42: Duke Rubick

Li Yang stood up, bought another drink, and walked towards one of the adventurer Squads with it.

With the help of alcohol, Li Yang managed to gather some different information, but unfortunately, it was still not very useful.

Undeterred, Li Yang continued to circulate around the tavern, inquiring about various pieces of information. Because he was generous, everyone was happy to socialize with him; after all, who wouldn't like someone who generously treated them to drinks? After quite a while, Li Yang finally succeeded in unearthing useful intelligence: the city lord of this city would be hosting an event the morning after tomorrow.

Although it was temporarily unclear what kind of event it would be, since the city lord himself would be personally involved, the scale of this event would certainly not be small. It would be a good opportunity to find a way to create a disturbance.

However, the attack time was set for 12 AM. It seemed he would have to communicate with Andegu to see if the attack time could be moved up.

"Stop drinking, let's go..."

After gathering the information, Li Yang helplessly patted He Guang's shoulder, sighing inwardly.

To be honest, he really regretted bringing this guy out. He had been doing almost all the work, front and back. It felt like He Guang was the one giving orders, and he himself had become a Soldier...

"Done? Let me secretly tell you, Captain, I also just found out a piece of intelligence..."

He Guang said with a mysterious expression.

"Oh, tell me about it."

Li Yang responded casually.

"It seems that Duke Rabik has already arrived at Border City to investigate the disappearance of his offspring."

Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't help but take another look at He Guang.

Well, it seemed he wasn't entirely useless. Although this news wasn't of major critical importance, at least he was doing something...

Upon returning to the temporary base, Li Yang immediately initiated communication with Andegu via his smart-brain.

"Captain Li Yang, do you need help?"

Andegu, far away on the other side, suddenly received Li Yang's communication and quickly connected. His heart instantly jumped to his throat, fearing that Li Yang had encountered some unexpected situation there.

"No, I've already gathered some good intelligence here. The morning after tomorrow, the so-called city lord will host an event. At that time, we can create a disturbance to attract most of the attention. So, your attack time will be changed to the morning. Is that a problem?"

Upon hearing this, Andegu quickly responded, stating that there was no problem. After all, setting the time at night initially was only because it was easier to act under the cover of darkness; in reality, acting during the day would be nearly the same.

On the contrary, that so-called event was a rare and unmissable golden opportunity.

"Alright, it's settled then. You will launch a full-scale attack the morning after tomorrow, and I will do my best to provide cover for you."

"Yes!"

...Meanwhile, in Border City, within the City Lord's Mansion.

A man, so obese he was almost disfigured, dressed in incredibly lavish clothes, sat in the main seat with a furious expression, raging at the people below him.

"Damn it, my son disappeared in this cursed place of yours, and you dare tell me you don't know?"

This person was none other than Duke Rabik. For the disappearance of his offspring, he had specifically traveled thousands of miles to Border City.

Although he did not have only this one offspring, this was not at all a matter of the number of offspring, but rather concerned Duke Rabik's face and prestige.

After all, for someone to dare lay hands on his offspring was undoubtedly a blatant slap in his face, a wanton insult to his dignity as an Imperial Duke.

"I apologize, Your Grace, but I truly don't know where your offspring has gone..."

The person below, looking humble and trembling, was the City Lord of Border City.

Although being a City Lord might seem impressive, to a powerful Duke, it was merely a position that could be replaced at any time.

"Don't know? If you don't know, then go find him quickly! Anyway, the last place my son appeared was here. I want him alive, or his corpse. If you can't find him, then you'll disappear with my son."

Duke Rabik didn't care about any of that. Regardless of whether the person was ultimately found or not, someone had to bear the brunt of his raging fury, otherwise, where would his dignity as a Duke be!

"I'm only giving you three days. If you still haven't found him after three days... you should know the consequences, hmph!"

Before the City Lord could offer any more excuses, Rabik angrily left the City Lord's Mansion with his subordinates.

"Damn it, this is simply too much! Your own son ran off and disappeared, and I have to take the blame for it? It's utterly unreasonable!"

The City Lord gritted his teeth in anger, his chest heaving violently.

But despite his anger, the person definitely had to be found, otherwise, his own life might truly be at risk.

"That's right, Adi Forest! Maybe the person disappeared there."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck the City Lord. He remembered something: recently, there had been a continuous series of disappearances in Adi Forest. Perhaps the Duke's son had met with misfortune in Adi Forest.

"Someone! Arrange a Squad of Guards and come with me to Adi Forest."

No sooner said than done. Duke Rabik had only given him three days, time was extremely urgent, and the City Lord dared not delay in the slightest. He quickly gathered the Guard Squad and rushed towards Adi Forest without stopping...

On the outskirts of Adi Forest, the City Lord, leading the Guard Squad, finally arrived there after a night of travel and exhaustion.

Moving further ahead meant delving deep into the interior of Adi Forest, where all those strange rumors originated from.

"My Lord City Lord, if we go any further, we will be fully entering Adi Forest. We..."

A Guard hesitated, stammering.

"What, are you also afraid of those baseless rumors? You should know that we are all Rank 7 in strength. Even if we encounter a Rank 9 magical beast, we can escape successfully."

The City Lord glanced sideways at the Guard, saying with disdain.

After all, he didn't believe such groundless rumors at all. He had been the City Lord for so many years; he knew exactly what strength magical beasts were in Adi Forest. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that a Rank 9 magical beast appeared. As for the rumored demon god? It was simply nonsense, an absurd joke.