Chapter 854: Chapter 852: Soul Wander
After revealing himself, Cheka crouched on the mountain top, his eyes seemingly possessing extraordinary night vision, turning his head to survey the surrounding large-scale mining operation that had merged many mines.
After a moment’s observation, Cheka withdrew his gaze, rubbed his finger on the Blue Ring, and a map and a document appeared out of thin air.
Cheka placed the map and document on the ground and carefully examined them.
The night wind blew in from nearby, but within a meter of him, it automatically circled around, as if there was an invisible windproof force field around him, allowing him to view without disturbance.
After watching for a while, Cheka put away the map and document, and turned his gaze back to the mine in front of him. He nodded and spoke to himself: “Hmm, no mistakes here, this should be the Shambhala Town Mine mentioned in the document. It does seem a bit strange since an ordinary mine would definitely not be this large in scale.
Moreover, according to previous information, such a large mine was built in a very short time, which would be impossible without a secret backer. The current Waltz Mine Owner is likely just a puppet, a facade. The real mastermind is someone else.”
With this, Cheka paused, licked his somewhat chapped lips with his tongue, and revealed a slightly excited look.
“Hmm, wasting more than half a month investigating eight locations came up empty-handed. It’s both a good and bad thing. After all, if an inspector finds nothing, the investigated might be excellent with no issues, or it might mean the inspector is incompetent.
Lord ‘Gray Mist’ sent me here, valuing my performance greatly, and I mustn’t disappoint him. But I can’t be like those fools, picking faults for no reason, which is not only stupid but also lowly. I must diligently and truthfully uncover the problems and complete my mission.”
With this, Cheka took a deep breath and looked at the mine seriously, saying: “Next, let me understand what’s going on here.”
After speaking, Cheka stood up and took a step.
With a step forward, his entire body quickly faded, like an eraser wiping away a portrait from a sketch. Within a few breaths, Cheka became transparent and merged into the air, disappearing.
At this moment, no one could see him, nor could anyone perceive him.
After all, what he used was the long-lost spell in this world—Soul Wander.
With this thought, Cheka delved into the mine and began his exploration.
The Witch Demon Elder adjusted the golden-haired big dog on his shoulder, continued to gaze in one direction in the night, and said in an almost inaudible voice: “Is this… Soul Wander?”
“Hmm, it is indeed Soul Wander.” The Witch Demon Elder spoke again, nodding to confirm. He could be so sure because it’s one of his few mastered spells.
Back in Eden, he used this spell to escape during a battle with Pandora.
It’s a wondrous spell that allows for short-distance near-instantaneous movement and greatly conceals one’s form and aura over long distances during rushing.
He remembered that before he went dormant, he used this skill to rush over ten miles in one breath. In a near-invisible state, he rushed from a city’s gate along the main road into the City Lord Mansion, ignoring all guards, and slapped the City Lord’s head, shattering it.
Yeah, thinking back now, it still felt incredibly satisfying.
The only blemish was, he forgot why he slapped that head back then.
Could it be because of a woman?
No, no, it seems it was because of a man. Original content can be found at n0velfire.net
Nope, that’s not right either, it was because of…
After thinking for half a day, the Witch Demon Elder couldn’t recall, shook his head, and decided to cut off the train of thought.
He looked back in the direction of the darkness, his expression became somewhat serious, and he said: “The spell Soul Wander is relatively rare in the current world, right? If it weren’t for my perception of souls far exceeding normal people and being quite close just now, I almost couldn’t detect it. This… seems a bit odd.
Could this be the one Richard mentioned that might sneak into the mine? Could it be, as Richard said, a member of the terrifying Wizard Organization? Honestly, before, I thought Richard was deceiving me, but now it’s hard to say.
If that’s the case, now that the other party has appeared, when Richard comes over tomorrow night, I must inform him immediately, so that he can be prepared. This is part of the content of our transaction.”
Nodding, the Witch Demon Elder made a decision in his heart and was about to head back. But just as he took a step, he suddenly and inexplicably thought of Pandora and her previous disdain towards him.
The Witch Demon Elder Ah Fu’s movements stiffened, his lips pursed, standing there for over a dozen seconds. Then he let out a cold snort, said nothing, and quickly returned to the camp.
At an unknown moment, the Witch Demon Elder’s gaze became filled with determination.
In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.
By evening, an inconspicuous carriage drove into the mine, and Richard jumped down from it.
After getting off the carriage, Richard first found Waltz, conversed with him for a while, learned about some of the current situation at the mine, and offered some new suggestions.
Then, Richard found Pandora and the Witch Demon Elder.
Upon meeting, Pandora very straightforwardly handed over her work from the past few days, which was accurately speaking, test questions written on a Papyrus Scroll.
Richard took it, opened it, quickly scanned through it, roughly estimating Pandora’s accuracy rate on the test questions, he could tell that Pandora’s grasp of knowledge was relatively good. Without hesitation, he took out a new Papyrus Scroll with test questions from his chest and handed it to Pandora.
Pandora pouted, her expression full of reluctance, but ultimately accepted it.
After that, it was the Witch Demon Elder’s turn to hand over his work.
Actually, it shouldn’t be called handing over work, but according to the agreement, the Witch Demon Elder indeed had to submit the handbook recording the knowledge in his mind to Richard.
The Witch Demon Elder didn’t talk much, he reached out and handed a thick scroll to Richard, saying: “This time, it records some relatively powerful spells inside, three of which have gaps due to my memory failure. However, you also mentioned that you requested this not to learn everything, but to understand the difference between the spellcraft of my era and this time. I think even if there are gaps, it holds reference value for you.”
“Hmm.” Richard nodded while unfolding the scroll to browse its contents, responding, “Indeed, thank you, Mr. Ah Fu.”
“Haha, you’re welcome.” The Witch Demon Elder replied.
Richard quickly browsed through the contents of the scroll, then put it away, seriously asked the Witch Demon Elder: “By the way, Mr. Ah Fu, how has the mine been these past few days? I learned from the Waltz Mine Owner that everything is smoothly sailing, but perhaps you have some new discoveries.”
“Well…” the Witch Demon Elder spoke, raising his eyebrows with an expression that seemed a bit unnatural.