Dragon's Treasure

Chapter 100

There are countless islands dotted with stars outside the Rost area.

The waterways are complex and off the beaten track.

The mercenary's home base was located right on top of one of the islands.

The smell in the air was strong and complex, like a mixture of cold metal, burning smoke, and the scent of blood.

Vulgar curses and laughing voices resounded in the surrounding tents.

A small group of mercenaries that looked very distressed were making their way inward.

Some of them were already wounded, their faces were green and white, their complexion was gloomy, and at the end of this small group, there was a black-robed man who looked out of place in the surroundings.

Countless unsuspecting glances were cast at the uninvited guest, from both the light and the dark.

But the black-robed man did not seem to feel the slightest, calmly and slowly walked toward the interior.

Through the tents and caves, the scene opens up before us.

The cavern's dome is extremely high, with obvious signs of artificiality, illuminated not by flames but by sparkling gems set into the walls, making it look more like a palace than a deserted mountain on an uninhabited island.

The mercenaries saluted an unassuming man in the distance:

"Guv."

The mercenary he called the leader looked very ordinary, with a medium build and mediocre appearance, as if he would be thrown into a crowd and instantly disappear, but no one dared to look down on him.

He calls himself Xu Feng.

The real name is known to no one but himself.

He has a pair of habitual killing, slender eyes, the light under his eyes is cold and cunning, and when he looks over, he always makes people feel a creeping coldness.

The mercenaries reported the failed mission in its entirety.

"So, it failed? The sword didn't arrive?" Xu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a calm voice.

Under his gaze, even though they had experienced countless killings, the mercenaries still couldn't help but feel their scalps tingle.

They resisted the urge to move backward, whispering, "Yes ...... yes."

"What about the other mission?"

The mercenaries looked at each other, obviously somewhat hesitant, not knowing how to report to the chief.

It was at this moment that the black-robed man, who had remained silent since a moment ago, slowly took a step forward, his voice hoarse with a strange grimness, "The mission has been accomplished, at least in my case."

Xu Feng looked over at the black-robed man and brought a little smile that didn't reach his eyes on his face:

"Yes? Since you are satisfied."

"In return, I will inform you of the identity of the gargoyle, but ......"

The black-robed man paused and said slowly, "Without a weapon, even if you learn of this information, it will be of no use to you."

A hint of gloom swept across Xu Feng's eyes.

However, the smile on his face deepened a bit, "You're right, sir."

The head mercenary approached:

"I wonder what insights you have?"

The black-robed man said, "The material and the magic attached to that sword are both missing for it to be able to harm a dragon, and the spell attached to it is very old and has been lost by now, but ......"

Xu Feng steps forward, "But?"

The black-robed man smiled silently in the shadows, "I can fix this."

Xu Feng squinted his eyes to hide the bright light underneath them.

He remembered the earlier attack in the Ability Academy, the news of the principal's assassination, and ......

Rumors of mysterious thefts.

"The materials are the real dilemma, that ore vein has been severed in ancient times, and now it has all sunk within the abyss."

Xu Feng: "And what does Mr. Mean?"

"We need to open another abyssal rift."

The black-robed man said, "However, its location is very special, and only by opening it at that fixed location will we be able to access the materials in it."

"If you are willing to help, that would be great."

Xu Feng smiled slightly and said softly, "But what payment do you want?"

"You would have heard about what happened earlier in the Central District. Our numbers have now become much smaller, you have the manpower and supplies and we have the knowledge." The black-robed man paused and continued:

"Also, there are other things we need in that abyssal rift, so it's a mutually beneficial deal."

The black-robed man's voice was hoarse and serene:

"And at the end of this transaction, you will know the identity of the gargoyles hidden in the human world."

Xu Feng's smile deepened and he asked:

"So when are we going?"

The black-robed man laughed a little and said, "Now."

*

Mercenaries had never had much integrity or loyalty, but not the group in front of them.

Those chosen for this operation were rather more like dead soldiers than mercenaries, not saying a word no matter what.

Only one younger looking mercenary wasn't determined enough, and quickly shook out everything he knew as the Administration members pressed on.

But this mercenary was not a high-ranking officer, so any information provided was vague and limited.

The only thing that was clear was the location of the mercenary base camp.

Upon learning this important information, the ship quickly changed course, its bow breaking the waves and following the wind as fast as it could toward the archipelago on the outer edge of the Rustic Zone.

This time, there were no more sneak attacks or blocking ships along the way.

They quickly reached their destination.

With the help of the jewels that cloaked the scent on the mercenary's ship, the vessel could not be detected by any radar.

The mercenaries were unprepared, and were caught off guard by the sneak attack on their foes.

It was a lopsided victory.

"...... captured twenty ships, destroyed four, and captured forty-three mercenaries--"

Wen Yao reported.

Mu Hang frowned:

"So few people?"

Wen Yao nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that the main force of the mercenaries left the base before we arrived, leaving only a very small portion of them remaining, which is why we took advantage of the situation this time."

"Interrogate the captives and see if you can ask for the location of the gargoyle's treasure."

What?

Treasure?

Shi An caught the key word and raised her eyes in the direction.

Mu Hang took in his opponent's reaction.

His face remained stoic.

The man stood up and walked over to the teenager's side, his voice low and gentle, "You stay on the boat and wait, we'll be back soon."

Shi An winks, "Can I come along?"

Mu Hang lifted his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the other's soft white cheek, his voice a little softer:

"You want to come along?"

Shi An nodded.

"Really?"

Shi An nodded again.

Under the silver-white lashes, Mu Hang's eyes were a blue and mysterious color.

His fingertips ran along the teenager's cheeks, lingering for an instant without trace on the side of the other's soft lips, his voice low and slightly hoarse as he slowly said:

"You know how you can make me promise."

Once you're back, you're back.

Shi An barely gave it much thought this time, and just came right up on her tiptoes and kissed the other on the lips in an extremely natural way.

Mu Hang gave a shallow, quick smile.

Slowly and methodically, he pressed down on the back of the other man's thin white neck, sucking on the teenager's soft, slightly cool lips before releasing him before Shi An could catch his breath.

Mu Hang rubbed his fingertips off the wet mark on the other's lower lip and softly spoke:

"Okay, come along."

"............"

Wen Yao, who hadn't had a chance to get out of the room yet, was stiff and blank.

Although she really admired and respected Mu Hang, and had known for a long time that there was something between him and Shi An, "knowing" and "witnessing" were two completely different things.

Generally speaking, seeing an idol fall into the mortal world and being too deeply affected by another private emotion, as a follower, one will always feel some sense of repulsion towards the one who started it all.

But Wen Yao couldn't feel that way in any way.

Because ......

Actually, my own chief looks more like an abductor, doesn't he ......

Wen Yao was shocked by his own idea.

She buried her head and made a show of looking at her eyes and nose, her eyes seriously end up on her toes, doing her best to try and pretend she wasn't in this room.

Apparently, Mu Hang himself doesn't have the same intention of avoiding suspicion.

He pulled Shi An, turned his head to Wen Yao, and calmly commanded, "Prepare to disembark."

*

Along the way, Shi An surveyed the mercenary base in front of him.

Those tents had been completely damaged and destroyed in the battle just now, peacefully crooked on the ground, not far away burning a little thin fire, which was slowly and silently burning at the moment.

The air smelled of blood and smoke.

The ground was still sprinkled with blood that hadn't dried up yet, as if it had gone through a brutal fight and battle.

All the mercenaries still left in the camp had been brought under control and were being slowly herded into the boats.

Shi An withdrew his gaze and hastily accelerated a few steps to keep up with Mu Hang's pace ahead.

They made their way through the deep, dark tunnel to the interior of the cave.

The dome was tall, the walls were studded with sparkling gems of all colors, and the top of the cave overhead was open to a modest skylight, where clear daylight shone in and fell on the gems, making the large cavern as bright as day without any semblance of closure.

Shi An : "!!!"

He subconsciously stopped and padded over.

Shi An's eyes slid from one corner of the stone wall to the other, carefully surveying and admiring each gemstone on the wall, and soon he saw a number of familiar gemstone textures.

Some of those were rubies contributed to him by the human kingdom.

These diamonds had once been buried for hundreds of years in an ancient shipwreck in the deep sea, and had taken him a thousand years of painstaking effort to retrieve them.

And the jewels set in the dome were ones he had snatched from a fledgling mermaid kingdom.

General ......

It's all his!!!

Shi An's head was smoking.

These damn humans!!! Not only did they take his treasure, but they casually abused it, wasted it, didn't value it at all, and when they got here it was even more outrageous, they actually used it to set into the wall as a decoration?

A flicker of golden russet fire swept through the teenager's dark eyes and blazed up like a prairie fire.

It was at that moment that he heard footsteps coming from behind him.

Mu Hang had already finished his conversation with the member of the Administration in charge of the search and was walking in the direction of Shi An.

No way no way.

Can't be angry now can't be angry.

Shi An took a deep breath and blinked, forcing down the anger in her heart.

Mu Hang stood at Shi An's side and raised his eyes toward the jewel on the wall.

He asked, "You like it?"

Shi An said verbally, "...... is just average."

Ugh!

Obviously these are mine! Mine!

Mu Hang nodded and said, "Let's go and see how Wen Yao's interrogation with them turned out."

With that, he turned and walked out the door.

Shi An was reluctant to take two steps after Mu Hang, but her eyes were still glued to the jewels on the wall, as if she was being sucked in, and she couldn't take a step.

Did ......

Are these humans just going to let their babies be left here!

Mu Hang took a few steps forward, and when he saw that Shi An wasn't following him, he stopped and turned his head:

"What's wrong?"

Shi An wracked his brain and hesitated:

"So, the purpose of that ...... you guys looking for the treasure is to set up traps to entrap the gargoyles right?"

Mu Hang narrowed his eyes slightly, his silver-white lashes blocking out the emotions underneath:

"Yes."

"In that case, these gems on the wall should count, right?"

Shi An pointed to the shiny gems set on the wall and said, "Anyway, these gems the gargoyles should like, if you want to attract the gargoyles, why don't we take them together? Maybe the effect will be a little stronger?"

Mu Hang asked faintly, "Is that so."

Shi An nodded vigorously, "That's right!"

Mu Hang looked over steadily, ghostly ravines growing in his blue eyes.

Shi An was a little uncomfortable by the way he looked at her.

After a few seconds, he moved his eyes away and waved at a couple of Administration members behind him, his voice low and cold-quality with a hint of elusive emotion:

"Scoop the gems off the wall and take them away."