Chapter 488 - Night Demon Bat (1/2)

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Gerian, who was very satisfied with Lin Li’s performance, laughed with pride. “That diary mentioned a snippet of Osric’s secret information. It said that when Osric was in his later years, he once used a whole Magic Legion to guard a transport of resources to the Breezy Plains secretly.”

“Oh, do you know what he had been transporting?” Lin Li asked curiously.

“This… Haha.” Gerian scratched his head with embarra.s.sment, and said, “This diary didn’t specify such details. Its owner speculated that it must have been a very valuable load of resources.”

“Erm… Isn’t this nonsense? Since Osric could use a whole Magic Legion as guards, the contents must have been valuable! What else did that cliffhanging guy say?” Evidently, Lin Li was a little unsatisfied with this fella who’d written the diary. However, he also knew that in the Dark Age, this fella was considered a capable man to have some clues about things that a man as powerful as Highlord Osric did.

“Don’t be so short-tempered, young man, I haven’t finished speaking,” said Gerian, taking out a notebook from his chest. He flipped a few pages, and said, “Although the owner of this diary didn’t specify any details, according to information inferred, this bunch of resources was extremely likely to have been gathered to construct something.”

“This diary in your hands is that dairy?” Lin Li was quite surprised. That diary was so new, and didn’t even have any protective magical wave.

“Of course… not! If this were the one pa.s.sed down from the Dark Age, even if there was magic as protection, it’d be impossible for it to be so new! I’ve only seen that diary a very long time ago. After realizing the unusualness of the cave upon coming here, I recalled this incident, and wrote down these things from memory. It’s only for the ease of a.n.a.lysis. Look at it yourself,” said Gerian as he threw the notebook in his hand to Lin Li.

Magicians all had pretty good memory, but the reason Lin Li did not doubt the authenticity of this doc.u.ment at hand was not because of his faith in Gerian’s memory, but the fact that nothing in this doc.u.ment was written with a certain tone. Rather, it was filled with speculative expressions like maybes, perhaps, and what-ifs. This kind of thing wouldn’t affect much, even if Gerian had remembered some things wrongly. Maybe he would even score a lucky hit!

“Building something?” Lin Li’s fingers knocked on the table, producing soft “tap tap” sounds. He was contemplating this issue in his heart. Honestly speaking, those High Elves were too d.a.m.n frustrating. Why couldn’t they just vanish without putting up a struggle instead of using so many tricks to torment people?

Gerian laughed with pride. “You see, even the materials used for construction were high-cla.s.s goods escorted by the Magic Legion. How can the things stored inside be bad?”

“That isn’t impossible. Maybe Osric died even before it could be completed, so there’s nothing much inside,” Lin Li said jokingly.

“I have considered this problem too, but according to the timeline of the diary, this possibility can basically be eliminated, unless they were building something even bigger than Osric’s mausoleum,” said Gerian.

“Those things were transported to the Breezy Plains… doesn’t seem like it’s about the Scar of Death. Other than the Scar of Death in the Blackstone Mountains, where else can things be hidden in the Breezy Plains? Looks like there’s only the Dragon Mountains left,” said Lin Li as he looked at the information at hand.

“Let me tell you something. You probably haven’t noticed that after we entered the mountain hideout of the remnants of the Syer Bandits to search it, but I discovered a few construction foundations deep in the heart of the hideout. Those foundations are probably pretty old, at least 300 to 500 years old,” said Gerian, immensely proud of himself.

“The Syer Bandits were probably established no earlier than 100 years ago. Since there are such ancient building foundations in their hideout, seems like they are not the first ones to live there,” said Lin Li.

“Indeed. I’ve asked Gavin and friends. They are all from the Breezy Plains and familiar with the history and environment here. They told me that before the Syer Bandits, there hasn’t been any news that other bandits ever occupied this valley. Although no news doesn’t mean there definitely hadn’t been any, at least this fact made the place more suspicious.”

“Speaking of this, it’s indeed quite suspicious. There’s no point in guessing; no matter what it is, we will know once we’ve seen it for ourselves.” Lin Li couldn’t be bothered to guess blindly. The cave was just at the base of the valley, anyway. Whether it was the remains of the High Elves’ constructions or a Magical Beast’s nest, he would know once he scouted the cave.

Hutton didn’t know why Lin Li and the fellas from the Tower of Dusk were still here, but he didn’t dare to ask them. Seeing that he had no business here, he packed up and said goodbye to Lin Li. This certainly wasn’t a wasted trip. Not only was he able to secure an even firmer relations.h.i.+p with the Tower of Dusk, he also acquired a large amount of rewards from the battle. Although there had been some casualties, the rewards were enough to shut those old codgers up.

Hutton left with his men in satisfaction. Lin Li calculated for a while. As long as it was related to the High Elves, nothing was easy to deal with. It’d be better to explore the cave himself. Those from the Tower of Dusk weren’t going to be of much help, either—better for them to bring back the rewards first.

“No, I object. Why are you not bringing me along? We’re talking about the High Elves’ Relics here.” Gerian was displeased. This secret was discovered by him, yet he couldn’t even see it. That little rascal was so exasperating.

Lin Li had his reasons for thinking this way. Just speaking of those two pieces of debris of the stars—Holy Light and Gloomy Dark—he had, they were from the ruins of the High Elves. Which one of those ventures wasn’t filled with dangers, ending with him barely making it back alive? If he were to encounter a crisis that even he couldn’t overcome, so what if he brought along so many people? He would have to protect them eventually.

Of course, for the sake of Gerian’s ego, Lin Li couldn’t tell him straight out that he was too weak and would hold Lin Li back. Therefore, Lin Li contemplated for a while, and earnestly said, “Actually, I feel so regretful that you can’t accompany me, but there is a crucial matter concerning the development of the Tower of Dusk. I have no choice but to ask you to personally help with it.”

“Oh, is that so?” After hearing these words, Gerian got interested. He raised his eyebrow slightly and proudly said, “Tell me what you need me to help with. Just say it.”

“It’s like this. This time, when Hutton from the Malfa Family came, we also talked about the potion business other than dealing with those Syer Bandits. Basically, they wanted some quota, and I needed them to provide some cheap medicinal ingredients. So, we just briefly talked about collaboration. I’ll need to trouble you to help settle the specifics.” Lin Li didn’t lie—speaking of business negotiation, n.o.body in the Tower of Dusk was talented in this aspect. Meanwhile, Gerian coincidentally had the potential of an unscrupulous merchant. If he took charge, the Tower of Dusk wouldn’t suffer any loss no matter what happened.

“Alright, I will settle this.” Gerian thought for a while, knowing that Lin Li didn’t lie to him. The Tower of Dusk primarily relied on the potion business to gain income they needed to survive; this matter naturally concerned the development of the Tower of Dusk as well. Since there was a proper matter to settle, it definitely took priority over exploration. Anyway, what lay in the cave at the base of the valley was still a mystery. Maybe it was the High Elves’ ruins, but maybe it wasn’t anything important.