Chapter 411: Whispers
The eerie events, the inexplicable voice, his boiling blood, and the burning heat of his inherited pendant had all set Hilbert's heart pounding.
He opened the cover to the first page, and the Charkus family crest-a lion's head holding an orb in its jaws-came into view.
"Roar..."
A roar echoed in his ears, almost like an auditory hallucination.
Hilbert's heart rate instantly surged to its limit.
This was definitely a lost treasure of immense importance to the Charkus family!
It might even have a crucial connection to his family's bloodline power and magic power awakening!
He could barely contain himself now and wanted to head back immediately. Suppressing the urge to start reading right there, he closed the book and put it away.
Foss and the other two recruits reached the bookstore a few seconds later.
"Captain! Captain! What did you find?"
All three were on alert, forming a triangular defensive formation in a corner of the bookstore that offered advantages for both attack and defense. Foss had even begun signaling to the soldiers watching them from the distant outpost.
When Hilbert put the book away and came back to his senses, he saw what they were doing and hurriedly stopped them.
"It's fine, it's fine. I found something my family lost and got a little carried away. There's no Demon and no emergency."
Although he had lost his composure in front of the recruits, Hilbert was in excellent spirits. He had the almost illusory feeling that restoring his family's glory was within reach.
With no other choice, Foss went to the British outpost himself to explain the situation and tell them it had been a false alarm.
Their patrol still had to continue. As they walked, Hilbert's steps grew noticeably lighter without him realizing it.
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