CHAPTER 378: CHAPTER 22: ELOPEMENT (3)

In the adventurer’s guild underground, in the adventurer hall staff office, the staff members were all hiding behind their desks, trembling. They looked fearfully at the slightly ajar door of Bi’an the Sixth’s office.

In the office, Bi’an the Sixth was also trembling because standing in front of him were two Liches, Aikleion and Simon.

"We don’t want to disturb you, but we have a question that we must ask. It is said that only you know the correct answer," Simon said softly, a wisp of white smoke escaping from between his teeth and slowly dissipating. Coupled with the two soul fires burning in his eye sockets, his appearance was indescribably terrifying.

Maybe this was not such a big deal in the south, but in the north, especially further north in the Gustav Empire, like the Lunbak Empire, people’s fear of Liches had not diminished since the Battle of Salted Fish Port. At least, Bi’an the Sixth was scared out of his wits, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.

"It seems you scared him," Aikleion, standing beside, remarked, "Maybe you should put on your mask and ask again."

"Uh, alright..." Simon silently closed the visor on his knight’s helmet and then asked again, "We have a question that we would like to ask. It is said that only you know the correct answer. Once we get the answer, we will leave immediately and not harm anyone, is that alright?"

Bi’an the Sixth’s teeth continued to chatter wildly. As Simon closed his visor, his gaze had already shifted to Aikleion, who had not yet closed his visor.

Helplessly, Aikleion had no choice but to close his visor as well.

Then, the two Liches continued to stare at Bi’an the Sixth.

Hesitating, Bi’an the Sixth carefully nodded and replied, "Ask."

Simon said softly, "About half a month ago. It should have been half a month ago. Anyway, it was during this time that someone from Gustav came and hired a mercenary group called the White Vulture Mercenary Group from you. I think you know who we are talking about. We want to know where he went."

Bi’an the Sixth froze for a moment, blinking blankly, then replied, "The White Vulture Mercenary Group has many clients, I don’t know exactly which one you are referring to."

"Mr. Paber, we are referring to Mr. Paber."

"Mr. Paber?"

"Yes," Aikleion spread his hands and said, "Of course, that’s not his real name. But, the White Vulture Mercenary Group told us he used that name when he gave them the task."

Bi’an the Sixth carefully replied, "I... we don’t know where he went, that’s something they would explain specifically during the mission. We suspect he might be on the run, and a fugitive would naturally try to hide his whereabouts as much as possible."

"What about the group escorting him? I mean, the other mercenary group. The White Vulture Mercenary Group told us that there was a dragon in that group."

"Yes, a dragon." Bi’an the Sixth’s not-so-large brain was working frantically, and he tentatively said, "A... gold dragon?"

Seeing no reaction from the two Liches, Bi’an the Sixth simply said, "Yes, a gold dragon. Recently, we have had a gold dragon here, very terrifying. He attacked our city, and we were almost powerless to resist. You must have seen it too, many parts of the city are damaged and haven’t been repaired yet."

"And then? Where did he go?"

"He... I don’t know either, you will have to investigate yourself," Bi’an the Sixth spread his hands. Beads of sweat the size of peas rolled down his forehead.

The two Liches exchanged a glance.

Aikleion said, "So, our goal has changed from tracking a group of people to tracking a gold dragon?"

"A gold dragon is easier to find, relatively more conspicuous," Simon replied, "I think it’s a good idea."

"Alright. But I’m very skeptical about whether this mission should continue. The Dragon Clan has already intervened, maybe we should call in more people. Otherwise, if we fight, we might suffer losses."

"Call in Bruto?"

"As you wish."

Chatting, Aikleion and Simon had already left Bi’an the Sixth’s office.

The whole office was silent. Although the Liches had left, everyone was still holding their breath, remaining still.

After a while, after confirming that the Liches had indeed left, Bi’an the Sixth finally let out a long sigh and collapsed to the ground.

"Oh my God... Is this the White Bone Holy Light Court? The White Vulture Mercenary Group actually betrayed me, but luckily they didn’t specify whether the dragon was green or gold. Otherwise, betraying a client, that would be a huge stain." Muttering to himself, Bi’an the Sixth’s eyes widened as he suddenly chuckled, "I lied to them too, damn it, looks like I’m in trouble now. Speaking of which, where did Christina and Duru go..."

...

At this moment, high above the desert, Andrejewitsch was circling back and forth in his gold dragon form. One of his feet was still carrying the gold coins Linlopes had compensated him with.

From high in the sky, his view was extremely vast, yet the desert was even vaster than his field of vision.

The sentries at the outpost all came out to stare at him from a distance, one by one, dumbfounded.

The Dragon Clan lived in the north, but that didn’t mean everyone in the north had seen a dragon.

In fact, the territory of the Dragon Clan was off-limits to humans and any other races without permission. So, most people’s knowledge of dragons was limited to legends.

Slightly flying closer, after confirming that the other party was not who he was looking for, Andrejewitsch turned around and left, continuing to search back and forth in the desert, leaving a few soldiers still dumbfounded on the spot.