Before leaving the shipyard, Angor gave Ohm a Nightmare Hint so that he would forget what happened.
Since he couldn't find any other clues, he decided to use Lucas' ship, The Feather Fan. Surprisingly, he got some valuable information.
For example, he learned from Ohm about Lucas' fate. Ohm was certain that Lucas was sentenced to death in the history books.
Back then, Professor Gurman had only guessed that Lucas might be executed. However, Ohm's words were very certain that Lucas would definitely be sentenced.
Obviously, the historical facts that they had confirmed might have been wrong in the inheritance.
They didn't know that Lucas wasn't executed.
Apart from that, Angor also learned something else. Both Professor Gurman and the ship's logbooks didn't mention it in detail.
What was Lucas' "trick of the century"?
According to Ohm, Lucas went to the palace to ask the king for instructions when his family was in decline and he was in financial distress. He said that he wanted to sail through the Sea of Devils and take the lead in opening up new territory for the king.
Back then, Devil's Water was considered a forbidden area. No one dared to sail into it. However, they had to cross Devil's Water if they wanted to find other continents.
The King had always offered a high reward, hoping that someone would go out to sea to explore. Unfortunately, no one had accepted the reward until Lucas volunteered.
Overjoyed, the king happily agreed to Lucas' request and gave him a large amount of resources. Even the Feather Fan was built with the full support of the national treasury.
Lucas left on The Feather Fan in the year 1347 and returned at the end of 1353. He left for nearly six years, and when he came back, he said something strange to the king.
Ohm didn't know exactly what it was, but all the ministers present at that time felt that it was extremely absurd. Furthermore, there were a lot of sailors who went there, but when they returned, they were all dead. Lucas said that they were killed by pirates, but without any evidence, everyone thought that Lucas was lying.
Why didn't the pirates kill Lucas?
The king also suspected that Lucas was lying because Lucas had always had a bad reputation. In addition, some of the ministers in court said that they had seen Lucas in some country or place in Ferran Continent in the past six years. He was basically having fun.
The words of these ministers seemed to prove that Lucas did not go out to sea at all. His going out to sea was actually a lie to cheat the country of its wealth.
The king was furious. It must be known that the king knew that Lucas was going to risk his life and had even announced it to the entire dynasty. Now that he was told that Lucas hadn't left at all and that it was all a scam, the king was furious. Finally, he ordered the guards to arrest Lucas and execute him with capital punishment.
This was the so-called deception of the century. Not only did it deceive the king, but it also deceived the entire country.
The first half of the story might be true, but the second half was not.
If Lucas was executed, then why was his ship in the Devil's Sea? And how did he write the logbook after his death? The last entry clearly recorded that it had been more than 30 days since he returned to the continent. During these days, no one believed him. Everyone accused him of being a liar.
He had been back for more than 30 days, and should have been executed long ago. How could he be left to wander around outside? Obviously, the king did not execute Lucas in the end. As for why he didn't kill Lucas, Angor had no idea.
Still, Angor was sure that no one from Song of the Deep or Summerdew Ridge knew about Lucas' suicide attempt. Angor believed that his secret investigation of the well wouldn't attract attention.
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Devil's Sea, near Silver Palm Island.
Sliv frowned as he looked at the water bubble in front of him. "Nothing in Lost Paradise City? No, that's not right. Tuwalu already asked around. There must be something in Lucas' hometown. Jebra, take a closer look. Maybe you're just being careless. "
Jebra was currently hovering above Lost Paradise City. He was looking at the water bubble emerging from the horn of a single-horned whale. He carefully listened to the information inside and pinched his forehead helplessly.
Tuwalu was a Prophet. He didn't belong to one of the three major factions such as the River of Fate. Instead, he belonged to a small and special faction called "Inquiring Bell".
Tuwalu's information from the Inquiring Bell was almost impossible to be wrong. In other words, Lucas must have left something behind in Lost Paradise City.
Jebra also noticed that people from Summerdew Ridge also showed up in Lost Paradise City, which meant that the Prophet behind them must have received some kind of instruction as well.
"Prophecy! Why can't they just tell us what the clue is? " Jebra scratched his head in frustration. But he also knew that he couldn't blame the Prophet for this. He was just mumbling to himself.
Most of the time, Prophets couldn't get rid of the mystery just because they wanted to. Besides, Prophets were no different from other factions. The more important the information was, the greater the backlash would be.
Even if they didn't enter the Mysterious Space yet and only found important clues about the item, they would still be able to maximize the outcome of the Prophet.
In other words, even if the Prophet found a clue and the item was stolen by someone else, the backlash would still be based on the value of the item.
It wasn't that they didn't want to look for important clues. It was just that they couldn't find anything even if they wanted to.
While Jebra was fretting, another water bubble appeared. It was Sliv's voice again.
"I've read Lucas' information, and I have two suggestions for you. First of all, you can start by looking at the ship he sailed. Second of all, there should be something fishy about Lucas's ending. You can start from there as well. Remember, you must find out the connection between Lucas and the Mysterious Space, and why all the prophecies we received at the beginning all pointed to this nameless Lucas. "
Jebra landed in a secluded courtyard. As soon as he entered, a dozen apprentices greeted him politely. They all wore different clothes, and most of them had fish scales on their bodies, which meant they were all from Song of the Deep.
"Since we can't find anything useful about Lucas' property, let's disperse our men. We'll split into two groups. One will look for Lucas' ship, and the other will investigate Lucas' death, "Jebra ordered.
"Understood." The apprentices dispersed, leaving only one person in the courtyard.
It was a petite woman with white pupils and no eyeballs. However, that didn't stop her from observing the world with her spirit energy.
"Why are you still here, Whitey?"
The girl called Bai lowered her head and said softly, "Sir, I accidentally saw a strange wizard apprentice on Widow Street the other day. He obviously noticed the abnormality on Widow Street, but he didn't notice me because my innate ability is to hide."
"Oh? Maybe he's from Summerdew Ridge. Don't worry about them. "
"It's a man."
Jebra was surprised. Summerdew Ridge was full of women, and there was no way a woman would recognize a man.
"What does he look like?" Jebra asked curiously.
Whitey took out a portrait from behind her. She was prepared for this.
"It's him?" Jebra frowned and muttered to himself.
Jebra looked at Bai and asked, "Did he go to Widow Street? What did he do during the past few days? "
Since Whitey found him, she would definitely follow up.
Whitey didn't disappoint. "He didn't go to Widow Street. He just wandered around the square nearby and bought a wishing wind chime and hung it on a wishing tree. Here's a note I copied from him. "
Jebra checked the note and didn't see anything wrong with it. But he was curious about this "Mister Jon". Judging from the note, Jon seemed to be sick. Maybe he was Angor's teacher when he was a mortal?
Jebra didn't mind the note and kept listening to Bai Narrating.
"He's too strong, so I couldn't track his movements. I only know that he's staying at Ross Mansion. I don't know what he's been doing for the past two days, but when he arrived at the mansion, I heard from the servants that he spent most of the night testing talents for other people. "
Jebra nodded. "I see. Don't worry about him. He has nothing to do with what happened to Lucas. He's only here to find talents. "
Bai asked, "Sir, do you mean that he's the guide who accepted the guiding mission?"
"Yes." Jebra nodded.
"Should I keep an eye on him?"
"Forget it." Jebra muttered in his mind. Since Angor noticed the apprentices in Widow Street but did not go in, it must be because of what happened that day.
Jebra didn't want to get on the bad side of an alchemist with a bright future. Besides, the alchemist wasn't weak at all. With his powerful illusions and that Flame Griffin, Jebra couldn't afford to send all of his men here.
So he decided to take a step back.
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What Angor didn't know was that he was already exposed to Song of the Deep's intelligence network. Fortunately, he didn't go to Widow Street after discovering the supernatural. Otherwise, Jebra wouldn't have let him go so easily.
Angor was looking at a map given to him by Neet.
The map recorded the location of each household's well. Angor was glad to see that there weren't many wells in the entire Lost Paradise City, which would greatly reduce his workload.
"There are several wells in my house. I thought every household would have one, and I thought it would be troublesome. But I didn't expect there to be so few wells in Lost Paradise City. My friend told me that Lost Paradise City has several rivers intersecting with each other. Since there is no shortage of water, there are fewer people building wells, "Neet said.
Young Master Jing's elimination speed was very fast.
Besides, Neet also marked the time of construction next to each well. Many wells with uncertain dates were also marked with approximate locations, which allowed Angor to narrow down the search area to the smallest possible size.
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