Chapter 152: The Story of the Fire Starter Box

[Blue Checkered Apron]

[Rank: Advanced]

[Attribute]

[Placing creatures of Rank 5 or lower on the Blue Checkered Apron will render them immobile]

Qin Muye looked at the blue-checkered apron: "People in this Fairy Tale World are really wealthy; they give away an Advanced Treasure so casually."

At this time, he had come down and was now in a large underground corridor, brightly lit.

He didn't immediately look for the three dogs or the lighter; instead, he observed the lamps.

"What is this thing made of? Let's not even talk about the lighting effect; why can it last so long?" Qin Muye's pupils turned into Crimson Crystals, continuously observing the entire underground corridor.

But he discovered nothing, as though everything was as it should be.

"Alright, let's not get too caught up in fairy tales."

Qin Muye walked through the corridor, which was not long, sporting only three doors, as if it were constructed especially for these rooms.

At the moment, it seemed to be a treasure vault, just uncertain which unfortunate soul's treasure vault it was.

His defensive power was actually quite good; he genuinely couldn't beat the strength of those three dogs at the moment.

Firstly, he wasn't a soldier and lacked that Main Character Aura, so if he really charged in, he was more likely to get bitten by the dogs instead of being able to stare them down and put them on a blue-checkered apron like the soldier did.

In this respect, Qin Muye was quite certain; without the Main Character Aura, one shouldn't try to emulate the protagonist because it could really lead to death.

After carefully observing for a while, Qin Muye finally pushed open the first door and saw a big dog with eyes as large as teacups watching him warily.

Subsequently, it rose to its feet, baring its teeth as if to say, as long as Qin Muye dared to come in, it would dare to give him a fierce one.

Qin Muye discerned the situation of the dog immediately.

"This dog doesn't seem like a normal dog? Does it look more like it has a special bloodline?"

"Tsk, an interesting world view."

If it wasn't special, what would it eat and drink here? A normal dog would have starved to death long ago.

Qin Muye didn't care about the big dog's warning; he always felt that these currencies were not so simple.

After entering, the big dog did indeed launch an attack at once, pouncing straight at him.

"That fast? Looks like it's jumping through space," Qin Muye's expression became serious as he noticed that one second the dog was on the Treasure Box and the next it was already by his side, mouth wide open, biting down.

Then, a Magic Shield materialized around Qin Muye, blocking the big dog's Bite, after which a layer of Crimson Crystal began to cover the dog from the Magic Shield-contacted fangs.

Before the dog could make the next move, its entire body was sealed by a Crimson Crystal.

"You, be a statue for a while, don't disturb me."

Qin Muye was hell-bent on getting that lighter; it might be able to summon three bodyguards whose power could be insufficient, but it didn't matter; he felt these three dogs had a special bloodline and wanted to study them.

He opened the Treasure Box directly, and inside, just as the Witch had said, were copper coins.

However, when Qin Muye reached out for a copper coin, he found that the thing was a bit dodgy.

The copper coin was branded with a pattern of a skull and a scythe.

"The Death God?"

But the moment he picked it up, the pattern on the copper coin rapidly disappeared, turning into an ordinary copper coin.

The remaining copper coins inside the Treasure Box were the same, all changing before his very eyes.

"What a pity, I was actually looking forward to using a hammer to see if the Death God could withstand it," Qin Muye said with some regret.

If it couldn't withstand that, the Netherworld would have collapsed, but if it did withstand… what did it have to do with Qin Muye?

Although the pattern had changed, Qin Muye knew that it was better not to spend such strange things carelessly, lest he trigger some curse and have to ask his Spirit Monsters to avenge him, which would surely turn the whole Fairy Tale World upside down.

Leaving things as they were, Qin Muye turned around to leave, and as he passed the big dog, he tapped it, causing the Crimson Crystal covering it to shatter instantly, leaving the big dog somewhat baffled.

However, seeing that Qin Muye had left the room without taking the copper coins from the Treasure Box, it naturally went back to continue its vigil.

Arriving at the second room, the eyes of the second dog were as large as a water wheel.

Such a comparison made clear just how massive the dog was.

The previous big dog's eyes were as big as teacups, and it was understandable that this one was naturally larger.

But a Water Wheel—that was too much. Was that Soldier really normal? With that physique, he was almost as big as a house.

Then, Qin Muye remembered something: the dog in the third room had eyes as large as a round tower, not even the neighboring attacking Giants could withstand that bite.

'Fairy tales really aren't logical…'

Qin Muye thought the second dog was absurd enough, but this third dog…

'And there's also this Blue Checkered Apron, even the big dog's paws are not enough, and that old Witch still asked me to carry the dog onto it, that's just making things difficult.'

Considering the dog's size, his eyes twitched in irritation; it was too insulting to his intelligence. The soldier couldn't possibly be a giant or a titan, could he?

He thought the first dog was of a special bloodline, but now he figured it wasn't about whether the bloodline was special or not; the creature itself probably wasn't a proper dog at all.

If he hadn't truly seen it himself, Qin Muye wouldn't have understood just how impactful the thing could be.

Walking in leisurely, the big dog pounced again but then turned into a huge statue of Crimson Crystal.

Opening the Treasure Box, silver coins, Death God Pattern.

"Tsk, just as I thought."

As the pattern of the Death God faded from his hand, Qin Muye became even more convinced that these currencies were anything but simple.

Looking around, this second room was the same as the first, with only the Treasure Box and the dog; he didn't see a fire starter.

He guessed that the lighter must be in the last room.

"What exactly is the identity of that Soldier?" Qin Muye's heart grew heavier.

Having left the second room, Qin Muye didn't rush to the third; he was pondering whether this counted as seizing someone else's opportunity.

If this were an ordinary world, seizing the chance would mean seizing it, but this is a fairy tale, which means everything is predestined.

For example, in the Fairy Tale of the fire starter, he remembered that the Princess in this story was locked up in the Copper Palace, and the reason was a prediction that said she would marry an ordinary Soldier.

That was where the problem lay.

This soldier wasn't actually a good man, from breaking his promise to the witch, to reckless spending and letting dogs steal money, and even his key date with the Princess, which was filled with a sense of discomfort and more like abduction, ending with unleashing dogs to kill the King and Queen to ascend the throne.

Yet even so, he had reached the peak of life.

If Qin Muye didn't have some skills, he would already be buried in the dog's massive, gaping maw by now.

So this gave Qin Muye a strong sense of destiny. Take what you can take, but the aftermath could be troublesome.

Who knows if the soldier was the child of some god? With even the Death God present, why fear other gods?

Otherwise, the Soldiers wouldn't possibly have such incredible abilities.

"A fairy tale story has caused so many ripples under illogical circumstances."

Qin Muye also felt helpless; he figured he wasn't the first one to be taken for a ride by the old witch, and those who came before him? Probably ended up in the dog's belly.

"The Soldier isn't a good person, and neither is the Witch, tsk, I want to be a good person," Qin Muye said somewhat helplessly as he pushed open the door to the third room.

A massive hateful dog so enormous that its eyes were even bigger than Qin Muye watched him, and its eyes were larger than the entire door.

"Have you eaten? If not, take my punch."

Qin Muye looked into the big dog's eyes, but as for the full picture? He hadn't seen it, since the dog's size was overwhelmingly large.

So for now, all he saw was a dog's eye.

"…"

"So… how did the Soldier manage to carry this thing onto the Blue Checkered Apron? More importantly, can this thing really restrain the dog?"

It's no longer something that can be described as nonsensical; let loose, it would be a weapon of mass destruction.

Using such a killer device just to guard a box of gold? That would be ludicrous, as even using it for transporting goods could earn more than a box of gold.

Using it as a guard dog was simply absurd.