Chapter 478: Traces of Death
Seeing Lin Li return to the camp unharmed, Amendas almost dropped his jaw to the ground.
Emendas is no stranger to the land of the Blackstone Mountains, in fact, just over two months ago, he had just completed a mission in the Blackstone Mountains, and the location was the forest he asked Lin Li to reconnoitre, how dangerous that forest was, I am afraid that not many people could know better than Emendas, although there were not too many demonic beasts in it, but there were often some high-level demonic beasts above the eighteenth level, and when they appeared, even himself, the seventeenth-level archmage, had to retreat...... Emendas thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out, how did this Ferre come out alive? Could it be that he was really so lucky, wandering in the woods for a night, but not even touching a high-level demonic beast?
Could it be that this guy is hiding his strength?
When this thought came out of his mind, even Emendas himself couldn't help laughing, how strong his spiritual power is, Emendas knows better than anyone else, if he wants to hide his strength in front of him, it is impossible unless he is a magician above the legendary realm, this Ferre is only in his twenties, saying that he is a legendary mage, Emendas is the first to believe it.
Besides, if he is really a legendary mage, why does he need to hide any strength, a direct sentence is enough to make the entire Marfa family prostrate at his feet, and why does he need to pretend to be a little adventurer to come to the Blackstone Mountain Range to suffer these grievances?
In the end, Emmendas, too, only nodded, and did not say much, but Hahn, who had been following him, suddenly straightened his face and asked in a sarcastic tone.
"It's done so quickly, you really think you can fly, don't you?" Hahn put his hands behind his back, his face was gloomy, and when he spoke, his voice was even sharper than Ping's: "Don't think that I don't know what the hell you're doing, just find a place to hide for two hours, and then run back and say that there is no danger in the woods, you lied to the ghost, it's almost the same, let me tell you, this mission, but it is related to the safety of the whole team, if you are smarter, quickly admit it yourself, don't force me to report this to Young Master Hutton, then I am afraid that you will regret it too late!" β
"I said, Mr. Hahn, there is really nothing in the woods, if you don't believe it, you can go and see for yourself, I'm just a magician, and I'm not a magician, I can't conjure up a bunch of magical beasts for you, right?" Lin Li glanced at Hahn, he didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, to be honest, since he first saw the short and serval housekeeper of the Marfa family, Lin Li didn't look down on this guy very much, snobbish and mean, this is nothing, but can you not be so naked? Even Jonathan, a distant relative, scolds whenever he wants, and doesn't even give a little face, really thinking that he can fly into the sky by climbing the Marfa family?
Lin Li has never been interested in this kind of person, and after replying nonchalantly, he doesn't plan to continue to ignore him.
Unexpectedly, this sentence seemed to step on Hahn's tail, and immediately made the short and thin butler jump: "What are you that dare to talk to me like this?" I tell you, don't think I'm going to give you face if you know Jonathan's hillbilly, you really think he's my distant cousin? I'm bah, my ancestor Ha'e has been the steward of the Marfa family for three generations, and he Jonathan is a hillbilly, what qualifications does he have to be my distant cousin? β
Hahn was furious there, but Lin Li didn't even bother to look at him, the best way to deal with this kind of retarded is not to say a word to him, otherwise he will pull you to the same level as him, and then use his rich experience to defeat you...... In comparison, Emendas is really too strong.
Although Emendas also didn't have any good intentions, at least the superficial kung fu was enough, and even borrowed a knife to kill people at such a good level, and the request he put forward was so hard that he couldn't refuse.
"Alright, Mr. Hahn, please be quiet." Just as Hahn was in a fuss, Emmendass finally spoke, he first calmed down the thunderous Hahn with a word, and then turned back and said to Lin Li in as calm a tone as possible: "Okay, Wizard Ferrey, I want to make sure one last time, there is really nothing in that woods?" β
Lin Li nodded affirmatively: "That's right." β
"Alright, Wizard Ferry, you can go back and rest first." Amendas waved his hand, signaling that Lin Li could go out first, but when Lin Li just stepped out of the tent with one foot, Amendas's voice came from behind him: "By the way, Magician Ferry, I must remind you, your reconnaissance tonight is related to the safety of the entire team, if I find out that your information is false, I think you may have a lot of trouble......"
"Hehe, the facts will tell." Lin Li turned around and smiled at Amendas, then turned around and walked out of the tent.
For what Amendas said, Lin Li really didn't worry at all, that gloomy wood, he had personally seen it, except for a wild boar that had entered Tutankhamun's belly, he really couldn't find a single hair, Lin Li really didn't believe that Amendas's eyes would be sharper than his life detection within two hundred meters.
Moreover...... Even if there is really any demonic beast in the woods, now I am afraid that it has already escaped, when Tutankhamun appeared last night, that kind of coercion was even more terrifying than the legendary demonic beast, even if it was himself, he had to push his mental power to the limit, so that he could barely stay awake in this coercion.
"Yes......" When he thought of this, Lin Li suddenly remembered, the woods were so weird, not even a mosquito could be seen, could it be that Tutankhamun was here? On the way back to the tent, the more Lin Li thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, otherwise, why would a forest located on the mountainside of the Black Rock Mountain Range not even see a single demonic beast? It is just a legend that out of the mud and not stained, and only the black who is close to the ink is the inevitable law.
It seems that this middle-aged man who claims to be from the flood era is even more powerful than he imagined...... As soon as it was dawning the next day, Emmentadas set out with his men.
The woods not far ahead are the only way up the mountain, before the large group of people entered the woods, Amendas sent several fifteenth-level thieves to reconnoitre, after all, this is a major matter related to the safety of more than a hundred people, even if he wants to borrow a knife to kill, he will not let Lin Li enter at such a time.
The fifteenth-level thieves were indeed powerful, and in less than an hour, they came out of the woods one after another, but the result they brought back really surprised Amendas.
There was really nothing in the woods...... "How is this possible......" Amendas was stunned for a minute before waving his hand and giving the order to move on.
Without the disturbance of the demonic beast, the speed of progress was naturally much faster, and it only took less than two hours for the team to pass through the woods, and the road after that was even smoother, so smooth that Emendas could not imagine that from morning to evening, he did not even encounter a demonic beast, so that Emendas couldn't help but secretly wonder if he was going the wrong way? Is such a quiet and peaceful place really the Black Rock Mountains where monsters are rampant?
In the evening, the adventurers again set up a camp on the mountainside with tents and stones.
"Magician Emendas, in the afternoon, the second young master has already asked someone to use magic to send a message to ask, and ask when you will be able to deal with that kid." Amendas's tent was spacious, with a thick woolen carpet underneath, and a folding coffee table in the middle of the tent, next to which four people sat around, in addition to Amendas and Hahn, Granger and the Great Magister.
On the coffee table was a map made of parchment, and if you looked closely, it was not difficult to see that it was the terrain of the Blackstone Mountains, and Amendas had been immersed in studying this map, and only after Hahn had finished speaking, did he slowly raise his head.
"Mr. Hahn, please tell the second young master, please rest assured, we have a chance, and after entering the death mark tomorrow, I will definitely give him a satisfactory result."
"Wait until you get into the Death Scar?" Hahn's face was unusually gloomy: "Magician Emmentas, would you be a little too careful?" With your strength, it wouldn't be a problem to solve a level 10 mage at all, so why bother so much about him? Are you worried about what he's behind the scenes? Don't worry, I've already asked Jonathan, several of them came from Doland, and they signed up for this mission for the reward of 10,000 gold coins, think about it, what kind of background can an adventurer who can be bought with 10,000 gold coins have? β
"Hehe......" Emendas glanced at the other party, to be honest, he really hated this short and thin guy, stupid and snobbish, and never used his brain when he spoke, if it weren't for the fact that he represented the second young master of the Marfa family, he would have smashed him in the face with a fire explosion technique.
Why didn't this idiot want to think that an ordinary level 10 magician could be associated with those weird things again and again? Take the night he first arrived in Blackstone Town, five fourteenth-level adventurers ran to attack him, and ended up sleeping in the camp for some reason, if they hadn't done it themselves, they were afraid that they would still be asleep in their dreams.
Also, it was even stranger to let him scout in the woods last night.
There are obviously all kinds of demonic beasts rampant in that woods, but this guy is a group, and those demonic beasts have all disappeared without a trace, and by the way, even the next section of the road, there is no trace of demonic beasts.
This kind of thing may happen once and it may be just a coincidence, but two or three times can't help but make people vigilant, although so far, it is not possible to see the depth of that Ferre, but Emendas believes that this Ferre is definitely not as simple as he himself said to be a tenth-level magician...... Of course, this is not to be said to Hahn, a fool, because Emendas knows very well that even if he says it, this fool will never believe it, and maybe he will laugh at himself for being cowardly or something, and he has no interest in explaining these things to a fool.
"Wizard Emendas, what the hell is going on? If you continue like this, Young Master Harvey may be very unhappy......" Hahn's face was extremely gloomy, until now, he was still haunted by last night's conversation, that guy named Ferre was simply no one in his eyes, what kind of thing was a little tenth-level magician, he dared to show off his might in front of Uncle Hahn!
If at the beginning, Hahn was only faithfully carrying out Master Harvey's orders, then now, he can't wait to see this Ferre solved.
As the steward of the Marfa family, Hahn has always been used to walking sideways in Arminia City, not to mention a small tenth-level magician, even if it is a character like Emmentas, who is known as the strongest adventurer in Arminia, for the sake of the Marfa family, most of them will maintain the necessary respect for him, but they didn't expect that on the Blackstone Mountains, they would be made unable to get off the stage by a low-level adventurer.
How can you make Hahn endure this breath?
"Mr. Hahn, I naturally have my own way of doing things, and I don't seem to need you to teach me, right?" Hearing this faintly threatening word, Amendas couldn't help frowning, and when he spoke, he was no longer as polite as before.
"......" was stabbed by Emendas between words, and Hahn suddenly remembered that this was the strongest adventurer in Arminia, a character who even the patriarch and the two young masters had to treat politely, and he threatened him without saying anything for a while, and if he really provoked him, it would not end well for him.
But the words had already been spoken, and even if Hahn wanted to take it back, he couldn't pull that face, so after a little hesitation, he just stood up with a cold face and left the tent with Granger.
"Hey, this Hahn is really ......" Emmendath shook his head, looking a little helpless.
"Forget it, Emendas, tomorrow will enter the mark of death, more things are better than less, you also know, this Hahn is very trusted by the second young master, and if there is a conflict with him at this time, it may really cause the second young master to be dissatisfied."
"I know......" Emmentas rubbed his brows bitterly: "This mission, the Marfa family attaches great importance to it, if something goes wrong, our young master Hutton will really turn his face and deny people......"
After Hahn arrived with Glenium, he was in a hidden corner, but suddenly stopped.
"Granger, you and Reggie should know each other well, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Hahn." Granger nodded, the Reggie in Hahn's mouth was one of the thieves that Emmendath sent out to reconnoiter this morning, and these people did have a little friendship with him when he was in Arminia before.
Hahn gritted his teeth: "Then you go and help me find them, what Amendath doesn't dare to do, I'll help him do it." β
At this moment, Granger hesitated a little: "Mr. Hahn, do you want to give a voice to the Wizard of the Ward Amendas first about this?" β
"Ward him? Forget it, Emendas's guts are so small, even a tenth-level magician is afraid, even if he is in the ward, it is useless, you can rest assured, as long as Reggie and them do a clean job, nothing will happen. β
"Yes."
β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦β¦ At this time, Lin Li was dumbfounded.
Through the evil spirits lurking in Granger's body, everything in the tent naturally can't be hidden from Lin Li's ears and eyes, but Lin Li never thought that this Hahn would be so vindictive, and he just said two words to him, so that he didn't even listen to Emendas's words, and had to find a few thieves to kill him.
"Uy Farusi, have you drawn the map, we don't have much time, but there are a few guests who will come to visit later......"
"Right away, master." In the corner of the tent, Uyfarusi was using a quill to make a quick sketch on a piece of parchment, and if Emendas was here, he could tell at a glance that what Oujfarusi was sketching was the terrain of the Blackstone Mountainsβto be exact, he was copying the map on the coffee table.
This is the biggest harvest tonight, the evil spirit lurking in Granger's body, not only overheard an assassination attempt against Lin Li, but also saw this map of the Black Stone Mountains with his own eyes, when he first saw this map, Lin Li knew that this was by no means those low-priced goods circulating in the adventurer's guild, this map was too detailed, almost every place was annotated with words, especially the place called Death Scar...... According to the text notes on the map, the Death Trace is the dividing line of the entire Blackstone Mountain Range, and after passing through the Death Mark, you will enter the most dangerous area of the Blackstone Mountain Range, where countless powerful Demonic Beasts live, in that area, the fifteenth-level Demonic Beasts are just the existence of the lowest level of the food chain, and the real dominance is those powerful existences above the twentieth level, they are called Legendary Demonic Beasts, it is said that some Legendary Demonic Beasts have even opened their spiritual wisdom and can transform into Chengren in a short period of time!
However, it is not so easy to pass the traces of death, according to the map description, it seems to be a canyon up to 10,000 meters long, it almost traverses the entire Black Rock Mountains, if you look down from the sky, it is like a scar on the Black Mountains, so it is called the Traces of Death, among the traces of death, there are countless magical beasts living in them, they are fierce and brutal, there is no reason at all, any creature that steps into the traces of death, will be regarded as an invader of the territory, They will unceremoniously tear these intruders to shreds with their claws and fangs.
In the words of the note, the monsters in the Death Scars seem to be controlled by some crazy force, they are not afraid of death and will never back down, even if the legendary monsters step into it, they will not hesitate to attack.
(To be continued)