A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 98 Map
"Phew, this mining is really hard work!" Under the scorching sun in the jungle, Li Wei put down his pickaxe and stuffed the copper ore he had mined into his spatial storage.

Since the task Kamar-Taj gave him was not urgent, Levi was not in a hurry to travel.

So, having never been to Africa before, he wandered around, enjoying the scenery while practicing his gathering skills such as mining, herb gathering, and skinning.

Fortunately, there is a wealth of information available about the African rainforest.

It's an excellent place to practice gathering skills.

It's mainly a habit I developed while playing games; seeing yellow dots on the map and not clearing them makes me feel uncomfortable.

This is a common behavior among World of Warcraft players, and it often leads to some problems—for example, while others are raiding a boss, you might be secretly mining or gathering herbs.

However, the hot and humid environment in the rainforest made Li Wei quite uncomfortable.

As time went on, even with the body enhanced by the Titan Elixir, Li Wei felt somewhat fatigued.

Fortunately, compared to the game, in real Africa, apart from some wild animals, Li Wei doesn't have to worry about one or more thugs jumping out to ambush and kill him while he's gathering resources.

Just as Li Wei had this thought, a strong wind came from afar.

The heightened senses brought on by the Titan Elixir made him instinctively tilt his head.

Then an arrow flew past his side and embedded itself in a nearby tree.

……

Looking at the arrow's trembling fletching, Li Wei silently retracted his earlier thought.

At that moment, several more arrows shot in from afar.

Meanwhile, numerous figures appeared in the jungle.

There were clearly quite a few people there.

Seeing this, Li Wei immediately used Flash to leave his original spot, avoiding the barrage of arrows while simultaneously charging into the crowd with a Frost Nova.

These people were frozen in place.

However, Li Wei did not kill him; instead, he opened a portal and left.

Because he had already realized that those who attacked him were just a group of jungle natives.

It is estimated that he unknowingly encroached on the tribe's territory while collecting resources.

Since that's the case, a lesson should suffice.

It was quite some time after Li Wei left that the frost on the natives thawed, and they fled like startled rabbits, yelling and screaming, before moving away with their entire tribe overnight.

Without clear information, even with the portals to Kamar-Taj, it's difficult to find the correct location on the first try.

After Li Wei opened the door and left, he opened the door several times in a row and compared the map for a while.

We finally arrived at a small town on the edge of a jungle.

And this is the destination he has been searching for.

Fortunately, although this town is remote, it is not a primitive tribe, and English can be used here.

After asking passersby, Li Wei finally arrived at a quaint little building.

Looking at the small building whose style clearly didn't fit into the rest of the town, Li Wei knocked on the door.

Soon, a small, elderly white man came out of the house.

……

An old white man, living in seclusion in a place like this? That's a bit strange.

“Mr. Walson?” Levi asked.

"Who are you?" the old man asked, looking at Levi with some wariness. "I am Victor Lee, from Kamar-Taj!" Levi showed the man the swivel ring on his finger.

"So you're a master from Kamar-Taj! I am Varshon, please come in, please come in!" Upon hearing that Levi was from Kamar-Taj, the old man was very excited and hurriedly invited Levi into the house.

"I never imagined that the message my grandfather left behind was true. Kamar-Taj really exists! Now Elena is saved!" Valson was a little excited along the way. "I'm sorry, I got a little excited, but you really are my last hope."

“It’s alright, Mr. Walson. You mentioned in your letter that your granddaughter is missing. What are the specifics?” Levi asked.

The task Kamar-Taj gave him, or rather, the Ancient One's request, was actually quite simple: a descendant of an old friend of the Ancient One's had written her a letter, saying that his granddaughter had gone missing, and so he was asking the Ancient One for help.

Yes, you can write letters in Kamar-Taj; after all, not all mages are qualified to have a slingshot.

Therefore, Kamar-Taj has always had an external communication address, which is the Nepalese roadside hut that Mordo first took Strange into in the movie.

It's just that, apart from insiders, no one outside knows that it's Kamar-Taj.

Of course, with the development of various communication technologies, Kamar-Taj has also kept pace with the times and started using the Internet, and letter writing as a form of communication is rarely used anymore.

It's unclear when Valson started his relationship with the Ancient One, but he did so by writing letters.

However, judging from what Varsun just said, it must have been something from Varsun's grandfather's generation—this old man must be at least sixty or seventy years old, tsk, his grandfather? That must have been a relationship from many years ago.

But thinking about it, it doesn't seem strange at all that such a thing happened to the Ancient One.

After all, they've lived for centuries.

“Our Varsson family is French. My grandfather was once the vice-governor of Dahomey—that’s what Benin used to be called. Our family has lived here ever since,” Varsson introduced himself.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei nodded. This small town was located on the border between Benin and Niger, and it used to be a French colony in West Africa.

“A few years ago, when I was sorting through my grandfather’s belongings, I found a diary. In the diary, he recorded that when he was young, he had saved a Kamar-Taj master named Kondra, who was a disciple of the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme. It was from this diary that I obtained the address and information about Kamar-Taj.” Walson said, handing Levi a map. “And along with my grandfather’s diary at the time, there was also this map, a very strange map.”

"This looks like a treasure map?" Li Wei took the map and found that it was made of leather. When he opened it, it really did look like a treasure map.

“Perhaps Elena thinks so too,” Varson said with a wry smile.

“…I understand now, your granddaughter…went to find the treasure and then disappeared?” Li Wei suddenly realized.

It turns out this game is a rich heiress's treasure hunt.

Your family name should be Crawford.

Li Wei thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

“That’s right!” Walson nodded helplessly.

"But why would you think of asking Kamar-Taj for help? Shouldn't you have asked some guides or mercenaries to find it first?" Levi asked curiously. "And why didn't your granddaughter take the map with her?"

Because it's impossible for a normal person to believe in the existence of something as outrageous as Kamar-Taj just because of a diary.

“This is, after all, my grandfather’s belongings. Elena wanted it, but I didn’t give it to her, so I made a copy for her… And when she disappeared, I naturally hired many people to look for her. In fact, before you arrived, I had already sent five groups of people to look for Elena, but none of them returned. The last group was sent half a year ago, and Elena has been missing for four years.” Varson said solemnly, “It is precisely for this reason that I tried to write to Kamar-Taj—God help me, what my grandfather said was true, Kamar-Taj really exists.”

Li Wei understood; it turned out that Kamar-Taj was Varsun's last straw.

But luckily, he caught it.

However, the person who disappeared four years ago...

"Excuse me for speaking frankly, Mr. Walson, your granddaughter disappeared four years ago..." Levi was a little flustered. Four years had passed, and the possibility that Elena was still alive was probably lower than the probability of winning 200 million in Happy 8.
“I understand your concerns, Master Li, but regardless of whether Elena is alive or not, I want an answer!” Varson sighed, clearly not believing his granddaughter could still be alive.

But whether alive or dead, there has to be an answer.

Otherwise, he would really be unwilling to accept it.

"I understand... I will try my best to find her whereabouts!" Li Wei nodded. The old man was quite sensible. If the other party insisted on having a living granddaughter, then Li Wei would have no choice but to leave.

(End of this chapter)