Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Knock knock knock!
Mo Fan was thinking of taking a nap when he heard the loud knocks on his door.
He had been a lot busier ever since he became a teacher, as students with ulterior motives would keep visiting him with whatever excuse they could think of. Sighing, he considered that the way he had been acting was definitely not worthy to be called an animal!
“Lecturer, lecturer, I just recalled something!” Lily blurted out excitedly after the door was opened.
Mo Fan was disappointed. Why did it have to be this ugly chick? “What did you recall?” he asked politely.
“There’s a place where you might find the clues you want!” Lily spoke up.
“Where is it?” Mo Fan’s eyes glittered.
The Black Vatican was done harvesting the Frenzy Poppies. He had no idea how much Frenzy Liquid the Black Vatican could produce from the Frenzy Poppies. There was no way Salan would wash her hands in a gold basin so easily. The incidents she was responsible for in China had raised her reputation as a Goddess of Death across the world. She was already brewing another conspiracy, and it was very likely to take place in the Americas!
The problem was that they had no idea which city was her next target, given the size of the Americas. The clues they had found had yet to lead them to a key person in the Black Vatican.
“A mound in the Andes Mountains!” Lily declared.
Mo Fan immediately called Mu Bai and Zhao Manyan over. Mu Bai filtered out the special places the Aorus Sacred Institute had established in the Andes Mountains, and found thirteen mounds scattered across the mountains.
“What are these mounds used for?” Zhao Manyan asked, looking confused.
“The kingdom of the demon creatures in the Andes Mountains is comparable to Mount Kunlun. The Aorus Sacred Institute is very close to the Andes Mountains, without any cities nearby. Even if the school has a solid defense, there’s a den of demon creatures covering over ten thousand square kilometers outside it. These mounds serve as fire beacon towers between the territory of the school and the Andes Mountains. The school can observe the movement of the demon creatures in the Andes Mountains through these mounds, like whether the demon creatures are gathering or roaming, or if demon creatures above the Commander-level are on the move. The mounds will reflect this information to the school right away so it can react accordingly,” Mu Bai told them all.
“These thirteen mounds are like the school’s alarm system in the wild, but aren’t some of them a little too deep in the mountains? They are located on some of the taller mountains. Does the school assign people to these mounds? Even Super Mages might not survive on those mountains!” Zhao Manyan pointed at a few of the dots on the map.
“These mounds are more like posts the school uses to observe the Andes Kingdom of Demon Creatures. It’s hard to say if they are occupied all the time. The place Lily recalled is the Ninth Mound.” Mu Bai pointed at a location with uneven terrain.
“Aren’t the lecturers responsible for patrolling these mounds? They were also considered the most difficult patrols!” Mo Fan remembered.
Patrolling the mounds was no different from invading the dens of some demon creatures. Most importantly, even though the fire beacon towers were mainly used for observing the demon creatures, there were no reinforcements if anything went wrong!
“I’ll get more information about these mounds from the school,” Mu Bai proposed.
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Mu Bai went to the school’s Security Department, which was focused on the school’s safety. The mounds were under their management.
Mu Bai found a clerk in the office, who was trimming her nails. She was currently in her thirties, at the point where she was only wasting her money trying to conserve her youthful looks, which she should have done at a younger age.
“Hi, I’m a guest lecturer of the school, Mu Han. My colleagues and I are thinking of earning some extra money. We heard the mount patrols have the highest pay, so we are interested in them,” Mu Bai asked.
If the Black Vatican had spies in the school, they had to stick to their disguises as teachers of the school. Dean Xiao had made the smart choice of suggesting they disguise themselves as guest lecturers. If they were students, they would struggle to get things done!
“What do you want to know?” the clerk answered lazily.
Mu Bai was just about to ask some questions when he caught a pungent smell.
He glanced at the nail polish the clerk was using, yet the smell did not seem to come from it. Could it be the woman had put on enough perfume to marinate her flesh?
“What’s behind there? Is it a storage area?” Mu Bai pointed at a door behind the clerk’s desk.
The smell was coming from there…
“Yeah, resources are stored here before they are transported to the mountains. Is there any problem?” The clerk continued to apply her nail polish.
“May I take a look at them?” Mu Bai asked her.
“Go ahead.”
A strong smell assailed Mu Bai’s nostrils as he approached the door. He almost broke out in tears from it.
Mu Bai was very sensitive to odors as a Poison and Plant Mage. The clerk might think the smell was soothing, yet it felt like a slow poison to Mu Bai!
The storage area was empty when Mu Bai walked inside, but the odor that lingered on the floor and the walls were too strong. Mu Bai had been conducting experiments on the Frenzy Poppies lately, so he was very sensitive to their scent!
“Damn it, it’s the Black Vatican!” Mu Bai had a cold expression as he stared into the empty storage area.
Mu Bai had always thought the Black Vatican had transported the Frenzy Poppies to a secret factory in a hidden place. To his surprise, the Black Vatican was bold enough to store the Frenzy Poppies right inside the school, in the storage area of the Security Department!
The fact that the lingering smell was so strong meant the Frenzy Poppies had been stored here for quite some time.
The Frenzy Poppies looked just like normal poppies on the surface. The Aorus Sacred Institute did not have strict control over poppies. They only treated poppies as medicinal herbs which were commonly used to make painkillers.
It was common for battles to take place at the mounds. The people stationed at the mounds were always injured, so it was not strange to transport poppies to the mounds.
Mo Fan and his group had forgotten something important. The Black Vatican was very good at hiding their crimes under the cover of normal lives. They even let the school, which was the last thing anyone would suspect, hide and transport their goods!
“Where did they move the things in this room to?” Mu Bai asked quickly.
“The Ninth Mound.”
