In the east wing of the ruined castle, there was another courtyard like the one Jacob discovered.
At this moment, inside the worship room with a broken statue of a priest's skeleton.
Five black-clad figures were looking at a hologram map projected of the star watch of a 1.9-meter-tall person.
"Team Leader, are you sure this place is abandoned and no dark beings are patrolling this area?" Skull No. A-501's whispered in a grave tone.
After he revealed the Killer Skull Society's ability to hold those dark beings back for ten years in the secret trial space in the castle, the other freedom lords had no choice but to comply with their demands since it was a matter of countless lives and their entire heritage.
So, with Skull No. A-501, a team of five, was formed to infiltrate the castle through a secret passage the Golden Swords Freedom Lord had discovered by accident which led straight inside the outer castle.
This team's job was to reach the secret room and then figure out how to clear the condition there in ten years, or they will naturally die horribly from the enraged dark beings.
However, this task was much easier said than done because they needed to reach that place in one piece before they could use the secret trump card of killer skull society.
But more importantly, they needed to draw the attention of the Lich King and the Wight Minister. At least they needed to draw away the Lich King from the secret room, or these five won't be enough, and they would die before they could even step inside that room.
That's why the Dark Annihilation Army will launch an all-out attack. Even Freedom Lords will participate in it, so Lich King had no choice but to leave the castle since Lich Minister and two Dark Knights weren't enough to hold back more than one freedom lord.
Meanwhile, these five had to figure out how to reach their destination before the Dark Beings could determine their true motives.
These five were highly proficient in stealth arts, and the Team Leader was a mysterious existence from the Ice Nation called the Maroon Assassin, selected by the Golden Sword Freedom Lord himself.
Maroon Assassin's face was hidden behind a metal mask, and his eyes were also hidden behind an obscure lens in his mask. He coldly replied, hearing No.501's question in his harsh voice, "Are you questioning Lord Golden Swords' words and my ability?"
No.501 felt a chill run down his spine as if a hunter stared at him and quickly replied briskly, "Team Leader, I'm just concerned that's all because if we fail, we won't get another chance. Please forgive me if I offended you."
Maroon Assassin coldly stated, "If you're afraid of death, then hand over the item and the usage method and then scram. We'll do it on our own. You are only here because of the person behind you, and if you slow us down, I'll be the first one to get rid of you!"
The other three remain stoic without saying anything since they are all terrifying figures, while No.501 is only an Extraordinary-Tier-2 among them. He was only here because the 'item' and its usage matter were only known to him.
So, they can't get rid of them either for now.
But this didn't mean they would let this guy push them around. This mission was critical, and they were under strict orders to eliminate any threat.
They were even allowed to kill 501 if he appeared to be a nuisance and then bring back that item without exposing this passage.
However, if he cooperated, they were not allowed to touch him, and they knew better than their fates were also dependent on this, or they didn't mind killing him and then confiscating the item.
"Please do your thing Team Leader. I'll keep my mouth shut." No.501 didn't speak anymore, but a hint of viciousness flashed past his eyes, 'Hmph, once I get into that room, I'll let you know what real arrogance is!'
Maroon Assassin then didn't pay any attention to him either and kept looking at the scanning hologram map.
After ten minutes, a miniature map appeared with lots of blue dots.
Maroon Assassin coldly looked at the four and said, "All these blue dots are undead, and as you can see, there are over hundreds of them in five hundred meters around us.
"Our mission is to distract them all while causing a massive commotion before the army attack starts and draw Lich King out.
"I want you four to set up explosives in these areas where there is no undead. Remember this map well. I'll be going deeper to set explosive where the sane zombies are.
"We only had one chance, so I don't want any of you to mess up, or I'll be the first one to come after you. Is that clear?"
The four gravely nodded under Maroon Assassin's piercing gaze!
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Back to the secret underground room,
After deciding to try destroying the crown, Jacob didn't take immediate action and first sat down to replenish his energy.
He didn't was any misshape to happen if something went wrong.
He also ate the Wyvern meat, which was as hard as rubber, but he felt like an energy blast had gone ablaze in his body when he consumed it.
Just eating half a pound gave Jacob as much energy as the entire vial of rare titan tears he currently had, or even more.
Furthermore, there was a strange heat energy in that meat which would've burned his organs without his powerful digesting ability.
'So, this is the meat of a peak extraordinary specie.' Jacob wiped a slight blood from the corner of his lips as they curled up.
Despite feeling like his body was on fire, he was feeling full of vitality and strength. He knew he didn't have to worry about consuming his energy and then won't be able to replenish it for a while now. Which simply means he could go wild if he wanted to!
Jacob then started to use that excess energy to practice the next level of fluid acceleration. He wasn't in a hurry anymore.
This place was still safe, and even if someone discovered it, those spiders would be the first ones to notice if any of them still hadn't burned yet.
After meditating for an entire day, Jacob finally opened his eyes which were filled with fiery vitality and coldness as he looked at the hovering crown.
He stood up, and a long silver sword appeared in his hand as he made his way toward the crown.
He stopped a meter away from the crown, and his heartbeat started to rise while he tightly gripped the sword's hilt.
Jacob wanted to finish it with a single blow because he was afraid that something might happen if he couldn't destroy the crown in a single blow.
Furthermore, he was going to destroy the head underneath as well, just to be saved. Because there was another possibility that this head should be the Queen, and a Queen could also be considered a King's Dignity.
So, he just wanted to make sure he won't leave any room for error.
Lastly, if he was wrong, he could only run and find the last condition.
He didn't know what would happen if someone destroyed a conditioned place without knowing what to do, but he was certain that it might never be restored or those dark beings won't be waiting for 400 years to clear the already found condition.
With 6X acceleration, Jacob held the sword with both hands and held it high in a slashing position before he hacked the blade down as it vibrated through the air and turned into a silver streak.
'Boommmm…'
A piercing sound suddenly reverberated in the entire corridor before the eerie sound of glass shattering by a sharp object rang.
The moment Jacob's sword landed on the crown, he was shocked because the hovering crown remained infective for a moment as cracks started to appear on it, and like glass, it shattered, and his sword landed on the statue head below.
However, the moment the sword touched the stone statue, it bound back, sending Jacob flying toward the mural wall!
Jacob was barely able to avoid the powerful impact and landed on his feet. He looked at the statue's head with astonishment while his hands felt numb.
But his eyes dilated when he saw the broken pieces of crown suddenly trembling on the ground, and the next moment thereafter, they turned into gold dust.
The gold dust seemed attracted by a mysterious force and started gathering around the statue's head.
Under Jacob's baffled eyes, the gold dust started to take shape around the head of this statue.
When the shape was finished, he was even more amazed because the gold dust was shaped into the same crown he had just destroyed, and now it started to congeal!