Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The official who was in charge of spy work returned to his office. After thinking for a while, he asked his subordinate to trace Wood’s whereabouts.
About five minutes later, his subordinate reported Wood’s current position.
“There he is,” the official said. It seemed that he was thinking about something. Then, he nodded and got prepared. He took a few people out and went directly to the small restaurant.
After about ten minutes, he arrived at the door of the restaurant.
It was a restaurant in the civilian area. The size was small, and the storefront was a bit old. However, the fragrance coming from the store was very appetizing. It was strong enough to evoke the appetite of everyone. Although he was not hungry, he couldn’t help but feel that his stomach was empty when he smelled this seductive fragrance. He felt that he needed to eat something.
So he walked in through the door and saw Wood sitting at the table against the wall, facing the door directly.
Wood was alone, but he occupied a whole table. The table was full of various southern specialties. Three or five ordinary people couldn’t eat so much.
The official came in with a few people, so Wood certainly saw him at a glance. However, Wood didn’t move. He was still eating and drinking.
According to the situation of the plates and bowls on his stable, he might be able to eat so many dishes by himself.
The official didn’t speak. He went straight to Wood and sat in front him face to face.
“There are too many dishes on this table. It is a waste if just you alone eat them,” the official said.
“Not a waste. I can finish them,” Wood replied.
“Do you mind if I eat some?” the official asked.
“No. Help yourself,” Wood said.
Therefore, he asked for tableware and began to eat.
It was no doubt that this official had good strength, but he wasn’t as powerful as Wood. The same was true for food intake. Most of the powerful warriors had an incredible amount of food intake. There were nearly no exceptions.
After about half an hour, Wood was finally full. Looking at the plates and bowls that were almost empty in front of them, he couldn’t help but smile.
“I haven’t eaten so well for a long time!” he said.
The official in front of him had been full a long time ago. He had put down his tableware and waited for Wood. At this moment, Wood finally finished eating. The official asked, smiling, “Are you going to tell me that you came back just for this meal?”
Looking at the official, Wood shook his head with a smile.
“I’m too full. How about walking with me?” Wood asked.
“Not a problem.”
Wood called the waiter over and paid for the bill. Then he used a long sword with a sheath as a stick to pick up a small bag and threw it over his back. He took the lead and walked out the door with the official and his silent subordinates following closely behind. After about half an hour, they walked to a cliff outside the city.
The Highest Tower was actually a city built on a high cliff. In the past, Master Ymirjar Le-Peyroux had taken his disciples here. They had made an arduous journey here and created the Country of Casters. He had cast amazing spells in this place, and the cliff had risen directly from the plateau as the foundation of the Highest Tower
Later, the city had been built on the high cliff created by Master Le-Peyroux. The city’s four sides had been close to the four edges of the high cliff.
Looking from here, people could see everything in the distance. When the weather was good, people could see the mountains below, and when the weather was bad, people could see the sea of clouds below. The name, “Highest Tower,” came from this.
Wood walked to the edge of the cliff. If he went forward one more step, he would fall down and break into pieces. However, he completely ignored the horrible environment, sitting on the cliff and swinging his legs in the air.
At this moment, his posture was very dangerous. A strong wind could blow him off the cliff.
What would happen if he fell down?
The corpse collector might be annoyed because he would not likely find Wood’s body intact. They would need some time to piece him back together.
Some great professionals could piece bodies back together so that they looked like their living selves. The corpse collectors of the Highest Tower often needed to deal with the corpses that fell from the cliff, so many collectors owned such a skill.
However, it was no doubt that the price of hiring such a skillful corpse collector was pretty high.
Thinking of this, Wood couldn’t help but smile.
“How much do you earn now?” Wood asked. “If I jumped off here, would your monthly salary be enough to hire someone to put me back together?”
The face of the official went dark. He said, “You traveled so far to come back, you’ve treated me to a meal, and now you’re teasing me?”
“No, no, you are completely wrong,” Wood said, smiling. “First, I didn’t plan to treat you a meal. I originally wanted to eat the meal all by myself.”
“And second, you are not teasing me. You are actually going to jump down in a bit, right?” the official asked.
“It will depend on the outcome of our negotiation,” Wood said.
As soon as he said that, the relaxing atmosphere became tense in a moment.
The official sighed. He walked to Wood and sat with his legs hanging over the side of the cliff like Wood.
“How many years has it been since we last sat together and chatted like this?” he asked. “Twenty years?”
“Twenty-two years,” Wood replied. “After we joined forces to kill the Grey Eagle, you gave up the old business and went to work as an official. I went to host an intelligence station in the Kingdom of Thousands of Springs. Since then, we haven’t spoken like this.”
“Yes, twenty-two years!” the official said, sighing deeply. “You look so young, but I am so old.”
“You are almost ten years older than me. The difference between 40 years old and 50 years old is obvious,” Wood said, smiling. “Moreover, now I am a high-level paladin. My aging is slower than you. There is nothing strange about our appearances.”
“Sometimes I also think that we should gather our old classmates and hold a party,” the official said.
“That wouldn’t work,” Wood said, shaking his head. “Many of them are dead.”
“It would be easy,” the official said. “Look, we have a party now.”
Wood was stunned. He asked, “There’s just us left?”
“Yes, just us,” the official said with a bitter smile. “Among the graduates of the 1096th elite spy training class, it’s just us left.”
Wood sighed softly. “I’m not surprised. There weren’t many people in the class.”
“So, therefore, I don’t want one more to die,” the official said. “Especially not our class president, the youngest and most talented of us all.”
Wood was silent for a while. He said, “That wish is hard to achieve.”
“It’s not so hard,” the official said, “as long as you take a step back.”
The official said, pointing to the cliff below, “The cliff is here. If you don’t jump, you will not die naturally.”
Wood smiled a bitter smile.
“Do you know why I came back?” Wood asked.
The official shrugged. He said carelessly, “You feel wronged, so you came back to fight. North Wind is really unreasonable. She was actually swayed by you and told you the contents of the mission.”
Wood was silent.
“I knew that it wasn’t a good idea to ask her to kill you,” the official said. “But you also understand that your performance during these years was really worrying.”
“You wanted to kill me just because of some worries?” Wood asked.
“For a person like you, worries are serious!”
Then the official said again, laughing, “Well, forget it. Anyway, that is in the past. Just come back and explain it clearly, and then everything will be fine. I am going to arrange a debriefing session for you. At that time, you have to behave well. Even if our supervisor is willing to help you, the old guys are not so easy to deal with!”
He turned around and took two steps before hearing Wood’s low voice.
“I killed North Wind.”
The official stopped, and his whole body froze. He was completely stiff.