Chapter 365: Shake the Foundations

Chapter 365: Shake the Foundations



Sylas returned to the library. He knew that he couldn't delay Lucius' order for long, or else it would cause trouble for him. If he forced Lucius to use the means he had in his arsenal, it

wouldn't end well for either of them.

So, he had to be fast.

He had already documented all of the books and organized them. Now, he just had to find what he was looking for. What he hadn't expected, though, was to get a useful clue from Merchant Guatum.

Merchant Guatum's record ability was interesting because how well it worked was entirely dependent on the level of information he was targeting. And, his progress was incredibly slow because his experience gathering was dependent on gathering higher quality information and successfully selling it.

It could be said, then, that Selvian had benefited from Sylas in more ways than just one. Obviously, the library was one of Selvian's next stops after Sylas was gone. But what he didn't expect was that Sylas would realize this as well.

Sylas, however, didn't want the Merchant to record the books here. He could already read them all for free.

What he wanted the Merchant to do was to use his ability to scan the high-priority areas he had noted and pick out the books that his profession noted were more difficult to scan or impossible to scan.

This way, Sylas could immediately dismiss all of the worthless books and focus on all of the most important ones.

What Sylas didn't know, however, was that after he asked Selvian to do this, the man struck down the thoughts hidden in his heart. Sylas was far too dangerous a man to provoke. It was best to just follow what he said to perfection for now. Only in the future, when he was much stronger, would he consider anything else.

It made sense for Selvian himself to think of using his ability in this way. After all, it was his own ability, and he had been trying to think up ways to maximize it for months already.

But Sylas had not only deduced what his ability was from a few on-the-shelf items, but he had even further deduced how he could maximize it to help Casstle Main, all before he then deduced how to maximize it to help himself.

All of this happened within the span of a few minutes, and it left Selvian trembling. Wouldn't this man see through him the moment he had thoughts of betrayal?

...

Sylas dismissed Selvian, setting him off to do the tasks they had spoken about earlier. If everything went well, most of Casstle Main's troubles would be dealt with soon. He would just have to trust Cassarae to hold down the fort while he was gone, and she was more than capable of it.T/his chapter is updat/ed by nov(ê(l)biin.c/o/m

[>Use entry into System City's Library to find information about Lost Civilizations and clues

about an Ancient Dungeon.]

[Common Requirement Cleared]

[Bronze Requirement]

[>Deduce the location of Ancient Dungeon.]

[Bronze Requirement Cleared]

[Silver Requirement]

[>Clear Dungeon: The Mountain of Giza]

Sylas closed his eyes for a long while, seemingly ignoring the notifications. All the information swimming about in his head slowly formed a single realization. When his eyes opened again, the storm that had been hidden within them had calmed. 'The Mountain of Giza... The Pyramid of Giza... The Africor Continent... How convenient.' He knew exactly where to find a portal to the Africor Continent. Didn't that bouncer lookalike have a dialect from that Continent? And weren't they near Lucius' city?

Sylas stood. He knew that the Africor Continent was enormous. Even if he had a portal to the continent, that didn't necessarily mean he would have one to what was olden-day Egypt. But

it was a good start.

Still, that much was the furthest from his mind.

'Is this really a Silver Grade Quest...?'

Legacy has been trying to tease apart this mystery for decades... Something told him that

there was nothing simple about this matter at all.

What Sylas didn't know just yet was how right he was. This Quest would house a secret capable

of shaking the very foundations of Earth.