<h4>Chapter 188: Ruins of the Sun King</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>Shiraishi <strong>Editor: </strong>TheAlliance
“Eh?”
When Lin Yun’s answer came out, over a dozen Archmages, including Harren and Jouyi, were all stunned. Some of them were wondering whether they had misheard him. That was too irrational... He was offering a full ne, the opportunity for instant sess.
They thought that Merlin had been too nervous and answered wrong.
“My apologies, Sir Harren, three years is too long...” While they were all feeling confused, Lin Yun borated on his answer.
This time, they all understood clearly...
Afterwards, the entire Banquet Hall burst into an uproar once again.
‘He refused! He actually refused!’
Harren took out a whole ne, but he was refused by that young Great Mage!
‘This... This is crazy!’
‘How could anyone refuse such a deal? You were presented with a whole ne, yet you are actually giving it away on the basis that three years is too long...’
Some of the Archmages thought in shock, ‘A nar conquest would normally be counted in decades... Even the Pale ne that the Cloud Tower discovered two centuries ago has yet to bepletely conquered. Harren dared to promise you to conquer that ne in three years due to his confidence in the ck Tower’s strength, yet you actually think that three years is too long?’
At this time, many Archmages started to doubt whether that young Great Mage knew what owning a ne truly meant.
Otherwise, how could he decline like this?
“Great Mage Merlin, may I ask why?” Harren was still maintaining a very graceful pose, worthy of Jouyi nicknaming him dyboy’. After being refused by Lin Yun, he didn’t act offended and only asked with a smile.
“It’splicated...” Lin Yun awkwardly chuckled.
Nothing could be done about it, as he couldn’t tell the true reason.
He couldn’t let Harren know that he already had a few nes and had his hands full with them, so he didn’t have the time to deal with an unknown ne.
This exnation truly couldn’t be used...
Otherwise, let alone Harren going berserk on the spot, even the other Archmages would be spitting at him. In this era where nar coordinates were invaluable, using such an immoral reason was simply unting his wealth, and he would deserve to be spit at.
But it was a fact...
Let alone the ne coordinates he learnt of during the end of the magic era, even just those he’d earned through various channels after arriving here were plenty enough.
First was the Bone ne...
And now, although Lin Yun had yet to conquer the entire Bone ne, he held the Book of Death and could open the nar Path anytime, anywhere. William and Faleau were also upying the ck wastnd. As long as he was patient, he would sooner orter conquer the Bone ne.
This was Lin Yun’s foundation. There was no need to speak of other nes, as all his energy and resources would be spent on the Bone ne first.
Moreover, the depths of the Bone Peak were linked to the neighboring Demon ne. The two nes were already ovepping, and a nar Path would be established sooner orter even without external help. What Lin Yun needed to do now was to consolidate his strength so that when the time was ripe, he would be able to force the entrance to the Demon ne open in one go. Lin Yun estimated that the Demon ne should be as fertile as the Bone ne...
Moreover, Lin Yun already talked with Osul about borrowing the Dusk Fire, a key needed to open the Shattered Sun ne.
But this would beter on. Lin Yun didn’t have enough power to enter the Shattered Sun ne at the moment. He needed to be a 5th Rank High Mage at the very least to make sure that he could survive there.
And he couldn’t forget about the Demine left behind by Rudolph.
All these nes...
Lin Yun had three and a half nes waiting to be conquered, and that was without the nar coordinates he still had from the decaying library.
Lin Yun only hated the fact that he couldn’t clone himself to take care of multiple nes at the same time.
As for the ne mentioned by Harren, Lin Yun could only refuse. He wasn’t going to let them explore a ne before him and then hand it over, and he already had a lot on his te.
Moreover, Lin Yun already knew what he wanted from the ck Tower...
Compared to that unknown ne, that was something Lin Yun truly wished to get.
“Sir Harren, I heard that the ck Tower found ruins from the 3rd Dynasty a few months ago.”
“Oh?” The disappointed Harren suddenly frowned when he heard that. “How did Great Mage Merlin learn about it?”
“Haha, I incidentally heard about it when chatting here.”
“That’s right, three months ago, the ck Tower indeed found a ruin of the 3rd Dynasty on the East Coast. We finished removing the traps a few days ago and now, three Master Alchemists of the ck Tower are taking care of the arrays. They should be able to excavate it within a month...” After saying this, Harren threw a strange nce at Lin Yun. “Why? Great Mage Merlin has some understanding of the ruins?”
“I’ve learnt a bit about it, and if I’m not wrong, this should have been left behind by the Sun King from the middle of the 3rd Dynasty.”
“Haha...” Harren knew that since the other side was able to talk about the Sun King, his understanding of the ruins definitely wouldn’t be shallow. The origin of these ruins had only been made public within the ck Tower a month ago. There would only be two reasons for the other side to be able to talk about these ruins. He either had been paying attention to these ruins for a long time, or he had a spy inside the ck Tower.
If it had been someone else, Harren would have already be hostile upon realizing this. Whichever reason it was, this was a grave provocation towards the ck Tower.
But Harren only chuckled as he faced that young Great Mage and remained silent...
Not only did he remain civil, but he was even very happy.
He finally felt like he had the upper hand in this gathering...
This was like someone delivering a pillow when he wanted to sleep...
This was the situation Harren was the happiest to see.
‘Let’s talk about the Sun King Ruins since you are so interested.’
Sure enough, Harren soon noticed greed within the young Great Mage’s eyes. “I didn’t expect that the ck Tower actually discovered the legendary Sun King Ruins...”
“Haha, it looks like Great Mage Merlin is very interested in these Sun King Ruins. How about youe over when it ispletely excavated? Thousand Sails City isn’t very far, after all, so I can receive you when the timees.”
“Sir Harren, forgive me for speaking bluntly. I see that you are very interested in the Meditation Law Set, and it turns out that I am very interested in the Sun King Ruins... I feel that we cane to an agreement.”
‘Sure enough...’
Harren inwardlyughed, remaining calm and collected. “This might possible, but I have to ask, Great Mage Merlin, which relic of the Sun King are you interested in?”
Greed shed in Lin Yun’s eyes once more as he said, “I want the entirety of the Sun King Ruins...”
“This...” Harren showed some embarrassment.
The other Archmages listening couldn’t help holding their breaths, ‘The entirety of the Sun King Ruins? Isn’t that too greedy?’
“Of course, I know that this request is a bit too excessive, so how about this, Sir Harren. You can choose which of the two Meditation Law Sets I have in hands that you want to get.”
“This...” Harren hesitated for a few minutes before reluctantly nodding, “Okay...”
In fact, Harren was inwardlyughing...
Others might not know the situation within the Sun King Ruins, but how could Harren not know?
In the past three months, the ck Tower had actually excavated the ruins while removing the traps. Now, the most precious resources, knowledge, and equipment were already in their possession.
But in order to maintain secrecy, the ck Tower didn’t make this information public. Even in the ck Tower, only a few high ranked mages knew about it.
The Sun King Ruins seemed untouched to the outside, but in reality, the most valuable relics had already been taken by the ck Tower. It could be said that the famous Sun King Ruins were now just an empty shell.
Harren never expected that he could trade such an empty shell for an 8-Form Meditation Law Set.
“Then I wish us a delightful cooperation.” Lin Yun extended his hand with a smile.
At this moment, Harren never could have thought that Lin Yun would also be inwardlyughing at him...
Harren thought Lin Yun didn’t know that the Sun King Ruins had already been emptied...
But Lin Yun had already read about the ck Tower’s excavation in the books of the decaying library.
This was a ssical excavation added to many textbooks.
But it was as an example on what not to do...
In the era of crazy excavations, almost every alchemist would exhort their disciples while teaching them, “If you don’t study well, then you’ll end up like those idiots of the ck Tower, letting go of the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds while being proud of it for over a thousand years...”
Indeed, the teaching material was the excavation of the Sun King Ruins...