Level Up in Earth Evolution

Chapter 172: Lucius Stormborne

"Mr. why do you want to talk alone with me? If it's just about the explosion from earlier, I can explain," Li Wei replied with a stunned face as he wondered the reason.

While hearing him, the middle-aged man laughed.

"Haha, boy, if it was supposed to be talked about here, I wouldn't ask you. Also, let me introduce myself first. I am Lucius Stormborne, an Inquisitor belonging to the Church of Elmoral," the middle-aged man answered and continued.

"I want to talk alone with you about the explosion that happened and also for a few other important things," Lucius stated as he looked behind everyone where Li Wei's clone was hiding in stealth and ready to use escape skills.

Watching his gaze, Li Wei narrowed his eyes and became vigilant, nevertheless, he nodded.

"Okay, I will talk alone with you," he agreed but still stayed alert and ready to escape just in case.

Watching him like this, Lucius didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. He was an inquisitor from the church, and if people heard him, they would definitely trust him, but for Li Wei, it only increased his guard further.

'Maybe I shouldn't have exposed the position of his clone,' he thought as he looked at Li Wei.

"Boy, then I will wait for you there. Come and find me," Lucius replied as he pointed at the centre of the explosion where a big crater was created, and before Li Wei could say anything, he disappeared from his place.

When, a sudden chime rang out in Li Wei's head as a notification window appeared in front of him.

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[Ding, Congratulations! You have learned the special class skill: Inquisitor's Footwork level 146]

'Damn, this guy is above level 200,' Li Wei cursed as he saw the level of the skill while also feeling happy that he used the eternal learning skill without hesitation. If not, he would've lost the chance to learn.

As he was busy in his thoughts, Irene looked at him with a sulky look and kept staring at him.

Li Wei, who felt her stare, became speechless, but he ignored her, knowing it wasn't the time to talk, and proceeded towards Lucius after saying a few words to Li Xin and others.

It didn't take him much time to arrive, but he was stunned after seeing the large crater of the size of a stadium that was still emitting a large amount of heat, enough to steam a normal human to death if they stepped inside it.

'What the hell did she feed the snowman?' Li Wei cursed watching this as he arrived beside Lucius, who was also observing the crater.

Sensing his arrival, Lucius didn't waste any time and inquired.

"Boy, tell me what kind of method you used to cause such a mess. It isn't something you can do with your level," he stated as he observed Li Wei with curiosity.

While hearing this, Li Wei activated the eternal learning skill as he gave an answer he already thought of.

"Mr. Lucius, it was just an old golem equipment that we discovered in a dungeon and were testing it," he replied.

Hearing this, Lucius let out a smile.

"I was right. It was caused by a golem equipment," he murmured to himself before glancing at Li Wei.

"Boy, you haven't told me your name yet, or by some reason you don't want to," he asked in a joking tone, making Li Wei a little stunned. Nevertheless, he answered.

"I am Li Wei, party leader of Order of The Abyss," he replied, making Lucius a little speechless.

"Li Wei, you are a really interesting person. It's no wonder Priestess Irene is tagging along with you," he stated suddenly as he looked deeply into Li Wei's eyes, who was shocked hearing this, but he kept a bewildered expression on his face.

"Mr. Lucius, stop joking. How could a small person like me know her?" Li Wei replied with a sigh and a hint of regret in his tone, as if he really wanted to meet Priestess Irene.

It was a good thing they were talking alone or who knows what kind of drama would happen if Li Xin and others heard him.

But even with this acting, Lucius didn't believe him.

"Li Wei, do you know Priestess Irene likes to play with golem equipment's, so I can guess she is with you and is the girl from before whom I talked to. But you don't need to worry too much because I won't reveal it to anyone so you can freely talk with me," Lucius assured, patting Li Wei's shoulder with a smile.

However, he failed to hide his crafty look from Li Wei.

'Fuck, this geezer is clearly playing with me,' Li Wei cursed seeing this and replied.

"Mr. Lucius, you have got it wrong. She is my partner, Li Mei. As for the golem equipment you are talking about, it's a prototype we got from a dungeon," he explained, making Lucius feel disappointed as he didn't react to his plan.

'Maybe she is really not Priestess Irene, but then what about her bloodthirsty aura from before,' Lucius thought with a frown as he glanced at Irene, who was getting consoled by Li Xin and others.

"Li Wei, I asked you to talk alone because I wanted to ask if your partner Li Mei has killed anyone or 'many' would be the best word here," Lucius stated, making Li Wei a little shocked about this, but he was still calm and replied.

"Yes, she did kill people, but it was because she was an undercover agent and had to kill criminals," Li Wei explained, fabricating the lies again.

While hearing this, Lucius nodded.

'If what this kid is saying is true, then it could be explained why her bloodthirst is strong,' he thought once again, glancing at the directions of Irene with a deep look.

When suddenly his communication tool started to ring with a message, making his face black.

"Humph, creating trouble in the city in the presence of me, you must be looking for death," he snorted with anger and directly disappeared, leaving Li Wei stunned who heard him.

'Is this the evil faction again? Then it might be a good thing if they really came,' he thought with a nod because he had asked Diablo to search for them.

But after knowing the high-level paladins would be coming, he withdrew him as not to create trouble, and now if the evil faction directly come to light like this, it will be easy for him to contact them.

What he was going to do is simple: search for a way to bypass the good person test and find Bai Feng while putting a big bounty on his head.

As he pondered over this, Li Xin and others arrived beside him.

"Brother, what happened? Why did inquisitor disappear hurriedly?" Li Xin asked with a curious look while others waited for his answer.

"Someone is creating trouble inside the city. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us, and with Mr. Lucius handling it, there is no need to worry," Li Wei replied without caring too much and turned towards Irene, who was still wearing a sulky look.

"Miss Irene, don't you have an explanation?" he asked with a strict look.

In response, Irene pouted and averted her gaze with embarrassed expression.

"Um, I am sorry, I overdid it a little," she apologized in a cute voice with an unwilling expression.

She was angry at him first for not saving her snow knight, but he was giving her snow, so she couldn't afford to offend him for just one snow knight when she can create thousands of them with the help of him.

So, she decided to apologize half-sincerely and unwillingly, making Li Wei and others stunned.

'Did she fix her screws?' Li Wei thought with a puzzled face, as he couldn't think why she would apologize to him. But before he could ponder further, Irene's communication tool rang suddenly.

He became stunned at this but didn't worry because her tool was untraceable, as it was prepared for safety reasons only to be used in the wrong way by her.

'I wonder if I can get a tool like this,' he thought, considering getting a global communication tool, when his attention was attracted by Irene, who frowned with upset look after reading the message.

"Miss Irene, is there a problem?" he inquired, wondering if something more troublesome is happening in the city.

But Irene shook her head.

"No, it's nothing serious, just some noble philanders who are searching for Lucifer in the city, but without any warrant and permission," she replied with a cold look.

Hearing this, Li Wei nodded feeling a little stunned, but he didn't care too much and asked his party to continue with their training, which was completing the class quests in secret.

Li Xin and others didn't reject him and got to work, leaving Li Wei and Irene alone, who were watching them in silence.