Chapter 133 - Maps (2/2)
”Well, adventurers have their own tricks and plans. I can't deny that. I will provide you with the any information you want and a map. But I want to know what happened to the demon. The last time, the members of the temple came, they told me that they had the situation under control, but here we are with a demon that almost killed me. So, I want the truth from you,” said the baron.
Balthazar knew that he had completed the quest already and he just needed to teleport back to the White Heart City and meet the great priest, Luciophel to finish it. So, currently he only cared about gathering more information from the NPCs local to the town.
”We captured the demon. It tried to explode itself and the only remaining part of it, is its skull. We think that the great priest could get more information from the skull,” said Shadow.
”Oh! You managed to capture the demon?” asked the baron evidently surprised.
”We lured it into a trap. Else, it would have been impossible,” said Faroon. ”It was set by your uncle and he told me and Bistam to use it incase the demon attacks the temple during his journey. It was left abandoned after we thought that the issue was handled.”
”I will be asking the temple for an explanation of it. I want to know why the ones that came before considered the demon problem to be solved,” said the baron glaring at Faroon.
”You can leave a trail that I took the box back to the White Heart City. Even if any straggler demons are left, they would follow me and the White Heart City has better resources to handle them,” said Shadow.
”Hahaha,” laughed both Baskel and the baron. ”Aren't you a bit too caring?” said the baron. ”We can't have that. If any stragglers are left or if someone higher in the hierarchy of those demons want it. It is best that they think it is with us. That is the reason I asked you to bring back the box to me.”
”Why would you want them to think that?” asked Balthazar confused.
”Isn't it simple. If they think it is with us. They will send someone smaller whom we have a chance to fight. Else, there is a good chance that they will assemble a stronger force.”
”And the demons being vengeful species they are, will try to kill us all on the way to the capital,” added Baskel.
”Yes, that is true,” agreed Faroon.
”But you realize that they almost killed all of you,” said Shadow. It is fine if they can hold back against the demons, but if they are weak, it won't be of much help to anyone. They won't even be able to send a message and could be overwhelmed by the demons if a stronger group of demons come.
”That is just because we thought that they were all killed before. As there haven't been any incident for a long time, we became careless and weren't prepared as we didn't put much focus on it. I won't let that happen again and will make sure my successors are also aware of the situation,” said the baron waving his hands indicating that Shadow needn't be concerned.
He looked at Shadow in contemplative manner. ”Come on, adventurer, I shall show you the map you want to see,” said the baron and led him to one end of the study and slid the wood paneling on the wall revealing a small compartment with a table and number of sheets. There were a bunch of rolled up maps placed on the cabinets lining the walls of the compartment. There was a particularly large map that was hung on the wall of the compartment neatly spread showing a lot of details.
System: Relationship status with the baron to friendly.
”This is where I keep my maps. This collection was made by my family since we settled in this town,” said the baron as he went to a cabinet and pulled out a map. ”That one was made by me and Baskel,” he said pointing to the map fixed on the wall.
”This has the safe routes from here to the White Heart City. Apart from that it also details routes to the Black wall fort further in the west. Depicts all terrain in this area. Made many a journey in my early days as a baron to set this up.”
Shadow immediately went to the map and started taking pictures of it. It was about 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. As the baron told him, it had a lot of details of the various structures natural and man-made. It had enough details for him to draw details of a large area to the west of the White Heart City up to the Black wall fort which was a one of the strongholds of the army of the kingdom and an important station that allows one to resupply. There was a large mountains to the west of the fort which form a border of the kingdom. The map had covered areas from level 10 to level 30. Making a good note of these details would help his guild for quite some time.
”I should make sure that these maps are only seen by Rudra, Slaine and Lizzie,” thought Balthazar as he was taking pictures of the map. ”It is best if others don't know. There is always a chance of things leaking out. Maybe it is best, if I keep this to myself,” he thought.
As he was taking pictures, he realized the location of the town. It matched most of the terrain of the town that he had thought of. ”A river through the town, between the White Heart City and the Black wall fort, in a level 20 area, this is definitely the Star mine town,” thought Balthazar. ”It seems like I am going to take most of the thing that belonged to Foedus Rex, in this life,” he thought as a smile crept up his lips.
”This map would probably interest you more,” said the baron who had spread map that he pulled from the shelf. Shadow made sure that he took pictures so that the entire map on the wall was copied before he went to the baron.
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