Chapter 110 “The Truth”
Inside the city government building study, Cang Xu began to give “the truth” to Hun Tong.
“One of our corps’ members, Hei Ya, was procuring some equipment at the Dark Rainbow Store when he ran into another member, Xu Ma.”
“Xu Ma and Hei Ya went together to continue purchasing things, and while doing that, they saw the disturbance at the Wisteria Store.”
“They wanted to simply watch the excitement, but as a result, Xu Ma accidentally discovered that the disturbance was organized, and that the ringleader of it was his personal enemy – the guy who had stabbed him.”
Cang Xu then briefly recounted that Xu Ma had a grudge against the thin person, and what had happened to Xu Ma when he first entered the island.
Hun Tong frowned, he wasn’t interested in this and impatiently urged, “Get to the important stuff.”
Cang Xu faintly smiled, “Xu Ma followed his trail and wanted to ambush the thin person. This ended up with him sneaking into the courtyard and accidently hearing an important secret!”
“This secret is precisely what my corps must tell you, Feudal Lord. It is very significant and concerned the safety of all of Two Eyes Island!”
Cang Xu deliberately flaunted the climax.
The corner of Hun Tong’s eye invisibly twitched.
Of course, he knew what this secret was – the Vinegar Jar Pirates wanted to buy defensive charts and an insider so that they could invade Two Eyes Island!
He not only knew this secret, but he also knew even more. For example, the Vinger Jar Pirates’ backer, the Blue Green Coral Fishman Clan.
But to not divulge this weak point, Hun Tong still decided to cooperate with Cang Xu, “Oh? What is this secret?”
Cang Xu became very solemn, “Feudal Lord, there is a third party power on your Two Eyes Island. This power is very mysterious and has deeply infiltrated it. Xi Dai Zi disguised himself and came to the old island to hold a discussion for their help.”
“They not only traded away Two Eyes Island’s defensive layout, but he also agreed to help the fishman pirate group, the Vinger Jar Pirates, attack Two Eyes Island, the mysterious power has become their insider.”
“If we don’t take preventive measures, when both sides join hands and coordinate inside and out, Two Eyes Island will be in danger!”
“That’s right…” Hun Tong sighed to himself. But outwardly, he went faintly agape, his eyes glared wide open, and he used a stupefied tone, “Oh? Is that so? They have the guts to dare attack my Two Eyes Island?!”
“It is indeed so!” Cang Xu affirmatively nodded.
Hun Tong said to himself, “I still hope that they will attack me.”
But outwardly, he was stewing with alarm and fury, “This mysterious third party, who are they? Do you know anything about them? Out with it now!”
Cang Xu deeply sighed, “My corps just ran across them. We don’t know much at all about them.”
It would never have occurred to the necromancer that the feudal lord before him knew far more of what was going on behind the scenes than he did.
Hun Tong’s acting was exceptional, and Cang Xu didn’t notice any flaws in it.
Hun Tong’s tone sank, “I will investigate this power with all my might. What other information do you have, continue on.”
Cang Xu continued, “After Xu Ma eavesdropped on some information, Xi Dai Zi noticed him. Luckily, he was quick-witted and escaped Xi Dai Zi’s attack.”
“While he was about to be gutted by an encirclement, a masked, black gowned magician suddenly appeared.”
“He used many fireball scrolls and fought Xi Dai Zi, causing immense chaos.”
“Xu Ma took advantage of the chaos to escape the scene.”
“Not long after, Hei Ya used a beggar to inform the city guard, and they hurried to the scene of the battle.”
“As for the situation there, I believe the Lord city guard commander knows more than I do.”
Hun Tong nodded his head inquisitively, “That black gowned magician…”
Cang Xu took out a parchment from his clothes.
He handed the parchment to Hun Tong and said, “Feudal Lord, I had Xu Ma describe them and drew a likeness of the black gowned magician for you. It should show an approximation of his figure and appearance. Please take a look.”
Hun Tong took the parchment and the moment he opened it, his eyes instantly contracted.
He had a similar sketch of this person too.
It was another clue.
He had obtained it from the Dark Rainbow Store.
The black gowned magician had purchased the ice blade fish bones at a premium.
“The necromancer…should be him!” Hun Tong’s heart was growing more certain of this conjecture.
Anyways, he quickly restored his calm demeanor and gazed at Cang Xu, “I will still need to validate your information.”
“Of course.” Cang Xu promptly nodded, “It is how things should be done!”
Later, Hun Tong and the priest personally came to the port to see Xu Ma.
Xu Ma was lying in a bed, recuperating.
The dragonman youngster, Zong Ge, Hun Tong, and the priest intruded into his cabin, causing him to jump up in fright and scramble away.
As Xu Ma got up, the others saw something green.
Xu Ma’s hair had turned completely green. Due to his bloodline giving him thick hair, its green strands were more conspicuous.
As for why it was green, of course it was because he had used the Green Hat Healing Potions the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had issued him to heal his injuries.
“Don’t be nervous, sit back down on your bed. Your merits aren’t small, and you are still injured.” The dragonman youngster smiled at Xu Ma.
Xu Ma, green of hair, stammered in terror, “Your Lordships, I…”
Zong Ge interrupted him, “Tell us again what happened to you. Don’t hide anything and don’t lie. Understood?”
“Under, understood!” Xu Ma replied at once.
Hun Tong didn’t speak, instead he looked at the priest.
The priest cast the divine spell – Detect Lies.
As the light of the divine spell enveloped him, Xu Ma narrated his experiences.
His tale was no different from the one Cang Xu had told to Hun Tong in the study, aside from odd embellishments of particulars.
Afte Xu Ma told his story, Hun Tong immediately asked, “So, you didn’t see the black gowned magician truly act.”
“You only saw him using fireball scrolls, is that right?”
Xu Ma pondered it, then nodded, “Correct.”
After telling his tale, his anxious heart had relaxed a lot.
Then Hun Tong asked a few more questions.
Xu Ma replied honestly to what he knew and what he didn’t know.
When everything was finished, Hun Tong nodded to the dragonman youngster with a satisfied look, “Not bad.”
The priest coughed, and the divine spell, Detect Lies, was dispelled.
Everyone filed back out.
The dragonman youngster was the last out and consoled Xu Ma, “Rest well.”
“You gave us information on the necromancer and the pirates.”
“That is no small merit.”
“Two Eyes Island’s feudal lord and the church have given a bounty, they are yours.”
“Furthermore, the mercenary corps will reward you too.”
“But the information on the Vinegar Jar Pirates, in accordance with Lord Hun Tong’s wishes, must be kept strictly secret. It cannot affect the auction.”
“Oh, I understand, I understand Lord Commander!” Xu Ma hastily nodded.
After everyone left, Xu Ma sat in his bedside for a good while before reacting.
“Hehehe…” He began to giggle, “I’ve made a great profit!”
Although he was wounded again, his reputation had been completely redeemed. When news of this merit began to propagate, he would be able to hold his head high in the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Not only would he be famous, but there was also a considerable monetary reward too.
“I didn’t expect the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps to not take a share of the reward for the information.”
“This mercenary corps really is quite different; they are so just and fair!”
“Commander Long Fu was also concerned about me, which was quite different from what I remember about him. Compared to him, Auxiliary Commander Shi Qi acts so coldly. It’s no wonder Long Fu is the commander.”
Xu Ma had rich experience of society.
Despite that, because of the dragonman youngster’s concern for him, he felt a trace of warmness.
“Ah…” Xu Ma let out an exceedingly deep sigh of satisfaction. He put both hands on the back of his head and slowly stretched out on his bed and looked at the ceiling, “These wounds were worth it. Next time, if there is such an opportunity, ugh…”
As he thought freely of the future, he carelessly pulled his wounds, causing him to instantly let out a cold gasp of pain.
“Next time…hiss, forget about it.”
“My small arms and legs can’t take such risks again.”
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had benefited beyond Xu Ma’s imagination.
After Hun Tong and the priest left the port, Zi Di and Cang Xu studied the list of items Hun Tong left behind.
The survivors’ next plan was to set up a bloodline detection drug database.
Only by testing their members’ bloodlines could they take the appropriate steps so that after they built the Bloodline Purification Formation, they could evaluate their members’ talents and limits.
Therefore, although there were many things on the list, Zi Di and Cang Xu were most interested in medicine and drugs.
“They have a snowflake catalyst; this is an outstanding catalyst rarely seen on the market. Take them all first.”
“There is 30kg of raw nut copper, so much? It is very difficult to produce and is often a byproduct of large scale magic tests. Generally, a large quantity of high level life material and metal material is used to make it. Although it is expensive, it’s absolutely worth it.”
“This is delaying time grease; we also need to buy that. Look. This is the product of the Dimond Box alchemy group. That’s right, that’s the one. It is said that this alchemy group’s product, the delaying time grease, is so gentle in its medicinal effect that it can even be applied to human skin and apply its delaying effect to it. Many nobles privately have a strong demand for it.”
“Look at this. Bird’s nest mercury, this is the main alchemy material for sharpening potions. The empire has long restricted this material, I didn’t expect this auction would be selling 500kg of it. We need it all! Many bloodline drugs can be made from it.”
Zi Di and Cang Xu grew more excited as they studied the item list.
Two Eyes Island’s auction listings was far richer than the two had anticipated.
Hun Tong had once said to the dragonman youngster that every auction on Two Eyes Island exceeded the previous one.
It was very possible that after Hun Tong and the imperial secret spy collaborated together, they wanted to profit as much as possible with the old business model before the situation on Two Eyes Island changed