The old wizard did not lie. He was indeed surprised, and extremely surprised. Not only was he surprised that Leo had also been to Yam Island, and left successfully, returning to Velen, but he was even more surprised that Leo could deal with him so easily.

A monster that has haunted me for months.

Originally, the old wizard asked the royal family to hire Leo, just to borrow Leo's luck, because after all, it was Leo who found the Poseidon Scepter. He thought that there might be some mysterious connection between the Poseidon artifact and Leo, so he hired him.

Leo asked to find out if he might be able to find the Poseidon artifact again.

However, he never expected that Leo would be so powerful and kill the monster so easily. And unlike others, he could clearly feel that the lightning witchcraft used by Leo was full of destructive power.

This was a destructive force he had never felt before.

Although Leo's strength could make things go much smoother later on, it completely deviated from the old wizard's original intention because Leo appeared together with Su.

The old wizard knew very well what Su was here for, and he even deliberately let Su in to attract the attention of the Special Bureau, but he never expected that Su actually knew Leo, and judging from the situation of the battle just now,

, the relationship between the two seemed to be pretty good, which made him think a lot.

If Leo is just an ordinary person from the dark world, then the old wizard can easily control him. But the problem is that the power shown by Leo is too powerful. Once he has other thoughts or changes his collaborators or employment relationships, then in the end the matter

He didn't know whether the Poseidon artifact could be returned to their hands.

It is precisely for this reason that the old wizard did not want to take advantage of the opportunity of the monster blocking the way to be eliminated and enter the church. Instead, he chose to wait and confirm Leo's thoughts before proceeding to the next step. Otherwise,

He preferred to leave the Poseidon artifact in the church.

"The trap didn't succeed and it became an accident. Old Otto, you are still as cunning as before." Before Leo could express his attitude towards the old wizard's unexpected statement, Su couldn't help but interjected, and her words were incomparable.

It clearly showed the intention of provoking.

Just like the old wizard, Su also saw how powerful Leo was. Although she had some reservations in the fight just now and did not use several powerful methods, she also knew very well that even if she used those methods, they would be at most

It can only allow myself to escape from here, but it cannot destroy the monster.

There is no doubt that Leo has now become the key figure in the final ownership of the Poseidon artifact, so she must win over Leo, otherwise her mission will fail.

"Ms. Su, I hope you will not bring past misunderstandings into today's affairs." The old wizard Otto easily understood Su's thoughts. He did not get too entangled with Su and easily resolved Su's provocation.

, and then said to the silent Leo: "Please come with me, Mr. Leo."

After saying that, without waiting for Leo to respond, he led the people into the black grassland again, heading towards a small mountain path not far away that was covered by the black grassland.

In fact, what the old wizard did was also a test. If Leo followed, it meant that Leo was not siding with Su, at least not yet. But if Leo didn't follow, then he would have to find another way.

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Seeing the old wizard leave without saying hello, Leo frowned, then as if he had guessed what the other person was thinking, a disdainful smile appeared on his face, and then he gestured to Su who was standing aside.

, stepped into the black grassland.

Seeing Leo's reaction, Su couldn't help but have a look of worry on his face, but he still led his people to follow him.

The group of people quickly walked to the mountain road, then bypassed a hill and came to a valley that was completely different from the depressing atmosphere formed by the surrounding black grassland.

The trees and plants here are all normal and have not been eroded by the power of the abyss from the outside at all. There are even some normal bees, butterflies and animals living in this valley.

In addition, the most eye-catching thing in the valley is the tower in the center that is more than fifty meters high. There is no doubt that this is a wizard tower, and the tower is engraved with complex Turing roots and runes.

Magic arrays, these symbols full of magical power, continuously emit energy outwards, forming an invisible protective shield to protect the creatures in the valley from being eroded by the power of the abyss from the outside world.

Although the valley is full of normal life, there are very few people. Except for the old wizard and four other people, there are only a dozen people in the valley. Willis and Mira, who were separated from Leo and others before, are also here.

It's just that their situation doesn't seem to be very good, and some of them seem to be restricted.

"Finally, I saw something worth being happy about!" Seeing Mira being watched over, Su smiled on his face, making sarcastic remarks, and waved vigorously towards Mira.

Because there were no tall plants in the valley, Mira could easily see Su and the others, and it could also be seen that Su and the others were not escorted here, so her face obviously didn't look good.

Originally, she thought that based on the current situation in Death Valley, there must be no one else here, so that she could successfully complete her own affairs. But what she didn't expect was that there were other people in Death Valley, and some of these people knew how to do it.

To restrain her power, even Willis had no time to transform and was subdued by seizing her weakness, as if these people had already had a plan to deal with them.

But now seeing the old wizard walking at the front, Mira immediately understood what was going on. The expression that was originally ugly because of Su's gloating behavior became even more ugly.

When they entered the normal environment in the valley, the old wizard and others stopped, took off their leather clothes and boots, handed them to the people waiting aside, and then put on normal clothes.

Perhaps worried that Leo would misunderstand, the old wizard turned around and explained, "These clothes and leather boots contain some power. This power will corrode the normal environment, so they need to be taken off."

After hearing this, Leo and others also took off their clothes and put on their original clothes.

Then, the old wizard walked up to Mira and said, "Ms. Mira, have you forgotten the conditions you agreed to when I allowed you to settle in the kingdom?"

"Are you talking about the request that is tantamount to house arrest?" Mira snorted coldly and said.

The old wizard said in a deep voice: "Although it is like house arrest, at least you don't have to worry about being pursued by the Silver Moon Tribe. And don't forget that you came to seek my asylum in the first place, and I did not forcefully restrict you."

"Huh!" Mira knew that she couldn't defeat the old wizard, so she simply didn't bother with this matter, changed the subject, and said: "You should know that that thing does not belong to you, it belongs to the tribe."

"Yes, I know it's something from the tribe, but the question is, Ms. Mira, in what capacity are you questioning me?" The old wizard smiled and retorted: "Don't forget, you are no longer a tribe in the Moissan continent.

I am a member of the Alliance, and I am also classified as a traitor. Thank you, reader, you are not qualified to question me, nor are you qualified to get this thing."

Mira knew that what the other party said was true, and she could not refute it. She could only clenched her fists and wanted to punch that hateful old face hard.

However, she also knew that if she really took action, it would mean that the protection agreement she had made with the secret assistance of the great shaman would be invalidated. In that case, she would probably enter the realm of eternity.

Her life as a fugitive has come to an end, which she cannot accept as she has long been used to a peaceful life.

At this moment, Leo's voice suddenly intervened and asked: "Can I know what that thing is?"

Leo's sudden interruption was somewhat beyond the old wizard's expectations. He frowned slightly, and a look of embarrassment flashed across his face.

Although the old wizard concealed his expression very well, Mira, who had been staring at him, saw it. At this time, Mira also had an idea in her mind, feeling that even if she could not get that thing in the end, she would still have to

It muddied the water and made the old wizard uncomfortable.

Therefore, before the old wizard could change the subject, Mira couldn't wait to say: "It is the heart of a descendant of the Lord of Nature."

Hearing Mira's words, Leo also showed an interested look on his face, and confirmed: "What does that divine descendant look like?"

"What else could it look like? It's a tree man!" Mira saw Leo's look and thought her bait had worked, and immediately explained: "Just like in the legend, the descendants of the Lord of Nature are like that.

An extremely huge tree man, said to be hundreds of meters tall."

Hearing Mira's words, Leo instantly thought of the war weapons created by the spirit of nature. Those war weapons also appeared in the form of tree men.

Thinking of this, Leo turned to the old wizard with a slightly cold face and asked, "Can I take a look at that heart?"

The reason why Leo is interested in this heart is mainly based on his understanding that the heart is not only the energy core of the tree weapon, but also its data core. Its hardness can ensure that it can still be preserved after the death of the tree man.

For a long time, even the black hole may not be able to destroy it. It will only be destroyed after the energy inside it is exhausted.

If the heart mentioned by Mira and the old wizard is really the energy core of the tree weapon, then he has the opportunity to extract part of the recorded data from this energy core, and maybe he can get something useful from this data.

.

The old wizard didn't know Leo's plan. He just thought that Leo had been moved by the treasure in his hand because of Mira's words, so he hurriedly said: "It's okay if you just take a look, but I hope

Mr. Leo, don't mess around, because that heart is related to the survival of our valley, and it is also related to whether this place will be completely eroded by the abyss." Perhaps he felt that it was too light, so he added in a more serious tone: "If this place

If we completely fall into the hands of the abyss, then the abyss can use this place as a springboard to corrode our world, and then the world of Velen will be in danger."

Hearing the old wizard's words, Leo couldn't help but frown.

It wasn't that he resented the old wizard's pressure, but because some of the old wizard's words were wrong.

The old wizard believed that Death Valley was the last line of defense to protect Velen from the abyss, but in fact Velen had been in contact with the abyss long before Death Valley appeared, and he is still in constant contact with the abyss, but the power of the abyss has never really been

Having taken root in Velen, at best, it only opens a door in the world of Velen, guiding some people who don't know the details into the world that has been affected by the abyss, such as Lake Town, King City, etc.

Although Leo knew very well that even if Death Valley completely fell into the hands of the Abyss, it would be absolutely impossible for the Abyss to invade the world of Velen through Death Valley, but he did not intend to say it because he also knew very well that even if he did say it, I am afraid that

The old wizard just thought that he was being sophistical, and even thought that he really had thoughts about that heart. In this case, I'm afraid there would be a conflict.

So he just nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'm just curious about that heart and have never thought about keeping it."

Hearing Leo's answer, Mira showed a little disappointment, because based on her understanding of Leo these days, Leo might really not be interested in that heart, instead of just talking about it.

Although the old wizard didn't know much about Leo, he was able to understand some of the situation from the subtle expression changes on Mira's face, so he felt a little relieved.

Later, the old wizard agreed to Leo's request and led Leo and others into the wizard tower.

After entering the wizard tower, everyone quickly discovered that the inside of the wizard tower was at least ten times larger than the outside. The entire first floor of the wizard tower was made up of simple small houses made of wood.

Leo's confused population question was answered at this moment. The whole bottom floor was full of people. Counting a little, there were about two hundred people.

After these people saw the old wizard, they all saluted him very respectfully. At the same time, they also saw Leo and others.

However, when their eyes swept over Leo and others, they all showed angry expressions when they saw Willis in the crowd. Some of them even released their own blood power and turned into werewolves and monsters.

The vampires showed their teeth in a demonstration towards Willis, and Willis also made some provocative gestures without showing any signs of weakness, which further angered the people of Death Valley.

It seemed that if the old wizard hadn't been there, they would have started fighting.

"Let's all disperse! He is a guest now, and I don't want you to be too rude." The old wizard stepped forward to suppress the hostility between the two parties, and then led everyone from the side spiral staircase to the upper level of the wizard tower.

Soon the group came to the top of the wizard's tower, which was also the old wizard's laboratory, bedroom and study. On the ceiling of this room, a wooden heart that was constantly shining with green light was inlaid with a series of Turings.
Chapter completed!