No Far-Sighted Schemes Whatsoever, Only the Purest Fear of Death~

Six days later.

Only then,

after a long, grueling flight,

did Hua Lishu finally succeed in leaving [Demon Luo Tree Sea] and smoothly arrive at the secret stronghold of the [Chasing Maple Dynasty] closest to [Demon Luo Tree Sea]—a hidden complex concealed within a certain mountain peak.

In ordinary times,

every so often, Hua Lishu and the others would return here as an exploration team to rest and replenish their various supplies.

This place also had some administrators.

They were usually responsible for handling various basic logistical matters for Hua Lishu and the others.

Naturally, if necessary,

these administrators would also rescue Hua Lishu and the others at critical moments—

Right now, in the interest of efficiency,

as the first person to rush out of [Demon Luo Tree Sea], Hua Lishu had not even brought his subordinates with him. He decisively cast them aside and traveled alone!

Thus, when the personnel inside this stronghold saw Hua Lishu, who looked somewhat bedraggled and whose expression was extremely off,

then saw the empty sight behind him—they immediately realized that something was wrong!!

"What happened?"

Hearing a colleague's question,

Hua Lishu merely answered with an exceptionally grave expression:

"We found it—"

"But an extremely serious accident occurred during the mission."

"Our exploration team suffered catastrophic casualties, and even all the supplies we carried were lost."

"Now, I need to contact His Majesty the Country Lord as quickly as possible—"

Upon hearing this,

everyone present immediately turned pale. Not daring to waste time, they directly replied:

"Alright!"

Everyone knew perfectly well what the five words "we found it" represented.

It meant that, after thousands of years of continuous, repeated searching, they had finally found that legendary secret treasure. However,

Hua Lishu's following words gave everyone a small shock as well.

A shock that the