Chapter 1054 - Sacrificial Ground (1/2)

Chapter 1054: Sacrificial Ground

Translator: TransN Editor: TransN “Your Majesty, there’s an urgent report from the Kingdom of Dawn!” The guard entered the office and placed a thick sheepskin bag on Roland’s mahogany table. “The messenger said that this was sent by Sean.”

“Oh?” Roland suddenly became energetic. He put down his biplane design and stood up. “Let’s open it and see.”

It had been almost two months since the exploration team left Neverwinter. The most recent news from them was when they crossed Graycastle’s border. When he learned that the source was not in Graycastle, Roland had been little worried. After all, the mining and transportation of ore was a long-term process. The First Army had limited mobility and the farther away they were from Graycastle, the harder it was to carry out a mission.

Now that he’d finally received some news after such a long time, he was very interested in what was in the package.

But he was also curious as to why the package was so big. This reminded him of mail order packages. Whether or not they were able to find the source, a letter would have been sufficient to convey the message. What did the exploration team encounter that would cause Sean send over such a big package?

“It’s full of paper,” Nightingale whispered in his ear as she probably saw the doubts in his eyes.

“Paper?” Roland tilted his head and whispered, “Are your capabilities so evolved that you can see through things?”

“I’d love it if that was the case, but unfortunately no.” Nightingale said lazily, “I just slipped my hand into the sack when the guard came in.”

“I see, so her level of alertness was still quite… Hang on.” It suddenly dawned on Roland that when Evelyn came in with a new Chaos Drink, or when the chef came in with a snack cart, could she have also pinched a bit of the food and drink?

On the other hand, the amount delivered for afternoon tea had decreased a little.

“Your Majesty, it’s all paper inside.” The guard’s words interrupted his thoughts. “And most of them are covered with ink.”

“Is this a new reporting method?” Roland took a look in the bag and said, “Isn’t there a letter that I could read?”

“Please wait…” After the guard had dumped out all the contents of the sheepskin bag, there was a new discovery. “There’s a letter with a wax seal underneath.”

“Bring it over.”

“And those papers stained with ink—”

“Just spread them out on the floor,” Roland ordered, “Sean couldn’t have possibly spent so much energy to send a bunch of useless things.”

“Yes!”

Roland sat back on his chair and opened the envelope.

Judging from the date, it should have been sent about a week and a half ago. Like the bag, the letter was also surprisingly large, with at least a dozen pages—it was hard to imagine why an exploration report would be such a lengthy document. This might also be the reason why Sean marked the report as urgent, but decided against using the usual animal messenger system.

“Your Majesty, Miss Azima has found the source that you want—It’s located at the northeastern junction of the Kingdom of Dawn, near the Kingdom of Wolfheart. The locals call it Cage Mountain.”

Sean’s first sentence was enough to reassure Roland.

Fortunately, this trip was not a waste. The fact that the mining area was still within the Kingdom of Dawn meant that he could control the entire mining process through the Quinn family. Although the cost would be a lot more, it was still better than having to deal with the Kingdom of Wolfheart and the Kingdom of Everwinter.