Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 104

The majority of the cities in the Mystique Tower Federation were named after the "Tower". For example, the Green Tree city was named after the Green Tree magic tower. The Golden Tower city was named after a golden magic tower. As for its capital, it simply went for the name of "Supremacy Tower". Based on this rule, the Cloud Tower city would naturally be a magic tower, which was called "Cloud Tower" or had characteristics of a cloud.

But no matter how hard Stelle looked, she couldn’t see any magic tower anywhere in the city.

"The tower of the Cloud Tower city is not on the ground." Lei pointed to the sky, "It is in the sky."

Stelle raised her head to look at the sky. But all she could see was a sky full of black clouds, which was too gloomy to see the sun----she also didn’t see any magic tower.

At that moment, Lei had just remembered that today was very cloudy. They couldn’t see the magic tower, which was built on a cloud in the sky. He couldn’t help but scornfully smile then explain this to her in detail..

The so-called "Cloud Tower" was actually a magic tower in the air. The shaman building this magic tower was into flying since he was little. When he became a shaman, he still studied all kinds of flying magic meticulously. He had researched a special magic, which could create a long-term anti-gravity in an area. After that, when he built the magic tower, he then put his research into use.

But there was a little bit of a problem in this shaman’s calculation when he activated the magic. At the time, the magic tower only had a foundation and shot into the sky like an arrow. In the end, he was able to find the error and correct it. After fixing it, the foundation could fly high into the sky and stop at the height that people with weak eyesight wouldn’t see.

After consideration, this shaman thought that this was not bad either, and that he would make the best of his mistake. He then built a magic tower in the sky.

That was the "highest" man-made architecture in the world. According to the measurement and calculation, its height even surpassed a few god shrines and magic towers in the Broken Cloud Mountain Range. To fight against strong gusts of wind and dangerous flying devil beasts in the sky, the magic tower was covered by a protection magic formation all year around. From the ground looking up, this protection magic formation was like a cloud, surrounding the magic tower---the Cloud Tower name came from that.

After hearing these things, Stelle constantly praised in surprise. Even Liv, Frank and little Agnes were extremely surprised as well. Although they were the natives of the Mystique Tower Federation, they only knew "Cloud Tower city had a magic tower on a cloud", they didn’t know the particular origin of this tower. Until this day, they hadn’t known why there was such a magic tower in the sky.

"Teacher, you are really a scholar!" Frank wholeheartedly praised, "Indeed, no matter if one is a soldier, it requires a great amount of knowledge to enrich himself and become a genuine powerhouse!"

Lei was surprised a little bit as he remembered these words were what he had pretended to teach them earlier. He coughed dryly, and then put on a dignified posture.

"Maybe that day, you didn’t talk nonsense. Does it really take a great amount of knowlege to become a high-class soldier?" Sui Xiong curiously asked through the spirit channel.

In front of Sui Xiong, Lei of course wouldn’t lie, he roughly laughed then smiled, "In fact, that year when I was in school, I luckily met the owner of this magic tower---the grand master Ibrahimovic and learned this thing from him. At that time, he said, "Although your goal is to be a great knight, no matter which road you choose, to become a genuine powerhouse, you need to have a great quantity of knowledge to enrich yourself. Therefore, you have to keep learning. You can’t slack off because you are not a shaman."

Sui Xiong nodded as he understood everything. He seemed very interested, and continued asking, "It seems like this grand master is a scholar, can I come to greet him?"

"I am afraid we can’t right now. Starting from one hundred years ago, he and some of the most powerful grand masters had gone to the Supremacy Tower to protect the grand master Mia Lanperus, who is analyzing God Power to prepare to deify. If you want to meet him you have to go to the Supremacy Tower."

Sui Xiong nodded indicating that he had understood---------he decided to wait until his Holy Land business finished and when he got more time, he would meet that scholarly grand master and at the same time, see the grand master Mia Lanperus who was said to be about to become a Shaman God.

The giant ape was set free as promised. It once again got its freedom back. They bid farewell to it and headed to the Cloud Tower city. When they were about to part ways, Sui Xiong gave it a wooden stick which had been strengthened by black art as a thank-you gift-----along the way, there were times when it had to fight, and it always chose a big branch to use as a weapon. Sui Xiong thought maybe monkeys and apes liked to use sticks. Therefore, he specially made it this weapon.

As for the Copper-Crowned Wyvern, to make it less eye-catching, it was locked in a specially-made devil beast sack.

When the group of people entered the city gate and were no longer able to be seen, the giant ape still stood there looking for them for a long while in the forest beside, letting out a humanizing exclaimation and then turning around to leave carrying the wooden stick.

The Cloud Tower city was pretty prospersous. Its bustling and lively degree had already been on the top of the entire Mystique Tower Federation. This place was not abad harbor. Because the terrain was very low and the dark magic concentration was not high, there were not many devil creatures around. The safety of this place was guaranteed. Hence, this place had a great number of commoners.

Maybe due to the low terrain of this place, that grandmaster Ibrahimovic decided to build the magic tower in the air.

Lei habitually found a guard, who looked quite young and good-natured. This time, he asked about a store worth stpping by, a high-end restaurant, and a person who was good and fast with information.

The guard took the money then showed him the target. Lei didn’t go to the "store worth stopping by" and the "high-end restaurant", but went straight to a grocery store-------------according to the introduction of the guard, this grocery store was built on a harbor area. Although the owner, Randolph, ran this grocery store, his true job was adventuring and investigating; he was a true adventurer. No matter if it was the news on the outside or in the dark, he knew about it.

Lei could find the place very quickly. It was an ordinary grocery store. The business here was not bustling either. It looked very normal. He let everyone wait outside and went into the grocery store alone-----of course, with Sui Xiong disguised as a hat, standing on the top of his head.

Randolph was a middle-aged man, about forty years old. He wore a pair of round glasses. His face was very common. At first glance, he didn’t look like anyonespecial. But no matter if it was Sui Xiong or Lei, they both could see a mighty power hidden underneath his ordinary appearance. That man was an excellent soldier, not to mention he also knew magic. There were a few magic tools on him----for example his glasses.

Maybe, this was the reason which had helped him accomplish many adventures.

When he knew Lei’s intention of coming here, he didn’t answer immediately but was drowning in his thoughts.

"I am a man with rules." After pondering for a long time, he spoke with a low tone, "The intelligence business is very dangerous. Those selling information recklessly usually don’t have good endings. Therefore I am very regulative -----not to mention with the insignificant information. As for the important information, I only sell to those who give the right reason, which could stand firmly in front of a dignified court of law or a Justice God.

"If you want to ask about the information of that accident on the sea, please state a legitimate reason!"

He stared attentively at Lei without blinking. A tiny blue light which was not visible appeared on the glasses.

"Attention, his glasses are a very powerful magic tool. Right now, he is activating the "Lie Detection" magic." Sui Xiong immediately paid attention as he secretively reminded Lei.

Lei thought for a little bit then said, "I come here to help the families of those who were in the accident on the sea. Due to that accident, they have lost their families, moreover, falling into a predicament. As we feel that there seems to be some conspiracy behind this matter, we want to get to the bottom of it."

After he finished speaking, Randolph pushed the glasses and beamed a smile, but the blue light didn’t change.

"Your words are true." He said, "It is my pleasure to meet such a chivalrous hero. I will tell you everything I know."

"That trip happened not too long ago. The son of the Garles city’s Lord in the Blue Moon Kingdom - Shane Riley went to the Cloud Tower city. He wanted to establish a sea route here for sell magic materials and mid-level species. At that time, many people had come to him to negotiate their cooperation. Among them, there were many people with strong influences, including a merchant coming from an advanced shaman family in this city.

"But Shane Riley didn’t agree easily with anyone. On the contrary, he secretly joined hands with a merchant from another place, whom he didn’t have any social relationship with. Therefore, many people used to cause him trouble. But after talking with him, they ended up with nothing."

"Not too long after that, the caravan departed. What was strange was that Shane Riley himself didn’t depart with the boat but stayed behind in this city. It was not only that, since then he started to prepare a second business trip. Judging from his preparation, he didn’t seem to think highly of the future of the first business trip but was full of anticipation toward building a sea route.

"After that, the news about the accident of the fleet on the sea, which was attacked by the "Undercurrent" Tim Thrall and heavily damaged, was transmitted.

Shane didn’t show any special reaction to this matter. He was still the same, preparing his trip thoroughly. Also a while ago, he had successfully arranged a far business trip and got an enormous profit."

"Right now, he is planning for his next trip. Someone said that he wanted to take advantage of this trip to leave the federation and return to his old hometown."

After hearing the information, Lei lightly nodded, thought for a bit, then asked, "So...do you think this matter is related to the Honorable Court Lady’s church?"

Randolph was lightly surprised. He was silent for a while and showed a suspicious look, "If you didn’t say this, I honestly wouldn’t have paid attention to that. A person in charge of the Honorable Court Lady’s church had come to meet Shane once, discussed something with him-----I originally thought that it might be about evangelization, and didn’t pay attention to that at all. Let alone that person also died in that accident on the sea... Is there any mystery in that?"

Lei didn’t answer, but patted his shoulder, "You’ll know after a while."

After saying this, he turned around to leave the grocery store.

Randolph indeed knew very much, way more than Lei expected.

It is....already enough!

Chapter end