One-Eyed Monster

Igor silently watched Scholar Stim, who was earnestly focused nearby.

Even though it was already evening, this senior continued to tirelessly flip through the Spirit Book, unlike Igor, who read on his own, without any interaction with the Spirit Book.

And that Spirit Book was quite peculiar, remaining silent, whereas it used to be quite chatty!

Igor felt he probably couldn’t find the connections between these things. He couldn’t even manage the Spirit Book beside him, how could he possibly find the connections? He was unsure about what Lord Soron’s Outer World Travelogue was referring to, whether it was the Border Realm, or perhaps the Spirit World. Having experienced so much, Igor was no longer surprised at the diversity of worlds. Now, with an adventurer’s mindset, he was more curious about the unknown than fearful or resistant.

Seeing Stim so earnest, Igor felt reassured. In this world, there may not be many who can be as passionately devoted to something as Scholar Stim is. Stim’s obsession with books made Igor feel it wouldn’t be long before this senior discovered something.

Even someone like Igor, who wasn’t particularly fond of the Spirit Book, could see connections between several books, so it’s likely that this bookworm wouldn’t overlook this aspect.

Igor waited in anticipation, trusting his own judgment and having faith in Stim.

Igor hadn’t had a chance to tell this senior about the affairs of the Border Realm yet, but he believed that as a scholar, Stim would certainly deduce and estimate, and soon would be questioning him. It’s better to wait for the senior to ask specific questions, rather than narrate aimlessly, making it easier to answer questions as they come.

Stim was reading at an impressive speed and with great detail, almost scanning every corner of the book. Igor had never seen someone read with such meticulous attention before...

Observing Stim’s increasingly furrowed brow, Igor sensed that the events he had anticipated were about to occur. Soon, Senior Stim would be questioning him.

Igor couldn’t fathom what the Spirit Book was doing, why it was silent and playing this game of silence!

”Uh... Igor!” Just as expected, Stim raised his slightly puzzled eyes, ”Is Guru Mountain as magical as described in this book?”

”Hm?” Igor didn’t expect Stim’s question would be like this, unable to answer immediately, because he also wasn’t sure how the Spirit Book described Guru Mountain!

Although he possessed the Spirit Book, he had never considered it as just a book but as a companion, asking it for solutions when in need, and never pondering what it actually contained.

”Haven’t you been to Guru Mountain?” Stim, seeing Igor’s silence, was somewhat confused.

”I... I didn’t really notice anything magical about Guru Mountain...”

”Indeed, the secrets of Guru Mountain have already been taken by the Black Crow organization, and you were probably busy guarding at the time, with no time for amusement.”

”Uh, you guys know about what happened at Guru Mountain?” Igor was quite surprised. The event hadn’t happened that long ago, and the students at Yonder Travel Academy knew?

”People from the Alchemy Workshop are teaching at our academy, so naturally, we know what happened. The Dean didn’t hide anything from us, but these matters are for the Lord Governor to worry about. It’s good enough if we students can help in any way.” Stim spoke his thoughts. He always felt that they, as students, could only stand on the periphery of these matters and participate indirectly because they lacked the capability.

”Uh...” Igor, although a bit surprised, promptly felt the Dean did the right thing. Because the events at Guru Mountain shouldn’t have been hidden. Whether Black Crow would bring darkness or light, people had the right to know the truth about what really happened at Guru Mountain.

”The people at the Alchemy Workshop are indeed fierce!” Stim suddenly thought of the two alchemists left at the academy, who were always stern-faced and forbade anyone to approach the alchemy laboratory they were constructing.

”The Alchemy Workshop...” Igor seemed to have thought of something else...

The people from the Alchemy Workshop ascended the mountain to search for the Great Mentor, but in actuality, they were looking for something else called the Spirit Core.

Dastan from the Sol Family, wasn’t he ultimately turned into a Spirit Core by those from the Alchemy Workshop?

The Spirit Core, and thinking about it, Igor couldn’t help but associate it with the just-concluded Border Realm, where those monsters seemingly also turned into something like a seed...

Could it be... Igor suddenly stood up, thinking of some extraordinary things.

”Scholar Stim!” Igor suddenly raised his voice.

”Hm?” The sudden shout left Stim a bit at a loss, as he was examining the binding of the Spirit Book and was interrupted by Igor’s shout.

”In the other Travelogues, did you come across Guru Mountain, or read about darkness, spirit power, or the like?”

”Hm?” Stim was even more baffled. Why did Igor suddenly bring up this subject, and in such a hurried and messy manner?

In this one line, there were many issues intertwined. Igor seemed to have complex inquiries, curious about whether he had read other Travelogues, what those books recorded, and if there were any connections... These clustered questions were difficult to ask and even harder to answer!

Stim was hesitating on how to respond when footsteps could be heard from afar, and it wasn’t just one person approaching.

The approaching group was filled with laughter and seemed quite cheerful, several of whom had voices Stim found familiar.

Before Igor and Stim could react, a figure then stood in front of them.

”Igor, you’re awake. It’s been tough on you!”

Igor focused his gaze, realizing it was Stan Sol, someone he intended to find, but they had come first.

Before long, Dean Hoffman, Governor Rostov, Hustace Perkins, and others approached, with the most noticeable among them being the man with golden hair, whom Igor recognized.

The figure was Tobin Sol, leader of the Border Resistance.