Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

At this moment, Zachary, who had been placed in confinement, took the opportunity to look around and observe the situation outside of the confinement room. Then, he entered the system and went directly into the Living-dead Tomb.

"Oh, why are you here so early today? Did something happen?" Anne was surprised to see that Zachary appear at this time of the day. She quickly noticed the strange expression on his face, thus she was sure that something must have happened.

Deeming no reason to hide it, Zachary told her the gist of what had happened.

"You’re saying that the Imperial Level warrior of the Xiao Clan framed you up?" Anne’s eyes suddenly turned cold as she heard what Zachary told her.

"Well, if Kemp didn't interfere, I would have also killed Louis. But of course, I would have certainly destroyed all the pieces of evidence to keep it a secret. I was just too careless. I was already on guard against Kemp for so long, but I didn't expect that he would show up at that time to frame me up for Louis' death," Zachary said with a frown.

"Well, since you didn't kill Louis, you don't have to be afraid of being falsely accused. Sooner or later, they will know the truth when the investigation commences. Besides, even if you happened to kill Louis, you were just defending yourself, right? He actually deserved it," Anne said with a hint of righteous indignation.

"You're right. But the real problem is that the Kong Clan will definitely make a fuss about it and won't let me off the hook that easily. As for Crane College, I think they will also be partial to the Kong Clan because of the clan's influence in the Vanity Kingdom. Furthermore, there are several surviving Imperial Level warriors of the Kong Clan who were testifying against me. Since they are the only witnesses, it doesn't really help my case. As much as I don't want to admit it, I am in big trouble this time. I have to carefully think of the steps on how I should deal with them." Zachary let out a sigh as he shook his head.

"If that’s the case, I’m afraid that you won’t be able to solve this problem by yourself. As you said, the Kong Clan is involved, and we both know how influential they are. According to my experience, I can already see that they will put big pressure on Crane College to prevent it from interfering, so they can deal with you easily. If that happens, you’re really in for huge trouble," Anne warned him.

"I strongly agree. But I can’t just leave this place alone without solving the problem. Otherwise, Jay and the others will definitely be caught up in this mess. Damn it. It's so frustrating. All of this is the Kong Clan's fault and they actually deserve what happened. But even though I'm j

for you to cause you harm. But in the end…" Linda already formulated it in her head, though she still had some doubts. "But how were you able to deal with so many people? Well, I could understand if you’ve beaten all those Imperial Level warriors, but Louis too? Also, who on earth killed Louis if it wasn’t you?"

"Will you believe me if I tell you the truth?" Zachary looked intently at Linda’s eyes and asked her straightforwardly.

After hesitating for a moment, Linda finally said, "Just tell me first. I can’t promise you anything without hearing it firsthand. I’ll make my judgment afterward. Although, yeah, I really think that there was something odd with the testimony of the Imperial Level warriors."

"All right, I’ll tell you." Then, Zachary told Linda the whole story. He knew that she was the granddaughter of Silas, the dean of Crane College. Thus, if she believed him, he could expect her to tell Silas the truth. If this happened, Silas would more likely believe his claim than the made-up story of the Imperial Level warriors. However, even if Silas believed him, Zachary didn’t expect that he would be on his side. After all, the Kong Clan had a very strong influence over the college. Nevertheless, as long as Silas could somehow buy him some time, Tania might be able to help him out of this dilemma before everything turned out into a total mess.

Linda was shocked after knowing the whole story. She could honestly admit to herself that it was pretty difficult to just accept everything that Zachary had just said.

"You didn’t finish Louis off, but you were able to injure him seriously? And before you could kill him, someone else swooped in and did it? But who would frame you up?" Linda had already heard and learned everything, but it seemed like she became more confused.