Chapter 266

"Yes, because if Grant can be pulled down from his position as Elder, it is equivalent to weakening Su Su Su Nai Fa's strength, and Donald would naturally be happy to see it happen," Luo Yiqi said.

Who did I offend? After concluding that this matter also involved the Great Elder of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, Donald, Gao De couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Since entering the Northern Realm, besides actively taking action against subterranean creatures to obtain the origin, he could be said to have acted very low-key and never actively provoked trouble.

But just because he helped the injured Baruk deliver a letter, he suddenly became the opposite of both the second-in-command of the strongest tribe in the Northern Realm and the high-level of the strongest sect.

Who can he reason with about this?

"Then our situation is also not optimistic," Luo Yiqi added.

Phoenix is the city of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe, and Donald is the Great Elder of the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe.

Although he hasn't reached the point of acting unscrupulously, on his turf, Donald will always have many means to deal with them.

"The situation isn't that bad, because we aren't without allies," Catherine was much calmer, as if it wasn't her who had been framed.

Indeed, Gao De agreed secretly.

They were close to Elder Grant, and Elder Grant was a member of the conservative party on Su Su Su Nai Fa's side.

From this perspective, they could also be considered part of the conservative party at this moment, and Su Su Su Nai Fa was their ally.

Donald wanted to use the ice-thread worm pest to pull Elder Grant down and weaken Su Su Su Nai Fa's influence. Likewise, this time Su Su Su Nai Fa would definitely use the few people caught this time to deal a blow to Donald, or at least a warning.

"Who is involved in this matter from the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe is secondary; the most important thing is, who exactly in the sect is standing behind this matter?" Catherine's gaze turned cold, and she said slowly in a solemn tone.

This was what she truly cared about.

Seeing Catherine's topic turn to this, Gao De hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't choose to avoid it.

Although this matter involved the internal affairs of the Snowfield Guardians sect, since Catherine said it in front of him, she shouldn't mind him listening.

What's more, he had already been forced to get involved in this matter; understanding more inside information was also being responsible for himself, otherwise, he might really die without knowing how.

Luo Yiqi had some thoughts but didn't dare to say them directly, "What do you think?"

"There are only three people in the entire sect who can reach into Phoenix and have the authority to know the mission I was executing," Catherine said calmly.

She looked at Luo Yiqi's hesitant posture, knowing what he wanted to say, and continued immediately: "At first I also thought it was impossible; those three have already reached that position, how could they possibly do something like practicing forbidden necromancy?"

"However, after excluding all the impossibilities, the remaining one, no matter how incredible, is the truth."

Luo Yiqi fell into silence. Gao De, as an outsider, accepted it well, "Those three, which three do you mean? Can you introduce them to me?"

He was more concerned about this.

Catherine glanced at Gao De and said lightly: "There are only three actual power-holders of the Snowfield Guardians in total: one is the Saint Arbiter Ryan who leads the hunters, one is the Chief Quentin who leads the guardians, and the other is the nominal leader of the entire Snowfield Guardians, Archbishop Lu En."

"Those three are all fourth-circle mages, and they are also the only three fourth-circle mages in the Snowfield Guardians."

Gao De was shocked in his heart.

Fourth-circle mages, and there are three of them... Just in terms of high-end combat power, the Snowfield Guardians as a sect could already be compared to the Saint Xi En Duchy.

This is the foundation of the Northern Realm.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse; even though the Ice-born have declined, their strength is still not to be underestimated.

"Among these three, the most trustworthy should be Chief Quentin?" Gao De, as an outsider, asked tentatively.

"After all, the guardians are the ones who follow the doctrine most strictly in your sect; the possibility of practicing forbidden necromancy should be relatively low, not to mention that Baruk was a guardian under him."

Baruk's fearlessness in the face of death and his righteous indignation left a deep impression on Gao De, so he had a natural good impression of the guardian group.

"That's what is said, but who knows?" Catherine was very calm and didn't lift her suspicion of Chief Quentin because of this reason.

"If it really is one of those three, what can we do?" Luo Yiqi finally spoke.

"Find out which one it is, and the remaining things are for the other two to do; it has nothing to do with us, and we can't intervene either," Catherine had a clear self-awareness.

The future is bleak... Gao De complained secretly in his heart, knowing that he had boarded a pirate ship.

Catherine and Luo Yiqi, as hunters of the Snowfield Guardians, had to go up against the highest level of the sect; no matter how you look at it, it's an unreliable thing, but he had no other choice.

"It's hard to rely on us alone, but this person's mistake was teaming up with people from the Enduring Zhenbing Tribe," Catherine glanced at Gao De and Luo Yiqi, seemingly seeing the worry of the two, and comforted them: "Elder Grant has Su Su Su Nai Fa standing behind him."

"Although she is young, with the support of Enduring Zhenbing spells and 【Blizzard】, she is highly likely the most powerful Ice-born in the Northern Realm. To be able to sit firmly in the position of War Mother, besides 【Blizzard】, her own ability is also absolutely not to be underestimated."

This was indeed the truth, Gao De agreed in his heart. To be able to become the War Mother of a tribe with over 500,000 people, and that too when Great Elder Donald was powerful, her own strength was one aspect, and her ability to handle affairs and manage people must also be there.

A leader is not so easy to be.

"Since we have already caught a few people and have clues, with her ability, it's impossible for her to let the clues break here, and even more impossible not to continue investigating. Let's wait quietly for the follow-up," Catherine finally said.

Having been imprisoned for several days and just having escaped, she was also somewhat exhausted.

Seeing this, Gao De and Luo Yiqi dispersed very sensibly.

Returning to his own room.

Gao De hurriedly took out the small bottle given by Elder Grant.

Counting carefully, the bottle was filled with fifteen drops of second-rank Ice Marrow.

Calling it a small token of gratitude, Elder Grant's sincerity was actually quite sufficient.

So much second-rank Ice Marrow was enough for his Mandra Eye to complete its advancement.

Gao De didn't think much and directly took out one drop of second-rank Ice Marrow and dripped it into his left eye.

Time passed quietly amidst the flickering light of the Mandra Eye.

Ten minutes later, Gao De had absorbed all the ice elemental power in this drop of Ice Marrow.

And the rank of his Mandra Eye had improved from the original (47/72) to (51.5/72).

The ice elemental energy of one drop of third-rank Ice Marrow is equivalent to the energy of 22 drops of first-rank Ice Marrow, while the ice elemental energy of one drop of second-rank Ice Marrow is equivalent to 4.5 drops of first-rank Ice Marrow.

In other words, with just six drops of second-rank Ice Marrow, Gao De could raise his Mandra Eye to the second rank today.

Thinking of this, Gao De was full of motivation and immediately took out another drop of second-rank Ice Marrow.

Nearly an hour later.

A clear, crystalline luster burst forth from Gao De's left eye, and three golden lines faintly jumped out in the complex-patterned pupil, circling within it, just like three golden koi swimming in a pond.

The next instant, the three golden lines intertwined, and amidst a rotation and change, they turned into a mysterious symbol and then submerged into Gao De's pupil, gradually fading away.

The light in his eyes also faded with the disappearance of the golden symbol, and his vision returned to normal. With this, Gao De finally raised his Mandra Eye to the second rank.

Gao De, in high spirits, opened his eyes wide and looked out through the crack in the door, only to see the tiny textures of the stones on the roof clearly appearing in his field of vision.

After the Mandra Eye advanced, both his long-distance vision and microscopic capabilities had received a leap-forward improvement.

An average person with normal vision can clearly see the outline and some basic feature details of a human 150 meters away.

Once the distance expands beyond 150 meters and within 500 meters, the human eye can only see the general outline of a person, but facial features and details cannot be seen.

But if Gao De opens his Mandra Eye now, let alone 500 meters away, he can even see the facial details of people 2,500 meters away.

Just to barely see the outline and judge the other party's race, such as whether it's a cow or a wolf, Gao De's visible distance after opening the Mandra Eye can even reach 10,000 meters.

A born scout, nothing more than this.

Changes produced in the body often bring people a more intuitive feeling.

"This is supernatural power." Even though he had been in this world for two years, Gao De was still shocked by the divine power of the advanced Mandra Eye at this moment.

Moreover, the improvement brought by the Mandra Eye's advancement went far beyond this.

Besides improving the original long-distance vision and microscopic capabilities, it also produced a qualitative improvement, gaining a new ability.

An extremely mysterious special ability.

Gao De looked down at his hands, and the symbol composed of three golden lines in the Mandra Eye quietly emerged.

The golden symbol was rotating slowly, as if it were a running machine.

At the same time, the liquid mana in his body began to consume rapidly.

The use of this ability is like a spell, requiring the consumption of mana.

Following the operation of the golden symbol, some data began to float up from his hands continuously, and then turned into an information stream generated in Gao De's mind.

After these information streams and data were generated, they intertwined in Gao De's mind like fine threads, gradually generating a 3D-modeled human body model outlined by lines in Gao De's heart, as well as many corresponding information data.

"Human, male, age between 15-20, height 170-180cm, weight 55kg-65kg, sufficient blood and energy, good physical fitness..."

This was something deduced after Gao De only observed his own hands.

The lines of the hand in the model precisely depicted the structure of muscles and skin, and even tiny blood vessels and nerves were clearly visible.

But the depth of this ability didn't stop there; besides discerning the physical attributes of the target being built, it could also observe supernatural attributes.

Gao De thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers lightly, cast 【Mage Hand】, summoned a ghost hand, and opened the door.

At the same time, because of this action of his, the human body model generated in his mind became richer and more concrete.

Some blue lines appeared inside the body of the human model, which represented mana.

The corresponding information data also began to expand at this moment.

"... Mage, mage level greater than or equal to third-rank mage apprentice..."

Gao De continued to manipulate the Mage Hand to do some chores, while the observation continued.

The blue lines in the human model began to become more numerous and thicker, winding and flowing in the human model; this showed the path and intensity of mana.

The Mandra Eye had already discerned his mana intensity and tiny movements, thereby deducing the mana flow path.

"... Target's current mana is abundant, spell control is strong, mage level greater than or equal to first-circle mage..."

A more complete and concrete portrait gradually emerged.

This is the new ability evolved by the Mandra Eye: Insight.

Observation—Deconstruction—Analysis—Deduction.

All-around insight, then building corresponding model data according to the insight information, and as the observation target shows more abilities, and the observation time is longer, a more complete and accurate model can be built.

And this kind of insight ability will also become more powerful with the improvement of the Mandra Eye.

After all, the 【Insight】 ability has just been obtained, with a total of only three golden lines, which can be considered just an introduction.

Gao De thought for a moment and actually took another drop of second-rank Ice Marrow from the bottle and dripped it into the Mandra Eye, which had already advanced to the second rank.

This time, the speed at which the Mandra Eye absorbed the ice elemental power was not on the same level as before.

In just about two minutes, the power of this drop of second-rank Ice Marrow was completely absorbed.

Gao De closed his eyes slightly and felt it carefully.

Mandra Eye: Second Rank (1/72)

One drop of second-rank Ice Marrow was just enough to increase the progress of the Mandra Eye by 1.

After all, it had already advanced, and it is normal for the demand for ice elemental energy to increase accordingly.

So this was completely within Gao De's expectations.

He was only worried that the 72 afterward would increase accordingly, which is why he hurriedly conducted the test.

Fortunately, the thing he was worried about didn't happen.

And as the absorption of this drop of second-rank Ice Marrow was completed, Gao De could accurately perceive that a bit of golden light had already appeared in his Mandra Eye.

This is the signal of the formation of a new golden line.

"At 36/72, it should be able to generate the fourth golden line. By then, the ability of 【Insight】 can be improved again," Gao De obtained accurate information data.

He looked at the eight drops of second-rank Ice Marrow he had left and didn't continue.

After all, eight drops of second-rank Ice Marrow couldn't bring a major transformation to the Mandra Eye, so it was better to keep them for now.

Without money in his pocket, it's always easy to have no bottom in his heart, and he can only stare at good things.

As the hard currency of the Northern Realm, the purchasing power of eight drops of second-rank Ice Marrow is exceptionally astonishing.

Wading through this muddy water wasn't without gains; if it weren't for this matter, without the two drops of third-rank Ice Marrow given by Catherine and the fifteen drops of second-rank Ice Marrow from Elder Grant, he would never have been able to complete the advancement of the Mandra Eye in such a short time.

Thinking this way, Gao De's depressed mood was somewhat relieved.

After putting away the bottle with satisfaction, he suddenly turned his gaze to Fu Luo La beside him, and the golden symbol representing 【Insight】 emerged from his left pupil again.

"Mage, your eyes are not right." Fu Luo La frowned vigilantly.

(End of chapter)