Chapter 142 — Bard Wendell's Intelligence

"No, and here's the interesting part—she became a transcendent knight through the most orthodox knight training and magic training. It's said Duke Peiyi forbade Anluo from converting to any religion, so that young female commander is still an unbeliever to this day."

"Indeed, that is interesting..." Gao Yang repeated thoughtfully. "Interesting..."

Meitzen gave a slight smile: "Your Grace, that is all the intelligence I can provide. Has anything come to mind?"

"Some things, but they're all a mess. Heaven knows how a godfavored knight with a boundless future could sink into being a fallen druid with no future at all," Gao Yang exhaled. Facing Meitzen, whom he did not know well, he did not pour out all those earth-shaking secrets he knew. "Thank you for the intelligence. If you hadn't come, I'm afraid I never would have guessed that the identity of the Shadow Cultists could be so... bizarre."

"So, will you spread this news?" Meitzen's eyes visible above her veil curved slightly. "The true identity of the All Things Perish Society cultists operating within Ansul is actually a former noble of Typhon—the value of this news can't be measured in a few gold coins..."

"No," Gao Yang shook his head. "Spreading it now is meaningless. Negative news too bizarre, once spoken, no one would believe it. And besides, with the two countries on the verge of war, at a time like this any ugly insult can come flying back and forth. If a person from Ansul starts telling the dark history of a Typhon noble, do you think anyone would take it seriously?"

Just as Gao Yang finished speaking, an Amber popped out from the shadows nearby: "Even if the Ansul and Typhon people don't take it seriously, it could still make the cultists nervous, right? Such an important secret exposed..."

Gao Yang looked at the half-elf and chuckled: "You think too much. These people have already gone all out to be cultists—do you think they care about this little loss of reputation? Do you mind if people say you're a thief?"

Amber glared: "I mind! I've gone clean now, all right? I'm the chief guard beside a duke!"

Gao Yang: "...Could you once in a while play your cards by the normal rules?!"

Meitzen watched Gao Yang and Amber bicker as usual with a curious look, but politely did not join in, only speaking up when the two paused for breath: "So, Your Grace, do you have any more questions?"

"Yes," Gao Yang said at once. "Your Mithril Vault must hold quite a few treasures, no?"

"Naturally. There is a saying: under any circumstances, the Mithril Vault holds half the treasures of this world, and it is precisely because we can preserve such enormous wealth over the long term that those great personages choose to let us safeguard their treasures..."

Gao Yang cut off Meitzen's boasting: "So, are there things in your vault that can be sold?"

"That..." Meitzen hesitated a moment, but then smiled. "Of course there are. There are always treasures that leave their original owners, always rare items no one inquires after. We are quite willing, when the price is right, to find them owners even better suited than the price."

"How much for the Eternal Stone Tablet?"