Chapter 1122: 346. Sea Monsters Envoy_2
This trading journey should be the most difficult yet.
Because he must ensure he is not discovered, and he needs to find out as much as possible about how much soul energy Lophi has bought.
“I heard that before Union City faced the Pollution Zone, the Alchemy Cathedral bought 800 million units of soul energy in one go.”
Lamont pondered as he walked:
“Now the Undead Cult has also been purchasing soul energy, and the total amount must be substantial. Could they also be planning to open a Pollution Zone?”
Lamont always felt that the Undead Cult’s actions hid some earth-shattering secret.
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But he was just a slightly capable Pure Light Secret Investigator, and not even able to defeat Lophi in Spider Cave, let alone pry into the truth of the matter.
Unknowingly, Lamont’s route had deviated.
He was supposed to head to the bustling contact point and leave a black tag on the streetlamp for the Undead Cult’s spies to come and meet with him.
But now, in a moment of distraction, he walked into a deep alley.
He was completely unaware that he had come to a place void of people. noveldrama
The walls around formed a cage, the heavens roofed over, with only the view from a skylight left.
Lamont’s eyes glazed over, completely out of it, standing still like a frozen statue.
While he maintained this pose, an invisible hand undid the string of his magic pouch and took it from his belt, dragging it into the pitch-black corner of the alley.
About 1 minute later, the magic pouch was returned unaltered to Lamont’s waist.
Lamont began stepping towards the alley exit, and as he returned to prosperity, he came to, as if waking from sleepwalking, yet he had no awareness of what had just occurred.
“Did you find anything, Your Excellency?” In the shadows of the alley, darkness cloaked Noland Lee’s figure.
He had just used mental magic to “lure” Lamont into the alley, then taken the latter’s magic pouch.
If the Assassin Angel was not around, Noland could have used the Deconstruction Technique to obtain the correct gesture to open the magic pouch.
But with the Assassin Angel’s help in cracking the magic pouch, Noland didn’t need to risk exposing the existence of the Deconstruction Technique to open the magic pouch.
The Assassin Angel directly used a “Divine Power Rune” to paralyze all defense barriers inside and outside the magic pouch.
It rummaged inside for a while, then allowed Noland to return the pouch.
“I did not find any valuable clues,” the Assassin Angel said.
Noland nodded inwardly. He’d suspected this would be the outcome.
While the Assassin Angel searched the pouch, he too had used the Deconstruction Technique to deconstruct it completely, arriving at the same conclusion.
Lamont had been cautious in his dealings and did not carry items related to the secrets of the Pure Light Court on his person.
Even the report he had written before did not have a copy left over.
As for how Noland knew of the existence of this report, it was certainly through the Deconstruction Technique.
Deconstructing the magic pouch yielded nothing, but when deconstructing Lamont himself, Noland had made significant findings.
However, Noland could not share these Deconstruction Results with the Assassin Angel, for he did not know how to explain his source of information…
Imprisoning Lamont and using a Mind Reading Technique or Memory Reader could be one method.
But the risk was too high, some losses were not worth the gain.
“Although this Pure Light Secret Investigator has the strength of the sixth rank, his position within the Pure Light Court is still too low.”
The Assassin Angel said:
“We need to find a higher-ranking Light Wizard to know whether the Pure Light Court is cooperating with the Metal Ancestor Dragon.”
“Very well, Your Excellency.”
Noland responded with a slight nod, feeling somewhat helpless inside.
Mastering the Deconstruction Technique, he had already confirmed that the Pure Light Court was cooperating with the Metal Ancestor Dragon.
Again, this was information he had no chance to voice.
If only a Seven-Ring – or even an Eighth-Ring – Light Wizard would appear in Revival City, with the methods of the Assassin Angel, it would surely be able to find answers from such a person.
Wait, I think I have an idea!
An idea suddenly struck Noland.
The Alchemy Cathedral’s one-time purchase of 800 million points of soul energy had drawn a Light Wizard Team to Union City.
So if the Undead Cult could be exposed for buying over 1 billion points of soul energy, might it also attract a team of Light Wizards?
The only thing that could potentially hinder this plan was the local First Level Magic Research Institute.
If the Earth Vein Pillar did not allow the Light Wizard Team to enter for investigation, the Pure Light Court would have to put in more effort to get what it wanted.
Noland pondered for a few seconds before sharing his idea with the Assassin Angel.
After some consideration, the Assassin Angel said:
“Your idea should be viable. We can give it a try to garner Lamont’s attention and have him bring stronger Light Wizards sooner.”
With the Assassin Angel’s permission, Noland began to prepare the plan.
Attracting Lamont’s attention would inevitably lead to being tracked and investigated by the Pure Light Court.
A perfect fake identity would undoubtedly help Noland avoid many unnecessary troubles.
What kind of fake identity could easily convince the Pure Light Court of the results of his own investigation?
Noland narrowed his eyes in thought, recalling “Sea Monsters” mentioned in Lamont’s report.
The real power behind the Deep Sea Branch, Mingwaq Pomida, had deliberately hidden the fact that the Sirens Kingdom was at war with shadow creatures from Ulnas’s circle to dissuade other Chief Sorcerers from coveting the position, believing the Suman Archipelago was in deep trouble.