Chapter 1458: Read and Agreed, Mysterious Disappearance

After interrupting the communication, Xia Duo sat quietly in the room for a long time, constantly retracing that memory, and from time to time, he put himself into the situation Kalano was in.

The smile on the other party's face at the end made him feel that he might have missed something, but in the end, he did not find any suspicious points; he was only more certain that the other party valued that Mithril Mine very much.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it!"

Two days later, the Elder of the Moonshadow Family mentioned by Kalano arrived in Seventon.

It was just that the other party did not show himself in the appearance of an Elf, but disguised himself as an ordinary-looking human, until Xia Duo led him into a private Reception Room, where the other party revealed his true face—

A Moon Elf elder whose face was already covered in lines of wrinkles.

"May I ask how to address you?"

"Lord Xia Duo can just call me Limo. I have come this time to represent the Moonshadow Family to sign a Sacred Contract with you and to hand over the Mithril compensation."

"I have already prepared the contract; take a look at it."

Xia Duo did not expose the little trick in the other party's words; it was better to finish signing the contract quickly and go their separate ways.

However, when Xia Duo placed the thick stack of Elven Paper he had prepared in advance in front of Limo, the expression on the other party's face could no longer be held back.

"Lord Xia Duo, is this a Sacred Contract?"

"Yes, of course this is a Sacred Contract! Did you not see the Order Holy Power filling it?" Xia Duo asked in return.

In order to prepare this contract, he had spent thousands of Gold Coins and only succeeded after finding a Priest at the Great Temple to pray for an entire afternoon.

Of course, because that Priest presided over this contract, he was granted Divine Grace by the Lord of Radiance, and thus waived Xia Duo's fees; that was another matter entirely.

This contract was indeed suffused with abundant Order Holy Power, and it was a single whole, not composed of multiple Sacred Contracts combined.

Limo had no choice but to pick up the contract and read it carefully. Unlike the countless clauses mixed together that he had expected, the logic of this contract was very clear, and the first two pages even thoughtfully summarized the general content of the contract.

For whichever part needed to be read, one could just flip backward according to the prompts in the front.

This contract was written entirely in Elvish, and Limo did not find it difficult to read. Before long, he had finished reading it all, but after finishing, he discovered that the various tactics he had prepared in advance had completely lost their effectiveness.

The plan he originally had to negotiate further also vanished without a trace at this moment.

Limo found it truly hard to imagine that the other party could actually expand a contract of "not actively disclosing the Mithril Mine to the outside world within three years" into so much text.

It listed many possible situations, and in Limo's view, it almost exhausted all possibilities; many situations were almost impossible to happen.

But the other party still listed them one by one.

Looking at the Contract Document in front of him that was comparable to a book, Limo did not know whether he should sign it or not for a moment.

After a long silence, he reached out and pressed his hand on the contract, leaving his personal Magic Mark and the family emblem on the cover, while also reciting the standard signing words provided by Xia Duo—

"I have read and agree to the full content of this Sacred Contract, in the name of the Moonshadow Family, with the Lord of Radiance as witness."

After reciting, the Holy Power on the contract suddenly fluctuated, transforming into a flame of light visible to the naked eye that enveloped the contract.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo was certain that what Limo said came entirely from his heart, without the slightest coercion, and the Lord of Radiance had approved the other party's signing. Afterward, he also spoke those standard signing words, in his personal name.

After the signing was completed, the Holy Power on the contract suddenly disappeared entirely, but both parties to the contract could summon the true body of the contract by chanting the holy name of the Lord of Radiance.

As for this paper document left over from the ceremony, Xia Duo was not too stingy and gifted it to Limo.

Afterward, it was the handover of the Mithril. This point was also reflected in the contract; it was impossible for Xia Duo to leave such an obvious loophole.

A total of 1,200 pounds of high-quality Mithril, which was even more than double the 500 pounds Kalano had promised before. Xia Duo guessed that it might be a slight error caused by the inconsistency in the weights and measures of the two sides.

Of course, it was also possible that Kalano intended to express goodwill.

After a round of inspection procedures that took longer than the signing itself, dragging on from the morning until the afternoon, Xia Duo finally confirmed that the handover was complete. Of course, he would not return the extra Mithril; it would count as his inspection fee.

After Limo left, Xia Duo poured more than 1,000 Mithril Ingots onto the ground.

Looking at the gleaming High-Grade Mithril covering the floor, he originally thought he would be excited to some extent, but he did not expect that his mood at this moment would be surprisingly calm.

Carefully exploring the source of this emotion in his Subconscious, it ultimately fell back onto the great secret that might exist in the Langas Plain or the Green Vine Tribe.

The expectations were too high but were not realized; now, even with a substantial harvest, it was hard to be happy.

"Forget it, I won't think about it; let this matter end here."

But after returning to the Laboratory, Xia Duo still subconsciously touched the location of the Scrying equipment in the Laboratory. Since he was already here, if he didn't look and find out, a thorn would always remain in his heart.

The previously signed contract only stipulated that Xia Duo could not actively disclose the news of the Langas Plain Mithril Mine to the outside world for three years, but it did not stipulate that he could not discover other secrets himself.

It was just that the result of the Scrying made him feel very surprised, and it was very different from the Scrying result he had conducted at the Tower of Time before.

"This—"

As if Xia Duo had thought of something, he hurriedly performed the Scrying again, and the result of this Scrying was almost exactly the same as just now—

In the area where the Green Vine Tribe was originally located, no traces left by the Green Vine Tribe could be found anymore.

The traces here included not only the tribespeople of the Green Vine Tribe but also the buildings, roads, farmland, plants, and even all man-made traces of the Green Vine Tribe.

In other words, the target Xia Duo Scried this time was no different from any piece of uninhabited wilderness on the Langas Plain!

"How is this possible?!"

Fortunately, the personnel of the "David String Property Research Project Team" had not yet arrived, and the Laboratory did not necessarily require him, so Xia Duo immediately came to the Teleportation Room of the Arcane Union.

With the help of the Teleportation Array here, he teleported directly to the high altitude near the Green Vine Tribe.

In the biting cold wind, Xia Duo stood in mid-air, looking at the empty land below. Unwilling to give up, he quickly lowered his altitude, and in the process of descending, he moved closer to the Green Vine Tribe.

As a result, after truly stepping onto the land where the Green Vine Tribe was located, the large tracts of farmland that had existed just a few days ago had now turned into large tracts of wild grass.

Further in, the place that should have been the village was still a scene of wilderness, no different from the outside.

Even at the location of the Ancestral Spirit Hall in Xia Duo's memory, there was still no change; it was still a piece of wilderness.