Chapter 167 - Lenny Steel (1/2)

Although Ray sounded full of confidence and wanted to carry on moving forward, the others were a bit worried. The beast was powerful and it looked like even if Ray was alone, he wouldn't have been able to do much to deal with it.

But they felt like they had no choice. They had agreed to help Ray and Ray had already helped them all so many times in the past before.

”Do you remember who that book was written by Gary?” Ray asked.

”I think it was by some guy named Lenny Steel.”

Suddenly the name jogged a memory of Ray's. A long time ago when he had first arrived at Avrion, Ray went to try to find information about the Dragon knights. That was when he came across a book written by Lenny Steel that stated the Dragon Knights had special abilities.

Slyvia had told Ray that many of Lenny steel's books were widely discredited due to how much fiction he would write about and how he would exaggerate tales but rather than an exaggeration, it looked like this Lenny Steel author had experienced it all before.

If he remembered correctly, Wilfred had said he used to be a knight at Avrion academy who had been kicked out long ago.

”Did the book say anything about the Green slime?” Badger asked.

”It seems it just has a knockout effect, there's no poison so you don't have to worry,” Gary replied.

Before heading further on deeper within the cave, Sloth discovered another body that had been hit by the green slime. The body had been there longer than a few days and it looked like the man was already dead. In his hand, the man held a letter.

Gary spotted the letter and immediately opened it and started to read and as he did, he had a concerned look on his face.

”What's wrong?” Jack asked.

”Ray I think you better read this.” Gary then handed the letter over to Ray.

The letter's contents read.

This letter is an urgent one as it seems one of the red-haired children named Ray, is the boy spoken about in the prophecy. The boy could ruin our entire plans, it is impossible to expel the boy as he has the backing of the other elders and master knights but don't worry, we the Purebloods shall deal with his life before the Dark guilds attack. I have handed this letter to one of my knights to pass on to you.

When looking at the equipment the man was wearing even closer, they noticed that the man was wearing a white sash indicating that he was a knight of Avrion.

”Doesn't this letter prove that someone in the city is working with the Dark Guild and Purebloods?” Gary asked.

”Yes, but what is it doing down here?” Jack said.

”There's a possibility that the mines were used as a secret messaging service,” Ray explained. ”Maybe the beast wasn't a guard after all but had always lived down here.”

”Can we use this letter to prove that maybe one of the elders or master knights are working against the academy,” Sloth asked.