139 The Invitation (1/2)

Chapter 139: The Invitation

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

”What do you have that could interest me?” said Lucien gently with a smile.

”My lord… If you’re interested in my information, I beg you pardon me, please.” Chris almost burst into tears.

”That depends on how valuable your information is.” Lucien held his sword firmly.

”I… I got an invitation the other day,” stammered Chris.

”You got?” Lucien tilted his head a bit.

”I stole… I stole the invitation,” Chris corrected himself awkwardly, but he then explained hurriedly, ”It looks like an invitation for a gathering of black sorcerers.”

”...” Lucien did not respond, although his heart suddenly missed a beat.

”My lord… It is a gathering of black sorcerers of low rank, and it’s a great chance for any knight to establish a great, heroic feat.”

”Show me the invitation.” Lucien hid his excitement and commanded sternly.

Under Lucien’s watch, Chris took out a small piece of neatly folded paper from his pocket.

”Here it is, my lord. Several days ago, a mysterious traveler came to the town and the way he spent money was pretty indulgent. So I followed him when he left the town and I witnessed that he killed a bunch of beats which were trying to attack him, using vicious, frightful black magic!”

Lucien took the piece of paper and unfolded it with his left hand. Only with a short glance, he registered the invitation in his spiritual library:

”The second Friday in the Month of Fire, when the silver moon is in the sky, we invite you, sorcerers and sorcerer apprentices, to come to the land previously owned by Wilfred, to attend a feast of death that will be held in Carendia Castle to welcome a mister from the headquarter of the Congress of Magic.”

No salutation, no signature. It was a strange invitation. However, it sparked off Lucien’s great interest as a sorcerer himself.

Seeing that Lucien did not cut him off immediately, Chris resumed talking to provide more information to please him, ”When I was following him, I didn’t realize that he was also the target of another group of adventurers. After several rounds of fighting against the beasts, they attacked the traveler. The traveler was not at a disadvantage at the beginning, since his black magic was even more powerful than they thought, until all of them got besieged by a group of robbers when they were exhausted, and both the traveler and the adventures were killed.”

Listening to Chris’s words, Lucien was quite certain that the traveler was a sorcerer apprentice.

”So you took an advantage of it and got this invitation?” asked Lucien.

”Yes… that’s right, my lord,” answered Chris obediently.

”Why you did not report to the Church, then?” The name, Wilfred, was not strange to Lucien. Wilfred was one of the several legendary-level necromancers in history, however, he was killed in the siege of the Church performed by the major cardinals, and even his Magic Tower built in a demiplane was destroyed. ”And do you know anything about Carendia Castle?”

”I’m a rogue walking in darkness and shadow. If the Church found out, I would be sentenced to death on the gallows,” Chris honestly answered. ”And I know nothing about this castle. In fact, I mentioned the name of the castle to people a couple of times in Korsor in the Adventurers’ Association and the Rogue Guild, but no one ever heard of this place before. I guess… My guess is that it’s a code among the black sorcerers. Well… that’s how we rogues do it.”

Lucien was a bit disappointed, since there was just too few clues for him to locate a place in a country which was totally strange to him.

”I see. Did you ever tell this to anyone else?” A gentle smile appeared on Lucien’s face.

”Never. I was still looking for a buyer.” Chris gave a sigh of relief. It seemed his hands were safe now. ”Serving you is my pleasure, my lord.”

Lucien nodded, ”Good job.”

Then, Lucien directly stabbed the sword at Chris’s throat without any hesitance. Chris’s eyes opened wide, but he could not make a sound. His blood bubbled from his mouth and throat. Lucien calmly pulled the sword back, ”You know too much.”

Although Lucien did not think he would be able to find the so-called Carendia Castle, he did not want to leave any risk here for himself, just in case, especially because he did not trust Chris at all. Who knew whether this rogue would sell this information to someone else afterwards.