After I cultivated immortality, I discussed the theory of lifespan with a long-lived spirit.

Chapter 129 The Abducted Child, Heading to the Ancient Ruins

"Because there were nobles among the victims, this is to protect their privacy," the staff member added.

Lin Er frowned. This human trafficker was quite audacious, daring to even harm a nobleman's child, which suggested that the trafficker's strength was probably considerable.

This case probably won't be easy to investigate.

At this moment, Ilulian suddenly spoke up: "Among the victims, was there a woman named Juno? She wasn't a noblewoman."

The staff member paused for a moment, then carefully reviewed the document again before shaking his head.

"There has been no report yet for someone named Juno."

Ilulian continued, "Do you know this person?"

The staff member shook his head again.

"Is Juno, whom you're talking about, a local? If we check the household registration at the city hall, we might be able to find her."

Ilulian paused for a moment, then couldn't help but glance at Lin'er.

"She's not from Watchtower—she probably just arrived recently."

"That's a bit troublesome." The staff member sighed. "There have been a lot of people coming into the city from outside recently. I suggest you put up missing person notices."

"I see."

Just as Illulian nodded, a young woman stumbled into the guild gate, her face deathly pale, as if she had lost her soul.

Ilulian was stunned when she saw her.

"Juno?"

The woman slowly raised her head, saw Ilulian's face clearly, trembled, covered her face and burst into tears.

"Godmother————"

What are you doing here?

"My husband—he's dead." Juno choked up, barely able to speak. "I came to Watchtower to stay with relatives—"

She was halfway through her sentence when her legs buckled and she almost knelt down.

"Godmother! Please save my daughter—she's gone!"

Ilulian's expression changed.

Lin Er was right.

She quickly helped Juno up and asked her carefully what had happened.

Juno had just arrived in Watchtower and, being unfamiliar with the place, had checked into a hotel, planning to visit her relatives that day. But when she woke up, her three-year-old daughter, Mia, was gone.

The security team has been to the scene, but there's still no result.

Juno was truly desperate, so she decided to try her luck by posting a bounty at the guild.

The staff member next to him sighed after hearing this.

"Sigh, yet another one—"

Juno looked bewildered. Ilulian had no choice but to explain to her that several children had recently gone missing, including those from noble families.

After hearing this, Juno felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and her eyes dimmed.

"The deacon is taking this matter very seriously and has already sent people to guard all the city gates," the staff member added. "Your child should still be in the city and hasn't been taken out yet."

Juno finally caught her breath and gripped Ilulian's sleeve tightly.

"Godmother————"

"I'll help you find it."

Ilulian sighed softly.

Upon seeing this, Lin Er immediately told the staff, "I'll accept the reward."

Before she could finish speaking, Ilulian interrupted her.

"Lin'er, this is my personal matter. Besides, aren't you going to the magic stone mine today?"

"I think those kids might be near the magic stone mine." Lin Er looked earnestly at Ilulian, then asked the staff, "Does the guild have any leads?"

"We did manage to arrest a suspect—" the staff member said in a low voice, "but the person's situation is pretty bad; we haven't gotten anything out of him yet."

"Where is he?"

"Over there in the dungeon."

Lin'er and Ilulian exchanged a glance, then asked Luna to look after Juno before heading straight towards the dungeon.

After showing his identification, the prison guard let him through.

When Lin Er actually met the suspect, he finally understood what "the situation was pretty bad" meant.

The man's tongue, eyes, ears, fingers, and toes had all been cut off. He was barely clinging to life, and a prison guard was giving him sips of medicine every now and then.

"What's going on?"

Lin Er was a little confused.

The prison guards seemed unsurprised.

"It looked like this when it was first captured. Several mages came to see it, but they all shook their heads and left."

Ilulian stared at the man for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "He even cast a curse—very professional. He's dead now; his soul will shatter immediately, so there's no way he can communicate with the dead."

"It's good that he's not dead." Lin Er breathed a sigh of relief. "I have a way."

Ilulian looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Lin Er told her to send the prison guards away and stand guard at the door to prevent anyone from coming in.

When he was all alone, Lin Er walked up to the man and placed his hand on his forehead.

Soul Search.

The person was in terrible condition; their soul was so weak it was almost about to dissipate. Lin Er could only piece together the most recent fragments from those broken pieces of memory.

Dragonmen. Ancient dwarf stronghold.

This man was just a lowly errand boy in the human trafficking ring and didn't know much. But he vaguely remembered the person he made contact with—

They look like dragon people.

A petite figure flashed through Lin Er's mind.

Ovira.

Could she be kidnapping children? No wonder she knows about the ancient ruins.

However, according to the simulation, by the time they arrived, the place was already empty, so they had to be quick.

Lin Er came to his senses.

He fed the man another dose of healing medicine to keep him alive. He couldn't let him die by his own hand now, lest he be suspected of murder to cover it up.

Lin Er pushed open the door and went out, handing the suspect back to the prison guard.

"How was it?" Ilulian came up to her, a hint of uncertainty in her eyes—this was too fast.

"I have a general idea now," Lin Er said as they walked. "The child has already been evacuated from the city overnight. It's not too late to catch up."

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"Transport them out of the city?"

"Hmm." Lin Er paused and looked at Ilulian.

"Let's go to the magic stone mine first."

Although Illulian didn't understand why it was a magic stone mine, she still summoned the dragon eagle. As the dragon eagle appeared, its enormous wings whipped up a gust of wind, causing the surrounding passersby to gasp in surprise.

The two flipped and leaped onto the dragon eagle, taking off into the air.

Lin'er gave Ilulian directions, and she rode her dragon eagle toward the magic stone mine. Before long, they arrived near a rocky mountain.

Below, a thin mist hung in the air, revealing small monsters moving about. As the dragon eagle crash-landed, they were all frightened and hid in the mine.

Lin Er dismounted from the dragon eagle's back and looked up at the entrance to the mine.

The entrance to the cave is about three meters high and two meters wide, with dark red stone walls on both sides covered with weathering and erosion marks. Scrap stones are piled up randomly in the mine tunnel, indicating that it has been abandoned for a long time.

He lit a torch and went inside first.

The mine tunnels are much more complex than imagined, with crisscrossing paths leading in all directions. Without a guide, getting lost is a matter of minutes.

Lin Er identified the direction and headed straight for the leftmost mine tunnel.

Illulian followed closely behind, her footsteps echoing through the empty mine shafts.

When you reach the deepest part, a complete stone wall blocks your way.

Ilulian paused for a moment, her expression somewhat strange.

"A dead end?"

"No."

Lin Er shook his head and handed her the torch. He raised his hands and channeled two streams of spiritual energy into the Mountain-Splitting Armguards on his wrists.

A faint glow shone from the surface of the arm guard.

He took a deep breath and slammed both palms down on the stone wall in front of him!

boom-!

A tremendous roar exploded in the mine tunnel, sending rocks flying and dust billowing everywhere.

Illulian instinctively took a half step back and raised her hand to block the flying pebbles.

When the smoke and dust cleared up a bit, she saw the scene before her and was completely stunned.

Two deep cracks were clearly visible in the thick stone wall. And through those cracks, a faint light could be seen shining through.

Behind the stone wall lies a hidden world.

Ilulian looked at Lin'er in disbelief.

Two palm strikes—and he blasted open the stone wall, which was at least several meters thick.

Even she couldn't do something like that.