Milo said these things with clear reasoning, without any pauses, with no signs of lying.
Herag also didn’t think he would lie about such a matter but fell silent, pondering something.
"Mr. Milo, you must be mistaken. I’ve been to that place several times before; there are people in the town. It’s just an ordinary small town. But two days ago when we went, the mountain road was normal on the first day, but the next day it was overgrown with weeds, which would take many years to grow like that."
Robert couldn’t sit still, and with some agitation, he told Milo what he had seen and heard.
Milo sat upright, knowing that since Great Knight Robert and Mystic Herag had both said so, the problem wasn’t simple.
These two wouldn’t have come to mess with him for no reason.
After pondering for a moment, Milo said, "Mr. Herag, you remember the Valley Town archive I showed you earlier, right? Everything I said is recorded in the archive, we can check it again."
Herag nodded: "That’s exactly what I was thinking."
He thought the same—human memory might be flawed, but the archives are written in black and white, surely they’re not wrong.
The three of them went upstairs again, to the place where various archives were stored.
Milo, just like last time, went to the location of the Valley Town archive and retrieved it.
He directly handed it to Herag: "Mr. Herag, take a look."
Herag took it, found no traces of magic power on it, and opened it to read carefully.
He read for about ten minutes, without speaking the whole time.
After reading, he closed the archive, murmuring: "Shenlan, bring out the Valley Town materials recorded last time."
"Valley Town materials have been retrieved." Shenlan presented the previously scanned Valley Town archive in front of Herag.
Herag looked at it again, pondering: "How could this be?"
In the document he held, it clearly stated that Valley Town was attacked by bandits thirty years ago, all the townspeople were massacred, not a single person was left alive.
The bandits stole all the town’s wealth and set fire to many houses.
More importantly, the bandits were never caught, and to this day, nobody knows which group did it.
After this incident, Valley Town gradually became deserted, and few people went there.
Because too many people died there, no one wished to settle.
Gradually, Valley Town was forgotten.
Herag could tell from the paper and handwriting that this archive was indeed many years old and didn’t seem forged.
"Shenlan, did Milo show any signs of lying throughout?" He wanted to confirm once more.
"Based on observation, the probability that Milo is telling the truth is 99.8%." Shenlan provided the result.
Milo was just a Knight Level, without any traces of energy particles on him, likely not lying.
Herag was a bit puzzled—his view of the archive clearly recorded all population changes, taxes, and other details of Valley Town over thirty years.
The information was very detailed and had been scanned by him at the time.
"Was that place so bizarre? When did I start being affected?"
Herag had never been to Valley Town since arriving at Storm City, so everything he experienced at the Adventurers’ Association should not have been influenced by Valley Town.
But after returning, the situation changed.
Herag’s face turned grave: "It seems either Milo’s or our memories have been altered. What kind of power could affect such a broad range? This must involve rules..."
The text on the archives was undoubtedly altered, but the distance here from Valley Town was over a hundred kilometers.
While thinking, Herag casually handed the archive to Robert, recommending he take a look.
Robert took it and, after looking at the archive for a few moments, widened his eyes in disbelief.
He finished reading, his hands trembling, asking: "Mr. Milo, are you joking with us? Is this archive real?"
"Of course, this place isn’t accessible to just anyone, and no one would switch such a valueless archive. It’s just a small place, and this matter happened many years ago." Milo explained.
"Robert, go out and ask others about Valley Town. Don’t ask people within the Adventurers’ Association, go ask on the street." Herag was still uneasy and needed to confirm whether everyone’s memories were altered.
In theory, there’s still a possibility Milo was lying and replaced the archive. This probability is very small, but he wanted to confirm again.
Robert nodded, understanding Herag’s intention, and quickly ran downstairs.
He also wanted to confirm whether it was a problem with his own mind.
About an hour later, Robert ran back out of breath.
He didn’t seem tired but rather frightened based on his expression.
"Sir, I went out to inquire, and what they say matches Mr. Milo’s account." Robert looked dejected, occasionally turning around as if fearing something was following him.
Herag nodded to indicate he understood. Milo couldn’t possibly unite everyone in Storm City to lie to them.
So it seems there’s only one possibility: they triggered some power after doing something in Valley Town, leading to everyone’s memories about Valley Town, except for the two of them, to change.
Only rules could achieve such feats—something Herag wasn’t qualified to access at this stage or in the foreseeable future.
The fact that Herag and Robert weren’t affected might be because they were in Valley Town at the time, thus being influenced by the power.
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"Sir, what should we do now?" Robert felt that everything around was fake, only he and Herag were real.
Herag patted his shoulder with a smile: "It’s okay, it’s just that some power exerted its influence. Don’t be overly anxious, just eat, drink, and live normally."
"But sir..." Robert was still nervous, facing such an uncanny situation for the first time.
It’s one thing for one person to remember wrong, but how could everyone remember wrong, even the archive contents changing? This was beyond Robert’s understanding.
"Relax, the problem isn’t big. You should survive, otherwise, we wouldn’t have made it out alive, so don’t be so scared."
Herag could only comfort him a bit, not revealing that there were things more terrifying than death.
The affairs in Valley Town clearly exceeded his ability to manage; he couldn’t do anything.
The only thing he could do was run.