195 Where are the Power Sources? (2/2)

Leon paused and flashed a glance over his shoulders. He continued his way after he calmly answered, ”None.”

Naturally, he had long noticed the absence behind her back. It was hard not to notice such a conspicuous thing when it goes missing. Although he did not show it, he was quite surprised. He had to admit that Lilith was quite a genius for mastering the art so quickly. However, he ignored it. He did not want to stroke her ego.

Lilith stamped her feet in anger but still followed Leon. She was expecting some praises but didn't expect this fella to be so hateful for not satisfying her vanity.

Zorbek and the 18 other palace guards sighed with relief when they saw Leon. Zorbek would have gone out to look for Leon personally if he did not return within another 5 minutes.

”It's good that you are safe, Your Highness.” Zorbek soon shifted his eyes onto the petite figure behind Leon. ”…and who is this lovely lady?”

What the heck? Was this person pretending to be stupid? Other than the black wing that she had retracted into her body, she looked practically the same as before.

Never did it occur to Lilith that Zorbek never put her in his eyes and only recognize her by her wing, otherwise she would have been angered to death. There was a limit to how much the person could dislike her, right!? She hadn't done anything to them, yet!

”Are you hitting on me? Sorry, it's too late to win my good impression. I'm not interested in older men anyway.” Lilith said.

!!!

Zorbek widened his eyes in shock and almost choked on his own words. What happened to her wing? The others also showed surprised expressions, but they soon started looking at her strangely. The silence made her uncomfortable.

”What is it? Why are you all looking at me like that?” Lilith asked doubtfully.

Leon turned around and asked peculiarly, ”If you're not interested in older men, then are you interested in younger boys?”

Lilith was startled by Leon's question before her face soon flush with embarrassment.

”No…!”

”Hahaha…” Leon chuckled lightly. He wanted to continue teasing, but then he frowned. They were still short on numbers. ”Alright, enough nonsense. Where's the rest of the team?”

”I just sent them out to look for you. They should be back in a bit to report when they can't find you, Your Highness.” Zorbek answered.

”I see. Never mind then. You can busy yourself with your own work. I'm going to meditate for a bit.”

”Yes, Your Highness.” Zorbek complied.

Leon found himself a spot on the ground and began digesting the rest of the knowledge from [Introduction to Runes for Dummies]. At the same time, Zorbek gathered the palace guards and had them report their findings to him, before jotting everything down on his notebook.

Everyone had a plentiful harvest in this short hour. This could be seen when they presented their overloaded backpacks. They couldn't fit everything inside and had to carry the excess on hand back to the gathering point.

There was more room after depleting nearly all their rations, however, the free space was filled back up with crystals and sunstones. They also found some unknown tools, equipment, and even weapons, which could all be categorized under artifacts.

One of Leon's eyes opened when the artifacts were pulled out, but he quickly lost interest. He suspected they were spirit artifacts or maybe even forbidden artifacts, but the runic lines were all damaged and he didn't sense any artifact spirit from them.

If the runic lines were damaged, then the artifact was pretty much scraps and only useful for study purposes. He was just beginning to understand basic runic lines. He was still far from being able to repair the damaged artifacts.

Sometime later, Leon reopened his eyes and gave the group a brief sweeping glance. Zorbek and palace guards had finished their tallying and were waiting on him.

”Should we begin preparing for our return journey and check if the path is clear, Your Highness? We won't be able to carry any more relics if we proceed further.” Zorbek asked.

Leon shook his head. He had completed half of his objectives on this trip, but he was still unwilling to return after making it this far.

Despite searching so many buildings, no one seemed to have located the power sources yet. Leon gave Lilith a brief glance. Was she also looking for power sources?

Suddenly, Leon swept the group again and frowned.

”What's wrong, Your Highness?”