Chapter 378: The Secret in the Shield

Zeng Jun bent down and pulled out the quaint shield from the ground and unfolded it to see that it was indeed the shield of the mission item Gru.

Gru's shield is also an immortal item, the attributes are as strong as ever, and there is no level requirement, of course, this shield is also a task item and cannot be equipped.

The moment he held the shield in his hand, the task prompt sounded at the same time - "Ding~!" ”

Quest Hint: You have obtained the quest item [Gru's Shield] You flip the shield over and find that someone has carved a crooked line of text on the back of the shield with a finger - "It's him, why?" ”

All six people in the team received this task prompt at the same time, and several people showed stunned expressions on their faces, this task was too torturous, and it took so much effort to get Gru's shield in their hands, but they only received such an inexplicable task prompt.

Who was he, and what did Gru discover back then? What did the Lu Ming Empire discover back then, and why did it suddenly send Gru to the battlefield alone? With many doubts, Zeng Jun, Bing Lan and the others left the Netherworld Abyss and returned to the City of Heaven.

Zeng Jun first turned on the game's Internet function, and searched the official homepage for historical records about Breel's Armageddon. The official account of the war was very simple, and no clues could be found in the bushes. Zeng Jun then opened the player forum and typed in the three keywords "Buried Bones", "Blair", and "Gru" on the search page, but still did not find any useful information.

"The historical materials in the Royal Library should be recorded in detail, if only I could go in and look them up." Bing Lan also gave up hope of looking for clues on the Internet, and said with some regret.

"I think I might be able to get into the library, but the establishment of the Kingdom of Crane was more than 1,000 years later than the fall of Waitrell, and there may not be relevant historical records in it, so don't expect too much, or think of ways from other aspects." Zeng Jun said.

The royal library of the Kingdom of Crane is located in the palace of the city of Babel, and according to Zeng Jun's current title, he can freely enter and exit this library with a rich collection of books, but the data room used to treasure some precious historical materials in the library belongs to one of the most secret places in the Kingdom of Crane, not to mention the viscount, even the earl or even the marquis can not enter casually. However, if there was a warrant from the Duke of Erathia, it would be a different matter.

When Zeng Jun showed the administrator of the reference room the warrant signed by the Duke of Erathia himself, the administrator of the reference room, Count Bobion, who hid a pair of small gray eyes behind thick spectacle lenses, did not embarrass Zeng Jun, and took the trouble to repeat to Zeng Jun three times the complicated management regulations such as all books and materials cannot be borrowed, photographed, or recorded, before opening the door and letting Zeng Jun enter.

Afterwards, Zeng Jun learned that the Kingdom of Klan was not really extravagant enough to appoint an earl to personally manage the data room, and that Bobion's title of earl was just an honorary title, and he did not really enjoy the treatment that an imperial earl should have, but it was just a special commendation given to him by Fabia XI for taking care of the data room for decades without any mistakes.

The historical materials in the royal library of the Kingdom of Crane are vast, and almost all the important historical events that occurred in every era from prehistoric civilization to modern times are recorded in detail, and to Zeng Jun's surprise, the history of more than 1,000 years from the fall of Waitreal to the beginning of the establishment of the Kingdom of Crane has also opened a separate file to record the important historical events that occurred during this period.

Zeng Jun was like a treasure, and buried himself in reading this volume of history three times from beginning to end word for word, for fear of missing any details.

Six hours later, a dizzy Zeng Jun closed the book and left the library disappointed, because he had not found any valuable news in that history book.

Bing Lan suggested that he should go to the royal library of Shengrui City, the collection of books in each national library is different, and the historians of each country have different views on those historical events in the past, and the materials that cannot be found in the royal library of the Kingdom of Crane may be found in the library of the Kingdom of Shengrui. Moreover, the Luming Empire, where Gru was located back then, was the predecessor of the Shengrui Kingdom, and the relevant information about the empire sending Gru to the battlefield should also be preserved.

After replenishing some energy offline, Zeng Jun walked into the east gate teleportation array of Tongtian City with three mission items and the expectations of other team members, and the target was Shengrui City!

In a flash of light, Zeng Jun reappeared outside the east gate teleportation array of Shengrui City, visiting the second largest city in China for the second time, Zeng Jun was still not in the mood to enjoy the scenery of Shengrui City this time, and walked in the direction of the Shengrui City Palace with a heavy heart, not knowing if Gru's two relics could be used as his pass to enter the Shengrui Palace and the Royal Library Reference Room.

When he came to the gate of the palace, he was unsurprisingly blocked by the guards.

"Hello, I am an adventurer from the city of Tongtian, and in the course of my adventure, I accidentally found a relic of the great swordsman of the former dynasty to protect the country, and I want to present it to the historian of the Shengrui Empire in person, I hope you can pass it on on my behalf." Zeng Jun said to the palace guards in standard character language.

After receiving the order of the captain of the guard, one of the guards turned and walked towards the palace, and after a while he returned again and told Zeng Jun that the Marquis of Harbor, who was in charge of the historical records of Shengrui City, had promised to see him, and led Zeng Jun all the way to the gate of the royal library of the Shengrui Kingdom.

The other party was obviously very interested in what Zeng Jun had in his hand, and when Zeng Jun came to the door of the library, the Marquis of Harbor was already waiting at the door, and after seeing Zeng Jun, he immediately came up to greet Zeng Jun very enthusiastically as if he had seen his own father, and couldn't wait to invite Zeng Jun in to talk to him.

"This is really something left behind by the Great Sword Master of Gru, great! Dear adventurer, your courage and strength are very astonishing, I can't imagine that such a precious thing has been found by you, which will be of great help to our research on the life and deeds of the Great Sword Master of Gru, I mean, if you are willing to give us this item, of course, I will give you an unusually rich reward according to the rules. After confirming the authenticity of the item, Marquis Harbor couldn't suppress his excitement, and said to Zeng Jun quickly.

"I wonder what kind of reward the Marquis can give me?" Zeng Jun asked tentatively.

"You can choose a reward from this that interests you, and in addition, the Shengrui Kingdom will also grant you the title of Honorary Marquis, although the gold content of this honorary Marquis may not be as good as the real viscount you obtained in the Kingdom of Crane, but with this title, I can guarantee that you will be more comfortable in the future in the Shengrui Kingdom." Harbor, and an option dialog box immediately appeared in front of Zeng Jun.

Zeng Jun glanced at the contents of the options dialog, and the other party provided more than 20 choices, ranging from the best equipment, advanced skill books, a lot of prestige and experience, the best pets, the best mounts, to precious items such as chrysoberyls and positioning teleportation scrolls.

Among them, the most attractive to Zeng Jun is the [Mystery of Knights] and two skill upgrade books, the former can add another top class to the Dawn Guild, and the latter can upgrade Zeng Jun's existing skills into more advanced skills, Zeng Jun also specially consulted the knowledgeable Marquis of Harbor's skill upgrade, after the upgrade of the Heavenly Thunder Fury, it will become a thunderbolt with greater lethality and a greater killing range, and now the ice thorn skill upgrade that is not very practical will become Glacier Wanli, The lethality and slow effects will also be greatly increased.

"Of course, if you're not satisfied with these rewards, we can talk about it again." Seeing that Zeng Jun didn't speak, the NPC said tentatively.

"In addition to the rewards you have provided above, I will also have the opportunity to enter the library of the Royal Library of the Shengrui Kingdom, even if it is only once." Zeng Jun replied.

"This is impossible, I can allow you to enter the Royal Library, but the important documents and archives stored in the data room are related to state secrets, and outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter, do you know that if you are not in charge of the work of historical records, as my marquis, I will not be able to enter and consult the materials inside, not to mention that you are an adventurer from afar in the city of Tongtian."

"What if you add this?" Zeng Jun took out Gru's shield and shook it in front of Harbor's eyes, what Zeng Jun showed the other party just now was the Gru's breastplate left by Wu Taotao.

"This, are you saying that the relics of the Great Swordsman of Gru that you got are not one, but two?" Harbor's eyes widened, and he looked at the shield in Zeng Jun's hand in surprise.

"You're right, and I can tell you that on the back of this shield is a line carved by Archswordsman Gru with his fingers before he died." Zeng Jun flipped the shield over for the NPC to see, but flipped the shield back before the other party could see the content of the text.

"You, you wait, I can't do this, I have to ask His Majesty the King for advice." After Harbor finished speaking, he hurried out of the library, presumably to the council hall to find the old man of the king.

After a while, Harbor brought back the king's will, not to mention two, even if he mastered the relics of Duogru, it was impossible to get the opportunity to enter the data room. However, the old man of the king was also very smart, and said that without touching state secrets, he could let Habord answer a few questions from Zeng Jun, and if Habor's answer could not satisfy Zeng Jun, they could do without Zeng Jun's things.

Zeng Jun gladly agreed to this condition, he entered the data room just to inquire about some information related to the task, if he could learn this information from Habor's mouth, the result of progressing into the data room would be the same. And Zeng Jun still has some luck at this time, no matter whether Habor's answer satisfies him or not, he can pretend to be dissatisfied, and don't hand over Gru's relics to them.