'Should I use the Pale Disk method?' Abium thought for a bit and nodded. Quickly, he took out white chalk from his spatial ring and began drawing a disk-like structure on the floor with many unique symbols.
The symbols were pictograms representing a range of subjects, including humans, magical beasts, birds, flowers, plants, and animals. Abium drew those symbols remarkably distinct and detailed. After an hour of struggle, he completed the complex Pale Disk diagram and started deciphering using it.
Unlike the last time, he didn't even face any difficulty now and quickly began to read,
"I got a clue about 'The Sky' from the Royal family's secret chamber. It is in the depths of the 'Zephyr Endless forest.' Quickly deliver this message to 'His Holiness.' 'The Sky' is a hundred times more important than the blueprint of White Magic Tower."
As Abium finished reading those letters, his expression turned worse.
'Damn it! It's the location of 'The Sky Tower!'
Abium quickly decided to send Roysia and Nicolaus back to the Peral kingdom when he understood the seriousness of the situation. He now understood why the Light church put hefty bounties on these two.
'But if that Bishop Piers had known about the content of this letter, he wouldn't have cared about mage Sean's title and stormed into this city to get his hands on this letter.'
'I think they still don't know the content of this letter. Hmm, the one who attacked Lady Roysia and her team might be just a messenger. He must have encountered Roysia's adventurers' team and attacked without even checking their team's strength. The messenger must be a noble vampire escorted by a group of holy knights.' Abium quickly guessed from all those clues and began to think of a plan.
'I think one who knew this letter must be a Light Church spy working at the royal capital. He must be a scholar or a mage.' He hurriedly closed his eyes, quickly linked his soul to the mysterious throne hall, and let his consciousness enter the other soul. After that, he opened his foggy eyes while sitting on the golden throne and pulled this magical scroll into the Throne hall.
Then, he stood up from the golden throne while grabbing the magical scroll using his foggy hand and moved towards the mysterious fountain.
Within a second, a rectangular void appeared in front of Abium.
"Show me the person who wrote this scroll." He said while thinking deeply about the identity of the secret messenger.
Meanwhile, the void began to twist and soon revealed a person's face. He was around 60 years old, had long grey hair, emerald eyes, fair skin with few wrinkles, and a square face. At that moment, he was seated in a dark room and seemed to be in the middle of writing this scroll.
Abium memorized that guy's appearance and quickly returned to the golden throne. Following that, he let his consciousness return to the physical world along with the mysterious scroll.
Slowly, he opened his eyes, conjured a small fire on his palm, and burnt that scroll without hesitation.
'I must find a way to kill that guy before he sends another scroll to the Light church.' Abium made a cold smirk and took the Black hat from his head.
After that, he casts the [Mirage] spell and disguises himself.
The next instant, everyone saw Abium's face change into a different one, and his elongated ears started to shrink. After the same time, his golden-colored hair turned black and even grew a little longer, stunning everyone inside the room.
Without minding their gaze, he turned towards the circular stone stairs and started walking outside.
Although he could use the [Faceless Glass] mask to disguise himself as a completely new person, it had a powerful weakness.
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Rock Street, Commoners' Borough, Silverland city.
Abium, in his human appearance, walked out of a dark alley and soon mingled into a crowd.
His first job was to find out the identity of that grey-haired old man and give him a big surprise.
After that, he must gather more information about the Taiga Sloth woods and participate in the expedition.
'Ruins? Nah, I don't think there are any ruins located at the Taiga Sloth woods' depths. Hmm, where can I get more information?' He quietly strolled the street with a clueless face and soon saw a long messy black haired man sleeping on the side of the street road. He had thick eyebrows, an unshaved long beard, appeared to be around 35 years old, and had few wound marks.
At that moment, he wore torn clothes and looked like a beggar.
With a simple scan, Abium confirmed his true strength and nodded.
'A thief who already reached the fifth tier, he is not a normal one.'
He soon smiled as he saw a strange dagger tattoo on the beggar's hand and quickly walked closer to him.
Meanwhile, the messy-haired beggar opened his dark blue eyes slowly, gave him a curious look, and then closed his eyes.
Abium watched that beggar's acting amusingly and sat near him without minding commoners' curious gazes.
Then, he made a fake cough and spoke casually.
"I have a job for your leader. Tell her that I want to meet her before dusk."
The messy-haired beggar suddenly opened his eyes with a hint of wariness and said in a weary tone.
"I'm a homeless beggar, not an adventurer, sir. You got the wrong person."
Abium didn't reply; instead, he conjured a small flame on his palm and gave him a sly grin.
The beggar's face grew deadly pale the next instant as he sat up hurriedly and spoke solemnly.
"Honorable Mage, I will quickly inform your words to my master." He didn't dare to delay and was about to get up, but Abium raised his hand and stopped him. Then, he snapped his finger to let the conjured flame disappear and asked him calmly.
"What's your name?" Beggar's body went stiff for a moment as he heard Abium's words and hurriedly answered.
"Cedric, My Lord."
"Good, I have another job, but this time it is for you. Do you want to take it?" Abium asked Cedric and soon added,
"Think carefully, because this job has great risk."
Cedric revealed his stained yellow teeth and said quickly in a rough voice.
''All the jobs involving Thieves' Guild contain dangers, my lord. So, there is no need for me to think deeply about it.''
Abium smiled as he heard Cedric's answer and quickly took out a scroll, ink bottle, and a feather pen to write a letter.
He soon dipped the feather pen into the red ink and started writing.
After a minute, he tied the scroll with a thread and gave it to Cedric.
''Give this letter to a man named Rilos in Red Meat Inn. Tell him I want to talk to him the day before the expenditure at City Square.'' Abium said with a cunning smile.
Meanwhile, Cedric quickly grabbed the scroll and nodded while putting the scroll into his old bag.
''Goodbye, I will contact you later,'' Abium said calmly and quickly disappeared from there, startling the nearby citizens.