Chapter 899: The Norton Royal Family's Hidden Trump Card

When Lingyun wanted to open the book, a faint light escaped from the book cover, transforming into chains on the outer layer of the book.

The chains bound the book tightly, eventually forming a shackle on the front of the book. On this shackle was a complex Magic Array; if one were to forcibly destroy it, not only would the book inside the shackle self-immolate, but it would also trigger a warning.

"Tsk, this kind of little trick again!" Lingyun shook his head with some helplessness, then his Divine Sense directly drilled into the array.

With only a soft sound, the shackle on the book cover shattered inch by inch, and the chains also turned into specks of light and vanished into the Void.

After breaking the Sealing Array on the Imperial Secret History, Lingyun directly opened the book. He had no intention of prying into the secrets of the Norton royal family, but instead flipped the book directly to the very beginning and started reading.

"What kind of script is this?" Aiweier leaned over with some curiosity, only to find that the characters on the page looked strange and were definitely not characters she recognized.

"This should be a type of Underworld Script unique to the era of the Underworld King; there are certain records of it in the temple, but it is not so easy to translate. Let's make a rubbing of these characters and take them to the temple to translate them using the decoding book." Andiya looked at the characters on the page and could not help but frown.

This type of Underworld Script had a very strong ability to maintain secrecy, and it was not an easy matter to decipher them. However, it just so happened that the Elf Temple possessed a decoding book that could assist them in analyzing the content of these Underworld Scripts.

"No need for such trouble, I know how to translate it!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"Lingyun, you know?" There was a hint of surprise in Aiweier's tone.

"Docking initiated!"

Lingyun flipped his hand, and streams of light rushed out from his body, condensing in the Void into a book the height of a person, with mysterious runes dotted upon it. A ribbon of light extended from the Whispering Manuscript and connected to the book in Lingyun's hand. Subsequently, the Whispering Manuscript opened, and the exact same Underworld Script as that in the Imperial Secret History appeared on its pages.

"Translation initiated!"

When the Underworld Script was completely recorded, the Underworld Script on the Whispering Manuscript began to change rapidly. Before long, the Underworld Script on the pages had turned into characters that Aiweier and the others could understand.

Looking at the records on the Whispering Manuscript, Andiya could not help but reveal a hint of surprise on her face. The Norton royal family and the Underworld King truly had an extraordinary relationship. Or rather, it should be said that the predecessor of the current Norton royal family was established by a direct descendant of the family where the Underworld King once resided. This direct descendant inherited most of the Undead Magic from the era of the Underworld King and carried forward the nearly ruined family, laying the foundation for the later establishment of the Norton royal family.

At the same time, the book also mentioned a very critical matter, which was that individuals who inherited the Underworld Emperor's Talent would occasionally appear within the family, but such individuals were extremely rare; however, every such individual could bring a period of glory to the Norton royal family.

"An individual who inherited the Underworld Emperor's Talent, does that mean this person might also possess the ability to summon Underworld Envoys?" Seeing this, Andiya could not help but frown slightly. "But why have I never heard before that such an existence existed within the Norton royal family?"

"Perhaps he hid himself!" Lingyun said. "And the book also says that such people usually serve as the royal family's hidden trump card; it is normal for them not to appear before the public."

"Then could this current incident be caused by this hidden trump card?" Andiya asked.

"That is hard to say, but at least we have a target." Lingyun closed the book and then slid it back onto the bookshelf.

"Alright, the information here has been checked well enough, we can leave." Lingyun said.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, the three of them directly found an inn in the Imperial City to stay in. Because the flow of people in the Norton Imperial City had become sparse, although it was already quite late, the three of them still found a relatively comfortable place to stay.

"Lingyun, what are we doing next?" Aiweier leaned against the table and asked Lingyun.

"For now, let's first find out where the Underworld King is actually hiding!" Lingyun's fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop.

"I don't think the other party will jump out so obediently!" Andiya said. "As can be seen from the Underworld Emperor's Records, this person is a quite cautious individual; without absolute certainty, this person will not appear."

"What if we find a way to force him out? For example, how about destroying the Sacrificial Array in this city?" Aiweier suggested.

"Destroy the Sacrificial Array? I think that's possible, but I always feel that this array might not be as simple as it looks; perhaps this array is merely a cover, and we still need to investigate it thoroughly." Lingyun said.

Judging from some of the rumors about Moqi that Lingyun knew, this was not a person who liked to do useless work. Since he had set up such a seemingly useless Sacrificial Array in the Norton Imperial City, he must have had his reasons, and Lingyun did not want to act rashly before figuring it out.

Third Prince's Mansion.

In a gloomy basement, a man shrouded in a gray robe stood there.

"How is the progress of the matter?" The man raised his head; it was none other than the Third Prince, Moduo.

However, Moduo's image had changed significantly compared to before; not only his hair, but even his pupils had turned gray-white. Usually, when he appeared before others, he had Disguise Magic applied to his body, and because of his caution, no one had noticed any flaws.

"The matter is progressing very smoothly; in just another period of time, the Norton Emperor will drop dead!" A middle-aged man standing behind Moduo said.

"Good, when the Norton Emperor drops dead, that will be the time for us to act. During this period, no matter how those two provoke us, we will endure for now; when the time comes, we will settle the accounts with them all at once!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man raised his head, a hint of fanaticism in his eyes, as if the person in front of him were his god.

After the middle-aged man left, Moduo sat down on a chair: "I calculated everything, but I didn't calculate that the God Race would actually open the passage between the God-Given Continent and the God Realm once again. But even so, what of it? As long as I recover a portion of my strength, even those gods, I will still slaughter them for you to see!"

Moduo clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with terrifying light.