Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Once the five people had absorbed the strength of the Sun-swallowing Pills, the cores flew back to the body of the Sun-swallowing Beast.

"Thank you very much, Master," the five chorused, as they bowed to Anne with great respect.

Anne simply nodded to them and turned away to face the Sun-swallowing Beast. "Let's go," she ordered the beast firmly as if it was a small domesticated dog.

And at once, the Sun-swallowing Beast lowered its body submissively, so Anne could get on. Then it soared up into the air under the watchful gaze of the group, where it headed in the direction of the two stone mountains' ruins. As it approached the ruins, Anne clapped her hands and a ray of blue light was instantly released. It expanded mid-air and hit the ruins.

The people gasped in surprise when the light didn't pass through the ruins. Instead, it hit an invisible wall, and something cracked over the ruins.

At the sight of this crack, the Sun-swallowing Beast raised its head and roared excitedly. It immediately disappeared into the crack without a trace, carrying Anne. As soon as their backs faded from view, the crack also faded into nothingness.

"Everyone, you can leave first. My master won't be coming back so soon," Zachary said to the remaining warriors.

"Okay, we'll see you again." Now that he verified that there was no reason to stay, Jace summoned a dragon-shaped flying beast. As he was preparing the beast, his son Pollard approached Zachary.

"Harley, I am sure we shall meet soon," Pollard said in farewell, as he got on the dragon-shaped flying beast. Then he searched for Joan among the members of the Phoenix Pavilion with his eyes, and when their eyes met, he nodded to her in farewell as well.

"Goodbye," said Zachary with a small wave. Meanwhile, as they were about to leave, Polly remained where she was standing with a conflicted expression on her face. She opened her mouth as if about to speak, but then shut it quickly instead.

Without saying anything, she turned to the dragon-shaped flying beast and jumped on with her usual grace.

Soon, Jace and his children left by the dragon-shaped flying beast.

"Harley, I owe you favor for this, but I will pay you back someday," Joan said seriously, as she walked up to Zachary.

"Then, I will wait patiently for that day." Zachary smiled at her warmly and bade her goodbye with a wave.

After that, she also left the Holy Clo

ou," Zachary replied openly.

"Even if you know my identity, you shouldn't reveal it. If Guardian Logan finds out that you know my identity, you could get in trouble." Goliath frowned. Since Zachary knew his identity, he didn't need to deny it, but if other people found out about his real identity, then they would both be in trouble.

"Don't worry. He won't hurt me because I'm still useful to him. He didn't tell you that?" Zachary revealed, and from Goliath's deeper frown, he knew that Logan never told him about their deal.

Goliath was starting to realize that Logan had kept him in the dark about many things. And in turn, he was also starting to think about what else Logan could be keeping from him.

"I don't want to say anything else. Listen, if you value me as a friend, then tell me everything you know. In exchange, I will try to recommend you to the Xiao Clan as you wish, so that you can do what you need to do," Zachary suggested. The truth was that he didn't want to throw Goliath under the bus. He only revealed his identity now so that he could give him this choice. Zachary believed that since he accepted the Sun-swallowing Pill, his attitude toward him should have changed for the better. Besides, he knew that Goliath approached him to join the Xiao Clan, so as long as he made good use of these two things, he could make use of Goliath.

"What do you want to know?" Goliath still hesitated, but he couldn't hide from Zachary that he was tempted by his proposal.

Zachary smirked at this, fully aware that he had Goliath in his hands now. "Tell me what you know about Logan first."