"Of course I know him …" Andoine pursed his lips, and said proudly, "The creator of this spell is my colleague, Sir Lothar. He's a very interesting person. If you're free, I'll introduce you to him. You can ask him directly if you have any questions."
"Sure, sure, sure …" Lin Li beamed with joy when he heard that. He did not care about the parchment anymore, and rolled it up before putting it in his pocket. Anyway, with Andoine's introduction, he would soon be able to meet the creator of this spell. Why would he need to waste his energy to study those damned runes?
"How about this, after the finals in Alanna, you should have nothing to do, right? Come with me, I'll bring you to a place, and introduce you to Sir Lothar. "
Lin Li thought for a while. "Sure …"
The two talked for a while more, and decided on the schedule after the finals. Andoine was also a little sleepy, and when he was about to go back to his room to sleep, Lin Li suddenly thought of something.
"Oh, yes, I have something written in High Elves Print. Can you translate it for me?"
"High Elves Print?" Andoine was stunned for a moment, and stretched out a skinny hand. "Let me see."
"Wait …" Lin Li opened the Ring of Endless Storm, and after searching for a long time, he finally found the two pieces of rags. "This is it …"
"Eh!?" As soon as Andoine took the rag, the expression on his face suddenly changed. His brows were tightly knitted together, and his gaze swept past the strange runes. After looking at the two pieces of rag, Andoine carefully pieced them together, and spread them on the desk to look at them again.
Lin Li's heart began to hang in suspense.
At this time, his heart was filled with countless questions, but he could only suppress them. He did not even dare to breathe heavily, for fear of disturbing Andoine who was reading.
There was something wrong with these two rags, there was definitely something wrong!
"Felic, tell me, where did you get this from?" Andoine asked Lin Li with some doubts after spreading the two rags on the desk and looking at them again. When he raised his head, the expression on his face was unprecedentedly serious.
"Where is it?" Lin Li thought about it, and honestly said, "One was given to me by a Thunder Gorilla in the Sunset Mountains. As for the other, hehe, Gerian found it in the Merlin Family's treasury …"
"Merlin Family?" When Andoine heard this, his lips curled into a sneer. "It's really in the hands of the Merlin Family …"
"What happened?" Lin Li was stunned for a moment, and felt a little strange. Although Andoine came from the Jarrosus Guild of Magic, he did not stay in the Emerald Tower for too long. Could it be that he had a grudge with the Merlin Family?
However, this time, Andoine did not answer him directly. With a solemn expression, he said in a low voice, "Felic, do you know that the two things in your hands are related to a huge secret …?"
"What secret?"
"You should have heard of Osric, right?"
"Nonsense …" Lin Li pursed his lips, and thought to himself, How could I not know …
"Before the fall of the High Elves Dynasty, Highlord Osric built a huge mausoleum for himself. This is a well-known story in Anril …" When Andoine said this, he suddenly smiled, and his expression was slightly sarcastic. "Almost everyone knew that Osric hid something in the mausoleum, but most people thought that it was the wealth that the Highlord had plundered throughout his life. These people did not use their brains at all. Why didn't they think that with Osric's power at that time, the whole Felan Kingdom was his, why would he be interested in the wealth of the mortal world?"
"Could it be that you know what is hidden inside?" Lin Li gradually understood when he heard this.
Andoine did not say anything, and only nodded his head lightly. "What I am going to tell you now is a huge secret. Even in the Supreme Council, only a few people know about it …"
"Yes!" Lin Li quickly perked up, and waited to listen to this huge secret.
"In fact, many years ago, the Supreme Council had already gotten hold of the clues of the mausoleum. All these years, we have been carrying out research. The reason why I came to the Sunset Mountains and met you is also because of this. Of course, this is not what we are going to talk about today. What I want to say is that if our research direction is correct, I am at least 80% sure that what is hidden in Osric's mausoleum is not wealth, but a weapon. A weapon that is strong enough to destroy the whole Felan Kingdom …"
When he said this, Andoine paused for a while, and his expression revealed a hint of doubt. "But, I really can't imagine what kind of weapon can destroy the whole Felan Kingdom …"
"What the hell …" Lin Li's heart tightened when he heard this.
He knew what it was …
The direction of the Supreme Council's research was indeed correct. What was hidden in Osric's mausoleum was indeed a weapon — or rather, a part of a weapon.
The name of that weapon was the Eternal Furnace!
"What's wrong?" As Andoine spoke, he noticed that Lin Li's expression seemed to be amiss. All of a sudden, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Nothing, please continue …" Lin Li shook his head. He had only briefly mentioned the Eternal Furnace to Andoine, and did not go into too much detail. If he were to explain it now, it would take more than half a day. It was better to wait for Andoine to explain the two pieces of rag clearly before he explained it to him slowly.
"But, no one can be sure that the weapon really exists. This can't be helped. After all, we have too little information on hand. Most of the precious documents from the Dark Age have been engulfed by the flames of war. Even as the so-called authority of the High Elves, what I can dig out is only a few words from that year. There is still a long way to go before we can be sure …" After Andoine finished speaking, he picked up the two pieces of rag again. "But, with these two things, our research should come to an end …"
"It's related to these two things?"
"Yes." Andoine nodded, and spread the two pieces of rag on the table. His skinny finger gently swiped across a paragraph of High Elves Print. "Come over and look at this paragraph. Oh, no, I forgot that you don't know High Elves Print. It roughly means that before the High Elves Dynasty was destroyed, Osric knew that his life was coming to an end, so he let a powerful weapon accompany him in eternal slumber …"
"Then, apart from this paragraph, what do the other High Elves Print mean?"
"To put it simply, this is a map of a mausoleum. But, the High Elves are different from humans. They don't like boring lines or monotonous squares. They think that the High Elves Print is the most perfect language in the world. They are used to using this kind of tongue twister to express everything. Look at this mess. The fangs hidden in the darkness, welcoming every uninvited guest with enthusiasm …"
"Huh?"
"Take a look at this part. The sleeping hero will obtain eternal life amidst the flames and ice …"
"You mean, the situation in Osric's mausoleum is written in these sentences that are longer than a foot-binding cloth and more complicated than a tongue twister?"
"You're right …"
"You have nothing better to do!"
"But, this has nothing to do with me. Anyway, my research project is to confirm if Osric really hid a weapon in the mausoleum. As for what exactly he hid, I'm not interested. It's best to bury such a thing underground forever, and never to be excavated. Otherwise, it will only bring a disaster to Anril. Damn it, a weapon can destroy the Felan Kingdom. What else did that lunatic Osric do …" Andoine mumbled his complaints, and rolled up the two pieces of rag again. "Felic, can I discuss something with you?"
"What is it?"
"Can you lend me these two things first? I want to bring them back to the Supreme Council and let the other colleagues take a look. "
"It's not a problem to give them to you …" Lin Li pursed his lips. He wouldn't be able to recognize these things that were written with High Elves Print. "But, before you take them away, can you translate them for me?"
"Why, are you interested in Osric's mausoleum too?"
"If there's a chance, I might go take a look. After all, it's something left behind by the Highlord. Who knows, there might be some unexpected discoveries …" Lin Li nodded his head honestly.
"Then, you have to be careful. The High Elves are very proficient in things like traps and curses."
"Yes, I understand."
After talking for more than an hour, both of them couldn't help but feel sleepy. After Andoine gave a few more reminders, he yawned and returned to his bedroom. Lin Li, on the other hand, couldn't fall asleep no matter what. He tossed and turned over the two pieces of rag. There was one thing that Andoine didn't make clear — the relationship between the Merlin Family and these two pieces of rag. Why did the old man suddenly say "as expected" when he heard that one of them was found in the Merlin Family? Did this mean that the old man already knew that the Merlin Family was related to these two pieces of rag?
After leaving Jarrosus, Lin Li hadn't been concerned about the Merlin Family for a long time.
Cromwell had died in a duel, and Old Merlin had disappeared completely. The Merlin Family was no longer a threat. But, for some reason, Lin Li felt uneasy. Old Merlin's disappearance was too strange …
Lin Li didn't close his eyes for the whole night. His mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts. It was only when the sky started to brighten that he fell asleep in waves of tiredness.
He slept until the sun was high up in the sky. It was only when the little Dragonhawk was chirping in hunger that Lin Li finally woke up.
"Strange, why didn't the old man wake me up today?" Lin Li got up from the bed groggily. Just when he was about to find something for the little Dragonhawk to eat, he suddenly found a note left on the table.
There were only a few words on the note. Lin Li read it at a glance.
"I have something on, so I'll leave first."
"Shaun, pack up. We're going back to Alanna!" Since Andoine had left, there was nothing for Lin Li to do there. Hence, he called Shaun over and casually packed up before leaving Andoine's tower.
Lin Li's luck was not bad this time. Although the terrain of the Twilight Forest was complicated, he didn't get lost along the way because of the Bandit Shaun's presence. They returned to Alanna smoothly. When they were about to enter the city, Shaun said to Lin Li again, "Oh, yes.
Mr Mage, I won't be going into the city with you. I still have to prepare the Tricolored Flower you wanted. Why don't you arrange a time and place, and I'll send it to you once I'm ready? "
"Hmm, sure." Lin Li nodded, and pointed in the direction of the Guild of Magic. "See you at the entrance of the Guild of Magic tomorrow afternoon."
"Alright."
After sending Shaun off, Lin Li carried the little Dragonhawk in one hand and slowly walked in the direction of the Guild of Magic. Since the finals were approaching, and he had nothing to do, he might as well stroll around Alanna instead of sitting in a daze in the Guild of Magic.
It was only an hour's journey from the north of the city to the Guild of Magic, but Lin Li spent the entire afternoon strolling from one street to another and from one shop to another. Lin Li had a great time strolling, and the little Dragonhawk ate to its heart's content as well. The little fellow was sleeping soundly in Lin Li's arms with its round tummy.
Lin Li only returned to the Alanna Guild of Magic when it was almost evening.
Who knew that before he entered the guild hall, he suddenly saw a familiar figure at the corner of the street.
"Argus, what's the coincidence?"
"What coincidence? I'm here to look for you …" Argus looked around sneakily, then desperately lowered his voice and said, "I already have some leads on the matter you asked me to inquire for you last time …"
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Lin Li immediately put away his joking expression. After looking around, he brought Argus to a secluded place. "Tell me."
"As far as I know, that batch of equipment was transported to the north after coming out of the Marathon Smithy."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course." Argus nodded with certainty. "The person who told me this was a supervisor in the Marathon Smithy. When he was still an adventurer, I once saved his life. He wouldn't lie to me."
"Seems like I'm right …" Things could not be any clearer now that things had come to this. Jarrosus was located in the north of the Felan Kingdom.
Just as Lin Li was gritting his teeth, Argus asked hesitantly, "Oh, yes. Have you seen Matthias recently?"
"No, I haven't been in Alanna for the past 10 days. What's wrong? Did something happen to Matthias?"
"This …" Argus thought for a while, and still said, "I don't know what happened, but I can feel that Matthias has started to guard against me recently …"
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