"Looks like this treasure map is definitely not ordinary …"
"Yes …" Adelo nodded in acknowledgment, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he continued the story. "There was a blank space in the diary for about three months. I only found out after reading the latter part of the diary that this High Elf noble had been searching for the treasure on the map. As for the final outcome, it was not mentioned in the diary, so I naturally did not know. However, after three months, I realized that this High Elf noble's mindset seemed to have undergone some strange changes. He started to have an almost fanatical interest in Necromagic. After that, there were more than ten pages of this noble describing how he researched all kinds of Necromagic, and how he built a research base for Necromagic in a canyon with other nobles. Furthermore, he repeatedly used the same sentence in his narration …"
"What sentence?"
"We will inherit the Immortal King's career …"
"What nonsense is this …" Lin Li, who had thought that he would hear some secret, did not know whether to laugh or cry. Could this noble's brain have gone haywire from researching Necromagic?
"Hehe, I remember that when my mentor was talking about this, he said the same thing as you, Mage Felic …"
"Then?"
"Then, that war broke out. The High Elves in the research base mostly put down their research on Necromagic, and brought their own troops to the battlefield. Unfortunately, they were unlucky, and encountered Geresco in their first battle. The last paragraph of this diary was written by this noble before he died …" At this point, Adelo suddenly laughed. "In the face of death, these High Elves who compare themselves to gods are really not much stronger than a human. This noble obviously had a mental breakdown before he died. In the last paragraph of the diary, he used a tone that was close to insanity to emphasize that Geresco was the Immortal King!"
"Looks like this nobleman is really scared out of his wits …" Lin Li laughed along with Adelo when he heard that. The Immortal King and Geresco, one was a High Elf, while the other was a human. They lived thousands or even tens of thousands of years apart. Furthermore, the Immortal King was the founder of the High Elves Dynasty, while Geresco was the destroyer of the High Elves Dynasty. If what the nobleman said was true, and Geresco was the Immortal King, then what was the difference between the war and the left hand fighting the right hand?
Of course, such a ridiculous thing could only be taken as a joke. In contrast, Lin Li was more concerned about the other contents of the diary.
"Mage Adelo, do you mean that the arrow with the strange power, as well as the map that leads to endless treasures, are hidden in this altar?"
"Yes, it was because of this that my mentor was so anxious after defeating the Lich. He had read that diary himself, and he knew better than anyone else in Anril that the treasures left behind by the Immortal King were not wealth like gold or silver, nor were they precious materials or rare magical equipment. Using the words of the diary, it was a treasure that could make the whole of Anril go crazy for it. In this treasure, the Immortal King had even left behind a path to Heaven-rank. Anyone who obtained this treasure would have endless power, and could even become a living deity …"
The story finally came to an end here. However, after Lin Li finished listening, he did not reply immediately. Instead, he looked up at the towering spire, and carefully considered every detail of the story.
"I would like to hear Mage Adelo's thoughts." After staying silent for a full 10 minutes, Lin Li's gaze landed on Adelo again.
"Hehe …" When he heard that, Adelo suddenly laughed, and he looked as if he had been relieved of a huge burden …
That was what Adelo wanted to hear. Honestly speaking, Adelo was really afraid at the start, afraid that this young mage would want to take everything for himself. There was no other way. Although the advance party was sent by the Malfa Family, and these 12 people were Adventurers hired by the Malfa Family in name, at this point, even a fool would know that the one who had the final say in the advance party was this young mage who had single-handedly defeated the Lich.
This was how the world of Anril was — whoever had the biggest fist had the final say.
At the start, Adelo thought that he had the biggest fist. With a level-17 Archmage and two level-17 high-level Warriors, he would be able to defeat the Lich that had been severely injured by his mentor, Cheyenne. After completing the mission, he would also be able to silence the other members of the advance party. However, he did not expect things to develop in such a ridiculous manner. Not only did the Lich recover his strength in advance, but he even summoned a Humerus Wyrm. The worst thing was that there was a Legendary-realm mage among the Adventurers who were supposed to be sacrificed as cannon fodder. This was like a nightmare. A perfectly good plan had been made full of loopholes by all sorts of accidents …
Honestly speaking, if this young mage really wanted to take everything for himself, there was really nothing he could do. Just think about the battle just now — how terrifying was that power?
Adelo had every reason to believe that this mage who was a few decades younger than him could easily kill him with one finger. Not to mention that this young mage had even sealed a Humerus Wyrm after the battle. If he really wanted to take everything for himself, he did not even have to do it himself. He only had to summon that Humerus Wyrm …
Luckily, this young mage was willing to negotiate. Otherwise, he really did not know how he was going to answer to his mentor Cheyenne …
"Mage Felic, what do you think about this …" Adelo said as he looked at Lin Li carefully. "After getting that treasure map, let me make a copy of it. I need to bring it back to Teacher Cheyenne."
"No problem." Lin Li's answer was unusually straightforward. He agreed to Adelo's proposal almost without any hesitation.
"You … You really agree?" This unexpected straightforwardness stunned Adelo for a moment. When he proposed this proposal, Adelo had actually already thought of an excuse. In order to convince this young mage, he could even agree on behalf of his mentor and give up a portion of the Malfa Family's benefits in Aminya City in exchange for a chance to duplicate the treasure map.
After all, a treasure map in the hands of one person and two people were two completely different concepts. If the other person found the treasure first, the map in his hands would immediately become a piece of scrap paper.
Adelo did not expect that before he could even use the excuse he had thought of, this young mage who did not seem to be easy to talk to had already nodded his head in agreement.
Adelo was so stunned that he still could not recover from his shock. In the end, he even asked an extremely stupid question. "Can you tell me why …?"
"Because I need a partner."
"What you mean is …"
"It's too early to talk about this now. After the matters in the Blackstone Mountains are settled, I will personally go to Aminya City to visit Master Cheyenne …" After saying that, Lin Li looked up at the top of the steeple. "As for now, I think we should think of a way to take out the crossbow bolts and the map from the altar …"
"Hmm …" Adelo finally remembered his motive after being reminded by Lin Li. He turned around and called Johnathan over. "Mr Johnathan, you can now take out the things that Butler Hahn gave you before we set off."
Johnathan was stunned for a moment before he seemed to have thought of something. He frantically searched his body for a while before taking out the six black magical crystals from his pocket. "Are … Are you talking about these?"
"Yes, Mr Johnathan. Now, please do me a favor …" Adelo stretched out his hand, and pointed at the bust at the top of the altar. "Please climb to the top of the altar and embed these six magical crystals on the bust. I will use a magical imprint to mark the exact location."
"Hmm." Johnathan was an honest man. After Adelo finished speaking, he took the six magical crystals and walked up the stairs without asking any questions.
"Wait …" Lin Li was staring at the bust in a daze when he suddenly saw Johnathan going up the stairs. He hurriedly stopped him. "Don't go over first!"
"What's wrong?"
"Look at this …" Lin Li only smiled at their confused gazes. He then slowly walked to the front of the altar and pointed at one of the Moonstones. "Do you know what this pattern is?"
Not to mention Johnathan, even the knowledgeable Adelo could not help but be stunned. He looked in the direction of Lin Li's finger, but after staring at it for a long time, he could not see anything. Finally, he had no choice but to ask in confusion, "What's wrong, Mage Felic? Is there anything special about this pattern?"
"Of course, there's nothing special about this pattern. But take a look, there's more than one pattern here. In fact, every single Moonstone here has a similar pattern carved on it. This is very special, so special that it could cost someone their life …"
The situation on the altar was just as Lin Li had said. Every Moonstone was carved with exquisite and detailed patterns. In the eyes of an ordinary person, they would think that it was just a luxurious decoration. But in the eyes of a Guru of Inscription like Lin Li, it was a completely different matter. If Lin Li was not wrong, these patterns were connected together to form a mageweath array formed by 13 mageweaths …
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