I'm supposed to be beheaded right at the start, but I'm immortal!

Chapter 24. The Rabbit's Pocket Watch, the Musketeer's Strike

The evening breeze swept across the surface of the Rhine, creating ripples.

At the top of the ancient clock tower in the city center, three nameless figures looked down at the familiar yet unfamiliar, brightly lit night view of St. Petersburg.

Nobody knows, and nobody cares.

The three are about to unlock a treasure left behind by a hero, a treasure that could change their lives, the fate of St. Petersburg, and even the entire city of Terrell.

.........

Not long ago, Green and his two companions climbed the rotating staircase of the clock tower together with Tian Sha Xing.

The reason why Tian Sha Xing came up was mainly because Han Nai tide, after revealing that she was a special envoy of the Tribunal, kept showing off and mocking Philip.

The noise annoyed Tian Sha Xing, but being an old man, he was too embarrassed to argue with a little girl, so he followed along, hoping to witness the hero's treasure.

The long spiral staircase seemed to stretch on forever. Once you left the bottom floor, the surroundings became exceptionally quiet, with only the sound of gears turning.

Seeing that it would be a while before they went up, Green thought for a moment and asked the most senior person he had ever met, Tian Sha Xing:

"Senior Tian Sha Xing, do you know anything about the Hero?"

The second hero seems to have some connection with Alice, but she was a person from hundreds of years ago, wasn't she?

Could it be that Alice traveled back in time after her disappearance, hundreds of years ago, and became the second hero?

It doesn't seem very realistic when you think about it.

Are the other heroes who appeared on Tyler connected to the second hero?

Tian Sha Xing didn't think much of it and said:

"As far as I know, the first hero appeared in the world a thousand years ago, but shortly after the hero killed the Demon King, the first hero disappeared without a trace."

"Seven hundred years ago, the third hero appeared and established the Adventurers' Guild. Like the first hero, he disappeared shortly after slaying the Demon King."

Four hundred years ago, the Fourth Hero appeared in the world. While the other heroes took at least six months to slay the Demon King, this Fourth Hero conquered the entire Demon King's castle in just two and a half months. He was extremely mysterious; the world only knew that he liked to wear winged knight armor, a slave's turban, and his weapon was a small scythe that emitted a purple glow.

Upon hearing this, Green was 100% certain that the five ghosts from the ditch had all arrived, and these heroes were definitely his fellow countrymen.

"Then, there was the fifth hero who appeared a hundred years ago. Before he disappeared, he left a prophecy that the next war against the demons would be the last time a demon king appeared on the land of Tera."

"And the second hero..." Tian Sha Xing paused:

"She is the only woman among the five heroes. Her pen is her weapon, her poetry her spear, and she is most skilled in magic and warfare."

Tian Sha Xing continued:

"Due to the passage of time, I don't know much about the Second Hero. I only know that she is not only the only female among the five heroes, but also the only one known to the world whose whereabouts are clear after slaying the Demon King."

Green asked, "Where did the second hero go in the end?"

"The bottom of the Abyss," said the Heavenly Killer Star.

The bottom of the abyss, and then the bottom of the abyss again.

Green thought to himself, "Damn, can it be such a coincidence?"

The current situation makes it hard not to suspect that Alice really did disappear and travel back hundreds of years to become the second hero.

After all, Alice had told Grimm in the abandoned factory that she was now at the bottom of the Abyss.

"By the way," the Bull-Slaying Knight interjected:

"Regarding the Second Hero, during the time I served as a Royal Guard Knight in the Royal City, I was temporarily assigned to be a gatekeeper at the Grand Archives."

"I remember there was a book inside that recorded the names of the first, third, fourth and fifth heroes. The first hero was Ningde, the third hero was Suen, the fourth hero called himself Soul Five, and the fifth hero was Ankuya."

"Only the second hero's name is unknown. The book records that if the full name of the second hero is recited, great terror will ensue."

Green nodded. The moment he had just finished killing the Peter Pan brothers and had the thought of reciting the full name of the second hero, ■■■·Liddell, he was enveloped in terror.

"Speaking of which," said Tian Sha Xing,

"I once heard a rumor that before the Second Hero went to the Abyss, he went to the Winter Bell where his close friend, the White Queen, was. After leaving the Winter Bell, someone saw her once in St. Petersburg."

Perhaps the treasure left by the second hero on the clock tower is related to the Winter Bell.

"Forget about this clock or that clock, stop babbling on and let's get to the top of the tower."

Clearly, Mabel wasn't interested in any of that; she just wanted to get the treasure as soon as possible.

The three of them quickened their pace and, after about fifteen minutes, finally reached the top of the tower.

Looking down now, the entire city of St. Petersburg is in full view.

The corridor at the top of the tower connects to a small room. Although no one has been here for many years, there is no dust or dirt, which must be due to a special magic circle for cleaning.

It seems the hero's treasure is right here in the room.

As he walked down the corridor, Green withdrew his gaze from looking down and glanced at the viewer out of the corner of his eye.

"Holy crap! How come someone's flying in the sky without clothes on?"

Heavenly Killer Star: "?"

The bull-slaughtering knight asked doubtfully, "You wouldn't... be hallucinating from the repression, would you?"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost!" Green was certain he had just seen a naked person flying in the sky, but with the Hero's Treasure right in front of him, he couldn't be bothered to argue.

"Maybe I'm seeing things."

Tian Sha Xing used the key from the top of the tower to open the door of the small house.

The room was empty except for a large treasure chest lying quietly in the center, as if afraid that others wouldn't see it.

Tian Sha Xing explained, "During the era of the First Hero, the world was shrouded in mist. The purpose of this room was to light a special kind of firewood to dispel the mist throughout the city. Later, after the mist cleared and the watchtower was converted into a clock tower, no one has come up here since."

"Finally up here! Watch as I, the boss, open the treasure chest!"

Mabel rubbed her hands together eagerly and opened the large treasure chest.

A spark of fire shot into Mabel's forehead, causing her to fall into a coma.

The speed was so fast that even Tian Sha Xing didn't have time to react.

Fortunately, after examining the situation, Tian Sha Xing said:

"She's alright. This little girl must be from the Orphania family, right?"

Green nodded and said, "Her father is Earl Orphania."

Heavenly Killing Star:

"The Third Hero possesses a holy seal talent called Black Flame. He has the most confidantes among the five heroes, one of whom is the ancestor of the Orphania family."

Green and the bull-slaughtering knight understood.

"So Mabel is a descendant of the Third Hero?"

"That's right," said Tian Sha Xing.

"There's a chance that the descendants of the Orphania family can inherit the Black Flame of the Third Hero from birth. That wisp of fire was just strengthening the Black Flame within her, so don't worry, it's a good thing."

Green and his companion understood and continued opening the box.

Green found a complete set of knight's armor in the box.

A note was pasted on it, which thoughtfully read:

The Nameless Knight's Light Armor

[Its surface is covered with the marks of flames. It is said to have come from the most powerful King of Mad Fire. The mottled armor is beyond recognizing its age; only the ferocious fire marks seem to tell a bitter story, like a clumsy confession, or a resolute farewell.]

The bull-slaying knight discovered a distorted piece of writing in a corner of his armor:

Please forgive me.

This is incomprehensible.

Green compared the sizes and found that the armor fit him perfectly. The light armor wasn't too heavy, and given Green's current physical condition, he could move freely in it. It was surprisingly suitable.

In addition to the armor, Grimm also found a pocket watch in the treasure chest.

Holding it in my hand, words appear before my eyes.

The white rabbit, bound by rules, will never be late for any refereeing match.

Apart from that, the pocket watch had nothing special about it; it was just an ordinary watch.

"Perhaps it's used as a memento," Tian Sha Xing guessed.

And then, there's the last thing.

A silver short gun.

A superb firearm forged from mithril.

[Can consume mental energy to unleash the special bullet "Rifle Rush": Shoot the enemy's weakness with a gun, rendering them defenseless.]

.........

At the mountaintop, inside the magic airship factory.

"Young friend, what are you peeking at?"

An old man dressed in a black robe, with a face like a withered tree, asked expressionlessly.

The words that suddenly rang in Frank's ears caused his heart to stop and his breath to catch in his throat.

He walked forward, trembling, as if he hadn't seen the old man in black robes.

"Is anyone talking to me? I'm actually blind, I can't see anything. It should be time to get off work now, right? I need to go home?"

As he spoke, Frank walked past the old man in the black robe as if no one else was there.

But the old man in black robes stopped him, and just as Frank was about to cry from fright, the old man whispered:

"The main gate is now guarded by those believers; it's packed with people. There's no way to slip out. Do you know of any other places you can escape from the factory?"

Frank understood the implication. "You...you're not with them?"

The old wizard nodded. "Isn't that obvious? Otherwise, if they had found you, you'd probably be dead."

Frank swallowed hard. "I know a storage room that connects to a dog hole. We should be able to crawl through there."

As he spoke, he began to observe the old wizard's expression, fearing that the other party might be displeased.

The old wizard's face darkened, and he urged in a low voice:

"What are you waiting for? Lead the way!"

"Okay!"

The old wizard slapped Frank on the forehead:

"Damn it, keep your voice down!"

The factory was large enough that no one paid attention to them while the group of fanatical believers were still carrying barrels onto the airship.

The two dogs sneaked into a storage room.

The old wizard knew perfectly well that the barrels the believers were carrying onto the airship were all filled with diluted Iron Cross virus medicine.

Logically speaking, without the assistance of Brother Dao's factory, it would be difficult for these viruses to infect the entire city in a short period of time.

But with a large number of people gathered at the airship exhibition tomorrow, if this stuff is diluted and sprayed out on the airship, half the city's population will likely be infected with Iron Cross in an instant.

Ever since learning of this group's plan, the old wizard had been thinking of sneaking away. He followed them all the way and finally found an opportunity.

The factory for this magical airship was built on a mountaintop, far from the city of St. Petersburg.

Even with the extraordinary speed of the old wizard, it would take him about 7 hours to get back to the city from here.

It's already 2 a.m.

He found out that the magic airship exhibition would start at nine o'clock the next morning.

He had to get back to St. Petersburg before the exhibition started.

The old wizard sped off with Frank on his back.

"Damn it, you limp leg, hurry up!"

.........

"I didn't expect this to be the treasure left behind by the Second Hero. It doesn't seem like anything special," said the Bull-Slaying Knight.

Tian Sha Xing shook his head. "Perhaps there's something extraordinary about it that we just haven't discovered yet. Green, you can take it back and study it yourself."

Green nodded. "Mm."

He had just received the silver pistol and tried it out. He found that it required him to expend a certain amount of mental energy to condense bullets. The power was not very strong, but fortunately, it could be fired continuously.

With Green's current mental strength, he can only fire seven times in a short period of time at most.

Furthermore, given that Green has the Felin Breathing Technique which allows him to replenish his mental energy at any moment, the silver pistol's endurance is quite decent.

Since there were no enemies here, Green did not test the effect of "muskets crushing".

Literally, it means to make someone lose their defenses.

As for that light armor, it fits quite well. I don't know how strong its defense is, but its fire resistance looks very high, considering it's covered in burn marks.

The only thing whose purpose is unknown is this white pocket watch.

The hands of the pocket watch turned second by second, seemingly just as Tian Sha Xing had said, that it was something to be kept as a memento.

Overall, these things are quite ordinary. I don't know why the Second Hero would leave these things at the top of the tower. Wouldn't it have been better to leave some incredibly powerful weapons and equipment with very high stats?

What a pity.

After the four of them collected the second hero's treasure, they descended from the top of the tower.

Back on the ground.

Mabel has woken up.

She frowned and said:

"You ask me how I feel? I don't feel anything, except that the black flames can burn for a little longer than before."

"Longer?" Green asked.

Mabel: "Before, I could only use the Black Flame continuously for about ten hours. Now I feel like the Black Flame can emerge whenever I want, so it's just a little longer than before, right?"

Green: "..."

Doesn't this just turn your Black Flame skill into a skill with no cooldown?

This isn't exceeding the limit?

Although generally speaking, there wouldn't be a situation where Black Flame would be used continuously for more than ten hours.

After Mabel woke up, she asked what else was in the treasure chest.

Upon learning that it was the pile of things Green was holding, he showed a disappointed expression, "I don't need any of them."

At that moment, Green also heard the Cheshire Cat's voice.

"Yes, I don't need any of them!"

"Does my master no longer love me? Are these things really not meant for me?"

It's obvious that this stinky cat is quite narcissistic.

The four of them went downstairs, and Han Naixi said to Green and the other two:

"Have you finished taking them?"

Green nodded.

Han Naixi: "Green, you don't have a place to stay in the city yet, so you can stay at my clinic for now, although it's been similar before. I'll go out early tomorrow morning to help you apply to join the Tribunal. If you're bored, you can wander around and pass the time."

Mabel said, "Oh, right, I heard there's a magic airship exhibition downtown tomorrow morning. My homeroom teacher told us to go tomorrow before summer vacation and write a report afterward. I'll be going with some teachers from school. Do you want to come?"

Green hesitated: "A magic airship exhibition?"

The bull-slaughtering knight said he didn't care.

Mabel nodded. "If you want to come together, go to the city's train station before eight o'clock. I'll wait for our Nienia classmates and teachers there, and then we'll go together."