Chapter 264 - Friendship With The Monster (2/2)

As soon as they walked a few yards, a man with short black hair and gray eyes came out to meet them. He was dressed in a long black robe, it almost completely covered his body, leaving only his face visible. Under his eyes were big bags, he had clearly not slept in days.

”Oh, Rave, hello.” The man said quietly and headed toward one of the towers in the castle.

Rave only nodded and moved on.

[Joan Peris

Race - Mage

Stage - Three-Pointed Star, with two flames

Warp - White]

<In this castle, is everyone so strong?!> Thought Evan.

He did not expect that a man who looked like an ordinary worker could be as strong as the head of the Academy of Mages. What's more, Joan wasn't even surprised by Evan's presence, it was a little strange.

”I thought only members of Demonic Tree were in this castle.” Said Evan.

”They are, Joan doesn't always wear the red robe with the black tree on it. I think he's been experimenting with his plants these past few days and drank ten liters of coffee. He's one of the strongest members of the Demonic Tree.” Said Rave.

On their way to Rave's office, they met several other members of the Demonic Tree. Each of them was something significantly different from the other. Some were cheerful, some were quiet, some were sad. One of them was even running away from a plant that had suddenly grown legs.

This castle was like some kind of madness, and yet the chaos here was quite controllable. The main laboratories and most of the base were underground; there was nothing of interest upstairs.

...

Rave's office was just one of the rooms in his lab. There were many different documents, potions, plants, monster parts, and so on. These were the items Rave needed right now. Rave's lab was huge, with over ten rooms, each very spacious.

Walking past one room, Evan saw a rank two chained monster. Moreover, several human remains were lying next to this monster. Rave and the other members of the Demonic Tree could go to any lengths to conduct their experiments.

Rave sat down in a leather chair and said, ”Evan, your situation is really unique. I believe that the grimoire you found may be one of the things our organization is looking for.”