Chapter 720 - Magician Old Blindie (3) (2/2)

Realizing that there was no way he would be able to defeat the Beastman, Darris immediately stopped struggling. The Beastman had chosen to restrain him instead of killing him on the spot. This meant that he must still be of some use to him.

“Stand beside me, don’t move!” Link strode over, seized Darris’s shoulder and pulled him to a dark corner in the tavern. Both of them instantly vanished into the shadows.

Link had activated his Concealment spell. They were still inside the tavern. However, they no longer needed to worry about being noticed or eavesdropped by anyone.

Link threw his axe on the ground in the middle of the tavern. Everyone in the building was too busy fleeing for their lives to pay Link, Darris or the 200-pound battle axe on the ground any mind.

In the darkness, Link continued telepathically speaking to Darris, “You’re being targeted by a group of Nagas. I want to know why.”

Darris was unable to make any sense of the Concealment spell that Link had activated. He knew then that the Beastman’s power was far superior to his own. When he heard what Link said, he frowned. “Are you talking about the priests of the God of Destruction in the Black Forest? I don’t think I’ve done anything to upset any of them.”

“Try to remember,” said Link. Those Nagas would definitely not have set their sights on Darris for no reason.

Darris then asked, “You know who I am. But I don’t recall ever knowing any Beastman. Who the hell are you? How did you know my true identity?”

“I’m Link,” said Link, confident that Darris would not be able to use his identity against him even if he wanted to.

Upon hearing the name, Darris’s body began trembling violently. He still remembered the time he was defeated by Link back in Girvent Forest. He had thought about exacting his revenge upon him, but Link had surpassed his power at such an incredible speed. His legendary exploits had spread far and wide across the continent. Even the little Beastman children knew that somewhere in the Far East lay a prosperous human city presided over by a powerful human lord.

He had completely given up vengeance three years ago. He only hoped that Link had forgotten about his existence. Darris had endeavored to stay out of trouble and kept to himself as much as possible in order to make sure that his name remained in oblivion.

He never thought that Link would still be able to recognize after all this time.

At that moment, a sense of hopelessness had filled Darris.

“I…” He was about to say something, only to be interrupted by Link.

“Answer me!”

“I really don’t know.” Darris shrugged helplessly. He had no reason to lie to the all-powerful Lord of Ferde. For the last two years, he had remained in the Golden Plains. He had never come into contact with any of the Nagas in the Black Forest. Suddenly, Darris’s eyes lit up.

“Wait,” he said. He immediately sank into deep thought as if he had just recalled something.

Link patiently waited for an answer from him.

A few minutes later, Darris spoke, “This may have something to do with someone I came across a month ago. He looked young, maybe fifteen to sixteen years old, but I could tell that he was even more powerful than me. I didn’t have a chance to speak to him, but he left behind a valuable spellcasting gemstone like it was something that could be found anywhere. The gemstone was then picked up by a vampire. Only recently did it end up in my possession.”

Darris pulled out a blue-white spellcasting gemstone from his spatial ring. The gemstone seemed capable of storing high volumes of magical power. Any Magician would have been impressed by what they saw.

Link frowned at the gemstone. “Something’s wrong with it. There’s a soul magic seal on it. It’s giving off strange magical fluctuations… Strange, they remind me of someone.”

Link was soon lost in his own thoughts. Ignoring Darris’s bewildered look, Link began closely observing the blue-white gemstone in his hand. His eyes now gleamed with a gentle light, which seemed rather incongruous with the rest of his Beastman features.

Just then, a voice rang out from outside the Bloody Tavern. “In here. There’s a lot of blood on the ground. Must have been quite a bloodbath.”

The Nagas had caught up to them!