The Overlooked Treasure Tool

Misaki City, commercial district.

Next to the Misaki Grand Bridge leading to the residential area, there is a building that is much taller than the surrounding buildings, resembling a skyscraper.

That was a department store.

To be precise, it should be described as an old department store.

That's what they say, but in reality, this department store didn't operate for very long.

Due to its previously poor business performance, the investors chose to withdraw their investment, leaving the department store on the verge of bankruptcy.

The reason for using the word 'almost' is that this department store still has one food section connected to the underground shopping arcade that continues to operate.

But that's the ground part.

Therefore, this department store building has almost become a ghost town, with no trace of human life inside.

However, on one of the floors of this department store, in an extremely spacious and dimly lit space, a faint blue light was emanating, illuminating the surroundings.

However, there was nothing around the illuminated area except for countless dolls.

These dolls are not all the same size, but each one has a deep outline and a beautiful figure, making them very lifelike.

Unfortunately, these lifelike dolls, dressed in various styles and colors, stood silently piled up around, bathed in a ghostly blue light, giving off a creepy feeling that they might come to life at any moment, making this space feel more like a haunted house than a haunted house itself.

I doubt anyone would suddenly come to visit a place like this for no reason.

In fact, there's definitely no way there will be any fun outings.

However, if someone has come here for some reason, that's a different story.

At that moment, outside the dimly lit space, the sound of footsteps began to gradually approach.

"Bang—!"

An explosion suddenly resounded in this space, extremely abrupt, causing the air to tremble slightly.

That was the sound of a tightly closed door leading to the outside being blasted open by a deep blue flamethrower in a corner of the dimly lit space.

The firelight filled the dim space, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Shortly afterward, three figures walked in from outside the door and entered this space.

Sure enough, it was Fang Li, Shana, Margery Daw and their group.

"Is this the place?" Margery Daw's sharp gaze swept across the surroundings. "Was this the ' The Hunter's ' Key Points before you defeated them?"

"It should be right." Shana's youthful face remained tense as always. She didn't look at Margery Daw, but simply said, "On the day of the attack, the auras of the ' The Hunter ' and ' The Shaper ' began to appear from here. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the ' The Hunter's' lair."

"Actually, our senses weren't wrong." Fang Li gestured Fang Li the group of extremely eerie-looking dolls in front of him and said, "That's the best proof, isn't it?"

"Ha, it's all dolls. No wonder that doll bastard could have stayed here." Machias said, his voice both harsh and disappointed. "The top five Demon Lord kings of modern times have already been defeated. What a pity. Why didn't we come a few days earlier?"

"I didn't bring you here for you to give your opinions," Alastor said in a deep voice. "Don't forget, our goal is to find the Treasure Tool used by the ' The Hunter,' and in conjunction with your Inherent Skill, to uncover the Inherent Formula hidden in this city and unravel the conspiracy of the ' Bal Masqué.'"

The group came here for this very purpose.

After obtaining Margery Daw's assistance, Fang Li immediately encountered a problem.

A problem that has always existed.

"Although this city is not big, it is definitely not small either. Finding a Inherent Formula in such a city is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack."

Margery Daw told Fang Li this.

"If it were Inherent Formula that was already in operation, that would be fine, but that Inherent Formula hasn't been activated yet, it doesn't even have the Power of Existence, so it's impossible to sense it. Even if I use the Inherent Skill for searching to scan a wide area, the feedback will definitely be pitifully weak. So, it will probably take a long time to find it."

Then, Fang Li remembered a Treasure Tool.

A Treasure Tool belonging to Fariagani.

Although it has been a long time, Fang Li vaguely remembers that Fariagani possessed a Treasure Tool that could be used to observe human activities and the flow of Power of Existence in a specific region.

It was thanks to this Treasure Tool that Fariagani was able to keep a close watch on the entire Misaki City and be the first to notice when the torches were extinguished by Fang Li.

If we possess that Treasure Tool Phantasm, then even the faintest reaction would be observable.

Therefore, Fang Li made a decisive decision and brought Shana and Margery Daw here.

And this trip did not disappoint everyone.

Almost immediately, the group looked ahead.

That was the source of the eerie blue light that illuminated the surrounding dolls.

A large garden-style bonsai that recreates the scenery and people of the entire Misaki City.

"Is this the Glass Jar?" Shana murmured softly.

"That's right," Alastor replied. "This Treasure Tool was created by an extremely powerful Crimson Realm Denizens and has existed for thousands of years."

"I remember when the Glass Jar appeared, many apostles fought tooth and nail for it," Margery Daw scoffed. "In the end, it was that ' The Hunter ' guy who succeeded and snatched it away."

"That guy's specialty is doing shady things behind the scenes," Machias chuckled. "Back then, he tricked almost all the apostles, but unexpectedly, he ended up falling into the hands of a human. Those who hate him will definitely feel relieved when they find out."

"Now that we've found the item, let's get started." Fang Li interrupted the chatter and looked directly at Margery Daw, saying, "The rest is up to you."

"Yes, yes, yes," Margery Daw replied nonchalantly, then stepped forward and came to the front of the Glass Jar.

"Then, let's get this thing running first."

Margery Daw walked directly into the bonsai, her high-heeled feet stomping down hard.

"Zheng—!"

The light inside the Glass Jar suddenly intensified.

Margery Daw, with a practiced ease that belied her first time activating this Treasure Tool, infused it with her Power of Existence while raising her hand high.

"The next step is a large-scale search."

As soon as she finished speaking, a totem-like Inherent Formula appeared on Margery Daw's raised hand.