Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"Zachary?" a calm and clear voice called out of the blue. "You're still alive? I can't believe you made it out in one piece!" Zachary apprehensively looked in the speaker's direction. Something about the voice was vaguely familiar. He turned his head and saw a figure clad in pitch-black robes standing in front of him—he was emitting a cold and dark aura.

"Logan?!" Zachary was stupefied. Not only did Logan have unexpectedly shown up, but he was also able to recognize through his disguise at the first glance.

"So it really is you!" Logan confirmed his suspicions further when Zachary called out his name.

"How did you recognize me?" Zachary narrowed his eyes into slits. Despite all the precautions he took just to avoid getting recognized by his former acquaintances, he still got exposed. To make matters worse, it was a senior member of the Moon Shadow who recognized him.

"Hah! Do you think it's difficult to see through you? You can only fool my silly daughter with that disguise," Logan sneered.

"Why are you here?" Zachary asked, incredulous. "Are you following me? Or..." he trailed off, his mind thinking of the worst.

"What do you think I am doing here?" Logan asked back.

"You're secretly protecting Elva, ar

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rination is much worse than sealing her memories. Although she could still remember you, the fond memories she has for you have been weaponized into something dark," Logan sadly explained.

"Damn it!" Zachary immediately cursed after he heard it, and a stream of Sage Level energy instantly rushed out from his body. In an instant, countless air columns exploded around, but it was still not enough to vent the anger in his heart. He was livid—he did not expect that Dominic would turn Alisa into a mass-murderer.

"And before you get any ideas, make sure that you don't intervene. Her recovery would be very hard to do. Even if she sees you alive with her own eyes, she will just think that it's someone pretending to be you. So, don't do anything reckless just to make her restore her old self," Logan warned.

"I will definitely make Alisa return to normal," Zachary vowed.

"Then you will have to pay an unimaginable price." Logan sighed.

"This is my responsibility. I don't care what price I have to pay, I will not hesitate to save her," Zachary decidedly answered.

"Then you have to stop Dominic first, because if you don't stop at the source of all this, Alisa would just spiral downwards again," Logan instructed.