Chapter 487 - Diary
There was not a single shred of embarrassment on Hutton’s face as he launched his righteous spiel. This fella had been in contact with Lin Li for a while, and he spoke whatever came to his mind, completely forgetting that the Malfa Family and the Syer Bandits were in cahoots not too long ago…
In order to prevent the leftover Syer Bandits in the hideout from escaping after they received the news of the battle’s outcome, the force of the two factions had a short break before they gathered together and set forth for the hideout of the Syer Bandits. During the journey, not a single other person was seen. It did not take long before they reached the entrance of the gorge where the Syer Bandits’ hideout was located. A few lines of defense at the front seemed not to have been used again after Gerian brought men to destroy them.
The front gates of the Syer Bandits’s base were tightly shut. The gates that were made of wood only had two old bandits dozing off on top. Without Lin Li’s command, a spell blew open the gates and shocked the two old bandits till they almost fell off the gates. When they saw the mages charging over, they immediately panicked and started screaming and sounding the gongs.
However, almost all of the bandits on this mountain had already been defeated. Even if the two old bandits were to break apart the gongs, only a sparse group of 10-20 weak, old, and frail bandits would come out. Only a few remained standing with a single spell shot over.
They thought that attacking the Syer Bandits’ hideout would be easy, but they did not think that it would be this easy. A single spell blasted the gates apart, and another struck the bandits down. This was all it took to take down the hideout. These bandits left as guards did not have any value, and thus Lin Li did not let his underlings take prisoners. After that, the members of the two factions started to clear out the estate until not a single bandit was left.
In the storage of the Syer Bandits, other than rations, there were weapons and armor of inferior quality. With a single look, it was clear that they were equipment given to the average bandit. However, everyone had the habit of hiding valuables. As the boss of the Syer Bandits, how could Vanskore not have a treasure vault of his own?
“Search carefully, do not leave out a single corner!”
Gerian snickered while saying, “Hehe, you’re so sure that there’s something good in the cave? If there isn’t any, then I have nothing for you to cure your regret.”
“Then what of it? If there’s nothing in the cave, I have already gained enough just from obtaining those four Alchemy Colossuses.” Lin Li was a little proud for a moment. Knowledge was power. He was an Alchemy Guru. Those four Alchemy Colossus would be decorations if given to the Malfa Family. Only he could bring out their power. He then added, “Oh yes, let’s talk about what’s going on with that cave.”
“Based on my speculation, that cave has a high chance of being related to the High Elves. It might be some ruins of the High Elves,” Gerian spoke softly as though he was trying to sound mysterious.
“High Elves again! What did you infer from that it has links to the High Elves?” Lin Li did not believe it fully. The Dark Age had ended long ago, so how many more High Elves’ ruins could remain undiscovered?
“I’m not spouting nonsense, there’s proof for it all.” Gerian showed his dissatisfaction with Lin Li’s doubts, and then he said, “In my hands, there is a diary passed down from the Dark Age. Based on the owner’s claims, he was the underling of the Highlord of the High Elves, Osric.”
Seeing that Gerian was not joking, Lin Li’s expression started becoming serious. He thought, Since Gerian has already said so, then the diary’s age should have been confirmed. Since it has been passed down from the Dark Age, then the owner’s identity should not be fake.