Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 528

A few quick thinkers immediately drew their weapons and pointed them at Pete, shouting angrily, “Pete, are you planning to kill us all so that you can have the treasures all for yourself?”

Pete chuckled softly. “I guess you’re not that stupid, after all. It’s unfortunate that you realized it too late.”

By admitting the map was in his hands, he was effectively giving everyone present the death sentence.

“Damn it! How dare you trick me? I’ll kill you!”

“Pete, you’re asking for it!”

In an instant, people from the various factions with their individual agendas lunged at Pete, strangely united in their goal at that moment.

However, it was too late.

Pete stood motionless, not even blinking. At that moment, a dense white fog surged in from the other end of the canyon, swiftly enveloping everyone. The sun overhead was obscured, and the bright lights of the narrow canyon disappeared entirely.

In the thick fog, chaos ensued. Everyone except Pete and his men lost their bearings.

rumble. The ground beneath the crowd suddenly collapsed and caved in, forming a circular pit centered around

group fell into

standing at the center, unharmed. His men, along with Kayla, who was clinging tightly to his side, were also

circular pattern in the

forward to peer into the crevice below. To her astonishment, she saw a spacious

what’s that?”

was on the disk even with a flashlight. She could only look at Pete

answer.

real key to accessing the maritime kingdom

was surprised. So, after all this effort, they were merely retrieving a key? Then… once they had the key, finding the kingdom would be

the crevice. Anxiously, she urged, “Pete, we need to send someone down there immediately! If they get the key first, all our efforts would’ve

a tinge of mystery.

“What kind of price?”

as spring day sun. With a faint smile on his face, he explained, “The mechanism of the disk requires blood to activate. The blood of those people down there

“What?”

startled. Hearing Pete deliver such chilling words in the most amicable tone sent a shiver down her

exhilaration. The people in the crevice had also seen the disk and the coordinates of the maritime

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