Herag noticed that the Talisman Stone could be used normally before he even reached Shahai City.
He took out the Talisman Stone to send a ssage to Luochi: "Mr. Luochi, the airship we were on was attacked by unknown persons halfway, and we’ve just returned outside Shahai City. Could you please help us by eting us?"
"Attack? Such a serious event happened. Wait a mont, I’ll imdiately contact people from Shahai City to co over," Luochi was shocked upon seeing the ssage, and quickly started reaching out.
An airship being attacked is not a trivial matter, especially if so important figures were killed, it would be a major affair.
Herag’s status is neither high nor low, but attacking him would still cause so stir and discussion.
If Herag were truly killed in the attack, then it would be embarrassing for Serlandir, and they would undoubtedly pursue it for a period.
Luochi’s speed was fast, and by the ti Herag and his companions arrived below the city walls of Shahai City, Luochi had already brought a group over.
Leading them was a man with a rakish full beard, dressed sowhat like a ranger.
"Hello, my na is Williams, the City Lord of Shahai City," the bearded man said as he walked over.
Herag paused for a mont, then said, "So it’s City Lord Williams, hello."
Williams was rely a Level 2 Wizard, yet managed to beco the City Lord of Shahai City, indicating his background must be quite profound.
Behind him followed several Wizards with a deep aura of Magic Power, clearly all of them were highly powerful Wizards.
Williams quickly led Herag and his companions back into Shahai City to get an understanding of the situation.
Herag only ntioned that they were attacked aboard the airship and escaped back to the ground, but knew nothing else, nor who the attackers were.
As for the other four mbers of the Nightingale Comrce Association, they couldn’t see who was attacking them at all.
The airship was airborne high up at the ti, after Fran’s attack and the fight with the Toad, people below couldn’t see anything.
This is because the sky within the pollution zone is always gray and hazy, making it impossible to see beyond the clouds above.
Moreover, they were all too busy saving their own lives at the ti to pay attention to what was happening high above.
The fight between the Toad and Fran also didn’t last long and wasn’t very noticeable.
Williams listened and seed puzzled, "Who could it be..."
"Most likely soone with a conflicting interest; I anticipated this day might co before, but didn’t expect it so soon," Herag sighed.
Williams nodded slightly, harboring similar suspicions himself.
The Nightingale Comrce Association’s Magic Potion formula was overwhelmingly competitive, they earned so much money, naturally, others earned less.
And Herag was the one optimizing these Magic Potion formulas, and the ones released already were so powerful.
If Herag were to further innovate and improve on so formulas in the future, other Magic Potion rchants would be thoroughly out of business.
Cutting off soone’s livelihood is akin to killing their parents; indeed, soone might be desperate enough to take action against Herag.
It’s just that Herag had the fortune and fate to survive the attack, thwarting those who wished otherwise.
"Mr. Herag, I’ve reported this matter upwards, the organization is now aware and will conduct investigations," Williams said.
"Thank you, Mr. Williams," Herag expressed his gratitude.
Herag and his group booked tickets for tomorrow’s airship, the Wizard Alliance’s official airship was much safer.
No one would dare act against a Wizard Alliance airship due to personal vendettas.
Once action is taken, regardless of the resultant fate of the target, those who acted would surely perish.
Herag knew clearly, there shouldn’t be any attack following this.
Fran’s attempt on his life was purely a personal vendetta, unless the Eye of the Storm learned Fran died by his hand.
But such a possibility was extrely low.
Even if the Eye of the Storm had so ans of knowing Fran was dead, linking Fran’s death to Herag would be difficult.
The power gap between the two was too vast, nobody would believe a Level 2 Wizard could kill a Level 3 Wizard.
Even with an ambush, absolute disparities in strength render it ineffective.
The only possibility lies with another Wizard of similar level preemptively setting an ambush, leaving Fran no chance to escape.
Yet each force knows exactly which Level 3 Wizards they have, and a simple check would reveal this.
For the Eye of the Storm, they would at most know Fran went to Serlandir and then vanished.
As to why he died specifically, it would require a long investigation.
The Toad had already cast all traces into the Space flow, making it extrely challenging to trace any clues.
The Space flow is a place where even the Rules are fragnted, and souls certainly cannot survive there.
The next day, the airship arrived at Shahai City.
Herag once again boarded the airship with the remaining four mbers of the Nightingale Comrce Association, heading towards Silver Moon City.
This ti was much smoother, encountering no danger along the way.
Half a month later.
Just as Herag landed in Silver Moon City, Pries ca looking for him.
Herag had already relayed the situation through the Talisman Stone earlier, and Pries was aware.
During this ti Serlandir had sent people to investigate on-site but found no clues identifying the assailants, not a single trace was discovered.
Apart from the airship wreckage and so Nightingale Comrce Association bodies, nothing of investigative value remained.
It’s very normal they found no clues, as the Toad cleaned the site thoroughly, leaving no remnants of any sort.
"The Eye of the Storm contacted us, saying Wizard Fran disappeared within our Serlandir borders, demanding our explanation," Pries said solemnly.
"Fran? Seems likely he was the one attacking the airship," Herag said.
Pries nodded, "Quite possible, his apprentice died at your hands, he most likely sought revenge. Yet it’s puzzling why he rely downed the airship without pursuing further, and then vanished."
"This is indeed strange; even if the airship crashed, most Wizards with their ans wouldn’t likely die from the fall, but there was no further onslaught afterward. It’s baffling," Herag said.
Pries speculated, "I suspect Fran encountered sothing within the pollution zone that detained him there."
His conjecture corresponds with common reasoning, anything is possible within the pollution zone.
A Level 3 Wizard is indeed powerful, but there are beings within the pollution zone that even Level 3 Wizards cannot provoke.
Normally speaking, after attacking the airship, Fran wouldn’t simply leave; he would naturally try to hunt them down.
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