Chapter 2413: White Dragon Scale

Chapter 2413: Chapter 2413: White Dragon Scale

"You’re willing to let me go?"

The man with glasses asked in surprise, and Shard thought for a moment:

"Hmm... did you bring your wallet?"

"Of course, who goes out without their wallet?"

"Take out half the money in your wallet and give it to me, as a thank you for saving you."

The other party obviously hadn’t expected such a request, but if it really meant he could leave by just spending some money, he certainly wouldn’t question it.

So the man who called himself "Claude Binns" took out his wallet while saying to Shard:

"You saved me, just some money is no problem, all for you.

We’ve heard that this cemetery has a secret, but it wasn’t through very thorough investigation. You should know that for a grand noble family like the Wright Family, there are actually many descendants. A professor at the Literature Academy in Moon Bay City studied it and found that at least five percent of the current residents of Moon Bay have blood ties to the Seven Great Families."

He placed the coins and paper notes from his wallet onto the ground without missing a piece:

"Only one among the many offspring can inherit the estate and title. And those who leave the family and drift away from it have more or less taken some things from the family in the past.

About two months ago, in the Lower District, sorry, I can’t say the exact location. A poor pregnant woman fainted in an alley in the Lower District. We saved her and helped contact the ’Serpent Heart Hospital’ to let her be admitted and successfully give birth to a son.

She wanted to repay us, so she gave us a pendant said to have been left by the child’s gambler father before he died... We didn’t originally want to accept it, but seeing the woman’s look, she hated that man so much, she didn’t want her son to have any form of connection with that man, even though that gambler had already been beaten to death over debts."

Such things aren’t uncommon in the Lower District. Shard and Mr. Coroner Albert have known each other for nearly two months, and during their conversations, he would occasionally hear him talk about various corpse stories.

Once you get involved with gambling, it’s not just the gambler themselves that can be destroyed.

"Is there something wrong with the pendant?"

"Yes."

He took out the silver pendant from his pocket and placed it next to the money on the ground:

"At first, we just took it as the woman’s token of thanks and didn’t pay much attention to it. Until recently... well, ’Devout Practitioner,’ yes, our leader is called ’Devout Practitioner,’ he asked us to investigate the ancient secrets of the Seven Great Families. Then we realized the symbol behind this pendant was very similar to the contemporary crest of the Wright Family, just transformed.

After repeated checks and divination, we found that at a specific angle, using light to shine on the pendant, the shadow of the pendant would reveal the address here. But the address only pointed to an area in this underground cemetery. I guess when an ancient Circle Mage left this pendant, they didn’t expect the cemetery would grow so large in the end."

Shard waved his hand, and both the pendant and the money flew towards him. After a brief check, he nodded. The man gave Shard a slight bow and then jogged past him.

Miss Eles, who was hiding in the shadows, avoided him, and only after he walked away did she re-emerge.

Shard took out the medallion painted with a red color, "Noble Crimson," and after pressing the medallion lightly, it transformed into a small bat and chased after the departing man.

After waiting for a moment, Shard said:

"He left without looking back."

"Speaking of which, the ’Eternal Light’ that aids the poor in the Lower District and encourages people to resist the nobles and merchants, isn’t it just an ordinary organization of common people?"

The blue-eyed girl asked, and Shard nodded while counting the bills:

"Yes, that’s right. If it were just an ordinary organization, the ’Light Worshipper Training Association’ wouldn’t find it so troublesome to take them in, right? Spirit control, corpse manipulation, even disguise and replacement are quite convenient... A total of 2 Krone, 3 Ore, and 13 Finny. If there’s time later, madam, would you do me the honor of having some afternoon tea with me?"

Shard asked with a smile, and thus the girl "modestly" said:

"Don’t you have an appointment in the evening?"

"But I can always make time. Ever since you came to my side, I haven’t had the time to accompany you."

"Seeing you so pitiful, I shall agree then."

She said, giving him a peck on the cheek:

"And don’t apologize to me, it’s not you who owe me, it’s I who owe you."

It’s a shame that the topic isn’t suitable to continue in someone else’s underground cemetery.

The positional information contained in that silver pendant indeed coincided with the specific location given by Luviya after divination. If the man affiliated with the [Eternal Light] had been luckier just now, he might have taken away the hidden letter before Shard and the other person.

"But I’m still curious, how exactly do they obscure fate?"

The blue-eyed girl asked as Shard carefully knelt in the corner of a burial chamber deep within the cemetery to dig the soil. As Shard dug, he replied:

"There’s no need to explore these things now. It seems [Eternal Light] only occasionally learned that there might be something here, which is why they sent people over. Collecting dragon scales isn’t their primary goal. I know [Eternal Light] probably has something good in their possession..."

He paused here, but Miss Eles did not know that Shard was thinking about the Gemstone he had been searching for:

"Having established contact this time, there will be plenty of opportunities to negotiate with them in the future. The thing I’m looking for isn’t urgently needed. The main goal for now is still...found it!"

The rusty iron box was unearthed by Shard, and with a slash of Moonlight in his hand, the lid was cut open, revealing the parchment inside that was treated with special potion, thus not only not rotting but with its ink still intact.

After briefly reading through the content, Shard smiled; the position of the White Dragon Scale was written on it, and the location was quite near.

Having dealt with things here, there was no need to return the horse to the farm while going back to the city, instead, they rode straight to the dock.

On the return journey, it was no longer Shard at the front with the blue-eyed girl holding his waist from behind. Instead, the girl was seated at the front leaned against Shard’s chest, with Shard’s arm wrapping around her to hold the reins.

The trip went without incident until they approached the city, where they found the city gate on the other side of the Saint George Stone Bridge under martial law. It was not that entry and exit were forbidden, but Carsonrick soldiers were stationed at the gate, warning people entering the city to avoid drinking raw water.

"What’s that all about now?"

Shard remembered he had promised to treat the blue-eyed girl to afternoon tea, but she insisted it was not the time:

"Now is not the time for afternoon tea, let’s go back and ask about the situation first."

The two of them returned to the "Radiant Messenger" amid the mist, temporarily stabling the horse on board for future use, and Miss Aphrola, who stayed on the ship, told them the current situation:

"About half an hour after you left, there were many poisoning incidents in the city. This ’many’ refers to over a hundred cases."

The "Light" Grand Witch shook her head:

"This glowing fog has invaded the river and wells, contaminating the water with the power of Unusual Glow. Although the level is very mild, even a First Ring Sorcerer like Angelina wouldn’t be affected, but it’s still highly toxic to ordinary people.

It’s now proven that heating raw water or praying to True God before drinking can avoid being affected. I still don’t know the specifics of the disaster, but Bella has hurriedly gone to the city council, hoping she can return before dinner."

Because of the environmental and groundwater pollution brought by the steam industry, "drinking boiled water" gradually became a habit for residents of big cities. Still, there are occasional people directly consuming raw water, especially in the Lower District. After all, boiling tap water or well water also consumes gas fees.

Strange people like nobles and outlanders will definitely heat water even if they don’t brew tea and only drink plain water. Thus, those affected this time were actually more from the middle and lower-class ordinary citizens.

Although bad news struck the city again, there was at least good news as well, namely that Shard and Miss Eles successfully brought back that piece of the White Dragon Scale.

On the parchment from the old cemetery of the Wright Family, it directly recorded that the dragon scales were also within the cemetery. But without specific secret language and corresponding opening rituals, even digging three feet into the ground wouldn’t get those dragon scales.

"At that time, even I was stunned; that Circle Sorcerer of the Wright Family was actually proficient in spatial powers. The White Dragon Scale was almost sealed in Subspace, and I can hardly imagine that the Wright Family once had such an outstanding Circle Sorcerer. Miss Belindel’s detection methods and Luviya’s compass were ineffective against these scales."

When Shard, Miss Eles, Miss Aphrola, and Luviya sat down at the long table in the ship cabin banquet hall, Shard said.

The parchment and the small box containing the dragon scales were placed on the table, and the white dragon scale, emitting a glimmer, was no different in size and shape from the other four dragon scales.

The other four dragon scales had been stored on the safer "Radiant Messenger" since the portal was established and had now been taken out by Miss Eles.

The black, green, gold, silver, and white dragon scales exhibited a subtle mutual attraction and resonance trend, even though they had not yet been arranged in the specific pattern.

"With each additional dragon scale, the power awakened among these scales becomes stronger, like an exponential increase."

Shard remarked, while Luviya nodded and was about to speak when Tifa accompanied by the elf girl with pointed ears came over.

The Little Unicorn and Angelina also followed to join the excitement, so Luviya explained to everyone:

"Although it’s unlikely that Emilia will go to the battlefield in the end, she has drawn that sword and is one of the candidates. She needs to understand these things; moreover, afterwards, I’ve invited Tifa to give her battlefield training."