Chapter 853: A Familiar Map

Intrigued, Angor quickly asked who Lochet was talking about.

According to Lochet, the arrival of the strange man was mostly unknown because the Shannon Clan only orally pa.s.sed the rumor around without leaving any written records behind. However, he was sure it was at least a thousand years ago.

Now, n.o.body could tell for sure whether it was a supernatural individual. However, this was very likely because the visitor left a treasure in the palace that had been kept in safety until todaythe particular weapon that always cost someones life.

When the Heart Gorger attacked the palace several months ago, people of the Shannon Clan used this treasure to chase it away.

Can I look at it? asked Angor.

Lochet nodded without a second thought. For one, Angor was already invited to look at the deepest secrets of the palace, so showing him more didnt matter. Besides, the treasure could only be activated by someone who possessed the bloodline of Shannon.

Lochet turned away and asked one of his guards to fetch something from another vault chamber.

Angor was rather confused to see the said guard carrying a pipe-like object back, until Lochet showed him that it contained a scroll inside.

Using the keen eye of an alchemist, he quickly discerned that the scroll was made of the hide of a special monster, which was a popular material for its superior element tolerance and conductivity.

He widened his eyes slightly when Lochet spread the scroll open.

It showed several elemental forms that appeared similar to the creatures drawn on the small piece of paper he saw earlier. He even found an identical onea tiny dragon that could spit fire at him. This meant the paper hidden in the small tunnel was also left by this strange figure.

As the content of the scroll was fully exposed, Angor noticed that the picture wasnt about creatures or doors, but a map.

More importantly, he recognized it. He saw something similar back at White Clam City, which was an old map used as a decoration in the forward office of Brute Cavern. Starting from the southeast coast of Fey Continent, that map demonstrated a series of well-known places such as Ferran Land, Land of Revelation, Magus Corridor, and Valhalla Isle.

However, both that old map and the current one had something Angor didnt recognize drawn at where the Old Earth was supposed to be.

He read many other maps or geographical books before, either at home or at Fey Continent. He was sure the continent called Old Earth wasnt this flower-shaped thing.

When he discovered the strange map at White Clam City, a manager working for Brute CavernBorotold him that the chart had the wrong details probably because it was too ancient. Angor accepted the explanation and didnt give it much thought.

Now he believed this second map with the same mistakes might be drafted by the same man.

He looked at Lochets map more closely and saw it divided into several sections by dotted lines, and each section had a different creature in it, such as a winged fairy, a sleeping turtle It was as if the mapmaker granted these creatures their own territories.

He suddenly had a wild guess that the map might be showing him a parallel world or something similar, while that door he couldnt reach could take him there.

Sir, we must offer all of a mans blood each time we trigger this scroll. If we do so, we can summon forth a powerful beast that will help us defeat our enemies.

Last time, it was Lochets third son who sacrificed himself and summoned a small rat that could unleash deadly lightning bolts to burn the Heart Gorger.

Both Lochet and Tavier looked down in sadness when the tragedy was brought up.

Angor checked the map again, using a pair of glowing eyes this time.

Surprisingly, Nardas Vision showed him an answer in no time. As the server in his mind finished the calculations it needed, he saw symbols and digits rising from the map, most of which were accompanied by question marks.

The accuracy of Nardas Vision depended on how much knowledge the user had. In Angors case, identifying something not related to alchemy would not work so well. The question marks represented something he didnt know yet, and too many of them would make the result unreliable.

Now that almost 80% of the data were question marks, he probably wouldnt get anything at all.

But as the cantrip came to an end, a giant flow of valid data suddenly rose from the map and dived into his mind while eliminating the unsolved puzzles.

He didnt know what was going on at all. The instruction of Nardas Vision never mentioned such a case.

He didnt worry about it too much because a perceptible result was already in his view.

[Item name: Map of Torrent Plane (simplified)

[Creator: Mirafall Van

[Showing the general distribution of typical lifeforms in Torrent Plane

[Additional effect: Consuming a set amount of energy to simulate the biological structures of a creature. Triggered via the bloodline of royal members of the Shannon Clan

[Note: If you see this, know that Im not good at drawing maps. Dont rely too much on it!]

Angor was left speechless because he just found so many surprises from the information, and the biggest one being the nameMirafall Van.

Almost everyone in the southern wizarding region knew this name, along with an acclaimed t.i.tle, the Magic Painter. Magic Painter Mirafall was a wizard who could connect the real world with paintings. He created several venerated creations, such as the painting Calamity of All, which was still used in so many magazines and educational books.

Rumors had it that Mirafall left the southern region several thousand years ago and never came back. Nowadays, every single painting left by Mirafall was regarded as a priceless collection even if it was only an ordinary picture without any special effect.

Thinking about this, Angor suddenly felt an urge to take this map with him.

Although the greed slowly died down when he looked at the activated by the Shannon Clan only part. Apparently, Mirafall gave this item to the Shannons. Angor didnt know why, but he did know that he wasnt supposed to go against the decision of such a great wizard.

Besides, he could always go back to White Clam City and retrieve the other one, which didnt seem to hold any special intentions.

The Torrent Plane didnt ring any bell to him at all. It was probably another plane inhabited by elemental creatures, which wasnt important right now.

He then looked at the last line again.

If you see this, know that Im not good at drawing maps.

Nardas Vision didnt usually reveal the comment of an items crafter. Angor had a hunch that Mirafall intentionally did something on the map to allow people to identify it easier. Perhaps he knew someone like Angor would see this map one day and try to find its secret, so he even left a friendly reminder.

Ugh. I guess famous wizards all have their weird fancies? Angor complained in his mind.