Chapter 96

"Does my appearance look easy to deceive?" For Mu Feng's strategy of going along with the flow and deceiving all the way, Sandel finally couldn't help but expose him.

"Um..." Indeed, Mu Feng had overestimated his acting skills. After all, he wasn't an actor. And as a level 60 legendary boss, Sandel wasn't that easy to deceive. "Alright, we are sent by the Light Alliance. Our goal is the legendary artifact!" Mu Feng immediately confessed everything. Otherwise, if the legendary boss got angry, they would all be in trouble.

"I guessed as much! The connection between the Prison of Judgment and the continent has been cut off for countless years. The continent would never restart the connection just for us. They must have discovered that the artifact is in the Prison of Judgment!" Sandel looked a bit sad. Those who came to the Prison of Judgment were all abandoned by their own races. Although he knew the outcome, this man, who was like a sharp sword, couldn't help but feel sorrow. The Sky Continent was his home, an unbreakable sentiment.

Mu Feng could feel the man's sadness: "Don't be sad, if we successfully obtain the artifact, we will definitely find a way to help you leave here!" The Sky City was a wonderful city. If the guild's base could be built like this in the future, it would not only have astonishing defenses but also be grand and majestic.

"Really?" Sandel was at least 90% skeptical of Mu Feng's words. After all, Mu Feng had been lying from the beginning, and moving the Sky City to the Sky Continent was such a daunting task. Even when Mu Feng was sent alone to the Prison of Judgment, it exhausted the leaders of the various elf guilds.

"Alright, it's just a wish of mine." Mu Feng had to admit. "But I will work hard for it!" The system wouldn't create such a large space as the Prison of Judgment just for a task that only ten people could participate in. In the future, this map would eventually be open to ordinary players.

"Talking about those empty words is useless, come in with me!" Waving his hand to dismiss the surrounding guards, Sandel decided to let Mu Feng and his companions in.

Just like the exterior, the inside of the mayor's residence was also solemn and dignified. Walking through the corridors of the mayor's residence, Mu Feng could feel the weight of history. This building was at least thousands of years old.

"Sit down!" Sandel led the three to an empty conference room. Guiding Mu Feng and his companions to sit down, he then took the main seat. The aura of a legendary boss was evident.

"You must be very curious about what the artifact is and where it is now, right?" Sandel said straightforwardly.

"That's right, the task I received only mentioned a powerful artifact, with no other information," Mu Feng replied. He was very interested in what kind of artifact could make all the races vie for it. What would happen if he completed the task but didn't turn it in?

"That was a long, long time ago, so long that it seems like a dream..." Recalling the events of countless years ago, Sandel had many thoughts. "Once, I was the marshal of the largest human empire, Gilneas! However, while leading my army to conquer a small country, I accidentally obtained this artifact. Naively, I immediately presented it to the king I served!" Sandel said.

"The marshal of the largest empire..." In today's Sky Continent, humans had long been weakened, but people still talked about the past glory of humans, showing how prosperous they once were. No wonder Sandel had the strength of a level 60 legendary boss! The last legendary boss Mu Feng encountered was in the trial cave of the beginner village, Shadow Valley, which only had 120,000 HP. It was not in the same league as Sandel's 10,000,000 HP!

"What happened after that?" Asuna asked from the side. She was the only human among the three and had some interest in the distant human history. Even the active Yui sat quietly on Asuna's shoulder, listening attentively with her hands supporting her chin, looking very cute.

"Later, after research by the court mages, the secret buried in the artifact was finally discovered!" Sandel continued. "It turns out that the name of this artifact is the Vial of Life! It possesses infinite life energy. The holder of the Vial of Life will gain immortality! No matter how severe the injury, drinking the water inside will immediately heal it!"

"That is truly a legendary artifact," Mu Feng exclaimed. Such equipment should have already surpassed the boundaries of legendary equipment, being a true artifact. He wondered if players had the right to possess it. "If I may be frank, you don't seem like someone who would do outrageous things for an artifact. You were rewarded for presenting the artifact, so why were you exiled?"

"As the saying goes, 'When the birds are gone, the good bow is put away.' A single drop of the water from the Vial of Life can revive the dead and regenerate bones. The daily production was excellent, and it could be stored outside the Vial. With the guarantee of the water of life, my soldiers became incredibly fierce and fearless. This caught the eye of the king who possessed the Vial of Life. Having gained eternal life, the king also gained boundless ambition, wanting to conquer the entire world. He saw me, who had high prestige in the army, as a burden and a threat to his artifact, so he dismissed me!" Being a marshal of an empire and suddenly dismissed to a commoner was indeed unacceptable.

"This king really doesn't distinguish right from wrong!" Yeluo Chengdie couldn't help but sigh upon hearing this story. Thinking of her own background, she could only sigh helplessly.

"If it were just that, I would never have rebelled. After I was dismissed, he even sent assassins to kill me several times!" As he said this, Sandel couldn't control himself and broke off a corner of the table. Being assassinated by the king to whom he had devoted all his loyalty was a pain that was worse than death for this soldier.

"So you rebelled?"

"Yes! I directly stormed the palace, took the Vial of Life, and killed him with one sword! To prevent the Vial of Life from causing more disasters, I took it and broke through the time-space gate, coming to the Prison of Judgment!" It turned out that Sandel wasn't exiled but had fled to the Prison of Judgment on his own!

"The Sky Continent has long changed. The empire you mentioned has long been lost to the dust of history, and even the human race is in turmoil. They need the Sky City and your strength!" Mu Feng continued his persuasion.

"How did humans fall to such a state? Was it because of the demon invasion?"

"That's right! The humans of the Sky Continent no longer have a country, only a much larger city called Lionheart City, which is bigger than the Sky City!"

"I want to return, but... the Vial of Life is no longer in my possession!"

"Of course, it must have been taken by the demons, right?" Mu Feng was prepared for this.

"That's correct. A thousand years ago, demons suddenly invaded the Prison of Judgment. To ensure the safety of the people of the Sky City, I had to hand over the Vial of Life to gain peace!" Sandel said.

"Can you still live forever without the Vial of Life?" Asuna asked. It had been a thousand years, yet Sandel was still in good condition.

"Although I handed over the Vial of Life, I still had some of the water of life to maintain my life, but as time passed, the effect of the water of life has become increasingly poor." Sandel said, his hair and beard used to be black!

"Then let's go and take back the Vial of Life together!" Mu Feng said with a smile. "To liberate the Sky Continent from the shadow of the demons and to help the people of the Sky City return to the continent!" Mu Feng's words directly touched the most desired things in the hearts of Sandel and the people of the Sky City!