape this servile humility. I owe it to them..”
“No, kid, you don't owe us anything..”
The corpse witch shook his head and said：
“Mona has given us a favor that we will never be able to repay in our lifetime. Bernice and I have never had any regrets about dying to protect you, and you don’t have to blame yourself for this..”
“However, I don’t have that many elites at the moment..”
Murphy stood up and shook his head. He said：
“At least the vampires cannot be used. There are only so many people left in the Blood Vulture clan. However, Adele, there seems to be no progress in your faction and your selection of warriors..
I know that your personality is not very willing to devote your energy to this kind of thing, but now you have enough reasons to improve your subordinates..
I gave Hogg the order.
It needs to explore a safe way through the filthy swamp for me. The Blood Rat Gang is also a force you can mobilize. As you said, since you are willing to share the heavy responsibility for me, then you can start taking action from now on..”
He said to his descendants：
“You will preside over this matter, you will plan it, you will recruit you to execute it, I will not be involved or point fingers, I will stay in Scarlet Castle and look forward to a good result..”
“Um.”
Adele nodded, and then Murphy looked at the Corpse Witch Bella again, and he said：
“On the other hand, since we are now 'family', Sir Bella, there are some things I can ask more calmly, about Dusk..
tell me everything you know！”
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