Chapter 523 - Who’s Lying? (1/2)

Chapter 523: Who’s Lying?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Grinth Magic Academy

“Master, your lord must be very busy recently, right?” the king of Southmoon asked.

Eliard furrowed his brows at this. He’d heard that something happened to Link recently but this king looked dazed. This was his third time he started talking about Link. He seemed to really wish that Link could come to Southmoon.

“Your Majesty, our lord has been paying close attention to the situation in the North. If you run into any problems, let me know, and I will do my best to help you. If I can’t, I will definitely help send the message.” Eliard deepened his tone at the end.

“Oh, I see. That’s good, that’s good. I don’t have any problems now.” The king chuckled awkwardly. After a pause, he said, “Ah, let’s not talk about this anymore, Master Eliard. You came from such a faraway place and must be tired. I won’t disturb you anymore.”

With that, he got up and left.

Eliard found this even stranger, but his expression didn’t change. He stood up and saw the king out of the magic academy.

When the king’s group left, he turned to the one responsible for the Ferde magic ambassador group. “Amir,” he murmured. “Has there been any strange news from inside the palace recently?”

He felt that the king was very not normal.

Amir was a 30-year-old Level-5 Magician. He was short and looked wooden, but that was just the surface. In actuality, he was very sharp. This was the reason why he was responsible for the group this time.

He glanced to the side. Seeing that there were some people from the Grinth Magic Academy beside them, he said, “Master, the palace is as usual. I didn’t hear anything strange.”

His tone was normal, but when he spoke, he blinked at Eliard. This meant he had something to report privately.

Eliard was taken aback. He turned to study the Southmoon Magicians. At a glance, they seemed to be doing their own things. At closer inspection, they were paying attention to him. One of the young Magicians was the most obvious. He would constantly look over.

Things were even more off now.

Eliard was clever too. He yawned and slapped his forehead; fatigue showed on his face. “That’s good. I’m tired, actually. I’ll go rest now.”

With that, he patted Amir’s shoulder. “Where are we resting? Take me there.”

Amir nodded. “Lord, please follow me.”

He turned towards the garden villa in the southeast of the academy. The villa was very big with more than 20 rooms. All of Ferde’s Magicians were living in it.

Once inside the garden, Amir took out his wand. He shook it and cast a Level-5 Secret Spell: Soul Fog.

Light fog spread from his wand and expanded. It became omnipresent water vapor that shrouded the entire villa. Then Amir continued walking. After entering the villa, he led Eliard to a small room on the second floor and cast a Level-4 barrier.

Finally, he relaxed. “Master, the situation is very strange.”

His earlier actions had alerted Eliard. “Why did you cast so many barriers?” he asked. “Are there spies?”

Amir shook his head, looking perplexed. “I don’t know if anyone is spying, but for the last half month, there were times when I felt strange while sleeping. It was like someone was watching me from the shadows. I looked around but couldn’t find any spies. To be honest, I can’t take it for much longer. I’ve had so many nightmares these days.”

Eliard studied Amir. He realized the man had light dark circles under his bloodshot eyes. His pallor was dark too. He truly looked exhausted.

The situation was quite serious. After thinking, Eliard turned to look at the surrounding barrier. “Are these effective?”

Amir shook his head, chuckling dryly. “I don’t know. Maybe or maybe it’s just a placebo.”

Eliard furrowed his brows. He thought a bit and took out his own wand. This was special. He’d modified it from Link’s Burning Wrath of Heavens. It was now called the Wrath of the Sun wand.

The wand looked like it was made of crystal and radiated with faint sun-like golden flames. When Eliard poured Sunlight Power into it, the flames would multiply until the entire room was painted in light gold.

“Sun Barrier!” he roared quietly.

Sun Barrier