Ultimate Supreme Soldier King

Chapter 1653 1648: Twenty-odd Coffins

"Let's go." Harlow noticed Su Chen's reaction, the secret joy and pride in his eyes barely concealed.Yet that unfounded sense of superiority betrayed him.

Seeing Su Chen's expression of wonder, Harlow felt secretly pleased.

How about that, never seen it before, right?

At this moment, Karloki, who had transformed into a small bat and flown into the mist, landed once again.

"It's been a thousand years since I last returned, truly nostalgic," Karloki said with emotion in his eyes.

This castle is the true family residence of the Nopheler Family!

The powerful ancestors once injured in war and now slumbering are all asleep here.

Harlow had returned to this ancestral land more than once in the millennium.

But it had been three hundred years since the last time.

"The castle has fallen into disrepair over the years, it seems it needs renovation," Harlow muttered.

As an observer, this ancient castle, the ancestral land of the Nopheler Family—

Su Chen noticed something different about it.

This castle was definitely not comparable to the previous Nopheler Castle.

How did it make Su Chen feel...

As if it were a fortress?

"Let's go." Harlow saw Su Chen's dazed expression, the smile on his face growing a bit broader.

This is the ancestral land of the Nopheler Family, far superior to the previous Nopheler Castle Su Chen saw.

The gateway, unopened for over three hundred years, was opening at this moment.

An eerie wind blew forth from within.

The entire castle was primarily black in color.

The oppressive and dark aura was omnipresent.

A person with a slightly weaker disposition might find nightmares clouding their mind here.

As they walked in, Harlow introduced it to Su Chen: "This is the ancestral land where the Nopheler Family has lived for generations."

"The castle you saw before was merely our residence in the secular world."

"Is there a difference?" Su Chen asked, his heart stirred.

"A difference? Oh, the difference is immense," Harlow laughed heartily, but offered no explanation to Su Chen.

He reached out to activate a mechanism.

Suddenly, a hidden underground passage appeared on the previously empty ground.

"The secret vault is inside."

"Your family's treasure vault is built so casually..." Su Chen thought to himself, somewhat speechless.

Though the secret vault was not really built in the wilderness,

Su Chen had only followed Harlow about two hundred meters into the castle.

They reached a plaza.

There, Harlow activated a mechanism that revealed the entrance to the secret vault.

Right out in the open.

But as the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Although the entrance of the secret vault was right in the middle of the castle plaza,

generally, someone looking for the secret vault would search in some obscure corner, right?

Thus conveniently ignoring this most conspicuous spot.

…

"Casual? Haha…" This time Harlow genuinely laughed.

Karloki couldn't help but show a stiff smile as well.

Yes, the treasure vault is built very 'casually.'

But what if you just found the entrance?

In the dark underground passage, there was no trace of light.

But since Karloki and Harlow were vampires, light didn't matter to them.

Su Chen's eyes, due to the Black Stone, were unlike ordinary people's.

He was not afraid of the dark environment at all.

It might have been a long time, or perhaps only a short time had passed.

In any case, Su Chen felt like he was constantly descending.

"Wait a minute," Harlow suddenly spoke up.

Before Su Chen could question him,

Harlow reached for a pendant on his neck and placed it into an inconspicuous slot in the wall.

In the darkness, Su Chen heard the sound of a mechanical rumble and gears turning.

Moments later, Harlow resumed moving forward.

He didn't explain anything to Su Chen,

but Su Chen understood.

It was clear there were many mechanisms in this passage.

The Nopheler Family couldn't be so foolish as to leave their secret vault unprotected.

Yet, if this were all, the vault's defenses seemed rather weak.

Ignoring everything else,

if Su Chen intended to steal, these mechanical hidden weapons wouldn't pose much of a challenge for him.

Su Chen expressed his doubts.

This time, not just Harlow, but even Karloki burst out laughing.

Harlow unhesitatingly said to Su Chen, "Death God, although you are strong, almost unrivaled among marquises, and even some dukes may not be your match, are you really invincible?"

"What do you mean?"

Su Chen's heart thumped, an indescribable sense of crisis arising.

At this point, the descending passage seemed to have reached its end.

Harlow pointed a finger into the underground chamber.

"Look over there."

In the vast and dark hall,

other than the long burning lamps on the walls,

there were only twenty or so coffins in view.

Emmm…

Yes, coffins.

But Su Chen could feel a surging dark magic power from these coffins.

Each faint breath was slight,

but Su Chen sensed a strong threat.

"Is this... what you rely on?"

"What do you think?" Karloki drifted past Su Chen and said calmly.

These twenty or so coffins were definitely not empty.

From them, Su Chen felt very covert auras and powers.

If he guessed correctly,

Inside these coffins lay beings no weaker than Duke Karloki!

Suddenly, Su Chen understood a bit.

Why they confidently built the vault entrance so conspicuously.

Because, damn it, with over twenty Human King Level vampires guarding it, who could infiltrate undetected!

Moreover, Su Chen vaguely sensed that among the few opulently adorned coffins set with large gems, those inside might not just be of Human King level...

Upon seeing Su Chen's expression,

both Harlow and Karloki were quite satisfied.

Su Chen might possess strength not inferior to Karloki,

which allowed him to negotiate with the Nopheler Family.

But despite that, the Nopheler Family had no way to balance Su Chen's power. Such an unequal relationship could lead to many future conflicts.

Both Karloki and Su Chen understood this point clearly.

But where could they find something to make Su Chen wary?

The slumbering ancestors of the Nopheler Family were undoubtedly the best choice!

However, taking Su Chen under the Nopheler Castle to see those few coffins seemed inappropriate?

After all, they couldn't make their intentions too obvious.

Otherwise, it might not even intimidate Su Chen.

Because they knew well that those powerful beings couldn't awaken in a short time,

unless faced with a threat to their entire clan.

Yet weren't they planning to bestow Su Chen with an ancient weapon?

Originally, they had them in that family castle.