Su Wu's decision to recruit Walter and forgive his offense wasn't due to a kind temperament.
His true objective was to recruit Alicia.
Though their interaction had been brief, the abnormalities Alicia displayed were impossible to ignore.
She could instantly recognize a divine artifact and had the confidence to repair it, held grudges with beings beyond the world, and had even transformed an ordinary hammer into a scalable, exclusive piece of equipment.
All signs indicated her blacksmith level was exceptionally high.
And such a high-level logistic specialist was precisely what Su Wu's territory lacked most.
If Walter, Alicia's benefactor, joined his side, recruiting her afterward would be much easier.
That was the main reason Su Wu made that choice.
...
On the other hand, after a moment of hesitation, Walter finally agreed to Su Wu's request.
[Congratulations, you have successfully recruited Walter as a citizen of your territory.]
"To fulfill this wish with my own hands... I never dared hope."
Walter stood up from the ground and replied respectfully, "If possible, I hope you can destroy Allen's soul phylactery in front of me."
"Soul phylactery?"
"Yes." Walter nodded.
"My full name is Walter Muhr, current head of the Muhr family—and its last survivor."
"As for Allen..."
Walter paused, his voice full of hatred: "He is my son—and the one who destroyed the Muhr family!"
"To gain eternal life and greater power, he killed every member of the Muhr family himself, and using some unknown blood ritual, turned himself into a Lich!"
"These years, I've spent every last resource hiring experts to search the depths of Dawn Forest, but all have returned empty-handed."
"You are my last hope. I ask for nothing else—just let me see his soul phylactery shattered with my own eyes, so I can finally move past this inner torment."
"I understand the gist of it."
After listening, Su Wu glanced at the updated quest and asked, "Are there many Liches in Dawn Forest?"
"...According to my Intel, there should only be Allen."
Seemingly surprised by Su Wu's question, Walter hesitated, "Lord Su Wu... have you encountered that man?"
"Not directly, but I've encountered some strange creations of his."
Now that his suspicion was confirmed, Su Wu added, "Coincidentally, I obtained the coordinates of that Lich not long ago. If luck's on our side, I might be able to deal with it today."
[Key information detected. Quest 'The Scarlet Tragedy' updated.]
[The Scarlet Tragedy]
[Quest Level: Regional Quest]
[Quest Objective: Shatter the Lich Allen's soul phylactery in front of Walter.]
[Quest Reward: Alicia's assistance, True Eye (pre-paid).]
"Please come with me, Lord."
With the situation explained, Walter no longer delayed.
He stood up and said to Su Wu, "The inheritance of True Eye requires some preparation and can't be done immediately."
"Lead the way."
...
Meanwhile, a harmless-looking little bird circled above Su Wu's territory.
It carefully scanned the layout below, attempting to memorize the arrangement of buildings.
Whoosh—!
Just as it was about to go deeper, a small, flawless white hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed the stealthy bird.
"A scouting spirit?"
Glancing at the bird, Elena appeared midair and looked eastward. "You lords don't have much strength, but your strange talents sure are abundant."
...
"Damn! What the hell?!"
In a forest 20,000 meters east of Su Wu's territory, a man in a black cloak sprinted into the distance.
Recalling that hand that had suddenly entered his vision, Zhao Shi felt a chill run down his spine.
He had sent the scouting spirit over a thousand meters into the sky—and it still got detected!
Worse, after the interception, that person looked directly in his direction.
"I got careless. Just having an A-rank scouting talent doesn't mean I can waltz into any place unchecked."
After fleeing for a while and finding no one chasing, Zhao Shi sighed in relief and hid in a secluded corner.
"But this time I hit the jackpot!"
Remembering the territory he saw encircled by stone walls, Zhao Shi grinned.
"Stone walls mean the territory has reached level 2. To achieve that by Day 2... only Su Wu could've done it!"
With that, he immediately opened the chat channel and sent out his discovery.
According to a prior contract, if he completed this mission, the other party would supply all the resources he needed to reach Level-3 territory.
"A Level-3 territory is already a minor lord."
"If I push a bit more and reach Level-5 or Level-6 before the World Lord appears..."
As long as he didn't screw up, survival would no longer be an issue.
Thinking this, Zhao Shi couldn't help but grin like a fool.
Unfortunately, before he could finish daydreaming—
Bang!
An arrow suddenly flew from afar and pierced Zhao Shi where he hid.
"Judging by your face, I'm guessing you have already sent out the message."
Standing beside Zhao Shi's now-lifeless body, Elena, spotless as ever, sighed in relief. "Finally got a halfway competent one."
The scouts before this had interesting talents, but they couldn't even get past the outer spiders, let alone enter the inner territory.
"With this, Su Wu's task is done."
...
Elsewhere, standing within a magic circle, Su Wu successfully inherited the skill from Walter.
[Congratulations, you have obtained the unique skill 'True Eye'.]
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]