226 Crystal Scales (1/2)

”Well, Fran has already left us in the dust, so why aren't you in a hurry to chase after him?” Solomon, who was following Lin Yun's lead, was the one who seemed more anxious, and he kept telling him to hurry.

”What do you mean, chase? He can't escape…” Lin Yun wasn't the least bit worried as he slowly followed Fran's trail by sensing the residual mana fluctuations.

In fact, if not for Solomon urging him to, Lin Yun wouldn't even have bothered to track the mana fluctuations since he already knew where he was going.

There wasn't much information about the Four Seasons Canyon in that library in the future, so Lin Yun was as unfamiliar with everything here as Suyass and the others.

But it was different after entering the stone tower, especially after entering the stone tower's 3rd floor. It was then that Lin Yun had a feeling of deja vu, and after thinking about it remembered some information he had read, notes linked to the stone tower's construction. It was mentioned in those notes that Vaughn's set of Spiritual Magic Tools were put in the center of the huge workshop to keep the workshop operating. That set of Spiritual Magic Tools was known as the Crystal Scales.

The huge Magic Iron Forge was an anthill-like workshop, with assembly lines crisscrossing all around. Lin Yun believed that no alchemy workshop bigger than this existed. When he saw the 3rd floor and finally linked it to the notes for sure, he was rather stunned.

But Lin Yun clearly remembered that the information had come from the Mercury Tower.

And Fran pretended to be dizzy so he could excuse himself.

Since the situation unfolded like that, how could Lin Yun not know what Fran was planning?

After following the tracks, they discovered that Fran indeed hadn't gone to look for a place to rest and instead was sneaking toward the Magic Iron Forge in the center.

After all, the notes mentioned that the Crystal Scales were in the center of the forge.

After confirming this, Lin Yun no longer needed to keep following the tracks. He already had a pretty good guess of what Fran wanted to do, what he could do, and even how he could do it.

Ten minutes later, Fran was in the center of the Magic Iron Forge. After looking all around him and confirming that no one was following him, he finally fished out a wrinkled note from his pocket and started chanting the incantation written upon it.

Following Fran's incantation, a white smoke slowly rose up from under his feet. It was pretty faint at first, but it quickly became thicker and thicker before finally condensing into an aged face before Fran's eyes.

”Human, did you call me?”

”Are… Are you Sir Griffin?” Fran was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back as he asked the pale face, ”The incarnation of the Crystal Scales?”

”I didn't expect someone to remember my name after so many years. Indeed, I am Griffin, the incarnation of the Crystal Scales. Human, why did you wake me from my slumber?”

”Great, Sir Griffin, I am called Fran, a Master Alchemist from the Mercury Tower. I learnt of your existence from an ancient document and piously and humbly came here hoping to obtain your power. Ah, I know that it takes a lot of mana to help you recover your freedom and I prepared a lot of mana crystals. As long as you are willing, I'll use these mana crystals to help you regain your freedom!”

”Ah?” The face condensed from smoke suddenly burst into laughter. ”Human, you want me to serve you?”

”Ye-Yes!” Fran took one step back before summoning his courage and fishing out a bag from his pocket. The bag was filled with shiny, flickering mana crystals. The lowest one was at the 10th level while the highest one was even level 20. ”As long as you agree, these mana crystals will be yours!”

”Haha, Human, what did you say your name was?”

”I am Fran.”

”Good, Fran, you want me to serve you? Fine.”

”Sir Griffin, you are agreeing?” Fran looked earnestly at the smoke.

”Let me see…” The smoke suddenly coiled close, doing a circle around him before merging back into an old face. ”Not bad, 5th Rank High Mage and the Time Hand Magic Conducting Rune. This kind of strength is worthy of my service. But Fran, if you want me to serve you, you have to pay the price…”

”Of course, of course, Sir Griffin, I am willing to pay the price!” Hearing this, Fran's eyes shone. He didn't even ask what the price was and immediately agreed.