"Master Master means, if we regain the heart of the mountains, will it be possible to help Prince Thor stabilize the situation?" Sonia quickly reviewed the information she had read before, thinking about whether it was possible to make this task simpler.

"I don't think there is any difference." Koseris smiled and shook his head. "The Heart of the Mountains is under the care of the Angma Dragon, and it is no less difficult to regain such a dazzling treasure than to slay the dragon."

It is impossible to kill dragons... Xiao Yan is probably the giant dragon that can drive away the entire dwarf kingdom is at least a ninth-level legendary creature, which is comparable to the world's three-feathered snake god envoy Chakarder that everyone has encountered before.

Perhaps a large army of 50,000 or 100,000 can be gathered and launched overwhelming attacks and magic to kill a dragon with a bigger head than a war elephant, but it is impossible to achieve it with just one team.

After losing his capital, Prince Thor's country may have lost control over the army and aristocratic forces. According to Xiao Yan and Xia Boyang's speculation, Prince Thor could not lead a large army to regain his territory. He would probably sneak into the dragon's nest and send some big moves there to drive the dragon away.

However, since there is a rare treasure like the Heart of the Mountains, Prince Thor is also likely to go for this diamond.

All of this was made in advance by Tianwen.

"We can try to hide the traces and steal the gems from the dragon's gaze." Sonya glanced at Xiao Yan and took out everyone's plan. "We heard that the Shadow Council is good at this. But we are not familiar with Shadow Mage and hope to get your recommendation."

"Oh~ So is the Earl's daughter holding this plan?" Koseris dragged his chin and thought for a while. "The power of the Shadow Council may be able to hide from the dragon's exploration, at least there is a certain possibility. But they are all a group of monsters, and my words may not be useful."

Koseris ordered the servant to take out a scroll, and took a pen to write down the magical text and handed it to Sonia. "Please bring this scroll to Erzurum. You can reach the town hall there by teleportation array. The location of the Shadow Council is in the gloomy underground palace outside the city."

...

After saying goodbye to Koseris, the Tianwen team soon arrived in Erzurum. Xiao Yan left the mercenaries in Tbilisi and asked them to prepare their horses and luggage. Once Tianwen returned, he embarked on a journey to find the prince.

The city of Erzurum is almost the southernmost end of the civilized city-state. From here and then south, you will enter the dense and dark black forest.

The Mage Tower of Shadow Council stands alone among the bare treetops of the black forest, as if it was also an old tree that had been dead for hundreds of years.

"Is there really anyone here?" Joshua looked at the mage tower, which was almost the same as the ruins. The overflowing shadow energy was incompatible with the holy light on him, and began to fight against each other from the moment he entered the forest.

"You will know if you smash the door!" Galadia encouraged her with a malicious face.

Xiao Yan walked up the dilapidated steps in two steps. With a light push, the wooden door creaked and opened inside. The breeze rolled up dust and spider webs rushing towards him, as if there had never been a crowd here.

"They are lurking so well," Valkyrie smiled, "as if there is no living person."

The internal space of the Shadow Mage Tower looks larger than that outside. After entering this door, you need to climb a huge staircase with dozens of steps to the second floor.

"Be careful!" Joshua suddenly reminded in a low voice.

On the handrail of the second floor stairs, a thin man was lying on the side of the handrail. He was particularly scary in the dark and silent environment.

Sonia was startled and grabbed a corner of Xiao Yan's cloak. Xiao Yan and Joshua looked at each other, and the young paladin leaned over carefully with a vanguard shield.

"Pu!" As if affected by the vibration of footsteps, the figure's head suddenly fell to the ground and rolled towards the five people.

Galadia almost hid behind Xiao Yan's back with a "swoosh" and grabbed Xiao Yan's arm.

"Are you dead?" Joshua looked at the headless corpse, "it has been ossified. It has been dead for quite a long time."

"The deceased is a mage of the Shadow Council, which is a badge of a third-level mage." Valkyrie appeared beside Joshua at some point and leaned over to check the deceased's cloak. "The body is not damaged or traces of battle. The deceased may have been strangled or poisoned. Let's look at her bones and you will know."

The red-haired girl said, then lifted the burqa of her bones and checked the location of her spine and pelvis.

"There is no sign of poisoning on the bones, but the body has disappeared too thoroughly for the remains in this space," Valkyrie examined in confusion, "it was like stripping the bones first and putting on him."

"Bang!"

The bone, which was no longer covered in blood, suddenly grabbed Valkyri's fair wrist with his right hand.

“…”

"Ah!" Jaladiya and Sonia, who were standing next to Xiao Yan, screamed almost at the same time.

The client Valkyrie crushed the skeleton's fingers with her back hand as if she was not concerned about her own affairs, and then turned her head and looked at the skull beside her.

The originally lifeless skull ignited two green ghost fires in the depressions of the eye sockets, which was particularly scary. The skull opened its mouth without vocal cords and made a dull sound like squeezing wood chips: "External, I am the wizard of Shadow Council, Pepeno, the master of this wizard tower."

"Master Pepeno, is it you who are talking to us now, or is it recording the sound in this bone."

"Is it already a bone..." The tone of the ghostly fire was filled with regret, "I was just trying to advance to a lich, but I didn't expect...oh~ It's a pity for my good skin."

"Good skin..." Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile. He was such an interesting skeleton. The gloomy atmosphere in the hall eased a little.

"The Tbilisi wizard Koseris suggests that we come to visit you and seek the suspicious magic that deceives the dragon's perception." Xiao Yan signaled to Sonya, the girl with the highest charm value and the best communication effect, endured her discomfort and fear of the skeleton and said reluctantly, "I wonder if you can give us some help?"

"Help? Your voice, oh! I know, respected Miss Lamore, I have heard of her name for a long time, of course...of course, no problem." Pepeno Skeleton raised his tone, "But in my current state, I can't even hold the flask."

"A necromancer from the north deceived me into drinking poisonous potion. I didn't even taste whether it tasted bitter or sweet..." Pepeno said, "This mage not only took away my research results and occupied my mage tower, but also transformed my servants into undead."

"This abominable liar is conducting his experiments every day on the top of the tower. If you can find him and force him to restore my flesh and blood, even if he becomes an undead, I will have a way to make a potion that will help you sneak."

"Please be careful, my guard, Jehard, is a strong guy, and will become stronger after becoming an Immortal. Ransel is a fool, and is only worthy of being a magic apprentice for life, but Necrotic magic may give him something special. Alas, I'm so curious!" Master Pepeno's skeleton kept saying regretfully, "You will see them when you go to the top of the tower. After becoming an Immortal, they don't have to go to the kitchen to steal food."

"What is the name of the undead mage who deceived you? What abilities do you have?" Xiao Yan asked, interrupting the chattering skeleton.

"Suva?...Suke?Betta?...Oh by the way, I remember, Suvort! This cunning liar. He can make all kinds of potions and has a team of guards."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!