My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 477 - 358: Short-lived Valley_1

Chapter 477: Chapter 358: Short-lived Valley_1

At the entrance of the residence, the government officials under Hassan were pretending to inquire about the situation of the victims, while Evans Graham’s wife and children were crying their hearts out. The Household Guards of the capital finally arrived late... When a sudden burst of light and a loud explosion in the backyard caught everyone’s attention, leaving them all dumbfounded!

However, it was Hassan’s government officials who had more experience. They immediately drew out their iron rulers and Chain Locks, shouting furiously, "Such audacious thieves!" Then, they rushed into the residence and headed towards the backyard.

Then they pretended to get lost, as after all, the house was huge and had too many courtyards. On the way, they also took several valuable decorations. By the time they finally reached the backyard, there was no trace of the thieves left.

The Array Method Cellar in the backyard was cracked open by a single sword strike. The Fourth Great Realm Household Guard guarding the entrance was blasted dozens of feet away, crawling out of the collapsed rockery with blood in his mouth and a look of lingering fear...

The government officials looked at the Array Method Cellar, secretly feeling fortunate that they had made a smart decision. The thief was so ruthless, had they arrived first and confronted the thief, their lives might have been in danger.

Evans Graham’s family arrived at this time, and upon seeing the empty cellar, the wives couldn’t accept the shock and passed out with a roll of their eyes.

The Divine Heavenly Soldier had already quietly withdrawn and was hiding in a discreet spot in the city instead of returning immediately.

The group of mysterious people who had stolen the examination questions were now scattered, each carrying the exam questions to look for the Disciples from Poor Families, throwing the exam questions into their houses. Then they suddenly saw another sword light shining from Evans Graham’s residence, and the leader, Donald Lee, instantly understood: that person was responsible.

He sighed inwardly: That person was truly something, both meticulous and bold. After all the commotion caused by Evans Graham, it ended up being all for someone else. The Spirit Jade for selling the exam questions this time had probably all fallen into the hands of that person.

Donald Lee’s goal for this trip was to demand for the provision funds—money, after all. For someone as wicked as Evans Graham, why should he give him money?

Those Spirit Jade pieces were taken from the mouths of the Flying Bear Army soldiers, meant to be used on their blades! To buy the exam questions for him? In his dreams!

So even though the old soldiers had suggested being flexible and paying for the exam questions, the stubborn Donald Lee had instantly thought of the same idea as Owen Bertram... at least for the first half, as Owen Bertram was even bolder.

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Owen Bertram wasn’t in a hurry to call back the Divine Heavenly Soldiers. After all, this was the capital, and if some powerful person were secretly watching over the Divine Heavenly Soldiers, they might follow the vine and find him.

As long as the Divine Heavenly Soldiers had seen the exam questions, it was as good as him having seen them himself.

This time, the first round of the Dragon and Snake List exam was located at one of the Military School Fields of the capital’s garrison—Short-lived Valley on the Mountain of Western Conquest.

Legend had it that in this place, long before the era when the Demon Clan ruled the world, it was a place where the Demon Clan discarding the corpses of Human Race slaves—mostly bones, as the flesh had already been consumed by the Demon Clan.

The valley had absorbed the souls of countless Human Race victims. With the passage of time, the valley had undergone a change and possessed a certain undefined malevolent power. Upon entering the valley, one’s life force would be rapidly weakened, hence the name "Short-lived Valley".

Before the founding of the Wood Dynasty, this place was a treacherous land where no human who strayed into the valley could make it out alive.

After the establishment of the Wood Dynasty, a Grandmaster was sent to seal the entire valley. Later, the Military Department had transformed it into a training ground for soldiers, and the capital’s garrison was able to train in formations within the valley. The soldiers’ aura could counter the malevolent power in the valley, greatly helping improve the willpower and strength of the warriors.

In that era, the capital’s garrison was the most powerful army in the entire Wood Dynasty.

But gradually, the garrison became corrupt and decayed, filled with old and spoiled soldiers who hardly trained in the valley anymore.

However, the Imperial Court still had its laws and ancestral regulations, requiring the garrison to conduct routine training. So, they sought the help of a powerful expert to find a "safe route" in the Short-lived Valley, a route where the malevolent power of the valley was the weakest and could be resisted with some Talismans.

By walking along that route, the garrison soldiers would have completed their routine training.

Later on, the old soldiers of the garrison didn’t even want to walk through the valley themselves, so they spent money to hire people to wear their uniforms and badges and train in the valley on their behalf.

In the capital, there were many ordinary people who relied on this as a means to make a living. Although walking through the Short-lived Valley was extremely detrimental to their health, it was still better than dying from poverty.

The people who had received the exam questions early and were well-informed immediately went to the garrison to find connections and buy maps of the safe route. Even if they couldn’t get the safe route, they could still make some preparations in advance.

Owen Bertram had already given the news to Andrew Oamond at midnight, and soon the map of this safe route was delivered to him—the Horizon Bureau had a copy of such things in its records since it was responsible for monitoring the world.

However, the Military Officer who had delivered the map had been thoroughly inspected multiple times on his way there.

Hassan and the garrison side had a perfect grasp of the timeline for the "strict inspections". They required the officials to start patrolling the streets and setting up checkpoints at major intersections as soon as the case broke out.