Chapter 344: MEETING THE HIGH PRIEST (2/2)

Luo Yan nodded.

Shen Ji Yun opened the door without even knocking. Inside was a spacious room with rows of floor to ceiling windows. Because of the location of the room, most of what could be seen outside were nothing but clouds and endless blue sky. The design of the room was very minimal. A desk, a chair, a shelf of books. As if only the barest necessity was allowed.

Standing near the floor to ceiling windows, with his back on them, was a man wearing the same white robe as the NPC earlier. All they could see was his long gray hair. Luo Yan no doubt that this was the High Priest.

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He turned around. It was a kind-looking old man with long gray hair and an equally long gray beard with half-moon spectacles on top of his straight nose. He had a gentle smile on his face. He looked like one of those mysterious old men who loved to spout vague nonsense instead of just talking straight to the point. Yes, Luo Yan was calling out the leader of the Crimson Corps.

Then he suddenly remembered what the Gatekeeper told them before, that the High Priest of the Tower most likely belonged to a Legendary race. But from what he could see, he looked like a human. Or was his humanoid form just too human?

”Welcome, Lord Qilin,” the High Priest said. ”I assume you're here for a very important reason if you have to act like you have forgotten your manners,” he added with a smile.

Oh, it seemed like this NPC had attitude – Luo Yan thought. He glanced at Shen Ji Yun, wondering what he would do next. But knowing him, he'd probably just go straight to the point.

”There's an elf named Rhys in this Tower. I don't care if he's a priest here or one of your priests is hiding him here or all of you are protecting him. I want you to bring him to us within 15 minutes. If you don't comply, well, I think you already know what I will do if you don't.”

See? Very straightforward.

”Lord Qilin, if you think that you could take on all the priests in this Tower, then please, you're welcome to do so,” the High Priest replied back, still with the same gentle smile. ”Your threat is a big insult to the goddess.”

”The real insult here is you, the High Priest, refusing to cooperate,” Shen Ji Yun countered. ”You said it's an insult to the moon goddess? Then do you know what that elf, Rhys, did to a moon elf – the race directly born from the goddess tears?”

Luo Yan raised one of his brows. He kind of didn't know that. With a tacit understanding, he followed up what Shen Ji Yun said by removing the hood of the cloak he was wearing. He put that on again earlier while they were still waiting for someone from the Tower to welcome them. Long white hair fell down behind his back like a waterfall, showing the unique trait of a moon elf to the High Priest.

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He looked at the NPC with his blue eyes filling with tears. ”The Gatekeeper of our village, his wife died from a curse. The last place she was before she died was here. And Rhys was the one who took her here in the guise of doing some kind of mission. Which ultimately ended with her being cursed. Her name was Finnea. Her husband asked us to help him find out how she was cursed. So, he and their son could have the closure they so needed. Please, if you could just help us meet Rhys. I'm begging you.”

He closed his eyes to squeezed out tears. And drops of pearl like tears fell from his blue eyes.