Chapter 113: Sage Ovum Sheath
Leicester?
With doubt, Li Wen clicked on it without hesitation.
He first quickly skimmed through the post, and then carefully read it twice to confirm if there were any missing details.
After reading the entire post, Li Wen’s expression immediately turned grim.
The post didn’t say much. It was mainly about the poster discovering a task that they couldn’t complete themselves, so they shared the specific content and details of the task for free, allowing capable players to try to obtain it. Although such incidents were rare, they wouldn’t have made Li Wen think otherwise.
But the crucial part was… the task mentioned in the post was the “Treasure Hunt” event that would happen in Leicester not long after.
In the post, the poster clearly and detailedly pointed out: “Tomorrow at 3 AM Arthur time, around 6 PM real time today, a ship carrying a great treasure will arrive at Leicester’s Black Raven Port.” It even stated what the so-called great treasure was and its origins.
“It’s a Divine Artifact dug up by the Arthur Royal Fleet from an ancient ruin in the outer sea. Its name is Sage Ovum Sheath. Its specific function is not yet clear, but it is definitely a Divine Artifact-level item,” the original post said.
Li Wen’s brows had been knitted ever since he finished reading. Although most of the replies below the post were saying that the poster had made up a good story and was a master baiter, he, with his future memories, knew that what the other party said was true.
Moreover, what the poster said was even more detailed than what Li Wen knew, but he knew the specific time and even what the treasure was.
Who was this poster? A lucky ordinary player? A Beta Player with close ties to the upper echelons of the Kingdom of Arthur? Or, like him, a Reborn person with future memories?
Li Wen fell into contemplation. He clicked on the poster’s homepage and found that it was a newly created account with no activity, not even bound to the game. The account was created two hours ago, and the post was edited two hours ago, with only a one-second difference in time.
This meant that the poster posted the thread the second after creating the account.
How was this possible? If the timing was correct, even if the content of the post was already written, the copy-pasting would not have been so fast.
According to the official statement, the game’s official forum was not managed by WG Corporation employees but, like the game itself, was supervised by the so-called super AI Sophia. This also eliminated the possibility of someone staging it.
Li Wen was unsure if this post existed in his previous life. However, considering that a considerable number of players participated in the “Treasure Hunt,” the possibility of a similar incident happening in his previous life was not low.
In fact, Li Wen didn’t really care who posted it or what their purpose was. After all, from his current perspective, the other party was clearly trying to blow things up, making players scramble to snatch it, perhaps for amusement, or perhaps to stir up chaos in Leicester’s Transcendent society.
But no matter the reason, it wouldn’t affect Li Wen. After all, he had been making arrangements from the beginning with the expectation that hundreds of Transcendants would participate.
However…
“Sage Ovum Sheath?” Li Wen frowned, unsure how to express his deep confusion. “How could it be the Sage Ovum Sheath?”
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Li Wen logged into the game and appeared in a dilapidated abandoned warehouse.
The in-game time was not yet 8 o’clock, which meant there were still nineteen hours left until the 3 AM mentioned by the poster.
This time was neither long nor short, enough for Li Wen to prepare.
Li Wen opened the Magic Map but did not find Bailu’s location on it. It seemed that the other party’s game time limit had not been lifted, or there were other things delaying her in reality.
Forget it, he wouldn’t bring this minister if it meant not having her.
Li Wen pondered the time. At this point, unless Moria had severe procrastination, he should have already sent the Wild Mage duo to Sorcery Anomalies Hand and headed to the Gospel Church. Li Wen should not encounter him if he went to Sorcery Anomalies Hand now.
Since someone had posted in the real world intending to attract all the players and Transcendants near Leicester, Li Wen believed that he didn’t need to play it safe. If they liked excitement, then he would make Leicester even more exciting.
Having made up his mind, Li Wen switched to Witch Form, used the Flying Ability of the Emerald Star Cloak to fly out of the hole in the roof of the abandoned warehouse, then dispelled the form and took the Agility Potion prepared by Grandma Martha, heading towards another direction of Leicester at the fastest speed.
The Sorcery Anomalies Hand guild was located in Leicester’s renowned Red Oak District, reportedly in an unknown library within Mitreton College. Adjacent to Mitreton College was the headquarters of the Disciplinary Bureau’s Leicester branch, and further away was the vast estate of the Lagovin Family near the Berenga River.
It had to be said that this was quite a good location, safe enough and hidden enough, with few other Transcendants daring to appear here.
Li Wen got off the carriage and was momentarily surprised by the bustling Red Oak District.
Compared to the Old Town, the streets here were wide enough for six carriages to travel side-by-side, and their cleanliness and tidiness went without saying. There were even separate roads exclusively for pedestrians, lined with Leicester’s unique oak species, named Red Oak because their leaves turned red in certain seasons, which was also the origin of the Red Oak District’s name.
After asking passersby for the location of Mitreton College, Li Wen walked in the direction indicated by the passerby. Perhaps because his cloaked appearance was too conspicuous here, Li Wen always felt subtle glances falling on her.
She didn’t have the leisure to bother about it, earnestly searching for the location of Mitreton College.
“Are you looking for something?”
A clear, pleasant voice sounded in Li Wen’s ear. She originally didn’t want to respond, but a faint sense of danger made her stop.
Li Wen turned around and saw a blonde girl. She was wearing a fashionable dress of the time, similar to the children from other middle to upper-class families by the roadside. However, Li Wen noticed the slightly pointed ears hidden under her blonde hair, and her golden, clear pupils also proved that she was a High Elf.
Trouble…
Li Wen didn’t like dealing with High Elves. They usually came from ancient magical families or hereditary nobles and were the true controllers of the power structure in Arthur and the entire Western Continent.
High Elves lived for one thousand to three thousand years, and their growth period from childhood to adulthood could span up to eight hundred years. So, even though the person in front of him was a cute young girl, she might be older than Martha.
