Mystery: The Last Shepherd.

Chapter 574 The New Blasphemy Card

Chapter 574 The New Blasphemy Card

Sunia Sea, Black Lake Island ruins.

The "mysterious queen" Bernadette was unaware that Cattleya was being interrogated in her dream. At that moment, she was being led into the cabin of the "Black Throne" by Luze and Antia.

As she gazed at the interior of the cabin, a look of nostalgia gradually crept onto her face.

"Yes, this is it..."

She murmured to herself, looking around as she walked, then stopped in front of a corridor, pointing to the wall, "I remember there used to be a silk armchair here... I used to like sitting in there and looking at the sea view through the window across the way..."

"Are you talking about a blue silk armchair?"

"Antia asked."

"Yes, it is now..."

"I threw it away a long time ago."

"Like everything else that Rossel left here, I tore it up and threw it into the depths of the Misty Sea," Miss Angel said coldly, completely ignoring Bernadette's expression.

A flash of anger crossed Bernadette's eyes, but it quickly died down.

"I'm so sorry, my father caused you so much suffering..."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Antia glared at Luze, probably annoyed that he had revealed her secrets. "Finish your business and leave. I don't want to have anything to do with Roselle anymore."

"...Understood."

What else could Bernadette say? She could only nod in agreement and gesture for Luze to lead the way to the locked room. The room was just as it had been before, with the door tightly shut and a chessboard half-finished in front of it.

Bernadette stared at the chessboard, momentarily stunned, then a look of nostalgia and sadness crossed her face.

"So, it was here..."

She really does know chess.

Lu Ze thought to himself, "Rossel wouldn't have left this chess game without a reason. Besides his descendants who are transmigrators, the only people most likely to understand this kind of thing are his family and friends."

"Your Majesty, do you know how to play this kind of chess?"

He quickly asked.

Bernadette nodded first, then shook her head.

"He did teach me the rules of this game. I don't know why, but unlike the other things he invented, this game wasn't spread around. It was just used by me to play with him and pass the time."

Her eyes held memories.

"How well do you understand this type of game? Can you checkmate the opponent's black pieces?"

Lu Ze asked expectantly.

"I'll give it a try."

Bernadette looked down at the chessboard and muttered something under her breath. Soon, semi-transparent text appeared and surrounded her, including symbols and numbers.

After a moment, she shook her head. "Unfortunately, according to my calculations, White is already in a dead end. No matter what moves she makes, she will only be checkmated."

How is that possible?

Did Roselle leave a locked door?

What is he trying to do, mess with me?

Luze was momentarily incredulous, staring at Bernadette speechlessly. Antia's reaction was even more intense, her eyebrows raised as if she were about to unleash a torrent of abuse.

"But it's okay."

Upon seeing this, Beldina immediately spoke up, "Just because I can't checkmate the black pieces doesn't mean I can't break the deadlock."

After saying that, she walked straight forward under their gazes, grabbed the bottom of the chessboard, and flipped it over!

"Splash..."

The chess pieces scattered all over the floor, rolling around in the cabin and making a sound.

"He told me that if you can't win a game, just flip the chessboard over..." Facing Lu Ze's astonished gaze, the mysterious queen revealed a rare smile, "I didn't expect it to come in handy here."

Flipping the table... very Russell-esque... but is it really a good idea to teach your daughter something like that?

Lu Ze thought to himself as he looked down at the chessboard.

Sure enough, the rolling chess pieces did not return to their original positions as before. Instead, they gathered together and turned into a brass key, which floated up automatically and was inserted into the door to be turned.

With a crisp "click," the door opened.

Luze and Bernadette exchanged a glance, and she went in first, followed by the other two.

The room was a typical captain's cabin, with a desk and bookshelves. Nautical charts lay open on the desk, topped with pens, magnifying glasses, and nautical items such as sextants. If one had to pinpoint anything different, this room was more luxurious than a typical captain's cabin.

From those gilded vases, high-end wooden furniture, and jewel-encrusted nautical equipment, one can roughly discern the former luxury of their users.

"Tsk."

Antia's face immediately turned disgusted upon seeing the room's decor, and she didn't even want to enter the room.

Following behind the Queen, Luze entered the room and immediately noticed a peculiar playing card on the desk, shimmering with a flowing spiritual light. On the surface of the card was a strange image:

A colossal figure, as large as a mountain, stood amidst the orange light. His limbs were abnormally long, and he wore tattered silver armor. The longsword in the giant's hand seemed to embody the light of dusk, yet also seemed poised to bring dawn to the world. And his face was none other than Roselle, whose eyes gleamed with an orange-yellow light.

Starlight condensed, forming the following text at the top of the playing card:

[Sequence 0, Twilight Giant]

A new "blasphemy card"!

Twilight Giant... Judging from this attire, it seems to be a blasphemous card of the Warrior path?

Lu Ze looked at the card and quickly made a mental deduction.

However, Bernadette showed little interest in the card; upon entering the room, she merely picked it up, glanced at it, and then put it down. She summoned several unseen servants to search the entire room.

Books, nautical logs, nautical charts... all the information was recorded by the servants and presented to Beldina's "Eye of Secrets".

The "mysterious queen" maintained her composure as she quickly scanned the information.

"Did you find what you were looking for?"

Lu Ze asked.

The latter shook his head.

"It's not clear yet."

She frowned and said, "You can keep that playing card, but can I take these documents with me?"

"Sure, please make yourself at home."

Luze glanced back at Antia, who nodded impatiently, seemingly unwilling to leave anything related to Roselle.

At this moment, the invisible servants' search of the room finally came to an end. They discovered a hidden compartment behind the bookshelf and pulled out a black, locked box from it, which quickly caught the attention of the two.

The keyhole on this box is exactly the same as the key to the Black Throne in Luze's hand.

But when Lu Ze tentatively inserted it, some strange rule immediately took effect, causing the key to pop out.

"This box seems to be testing my spirituality."

Lu Ze frowned, recalling his experience. "I felt like it was telling me that I could only open it at Sequence 3."