Chapter 97 - The Eyes Scheme (1/2)

In the blink of an eye, more than two hours have gone by and it was already past midnight. At this moment, the girls were already deep asleep. However, Shad and his old man were still in the living room talking to each other.

After spending more than two hours talking to each other and came to an understanding, the old man looked at Shad and eventually sighed before saying: ” I have lived for countless years and spent a great deal of my time researching the Great Tower, and during that time, I got to know how horrifying and terrifying this place is. You will have a long and arduous journey ahead of you, but I hope you'll come back stronger and victorious because the fate of the Djage Empire depends on this quest.”

” I understand old man.” Shad took a deep breath before answering with a solemn expression on his face.

” You'll have to leave first thing in the morning with the Lightning Corps. The other three empires and some of the ancient noble families have already sent people over, so you will have to be careful because they have the same goal as you.” Said the old man as he got up from the sofa and pat Shad's shoulder before leaving the room.

There was a trace of guilt in the old man's eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that he had no other choice, he wouldn't have sent his most promising and talented great-grandson to a place such as dangerous as the Great Tower. He would have gone himself. On the other hand, It was also because he was so capable and possess some heaven-defying means that he had entrusted this mission to him, despite his low cultivation level.

After the old man left the room, Shad didn't stay long in the living room as he opened the door and walked out of the house to take some fresh air in the courtyard and digested all the information he got from the old man.

The moon was still bright in the sky and the night air was a bit humid. As a cold breeze wafted on his face, Shad was thinking about everything he had discussed with his old man.

According to the old man, the people that started the rumor about Henry leaving a treasure in the Black Mist Forest was none other than the Eye. The underground organization that has been trying to take over the Egul Continent.

A few days ago, His grandfather had intercepted a member of the Eye who had finally found and abducted one of the descendants of Henry that was capable of translating the book he had left behind which might contain the information about the location of all his treasures and findings.

He was able to capture both of them. However, as soon Hegel made it to the imperial capital, The member of the Eye somehow escaped. Nonetheless, Hegel didn't bother to chase after him or to look for him because he already had who he was looking for the most which were of course Mina.

Unbeknownst to him, The 5th Eye had made Mina translated the first volume of the book before he had captured him. After his successful escape, he had divulged this information to his master, whom in turn made it public in order to force the Magic-Knight Council to take action by making them think that he had already known the content of the whole book.

Just like he had planned, The magic-Knight Council quickly called an emergency meeting and find a way to translate the whole book in order to prevent the Eye from getting the treasure left by Henry and to know everything that the Eye knew about Henry as well. What they didn't know was that one of the members of the Magic-Knight council was actually the 3rd Eye, the third most powerful member of the Eye.

He had infiltrated the Magic-Knight Council more than fifty years ago and didn't get caught untill the last meeting when the protector of the Draco Empire asked all of them to take an oath not divulge this information to anyone, especially the members of the Eye after they had translated the content of the book.