Chapter 375 (1/2)

Ferlin was not unfamiliar with the basement in the Eltek mansion

When he was young, this place used to be his personal playground He took ie artifacts in the dusty boxes Of course, for this reason, he was often beaten by his father and was eventually forbidden fro the basement alone, but he somehoays found a way to sneak in

This time, Sir Eltek led him into the furthest stone room The four walls of the room were embedded with pale blue crystals which were the size of a fist Ferlin inhaled a cold breath involuntarily To his surprise, every block of stone was a high-quality God's Stone of Retaliation As a young boy, he was unaware of this, but now, he naturally understood the iic stones orth a lot ofas these orth at least five or six hundred gold royals each

Is the Eltek Family actually so wealthy?

He suddenly recalled that the treasure map was also found in the Elteks' house

A circle of boxes was placed in the stone rooement was similar to the impression in his memory Sir Eltek took out a bunch of keys froest box in the circle Following a loud creaking sound, a cloud of dust kicked up at once

Ferlin held his breath and looked inside the box The interior was divided into nu noble ladies, and on every layer was placed gemstones of different colors

”Which ancestor had passed this down?”

”I've not been here for a very long tiic Stones, I would remember the past events which my ancestors told me about”

”Magic Stones?” Ferlin asked in surprise

”Yes, they are treasures which only witches are able to use” He nodded ”This is a long story Our fas of a witch”

Ferlin's father started to recount about the family and its history Some of the details of his story were different to what Ferlin had heard as a child The first Eltek ancestor was in fact not froion, but instead, from the remote and unexplored Barbarian Land, which was located past the Ie

Ferlin's eyes gradually widened He did not i secret

”Our fae kingdoether with many other witches The witches were part of the dodoht about the dedom In the final battle, the survivors fled in different directions Elsa led a group of people towards the stone tower in the Misty Forest to collect experiroup of people followed the troops to Graycastle—at that tidom was eventually built was barren and desolate”

”Were our ancestors part of the other group?” Ferlin asked hoarsely

”Indeed He used to be the housekeeper of Elsa Accordingly, he was supposed to follow her into the forest, but he cowered and suggested that he would stay behind to look after the materials His request was accepted by his master” Sir Eltek spoke in a deep voice ”You should knohat this means”

Ferlin nodded The housekeeper was typically the person the master trusted the most in the household apart froht to have accompanied the master wherever she went, unless she co to leave was equivalent to betraying the master even if she did not refuse

”When he arrived at Western Region, he began to feel remorse for what he did, and recorded his sentiments in a book” Sir Eltek took out a black-coated book from another box and handed it to his son ”His master never returned, and after that, he broke off froee camp He took many servants with him and settled down on this piece of land, which was yet to be cultivated”