Chapter 415: Treasure
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“It seems that that treasure map is not an ordinary one, then…”
“Yes…” admitted Adelo, but did not go further with the topic. Instead, he continued the story from earlier. “The diary was blank for around a period of three months. My mentor only knew what happened in that three months after reading the contents afterward. It was just the High Elf royal trying to find the treasure on the map tirelessly, but there was no mention of the progress. Yet, from the tone and information written after the three-month gap, my mentor found out that this royal appeared to become crazily interested in Necromagic. He used at least 10 pages to narrate how he studied different types of Necromagic, and how he built a secret ground with the other royals in a canyon. While he talked about those things, he repeated a certain phrase in particular…
“What phrase?”
“‘We are going to inherit the Immortal King’s business’… ”
“What sort of crap is that…?” Lin Li commented in disappointment. He’d been expecting that he would hear some secrets. Did that royal burn his mind while studying Necromagic?
“Hehe, I remember that my mentor said the same thing as Mage Felic when he told me that phrase…”
“What else?”
“After that, the war started. The royal High Elves researching in the secret grounds put aside their work, and led their team into battle. Unfortunately, Lady Luck was not on their side when they met Geresco during their first battle. The last part of the diary was written in his last breath…” When he got here, Adelo smiled.
“These divine-like High Elves really resembled us humans when they were on the edge of deaths. It is evident from his tone and words that he had already fallen apart mentally before he died. He reiterated in a hysterical and frenzied state at the end of the diary that Geresco was the Immortal King!”
“It seems like Mr. Royal was really petrified…” Lin Li laughed with Adelo. The Immortal King and Geresco was one High Elf and one human being, respectively, who had lived a thousand years apart from each other. Furthermore, the Immortal King was the creator of the High Elves Dynasty, while Geresco was the destroyer of the High Elves Dynasty. If it was what that royal said—that Geresco was the Immortal King—how different could that battle be from a fight between a left and a right hand?
Lin Li was more interested in the other contents of the diary as compared to that absurd story.
“Mage Adelo is saying that the crossbow with special powers and that map to infinite treasures are both hidden in this altar?”
“Yes. This was the reason why my mentor was so hasty after defeating the Lich. Having read the diary, he was clearer than anybody in Anril World that the treasure left behind by the Immortal King was no jewelry, riches, valuable resources, or any rare magical equipment. According to the diary, it was a treasure that would make the entire Anril World crazy over it. It was said that in this treasure, there was a passageway that would lead one to heaven. Anyone who obtained the treasure would acquire unlimited strength and even become a living god…”
After hearing the long story, Lin Li did not give an immediate reply. He lifted his head to gaze upon the tall standing tower, and filtered through every single detail in the story.
“I want to hear Mage Adelo’s views,” Lin Li said as he glanced at Adelo after a good 10 minutes of silence.
“Hahaha…” Adelo suddenly laughed upon hearing that. His laughter was one which was full of relief.
Adelo had been waiting for that question. Frankly speaking, Adelo was very afraid that the young mage had the intention to take everything. He had no choice too—although the team 12 men strong was sent by the Malfa Family, the person with authority would only be the young mage who’d defeated the Lich single-handedly.
Anril World was like that. The right to speak would always belong to whoever had a larger fist.
At the beginning, Adelo had thought that his fists were the largest. He’d thought that a level-17 Archmage and two high-ranking level-17 Warriors were enough to defeat that Lich injured greatly by his mentor. He’d thought he could silence all the other members in the advance party upon completing the mission.
Adelo absolutely did not expect things to progress so out of place. Not only had the Lich recovered his ability early, the Humerus Wyrm he’d summoned was a problem as well. The most absurd thing was, when he’d thought he could treat the other members in the advance party as cannon fodder, there suddenly appeared a mage in the Legendary-realm. It was like a nightmare. How could a well-prepared plan be destroyed by so many accidents like this?
To be honest, if this young mage had the intention to keep everything for himself, Adelo would have no ability to go against him. How could Adelo survive a battle as horrifying as the one earlier?
Adelo had everything to believe that that young mage could kill him with just a finger, not to forget that the dude sealed a Humerus Wyrm right after the battle… If he really wanted to keep everything for himself, summoning that Humerus Wyrm to attack them would suffice…
It was already a blessing for this young mage to be willing to discuss the matter with himself. Otherwise, he really did not know how to get back to Mentor Cheyenne…
“Look, Mage Felic,” Adelo called Lin Li cautiously. “Can you let me make a copy of the treasure map afterward? I need to bring it back to Mentor Cheyenne…”
“No problem,” replied Lin Li generously. He agreed without any hesitation.
“Y-you… You really mean it?” The swift reply gave Adelo a shock. He actually readied himself with a script in his mind to persuade the young mage. He was even prepared to help his mentor to promise some benefits given by the Malfa Family just to exchange for a chance to obtain a copy of the treasure map from him.
After all, it was a wholly different concept for a treasure map to be owned by a single man instead of two. If another man were to find the treasure first, the map in his hands would become a piece of trash immediately.
Adelo hadn’t expected that he would not at all need to use his script for the young mage to nod his head in approval.
He was dumbfounded for quite a while, and even asked a very stupid question. “Can you tell me why…?”
“Because I need a partner to collaborate with me.”
“What do you mean…?”
“It is still too early to say anything now. I’ll head to Aminya City in person to look for Master Cheyenne after the Blackstone Mountains mission…” replied Lin Li. Then, he glanced at the peak of the tower. “For now, I think we should think of a way to retrieve the crossbow and map from the altar…”
“Yeah…” Lin Li’s words reminded Adelo of his original plan. Adelo turned to call Johnathan over. “Mr. Johnathan, you can take out the thing Butler Hahn entrusted you with.”
Johnathan froze for a moment before he began to flip his pockets in a hurry. After a while, he took out the six black magical crystals from a close-fitting pocket.
“You mean… these?”
“Yes, Mr. Johnathan. Now, I need your help…” Adelo reached out his finger, and pointed at the half-bodied statue on the tip of the tower. “Please climb to the top and place these crystals on that statue. I will use magical markings to show you exactly where to arrange them.”
“Alright,” replied Johnathan obediently. He asked no further questions, and started to walk towards the stairs with the six magical crystals in his hands.
“Wait…” Lin Li woke up from his daze when he noticed Johnathan was about to head up the steps. “Stop there!”
“What’s wrong?”
“Look at this…” Lin Li said as he directed the two men’s attention to one of the moonstones. “Do you know what this pattern means?”
Johnathan was not alone. Even Adelo who had more experience could not tell what Lin Li wanted to tell them. He stared in the direction where Lin Li’s finger pointed for quite a while.
“Mage Felic, what’s so special about this pattern?”
“Of course there’s nothing special about this pattern. But look, this is not the only one here. In fact, each and every moonstone has a different pattern carved on it, and that makes them extremely dangerous…”
The situation at the altar was just like what Lin Li said. Every moonstone had a unique and delicately carved design, which might appear to be no more than an extravagant decoration to ordinary eyes. To a Guru of Inscription, however, it was an entirely different story. If Lin Li was right, the 13 patterns would form a mageweath array when they were joined together…