418 Chapter 417 (2/2)
”No, I'm not,” The woman said. ”I'm not killing sentient beings, only monsters... you should have noticed that. Did you find any other type of monster near the dungeon? My golems only attacked you because I wanted to confirm my hypothesis. I'm sorry for that, but I wouldn't be able to judge if you were an enemy or not without doing that.”
”Well, now... what should I do?”
”Just come to my castle,” The woman said. ”I already told you I just want to talk, you probably have the information I want, and of course, I will help you a little bit if you prove yourself useful.”
”Don't read my mind...” Leon frowned. ”What kind of information do you want?”
”You picked the interest of some harvesters, right?” The woman asked. ”I can tell because I already saw many like you.”
Now that was surprising... Leon didn't expect to hear something like that anytime soon. However, it wasn't that surprising that he would meet someone in a similar position, or at least someone who knew several individuals that experienced what Leon experienced. Everything was starting to make sense, that woman was much more powerful than someone who would actually live in a world that was on the third stage of assimilation. She was capable of creating those elementals, after all. She was only there to make use of time dilation.
”If you are that afraid, you just have to create two checkpoints using mithril,” The woman said. ”Just put one of them near the crystal, and you will be able to move to their instantly as long as you keep the second with yourself.”
As expected, she was really a magician that had a lot more knowledge than Leon has. That kind of information was valuable, but Leon was angry because he was clearly being taunted but still was falling for that cheap trick.
”Hah... I'm not going to keep insisting,” The woman said after a long sigh. ”In the end, someone so fearful wouldn't help me in any way.”
After that, Leon didn't hear anything. Leon felt alleviated, but he couldn't help but wonder about what he should do. Until now, he only found enemies that had more magical knowledge than him. It had been the first time that he met someone who knew more than a few tricks and clearly didn't show any hostility.
”Mmm... It is risky, but like everything that is dangerous, it may grant me many things. She probably is going to ask me about the harvesters that I know... most likely, she also wants to hunt a harvester or two. I will take my chances.”