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Liu Tianyu sighed for a moment, then continued walking in the direction of the map.

"Yes, this is the place. It's guarded, and heavily fortified!"

Moreover, the building itself is quite beautiful, even just from the outside, and it's brightly lit like daytime; there must be something good inside. But why are the guards a group of fully armed female soldiers?

Following the map, Liu Tianyu quickly arrived at a key location. When he saw a group of fully armed female soldiers guarding the building, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

"No, no, no, it's heavily guarded, and all of them are female soldiers. Plus, the buildings are so luxurious and magnificent. Hehehe, I know where this is. No wonder Medolu marked it as a key location!"

After thinking for a moment, Liu Tianyu revealed a meaningful smile:

Should we surprise Princess Freya tonight?

Chapter 124 The Little Secrets of the Gioral Court [Two Chapters Combined]

"No! Let's calm down! Although I'm confident I can take care of these female soldiers, this place is brightly lit, and we might alert them. Let's try another place!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Tianyu decided to give up his plan to surprise Princess Tutu.

However, giving up now doesn't mean he won't give her a surprise in the future. After all, in his heart, the scumbag princess is already on his list.

"Okay, so where should we go next?"

After noting down the location of Freya's palace, Liu Tianyu took out the map again, preparing to head to the next marked location.

"Yes, the important location in the northwest is closest to Freya's palace, so that's the place."

After regaining his bearings, Liu Tianyu cautiously began his stealth journey once again.

"Damn it, I can't hold it in anymore, you keep an eye on us for now!"

Just as Liu Tianyu was about to reach an important location in the northwest, he encountered another patrol team.

However, two of the guards in this patrol team seemed to have to relieve themselves. After quickly calling out to the last guard, they rushed directly towards Cheshuo.

"Hey! Tsk, after running off to the banquet tonight to clean up the nobles' leftovers, this is the mess you've made. You're like a wild boar that can't stomach fine food!"

Watching the two flee for their lives, the last remaining guard sneered and then stood guard in place, waiting for their return. Little did he know that he had been targeted.

"Tsk tsk, should I let you leave work early, or should I lay you off early? It's such a dilemma!"

Standing on the ceiling, Liu Tianyu looked at the remaining Imperial Guards and fell into deep thought.

"Alright, I'm a kind-hearted person, so I'll let you go home for now. If it gets out that you're really laid off, that would be really bad, like a crow taking a flight!"

After thinking it over, Liu Tianyu jumped down from the ceiling and shouted.

"?!"

Hearing the noise coming from the ceiling, the Imperial Guard involuntarily looked up, and his last conscious thought was of a gleaming mace coming toward his face!

"Boom!"

Having taken a blow from the sky, the Imperial Guard, who wasn't even wearing a helmet, was knocked unconscious, his face even dented by the blow.

"I held back on that blow, so he shouldn't be dead, right?"

Seeing the silent Imperial Guards, Liu Tianyu quickly reached out to check their breathing.

"Well, at least you're still breathing. As for your equipment, I'll gladly accept it. You'll have to make do in the bushes tonight!"

After confirming that the Imperial Guard was not dead, Liu Tianyu immediately stripped off his plate armor and instantly put it on himself using his system ability.

Finally, the guards, now only wearing thin clothes, were thrown into the overgrown garden.

"With this skin, things will be much easier from now on."

"As expected of the system, handling loot is so convenient. This guy's size and height are completely different from mine, yet this plate armor seems tailor-made for me."

After casually praising the system, Liu Tianyu headed towards the important location in the northwest corner.

"Could this tall tower be a military barracks? This is the place shown on the map. A military barracks is indeed an important place, but it seems a bit out of place in the royal palace!"

Looking at the towering clock tower in front of him, Liu Tianyu's expression turned somewhat grim.

But since we're already here, we might as well go in and take a good look. Who knows, there might be something special inside.

"..."

The guards at the entrance of the barracks were already yawning at Liu Tianyu's arrival. They didn't even pay attention to him and let him push open the gate and walk into the barracks.

"The defense is really lax. Not only are there no passwords for questioning, but even the guards on duty look like they're dozing off."

Once inside the barracks, Liu Tianyu gave a scathing critique of Gioral's Imperial Guard.

"Da da da!"

Liu Tianyu, wearing iron boots, carefully walked up the stairs and arrived at the barracks' cellar.

The upper floors of the barracks are all for soldiers to rest and train; how could there be any hidden space there?

"So that's how it is. It's not just a barracks; there's also an armory down there. I originally thought it would be a wine cellar or something."

However, in that case, it is indeed an important location.

Looking at the dazzling array of swords, spears, halberds, helmets, and armor before him, Liu Tianyu couldn't help but nod.

"However, although the weapons here are exquisitely crafted, there are no enchanted weapons. Moreover, the Imperial Guards we encountered along the way also did not have enchanted weapons or armor. What is going on?"

I don't believe King Prom didn't have the money to replace his royal guards' enchanted weapons. As for the enchanting technique? He himself is a powerful magic knight, and his daughter is a hero of magic; enchanting is a piece of cake for them.

Looking at the weapons and equipment in front of him, none of which were enchanted, Liu Tianyu narrowed his eyes.

"I don't need these weapons and equipment. With the gold and silver mountains given to me by the Star Spirit, I'm not short of money. Let's just keep them sealed here for now!"

However, we still need to leave a mark on them first, and then give King Prom a little surprise once everything is ready!

Seemingly having thought of something interesting, Liu Tianyu slowly walked into the weapons and equipment and began to use his energy to "enchant" them!

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Tianyu finally stopped what he was doing after "enchanting" yet another sword. His long black hair was already soaked with sweat.

"Phew... Damn it, I've only 'enchanted' a few dozen items and my energy is already completely depleted? This is far from enough to give King Prom a little surprise!"

Liu Tianyu glanced at his spoils and shook his head.

"Alright, I'm exhausted. Let's call it a day and get back to my room quickly to avoid any accidents."

After wiping away the cold sweat, Liu Tianyu took a deep look at the armory and then turned and left.

"Crack!"

Hearing the sound of the door lock turning while sitting on the bed, Medoru immediately stood up warily.

"Medoru, nothing unexpected happened, right?"

After Liu Tianyu, dressed in Imperial Guard armor, opened the door and came in, he asked Medolu.

"My lord? Yes, nothing unexpected happened. They just woke up once on the way, and I knocked them unconscious."

When Medolu saw that the person in question was Liu Tianyu, she didn't know why he was wearing Imperial Guard armor, but she still answered him respectfully.

"My lord, how was your haul tonight?"

Immediately, a smile appeared on Meiduolu's pretty face, which had been half-concealed, as she asked Liu Tianyu how the battle had gone that night.

"Not bad. I've already explored two locations, and they are indeed important places. Let's continue tomorrow night."

"Once the Sword Saint arrives and Kjaer heals him, I'll make a quick getaway and give the royal city of Geolar a huge surprise!"

After Liu Tianyu picked up the teapot on the table, poured himself a cup of water, drank it, and then smiled.

"Then, Your Excellency Marquis?"

Upon hearing "flee" from Liu Tianyu, Medolu's large, bright eyes fixed intently on Liu Tianyu's, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Don't worry! I'll definitely bring you along, after all, you're my best phoenix nest!"

After saying that, Liu Tianyu slapped Mei Duolu's round and perky breasts hard with his hand, making them instantly bouncy.

"My lord! Then please get some rest! Good night!"

Medolu gave a coquettish remark, then very sensibly walked out and locked the door behind her.

Watching Medolu's figure disappear, Liu Tianyu shrugged.

Then he glanced at the two little bitches still sleeping on his soft bed.

Without any tenderness, he threw them off the soft bed onto the cold ground, then tossed his Imperial Guard uniform into his inventory before comfortably drifting off to sleep.

Won't doing this make him feel guilty? Ha, would you feel guilty for forcibly pounce on me?

"Ang ang ang..."

In any case, Liu Tianyu himself directly chose to enter the Ancient God's Sleep.

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"Tsk tsk, this guy is really pitiful!"

The next morning, when Liu Tianyu woke up, he saw the unlucky guy he had knocked out and stripped of his clothes the night before, now tied up and left to bake in the sun.

Besides him, two other colleagues of his who ran away halfway through the trip and had diarrhea were also tied up and exposed to the scorching sun last night.

And those two were even worse off. The guy who was stripped down to just his shirt at least wasn't wearing armor yet, while the other two were still wearing full sets of armor.

As the instigator of all this, Liu Tianyu watched with great interest, showing no awareness whatsoever of being a bad guy.

"Liu Tianyu, what are you looking at here?"

Just as Liu Tianyu was standing by the window admiring the show he had directed the night before, Freya's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Huh? Freya! Um, I was just wondering, what did those three soldiers do? Why were they treated so cruelly?"

Liu Tianyu asked Freya with a puzzled look on his face.

"Ah? They... well, last night they committed a serious dereliction of duty, so according to the laws of the Kingdom of Geolar, they certainly deserve this punishment."

Therefore, you don't need to sympathize with them; they brought this upon themselves. While I deeply regret this, the law is ultimately impartial!

Seeing Liu Tianyu's innocent expression, Freya, who had been wondering whether Liu Tianyu had been involved in last night's events, instantly lost her suspicions and then spoke with a compassionate expression.

"Is that so? That's a real shame!"

Liu Tianyu also shook his head with a look of pity.

"Oh, right, Freya, you still haven't told me what you wanted to see me about?"

"Hmph, you see, I almost forgot the purpose of my trip because of a few derelict soldiers. Here's the thing, I'd like to invite you to my tea party. Would you be interested?"

Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's question, Freya quickly steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"Well, I'm not really interested in tea or conversation, but since it's an invitation from your stunningly beautiful friend, Freya, I absolutely have to go!"

Liu Tianyu replied with a hint of shyness.

"A friend who is stunningly beautiful? Liu Tianyu, is that how you see our relationship? That's wonderful! Because of my status, I've always had very few friends."

It's so great to have a friend by my side now!

Upon hearing Liu Tianyu's answer, Freya's stunningly beautiful face was filled with emotion. Of course, only a genius would know what she was really thinking.

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"This is actually King Prom's palace, but why are there no guards here?"

Following the map, we arrived at the last important location. But the last important location was truly significant; it turned out to be the palace of King Prom, that old man.

The main reason is that compared to the luxurious palace of that scoundrel princess Freya, King Prom's palace was rather unremarkable, just like any other simple palace.

If it weren't for the portrait of King Prom hanging there, and the key locations marked on the map, he probably would have left long ago.

"Da da da……"

Liu Tianyu walked very carefully in the king's palace, his right emerald eye open, watching every move around him, afraid of missing anything crucial.

"Strange, not only is there no guard in the king's palace, but there isn't a single person here either. Moreover, even King Prom, that old man, isn't staying in his palace. Where have all these people gone?"

After scanning the area with his emerald eyes, Liu Tianyu felt even more puzzled. The king's palace was much smaller than Freya's, but that was only in comparison.

The king's palace lacks guards, and the servants are one thing, but the king himself is nowhere to be found. What the hell is going on?

"Wait! I knew it! There must be another secret. If it weren't for the Emerald Eye, I don't know how much effort it would take to find it."

Finally, heaven rewards the extraordinary. Under the constant scanning of the Emerald Eye, Liu Tianyu finally discovered a hidden mechanism in the king's palace.

After confirming with his emerald eyes that the area around the mechanism was safe, he went to the mural of King Prom and then stretched out his hands and turned them back and forth.