The teleportation tower was pitch-black, clearly unused for a long time.
Breathing came from the darkness. A fire flared to life as a tower keeper lit a lantern, illuminating his black robe and the somewhat faded, bulky hood on his head.
"Are you from the Royal Capital?"
The tower keeper's voice sounded somewhat aged. This was highly unusual. Tower keepers had an average lifespan of no more than thirty years, so it was unlikely for an elderly tower keeper to exist.
Yet this tower keeper's voice and aura were both ancient. Ted had mentioned before that Kodo Eisen's tower keeper guarded the seed—that was Liu. This also meant that the tower keeper here was no ordinary person.
"The dragon heart, the seed, and the crown. Looks like you're going to the Misty Swamp."
The elderly tower keeper laughed hoarsely, and the lantern in his hand dimmed slightly.
"The king of Taryn ordered me to guard the 'seed'?"
The elderly tower keeper slowly approached. Suddenly, he was extremely close to Liu, the bulky hood almost touching the tip of her nose.
A sniffing sound came from him. Liu leaned back as far as she could, her eyes clearly saying, Help me.
"Did the Old King, Lucas, die? Go back and tell the new king not to bother this old man. The things inside the Divine Land are about to emerge. The royal blood of the Edri Royal Family is no match for those things."
The elderly tower keeper's laughter was somewhat eerie. But moments later, snores came from beneath his bulky mask.
"What's at the end of the Misty Swamp?"
Su Xiao spoke up. He had plenty of experience negotiating with eccentric old men like this. When dealing with people of this sort, one could simply ask whatever one wanted to