Eagle's Glory

"No, I don't agree." The priest shook his head.

"Huh?" Edmond Dantès was stunned, he didn't understand why the priest changed his mind suddenly, "Do you have any other opinions...?"

"Since you don't care about money, why should I care about it? I don't even know if I can live until tomorrow, so why bother to steal money from the living." The priest laughed mockingly, "So I Hope to make another change in your distribution plan - Your Majesty gets 80%, you get 20%."

"You don't want any money?!" Edmond Dantès became anxious when he heard that, "No, this is not allowed."

"I've already made up my mind, child. So don't argue with me, and waste my few days." Father Faria gently swept away his adopted son, and suppressed his next words. "Of course, my allocation is not unconditional...I will meet with His Majesty, and then tell him that I know about the treasure, and I am willing to donate it to support his career, and use it in exchange for a condition."

"What conditions..." Edmond Dantès asked blankly.

"I want to change your title so that he can make you a hereditary nobleman of the empire after he succeeds in his great career. At least he must be an earl." Father Faria said in a word, "He must make a written statement, and I will will reveal the ultimate secret."

Edmond Dantès was stunned. He didn't expect that the priest had already made up his mind after he heard it, and would actually think about it for him...

His tears almost flowed down. "What the hell am I going to do with those damn things...it's all yours!"

"No, I don't need it at all." The old man shook his head lightly, "I have no children or other relatives, and my life is coming to an end soon, honor and money mean nothing to me; But you are different. You are only 30 years old. You have a long future. You will have a family and children in the future. I have to think about what I can leave for you and what you can leave for your descendants. Everything will depreciate in this world In this era, probably only hereditary titles can make them feel a little better..."

"No...!" Edmond Dantès still couldn't accept it.

"Don't be childish! If you are grateful to me, then do as I say." Father Faria interrupted him again, "Okay, don't waste any more time, go and have a look now. Do what I tell you. Your hint, find that treasure on the island."

"Now?" Edmond Dantès asked back.

"The later the day, the more risk of being discovered - and the more your chips, we really can't afford to delay." Father Faria looked at Edmond with a urging gaze, "Take it as a way for me to rest in peace. Go find it quickly and see what that thing I've been thinking about all my life looks like!"

Under the gaze of the priest, Edmond Dantès' expression gradually became solemn.

He stood up again.

Yes, whether it was for the priest or for himself, he wanted to see if that damned fascinating treasure was there, and what it looked like...

"Okay, then I'll go now." He no longer procrastinated, but nodded hurriedly to the priest.

Then, he opened the door and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

Everything was immersed in the dark silence, no one was walking around, and he seemed to be able to see one or two people patrolling in the distance, but he felt that he could sneak out easily.

So what are you waiting for?

He closed the door and rushed out into the darkness.

With the help of dim candlelight and starlight, he walked through the ruins of the monastery in the dark, and then crossed the broken wall and came to the wasteland in the island.

Then, following the description he had recited countless times, he found traces left by the cardinal on the island.

He followed the stream and finally found a place covered with moss and grass at the bottom of the gorge.

He carefully swept away the shelter, and then found an iron cover, then he grabbed the iron ring, lifted the iron cover forcefully, and saw the deep stone steps below.

An ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

All this seemed to be going too smoothly, even if he knew the cardinal's will, it shouldn't be so smooth.

Could it be... Has anyone really been here before?

He shuddered all over.

But now he couldn't afford to hesitate any longer.

He gritted his teeth and rushed into the cave along the stone steps.

The cave was so large that he lit a torch and found that it was connected to another cave—just as the will described.

He no longer hesitated, and quickly rushed to the second cave.

It was still empty here, as if there was nothing there.

Edmond Dantès took a deep breath.

Let me uncover the final mystery of fate!

He walked to the corner, then bent down and began to pick the dust from the ground.

"what!"

His hands stopped quickly, for for a moment he was so dazzled by the jewels that he could barely keep his eyes open.

It was a gigantic safe, with three floors of gold and all kinds of jewels, which now shone brightly before him.

Edmond Dantès froze for a moment.

He already knew that there was a treasure here, but when he actually saw the treasure, he discovered that all his original psychological preparations were just ridiculous lies——

and many more!

After the initial excitement passed, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

The cash box appears to have been vandalized.

The smile on his face froze immediately.

"Monsieur Dantès, what are you doing?"

At this moment, a question sounded from behind him.

Although the voice was very low, it echoed in the cave, and then resounded like thunder in Edmond Dantès' ears.

He recognized the voice.

He looked back in horror.

Under the dim light, he clearly saw the young man standing at the cave entrance with an indifferent expression, holding a cane in his hand.

And that Miss Noel stood behind the young man holding a gun, and looked at him with hostile eyes, as if asking him why he betrayed His Majesty.

"No...!" he murmured, "I'm not a traitor!"

But how to explain this?He was flustered, how could anyone believe that he didn't want to rob the treasure?

Aigron has been observing the expression of the other party.

He was going crazy with fright, forget it, let's control it first.

Aigron walked forward a few steps quickly, Edmond Dantès stood up and seemed to want to explain something, but in a split second, the cane hit his chest.

The great pain made Edmond Dantès' eyes dark.

"I beg you, spare the priest..." He finally left only this sentence, and then fainted.　　

27, Interrogation

In the dark cave, the treasure chest shone dazzlingly under the light of the torch. Aigron and Chanel stood beside the treasure chest silently, and in front of them lay a 30-year-old man lying down. young people.

What a majestic and eerie picture.

Aigron silently looked down at Edmond Dantès at his feet, checked his injuries, and confirmed that his life was not in danger, but just passed out due to physical pain and mental tension.

Not only did Aigron feel a little compassion in his heart, after all, he didn't like to bully such a miserable person.

However, this is what he has to do.

Fortunately, he has plenty of opportunities to make up for this poor man.

After sending away Edmond Dantès, Aigron knew in his heart that he would definitely go to the treasure land to have a look, so after Chanel led the way back, he immediately told Chanel that he felt that Edmond- There is something wrong with Dantès' expression and actions, and he is afraid that he will make some unusual actions.

Then, he and Chanel secretly monitored Edmond Dantès's room - sure enough, after a while, the guy sneaked out of the room, and the two followed him all the way.

Sure enough, as Aigron expected, Edmond Dantès ran directly to the location where the treasure was hidden—although Monte Cristo Island is just a small island, if he hadn’t memorized the cardinal’s will by heart, he would definitely not It will be so easy.

"Your Majesty, what should we do with him?" While he was silent, Chanel asked him. "Should we just kill him here and throw him into the sea?"

Her expression was serious and dignified, without any hesitation.

Although she was gentle and caring in front of Edmond Dantès before, her love and tenderness were reserved only for her comrades, and she had no tolerance for those enemies and traitors in her heart to speak of.

She doesn't know the inside story, so in her opinion, Edmond Dantès has committed a heinous crime and is a hateful traitor——

This guy was sent to prison for hard labor before. It was His Majesty who spent so much money to redeem his freedom. He even spent an extra sum of money to save his adoptive father according to his request. In the end, he actually wanted to steal His Majesty's Treasure... This is a precious asset of the restored empire!

Thinking of this, her heart was filled with anger and hatred.After all, her whole heart is to help His Majesty return to the throne as soon as possible, how could she allow someone to destroy Master's career?

Since she is a traitor, she must be punished as a traitor. That's why she looked at Edmond Dantès with such hatred just now.

If Eggron had now ordered her to shoot at once, to finish off the odious traitor, she would have shot without hesitation-in fact she was ready.

However, to her surprise, the young man did not show any irritation, but shook his head gently.

"Don't shoot yet, Chanel."

"Why?" Chanel was surprised and couldn't help asking. "He's clearly...he's clearly trying to steal your property."

"Don't you think it's strange? Why does he know this place?" Aigron asked calmly, "He only came to the island for the first time, but somehow he knew about this treasure. Look at his search route, it was even smoother than ours. . . . this situation is too unusual."

"It doesn't matter to me." Chanel replied stubbornly.

Then, she pointed to the treasure chest in front of her, "Your Majesty, this is your property, and I will never allow anyone to violate it... I don't care what his reason is, since he did this, I will never spare him. If ... If you find it troublesome, then I will do it, and you can go back and rest."

She was afraid that the master would be too soft-hearted, so she proposed to let her do it herself.

"No, Chanel, you got it wrong. It's not that I can't do it. If necessary, I will kill him, but it's obviously not the time." Egron was afraid that Chanel's brain would really kill Edmond. So he quickly stopped, "This treasure is very important to me, anyone who knows is a threat to me, I must find out where he knows this secret... so that I can keep the secret Keep it locked down. And, since this guy knows this treasure, maybe he also knows other treasures, we keep him, maybe we can get unexpected gains."

"That's not wrong..." Chanel thought for a while, and felt that His Majesty still made sense.

So she put down the gun and apologized to the teenager. "Sorry, Your Majesty... I'm still not thinking enough, and I almost caused you trouble."

"It's okay, you were just overwhelmed by anger, which just proves your loyalty." Aigron replied with a smile, "Chanel, I never worried about sharing the secret of the treasure with you, and your reaction proves that I did nothing wrong."

Being praised by him like this, Chanel felt elated immediately, and the resentment in her heart faded away. "You are more important than treasure in my heart, Your Majesty."

"Well, let's take him away," said Aigron.

"Where are you taking it?" Chanel asked.

"Take him to his residence, and then we'll see what that priest will say." Aigron replied, "I always think that priest is a bit ghostly, maybe Edmond Dantès learned the secret of the treasure through him. "

"I remembered when you said that..." Chanel nodded, "I took care of that priest in the morning. Although he is paralyzed on the right side of his body, he is very educated and graceful, and he looks very shrewd, not ordinary. Bad old man."

"Then let's meet him." Aegron shrugged.

During their conversation, Edmond Dantès' body began to move slowly, apparently he was already awake.

Aigron made a gesture to tell Chanel to keep silent.

Under their gaze, Edmond Dantès slowly woke up.

He blinked, looking around in confusion.

Then, slowly waking up, he recalled why he was in the situation he was in today.Then, his expression was distorted by fear, because he clearly saw that he was still in that grotto, and the pair of girls and girls were still standing in front of him, looking at him as if they were enemies.

This nightmare is not over yet, and his pain does not know when it will come to an end.

Looking at his face, Aigron couldn't help being infected with desolation and sadness in his heart.

Fate was indeed too cruel for this man.

"Mr. Dantès, don't panic, I haven't decided how to punish you yet." Just because he felt the same way, he could make his voice more gentle than usual. "You still have a chance to defend yourself."

Seeing that the young man didn't seem to be so angry that he was about to execute himself immediately, Edmond Dantès felt a little relieved.

"Can you believe it? I originally planned to dedicate this treasure to you." He replied sadly, "It just seems that you don't need me to dedicate it now."

Until now, he still couldn't figure out why the young His Majesty discovered this place, but it was obvious that he had already arrived first, and the treasure had already been taken by the other party—that is to say, the treasure that he and the priest were thinking about in prison , after all, it's just a dream, like a bubble, it looks beautiful but disappears without a trace with a light touch.

For a moment, he even lost all hope and didn't care much about his own life or death.

But there is only one person he still can't let go of.

"In your opinion, I may be violating your majesty and jeopardizing your secrets. I can't argue with that...so I have nothing to say and can only accept what you do with me." He stood staggeringly. Get up, and then look at the young man with pleading, "But I beg you, don't hurt the priest, he is really innocent..."

"Guilty or innocent, I will naturally have a judgment in my heart." Aigron replied indifferently, "Trust me, I will not be easily swayed by emotions, I just want to find out what is going on, and then make a judgment .”

Then, he waved his hand lightly.

"Okay, let's go, I'm going to see the priest."

Although Edmond Dantès still wanted to say something, judging from the young man's face, he knew that he couldn't say more now, so he had no choice but to go to the front and lead the way for the two people behind.

"Mr. Dantès, you gave me a huge surprise today, and I don't want to do it again." Aigron walked behind and reminded him just in case, "I can do whatever I want on this island, if you If I try to mess around again, I will no longer be able to restrain those who want to punish traitors, and not only you, but the priest will also suffer."

Edmond Dantès knew in his heart that what the young man said was right, so he nodded silently, and then he led Aigron up the stone steps and left the cave.

Taking advantage of the night, Chanel covered up the traces of the cave again, and then they escorted Edmond Dantès back to his residence.

Father Faria couldn't sleep all night, he had been nervously waiting for his adopted son to come back and tell him the final result.

He has been dreaming about this treasure for decades. Although he believes that the treasure must lie there, he still has occasional doubts in his heart.