Chapter 335: A TALK WITH THE LEADER (2/2)

”It's okay. We're the ones who should apologize for coming here unannounced,” Luo Yan returned back.

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”So, I heard you're here because of Finnea?” the leader then said, his expression becoming more serious.

Luo Yan nodded. ”Her husband asked me to find the reason behind her death and the events that led up to it.”

”And why do you think of coming here for that?”

”We know that Finnea's father was once a member of your mercenary group. And we have reason to believe that Finnea also became one. And the reason she contracted that curse was because she was out on a mission for your group,” Luo Yan said. ”Of course, these were all mere speculations. But it wouldn't hurt to learn of the Leader's opinion about it.”

The leader of the Crimson Corps looked at them, particularly at Luo Yan, very seriously. It's as if he was contemplating about something. ”I want to know first what led you to that conclusion.”

”She always went out of the village in the guise of meeting a friend. On the days before she contracted that curse, she said to her husband that she would be meeting a friend of hers. When she returned, she was already cursed and closed to dying,” Luo Yan explained. ”We suspected that this 'friend' she was talking about is a member of Crimson Corps. Because how else would she return that way if she was simply meeting a 'friend'? They probably undertook some kind of dangerous mission that put her in that condition. If we're wrong, the Leader is free to contradict me.”

The leader only let out a long sigh after he heard that. ”Yes, Finnea was indeed a member of Crimson Corps. After she got married, she sometimes took missions to earn money for her new family,” he said, confirming their guess. ”But the mission that took away her life, I have no knowledge about it.”

Luo Yan stared at the leader. He knew this one was just an NPC. If he was not telling them anything important, then that meant that they were not saying the right key words to trigger it.

”Tower of Edia. That's what she wrote on a piece of paper before she left the moon elves' village.”

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After he said that, obvious ripples appeared on the leader's eyes. And he knew he just hit the jackpot.

The leader removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. ”Are you certain of that?”

”Yes,” Luo Yan said without hesitation.

The leader sighed once again before putting his glasses back on and looking at his guests. ”There might be someone who probably knew what happened to Finnea. But she's not here right now. If you're willing to wait for her, then I could call her back.”

Luo Yan turned to Shen Ji Yun and the other also looked at him. They nodded to each other. And Luo Yan said to the leader;

”We're willing.”