Chapter 379: Your Information is Too Outdated (2/2)

— the average wood elf was far stronger than humans, and something that was a treasure to them would be even more precious to humans. “If anyone could find it, they wouldn’t have to worry about the latter half of their lives!”

“I see… do you know what the wood elves’ greatest treasure is, then?” Jom asked.

“Oh, how am I supposed to know that?” Caius answered matter-of-factly. “But since it is the greatest treasure, it must be something anyone would recognize when they see it, such as a sacred crystal that shines in rainbow colors, or some pure origin stone which had been cleansed of inner evils!”

Regrettably, your guess is completely wrong.

Having some insider information, Jom watched Caius without a word—this man would not recognize a thing even if the wood elves’ greatest treasure were to be placed right in front of him.

Moreover, the reason the wood elves would appear before humans was only because the Church of Games’ success in claiming control over the Elven Synchronized Intellect Nation’, in turn remolding it into Gaim, the Players’ turf.

And that in turn slowly changed the mindsets of the wood elves in spite of preexisting enmities.

Even though they would still look down on humans as usually, most of them now recognized that the Players are beings whom even the high elves acknowledge. They were certainly no longer upset when younger elves who thought well of Players would group up with them too.

“By the way, speaking of undead, it seems that there were rumors of an undead dragon in Valla. That said, it had been some time since the rumors circulated, and I believe that it was nothing but a hoax since there had been no continuation.”

Caius then continued on to other rumors, with Terry and Jom keeping a straight face as they let him talk-especially since they had personally experienced that particular event.

“Then, there is that giant machine that left the world shaking in its wake…”

…which had a large group of Players retracing its footsteps, and it wouldn’t mean a thing even if Jom and Terry joined them now…

“And a mysterious city above the clouds!”

We just got off that city…

Hence, Terry and Jom traded glances.

Could this man have no useful information aside from outdated details of the Church of Games’ recent events?

At that very thought, Jom’s interest waned, whereas Terry threw his chicken bone down to Pikes beneath their table out of boredom.

That was when the tavern door opened, and a lady wearing heavy armor stood appeared with several knights wearing the same armor in tow.

The style of those armors looked like it belonged to the Valla Empire instead of the Tegrono Federation.

Federation citizens in the tavern were certainly nervous for a group like this to show up at Leonginet, a town within the borders of Tegrono, fearful that the newly coronated emperor with a terrible temper was about to invade the federation.

Still, others such as Caius were quite calm.

He whispered to Terry and Jom then, “That lady’s name is Kristina. She’s a Scepter of the Temple of Glory, although her jurisdiction is in the Valla Empire and she usually wouldn’t come to these lands. It’s said that she is leading her group in their search for an extremely dangerous magical beast… but gossip had it that their target is no beast but a high elf!”

There was a glint in Jom’s eyes at those words.

Finally, a useful clue.