Death of Avar
Hidden beneath the Shadow Cloak, the Avar Mine Owners was extremely nervous, especially when he saw the trader entering the forest clearing—a human boy carrying a bronze-covered book. Countless voices inside him told him to leave immediately...
He crouched in the grass and observed for a while, then walked around in front of the human boy wearing Shadow Cloak.
He was relieved to find out that he really couldn't see him.
He bet that the human boy standing in the forest clearing was not the assassin.
In fact, the Avar Mine Owners was also very wary about buying the Teleportation Pass on the Black Market. The other party refused to complete the transaction directly on the Black Market and only offered half of the Teleportation Pass.
Next, they had to agree on the time and place for the transaction again, and both parties were required to meet alone. Avar became even more worried that this might be a trap.
But this is, after all, a ticket to a Teleportation Portal...
He needs to obtain such a ticket to return to the Elf Continent.
Thinking that he still had a Shadow Cloak, Alva the Mine Owners felt he could take the risk.
If you encounter danger, you can slip away under the cover of night without any problems.
He has that kind of confidence...
When the Avar Mine Owners saw Roy unfold the other half of the Teleportation Pass Teleportation Pass in his hand, he immediately realized that the other half was exactly what he needed.
He tossed the prepared money bag in front of Roy, then carefully circled around to Roy's side, intending to snatch the Teleportation Pass from his hand while Roy went to pick up the money bag.
However, he did not notice that a faint light was floating above their heads. Although the light was weak, not much brighter than a firefly, it was precisely this light that illuminated the bodies of the Avar mine hidden in the darkness.
I thought the person who came to pick up the goods was a Dark Moon Elf, but it turned out to be a cloak exuding a magical aura.
The blurry face gradually became clearer in front of Roy, and it even dared to stand next to him and reach out to touch the half of the Teleportation Pass...
Roy grabbed the wrist of the Avar Mine Owners with his other hand, and the Avar Mine Owners turned to look at Roy in horror.
The two were almost touching.
The Mine Owners, Avar, tried to pull his hand back, but found that Roy was holding it tightly. He instinctively cried out in surprise, "You can see me?"
Roy nodded and said calmly:
"I made a special trip from the plateau to Padesto City to see what kind of ruthless characters you Mine Owners in the Nikoba Mountain Range really are, but I didn't expect you to be just a bunch of Gray Rat who are used to hiding in ditches."
The Avar Mine Owners reached for the dagger tucked into his waistband, while arguing:
"What ' Mine Owners in the Nikoba Mountain Range'? I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm just an adventurer who wants to buy a Teleportation Pass. There must be some misunderstanding here..."
After the dagger was pulled out by the Mine Owners of Avar, it was like the forked tongue of a viper, stabbing towards Roy's ribs with lightning speed.
With a snap, the Avar Mine Owners felt as if he had struck a hard object; his dagger was deflected.
He glanced down slightly and realized that what was blocking his dagger was actually a thick copper-bound book.
The Avar Mine Owners's horrified face immediately gave way to a fawning smile as he pleaded with Roy, "Give me that half of the Teleportation Pass, and I can pay you an extra reward, definitely more than you're making now..."
After saying that, he suddenly broke free from Roy's restraints and took a few steps back. He did not run away immediately, but stared greedily at the half of the Teleportation Pass in Roy's hand.
Roy stared at the Avar Mine Owners but didn't rush forward.
He stood there, speaking to the terrified Avar mine owner:
"Actually, I've never understood why, out of so many Mine Owners, I only saw one Silver Moon Elf in the Mithril Mine of Wochak in the Northern Plateau, while all the other Mine Owners were Half-Elf. It is precisely you Mine Owners who have become the main buyers of Half-Elf slaves."
"I come from the Pagisto Plateau. You may have heard my name from other elves. The Half-Elf on the plateau like to call me Boss Roy."
"You are... Boss Roy?" the Avar Mine Owners exclaimed in surprise.
"Mine Owners Avar, don't think that those Half-Elf miners in the mine only know how to mine every day. Before I left the plateau, a Half-Elf painted a picture of you with his superb painting skills." After Roy finished speaking, he opened the Hammer of Judgment Book. Sure enough, there was a portrait tucked inside the pages, which really did look seven or eight parts similar to the Half-Elf in front of him.
The owner of the Avar Mine Owners felt as if someone had struck him hard in the chest, and his heart suddenly stopped beating.
If he could do this escape from the mine again, he vowed to bury those Half-Elf miners in the mine shaft no matter what.
But now, he can only try to get out of here first.
Seeing Boss Roy clutching half a Teleportation Pass in his hand, the Avar Mine Owners gritted his teeth in hatred. He wanted to smile at Roy again to make his expression more natural, but at this moment it felt like countless hands were pulling his face, making his expression extremely distorted.
He quickly pulled a Magic Scroll from his Magic Pouch. Elves are born with a magical affinity, and many spells are created in Ancient Elvish. Although the Mine Owners Avar was not a magician, he could recite the simple spells that activated the Magic Scroll.
As the short incantation sounded, a huge ball of flame immediately rose in front of the Avar Mine Owners, and a Fire Elemental Lord more than three meters tall appeared in the flame, with scorching flames rushing towards him.
Roy squinted, a beam of holy light shining on the Fire Elemental Lord, but he couldn't sense any explosive Fire Element aura...
It was indeed fake.
Roy ignored the menacing Fire Elemental Lord and silently opened the Hammer of Judgment Book. As he uttered a prayer, a Holy Light Hammer flew out of the Hammer of Judgment Book. The small hammer, made of golden light, was even a little dazzling in the night.
It flew directly onto the head of the Avar Mine Owners.
' Hammer of Judgment '
The Avar Mine Owners felt a sharp pain in his forehead, and in a daze, the world before his eyes instantly lost its color.
He found himself floating out of the body that had fallen backward...
The Avar Mine Owners immediately looked at his hands and then discovered that nearly transparent spirits were floating in the air. The semi-transparent hands were constantly changing, with the joints extending little by little, the fingernails turning into sharp claws, and some protruding bone spurs growing on the arms.
At the same time, his body underwent a tremendous change. A huge bone cage appeared on his sternum, and only a small part of his lumbar vertebrae remained in his abdomen. In the end, he transformed into the appearance of a demon.
'Aww...'
The Avar Mine Owners felt a sense of liberation from shackles, his soul enveloped in a layer of demonic flames.
This was the first time Roy had ever seen Half-Elf who had dedicated his soul to a demon.
High Priest Reed once described this type of situation in detail.
Generally speaking, after an elf dies, if there is a priest of the Moon God Temple nearby, there is a chance that the elf will be embraced by the Moon Goddess. Of course, most elves will transform into small elves without any consciousness or memory. These small elves will float in the Spring of Life, waiting for their next reincarnation.
A few elves sacrificed their souls to demons in hell during their lifetime, and after death they would become demons and fall into hell.
The soul of the Avar Mine Owners before them was constantly being corrupted by demonic energy, and black demonic flames surrounded his body.
The Mine Owners Avar, howled incessantly amidst the demonic flames...
The first divine spell Roy learned at the Goddess of Freedom Temple was ' Glimmer Illumination Spell ', and the second was 'Purification'.
At this moment, Roy recited a prayer, and holy light emanated from his body. Behind him, a Holy Light Tree appeared, with a huge umbrella-shaped canopy protecting Roy beneath it.
Divine runes slowly formed beneath the tree...
The Avar Mine Owners seemed to sense the danger and struggled to lunge at Roy.
But then they saw the divine runes in front of Roy radiate a large amount of holy light, and a beam of holy light descended from the sky, completely enveloping the Avar Mine Owners...
The flames of holy light enveloped his entire body, the burning black demonic flames rapidly diminished, and his soul body gradually stopped being demonized.
The Avar Mine Owners stopped howling, his soul looked at Roy, and then exploded in the air.
Then a wisp of remaining soul energy was released from the black demonic flames, gradually gathering into a tiny, almost completely transparent sprite. The sprite seemed to be blown away by a gentle breeze and quickly disappeared into the vast night.
Roy stood in a clearing in the woods, holding the Hammer of Judgment Book. He had just purified a soul that was turning to demonic possession.
The Holy Light Tree behind them seemed to have attracted something, and all the Holy Light Particle floating in the forest clearing were drawn by some force, constantly rotating around the Holy Light Tree.
Roy was like standing in the eye of a storm, with a large amount of Holy Light Particle turning into a torrent that poured into Roy's body.
Nourished by a massive amount of Holy Light Particle, the entire Sacred Tree sprouted new branches, and the tree grew thicker at a speed visible to the naked eye. Roy's body was also infused with a large amount of Holy Light Particle.
This is far more effective than absorbing that tiny bit of divine energy from the Light Flower...
Roy walked to the side of the Mine Owners, Avar. His Shadow Cloak was still intact, along with a complete set of Magic Inscription Construct and a Magic Pouch tied around his waist. Clearly, the Mine Owners must have carried most of his wealth with him.
These items were quickly packed into the backpack on Roy's back.
Roy casually covered the corpse's face with the portrait of the Avar Mine Owners, then turned and walked out of the forest clearing with the Hammer of Judgment Book in his arms.
Dennis and her friends, who were hiding in the nearby woods, were still lost in thought behind the bushes when they saw Roy approaching, and they all stood up...
Roy tossed a money bag to Dennis and said to her, "Let me know if there's any news about other Mine Owners."
"..."
The next morning, Roy went from his room to the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel and overheard some Half-Elf whispering about the murder in Orchard No. 3.
A Half-Elf died last night in Orchard Number Three, and it's said he was a Mine Owners...
Roy didn't listen carefully. After finishing breakfast, Roy left the hotel.
Today he was going to the Padesto Guild to recruit a few warehouse managers. As he walked down the street, many Half-Elf were whispering and gossiping about him.
Roy discovered that it seemed the whole of Padesto City was talking about it.
These Half-Elf didn't know the details of the incident, nor did they know who killed the Mine Owners. All they knew was that the Mine Owners had been involved in the Elf Slaves trade on the Pagisto Plateau.
Some well-informed Half-Elf secretly inquired with their friends in the Thieves Guild, but this time even those guys in the Thieves Guild chose to remain silent, and no one could say for sure.
It was this topic that sparked heated discussions throughout the entire event that made the Half-Elf in Padesto City realize one thing: the Mine Owners who had escaped from the Pagisto Plateau had secretly slipped into the city.
Immediately, everyone began speculating again about who the Mine Owners who had run down from the plateau was...
Some clever Half-Elf have even summarized three criteria: elves who are low-key, wealthy, and eager to leave Pattington Plane are all suspicious.
Roy arrived at the Padesto Guild and told a Half-Elf receptionist that he had made an appointment two days ago to recruit a warehouse manager for the guild.
When the young Half-Elf receptionist heard Roy mention that he was recruiting Half-Elf warehouse managers, she immediately went to secure a meeting room for Roy, led Roy into the room, and brought Roy a pot of fruit tea.
Then he went out to greet the Half-Elf who were waiting in line outside.
Roy sat for a short while, then heard a knock on the door outside the room, and a young Half-Elf walked in.
Roy's question was rather casual...
The main concerns are the distance between the residences of these Half-Elf and the rented warehouses, and whether they are capable of handling the Metal Ingots. After all, these five warehouses are to store a large number of Metal Ingots, and it won't work if the hired warehouse managers can't move those Metal Ingots.
After a series of interviews, Roy easily recruited ten warehouse managers.
As for the main person in charge of the warehouse, Roy wanted to wait until Leishande arrived with his caravan before making a decision; he wanted to choose someone from Leishande's caravan...
In the evening, Roy went to the tavern again.
Roy didn't see Dennis this time. According to the bartender, Dennis was looking for information all over town.
With no news from other Mine Owners, Roy had no choice but to leave the tavern and return to his room at the inn.
After closing the wooden door, Roy finally had time to take stock of what he had snatched from the Avar Mine Owners. The Magic Pouch contained not only five boxes of Magic Crystal Stone but also a large stockpile of Mithril Ingot, leaving Roy speechless...