Ball of Nothing Chapter 448 Gnaway Treasures & Gnome Settlements

Chapter 448 Gnaway Treasures & Gno Settlents

The first place that Truen and Jermine went to was the palace dungeons. They left Zero alone to drive Raju insane with questions and explored the ruined castle. Most things were still intact and Truen noticed that these gnos were even more advanced than the dwarves when it involved crafting. No wonder Dorgon needed the help of a gno.

Gnaway wasn’t a very big kingdom but they had a very good armoury and research lab.

Lined against the cracked walls were rows of broken golems and weird machinery. Truen recognised the crossbow but was confused at the odd barrel on the device. Jermine took the chance to scan the area but found nothing much of importance. Being blind, she was only able to carry things over when Truen requested for them.

"Stand aside," the archer warned as he approached a rotting crate.

The lid was flung open and Truen quickly backed away in case there was a trap waiting. Thankfully, nothing happened and he went closer to inspect the contents once the dust settled.

"What is it?" Jermine asked. Truen picked out a tal capsule and examined it.

"I don’t really know," he admitted. "But these are heavy. I’m guessing they are used as so kind of ammunition because of the crates. Could you borrow Zero’s sling bag? I want you to start stuffing all the ammunition in this section into the inventory."

Not needing to be told twice, Jermine started digging away. Truen watched the mole girl cover up her hole behind her and nodded in approval. With so training, she might be a good scout to work with mitchnew as a ssenger. If he didn’t see her dig a hole and tunnel away, he would not have suspected that there was anyone here previously.

Now that he sent the child away, Truen got down to serious business. There were too many instrunts of mass destruction in this room, including the golems that were unfinished. The repair dock must be further up because Truen could only see spare parts in so of the crates. The more dangerous toys were lined against the wall. Gnos were smaller in size and shorter than dwarves so their chanical suits were made to elevate them to three ters tall. This should be the tool that they made for Dorgon to work on bigger projects.

The archer stuffed them into his inventory and texted Mii to sort them out. There were at least a few hundred weapons in this room and it was only the first room. He hadn’t checked out the hangar that he knew was above this level or the research labs in the next hallway. He would get to them eventually.

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"What do gnos like to eat or drink?"

Raju wanted to cry. How was this related to finding the gnos who escaped? Yet, he couldn’t stop himself from answering Zero’s question because of the archer’s spell in that arrow.

"Potatoes, mushrooms, berries and honey... anything that doesn’t involve at. They do enjoy a good beer from ti to ti that the dwarves send them. The distiller for alcohol was invented by the gnos but they could never make it taste the sa as the dwarven stout. It is one of their biggest regrets."

Zero wrote that down and almost jumped out of his vessel when Jermine appeared from the ground beside him. The doctor scread when a pink claw appeared from the dirt.

"Goodness ! Jermine, are you trying to scare to the afterlife?"

Jermine apologised and ignored the djinn. "Truen sent to borrow your sling bag. We’re starting with the armoury. They have a lot of good machinery and ammunition so we’re taking all of them."

Raju’s eyes bulged when he heard that. "Are you crazy? Do you know how many tons of tal that is going to add up to? You should also be wary of the explosives! One mishandle and half of the city will go boom!"

Zero deadpanned and passed his sling bag to Jermine who looked nervous. "Don’t worry about it," he told the girl. "That bag is enchanted with blast protection charms. None of us will die but maybe Raju will be slightly rattled if that happens. Also, can you tell Truen that I want him to help find the flying machines? Raju told that the gnos designed so of it that worked. They should be in the hangar."

Jermine nodded but beca quickly overwheld when Zero started to pile things onto the list. It took Zero three minutes to realise that there might be too many items that he wanted for Jermine to rember. With an apologetic smile, he laughed and told the mole beast girl to forget everything.

"I’ll just send him a text, there might be more things after I finish my interrogation. Oh, don’t forget to visit the treasury. There should be many pretty things that you might like. Take as many as you want. Anything that you don’t like we can auction it later."

Swallowing, Jermine nodded and left quickly. She didn’t understand what Zero was doing but he seed to know a lot more than they did about the palace and Gnaway’s treasures. The doctor certainly had his intimidating monts and Jermine was very glad that she wasn’t Raju.

"So tell more about that portal and underground passage that the gnos escape by. We need to find so gnos, where can we find them?"

Raju groaned. "There are six hideouts that Gnaway built in such ergencies. The portal takes a lot of energy to activate and leads to a small base at Rocket Mountain but it should be long destroyed because I couldn’t activate it. The loadstone has been destroyed. In the past, gnos and dwarves used it to send items and visit each other. The portal gate opens once a month and only remains open for an hour each ti."

Zero took note of that but didn’t think it was too important. His magic circle teleportation was a lot more efficient to use. He wasn’t going to ride sand walkers all the way back to Half Moon Village after he accomplished his mission in the desert. Why walk when you can teleport one step away?

"The other five?"

"One base is up in the sky that can only be accessed by the hang gliders but Sand Ravagers destroyed it. They can fly as well so no gnos who left for the shelter would have survived. The other four bases can be found following the four underground passages. Many passages had been destroyed by fleeing gnos to stop the Sand Ravagers from following them as ordered by King Gregory but if you manage to restore them, you should find so bases."

Zero nodded. "Got it. What about the desert poppy? I’m looking for that flower. As a djinn, you must have heard about it. Has the gnos ever co across it?"

Raju raised a brow. "That legendary flower? The gnos have mining drills and dug deep down in this town but even if they found caves with plenty of mana crystals for powering their gadgets, nobody has ever found underground flowers. We tried but failed. Sure, there might be a few tis soone thought they found it but it turned out to be a hoax. The gno miners were eaten by beasts who tried to replicate these flowers, it’s a dangerous mission and a lost cause."

Zero sighed. "Alright, I think that is all the questions I have for you. Thank you for your cooperation. I think you can say that our magic contract deal is now complete, you’re free from the soul binding. As for this pagoda cage and truth arrow spell, you’ll have to wait for Truen."

The doctor got up and prepared to leave when Raju panicked and stopped him.

"Before you go, could you please tell more about the half gno and half djinn called Raj?"

Zero blinked. "What do you want to know?"

Raju hesitated before asking in a soft voice. "How is he doing? Is he coping well with his lack of magical powers?"

Zero had a feeling that this was a personal question. The more he looked at Raju, the more he saw similarities and smiled. Maybe, just maybe... Raju was actually Raj’s family.

"Do you want to see him in person?"

Raju was surprised. "Can I?"

Zero smirked. "Only if you tell what your relation to him is. As the village leader that Raj is in, it is my duty to make sure there are no threats to the villagers under my care."

Raju bowed his head in sha. "Nevermind then. If he’s happy where he is and safe, it is good enough for ."

Zero nodded. "If that is how you want it to be then so be it. Raj has found friends who share the sa love for mad science and invention. He might have trouble with self-esteem because of his lack of magic but there is also a pixie who prefers science to magic who constantly bickers with him. There is a human inventor who hates humans and works with them to create creative machines with the help of a dwarf who refuses to be a blacksmith for weapons."

Raju smiled. "Good... that’s good to know. He has friends now, thank goodness. Thank you, Zero. This is all I need to know. Please tell Truen that the real treasure of Gnaway is going to be Phoenix’s Pearl. The one on King Gregory might be a fake but the story on the wall that I wrote isn’t a complete lie. The gnos have indeed a stone that can open spaces to different dinsions. They tried to control it but the stone is too mysterious and powerful so it was sealed away in a safe within the treasury. Nobody knew where this stone ca from but everyone watched it fall from the sky into a pit of fire a few hundred miles away from Gnaway. We kept it despite the danger because it was a gift from the Gods."

Zero blinked. "I see. Thank you for telling this. I promise to take good care of it and not let it fall into the wrong hands."

Raju nodded and watched Zero leave. Feeling very tired now that all the secrets he had to guard were finally out in the open with that elf, the djinn closed his eyes. He was tired, very tired. Perhaps it was ti for him to finally rest just like King Gregory.

Raj was doing well and that was good enough for Raju. His wife must be happy from the heavens to know that their son was doing well. King Gregory would have been a very proud uncle to know that his nephew took after them more than Raju and his magic. Too bad Gnaway was no more. Otherwise, the missing prince could co back to claim his rightful seat to the throne of the proud gno kingdom.

Slowly but surely, warm light enveloped the tired djinn and consud him entirely. The pagoda cage radiated warmly as if bidding him a final farewell before Raju returned to the cycle of life.