Chapter 599: Break and Bust (1/2)

Author: M_W Cancer

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

The direction that Leo was leading everyone was towards the northeast of the Smiling Lion Village. It was where the direction of the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing him towards.

Ethan and the others didn't ask any questions and simply followed behind Leo. They all knew that Leo has his own secret method to find Elvis, so the only thing they should do is to follow him closely.

After traveling to the northeast of the Smiling Lion Village for a few hours, Leo suddenly stopped everyone a few tens of meters away from a wooden hut located in front of them.

Anyone who found this wooden hut right in the middle of the forest would not find that something was strange about this place.

Everyone would just immediately think that someone had purposely built the hut to shelter those who stumbled upon this place and were looking for a somewhat comfortable place to stay and spend the night. The reason for such an assumption is because of the fact alone that there was plenty of neatly arranged firewood by the side with some of them evidently just newly mixed in the pile despite the fact that there was no one to be seen living inside the hut.

Actually, there are a lot of similar wooden huts scattered throughout the deep parts of the Emerald Forest, which are commonly called by everyone as temporary shelters.

Temporary shelters are purposely built in the wilderness and could be used by anyone whenever they want. The only requirement when using them is to restock the firewood before leaving so that the other people who will stumble upon the place after them could have some firewood to use.

Ethan approached Leo's side as he asked with doubt in his voice, ”Is Elvis inside that wooden hut?”

”Yes,” Leo nodded his head solemnly as he started walking carefully towards the side while his attention was still fully focused on the wooden hut.

”That is a bit strange,” Ethan expressed his thoughts.

What Ethan is feeling right now is actually the exact reason why Leo's face had turned solemn while observing that wooden hut.

There was no one inside the wooden hut, but the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing towards that direction.

He had tried moving to the side to see if it was just a coincidence that the green-colored String of Fate of Elvis was pointing towards the wooden hut, but to his surprised, it was still pointing towards the wooden hut, which means to say that Elvis is indeed inside that wooden hut.

”Charlotte and Nightingale, see if there is anyone or anything strange about that wooden hut,” Leo motioned his hand towards Charlotte and Nightingale. It would be best to allow the two of them to approach that wooden hut first because they have the means to conceal themselves and avoid easily getting noticed.

Without hesitation, Charlotte and Nightingale quickly disappeared from their location and began closely observing the wooden hut.

”Are you really sure that Elvis is inside that wooden hut? I already inspected it with my Mana just now, and I found nothing strange about that wooden hut nor is there anyone inside,” Ethan informed Leo while feeling really curious about where could Elvis hide in such a small wooden hut.

”Let's just wait and see,” Leo replied before turning his head to looked at Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, and Ash as he ordered them, ”Set up a circular perimeter 20 meters away from the wooden hut. Make sure that there is no one nearby the place and once you find someone, capture them if you can and prevent them from moving, but if you can't, then report back here to avoid any danger, understood?”

”Yes,” Cassandra and the others nodded their heads in unison. They then quickly decided on which direction each of them should go before finally disappearing.

As soon as Cassandra and the others left, Charlotte and Nightingale returned and informed everyone that it was just an ordinary wooden hut. There was nothing strange about it, and everything they have found was common things that can be found in practically almost every temporary shelter.

Hearing Charlotte and Nightingale's reports, Leo quickly summoned five Earth Elementals and made them sneak towards the wooden hut to check on the surrounding ground for anything strange. He had already experienced plenty of such situations in the past, such as a base hidden under a ravine, behind the wall of a sewer, and many other more.

Whooooosh!

As soon as the five Earth Elementals arrived nearby the wooden hut, he immediately received a report from one of them that there is a secret tunnel hidden using a Concealment Magic Array underneath the wooden hut.