Greenmore Forest.
This is a very inconspicuous forest located in the mountains. Its name is all indigenous, and almost no one knows what it means. There are tall trees here with lush branches and leaves, like a huge tent, blocking the view of the forest from above, making the forest an independent kingdom of its own.
"Crack! Bang!"
With the sound of branches breaking, Richard fell from the sky and landed heavily on the forest floor.
Raising his head, Richard glanced around, without any hesitation, and flew deep into the forest, looking for Rommel.
After flying a few hundred meters, he saw large traces of burnt, frozen and other magic spells on the forest floor. With a thought in his heart, he increased his speed and walked faster towards the depths of the forest.
A few minutes later, while traveling, there was a "boom" and an explosion from the side.
Strong winds roared through many trees, making their branches rustle.
"Snapped!"
Richard stopped, glanced at the location where the sound came from, adjusted his direction, and moved forward again.
After walking more than a hundred meters, he smelled the strong smell of blood.
After walking 200 meters, he saw that the forest floor was covered with the corpses of many beasts, almost piled up into a hill. Many of the beast corpses have strange shapes, and some have two heads or three eyes.
Could it be that they are all strange species... A thought flashed through my mind.
After walking three hundred meters, the smell of blood became stronger, the air seemed to have turned into liquid, and the blood almost poured into the nose. The strong smell of rust permeated every corner.
Richard frowned deeply. He saw that the number of beast corpses on the forest floor was actually decreasing. However, judging from the shape and appearance of the beast corpses, the number has become smaller, but the strength is gradually increasing.
He secretly increased his vigilance in his heart. Although he wanted to see Rommel, he did not want to accidentally fall into danger.
It's really okay to deal with a few short-lived strange species, but if a long-lived strange species comes out, which is not weaker than the ancient tree species Tin Wood, it will be troublesome.
With this thought in mind, I continued to move forward. After passing through a dense group of trees, a clearing suddenly opened up in front of my eyes.
A battle was going on in the open space. On one side was a vague figure wearing a golden robe, and on the other side was a two-meter-tall demonized giant wolf. The demonized giant wolf is obviously a strange species, and not surprisingly, it is an immortal species. He could clearly feel that the aura emitted by the other party was somewhat similar to that of the ancient tree species Tin Wood. Although it was less ancient, it was more brutal, and he was afraid that it would not be much weaker.
However, despite being so powerful, the demon wolf was still pressed and beaten by the golden figure.
Richard stepped onto the open space. The battle was coming to an end when he saw a silver light flash out of the figure's hand. He quickly jumped up and struck the demonized giant wolf's neck with a powerful hand knife.
"Click!"
The demonized giant wolf's body shook violently, and with a "ouch" sound, the whole body fell down like a collapsing mountain, and fell heavily to the ground with a "bang". Blood spurted out from the seven orifices as if being squeezed. His body twitched several times and became motionless. The powerful and brutal aura it exuded dissipated and turned into a dead thing.
Richard pursed his lips and looked at the figure who was still standing.
The figure noticed it and turned around, revealing Rommel's face.
Rommel looked a little confused at this time, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Huh? Wizard Richard, what are you doing here?"
After hearing Rommel's words, Richard's thoughts changed.
From Rommel's words, he heard a message: the other party did not know that he was looking for the other party.
This dispelled one of his doubts: Canon indeed did not know where Rommel was. He had told him the location before and asked him to keep searching. He was not deliberately delaying him. Therefore, Rommel was not deliberately avoiding him.
This is a good thing.
After thinking about this, Richard slowly exhaled in his heart. After calming down, he looked at Rommel, without beating around the bush, and said straight to the point: "Director Rommel, the reason why I am here is specifically looking for you, and I want to ask you a question."
"Problem? What problem?"
"I want to confirm whether there is a third book in the Book of Void? In other words, in addition to the first half and the second half, there is also a final part?" Richard asked.
Rommel raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Sure enough, you realize that there is something wrong with your research, and you are sure that you have gone astray."
"Director, you haven't answered my question yet."
"Okay." Rommel raised his hand and replied softly, "You are right, there is indeed a third volume of "The Book of the Void", which is the last and most important part."
"In this case, I am not going astray." Richard straightened his expression, "As long as you give me this third book, I am confident that I can solve all the problems I am currently researching and complete everything I am researching."
After a pause, he looked at Rommel and asked seriously: "I want to know what price I have to pay this time to get this third book."
After hearing what he said, Rommel looked over deeply. He did not answer immediately, but shook his head and sighed: "Wizard Richard, you know, you really let me down now."
"Um?"
"You ask me, what price do you need to pay to get the third "Book of the Void"? My answer is, you can't get it at any price," Rommel said.
"Why?" Richard asked with a frown.
"Because this is not a question of how much to pay, but a question of attitude. The reason why organizations help members make progress is not to gain any benefits from members in the process, but to help members grow.
After all, the organization has wealth and heritage that you can’t imagine. It lacks nothing at all and doesn’t require anything from you. The reason why you were asked to pay before was to prove that you were worthy of the organization's investment.
But this time it's different. I have asked organizations to make exceptions many times before for your research. The reason why I do this is just to hope that you can have a deeper understanding of what you are studying, know the problems involved, and understand that you are taking a wrong path so you can give up in time, instead of letting you go down the wrong path to the end.
It seems now that you still don't really realize this, and you really want to keep making mistakes until the end. Then, I can only stop you personally. This is a red line. No matter how you behaved before, it ends here and cannot be crossed - it is absolutely impossible for you to get the third "Book of the Void". "
Richard frowned. To be honest, Rommel's answer surprised him.