Chapter 80 There Is Only One Truth (2/2)

This old man had a polite smile on his face, and his white head full of hair randpa

Of course, Daniel and the rest were not aware that, this old man, was in fact responsible of this recruitment office, and was a veteran hth rank

The two ht in front of Daniel's group The old man said ”You s about you in the last forty-eight hours Followtowards the door once again

Daniel and the rest followed hi corridor with various closed rooms to the opposite side of the lobby In this corridor, a few people walked back and forth at a fast pace, while carrying forms and documents from one room to another

The two men lead Daniel and the rest into the only double door within the corridor Behind this double door, was an i office

This office was not simple by any means The refined couches, tables and chairs were separated froh-ranking beast furs On one of these refined couches, aa few docu the existence of the man in red armor, directly walked behind his desk and sat on his chair While at the same time, the clerk placed five chairs in front of the desk, and after excusing himself in a polite manner, he left the room

Before the clerk left, he looked at the man clad in red armor with eyes filled with admiration

”Please sit” Said the old man in a polite manner

Daniel and the rest immediately took a seat, and waited to hear what the old man had to say

”First of all, I wanted to clarify what truly happened in the forest of towering rocks You ht not know this, but in the couple of days prior to your return, roups reported various versions of what happened to their powers Including other groups that belong to the legion” Said the oldat Heimart and Alis, which he had believed to be the leaders of the group

This roup's mechanics had been caused by the believe that, it was in fact thanks to Heieniuses like Daniel and Jerigh into his newly forroup

The reason why Alis was believed to be one of the leaders, was because during the registration of the group, Heiroups reported that all powers discovered the truth of what happened at the sa on your part, your group was able to ally with a couple of powerful earth eleroup reported that you were split into two teams, and that one of these tea the roups arrived at the scene, you have attacked them in order to prevent theroup even claimed that an all out war broke out, and that the prize was a high level earth treasure of which you ht be in possession of” Said the old htened his back in his chair, and after clearing his throat, he said ”There is part of the truth in all of these stories, Sir But the entire truth is completely different”

”By all means, tell me what really happened then” Said the old ain, Heimart cleared his throat and said ”We have reached the rocky forest four days after receiving the mission The moroups Dan and Alis went to look for inforart, and Jerigh went to look for allies from other powers”

At this ood nu merchants, and from them, we've learned that the only victiht outside of the closest cities in the area Not one uard or traveler had ever disappeared in the same fashi+on”

”What lead you to the encounter with the earth elementals?” Asked the old man with clear interest

”We have heard the sounds of a battle, and after reaching the site, we found a dead body and an earth elemental present on scene This earth elemental was more powerful than ere, so we've tried to earn so to him He revealed that the men he killed were bandits, and that they were part of a band that lead merchants into the rocky forest just to rob them and kill them” She said with a calm and polite tone

”And you've believed it?” Asked the old h a dubious expression

”Not at first But then he lead us to a rave in which hundreds of bodies had been disposed The bodies presented injuries er in her voice

Heiain and started to recount the rest of his side of the story

After five full ain

The old man's eyes moved towards the man clad in red armor every time the story recounted by Hei the lack of interest of theto the two

”That's an impressive feat Can you explain the nicknames I've seen in the reports? The Mute Sword Deer” Said the old man in curiosity

”That should be the two of us” Said Daniel in a polite tone

Finally, for the first time, the man clad in red ar

The old hting and defeating sixth rank cultivators?”

”Dedication to cultivation And a bit of alche a bit of shyness