316 Building the Image (1/2)

Chapter 316: Building the Image

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

Carina tried hard to put a smile on her face and then asked, ”What about you, sir?”

She was born in a relatively big family, so Carina was often very confident and proud. However, in front of Adam, the most well-known knight in this area, Carina felt nervous. In her eyes, the young sorcerer who stood beside Adam was probably also a very powerful person.

Lucien slightly shook his head and smiled, ”I'm a nobody. I was caught only a day earlier than you guys. You can call me Lucien.”

”A day earlier? Are you from somewhere else?” asked Ophelia surprisedly. The rest of the team also looked quite surprised.

The way they looked at Lucien made him feel that he was a rare animal in the zoo, being watched and observed by human beings outside of the cage. He grinned and said, ”Haven't you ever seen an outsider? I think most people here are the descendants of the outsiders.”

Carina realized that they were directly staring at this young sorcerer. Her face flushed, ”I'm sorry, Mr. Lucien, we have never seen any outsiders. Although like you just said, we're descendants of the outsiders, we are trapped in this isolated area and we rarely see people from outside.”

Adam grinned, ”In fact, there are outsiders coming to this place all the time. But some of them chose to directly integrate into the local people, while most of them soon lose their lives in the forests. Some were like Lucien. As soon as he stepped into this area, he directly became the old woman's target.”

”The old woman…” the four of them all gasped at the same time. They wondered how dare Adam directly call the owner of this place as old woman.

Adam saw their reaction and shrugged, ”It's okay. She doesn't care. She only cares about her experiments and her face. Not even those servants care.”

Noticing that Adam just took a glance at them, the red-faced servant stared at Adam, ”One more word about this… I'll lash you with my thickest whip!”

The servants dared not to report this to the witch. Many years ago, a servant tried to show his loyalty to the witch, so he told the witch that all the experiment materials were calling her ”the old witch” behind her back. In the end, the witch killed all the people who said the three words, including that servant.

Carina saw the servants' reaction, so she felt a bit more relaxed, ”I see… So, Mr. Adam, you were an outsider. No wonder when you first showed up, you were already a grand knight. I guess you're not alone here… Those people should also come from the outside world…”

Out of curiosity, the young knight, Bullard, asked, ”Mr. Adam, Mr. Lucien, what is the outside world like? Are those poetries and stories true? They say that the outside world is a great place, and there are many powerful sorcerers and knights.”

Adam pointed at Lucien, who looked a bit lost in his own thoughts, ”I've been imprisoned here for too many years. Lucien shall be the one answering your questions.”

The servants also stopped talking and looked at Lucien, as they were just as curious about the outside world.

Lucien found something worthy of attention from Carina's words. Realizing that they were all looking at him, he answered, ”The outside world… is much, much bigger. It has horrible dark forests, jade-like lakes, lofty mountains, boundless plains, busy and prosperous cities, as well as a city in the sky…”

Although Lucien's description was very rough, his words still seized all of his listeners' heart, especially when Lucien was talking about the city in the sky and the magic train. They longed for the place that Lucien was describing.

”The world's so wonderful… I've never heard of something like this… a city in the sky.” Carina murmured as she looked at the silver moon. Then she asked out of great passion, ”Mr. Lucien, how big is the Congress?”

Lucien looked up at the rest of the floors of the magic tower above and said calmly, ”A magic tower like this is everywhere in the Congress…”

Hearing that, even Adam was shocked. He could never imagine that there was a place in this world where senior-rank mages like the old witch could be seen anywhere.

”I'm only talking about the truth. At least, it's the truth for me.” Lucien grinned. ”But to live a really good life there, you have to win the Holm Crown Ring and the recognition from an organization or group, say, the Will of Elements. In the Congress, only powerful people have the right to talk. And there are lots of sorcerers who are a hundred, or even a thousand times more powerful than the old witch.”

There was more respect in Carina's eyes when she looked at Lucien, the same as everyone else.

Lucien's purpose had been achieved. He was not an arrogant guy, but right now he decided to talk in this bragging manner to make the prisoners believe that he was the leader that they could follow. He continued, ”I'm on my mission to send a letter to an important person. Before long, the Congress will send someone here to save me, a legendary sorcerer. In front of a legendary sorcerer, the old witch would only be like an ant…”