Chapter 640 New Exploration
Three weeks later...
After traveling quickly through the Seidel Kingdom, Vicente and Rory had already entered the Diamond Province and were currently heading to the place Torne had spoken to his master about years ago.
Given their level of power, their flying speeds were excellent. At the same time, no problems hindered them on this trip.
Thus, the two of them were very close to reaching the kingdom's capital, where the secret altar of the order should be in this state.
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'Master, the altar I told you about must be in these woods. Some plants have grown since I passed this place, and battles or earth movements may have slightly changed the surroundings. But even so, I feel we're close.' Torne said in Vicente's mind as soon as Rory and the young man stopped before a patch of dense woodland on the mainland.
"We'll have to search the place from now on," Vicente said to Rory. "We're following a clue left by magicians thousands of years ago. Unfortunately, we don't have a map with the precise location, so we have to get a feel for the place." New n0vel chapters are published on
"And how do we do that?" Rory asked, not surprised that Vicente didn't know the exact location of this altar.
"That's simple. We look for places with a high density of negative elements. Part of the protective devices on an altar like the one we're looking for are the creations of Dark Path magicians. They certainly have negative elements that make their surroundings more sinister than other places."
Elements of all kinds were scattered unevenly across the continent. The presence or absence of negative or positive elements was not a sign of the existence of organizations, secret posts, or people on one side or the other.
Having areas concentrated in darkness or light all over the continent was extremely normal, so the mere fact that such an area existed near the order's altars would not be enough for one to find these places without prior information.
Anyone traveling through the area where Vicente and Rory were now would pass by without noticing the secret altar's location, even if they felt the area's negativity.
The two of them would soon scour the terrain separately, looking for anything that might catch their eye.
The two were Sovereigns and could fly so that large forested area near the kingdom's capital was no big deal for them. After just 15 minutes of searching, Vicente found something and called his friend.
"Rory, I think I've found the place." He said, using a special communicator.
But that was to be expected. After all, the Cataclysm Order was an organization, and its posts followed similar patterns.
Rory watched the place with his mouth open when he saw how large and well-built the post was.
Vicente had already seen something similar in Kenyth Empire. He quickly made his way to the lower levels of this area, where there should be resources and items of interest to them.
They would soon pass through the training area of this secret outpost, and it wasn't long before they reached the third floor of the basement, where the first of the two storage rooms for artifacts and resources was located.
As soon as they left the stairs to this area, Rory opened his mouth to comment in a surprised tone. "This... This is much more than you got at the other altar you explored!
There are even 4th-grade resources here!"
Rory walked around an area that seemed to be a small store. On the shelves were pills, potions, plants, flowers, roots, precious stones and crystals, combat artifacts, and other useful items for various situations.
Many things were there, much more than Vicente had found on his other exploration.
'This place has not been found by anyone before you, master.' Torne confirmed what Vicente was already thinking.
'Why do you sound so pessimistic, old Torne?' Vicente noticed the ghost's strange tone.
'Sigh, if no one has come here, that's not a good sign for the order. It's great for us and our plans, master. However, the part of me that served in the Cataclysm Order wishes there were still members of this force hiding somewhere, trying to re-establish the group.
No one having come here before us is not a hopeful sign for me.'
'I see... Well, there are many secret outposts like this around the continent. Maybe the weak Seidel Kingdom hasn't caught the attention of your old comrades in the group.'
'Maybe...' Torne commented, but he didn't believe it.
His people may have explored other places like this, but perhaps they had given up or been forced to give up exploring them because of bigger problems!
'In any case, I can only count on you now, master.' Torne thought to himself as Rory identified many valuable resources for both Dark Path and Light Path magicians.
