Chapter 168: The Greatest Conspiracy (B) (1/2)

Oliver recounted the terrific adventures they had had ever since entering the deserted settlement of the spirit race. Because he had an unsightly and gloomy expression on his face before he even recounted what they had been through, Elliot could tell that the past few days hadn't been good on them.

Oliver started spewing out words, and Elliot listened to each of them carefully. Just like him, they too got teleported. However, they appeared directly in this place. The random teleportation caused them to split up from their entourage, giving them immense headaches before they even started exploring this settlement.

One might think: what's the big problem? Well, their escort carried basic and essential stuff, things like magic crystals, bedding, meat, spices, frypan, heater, and so on. Unlike Elliot, who didn't need them, Oliver and the others were dependent on the crystals. This place lacked magic energy, so there was no way for them to restore their energy by breathing in the air. The only way to do so was to concentrate and extract the energy out of magic crystals! However, they only had a certain amount of it in their spatial storage devices.

At first, they were out for the hunt, intent on completing the trial by taking the tags from their targets and defeating the beasts mentioned in the hunting list. However, with monsters attacking them day and night and the number of their magic crystals dwindling every hour or so, they quickly realized that they would not be able to survive alone and thus decided to tag along with the others.

Staring from a party of two, they grew to a party of twenty until eleven died the previous night. Died—because they were attacked by beasts—because the life-saving treasure that would teleport them back to their home wasn't working in this place. Their deaths indeed caused them immense sadness and pain. However, their lives were also on the line, and they couldn't mourn for their fallen comrades for long.

After killing the beasts that attacked them, they recollected themselves and made a run for it. Staying in a place carrying the scent of blood wasn't a good choice, after all.

But a day after, that means tonight, another group of beasts chanced upon them and nearly managed to kill them when Elliot came and saved them all.

All in all, their time in this place had been hell, or even worse than that.

Thanks to Oliver, he realized that night lasted for around fourteen hours in this place, and daytime seemed to be double that time. A day in this forest was like two days in Xavier. Normies among magicians were bound to experience stuff like jet lags and so on.

”I am curious about two things, though,” Elliot said, desires to know about something bugging him like a bug gracing the edges of his lips.

”And what are those?” Oliver asked, and Arthur looked at him, so did the others, waiting to hear what he had to say.

”How did you guys get the life-saving treasures that only the academy knows how to create?” Elliot said while looking at Oliver. Talking to this guy was pleasant. Sadly, they were standing on opposite sides, and he had to treat him like an enemy till the bitter end.

Only the academy could create them, but now even the members of the magician families had them; that in itself was suspicious.

”That I can not tell you.” Oliver refused to tell him, and he was adamant about it.

”So, you know?” Elliot raised his eyes at his words, surprised to see that the mistress of the Charlotte family trusted him so much that she had told him about it. Otherwise, how could a magician in the channel opening stage even know of such stuff?

Although realizing that he messed up, Oliver kept his calm and replied, ”Yes.”

Elliot said, ”No matter what?”

”No matter what,” Oliver replied.

Arthur had the same stance as him so asking him was going to be useless.

Elliot moved his gaze towards his slaves and asked, ”What about you guys?”

The older one of the twins hurriedly replied, ”We don't know anything, I swear.”

”Me neither,” Jay added.