Chapter 259: Old Parchment. (1/2)

A little disappointed, Ozul made his way back to the headquarters of the Three-Eyed Strangers.

Kure was more than 900 years old and should know more than he would ever be able to read in the books. Artifacts were useful even considering his strength that was on par with Rank-10 Mages.

However, he could only give up on that idea now.

He could try to learn about the workings of the artifacts more in-depth, but he didn't have time for that now.

Ozul knew that Kure hadn't lied about anything during that whole conversation, and that was a little concerning considering the methods used by Old Gu.

Now he felt that his advice on training those two under him was probably because of this. Although they were strong as they were now, Ozul wanted them to be more than ready for any kind of situation.

”Though that was unexpected,” Ozul muttered on his way back as he thought how Kure's attitude was overly friendly for an ancestor who had lived more than nine hundred years and was among the strongest on the entire continent.

Nonetheless, it could be explained because Kure was reaching almost the end of his lifespan. He had felt how sincere that old man had been in persuading him to join the family. Ozul didn't have to guess that Kure wanted the family to be safe after he died, hence his positive behavior.

Ozul then shrugged mentally and went inside the headquarters, making his way directly to the seventh floor as he ignored the usual fearful looks he received from those on the lower floors.

He didn't find Irvin and Haley anywhere and then remembered the task he had given them before leaving.

It was already night, but those two were holed up in Haley's office since the time he had left!

There were only those two in the room when he entered, and the inside of the office was completely different from when he had left.

The whole place was littered with random books, weird-looking stones or crystals, and all other kinds of strange objects. It wasn't surprising when he noticed a long list in Haley's hands and Irvin standing there motionlessly with his eyes closed and a Spatial ring in his hand.

For a moment, the husband and wife didn't even notice his presence. Only when Haley looked up to call Irvin did she saw Ozul standing there at a distance.

”Young master!” she stood up while exclaiming in surprise. Irvin also pulled his consciousness out of the Spatial Ring, and they simultaneously bowed their heads.

”The list isn't done yet?” Ozul asked the obvious.

”There were a lot more things than we expected, young master,” Haley apologized, but the smile never left her face. Although it was a headache to sort out everything from the Spatial Rings, all of these herbs and books would be used for the organization, so she was more than happy to spend her whole day on it.

”It's fine. I will be in my room, give me the list as soon as you finish,” Ozul waved his hand and was about to leave the room but stopped in the middle of the doorway.

He remembered the task he had given Haley before going to the Silverbird Kingdom.

Turning towards her, he asked, ”How is that elite group coming along?”

Haley didn't understand what he meant for a few seconds before she remembered that he had told her to start training an exclusive and elite group of people and also given her free use of whatever resources the organization had.

”That... uh,” Haley didn't know what to say since she hadn't done anything about that yet.

Ozul could guess what she was thinking, but he didn't plan to lecture her about this. It hadn't been many days since he told her anyway.

”Don't delay it any further than this. I need a complete report on this under a week,” Ozul ordered before leaving the room. Haley sighed in relief that it didn't anger him, but she quickly went back to finish that list.

When Ozul got to the 8th floor, he noticed both Raven and Blaze were in their respective rooms, cultivating without any rest.

He would also have to start their training, but it was already night, so he decided to take a nap before Haley and Irvin finished compiling the list.

Although he had guessed that there would be many riches in Luthien's Spatial Ring, he hadn't expected there would be so much that it required hours for Haley and Irvin to write them down completely.

Until then, a long nap was just what he needed.

.. .

In the middle of the night, he heard the knock on his door and immediately woke up. He knew who was there.