After making the arrangements, Evan cautiously welcomed everyone into the hall. He was really afraid now …
Evan was cautious throughout the waiting process, for fear of angering the god of plague, Gerian. The old fellow was determined to kill people to establish his dominance today. Evan kept reminding himself not to give him an excuse, never give him an excuse. Under such immense pressure, even speaking had become a kind of torture. Evan had to weigh every word before he said it, for fear that if he said something wrong, he would become the target of Gerian's dominance.
But fortunately, the torture did not last too long.
Ten minutes later, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the secret passage leading to the living room.
A haggard middle-aged man walked into the living room with difficulty with the help of two mages. His clothes were brand new, and it seemed that he had just changed. The wound on his face had also been treated. Although the whip marks could still be seen clearly, at least the red blood was no longer flowing out.
The moment the middle-aged man walked into the living room, Evan's heart was in his throat. He knew better than anyone what kind of place the Merlin Family's dungeon was. Out of ten living people who went in, at least nine would come out as corpses, and the only one who was still alive would have been badly mutilated.
Even Evan himself felt that the various tortures in the dungeon were a little perverted.
Looking at Gerian's fat face, Evan could not imagine what kind of rage Gerian would erupt in if this man were to die.
But fortunately, he was still alive …
Evan's suspended heart finally settled down. It's all right, it's all right …
"Mr McGrenn." As soon as the middle-aged adventurer entered the hall, Lin Li hurried over to support him. His movements were light and careful, for fear of rupturing the wounds on his body.
Lin Li always had an indescribable sense of gratitude towards McGrenn, who had brought him out of the Sunset Mountains. He was such a person. Once he had received a favor from others, whether it was intentional or not, he would remember the favor firmly in his heart. Just like Gerian and the Guild of Magic — Lin Li saw and remembered Gerian's care for him and the respect the entire Guild of Magic had for him. He had never refused to do things for the Guild of Magic openly or secretly.
In Lin Li's heart, McGrenn was both his friend and his benefactor.
Be it friends or benefactors, Lin Li would never allow anyone to hurt them.
If he was hurt, someone had to pay the price.
"Mr McGrenn, how do you feel?" Lin Li looked at the scars on his face. They were streaks of scars, probably from being whipped.
"It's … It's you … Mage Felic … why are you here?" Every word McGrenn uttered seemed to be extremely difficult. Every wound on his body ached, as if a venomous snake was biting him.
"I heard you were captured by the Merlin Family …" Lin Li said in a low voice and suddenly remembered Cromwell's words. His heart tightened and he asked hoarsely, "By the way, Mr McGrenn, where is Ina?"
"Ina escaped …" McGrenn's face, which was covered with whip scars, finally revealed a smile. "I helped her escape …"
"Oh, that's good." Lin Li nodded, and his heart was finally at ease.
"Mage … Mage Felic …" McGrenn struggled again and called out Lin Li's name with much difficulty.
"You're badly hurt. Don't talk for the time being. I'll get someone to treat you." Lin Li patted the back of McGrenn's hand and advised him in a comforting tone.
"No …" But the middle-aged adventurer's voice sounded unusually determined. "No, I can't rest … Mage Felic, I have something to ask of you."
"As long as I can do it, just say it. But before that, you need to rest well. Mr McGrenn, your injury is really serious."
"No need." McGrenn shook his head. His expression was bitter, but his spirit seemed to be much better, and his face was ruddy. He pushed away the two mages who were supporting him. "Mage Felic, you don't have to persuade me anymore. I can't live much longer."
"What!" Lin Li was shocked.
"In order to let Ina escape, I used my family's secret method to forcibly break through to level-ten. Now my time is almost up …"
"I can cure you. Let me think, I must have a way …" For a moment, Lin Li was completely at a loss. He desperately tried to recall all kinds of potion formulas, trying to find one that could cure McGrenn. But McGrenn was already dead. How could a potion cure him? No matter how hard Lin Li tried, he could not think of a possible formula.
"Mage Felic, I don't have much time … Can you promise me that you'll help me find Ina?"
McGrenn's spirit was getting better, and his face was getting more and more ruddy. Lin Li knew that this was the final radiance of the setting sun. "I promise you."
"Thank you." McGrenn reached into his arms again and took out half of the arrow with trembling hands. "If you find Ina, give her this half of the arrow. Let her take this half of the arrow and go to the Eternal Shrine to find her … to find her mother …"
The middle-aged adventurer's voice became softer and softer, and the ruddiness brought about by the final radiance of the setting sun faded little by little. When he uttered the last sentence, his life came to an end. His once strong body fell softly, and the half of the arrow in his hand fell onto the thick carpet and rolled twice gently …
Lin Li silently picked up the half of the arrow from the ground and held it tightly in his hand. Looking at the middle-aged adventurer's closed eyes, his face showed an unprecedented solemnity. "Don't worry, I'll definitely give this half of the arrow to Ina … As for those who hurt you, I won't let any of them off!"
After a long while, Lin Li turned around and looked at Evan coldly. "What about the other one?"
"The other one?" Not to mention Evan, even Gerian was dumbfounded by the question. Didn't McGrenn say just now that he had helped his daughter escape? Why was there another one?
"Her name is Ina."
Evan panicked at once. "But … But she's already escaped …"
"I don't care about that. I only know that it was the Merlin Family who caught her, and now I'm only looking for the Merlin Family to get her back."
It was only then that Gerian suddenly realized that this gentle kid was even more unreasonable than him. He would more or less have to find an excuse, but the kid didn't even have to find one. He could just make up a reason to frame them first.
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