Chapter 265: Time for a Robbery (2/2)
“They were the ones who set up the ambush, so it should be fine if we take some spoils right?” Ayrin shamefully scoffed, “Plus there is no way the six of them will tell anyone that they set up a trap and still ended up being defeated by the three of us. It would be too embarrassing, right?”
Lotner and the others felt their vision dim.
Even if they did speak of this, it was likely that no one would believe them. How could the six mainstays of Abel Academy possibly be robbed by a group of three from Holy Dawn Academy?
“That’s right!” Stingham became excited as he heard Ayrin’s reasoning. He immediately turned towards the six Abel Academy team members as he beratingly said, “Come on, hurry up and hand over all of the good things you have on you. Also, if others ask, we didn’t steal these things from you, you gifted these things to us.”
Tears filled the faces of the six Abel Academy team members.
“Rinloran, both of your arms are still useless. Just how can you carry this sword?”
“It’ll be fine if we just tie it to him.”
“Wow! This is a Blaze Bracelet! It’s an extremely rare fire skill amplification artifact! Do you know just how rare and hard to find fire type giant beasts like Boss Fire Caracal are? Ayrin, you’ve really struck it big this time. Your Evil Flaming Eye will become so much stronger.”
“This is a Spirit Obstruction Gem! It can ward off spiritual attacks!”
Stingham, Ayrin, and Rinloran inventoried all the goods they had taken.
“You all must still have things hidden atop your bodies!” Stingham abruptly shouted in dissatisfaction.
“Your Abel Academy was created by Draconic Scholars, and one of the oldest academies in the Kingdom of Eiche. As the mainstays of Abel Academy’s team, how could you six be as poor as vagrants?!”
An urge to kill themselves emerged in the hearts of the six Abel Academy team members.
The ‘Moon Echo’ saber, an amplification artifact which also worked with materializations and was already inherently stronger and sharper than most materialization created swords.
The Blaze Bracelet, a fire skill amplification artifact made from stringing together the demonic crystals of several Firebat Lords which increased the power of a five gate or lower arcane master’s fire-based skills by at least two levels of power.
A Spirit Obstruction Gem from the Era of the War with Dragons which could no longer be mined today.
The six of them had already given away three such treasures, yet Stingham still compared them to vagrants!
Just where in Doraster was there a vagrant so rich?!
“Why don’t you just go and rob the vaults of the Nine Great Families!” Lotner and the others inwardly shouted.
“No, hurry up and take out everything!” Stingham shouted, his eyes full of suspicion.
“Otherwise, if I find a single valuable thing on you, I will strip all of you naked and hang you up in a tree! You guys won’t be able to say anything anyway.”
At this moment, Stingham’s sharp eyes caught sight of Presley’s hand moving behind his back as if trying to hide something in the grass behind him. Stingham shouted, “What are you hiding there?! Show it to me right now!”
Upon hearing Stingham’s shout, Presley’s face turned white as a sheet.
“Move!”
Stingham was like a real bandit as he roughly shoved Presley aside.
“What is this?”
His eyes abruptly widened in shock as he saw the object Presley had attempted to hide. It was a thin piece of folded sheepskin.
“This is… a map?”
Ayrin and Rinloran immediately gathered over. They froze in astonishment as they cried out in unison, “It’s a map of what’s within Fallen Shadow Valley?”
“How did you guys get this map of Fallen Shadow Valley?”
Stingham was stunned. Even with his level of intelligence, he knew that the Office of Special Affairs had only just located Fallen Shadow Valley before immediately ordering this assault. How could any arcane team have already successfully entered Fallen Shadow Valley and come out?
The six Abel Academy team members were petrified as they remained silent. But their expressions were each uglier than the one before.
A strange feeling ran through Ayrin’s heart.
“Stingham, let’s strip them and leave them hanging,” Ayrin said.
“We’ll speak.” Lotner knew that if he didn’t say it now, the three facing him wouldn’t ever let them go. Tears streaked down his face as he said with difficulty, “That map is from the intel our Abel Academy obtained through interrogating the Evil Dragon Followers that we captured after battles. Everything is drawn in accordance with what they told us.”
“And then?” Rinloran’s voice was extremely icy as he grabbed the map and shook it in front of Lotner. “What are these markings for?”
Seeing that it had been discovered, Lotner sighed once more as he simply explained, “The Evil Dragon Followers have been operating within Fallen Shadow Valley for many years now. They have discovered many treasures which are of use to arcane masters. These markings are for places which might contain fragments of the Tree of Life.”
“Fragments of the Tree of Life?” Ayrin and Stingham reiterated in confusion.
The Tree of Life was something which preceded the Era of the War with Dragons, and rumored to be the source of strength for the ancient Elven Kingdom. It itself contained an incredible power, and it was said that its scent could stimulate the awakening of stronger elven bloodline abilities. Legend also stated that the Tree of Life made the vegetation around it flourish and increased the reproductive abilities of elves.
“If you are truly skilled brave warriors, then don’t steal from us, and go into the valley and steal those fragments of the Tree of Life from the Evil Dragon Followers!” Presley screamed in anger.
“We will do that next.”
Ayrin turned back towards the six as he excitedly said, “But first, hurry up and hand over your arcane skill records too! It would be best if you could turn them into scrolls! I shall be taking your arcane skills!”
“What?!” The eyes of the six Abel Academy team members darkened once more.