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Chapter 1453 - 1454: Different Perspectives on the Backstory

Chapter 1453: Chapter 1454: Different Perspectives on the Backstory

(To be modified later) Foreign outsiders claim this is the consequence of deceit, and they threaten the King with death or kidnap members of the royal family to force the King to reveal the whereabouts of The Most Beautiful Gemstone. However, Moon City never had The Most Beautiful Gemstone, so the King can only face death.

A lot of people died at that time, and the royal lineage suffered greatly. It was only when the outsiders realized they could not get any answers that they left in a furious rage.

The successor was the Sixth King. The experiences of the Sixth King and the subsequent seventh, eighth, and ninth kings were a repeat of the final experiences of the Fifth King, with the intervals between each occurrence becoming shorter and shorter.

"No matter what method we employ, we cannot gain the trust of the outsiders. Whether we provide the white gemstone or not, the royal family will face another massacre," the young King choked out. "Tomorrow, someone will surely steal that white gemstone, and maybe by tomorrow night, they’ll return to kill me..."

Numerous letters confirmed the truth of what the Moon City King had spoken. In the exceptionally tense atmosphere, Xu Huo picked up the final letter of the Third King, looking at the illustration of The Most Beautiful Gemstone depicted on it, and asked, "Did the attendant who returned at that time ever mention the size, weight, or any other characteristics of The Most Beautiful Gemstone?"

"Most of the attendants who followed the Third King in the search for the gemstone had died. The last attendant who returned to Moon City contracted an illness and died after two days of high fever," Duke answered on their behalf.

"Are you certain the gemstone borrowed from Jewel City was The Most Beautiful Gemstone?" Xu Huo asked again. "No one in Moon City has seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone."

This left the people of Moon City speechless for a moment before Duke replied, "We have asked those who have seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone, and their descriptions match."

"The same as the one you borrowed from Jewel City?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. f(r)eew(e)bnovel.(c)o(m)

"That’s right," Duke said. "I believe that because Jewel City doesn’t have a white gemstone with such a shimmering flow, that piece was considered the most beautiful. However, that piece wasn’t the one the Third King lost."

With differing accounts on both sides, one of them was undoubtedly lying.

"How was The Most Beautiful Gemstone returned?" Xu Huo paused and asked.

"To show due respect, we also dispatched a Guard Squad to Jewel City, and it was sent into the castle," Duke said. "Both sides signed and sealed the agreement. If we hadn’t returned the gemstone, the people of Jewel City wouldn’t have allowed us to come back with this document."

Xu Huo couldn’t help but nod, "Indeed, that’s the case."

There were no signs of forgery on the letter. The account concerning The Most Beautiful Gemstone roughly matched the description given by the people of Moon City. The problem was that the people of Moon City did not know what the Third King described as "The Most Beautiful Gemstone" looked like, or if it matched the one from Jewel City. The accounts from those in Jewel City who had seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone were similar to what the people of Moon City had seen.

Interestingly, the King of Jewel City provided vague accounts regarding The Most Beautiful Gemstone. Normally, players who had previously taken the gemstone from Moon City should have returned it to Jewel City. However, they ultimately claimed to have been deceived by Moon City. This implies that Jewel City confirmed that the white gemstone from Moon City was not The Most Beautiful Gemstone. Although the King of Jewel City had seen the returned gemstone many times, he remained silent about visiting Moon City to retrieve The Most Beautiful Gemstone. Instead, misinformation was provided—if the white gemstone was truly as described, with radiant splendor, it was indeed unlike any gemstone from Jewel City, and anyone with eyes could differentiate it.

"Do you have any understanding of the origins of Jewel City?" he asked instead.

Moon City had another perspective on the appearance of Jewel City.

The residents whom the King of Jewel City mentioned had supposedly turned from dolls into humans, a claim that received indirect evidence because, according to Moon City, Jewel City appeared out of nowhere, suddenly migrating with a vast number of people, along with endless wealth. In fact, due to the abundance of gemstones with nowhere to store them, they were used to build the city and houses.

But the dragon legend associated with Jewel City tells a different story. The dragon legend actually refers to a gang of thieves who plundered homes and occupied mines, amassing a considerable fortune. Surrounding nations couldn’t do anything about them, and even proposed that whoever could kill these thieves would own the treasure. This proposal was recognized by several nations that were deeply troubled at the time.

Ultimately, the thieves suddenly vanished, and shortly thereafter, Jewel City appeared.

Thinking of it in succession, perhaps the builders of Jewel City were the ones who killed the thieves. It was only that Moon City never expected that those thieves would have so many gemstones, such beautiful gemstones, far exceeding those painstakingly searched for by Moon City and others. The only matchable one could possibly be the white gemstone found by the Third King.

At this point, Xu Huo suddenly asked, "How many people did the Third King initially take out to search for gemstones?"

"Including the maids and attendants, about a hundred people," Duke replied.

"Besides The Most Beautiful Gemstone, did the Third King mention any other gemstones?" Xu Huo asked again.

"No, he didn’t." Duke nodded.

More than a hundred people, yet only one attendant survived in the end. Even if they encountered large beasts multiple times, this shouldn’t happen. Moreover, if the situation was dire halfway, the King should have sent someone back for help. It wasn’t wise to look for gemstones in the forest with only a few people.

"Did the Third King always entrust the caravan with transporting the white gemstone and the letters?"

"Yes, according to the caravan, the journey took a considerable amount of time. That’s why the king entrusted the job to the caravan."

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"Are you certain the gemstone borrowed from Jewel City was The Most Beautiful Gemstone?" Xu Huo asked again. "No one in Moon City has seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone."

This left the people of Moon City speechless for a moment before Duke replied, "We have asked those who have seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone, and their descriptions match."

"The same as the one you borrowed from Jewel City?" Xu Huo raised an eyebrow.

"That’s right," Duke said. "I believe that because Jewel City doesn’t have a white gemstone with such a shimmering flow, that piece was considered the most beautiful. However, that piece wasn’t the one the Third King lost."

With differing accounts on both sides, one of them was undoubtedly lying. fre.ewebnov el.com

"How was The Most Beautiful Gemstone returned?" Xu Huo paused and asked.

"To show due respect, we also dispatched a Guard Squad to Jewel City, and it was sent into the castle," Duke said. "Both sides signed and sealed the agreement. If we hadn’t returned the gemstone, the people of Jewel City wouldn’t have allowed us to come back with this document."

Xu Huo couldn’t help but nod, "Indeed, that’s the case."

There were no signs of forgery on the letter. The account concerning The Most Beautiful Gemstone roughly matched the description given by the people of Moon City. The problem was that the people of Moon City did not know what the Third King described as "The Most Beautiful Gemstone" looked like, or if it matched the one from Jewel City. The accounts from those in Jewel City who had seen The Most Beautiful Gemstone were similar to what the people of Moon City had seen.