171: Chapter 171 Infiltrating the Crown Prince's Residence

"You are the one who tried to kill Lord Governor, yet you still deny it!" Blant pointed at Spike and roared.

"You ordered me to poison Lord Governor, and you even told me to drag them to your dungeon!" A Bao glared fiercely at Spike and said.

"Hmph, what nonsense! I don't even know any Governor, why would I order you to poison them and throw them in the dungeon? That's ridiculous! I've never seen them, nor have I ever taken anyone to the dungeon!" Spike said with displeasure.

"Enough, A Bao. Do you have any evidence? Without evidence, accusing a Prince is a capital offense!" Vesemir pointed at A Bao and said with a hint of anger.

"I... I don't have evidence. He always gives me verbal orders!" A Bao's voice gradually weakened.

"Ah, there are people this foolish!" Wei He couldn't help but internally complain.

"Then it is slander against the Prince! Guards, drag him away and lock him in the great prison to await judgment!" Vesemir commanded the guards.

"Father, wait!" Blant tried to say something more, but Vesemir interrupted him: "Blant, that's enough. If you have evidence, present it. If you don't, stop spouting nonsense here. I know you and Spike have some unpleasant history, but his punishment of you is for your own good. Do you know the Magical Beast Empire is in grave danger? At this critical moment, you actually lost the heavenly materials and earthly treasures we spent so long collecting. Are you worthy of all of us?"

"I'm sorry, Father!" Blant hung his head, looking full of remorse.

"Alright, all of you leave now. As for your supply issues, I have already discussed them with the ministers. You don't need to worry; we will provide the necessary supplies. You can all go now!" Vesemir said slowly, his tone showing exhaustion.

At the entrance of the grand hall, Spike was already waiting. Seeing Blant approach, Spike quickly stepped forward and said arrogantly: "Blant, I didn't expect you to truly compete with me for the throne. With just these few people from the Magic Empire, you dare to contend with me? You're overestimating yourself! You're a waste who doesn't even possess any Supernatural Ability energy. What do you have to compete with me? Haha ha!"

"Who wouldn't want to be King? Spike, being King doesn't strictly require a Supernatural Ability, hmph!" Blant snorted coldly and walked straight ahead.

"Fine, just you wait and see!" Spike looked at Blant's retreating back with disdain, not taking him seriously at all.

"Wow, this Spike is so arrogant. Is his strength very high?" Wei He looked curiously at Spike and asked the woman beside him.

"A sixth-tier magical beast. That's quite strong, about the same level as me!" Tang Xiaowei said casually.

"Wow, then he is very strong. Blant has no chance of winning!" Wei He said with a look of regret.

"No, doesn't Blant have your help? How could he lose?" Neme said irritably.

"Wow, I never knew you had such confidence in me!" Wei He looked at Neme with a moved expression.

"Alright, let's hurry up. Now that Blant and Spike have completely fallen out, he might be in danger!" Neme said while walking.

At Blant's Sixth Prince Mansion, Wei He looked at Blant with a puzzled expression and asked: "What did you lose that made Spike and your father so angry?"

"It was those heavenly materials and earthly treasures meant for Commander to enhance his strength. They were originally treasures gathered from across the entire continent by the Magical Beast Empire. But since Your Excellency has already enjoyed them, and such things are extremely rare with no substitute, I could only report them as lost!" Blant explained sincerely.

"Oh, those things. That must have been difficult for you!" Wei He smiled slightly to mask the awkwardness she felt inside.

"What about A Bao? He just falsely accused a Prince; he should be executed soon, right?" Linlin pouted, looking unhappy.

"When did you start caring about him so much? Didn't you want to kill him before?" Wei He looked at Linlin in disbelief.

"What? I just felt that letting him die so easily would be too lenient for him!" Linlin curled her lips dismissively.

"He won't die just like that. Dying like that would be too easy for him!" Wei He said confidently, looking very sure of herself.

In the Black Fortress City at night, moonlight illuminated the entire city, which was silent. The Jailer guarding the prison cell was already heavily drunk and lying on the ground, while A Bao had also fallen into a deep sleep.

Suddenly, a human-sized circular hole appeared on the ground. Huang Yichen shot out from inside. The movement startled A Bao awake. Upon opening his eyes and seeing Huang Yichen, A Bao quickly got up and said cheerfully: "Brother Huang, you've come to rescue me!"

"Mm, Commander, he told me to take you with me!" Huang Yichen said expressionlessly to A Bao.

"Good, let's go quickly!" A Bao said excitedly, and followed Huang Yichen into the underground hole. The ground then returned to its smooth appearance.

The next morning, the Jailer conducted his usual patrol of the dungeon but discovered that the serious offender A Bao, who had just been taken in yesterday, was missing. The bear-headed Beastman Jailer quickly opened the cell door and rushed in, but still could not find any trace of A Bao.

After receiving A Bao, Huang Yichen brought him to the mansion of the First Prince Spike. Guided by A Bao, the two quickly arrived at Spike's secret chamber. When they jumped up from underground into the chamber, the entire room was filled with all kinds of rare and exotic treasures, gold and jewels, emeralds and jade, and various Magic Crystals.

"Oh, this is the place. Commander, this is where he told us to come!" Huang Yichen said slowly, looking at the treasures.

"Mm, Official Huang, what should we do next?" A Bao looked at Huang Yichen doubtfully. There were so many treasures; the two of them couldn't possibly move them all, especially since the outside was full of First Prince Spike's guards, making it completely impossible.

"Heh heh, look!" Huang Yichen pointed his finger. The shelves and treasure chests storing the valuables all sank into the ground. After all the treasures had submerged, the ground returned to its original state, not even the position of a single floor tile was out of place.

"Wow, an Earth Element Ability User, truly convenient! I am truly impressed!" A Bao's eyes widened, his long muzzle gaping, his tongue dangling outside his mouth.

"Alright, it's not over yet. Where does that guy with the clone Supernatural Ability live? Take me there quickly!" Huang Yichen said casually.

"Yes, Official Huang, please follow me!" A Bao quickly nodded in compliance.

The next morning, Spike asked with extreme rage: "What did you say? You're telling me no one came here yesterday? Then where did the things in here go? You tell me, did you steal them yourselves?"

"Your Highness, we didn't! Even if you gave us two more heads, we wouldn't dare!" The two deer-headed Beastmen knelt down with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Find them! You must find where those things went! Otherwise, I will skin you alive and cook you into venison!" Spike roared furiously in the empty secret chamber.

"Yes, Your Highness the Prince, we will go look right now!" The two deer-headed Beastmen ran out of the secret chamber in a panic and began searching everywhere in the Prince's Mansion.