Chapter 468: Chapter 241: Dream Weaving Corridor
Hai’an also didn’t notice, and listened attentively to Xia Nan’s analysis, nodding lightly.
His gaze turned to look at Vier, who was sitting opposite Xia Nan.
"And you, can you see anything?"
Mages in this world are always seen as having a scholarly image.
And indeed, this is the case.
Compared to those who are also spellcasters but rely more on exploring their own bloodlines to develop abilities like magicians, or warriors who hone their bodies and improve their battle skills to raise their level.
Although the mage profession demands significant talent, regardless of your innate abilities, basic skills like memorizing magic models, meditating, and reading spellbooks cannot be omitted.
Every renowned grand mage celebrated in the world has countless days and nights of effort behind them in laboratories and on desks.
Not to mention someone like Vier, who once reached the extraordinary level and possesses memories of a previous life, a typical academic-style mage.
Almost the moment Luca took out the Metal Block, her gaze locked firmly onto this oddly shaped item and began analyzing it in her mind.
"This style... perhaps from the Sea of Stars? No, I don’t see any obvious enchantment marks on the surface."
"It might also originate from an Arcane Master’s laboratory?"
As a mage whose mind is extraordinarily active and exploration capabilities extremely strong, unexpectedly obtaining things with unknown uses in some strange experiments is quite normal.
"But..."
Vier’s brows noticeably furrowed.
Judging from the floating and changing characters on the surface of the Metal Block, it’s definitely some kind of magic item.
However, even when Vier concentrated all her energy, she couldn’t feel a slightest magical particle wave around it.
As if it were just an ordinary piece of metal.
This inevitably reminded her of the disaster in memory that affected the entire continent in the future.
Some weapons held by enemies during that disaster had this same type, insulated from magic yet had effects equivalent to magic items.
Back then, she had personally experimented with and tested them, just like that she understood their characteristics so well.
Of course, this is only the sole similarity between the Metal Block held in hand and the memory of weapons that slaughtered countless lives.
Not enough to make a judgment.
She could only wait to ask Luca about the Metal Block’s discovery location and examine it thoroughly.
The timing of the Metal Block’s appearance is most noteworthy at present.
It coincided with that pivotal point in memory which changed the life trajectory of Dragon Descendant Sava, making him transition from an ordinary adventurer to an important figure in the Alliance.
Could it be that this is the item that helped him break through the limits of his talent, allowing him to grow to that height in the future?
Thinking in her heart thusly, Vier’s gaze couldn’t help but look towards the room door, where Sava stood with a stern face, leaning against the wall, arms crossed, expressionless.
Noticing the mage girl’s gaze, the Dragon Descendant first froze for a moment, then frowned with some sarcasm, saying:
"Why are you looking at me?"
"You wouldn’t think I can see anything here, do you?"
The reaction was fitting to his personality, very natural.
It didn’t seem fake.
Of course, it was not impossible that he excelled in acting and had deceived her.
Having long planned to seize the opportunity from this future betrayer, Vier could not possibly let this item, suspected to involve a turning point in his life, fall into Sava’s hands.
She turned her gaze to Hai’an and Luca, and initiated a conversation:
"I can’t figure out the specific use of this Metal Block, nor do I have key information to accurately ascertain its origin."
"However, I’ve always been interested in items like these."
"If possible, I’d like to buy it, I wonder if you all are willing..."
Hai’an didn’t answer, his gaze turned towards Luca.
The honest guard, who grew up in the Wakefield family, scratched his head and replied without hesitation:
"Sure, I just picked it up casually, it doesn’t have any use staying with me."
"Just give me some money for it."
Upon hearing this, with both Hai’an and the Dragon Descendant having no reaction, Vier sighed with relief unconsciously.
She opened her mouth, about to offer her bid.
A familiar voice, deeply shadowed in her heart, suddenly sounded from behind:
"I’m quite interested in it too, why don’t we... discuss?"
Instantly, the smile on the girl’s fair face stiffened.
...
...
Melted Scale Town, a remote alley.
The tall outer walls blocked most of the scorching daylight, shadows cloaked the man’s face, leaving only a pair of ghostly green eyes flickering like ghostly flames in the darkness.
He was still wearing that Metal Armor stained with blood and grass, a faint metallic smell lingering around.
His right hand naturally rested on the sword hilt, lethal sharp light gleaming with his breath around the edge of the sword sheath.
Lawson stood quietly, his head slightly lowered as if gazing at the three corpses before him.
The gloomy oppressive aura seemingly coagulated the air around, needing just the tiniest spark to trigger the explosive boiling within his heart.
It’s certainly not out of grief for the death of his former teammates.
Actually, though the Quanya Squad’s demise might partly be attributed to the Red Dragon, several originally alive members were purposefully ended by him.
To cause the Dwarf Wanderer Luo Gu, a proud Level 5 Professional, to fall so low, unable to match even a common thug’s injuries, it was because of him.
The true reason for forming such a heavy load of negative emotions within Lawson was rooted in the vanished heirloom on Luo Gu, which should have enabled him to open territories like Duke Morton’s ancestor or exchanged for rich rewards upon returning to the Duke’s estate.
After expending numerous resources across two years, finally achieving the situation where only he remains in the Quanya Squad.
It’s gone.
And this damn, disgusting, bug-like slave trader beside him said he didn’t know where to start the search.
"La-, Lawson Sir..."
The prominent figure in Melted Scale Town, who makes many ordinary townsmen fall silent at namesake, on regular days dare not even call his nickname "Rottoe" out loud.
Facing the powerful adventurer before him now capable of snapping his neck with ease.
He quivered like a reprimanded puppy, his legs trembled uncontrollably, his waist bent at nearly a perfect right angle, lowering his head in submission behind Lawson.
Should the counterpart snort coldly, he’d instinctively kneel and plead for mercy.
"I really know these two men, they occasionally come to me to pick up chores."
"But they’re both dead now, I genuinely don’t know where the item went."
No response.
Rottoe could only sense the ever more suffocating chill in the air and the long breaths resonating from shadows ahead.
His words were almost meaningless.
Lawson inspected the three corpses on the ground.
Dwarf Luo Gu was already critically wounded, even an ordinary person could easily finish him off.
However, the two thugs had the same death method.
No visible signs of resistance surfaced, their necks were snapped clean.
Moves precise, rapid; force adequate.
Undoubtedly, the third party likely possessing the stolen heirloom is one professionally trained and far exceeds ordinary in terms of capability.
"Investigate!"
The chilling hoarse voice echoed in the layered alleyway air, twice shaking Rottoe, his knees almost buckled.
"Every suspicious adventurer in town, the relatives and friends of these two thugs..."
"Don’t overlook a single thing, investigate everything thoroughly!"
Upon hearing this, realizing he survived, Rottoe breathed a sigh of relief internally.
Yet his head involuntarily lowered further, respectfully yet timidly asked:
"Lawson Sir, so concerning these corpses..."
Turning around, walking towards the alley’s exit, the shadowy gaze covered under darkness swept over him.
Body shivered, the ear heard echoes seemingly from hell.
"Isn’t there a few dogs in your casino?"
"Chop them up, feed them something good."
"Yes, yes..."