Above the mage!

Chapter 211
"What, died of illness?!" On the top floor of the Ceres Mage Tower, Dunlai O'Kenley, who had white hair and beard but looked energetic, had his pupils shrunken, no longer as calm as before.

His voice was slightly louder. "How could it be? The information I got before I set out was that he was still alive and well?"

"Yes." Shell Ian lowered his head slightly and wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead with his hand.

He felt like he had never been so stressed in his life.

"He passed away just three days ago, and the college held a funeral for him yesterday," he explained carefully.

"Died three days ago." Dunlai O'Kenley murmured

With the strength of the Oakenley family, helping a three-ring wizard to prolong his life for a few decades is not a problem as long as they are willing to pay the price.

But He Xi is dead, that's completely different.

Resurrection and life extension are two completely different things, and the difficulty level is vastly different.

Dunlais O'Kenley had no idea whether there was a way to bring the dead back to life.

But he knew that this law did not exist in the O'Kenley family.

Therefore, faced with the news that He Xi had passed away due to illness, even he was powerless to save the situation.

Just three days left. If we were three days earlier, we would have caught up.
If it had been three months, three years, or thirty years, Dunlai O'Kenley's emotional fluctuations would not have been as great as they are now.

But it happened to be three days.

They were only three days late.

If Ron O'Kenley had found the scroll that He Xi left in Lingsi Building three days earlier
Or the report submitted by Ron O'Kenley on the scroll could have passed the review and circulation steps and reached the Rune Workshop three days earlier.
Or Rickon O'Kenley could have opened Ron O'Kenley's report three days earlier.
Or maybe they could have found Jose O'Kenley three days earlier.
They can even be more efficient on the road.
There are so many links, as long as you can do one of them, you can catch up.

There were clearly so many opportunities for them to catch up in these three days, but they missed every link perfectly.

Thinking of this, there was a hint of unwillingness and regret in Dunlai O'Kenley's eyes.

He was lost in thought.

Dunlais O'Kenley said nothing, and the others also fell silent.

The scene suddenly fell into a somewhat depressing silence.

"He Xi is an important member of the Oakenley family. Although we are a little late and he is gone, we must bring his body back to Linhai City." Finally, Dunlai Oakenley spoke again and gave instructions to the family wizard behind him.

"Got it, elder of the Deng Lai tribe." The two robed mages following behind Deng Lai said respectfully.

"In addition, according to the information collected by our family, He Xi is the head of the Rune Department at Seres College. He has been devoted to the study of 'Rune Logic and Calculation' in his own rune workshop for many years."

After giving instructions for He Xi's funeral, Dunlai O'Kenley turned his head and looked at Sher Ian, and said slowly:

"Although he is gone, the research materials from these years should still be there. Take me to have a look first. We should also take these materials with us."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dunlai O'Kenley found that Shell Ian lowered his head and did not respond. His feet did not move at all and he had no intention of leading the way.

"Hmm?" There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Shel, cooperate with Master Dunlai O'Kenly's actions!" Deputy Legion Commander Helen, who was originally only responsible for leading the way, saw this scene and hurriedly shouted.

He also thought that Shell Ian was taking his presence into consideration and did not dare to introduce people from other forces to the Rune Workshop of Seris Academy, which had already belonged to the Holy Empire, without his consent.

Facing the dual pressure from Helen and Deng Lai, Shel Ian finally moved his lips and spoke with difficulty: "Mage Deng Lai, the rune workshop of Helen Corps Commander He Xi was blown up three days ago. All the information inside was destroyed."

Dunlais O'Kenley's pupils shrank again.

"Exploded?" he confirmed.

"Yes, it exploded." Shell Ian had never felt so powerless.

"Why did it blow up out of nowhere?" Dunlai O'Kenley took a deep breath and asked word by word.

Shell Ian hesitated for a moment, knowing that in front of such a big shot, lies would be quickly exposed, so it would be better to tell the truth from the beginning.

"In his last year, Director He Xi purchased a large amount of rune construction raw materials. I think he used these raw materials to create several sets of third-order rune constructions. I want to take these rune constructions back to the academy."

"It's just that before Director He Xi left, he left all his inheritance, including the rune workshop and the secret code of the workshop's magic array, to his students. Without the secret code, I can't enter the workshop and obtain those rune constructs."

"As a last resort, I had to ask Quincy Uther to help break the magic circle set up by Director He Xi."

"As a result, Quincy Uther didn't operate it properly, causing the magic circle to trigger its self-protection design and explode directly."

Sher Ian slightly embellished the truth and beautified his own purpose, while intentionally or unintentionally directing the main responsibility and hatred towards Quincy Usher.

After listening to Shel Ian's confession, Dunlai O'Kenley narrowed his eyes and looked at Shel Ian, wondering what he was thinking.

"He Xi left all the inheritance to his students?" he finally asked, his tone calm, as if nothing had happened.

"Yes," Shell Ian said weakly, with a bad feeling in his heart.

"Please invite He Xi's students over here. Since they are He Xi's students, they are also considered part of our Oakenley."

"Also, please help call Quincy Uther over. Finally, please send me the list of rune construction raw materials that He Xi purchased in the last year so that I can take a look."

"You're not going to tell me that He Xi's students were also blown up." Deng Lai looked at Shell Ian coldly.

Xie Er heaved a sigh of relief and quickly shook his head, "No, no, He Xi's student is still alive and well. I just asked someone to invite him over."

After saying this, he quickly called his subordinates and gave them some instructions.

"You go with them and keep an eye on them." Deputy Legion Commander Helen also felt that something was not right with the direction of events today. Seeing Shell Ian's subordinates leaving, he waved to the legion mage beside him and whispered an order.

After waiting for about half an hour.

Quincy Usher arrived, sweating, with a list of materials.

A middle-aged wizard also came with him.

The legion mage who followed immediately reported the specific situation to Deputy Legion Commander Helen through [Communication].

"Are you He Xi's student?" The moment he saw the two of them, Dunlai O'Kenley first asked the middle-aged wizard with a friendly face.

"I'm not," the middle-aged mage said weakly, "I'm the jailer of the Mage Prison in Saint Sean City."

"What does this mean?" Dunlai O'Kenley frowned again and again, feeling that the anger in his heart was almost unbearable.

Even Deputy Commander Helen felt speechless when she saw this scene.

He had just learned the details from his subordinates' reports, so he took a step forward and took the initiative to explain to Dunlai O'Kenley:

"He Xi's students have been unwilling to hand over the secret order. After the magic circle in the rune workshop was blown up, they did not find the rune construction in the rune workshop. So they suspected that He Xi had left the rune construction to his students as well."

"The student refused to admit the incident."

"This group of people simply found a random excuse and detained He Xi's students in the Mage Prison in Saint Sean City, hoping to torture them to extract a confession."

"Where is the person now? Let him out quickly and bring him here." Deng Lai gave Helen a little face.

"He was released a long time ago," Helen said helplessly. Even he felt that today's development of events was a little too outrageous and absurd.

"After our legion incorporated the Principality of Sean into its own province, the legion commander announced a general amnesty in order to calm people's hearts as quickly as possible."

"He Xi's students were also released because of the amnesty."

Shell Ian's eyes widened immediately after hearing this.

Since the Holy Empire occupied the Principality of Sean, the previous struggle for the throne has lost its meaning.

Naturally, he no longer cared about the rune construction that was closely related to the struggle for the throne.

So before this, Shell had always thought that Gaode was still in prison.

Dunlai O'Kenley was so angry that he laughed when he heard this.

I looked for He Xi, but it turned out that He Xi had passed away three days ago. I looked for the information He Xi left behind, but it was a disaster.

The student who was looking for He Xi was lost.

It's just a series of twists and turns.

He suppressed his anger, pondered for a moment, and said to Helen, "I only have a limited number of people with me this time. Could you please ask Commander Helen to send some people to help find this student He Xi who was just released not long ago? By the way, what's his name?"

"God, his name is God," Helen replied, "No problem, Master Deng Lai, I will send people to search the whole city, and I believe that God will be brought to you soon."

"Okay, thank you." Dunlai O'Kenley nodded to express his gratitude, then cast his eyes on Quincy Usher, who looked very embarrassed.

He first waved his hand, and the wizard of the Oakenley family following behind him stepped forward and took the list of materials brought by Quincy Uther.

Then, he asked in a cold voice: "You are the one who was responsible for breaking the magic circle set up by He Xi, which caused the magic circle to explode and destroyed the data stored in the rune workshop?"

Beads of cold sweat were dripping down Quincy Usher's forehead.

"Yes," he gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, and was about to explain something, "I"

"Take him away." Dunlai O'Kenley said coldly, without giving Quincy Usher any chance to explain.

The coldness in his eyes announced the end that Quincy Usher was about to face.

The pent-up anger in Dunlai O'Kenley's heart today needed an outlet.

And Quincy Usher was the unlucky guy who had to bear his anger.

But there isn't necessarily just one unlucky person.

"My lord, my lord," Quincy Usher, as a shrewd man, naturally felt Dunlai O'Kenley's undisguised murderous intent, and shouted in panic, trying to beg for mercy.

"Shut up!" Deputy Army Commander Helen scolded.

The next moment, no matter how wide Quincy Usher opened his mouth, he could not utter even a word to beg for mercy. All he could utter was a muffled whimper. He seemed to have become mute and was dragged out like a dead dog.

Seeing that the work here was done, the wizard of the O'Kenley family held up the list of raw materials purchased by Ho Xi and handed it to Dunlai O'Kenley.

Deng Lai took the list of materials and glanced at it casually. After reading a few lines, his eyes, which were originally filled with anger and murderous intent, suddenly lit up.

"This is."

Soon, Deng Lai put down the list of materials and had the answer in his mind.

As the elder of the Oakenley family, he is naturally a knowledgeable and powerful wizard.

He had already seen that many of the materials listed on the materials list were high-level materials needed to make fourth-level rune constructs.

But He Xi is only a three-ring mage.

The meaning behind it becomes clear as long as you think deeply about it.

Just as they thought, nearly three hundred years after leaving the Oakenley family, Hossi Oakenley was still constantly studying and perfecting the "Six Basic Rules of Runes" which was still a rough draft.

And apparently there have been gains, and this is a rather bold attempt.

As to whether it has been successful or is close to success, it is still unknown. We need to see the final product to get the answer.

There is no doubt that the key point now is the student to whom He Xi is willing to entrust all his inheritance.

Another hour passed.

The ability and efficiency of the Holy Empire Legion soldiers are unquestionable.

Soon, another wizard from the Holy Empire came in hurriedly and respectfully reported the situation to Helen.

After listening to the report from her subordinates, a hint of surprise flashed in Helen's eyes.

He considered his words for a moment, then said to Deng Lai, "Master Deng Lai, after being released from prison, that Gao De first went to the branch of your Oakenly Chamber of Commerce in Saint Sean City. I don't know why, and you need to find out for yourself. After all, it is an asset of your Oakenly family."

"After leaving the Oakenley Saint Sean City branch, he went straight out of the city. His whereabouts cannot be traced for the time being. It will take some time."

Helen was talking about a certain time.

Because he didn't think that with the strength and power of their Ice Flame Legion, they would not be able to find a first-ring mage.

"Go to our family's branch in Saint Sean City?" Dunlai O'Kenley raised his eyebrows and guessed the answer in an instant.

"He must be going to get something." He turned to the family wizard beside him and whispered a few words.

"I understand." The family wizard clasped his hands together, bowed, and stepped back.

A quarter of an hour later, the wizard of the Oakenley family who had just left came back, still respectfully approaching Dunlai Oakenley, and reported carefully.

The next moment, Dunlai O'Kenley, who was still immersed in anger, seemed to have heard some great news, and his eyes lit up.

"Okay!" He said okay twice, and his expression finally relaxed a lot.

"Then I'll have to trouble Commander Helen to help find this Gaode. I will also quickly mobilize our people to join the investigation." Dunlai O'Kenley said.

"This person is very important to us in Oakenley," he said solemnly.

"No problem, leave it to us. We will help you find this Gaode in one day at the earliest and three days at the latest." Helen assured confidently.

"As for you..." The serious business at hand came to an end for the time being, and Deng Lai finally had the leisure to turn his gaze back to Shell, who had been keeping his head down and looking pleasing.

"For a college dean to covet the inheritance of the college tutors is useless and shameful, but it is none of my business. But you just want the inheritance of your own family's children..." he said coldly.

"Captain Helen, how do you think we should deal with this greedy and lawless person?" Deng Lai then turned to ask Helen.

"He should be put in prison and punished," Helen said righteously.

"That's it." Deng Lai nodded slightly, then turned and left without even looking at the deathly pale Shel Ian.

Three days later.

The 28th day of the month of fog and frost.

"How come we can't find it?" Dunlai O'Kenley's voice rang out in the beautifully decorated room.

Helen looked embarrassed and puzzled: "Since leaving the city, that Gao De has completely disappeared."

"We checked all the hotels, convoys, and ships in the surrounding cities, but we didn't find any trace of him. It's as if he disappeared from this world out of thin air."

Deng Lai narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment before he said indifferently, "I understand. I'll trouble you, Commander Helen."

"I'll have someone continue the investigation and notify you as soon as there is any news," Helen added.

"Thank you." Deng Lai did not refuse.

After this, Helen said goodbye and left.

After Helen left, the family mage who came with Deng Lai from Linhai City walked in from outside and reported respectfully:
"Same. Still can't find it."

For such an important matter, Dunlai O'Kenley would definitely not pin all his hopes on Helen. He also immediately reported the situation to his family and asked them to mobilize their forces to help find God.

But the result is the same.

"The Oakenley Chamber of Commerce's business is spread all over the Nolan Continent, and its branches are spread across various countries. Tell me, how can they make a first-ring mage disappear without a trace right under their noses?" Deng Lai could not accept this result.

“We also want to know how he did it.”

"I don't care how he did it, I just know I have to find him!" Dunlai O'Kenley said word by word.

Because he had found out that the items that Gode took out from the bronze treasury of the O'Kenley Chamber of Commerce before leaving Saint Sean City were stored by Jose O'Kenley.

That's a set.
Fourth-level rune construction!

(End of this chapter)