My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 273 - 271: Two Other Places_1

Chapter 273: Chapter 271: Two Other Places_1

Here lay the remains of the Marco Clan and the Sacred Artifact Digging Heaven Spear of the Demon Clan! Abner Lane had stayed here all along, so no matter what he found, it would be his.

Now things were different. Owen Bertram brought Old Fisher to ask directly, "What exactly did Master Lane take from the Hometown River? Was it the Sky-piercing Spear?"

Old Fisher was also puzzled, "I couldn’t recognize it either, but it’s definitely not the Sky-piercing Spear." He spread his hands and said, "A thing like a whip can’t be called a spear, right?"

"A whip?" Owen Bertram was also startled.

"That thing was exceptionally thick and soft, dark purple all over. I couldn’t tell what it was, but it must be extraordinary. When it fell into Master Lane’s hand, it automatically shrunk and turned into a thin string, wrapping around Master Lane’s finger."

Owen Bertram automatically imagined Abner Lane’s long hair – a hairband!

The image was strange, but the bigwigs of the Horizon Bureau were not necessarily eunuchs.

"After finding that thing, did Master Lane give any other instructions?" Owen Bertram asked again.

"Not really..." Old Fisher replied, "But when we returned here, Master Lane ordered someone to get a detailed map of Casterly County."

Not every prefecture and county of the Wood Dynasty has such a detailed map. The drawing of such a map requires a Grandmaster to fly high, overlook the entire county from the sky, and then draw it bit by bit.

Because Casterly County has the Looking Cloud Cliff Prescott Group, which is the key location to blockade Copper Gorge, such a map was drawn.

Owen Bertram’s heart stirred, and he nodded to let Old Fisher go down and rest. As soon as Old Fisher left, Owen Bertram immediately began to search the house for these maps.

Because of Owen Bertram’s suggestion, Abner Lane was so shocked that he neglected some things, such as this map. Owen Bertram actually found it under the desk.

Owen Bertram opened it and immediately raised his eyebrows: on the map, several locations, including Lansing Mountain, and Summit Cave, were marked by Abner Lane!

Owen Bertram found the few places he knew one by one; they were all marked, and there were two more that he didn’t know about.

Abner Lane, as a Seventh Level expert, might have some brilliant deduction methods that Owen Bertram couldn’t understand.

Owen Bertram rubbed his chin in thought: What exactly did Master Lane discover? However, it wouldn’t be good to ask him directly through a Communication Talisman; Master Lane had already neglected the "trivial matters" of Casterly County, and any good treasure he found would be his. Asking him again would inevitably share some of it with others.

What a loss.

"Tomorrow, this Lord will go and check these two places!"

These two locations were Dragon Serpent Ridge, which bordered Casterly County and Black-water County, and the Mountain God Temple more than ten miles outside the west gate of Casterly County Town!

Seeing this location, Owen Bertram thought of Nathan Lane. He asked someone outside, "Has Nathan come back yet?"

It was well known that Lord Algernon was very young, and Nathan Lane was a whole five years older than him. But is there a problem with Lord Algernon calling you "Little Nathan" ?!

Ethereal Devin’s voice answered, "Not yet, do you want me to send someone to look for him tomorrow?"

"No need." Owen Bertram said, taking out a Communication Talisman and contacting Nathan Lane. "How is your investigation going?"

While waiting for Nathan Lane’s reply, Owen Bertram thought of something else and asked Ethereal Devin again, "Has the County Magistrate of Casterly County ever come to pay his respects to Master Lane?"

Ethereal Devin reported, "No."

This was a bit strange. With Abner Lane’s high-profile visit, even a mere County Magistrate, no matter how much he looked down on the Horizon Bureau, should not have missed this courtesy.

"Call Eric Reed over."

Ethereal Devin agreed and left.

Eric Reed had been having a really bad time recently: since he gave up that chance to "abandon the darkness and join the light" at George Estate, he began to experience an exceptionally bad period. After the Battle of Sanma Village, the military officers searched the surrounding area for several miles and finally found the seriously injured Eric Reed hanging on a dead tree...

Ethereal Devin took quite a while before Eric Reed finally arrived – he was carried in by two military officers.

These two military officers were originally under another person’s authority and were imprisoned in the dungeon before. When Abner Lane came, they were won over in a few words. They were released by Abner Lane, but they couldn’t raise their heads in the Prescott Group.

Such hard labor naturally fell onto them.

Eric Reed had suffered many broken bones all over his body; although he was awake, he was greatly weakened.

Owen Bertram quickly understood that this was Master Lane’s doing, and it had nothing to do with him as a Lord.

"If you let someone bring a message, I’ll go there myself. Why go through all this trouble?" Owen Bertram said.

Eric Reed weakly replied, "The sinner dares not. Although the injury is severe, my life is not in danger. Please feel free to give any orders, Sir."

Owen Bertram was too lazy to scold him for his pretentious behavior. Eric Reed must be extremely panicked right now.

He asked, "Do you know anything about the Casterly County Magistrate?"

Eric Reed tried to guess Owen Bertram’s preference, and said, "He is a rather rigid scholar with a stubborn personality. However, he is said to be erudite with extensive reading. He must have read some books related to the cultivation world to recognize the Element-devouring Bee."

"In addition, he is said to have unremarkable abilities, but incredibly tenacious. When he first took office, he wanted to review the old cases in the county. The old bureaucrats in the County Government Office were uncooperative and made things difficult for him. In the end, he refused to compromise with the old bureaucrats, insisting on doing everything himself. For five consecutive months, he only slept for four hours a day, and still managed to clear all the cases without delay and didn’t affect the normal office work!"

Owen Bertram chuckled, "He really is a stubborn ox."

But he didn’t agree with Eric Reed’s claim that the County Magistrate had "unremarkable abilities". What is ability? If a person can bear the burden for five months, clearing old cases without affecting daily work, isn’t that ability? To be able to deal with the old bureaucrats in the office?

Of course, that’s also an ability – ability comes in many forms, but if Owen Bertram had to choose only one, he would prefer the County Magistrate’s ability.

Eric Reed remembered something else, "There is also a rumor that the County Magistrate came from an impoverished family. Since he had no connections, he had to wait for more than ten years after passing the exam to be appointed the Magistrate of Casterly County."

The reason was that Casterly County had become the frontline for blockading Copper Gorge, which made it dangerous. No one wanted to become the County Magistrate, so it fell into his hands."

Owen Bertram was stunned and asked, "How old is this County Magistrate?"

He looked like a young man in his twenties from his actions.

Eric Reed replied, "In his early forties."

He had passed the exam in his twenties, and after waiting for more than ten years, he was in his early forties.