Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"If that's what you two think, then we don't have another choice," Katrina said, knowing that there was no point in disagreeing. "Tomorrow morning, we will divide into three separate groups. But remember that once we are deep in the Ignis Purgatory, we will encounter more dangers than we did in the past few days. Be careful, and if you find anything, send a signal to inform the rest of us immediately. Don't risk your life to—"

"Yeah, no problem. But I would like Jace in my team tomorrow," Nate interrupted. Jace was supposed to be in Katrina's team.

"You already have two premium stage Sage Level warriors in your team," Katrina reminded, frowning at the demand.

"Well, Jace is in possession of the record from his ancestors; he is the one who knows all the details about the tomb. Coincidently, I wish to search for the tomb according to the record. Naturally, he should be included in my team," Nate argued.

"That's..." Katrina hoped to deny, but if she refused the proposal to his face, it would certainly cause some unwanted tension between them. She turned to Jace. "What do you think?"

Jace was a smart man. He said with a shrug, "You're Holy Level warriors. I'll do whatever you guys want me to do.'' Even though he was the leader of the Qiu Clan and a premium stage Sage Level warrior, Jace was still weaker than the three Holy Level warriors in front of him. It was best to stay neutral and not offend any of them.

"Alright, Jace. You're with Master Nate now." Katrina agreed so as not to hurt the harmony among them.

Nate was joyous—laughing in his head, while Russ turned away with a look of disdain on his face.

After the discussion, everyone went their separate ways.

Katrina returned to her tent, and Zachary followed her in.

"It's obvious that Master Nate and Master Russ want to find the Martial Fire Tomb before anyone else. They deliberately found an excuse to separate the whole team," Zachary said.

"I know that, but there's nothing we can do. They have seniority over me, and either way, I had no real reason to deny their idea. Going against them now will do no good to the team at this moment," Katrina said with a sigh.

"It'

a day's time, Katrina's team had already encountered three sacred beasts and a large number of Imperial Level martial beasts. Despite having six Sage Level warriors and a powerful Holy Level warrior in their team, there were still some casualties after the encounter with the beasts.

That night, Katrina's team was stationed on a rock hill which was slightly higher than the surrounding. They sent out a reconnaissance team to continue to scout the area within a few miles around them in order to determine the route for the next day.

A little distance away from the camp, Zachary got into the system. "The analysis is complete." He heard Mimi's voice as soon as he entered.

"Good! Did you find anything?" Zachary asked, unable to contain the excitement in his voice.

"In the record, I did find some information that matched with our data. However, I can't confirm the authenticity of the information because my reach is limited. If you want confirmation, you will have to go and check in person," Mimi replied.

"Alright. What's the matched information?" he asked.

Zachary had only taken the ancient book from Jace as a reference, but it would be amazing if the record did help him.

After getting all the useful information from Mimi, Zachary left the system and walked into the night.

Two hours of flying later, he reached an ice lake. It was impressive and quite unbelievable to see an ice lake in the scorching Ignis Purgatory.