Chapter 363 – They Stole the Elf’s Treasure

Chapter 363 – They Stole the Elves’ Treasure

The memories that Mark fell into were not very serious, and Herman pulled him out of his confusion with a 1st level sorcery, “Awakening Consciousness”.

“I ……” Mark hadn’t reacted to what was happening.

The Agu at the side had already said in an icy voice, “You’d better calm down when remembering, if you can’t do it I can help you.”

Mark tilted his head and looked at the two pale, tall, a man and a woman with black scarves tied around their eyes, and immediately felt a great pressure.

Obviously the magic power fluctuation on their bodies wasn’t very strong.

“No, no need.” He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and looked at Saul behind the two again, this time not daring to say any unnecessary flirting.

“I remember …… the moment we were about to step out the door, everything in the castle came to life. The doors and windows all closed automatically. Whether it was the tables and chairs or the lamps or the carpet under our feet, they were all questioning us in a stern voice, saying that someone had stolen their treasures and that we had to leave them behind before we could leave.”

“At first, no one took it too seriously, and to be honest, even I had taken a small item that I was going to take back to the Wizard’s Tower to study. So we went straight for it, ready to break out of the palace the hard way. But then we realized that when you cast sorcery in the palace, the vibrations in your mental body would be even more intense. I watched as an apprentice just cast a 1st rank sorcery and his entire head suddenly exploded.”

“The mental shock was too intense, causing one’s magic power and spiritual power to clash, detonating the place in the body where the energy was the thickest.” Sol immediately made an inference.

“Yes. And he was only the first victim, who later attacked us actively because of all that furniture and decoration. In order to protect ourselves, we had to continue to cast sorcery …… Then there was a second, a third victim. More and more people suddenly alienated or exposed themselves.”

Mark gulped, obviously the fight where he would die left a heavy shadow on him.

“So we got scared, and we started pulling everything out of our bodies that we had brought with us from the castle. But after we pulled out everything, the monsters in the castle continued to say that we had taken their treasures, and the fight continued.”

“In the end, out of twelve people, only four escaped.”

Mark smiled bitterly at Saul, “It was thanks to Kongsa, she broke a window at the last minute and we escaped from there.”

“But obviously, you guys aren’t completely out of the crisis.” Sol said.

“Yes.” Mark gritted his teeth fiercely and slammed his right hand on the ground, “I really don’t know who the hell is still holding the elf’s treasure and not handing it over at that juncture. Now it’s good, the Elven Valley has been closed, only entering and leaving. And those elves will appear every now and then to demand their lost treasures from us.”

“So Kongsha made you guys ask me for help?”

“Yes. Kongsha said that only her psychic tremors are still manageable right now, and that none of us can perform sorcery above 1st level anymore. Someone with a stable and powerful elven body must come in and break through the valley’s closure together in order to do so.”

“And Kongsha gave a cryptocrystalline mass to Monroe’s knowledge doppelganger after he came out of the valley the first time he entered. As a price he needs to deliver a message for us at a critical time.”

Sol thought to himself, “But Monroe didn’t come to me of his own accord, he only uttered that part of the invitation when he bumped into me looking for Kong Sha. It was more of a sticky note tucked under the door than a plea for help. And his calm demeanor made it completely obvious that Kongsa was already in danger inside.”

He mulled it over in his mind, but didn’t voice his doubts.

He looked to the four Consciousnesses, each of whom gave a slight nod as they locked eyes with Sol.

Sol turned back to Mark and walked over to him, reaching out and pulling the man to his feet.

“That means now it’s either find the elven treasure that someone has hidden away, or break out of the seal of the elven valley the hard way. In that case, take me to your brigade first.”

The way into the valley was arcane, and Saul hadn’t had the thought of leaving yet.

And since he had only heard from Mark alone so far, he still wanted to meet Konza.

This person who had once left the elven valley alive, she must know more.

The two had just recovered much of the energy they had expended while escaping, and Mark looked at the sun overhead to recognize the direction.

“This way.” “How did you just realize an elf had caught up with you?” Sol followed Mark back into the woods, “Will they show up again?”

He looked around the trees warily, wondering if they would turn white again in a flash.

“A little magic fluctuation won’t draw the elves after us as long as we don’t use 1st rank or higher sorcery or don’t attack the plants around us.” Mark replied as he ran ahead, “You just happened to be casting a 2nd order sorcery when you came in, plus I was pulling you as well, so the commotion was a bit loud.”

Most of the forest was densely covered with trees, with only the occasional clearing where Saul had just rested.

He followed Mark, while keeping the four around him on careful alert.

The two men ran for roughly another half hour, breathing fairly steadily since they weren’t running for their lives like they had just done.

“Where was the cryptocrystalline mass found?”

“Also in the elf’s habitat. Don’t worry, there’s a lot more, we didn’t dare to take too much of it, and if we take too much, it will also have an effect on the spirit body. Now everyone is afraid of getting their heads blown off as well.”

After running for a while, Sol stopped.

As soon as Saul stopped, the other four also instantly stilled and looked around.

“What’s wrong?” Mark immediately turned back, his nerves had been tense until he met Saul, and only then did they ease slightly.

At this moment, when he saw Saul stop without warning, he immediately looked left and right nervously.

“This terrain is not right.”

Saul had also looked at this area from a distance before entering the forest. According to reason, after running for such a long time, they should have entered the mountain range area and gone upwards, but the forest in front of them was still a gentle terrain, without the slightest slope up the mountain.

“What’s wrong?” Mark didn’t understand what Saul was talking about.

“It should be starting to go up the hill here already. I remember there weren’t many trees on the mountain, but it’s as if we’ve entered the primeval forest here.”

Saul looked up at the sky, there was nothing wrong with where the time was going.

“Three hundred years, even if time can change the landscape of the mountains and forests without changing the mountain alignment. We no longer seem to be in the same forest we were in when we originally entered.”

Mark, who was originally very nervous, suddenly laughed when he heard Saul’s words.

“Of course it’s not there. This is the Forest of Seasons, the world side, not our original world!”

“World side?” Saul was still at a loss.

At this time, Agu approached and lowered his head and said to Sol, “World Side is just an expression, some people also call it a secret realm. It’s usually some sort of spatially disorganized territory or illusion.”

An also nodded, “Either something is wrong with this place, or something is wrong with us.”

Saul looked at Mark and was about to continue his questioning, but all of a sudden, he realized that there were a lot of people standing behind Mark.

It was densely packed, and everyone had their heads down so that they couldn’t see their faces.

And Mark was still oblivious as he waved his hand at Saul, “Saul, let’s go, Kong Sha and the others are still waiting for us.”

Saul took a deep breath and said in a hushed voice; “Perhaps, something has gone wrong with both.”

(End of chapter)