Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 1519: Chapter 465: Reunion at the Forbidden Ruins Stele Chapter 1519: Chapter 465: Reunion at the Forbidden Ruins Stele The six members of Landon’s Sixteenth Squad were resting on a stone platform at the edge of a cliff.

Yet, five pairs of eyes were intently staring at Leonard Churchill, a peculiar expression evident between their brows.

Even Serli, who was familiar with various mysterious spells, ultimately couldn’t figure out how Leonard had found that path.

Did he just close his eyes, jump, and miraculously find it?

He knew about the “Intuition Amplification Card,” which only slightly enhanced intuitive judgment abilities, but how did it seem to have an inexplicable “sure-hit” effect when used by his teammates?

He was baffled, and so were David, Garfield, and the others in the team.

However, Leonard, the initiator of it all, remained quite indifferent.

But ultimately, feeling somewhat sheepish under the relentless gaze of those eyes, he explained self-mockingly, “It’s not as magical as you think…”

With that, he detailed his method: “The Profession Card I switched to is the exclusive sequence of the Great Prophet Melandes, ‘Melandes’s History Apprentice.’ After the switch, I naturally had enhanced Spiritual Perception… I happen to have a bit of knowledge in mysticism, and know a little about Divination. What I used just now was the ‘Human Pendulum Technique,’ followed by ‘Intuition Amplification,’ which led me here…”

Seeing the blank stares of the five, Leonard added helplessly, “In short, it was also probably just good luck.”

However, the explanation might have been unnecessary.

With this clarification, a look of bewildered admiration appeared simultaneously on the five faces.

The “Scholar” was indeed a profession of diverse knowledge, and Leonard’s actions along the way had completely epitomized the absurdity of this profession sequence.

He had used more than ten different Elemental Laws spells, and now even knew abilities of the Mysterious Type.

This wasn’t merely ‘a little knowledge’; every skill he displayed was no less remarkable than those mastered by a dedicated card master.

Despite not quite understanding, the five teammates finally grasped the “logic.”

The surreal dream-like stigma slowly faded, and they began to feel… perhaps, it really was as he described?

Leonard knew no further explanation was necessary.

Whether his teammates understood or not, the argument he had presented had logic that could endure scrutiny.

This also eased the strong sense of abruptness in their recognition of the unknown.

However, even for Leonard himself, this scene felt familiar.

Back in the “Alternate Dimension” during the “Battle of Ironforge,” Leonard, along with Noah Wright and Camilla, went searching for the Holy Grail.

Like now, without any clues about the location of the Holy Grail, Noah had used a method of going with the flow to miraculously discover the Secret Passage, which had astounded Leonard for a long time.

Just like now, Leonard’s use of the Human Pendulum had stunned his five teammates.

This method of finding paths might seem metaphysical, but its essence was scientific, tied to the “I Am the World” ability to infer the laws of the world.

Once you see the pattern of events, something is bound to happen at some point.

Leonard didn’t actually know this hidden path was here; it was truly, as he said, a flash of insight in a moment that led him to it.

This kind of “sixth sense” was a Mysterious Domain he still couldn’t comprehend.

But in some ways, it was already controllable.

…

As for why those bandits who clearly could fly still came this way.

Leonard thought it was because of the Abyssal Rift.

Nobody knew what lay inside the Abyssal Rift.

Even Emperor Lanlingster had once returned severely wounded from a rift, let alone others.

When going into the mountains, it was best to stick to familiar paths; straying might mean encroaching onto the territory of some Demon Beast.

Nonetheless, none of this mattered anymore.

Having found this Secret Passage that led to Black Crow Fort, the immediate concern was what to do next.

Still recovering from their shock, each started inspecting every trace on the stone platform.

The place had been deserted for hundreds of years; of course, nothing much remained.

However, there were indeed many new traces, suggesting a lot of people had passed through here recently.

And the most important clue, naturally, was the body of a Hunter whose blood had been drained dry.

“The blood is drained from this body; did that monster do it this afternoon?”

“Probably. The body still contains the same Dark Element found in Anthony when he was injured. I feel this might be like the legendary ‘Vampire.’”
“Don’t say it, it does resemble one. I’ve heard too, vampires have bat-like wings and like to suck the blood out of living creatures…”

…

Serli and others had never seen a vampire and continued to examine the body.

Leonard had seen vampires many times and was absolutely sure this was one.

Listening to his teammates’ queries, he occasionally responded ambiguously, quoting from Classic Books.

However, what occupied his mind was the development of the plot.

In that previous hidden mission he received, Hunter Chloe was just a guide, but the real potentially difficult plot under the main storyline led to that “Mysterious Adventurer.”

Now, it seemed, that mysterious person was searching for this suspension bridge.

And there was another main road to Black Crow Fort, well-known to the villagers.

Thus, this wasn’t just a simple path.

Yet with the suspension bridge completely shrouded in mist, even Leonard could only see into the unknown.

His pupils slightly dilated as he pondered.

His five teammates had also finished inspecting the body.

The feeling now was that a huge hidden plot lay before them, waiting for their strategic decision.