Chapter 183 The Aura of the Clan: "Making the Most of Everything"
Ananka genuinely didn't recognize it.
River elves do not have the intricate kinship relationships of humans, nor do they value assets. After all, their clothing is uniformly distributed by the Tree of Life, their dwellings can be sourced locally, and their Flower Castle is shaped and formed by the Tree of Life itself. Even with a seemingly strict hierarchical system established through thousands of years of discipline, the reality is vastly different from that of humans. Powerful and noble figures like patrol envoys are openly despised by ordinary civilians.
Especially in the land of sin, once the significant size difference was eliminated, they immediately began living together without any barriers.
The flower fairies' concept of personal property was simple and vague, limited to food. So they would build underground warehouses to store food. However, in the sinful land where food was plentiful and abundant, most of the flower fairies' dwellings no longer had underground warehouses.
After listening to the human boy's story, Ananka only realized that he was indeed troubled by his studies, and didn't understand at all that his uncle intended to harm him.
Bluehorn chuckled and gave Ananka an example: "Let me put it this way, Ananka, the lord has also started a school, hasn't he? If you had two daughters, would you let one of them go to school to study hard while the other just goes out to play?"
Ananka's eyes widened: "Of course not, he definitely has to learn to read properly." As he spoke, he realized, "His uncle doesn't want him to study properly... Does he see him as an enemy? Is that why he wants to kill him?"
That makes sense, Bluehorn nodded: "Waters is both unlucky and lucky, but he has good parents. It's just a pity that his parents protected him too well. Not all humans care about blood ties."
Worster is a naive, kind-hearted, and somewhat foolish human boy. His parents were skilled in business and had amassed a great fortune. They had also purchased a noble status for their family. Unfortunately, they were attacked by a "demon" and died during a shopping trip. Worster, who inherited his parents' money, land, and estate, was then greeted by his uncle's family with "kindness."
To help his younger brother Daniel with his "potions homework," Worster volunteered to go out and pick "low-level potions." However, he "accidentally" wandered into the territory of a monster spider. Just then, a river elf happened to pass by while picking berries and mushrooms and brought the humanoid object wrapped in spider silk back to the temporary camp.
“He carries the scent of our people,” said the river elf who brought Worster back.
After obtaining the coordinates of the human capital, Xi led her people to the outskirts of the city closest to the capital. After carefully investigating the situation inside the city, Xi was not surprised to find that a great mage was stationed there. The white-robed mage had completely disappeared without a trace, leaving the river elves, who could only rely on their senses to search for the souls and body fragments of their people, clueless. The demons were also at a loss as to how to proceed.
Xi was relieved. It seemed that the humans had believed his lie. They indeed thought that a demon lord was hunting human souls. Obviously, the white-robed human mage who had become a target would hide.
Disguised as a mercenary group, Xi Zheng took on various mercenary missions in this great city. Along the way, he also obtained a lot of high-level shapeshifting potions from the black market through a combination of deception and robbery. He gave each of the elves a bottle, and with Peppert's illusion magic and his innate magic as a backup, he ensured that even a magic saint wouldn't be able to see through the true identities of the riverside elves.
After patiently lying low for a while, the humans gradually became more relaxed, and mages in white robes began to appear on the streets. The aura of the great mage would also disappear from the city every few days. Xi knew it was time to consider entering the city.
It was at this time that the river elf brought back Worster, who was hanging unconscious from a spider web.
After cutting through the spider silk and pulling the person out, Xi realized that he was a well-dressed young nobleman. She couldn't help but say in her heart, "God above, this unlucky guy's bad luck is actually very lucky for them!"
After waking the young master, Xi easily extracted a great deal of information from him, including but not limited to his family background, personality, hobbies, and so on. The source of the river elf's sense of his people's aura was also quickly found—it was the practice magic wand that Worster had mentioned, which was in the hands of his uncle's youngest son.
Worster did indeed keep his promise, bringing the magic wand to the Purple Flower Mercenary Group the very next day. After all, although Worster was foolish, the steward and servants left to him by his parents were quite shrewd and loyal. If he hadn't slipped away from the guards and secretly run into the wild, he wouldn't have been in danger. Not long after the river elf rescued Worster, information about the Purple Flower Mercenary Group was investigated several times, which is why Bluehorn said he was "both unlucky and lucky".
The practice magic staff looked quite ordinary; even the highly perceptive mountains couldn't detect any more scents. However, the river elves pointed to the magical runes engraved on the staff, saying that the materials used to draw the runes contained fragments of their people's bodies.
Xi Du didn't know whether to admire the river elves' keen senses or the humans' "making the most of everything."
Following the practice wand, they found the wand-making workshop, then the supplier, and finally discovered that the supplier was backed by the Bratzman Royal Academy of Magic. Xi thought that this magic academy seemed to have quite a lot of stock, and was no longer holding onto it but starting to sell it off. That meant that the spoils they could bring to Shu Xin would increase, which was really good.
The next question is how to get into this magic academy.
Just as Xi was trying to suppress her impatience and maintain a friendly relationship, Worster came looking for her, providing the Purple Flower Mercenary Group with an excellent opportunity.
With the help of the old butler and servants, the "kind" uncle's family had left the city and returned to their hometown. The practice magic wand was also left behind. Worster, who had become a little more shrewd, prepared to go to the Bratzman Royal Academy of Magic, ostensibly to continue his studies, but actually to seek protection, through the introduction of his academy teacher.
He came to his good friend Belial with his practice magic staff and a generous quest reward, hoping the Purple Flower Mercenary Group could escort him to the royal city. Compared to the large mercenary groups, Worster trusted the relatively small Purple Flower Mercenary Group more. His parents had hired a large mercenary group when they went out, and they were still killed by the "demon"...
Xi readily agreed.
As the Purple Flower Mercenary Group swaggered into the capital of the Bratzman Empire, the Flying Ball competition in the Land of Sin was already in full swing, having entered its final round.
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