The reason why Leo has such doubts is because the content of this book and what he thinks are completely different things, in his opinion, this book is either a horror book or an adventure book just by looking at the title, but after reading it, he found that this book turned out to be the most popular pastoral love among women in the Kingdom of England.

The content of the book is about a traveler who got lost in the forest because of the fog during a trip, and accidentally came to a place called Death Valley, and then met some people there, something happened, and also got love, until he began to feel that life was a little boring, and went out to travel again, only to find that he fell into the fog again, and after leaving the fog, he actually returned to the place where he was lost, and then he couldn't find his way back to Death Valley.

The whole content is based on life in Death Valley, full of all kinds of pastoral storylines, very cliché pastoral, not worth watching at all.

It's just that this book is not useless, and when Leo sees the protagonist getting lost in the fog and finally going to a place in Death Valley, he immediately thinks of the fog that surrounds various worlds, and the two seem to be somewhat connected.

So even though Leo sensed that the book was completely different from what he had in mind, he picked it up again and looked at it again, only this time he read it more seriously.

Perhaps because of the difference in attitude, the same text and content, Leo looked at some other content hidden between the lines.

In addition to the foggy plot that Leo noticed at the beginning, the book also mentions at the beginning that the protagonist encountered the fog in the forest of Joshshire, but the problem is that according to Leo's past memories, the geography of Joshshire is completely swampy, and a small forest may have it, but there can never be such a thing as a forest.

In addition, the author uses a lot of pen and ink to describe the living customs and clothing scenes of Death Valley, so that the people who see it have an immersive feeling, and after reading it, those who are familiar with the customs, costumes and buildings of various places will find that the people who have died, whether they are dressed, food, sheltered and other things in life, are not from the same country or region, but cover the clothing, architecture and food styles of all countries in the world.

It can be seen that the author must have been a folklorist with a wealth of knowledge, otherwise even if someone actually saw these scenes with their own eyes, I am afraid that they would not be able to describe them in such detail.

Therefore, such a scholar would never make a low-level mistake in geography when writing this book, and Leo thinks that the reason why the author wrote it this way is either because he wanted to hide his real address, or because the county of Josh does have forests, but ordinary people can't see them.

Leo prefers the second guess to the previous one, because with the author's rigorous approach to describing the environment of Death Valley, even if the author wants to hide the real address, he should choose a place where the environment is similar to the real address and write it in the book, without leaving such a big loophole.

Also, in the middle of the book, there is a very noteworthy storyline in which the protagonist proposes to the woman he is in love with, and the woman in love mentions the origins of the inhabitants of Death Valley and some of the customs and rules of the proposal.

In this passage, the origin of Death Valley is very interesting, the first people from Death Valley came from a continent ruled by knights, they were a knight family, because of the defeat to rival knights, the family was in danger of being slaughtered, so they had to choose to venture into the fog on the edge of that continent in order to get a chance to survive.

In the mist, they were attacked by some unknown monsters, and after paying some sacrifices, they were lucky enough to pass through the fog and come to the world of Velon, and settled in the world of Velon.

It was only later that there were some wars in the world of Velon, and they were displaced again, wandering around the world of Velon, and finally settled in the relatively stable kingdom of Inge and established Death Valley, which is called the strange name of Death Valley because their ancestors were once famous as Death Knights on that continent.

If it was just a story through the fog, it wouldn't have been of interest to Leo, and the reason that really caught his attention was the mention of the fact that when the ancestors of Death Valley escaped from the knight continent, they were helped by some knights from Catalina and escaped from the enemy again and again.

When he saw the name Catalina, Leo naturally thought of the Seredor of Catalina that he had met outside the royal city of the End of Everything, and according to the description of the armor of the knights of Catalina in the book, it was clear that the two were the same country.

If Death Valley really exists, then the ancestors of Death Valley should have come from the world where Seredor is located, but what really makes Leo care is that these outsiders seem to have brought the fog to the world of Veron when they came to the world of Velon.

In the book, some people in Death Valley mention that the misty forest outside Death Valley was created by their ancestors to protect the peace of Death Valley, and if this account is true, then it means that the ancestors of Death Valley mastered the method of creating fog when they passed through the fog, or that they became the relatives of the fog.

After reading the book for the second time, Leo closed the book, pondered quietly, got up and walked to the door, went down the stairs, and shouted, "Sanjes, you have someone go to the bookstore and buy all the books related to Joshshire, especially folklore and the like." ”

The steward of Sanjes, downstairs, calmly replied, and without asking too many questions, he went to collect all the books in Joshshire, as Leo had instructed.

It must be said that Sanjes's butler is really good, and in less than three hours, he sent all the books of Joshshire that he could collect to Leo's study, a total of hundreds of books, large and small, more than half of which were folklore books.

For the next two days, Leo spent the next two days reading these books, and found a lot of clues about Death Valley.

In these books, there are many legends about the mysterious forests and mysterious valleys of Joshshire, which have become one of the most famous folklore in Joshshire, except that the legendary forest is not foggy, and the valley is not called Death Valley.

In these legends, there is no exception to the existence of a mysterious forest in the swamps of Joshshire, which is not usually seen, and only appears in the swamp during the full moon, and the location is not fixed.

As for the evaluation of this mysterious forest, the legend and story show a polarizing situation. One is that the forest represents luck, because those who enter the forest can obtain some precious items from the forest when they leave the forest, some are very precious medicinal herbs, and some are valuable gems. However, another legend holds that the forest represents bad luck, because many people who see and enter the forest do not eventually come out, and many books compare the forest to a life-devouring monster.

Compared to the polarization of the forest, all the legends of the description of the forest valley are the same, that is, mysterious, and they describe it in almost the same way, they all write that there is a valley in the forest, but even if you can see that valley, you can't get close to that valley no matter what method you use, and it feels like you copy each other.

When Leo saw this text, he thought that the description of this text might be true, because he could easily do it if he used witchcraft.

Just as Leo was almost finished finishing the book, Sean Donald returned to Leo's apartment and brought a response.

"So the royal family agreed to my request?" In the study, Leo heard Sean's words, looked at the box on the table, and said, "Is this the relic of the wizard?

"Of course it's not all," Sean smiled, "and it's just a deposit we paid." ”

Leo didn't rush to open the box, but looked at Sean thoughtfully, as if he had seen through Sean's thoughts.

Sean, who was originally very calm, couldn't help but feel nervous when he faced Leo's gaze, and to his surprise, this kind of nervousness only existed when facing His Majesty the royal family.

"If I'm not mistaken, there must be someone else who is also heading to Death Valley, right?" Leo smiled and said, "Let me guess who, Duke Buckingham, or the other Rose family that can also use the Poseidon artifact?"

Sean smiled bitterly and said, "It's really a headache to negotiate a deal with you!

"No need!" Leo shook his head, picked up the box on the table, put it in his hand, and said, "I'm interested in this matter, and even if I don't have your deal, I'll make a trip to Joshshire." Didn't you deliberately leave that book to get me interested in Death Valley?"

Although his mind was exposed in person, Sean didn't leak an embarrassed look, just smiled and didn't say anything.

Leo changed his words and said, "However, there seems to be something hidden in the information you said last time, and I hope you can tell me everything you know this time." ”

Sean said suspiciously: "I didn't hide any information......"

Before Sean could finish speaking, Leo raised his hand to stop him, and said, "You haven't told me yet, why are the royal family so sure that Count Drake's real grave is in Death Valley, and why are they so sure that Count Drake is dead?"

"This I ......" Sean showed a little hesitation on his face, as if he wanted to say something quibble,

Leo interrupted Sean's words again, and said very seriously: "Our cooperation should be based on mutual trust, so I don't want you to lie to me, and the thing I asked is also very important, the key is whether you can successfully find the artifact of the sea god, you have deceived me now, if I don't find anything in the end for this reason, who will bear this responsibility?"

Hearing the threatening words, Sean opened his mouth, and finally did not say what he had thought of earlier, but smiled wryly and said, "I really regret coming to you now, Mr. Leo Dodd." ”

Leo smiled and said, "I regret it, but the question is, can you find anyone else? Or is there anyone else who is more likely to find the Seagod artifact than me, and doesn't care about it?"

Sean pursed his lips and did not refute Leo's words, and then went straight to the point, saying: "Back then, everyone who was sent out to find the Seagod artifact left a drop of blood in the hands of the royal family, and the royal family can know the situation of the owner of this drop of blood through special divination. After Count Drake's death, the royal family found that Count Drake's blood had not changed, so they thought Count Drake was still alive. ”

"So the royal family has never directly sold the descendants of Count Drake," Leo said, a sneer on his face.

Sean didn't deny Leo's speculation either, just a little embarrassed, and then quickly returned to normal, and continued: "Not long ago, the royal family noticed that Count Drake's blood had changed, and they immediately called a soothsayer to be in charge of divination, and finally came to the answer that Count Drake was dead. ”

"Divination?, is this divination credible?" asked Leo with a frown, slightly questioning.

Although Leo is interested in Death Valley, he is also reluctant to face a powerful wizard of the Tower, and if Count Drake were still alive, he will not accept Sean's employment anyway.

Leo didn't have any doubts about whether a wizard could live for hundreds of years, because he was already a fifth-level psionic person, and his lifespan could probably exceed two hundred years old based on the estimation of life force vitality alone, and Count Drake was a powerful wizard, and it was not doubtful how long he lived.

Sean replied firmly: "I don't know about the other divination, but the royal family's divination is very powerful, and the results of the divination are very credible. ”

Leo asked again, "Then the Poseidon artifact will appear in Death Valley, could it be that it was also divined by a soothsayer?"

Sean shook his head and said, "Of course not, all divination involving gods is impossible to be accurate, and it is very dangerous, and the soothsayer may even go crazy during divination, after all, mortals cannot withstand the light of gods." As he spoke, he paused and said, "There is a set of Seagod artifacts, and they all have some mysterious connections with each other, and they can sense the location of other Seagod artifacts through special methods. ”

Leo couldn't help but wonder and asked: "Since the royal family has long known that Count Drake is still alive, and they also know that the Seagod artifact is in Death Valley, then why don't you just find Count Drake and ...... Drake?"

Sean interrupted Leo's words and explained: "No, you are wrong about one thing, the royal family has not known the true whereabouts of the Seagod artifact, and it was not until the death of Count Drake not long ago that it sensed it, thinking that Count Drake used some method to restrict the connection of the artifact. ”