"There really was."
Velin immediately sat up straight and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, Third Uncle. What do you need me to do?"
Bamund did not answer right away. He took out a magical device and raised a barrier.
"This treasure was information your granduncle obtained by chance. The Hurricane Legion is too conspicuous, and the Soul Intent rank Transcendents around him cannot be deployed directly. I only have a few hundred men at my side, and moving them would draw Burborn's attention. Therefore, the task of searching for the treasure can only fall to you."
If it had been an ordinary treasure, they could have simply shared the benefits. There would have been no need to make things so complicated.
Now that Third Uncle had come here under the pretense of inspecting the troops, it meant that the so-called treasure might be a single item, one of immense value that could not be known to others.
"Your granduncle told me that the treasure is stored at the bottom of the Misty River. Its exact location is at a place called Wild Crane Pass," Bamund explained quietly.
Seeing this, Velin unrolled the terrain map and asked, "Third Uncle, how old is this information?"
"I don't know. Your granduncle did not explain it in detail. Perhaps even he did not know," Bamund said, shaking his head. He did not know either; this was all the information he had received.
"Fine, leave it to me. But whether I can find it, I can't say."
Velin said nothing more. He had his own considerations. Since Third Uncle did not know, there was no point in asking further.
Afterward, Bamund withdrew the Magic Barrier. The two talked for another half hour before beginning their inspection of the army.
Two days later, after