Volume 2 Amber Chapter 83: The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest
late at night.
After Chen Lun left Pompeii Manor, he went straight to the old site mentioned by the Viscount.
To the west of the inner city, near the ocean, stood the Port of Lona. The purple moon was reflected on the sea, and several huge ships were docked there. Many trackers could be vaguely seen dragging small boats loaded with cargo.
Chen Lun withdrew his gaze and left the terrace at the end of the street.
I walked into the alley from the other side and after several turns I arrived at the gate of a manor.
This is Number 4, Wans Street.
Only the door was locked and the sign at the door was taken down, indicating that no one lived here now and it was an empty house.
Chen Lun looked around and saw that no one was passing by, so he held onto the railing and jumped in.
He did not stop or walk into the villa building, but went directly to the back because Philip's diary recorded that the inheritance was buried in the backyard.
"This is……?"
Chen Lun stopped.
He saw tombstones standing in the backyard, neatly separated by carved stones.
“It turned out to be a cemetery.”
Chen Lun walked on the pebbled path, his eyes scanning the words on the tombstone.
A few of them were members of the Pompey family, and most of them were soldiers who died in the "Overseas Landing War". Looking at the epitaphs, it seems that they were all written by Viscount Pompey himself.
"These soldiers...are they the Viscount's comrades? Or his subordinates...?"
Chen Lun guessed.
He even found the tombstones of Mrs. Caroline's husband, Henry, and her son, Oliver.
"…My benefactor, my dear friend whom I entrusted my life to."
This is Henry's epitaph.
"…a lovely child, a wonderful son, and a brave man."
This is Oliver's epitaph.
Under the epitaphs of both men are the name of Viscount Pompey and the date.
There are flowers in front of the tombstone, which have not withered.
Chen Lun sighed.
He continued walking inside and found a stone temple with the door sealed tightly.
Chen Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, touched the crack of the door with his fingers, and then used his [Snake Senses], spitting out his snake tongue to collect pheromones.
" Someone ... but it wasn't Viscount Pompey, nor was it Lady Caroline."
Logically speaking, this kind of mausoleum is usually a place where the remains of people of extremely high status are stored, and the door will not be easily opened even for worship.
Chen Lun became alert, pushed the door open and walked in.
Vertical pupils do not have night vision, but they can capture heat. At this time, his vision was completely dark, and he did not see any large creatures .
With its tongue spitting out, it slowly came to a corner of the temple.
A suspicious stone slab showed signs of looseness. He stretched out a finger and easily lifted the heavy stone slab, revealing a long staircase underneath.
"There is actually a secret passage here..."
Chen Lun was surprised.
If he hadn't detected the signs of someone entering here based on pheromones, it would have been difficult for him to find this entrance.
Chen Lun put the sapphire earring on his right ear and touched the grape ring on his index finger. After checking his equipment, he walked down the aisle.
When we went down to a certain level, a bright light appeared in front of us. It was an oil lamp lit on the wall.
“There really is someone!”
He was more alert.
At the end of the corridor is a bronze door carved with patterns of various animals and plants.
Just as he was about to push the door open, the bronze door was opened from the inside.
Bang!
A backlit figure appeared in sight, and then a thick female voice sounded:
"Hey! Look what I found?! A lucky grave robber!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman stretched out a big hand and grabbed it.
"Today is your lucky day, man, because you will soon be able to move into a free new home, which is a coffin right here...hahaha!"
BANG!!
The two palms hit each other.
"Huh?"
The woman's laughter stopped, she made a puzzled sound, and took a step back.
"Superhuman?!"
The next second, the woman attacked again, mist emerged from her body, and faint sounds of waves came from it.
With a straight punch, a spiral vortex of wind appeared around the fist, blowing out the surrounding oil lamps.
Snap! Snap! !
Chen Lun used [Rhino Charge], turned his fist into an exoskeleton, and collided head-on with the opponent three times.
But he soon discovered that the impact of each punch was neutralized by the opponent's wind vortex and water-like energy-generating methods.
There is only one true harm in ten.
"【Deep Sea Faction】Transcendent..."
Chen Lun thought to himself.
The next second, he accelerated his attack and took control of the rhythm of the battle.
He used [Bear Strike], [Rhino Charge] and [Stork Peck] back and forth , becoming more and more proficient.
A series of ping-pong sounds echoed in the closed underground tomb.
The woman became more and more surprised as the fight went on. She couldn't see through the man in front of her, but she could tell that his strength was not inferior to hers.
“Thunder!”
She shouted angrily, and arcs of electricity flashed between her fingers, and blue-white fluorescence flickered faintly in the mist.
But in a flash, she lost sight of the man.
"where?!"
“Behind me!”
A plain male voice made her hair stand on end.
Boom! !
Chen Lun threw an elbow with his backhand, and the powerful impact hit the woman's back.
She groaned and rolled forward. The arc in her palm went out, and the mist around her dissipated. She stood up awkwardly and turned to look at Chen Lun.
"who are you?!"
The woman questioned in a deep voice.
Chen Lun glanced at the ornament on the woman's chest and suddenly understood.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and covered his face with it, revealing only a pair of emerald green pupils. The handkerchief was given to him by Rebecca, but he had never used it before, and now was the right time to use it.
"One of our own."
Chen Lun pretended to have a hoarse and low male voice.
He immediately took out the black skull token he had obtained from Dolly and shook it between his fingers.
“…”
In the darkness, the woman had a speechless expression.
Your voice is obviously different from before, you are pretending so amateurishly.
And the piece of cloth covering the face looks so perfunctory, is this just playing house?!
But she didn't want to care about these things. According to the rules of the association's organizer, Black Skull, anyone who holds a token can participate in the party.
"Come in, lucky...gentleman."
The woman didn't want to say anything more and walked into the tomb first.
Chen Lun followed closely behind.
His vision went from dark to bright, and he could see the scene inside clearly.
A simple incandescent bulb hung from the low ceiling, slightly illuminating the interior space. Under the dim light, there was a wooden round table where six people were sitting.
They all looked at Chen Lun, their eyes were either indifferent or curious, either calm or meaningful.
"He had the Society's token, so I let him in."
A woman's uniquely rough voice came from beside Chen Lun.
He glanced slightly to the side, and only then did he see the appearance of the woman he was fighting with - she had a short blond haircut, and was also masked, but she had two scars on her eyelids. Her eye sockets were deep, and her eyes were sharp.
"It doesn't matter. Since you have the token, you are eligible to participate in the party."
A burly figure at the head of the round table said.
He wore a black skull mask, with only his eyes showing, and his expression was calm.
"I am the host of the association. You can call me Black Skull. What is your name?"
Chen Lun looked at the seven people for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said in a hoarse and low voice:
"Spades."
