Chapter 254: Chapter 254

Looking at this man, Du You felt a surge of tremendous pressure coming at him.

Xiluoha: White Stone City’s chief defense commander, Gun Knight, Level 28

This was the tag on Xiluoha’s head. Level 28 was indicative of a third-tier stage. True to his status as one of White Stone City’s top level beings, his strength was truly extraordinary. Surely a single move from Xiluoha would kill him instantly.

Taking a deep breath, Du You tried to calm himself. Xiluoha burst into loud laughter: "Haha, no need to be so nervous, I’m not some man-eating beast."

Xiluoha stepped forward and gave Du You a firm pat on the shoulder, causing Du You to grimace from the weight of the slap.

Xiluoha assumed that Du You was nervous because of him, considering that he had many adoring fans within city who were often more ecstatic than Du You upon seeing him, which didn’t seem odd to him.

But what Xiluoha didn’t know was that Du You was nervous because he saw his level.

After all, they were all comrades from White Stone City. Seeing a higher level didn’t mean they were a threat.

Du You let out a sigh of relief and then took out a notebook that had been kept within his clothes for a long time, the diary of the Quicksand Priest.

"General Xiluoha, this is something I found on the body of the Quicksand Priest. I feel that this information could be very important to us." Du You handed the notebook over to Xiluoha with both hands.

At first, Xiluoha took it lightly, thinking that Du You had discovered some significant situation, such as movements of the Sandpeople this year. But it turned out to be a mere notebook. A sheer waste of his time, he thought.

He absentmindedly flipped through it, but as he read on, his initial indifference faded away.

"Very well, this diary is very important, I’ll ascertain its authenticity when I get back. Once it’s confirmed, you will be credited for this major contribution, you may not be able to become a baron immediately, but I believe it won’t be long. This piece of information has saved you years of struggle." Xiluoha laughed loudly, gave a few instructions, and left.

Du You felt helpless. He hadn’t anticipated that such significant information would still not make him a baron.

To the empire, being a minor nobleman meant very little of importance. However, for the noble class, it was incredibly difficult for a new noble to emerge.

A majority of the benefits had already been distributed to the ruling nobles; every new noble meant that the ’pie’ would get divided into smaller pieces, something the established nobles naturally opposed.

Consequently, it was very easy for new nobility to appear during the early years of the empire’s founding, but now, the emergence of new nobility had become an increasingly strenuous task. No wonder he had heard stories of people in White Stone City who remained nobility-less even after decades of hard work.

Indeed, the ones with power had it easier, but even then, it remained challenging.

If it wasn’t for his good luck in obtaining these rare items, he would have remained empty-handed. While the Quicksand Priests understood the significance of them, they had no intentions of recording this knowledge, just to prevent any leakage of secrets.

Only the unusual method employed by the ’Professionals’ of obtaining these items through spontaneous emergence of game-looting could secure them.

Xiluoha quickly arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion with the items: "Quickly, take me to Duka, I have something very important to report."

Xiluoha had a very good relationship with Duka. Be it their personal relationships, official positions, or even their statuses, they were very similar, hence Xiluoha could directly address the City Lord’s name. In White Stone City, apart from himself and the captain of the Sky Knights, no one else had such a privilege.

"Hahaha, Xiluoha, it’s been a long time since you last visited me, we must have a good chat today."

Xiluoha rolled his eyes, always jealous of the handsome face in front of him. Despite his age, he still had such a dashing appearance, who was he trying to impress, he wondered.

"Winter is about to start, all of us are so busy, and you are the only one who has so much free time."

Duka quickly said: "Have a seat, have a seat. Who says I’m not busy? I also have to deal with other nobles. Every winter, these nobles look for troubles, they don’t even consider the timing." He too looked helpless.

"Here, a newly minted knight gave this to me, the kid’s not bad, but unfortunately, he isn’t from a military background. You validate it, isn’t this what we’ve always wanted? But it has always been a secret among the Sandpeople."

The City Lord was a little puzzled by the notebook, but he still picked it up and read. The further he read, the more serious his expression became. Unlike Xiluoha, who focused solely on fighting, the City Lord had a deeper understanding in other aspects.

"No problem, this is authentic. I didn’t expect such crucial secrets of the Sandpeople to be recorded, and that too in such detail. This is great."

"Indeed, with this, we can domesticate the Griffin ourselves. No, we don’t need the Griffin, we now have the Sand Sculpture, which was solved by that kid. However, it’s good to find the weakness of the Sand Sculptures."

What Xiluoha valued the most was still the combat power. "Now that guy Burroughs will be happy."

Duka nodded: "That’s right, this information is indeed very important. I will have someone analyze it. However, what’s most important is this, the feeding information of the Sand Snake."

"What’s the use of this? We don’t need it at all."

Duka replied impatiently: "You don’t need it, but those who are executing tasks outside the city do."

"The Sandpeople can burrow under the desert, making them difficult to combat. Consequently, there aren’t many pets that they can utilize. The Sand Snake is normally the battle pet carried by the elite soldiers among the Sandpeople. It’s not useful for sieges, but it can be very useful for field battles."

"Think about it, how many people have died because of their unpredictable burrowing abilities. If we also have Sand Snakes, we could avoid such situations. Even the Sandpeople who can’t beat us wouldn’t be able to escape."

Xiluoha suddenly realized he had neglected such an important point, considering himself as the defense commander of the city.

"So, the value of this information is higher than I thought. What about that kid, can he become a baron this time?"

Duka shook his head: "Probably not, you know the current situation. For even their heirs, the nobles find it very difficult to bestow new titles, let alone a commoner. To become a baron, one probably requires another major meritorious deed."

"Really, those useless wastes, if they didn’t stir up so many troubles all day, the nobles of the Divine Flame Empire wouldn’t be so useless." Xiluoha dismissed his fellow nobles with disdain.

Duka rolled his eyes irritably, weren’t they also nobles? Chapters fırst released on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝓷𝓮𝓽