Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 490: Opening the Royal Tomb to Retrieve the Treasure (6)
But the nine butterfly doors in front of them were different from the nine butterfly doors they initially entered through. Or maybe they weren’t so different after all.
Moreover, their positions seemed slightly off, and yet, maybe not.
In reality, this was not the passage they had entered before, but a new one that Kuhn had specifically opened for them.
If the nine butterfly doors from before were the doors of life, then these were the doors of death meant to trap them, as there were far more dangerous traps here.
These nine butterfly doors were indeed different from the previous ones; the butterfly patterns on these doors and their positions were, in fact, slightly different.
However, these differences and displacements were very subtle, hard to detect, especially when in the eyes of these people, only the glittering treasures mattered, making them even less likely to notice.
Not only these people didn’t notice, but even the always cautious Virgil Davies didn’t detect it.
Seeing that the treasures in the hall had been mostly relocated, Virgil Davies also led Melody Parker out, together entering this death door opened by Kuhn.
The group walked slowly through the newly opened nine butterfly doors, entering a spacious hall similar to the one they had come from.
However, different directions in this spacious hall housed different stone gates.
Counting carefully, there were ten of them.
It was at this point that everyone realized something was amiss.
"This isn’t right, wasn’t it different when we came?"
"Yeah, weren’t there fewer stone gates then? Didn’t we just pass through a stone gate blocking our way and then...?"
Virgil Davies, with a cold face and sinister gaze, looked towards Kuhn, "Speak, what tricks are you playing?"
Kuhn, expressionless, ignored Virgil Davies’ question.
Virgil Davies grabbed Melody Parker, threatening with a grim expression, "Do you want your princess to die?"
Kuhn, with an icy gaze, looked at Virgil Davies and said coldly, "You cannot retrace your steps within the royal tomb unless you want everyone to stay here as burial sacrifices!"
Virgil Davies thought for a moment and scoffed, "Hm! I guess you wouldn’t dare to play any tricks!"
He looked at Kuhn, speaking coldly, "There are nine doors here, which one do we take to get out?"
Kuhn pointed to one of the nine doors, "That one."
As he spoke, he walked over and lightly pressed a button on the door.
With his action, the stone gate opened.
But surprisingly, behind that massive stone gate, there was only a passage just wide enough for one person to pass through.
Virgil Davies questioned coldly, "What’s going on?"
Kuhn looked at Virgil Davies, mocking coldly, "To prevent thieves, the royal tomb is designed with complexity; you can enter through the main gate, but to take treasures, you must leave through here."
Virgil Davies didn’t believe it, looking at Kuhn with a sinister gaze, "You better not fool me, or I’ll end your life in an instant!"
Kuhn no longer spoke, standing there coldly with an air of indifference.
Virgil Davies, disbelieving this mischief, casually pointed at one of the nine doors, instructing his subordinate, "You, try opening that."
The named person hesitated, "Grandfather Davies, I..."
Virgil Davies cast a deathly glance and raised his gun, "Go now, or die!"
The person trembled as they stepped forward, reaching out to press the button on the stone door.
Virgil Davies and all his subordinates had been on guard long before that person acted.
However, even with precaution, they were caught off guard.
As that person pressed down, countless arrows shot out from all directions of the palace...
Several people failed to dodge and immediately lost their lives.
Virgil Davies was in peril, looking at Kuhn, "What’s happening?"
Kuhn ignored him, quietly standing beside Melody Parker.
It was only then that Virgil Davies noticed the anomaly: the position where Melody Parker and this young man stood, managed to avoid all the arrows, indicating a completely safe zone...
Realizing something, Virgil Davies’ gaze grew colder.
He looked at Kuhn, questioning, "You knew all along!"
Kuhn neither confirmed nor denied it, ignoring Virgil Davies’ question, and looked at the small door he opened, "As I said, if you want to leave with the treasures, you can only go from there."
Virgil Davies: "..."
If he could, he would have liked to shoot the young man in front of him.
But for now, they hadn’t safely left the royal tomb, and just now his actions caused him to lose over twenty subordinates.
Virgil Davies looked at Kuhn, seeking confirmation, "If we take this path, we’ll surely be able to get out?"
Kuhn spoke coldly, "Exit this passageway, and you’ll reach the outside world."
After saying that, he sarcastically added, "But if you don’t believe me, you can try the other eight doors one by one."
Virgil Davies, exasperated, had no choice but to coldly command, "Take all the treasures and exit through there!"
"Yes!" Virgil Davies’ subordinates complied, callously dividing the treasures carried out by those who died.
As they lined up, ready to carry the treasures through the narrow passage one by one, Virgil Davies coldly called out, "Wait!"
Halting the queue, Virgil Davies looked at Kuhn, "You go first!"
He needed the young man to lead the way while he followed last with Melody Parker, to effectively prevent any trickery!
Little did Virgil Davies know, his thoughts had long been anticipated.
His arrangement was exactly in line with Melody Parker and Kuhn’s plan.
Kuhn looked at Melody Parker.
Melody Parker nodded, "I’m fine, do as he says."
Kuhn nodded and entered the narrow passage first.
After he entered, the remaining eighty or so subordinates of Virgil Davies followed one by one.
Virgil Davies had Melody Parker go second to last, while he himself walked at the very end.
No one saw Kuhn quickly press a spot as he entered the passage.
The passage was very dark, the view confined to what was in sight, only the scene before the eyes...
As they walked, Melody Parker suddenly halted.
Virgil Davies looked at her, coldly questioning, "Why have you stopped?"
Melody Parker turned to him, uncertainly inquiring, "If I let you take the treasures out, will you really give me the antidote?" 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Turns out, Melody Parker stopped for the antidote!
Of course, he wouldn’t give her the antidote, otherwise, how could he control her, or gain the power of Whitehill?
But naturally, he wouldn’t say that to her.
Virgil Davies smiled, looking at Melody Parker, "Don’t worry, beauty, as long as I can take the treasures away, I will hand over the antidote with both hands!"
Melody Parker didn’t believe him, skeptically asking, "Are you telling the truth?"
