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Chapter 1764 - 536: Imperial Mausoleum Manor

Chapter 1764: Chapter 536: Imperial Mausoleum Manor

Two months later.

Rune Highlands.

An improvised adventure group, consisting of several hundred people, is exploring a misty mountainous area.

Within the team, Leonard Churchill and Nether Peacock disguised themselves as ordinary adventurers, following a pioneering team nominally belonging to the "Redwood Earl" to survey the terrain.

That’s right!

The redwood forest area in the southwestern corner of the Rune Highlands had now become the private land of a second-rate Earl named "Icamel Ross".

Over the past year, the Old Continent has already undergone great changes.

Not just this second-rate Earl, but in the vicinity of the Rune Highlands, there are already more than a dozen nobles who have staked their claims.

Clearing new lands is the prime time for a change in class hierarchy.

All sorts of declining nobles who have lost their territories in the Southern Continent, or who did not have much land, have emerged.

And the Old Continent just happens to have large swathes of no man’s land waiting to be claimed and sworn in as new sovereign territories.

Now these second-rate nobles from the Southern Continent are recruiting various adventure groups en masse to help them expand their territories and explore for treasures and mineral deposits.

The Taren Empire has thrived on the Central Continent for tens of thousands of years primarily because the resources of this continent have been sufficient.

High-quality mineral deposits and ancient relics are everywhere, and after a gap period of three thousand years, wood and spiritual items have had ample time to grow.

It can be said that the resources of the Old Continent are now comparable to the Magical Beast Forest of the Southern Continent, treasures abound everywhere.

Moreover, with the recent chaos of the Southern Continent, a large number of influential nobles seeking refuge have also poured into the Old Continent.

The Old Continent now has dozens or even hundreds of duchies and princedoms when added up.

As the Holy Church’s control over these nobles continues to decline, this number is still surging.

Leonard Churchill chose to follow the adventure group for two reasons: one, to figure out the situation near the Rune Highlands; second, he knew that there were top-tier undead creatures in the Rune Highlands, so it was safer to follow an adventure group familiar with the routes.

...

"Everyone, be careful. This area is the famous ’Mist Ghost Realm’. So far, no one who has entered has come out alive. If you don’t want to die, don’t wander off..."

"Captain Rull, is this fog really that strange? Could it be hiding some ancient relics?"

"Who knows. I’m not sure about relics, but there are definitely plenty of high-tier undead creatures. Many high-tier mercenary corps have gone in before, but no one has come out alive. Gradually, no one dared to go. Our task is to explore the mineral deposits along the way for the Earl, other matters are not our concern..."

"..."

The exploration team reached a foggy valley and deliberately avoided the black foggy area deep within the valley.

However, at the rear of the team, Leonard Churchill and the peacock quietly broke away from the group and entered the valley.

Because Leonard Churchill had tried, and there was already a communication signal here.

Camilla and Tracy Garcia were in the Imperial Mausoleum within the mist.

The two walked into the fog and soon were trapped in a looping labyrinth.

Leonard Churchill had been here before and knew this was a God-tier restriction designed to trap people, so he was not in the slightest bit of a hurry.

After contacting Tracy Garcia with the communicator, he led the peacock deeper into the mist.

As they walked, the looping labyrinth suddenly presented a branching path, and a Spiritual Crow flew over to guide the direction.

The two then followed it on its way.

Before long, from the depths of the mist, there came a cheerful and excited call: "Mr. Leonard Churchill!"

"..."

Leonard Churchill focused his eyes and saw through the fog a figure with a Bun-Haired Miss running towards him with joyful steps.

The visibility was not high, and by the time he could clearly see the beaming smile on the Bun-Haired Miss’s face, she had already thrown herself into his arms.

Holding the warm skin, Leonard Churchill embraced Tracy Garcia, who wore a beautiful court gown, and the two shared a passionate hug upon meeting.

He smiled and stroked her head, and also said, "Little Garcia, long time no see."

"Yes, it’s been a very long time..."

Tracy Garcia also peeked her head out from behind Leonard Churchill’s shoulder, and in those crystal-clear big eyes, one could see the purest joy twinkling.

Reunited with a good friend, it seems there are too many words to share, but upon lowering her gaze, the Bun-Haired Miss just realized there was another person beside Leonard Churchill.

Tracy Garcia blinked and looked at the peacock’s exquisite face, unable to help exclaiming: "Wow... this sister is so beautiful."

Not only the appearance, but she somehow felt a nameless kinship with the pale-eyed woman in front of her.

The peacock had the same feeling.

Having previously seen Susu Garcia in the Netherworld Channel, she vaguely guessed that this young girl before her was the Garcia Family’s Inheritor, the master of her own Nether Peacock lineage.

This kind of bloodline contract connection cannot be erased by time.

But being complete strangers, she didn’t know how to start talking.

Leonard Churchill promptly introduced to the Bun-Haired Miss: "This lady is Miss Tracy Garcia whom I’ve mentioned to you before, the Inheritor of the Garcia Family."

Then he turned and introduced to the peacock: "This is Miss White, a descendant of the Nether Peacock lineage..."

Upon hearing "Nether Peacock", Tracy Garcia’s eyes clearly widened as she stared at the peacock, excitedly saying: "The sister is a Nether Peacock? Wow... I knew she looked so beautiful. And I felt a kindred spirit too..."

It was like a long-lost blood relative had reappeared. A radiant joy lit up the Bun-Haired Miss’s face.

Leonard Churchill was very clear about Tracy Garcia’s character; her happiness was truly from the heart, not just because the peacock was a contract demon beast.

Although Miss White was a Beast Lord with Divine Beasts lineage, and not familiar with humans, she had high wisdom and had the ability to glimpse the good and evil of souls.