Chapter 29: The Return of The Imperial Envoy
In his room, Aldrian sat on his bed with his head resting on the headboard. He straightened his legs and closed his eyes. His conversation with Olivia had been fruitful, providing him with many pieces of information and clues. He took out the odd leaf he had found on the street the night before yesterday and looked at it.
"Now I have confirmed that the woman in my vision when I picked this leaf is also a spirit, and if I have to guess, she is also a spirit of a world tree. Her language is the same as Olivia's, but which world tree? That giant world tree that is so high I can't sense the top? From the way she spoke, she also knows me." he pondered.
"Also, the one who made the artifact to hide the devils' energy must be a blacksmith master who is at least at the Emperor stage, to elude even Olivia. There are a few of them, but they have a similarity, they are from the Dwarf race and located in the Forgeheart Kingdom, the kingdom of the dwarves." There are many blacksmith masters throughout the continent, but only a few of them are at the Emperor stage and can make artifacts that can elude the senses of an Emperor stage being like Olivia. Olivia suspected a few of them, but they were all from the Kingdom of the Dwarves, the Forgeheart Kingdom.
"And one of them has been missing for twelve years. The one who is missing can be most suspected for now, but whoever it is that made those artifacts, if we catch him, we can cripple the devils' plans significantly."
Aldrian's mind kept working, and before he knew it, he had already fallen asleep in the same position. His mind and mental faculties had been working nonstop for two days. With many comprehensions and things in his mind at the same time, it could be dangerous for others because they could develop inner demons, but he didn't know it. Well, because he couldn't feel it. His mind just rested for itself to remind Aldrian that he also needed a rest.
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In one part of Balin city, there was a place that was always bustling with activity and people passing by. Almost the entire city of Balin was like that, but this place was special. It was located not far from the mayor's mansion and still under the shade of the world tree. The place was like a plaza, but it wasn't because in the center of it there were five structures shaped like giant standing circles with complex formations under them.
In the center of the circles, the space was wobbly and had a light blue color like a curtain, and usually many people could be seen coming out or entering it. For many, this was an essential thing on this continent, and that was the teleportation station. The size of the continent was so big that most people who lived here would never have a chance to travel across the entire continent in their lifetime. The existence of the teleportation station significantly helped the mobilization of people and goods throughout the continent.
But the teleportation station had its downside. Due to the complexity of the formation and the need for this device to operate 24 hours a day, it required a huge amount of energy and strict maintenance by formation masters and forge masters. The energy itself could be supplied by energy stones, each person who used the teleportation service had to pay a certain amount of energy stones. The further your destination, the more expensive the fare.