Chapter 384 - Scar of Death
Emendas was so shocked upon seeing Lin Li return to the camp unscathed that his jaw hung wide agape.
Emendas was no stranger to the Blackstone Mountains. To be honest, about two months ago, he had completed a mission in the exact same place he had sent Lin Li to check. Nobody knew better than Emendas how dangerous that place was—although not many magical beasts appeared there, it was a hot spot for magical beasts above level-18. When they appeared, even a level-17 Archmage like him had to seek cover…
Emendas racked his brains, trying to come up with an explanation for how Felic could come back unscathed. Could it be that he was really so lucky to have spent a night without any high-ranking magical beast appearing?
Or was this guy more powerful than he let on?
When that thought appeared in his head, Emendas could not help but laugh at it. His mental strength was too strong—Emendas knew better than anyone else that only Legendary-mages would be able to hide their abilities in front of him. This Felic was only in his twenties, so how could he be a Legendary-mage? Emendas would be the first to laugh that thought off.
Moreover, if he really was a Legendary-mage, then why would he need to hide his abilities? All he had to do was say a word, and the whole Malfa Family would be at his feet. Why would he still need to pretend to be a weak Adventurer and suffer in the Blackstone Mountains?
In the end, Emendas merely nodded his head without saying a word, but Hahn, who had been following beside him the whole day, suddenly looked stern as he mocked Lin Li. “You’re done scouting so fast? What, did you fly?” Hahn stood with his hands behind his back; his face was solemn, and he was speaking in an unusually derisive tone. “Don’t think I have no idea what you’re up to. You found some place to hide before coming back to say there was nothing nearby, didn’t you? Whom are you fooling? Let me tell you, this mission concerns the safety of the whole group, and if you know better, you’ll quickly admit your mistake now. Don’t make me report this to Young Master Hutton, or it’ll be too late for any regrets!”
After leaving with Granger, Hahn suddenly stopped in a secluded corner.
“Granger, you know Reggie well, right?”
“Yes, Mr Hahn.” Granger nodded. The Reggie Hahn spoke of was one of the Bandits sent out by Emendas this morning; they did know each other very well back in Aminya.
Hahn gritted his teeth. “Then call him over, we’ll help Emendas do what he’s too afraid to do.”
Granger hesitated. “Mr Hahn, should we notify Mage Emendas?”
“Notify him? Forget it, he’s so cowardly that he’s afraid even of a level-10 Magic Shooter. It’ll be useless to notify him. Don’t worry, as long as Reggie does a good job, there won’t be trouble.”
“Alright.”
Lin Li was staring wide-eyed now.
Lin Li could hear and see everything through the evil spirit hidden in Granger’s body. He had never thought that Hahn would bear such a huge grudge over just a few words, wanting to kill him despite Emendas’ instructions.
“Ujfalusi, are you done with the map? We don’t have much time, there’ll be guests later…”
“Almost done, Master.” Ujfalusi was drawing quickly on a piece of sheepskin paper in the corner of the tent. If Emendas was here, he would be able to tell with one glance that Ujfalusi was drawing the map of the Blackstone Mountains… or, more accurately, he was copying the map from the tea table.
This was the greatest gain of the night—besides hearing about the planned murder of Lin Li, they had also seen the map of the Blackstone Mountains. When Lin Li saw the map, he knew that this was no lowly good sold by Adventurers. It was too detailed—every location was described in depth, especially the place called the Scar of Death…
According to the map, the Scar of Death spanned the entire boundary of the Blackstone Mountains. After passing through the Scar of Death, they would reach the most dangerous place in the Blackstone Mountains. There were countless powerful magical beasts there, and level-15 magical beasts were at the bottom of the local food chain. The ones who ruled over the land were those powerful above level-20—they were known as Legendary magical beasts. It was said that some of these Legendary magical beasts had gained sentience, and could assume human form for a short time!
But it was not easy to reach the Scar of Death, as it was a canyon spanning nearly 10,000 meters in length, and covered the whole length of the Blackstone Mountains. Looking at it from the sky, one would see something resembling a scar covering the Blackstone Mountains, hence its name, the Scar of Death. Inside it lived countless magical beasts that were violent and lacked rationality; anything that stepped into the Scar of Death was regarded as a trespasser, and the magical beasts would not hesitate to tear them into pieces with their fangs and claws.
In other words, the magical beasts in the Scar of Death were as though they had been controlled by some insanity, and they did not fear death, nor did they retreat. Even if a Legendary magical beast stepped into it, these magical beasts would not hesitate to attack it.