Hearing the earl's question, Shad immediately denied:
"No, I'm just a writer, not a detective, and even if I'm a detective, it's impossible to find that kind of ancient cemetery so easily. I want to ask you, where did the Granger family's cemetery come from? was it established in the beginning of the year?"
This kind of long-standing noble family usually has its own family cemetery, or in the public cemetery, a separate area is set aside for the tombs of family members.
Earl Granger thought for a moment:
"The current family base, together with the Randall Valley Public Cemetery, was established around 1500 AD and has a history of about 300 years. The last family cemetery is because of the famous Randall Valley Cemetery in 1498. It was destroyed by a major earthquake in the river valley."
This earthquake, Xia De also heard when investigating local legends, is the most serious earthquake in the local area since there are historical documents. However, due to the status of the local "earth center of the material world", it is reasonable to say that there should not be such an earthquake, so the incident three hundred years ago is very strange.
"We used to have our own family cemetery, and the history that the old cemetery goes back, I don't know myself. But the earthquake destroyed everything, yes, everything."
"Aren't there any wreckage left?"
Xia De asked, the earl shook his head regretfully:
"That place is far away from the current urban area, and I have never been there myself. But my grandfather once went, and according to him, the place is completely deserted."
As he spoke, the Earl stood up and pointed out to Shad the location of the former Grande family cemetery on the map hanging in the study. It is located in the northeast of the city. Although it does not enter the mountains and belongs to a foreign country in the Heping Plain, it is far enough away from the city, but fortunately, it is not far away from the Temple of Darkness that is actually located in the mountains:
"Now that land still belongs to our family, I remember it was..."
Because there are too many fields, he really can't remember clearly, so he called the old housekeeper to inquire, and found out that the forest land is now the family's forest farm, supplying fuel wood every winter, and the excess wood will pass through the waterway, along the The west coast of the Old Continent went north and was exported to the Kingdom of Delarion.
"If you're interested, I'll write you a letter and you can give it to the forestry guard. He won't mind you wandering around. Hearing you say it, my uncle may have left traces there. Of course, if you feel If you are interested, you can also try hunting there, there are often rabbits in the forest in Randall Valley in winter.”
The earl said with a smile, because of the fact that Xia De sent the two family badges back then, he had a very good attitude towards Xia De.
"No problem, if I can find any further clues, I will let you know as soon as possible."
Shad assured, but in fact, the bones of Mr. Thomas Granger are now lying in the coffin and parked in the Church of the Forgotten. He intends to return the bones to the earl after everything in the Randall Valley is over, so that he can be buried with his family, which is also fulfilling his promise:
"In addition, I also want to buy an antique from you, which will also help my investigation."
He took out the photo he got from the auction house again, which showed the antique metal key.
The count didn't remember this antique, but after recalling it carefully, he remembered that it was something he bought on a whim. So he didn't discuss the price with Xia De, and directly agreed to Xia De's quotation, and asked Xia De to follow the butler who held the key to the basement of the manor to get it, while he would receive the next guest.
Lord Heigl Granger, thirty-nine years old, he's really busy.
The brass-colored antique key collected by Earl Granger, Shad just saw the real thing at first glance, and felt that this metal object was absolutely extraordinary.
The length of the key is about the same as Shad's palm and it is quite thick. It is a key only used by very old locks. Of course, despite the age, the earl's servants seem to know how to maintain this kind of metal products, so there are only some imperceptible rust marks on the surface of the key.
This is not a special item, nor does it have any elemental reaction. On the key, only straight and orthogonal horizontal and vertical lines were used to carve unusually fine lines on the surface.
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Shad was pretty sure there were really only horizontal and vertical lines. In terms of craftsmanship, this is simply unbelievable.
There is no evidence, but the inspiration reminded Xia De that he really got a great item this time. So excited, Shade took the key and returned to the Wilde Opera House, but Miss Bernice and Miss Lathers were not here because they were going to find Mr. Lathers' safe house in the cemetery, so Shade I spent the entire afternoon studying alone in the head's office on the third floor.
The two leaders of the Golden Dawn returned to the Opera House when the last ray of the setting sun disappeared from the sky, and the lampposts surrounded by snowdrifts began to shine one by one.
Shade was at the window, holding the key up at the moon, when Miss Bernice opened the office door.
She leaned against the door frame with a smile and said to Xia De:
"The girls I met just now said that you walked into the opera house in the afternoon."
"Is that an exaggeration?"
Xia De turned his head and asked, and then saw Luvia also appearing at the door.
"I happened to meet them, so we came together."
The four went to dinner together, and after returning to the opera house, Xia De mentioned the key.
The key was checked by the three ladies in turn, but just like the statue of Oxenfurt and the vase in the Statue Art Museum, nothing abnormal was found, but Shad was sure that this was the item he was looking for:
"Remember why we thought that this key might have something to do with the Heart of the Earth?
"This antique key was discovered in 1800 of the Universal Calendar, that is, 54 years ago. It was discovered in an underground temple in the northeast of the Randall Valley."
"Yes, similar to the moon worship relics you found near Oxenfurt Manor, and the night temple in the mountain, they are all temples of old gods from the ancient era. At present, it is not clear who the temple belongs to, but It should also be an old **** related to the earth. And this key came from that temple.”
Miss Benanis said, and Luvia also answered:
"The information I searched in the local association shows that the temple may even belong directly to the oldest **** of the earth, that is, the ancient **** [Mother Earth], but there is no evidence to prove this. According to the church half a century ago After checking and confirming, the temple itself and the many items found inside are just ordinary items.”
"The church was not the first group of people who discovered the underground temple. Some thieves' bones were also found in the temple. Some of those bones did not even belong to the sixth era. This key was found from one of them, so it is not clear Whether it belongs to the temple itself.
Miss Lathers made a final addition:
"At that time, the local Peace Church was in charge of the excavation and inspection work. According to the regulations, they put the items found in it for a period of ten years, and after confirming that there was no problem, they flowed the safest items into the market of ordinary people one by one. So It took more than a decade for the key to show up at auction and be noticed by my father."
"But what the **** is it? Shad, what did you find this afternoon?"
Luvia asked, and a smile appeared on Xia De's face:
"It didn't respond to any stimulation with any of my spirit runes. I even tried to destroy the key, but I didn't expect it to succeed. However, no matter how damaged it was, it just broke along the surface lines, but it couldn't melt and deform. In other words, the key can only be dismantled, not completely destroyed.”
Luvia patted Xia De lightly, blaming Xia De for wasting his lifespan again.
"But other than that, in the end I still found something wrong with it, and I'm sure it has something to do with the heart of the earth, so following this line of thinking, finding the right power must be able to resonate with it."
"I remember you don't have the earth spirit rune."
Miss Benanis said, Shade nodded:
"But I have this."
He took out the earth runestone that he got from [Plague Merchant], which can enhance the "healing aura". The runestone is in contact with the key, and at the contact position, the khaki light flows along the key surface.
The horizontal and vertical engravings on the surface flowed, as if some power from the runestones had been poured into the key.
In just half a minute, the entire key was completely "lit". When Xia De separated the two, quite clear miraculous elements had been attached to the key, and even when he let go of the key, the glowing metal actually floated directly above his palm.
After a full five minutes, the light disappeared, and the elemental reaction on the key also disappeared:
"Look, that's it."
"Why do you always get such weird things? Last winter, I still remember that you asked me to come to your house at night to see some flying slates."
Luvia smiled and said that she took the key again, and tried divination with the obsidian pendulum she got on the night of the Eldron Lake incident.
Miss Bernanis said:
"Since it has been proved that this key is extraordinary, what is its use?"
"The key, of course, is used to open the lock."
Xia De said with certainty:
"There must be a lock locally that can be opened by it. And if my guess is correct, then there should be the answer I'm looking for behind the lock."
The witch raised her eyebrows:
"So, the search continues."
"But I can feel that ~www.mtlnovel.com~ this is nearing the end."
"The next step is to find a lock or a door...how are you going to do it? Any clues now?"
"Of course, Miss Benanis, Miss Lathers, and Luvia, have you found out that the clues I have obtained about the Guardian, about the legendary Heart of the Earth, and even about the Chosen One, Dave Most of them are related to the Granger family?"
All three ladies nodded suspiciously.
"You don't think that Earl Granger is the one who hides at the end. After you find the door, he will jump out with a paper cannon and tell you the whole truth, right?"
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