Chapter 37

After the two accepted the task, a new prompt immediately appeared—

[System: You have accepted the mission to explore the White Bone Throne. You and your teammates have decided to explore the White Bone Throne, but you do not know its exact location. Therefore, you decide to head to the known areas where the White Bone Throne might be and ask the villagers about it. Perhaps you will learn something.]

The system saying it's unknown is to make the players keep searching, but it has already given a few possible areas. If you go to these areas and ask the NPCs, you will definitely find out.

The three set off.

On the way, Siyu showed a great interest in Yangye, while I Chitao kept looking at Siyu with a strange gaze, making Siyu want to strangle him!

"Promise~ Who is the cute and adorable girl behind you?" Siyu asked, leaning in close to Yangye.

Yangye glanced at Siyu, then at Lilina, who smiled at him, "She's my follower, an NPC, but she's quite human-like." Indeed, when it came to gold coins, Lilina was the most human-like.

"Is that so? How did you make her follow you?" Siyu asked again.

Yangye thought for a moment and said, "I just asked her, hey, **, come with me? And she followed." Yangye wasn't lying; he had indeed said that.

Siyu's eyes widened, and she glared at Yangye, huffing, "Hmph, if you don't want to say, fine, I'll get a cute boy next time!" She then turned her head away, refusing to speak to Yangye.

Yangye smiled and continued walking, ignoring her.

After a while, Siyu couldn't help herself and asked again, "Promise, what do you do in real life?"

Yangye was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Personal question? But, it doesn't matter, I'll tell you. I'm a student, a college student."

Siyu's eyes lit up, and she eagerly asked, "Which university? I'm also in college."

"Uh... Z University in H Province..." Yangye replied, feeling a bit uneasy. Why is Siyu asking so many questions...

"Ah! Me too! Me too! We're in the same school. Which college are you in? I'm in the Economics College." Siyu was excited to hear that Yangye was from Z University.

Yangye was sweating profusely and quickly turned to I Chitao for help, but he just turned his head and ran away! How shameless! How heartless!

"Uh, I'm... I'm..." Yangye didn't dare to say it! Damn, we're even in the same college! Is this a joke from the heavens? If I had known, I would have just said something like Cambridge University, Yale University, or even Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What should I do now...

"Hmm? Which college are you in?" Siyu stared at Yangye.

Damn! I'll just go all out!

"I'm also in the Economics College! What a coincidence, I'm Hu Xing, a sophomore. What about you?" Hu Xing, I'm sorry, I'll apologize to you when we get back to the dorm...

"Ah, junior, haha, I'm a senior, my name is Chen Yujia, nice to meet you." She smiled and extended her hand.

Yangye had no choice but to extend his hand as well, and when they shook hands, Siyu said with a smile, "Junior, I'll come visit you when school starts, don't pretend you don't know me."

Yangye nodded vigorously, "Sure, sure, come on, I'm Hu Xing! I'm in Dorm K245. He's been dreaming of having a goddess visit, and now I'm making it happen. I'll make him treat us to a meal later!"

After learning that Yangye was from the same school and college, Siyu became even more talkative, completely losing the somewhat aloof demeanor Yangye had seen before. She chatted and laughed all the way, asking Yangye various questions like, "Do you guys always pick up soap?" "Do you shower together and scrub each other?" "I heard you never clean your dorm, and pile up your smelly socks and underwear, is that true?"...

In short, aside from these annoying questions, everything else was very pleasant.

The system indicated three areas. Upon reaching these areas, they needed to find a specific NPC and talk to them to trigger the next step.

The first area was not large, with only five NPCs. They asked all of them, but found nothing. Actually, Yangye knew there was nothing there from the start, but he couldn't say anything. He couldn't just tell them, "I can see, there's definitely nothing, let's move on to the next one." So, he had to pretend and keep following.

The second area was a bit larger, in a small village. They asked over a dozen NPCs but found nothing. Siyu was getting a bit frustrated, constantly complaining to Yangye about how torturous the task was.

Yangye had to comfort her, even though he didn't really want to. Making this guy miserable would make her talk less, but since she had come to him with her complaints, he couldn't ignore her.

As soon as Yangye comforted her, Siyu became lively again, chattering nonstop. Yangye wished he could slap himself.

The third area was even larger, with over a hundred NPCs. Yangye's eyes twitched; if they had to ask each one, it would take until tomorrow. So, he immediately suggested, "There are too many, let's split up and search three different places."

The two agreed.

As soon as they split up, Yangye used his miner's helmet to look at each NPC, moving incredibly fast. After a quick search, he found nothing in his area, so he decisively moved to Siyu's area and started searching.

Suddenly, Yangye's eyes lit up—there it was!

Gila, Captain of the Windstorm Town Guard

Level: ?

HP: ?/?

MP: ?/?

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Description: Captain of the Windstorm Town Guard, protecting the town from monster invasions, very powerful. (Hidden: Formerly a squad leader under King Vek, knows the exact location of the White Bone Throne. Trigger condition: Mention "White Bone Throne" or "King Vek" to trigger.)

Gila stood there, his armor old but well-polished, holding a spear with the red tassel long gone and the paint worn off, indicating that the owner had never stopped practicing his martial skills.

Yangye walked up and said respectfully, "Captain Gila, hello."

Gila turned to look at Yangye, puzzled, "Adventurer, is there something you need?"

Yangye carefully chose his words, "Captain Gila, could you tell me about King Vek's heroic deeds?"

Gila's body trembled, his eyes burning as he looked at Yangye, "You... you know King Vek? You remember him?"

Yangye sighed, "Yes, I remember him. I think he was very great, so I want to learn more about him."

"Good, good! I always thought that King Vek's troops had been forgotten by the world, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect anyone to still remember. What do you want to hear? The great deeds of the Seven Campaigns of Blackstone Trace? Or the solo raid on the Shadow Tomb?"

Yangye looked at the excited Gila and said, "Tell me both."

"Alright, I'll tell you..."

Gila animatedly recounted King Vek's heroic deeds, from his obscurity to his fame throughout the empire, from the Seven Campaigns of Blackstone Trace to the solo raid on the Shadow Tomb. Yangye listened quietly, not interrupting.

"... We lost that battle, it was very brutal. King Vek led us in a brave breakout. He used his life to open a bloody path for us. We all escaped, but King Vek never came out. I remember, he held back the enemies chasing us, fighting with all his might. His right hand was cut off, so he used his left. When his left hand was also cut off, he used his mouth to hold the sword. The enemies cut off his legs and his head, but the sword never left his mouth because King Vek had used so much force that his teeth were embedded in the sword... " Gila spoke softly, "Later, those of us who survived went our separate ways and stopped fighting. We later heard that King Vek's soul was bound and imprisoned. We tried to save him, but we failed... Adventurer, are you willing to help us, these cowards who survived, to save King Vek? King Vek sacrificed too much for the war."

"Captain Gila, you are brave, not cowards. You are all the bravest warriors. I believe King Vek would think the same. We are willing to go and resolve King Vek's soul, allowing this great king to rest in peace."

As soon as Yangye said this, the system notification for the three of them sounded—

[System: Your team has agreed to Gila's request to resolve King Vek's soul. Now follow Gila, who will lead you to the entrance of the White Bone Throne. Brave warriors, good luck!]

As soon as the system notification ended, Siyu's voice rang out in the team chat, "Huh? Found it? Who found it? Wait, I'll come over right away."

"It wasn't me, it was Promise," I Chitao also spoke.

"Oh, Promise, wait, I'll be there soon."

Yangye didn't respond, standing quietly next to Gila.

I Chitao and Siyu arrived quickly. As soon as they got there, they noticed Yangye's unusual mood and the melancholy on Gila's face. They quickly asked in the chat, and Yangye had to explain. Both of them fell silent.

The entrance to the White Bone Throne was not far from this small village, which was probably why Gila chose to settle here. The entrance was in a cave, pitch black, and Gila used a small torch to light a small area. The cave was quite deep, scaring Siyu so much that she clung to Yangye and wouldn't let go. I Chitao was frustrated, "I'm your brother! Do you trust me so little? You'd rather trust a junior you just met?" But then he thought, today's sister is acting strange, clearly different from usual. I Chitao wasn't stupid; although he couldn't guess the reason, he knew it had nothing to do with love or infatuation. He still knew his sister very well.

At the end of the cave, Gila took out a stone and placed it in a specific spot. After a moment, a bright light appeared, as if the ground was drawing energy from the stone.

Before long, the stone disappeared, and a portal appeared before them.

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