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“What is the stone tablet?” Kael asked. His keen detective instincts suspected that it was related to his investigation.
“I don’t know for certain. I only know…”
Mona leaned against the metal bedpost, recounting her investigation with a frown.
Originally, she had planned to lure Wayne out of Londan through the missing pet case and investigate her mission target thoroughly with the help of the church’s arrangements. The location was already decided—Eclipse Town. If nothing unexpected happened, the plan would be foolproof.
As expected, the unexpected happened. While making preparations for her investigation, she accidentally discovered Mayor Wales’s dirty laundry. At first, she didn’t take the mayor and his accomplices seriously, merely a nuisance that wouldn’t affect her in-depth investigation into Wayne. She never imagined that the minor issue would nearly kill her.
“Based on my search at the mayor’s mansion, the goldmine isn’t real. There was never any gold from the beginning. The mayor bought the land to search for the stone tablet…”
Mona continued the story slowly. The mayor was in cahoots with the necromancer, providing the Church of Death with funds in exchange for protection. The one looking for the stone tablet was Dunn, and the church to which he belonged.
“The mayor locked down the mining area long-term while he secretly ordered excavations to be done. When word spread, it became rumors about a goldmine.”
“The mayor doesn’t know much, so I found no additional clues at his place. But the Church of Death has invested heavily in him. They likely came for the stone tablet in the first place. I was worried that if I intervened even a little later, they would seize the stone tablet,...
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