NOVPUBChapter 758: Chapter 648 Black Dragon Island
As Zuo Fang sighed deeply, several knights disguised as servants entered the castle and first saluted the Knight Commander in the main seat.
“What’s the matter?” Zuo Fang asked, perching himself with authority.
“Sir, it has been divered that the sailors from Black Dragon Island have all beenntrolled, but…”
The knight hesitated a moment beforentinuing, “A girl has escaped, and we’ve been unable to find her trail, although we’ve already sent people to search throughout the city, the newsncerning Black Dragon Island may not bentainable any longer.”
Upon hearing this, Zuo Fang raised an eyebrow, “What kind of girl?”
The fact that a girluld escape unnoticed under the surveillance of the Order of the Sun Knights suggested she was no ordinary person.
The knight stepped forward and held out a Yu Stone.
Inscriptions carved in the Yu Stone were activated, emitting a luminescent glow in the palm, within which a blurred image flickered.
The Memory Stone, a simple piece of magic.
The merchant ship had carried several dozen people before setting sail. After euntering a storm and mistakenly entering a mysterious island, only nine people returned.
Besides the captain and the sailors, there was also a girl of unknown identity who, it was said, joined the crew temporarily.
Since theastlines and various ports all had eyes of the Knight Order, the tattered merchant ship was divered by the Order when it entered nearby waters, and thus the people were swiftlyntrolled upon docking.
Thinking it was help from other seafarers, the merchant ship did not refuse their assistance.
However, after the few survivors were locked up and their panic subsided, they realized something was amiss.
By then, the girl had already disappeared.
The images captured by the Memory Stone were so vague that all oneuld discern was a girl wearing anical hat, her face obscured by a veil.
Because the girl’s attire was extraordinary and her demeanor noble, the few knights and sailors did not presume to mistreat her, they did not even insist she lift her veil.
Zuo Fang arrived late, and by the time he opened his eyes, it was when the news of Black Dragon Island was being sent back to the Church of Light via ammunication inscription.
It also meant that at this very moment, that girl might have already run away.
Therefore, staring at the indistinct image in the Memory Stone that didn’t even show a clear face, Zuo Fang fell silent for a while before saying, “Do you think this insignificant thing is worth my attention?”
The knight was taken aback, “Ah?”
Whether it’s useful or not, showing it to the superior is the basic procedure, right?
Zuo Fang certainly knew this fact, but he was frustrated by the utterly useless information.
He waved his hand dismissively, “Never mind, first send people to seal off the city gates, say that the Holy Court lost a Holy Relic, and post this image as well.”
“Yes.”
The knight had no objections, took the orders, and then handed a few sheets of papyrus over to Zuo Fang before withdrawing.
The papers rrded the narratives of those sailors.
After facing that terrifying storm, the merchant ship had bmempletely disoriented, and many sailors had fallen overboard into the waves, only finding their way out of the mist to see a small island ahead.
That small island had no greenery, only sharp peaks stained with black and red, and wasvered with oddly shaped rocks and steep cliffs everywhere.
The captain felt there was something very strange about the island.
Despite an unwillingness to dock, there was a relentless storm behind them, and the sailors on board were exhausted and in desperate need of rest.
With no other choice, the ship docked at the island.
But the surviving few did not stray far from theast.
After resting on the shore for a good half an hour without detecting any danger, some began tonsider exploring the island for resources.
The captain, after muchnsideration, did not stop them.
However, just as two men decided to ut ahead, the island suddenly emitted a deafening roar, like that of an ancient beast bellowing in rage!
At the same time, the ground shook violently; thentinuous thundering sound filled their ears, and a brutal, bloody scent wafted from within the rocky island’s depths.
Thismmotion frightened everyone, causing them to run and scramble back onto the merchant ship, not daring to explore for resources any longer.
Seeing that the storm at sea had abated, they hurried the merchant ship away without stopping, fearful that a wild beast from the island would pursue them.
And it was after they had left that small island far behind that someone vaguely saw a gigantic shadow flash across the island, like wings smashing rocks, like a tail churning the sea water and stirring up towering waves.
——Black Dragon Island!
This piece of information flickered through the captain’s mind.
It’s worth mentioning that it was the young girl who ampanied them who suggested exploring the island, arding to the sailors and captain.
At the time when the small island underwent its abnormal changes, the girl seemed reluctant to leave immediately, but perhaps the subsequentmmotion was too fierce and terrifying, she eventually boarded the ship and departed with the crew.
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Zuo Fang finished reading the transcription on the paper and slightly furrowed his brows.
He was still unsure of hismpanion’s identity, but after some thought, Zuo Fang turned back and entered the castle’s basement, using an inscribed formation to send this information back to the City of Light.
This character is the Knight Commander of the Holy Court’s knights, and the main quest is also related to a power struggle with the monarchy, so it’s very likely that their faction is indeed the Holy Court.
So no matter what identity hismpanion holds, they must be on the Holy Court’s side.
By sending this message back to headquarters, hismpanion might also get a chance to see it.
The plot, now points towards Black Dragon Island.
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Black Dragon Island.
As the place where the opening story unfolds.
This solitary island amid the boundless sea indeed looked just as the merchant ship’s crew described, with strange rocks craggy and layered in hues of black and red, emitting an ominous air.
At that moment, a pale hand suddenly rested on the sharp rocks.
But the seemingly delicate skin wasn’t pierced; he even exerted force downward, propping himself up from the ground.
“What a… trash identity…”
The somewhat childish yet husky voice sounded and the sweating young boy, with great effort, finally propped up his body, already breathless.
He appeared to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, naked, with skin smooth as white jade, his pitch-black hair resting on his shoulders, and his eyes a blood-red as if they had wept tears of blood.
After steadying himself on the rocks, the boy took a tentative step and immediatelyllapsed to the ground as his leg gave out.
“Tch…”
The boy cursed irritably and once again propped himself up using the spire.
He knew how to walk, but this newly shape-shifted body did not.
Having never attempted to use two legs before, the instincts of the character ingrained in his body didn’t allow him tontrol these human legs, but fortunately, this feeling was fading with each trial attempt.
Still, falling with every step he took was incredibly frustrating.
Only after a long while when the boy was able to walk normally for a stretch without tripping did he catch his breath and then turned to look at his player task.
[Main Quest: Overthrow the ruling powers of the Saint Vlaro Empire.]
[Side Quest: Continue the inheritance of the Black Dragon Bloodline.]
The boy: “…”
What the heck?
What’s he, a minor, supposed to do with these tasks?
Skip the side quest, the boy looked at the main quest again.
Compared to that, the main quest seemed much simpler and more direct; it was only overthrowing the rule of a kingdom. Couldn’t he justmplete it by wiping out everyone who held royal power?
The boy with blood-red eyes stared intently at the mission panel, an air of sinister danger lingering on his brow, when he suddenly let out a strange chuckle.
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