"At that time, your grandfather, Old Field, said something similar to me before leaving, and told me with a smile that the place he was going to is safe and there would be no danger." Snape said in a depressed mood: "What is even more unforgivable is that I actually believed his words stupidly. The first two times he went out to take risks, each time the value of the profit was millions, the rarest materials, the most expensive treasure, and an accurate clue of underground ruins, just based on

That clue was sold at the Adventurer Guild for a high price of more than four million gold coins. I should have thought of how could such a high profit be a safe place? If you go to a safe place, you can have such a high profit. Who would still work hard to make money? He was so calm that I believed his words in a daze. Oh, if I could know where he was going in advance, even if I fought for this life, I would try my best to stop him."

"What was his goal back then?" Catherine asked curiously: "Didn't you tell you before going?"

"He lied, and the place he was going was not the place he told me before." Snape said angrily: "Later, several years later, I deduced from some clues where he went. If it weren't for his last resupply, he would have told others that he had been to his destination, I'm afraid no one would know until now."

"I remember you told your father that he finally went to the Death Forest." Catherine said, her eyes suddenly widened, and the force on her hands almost broke off a piece of wood from the side of the ship, and asked in surprise: "Is the place where my grandfather went at that time the core of the Death Forest? It is very close to where we are going?"

"It should be so, and the result inferred based on the clues is like this." Snape sighed and said, "It's not unimaginable. After all, besides there, where can we get more exaggerated returns than the previous benefits?"

"This... why did he go there?" Catherine said in confusion: "It is true that there can be high returns there, but the benefits and risks are completely unequal. Unless it has a clear purpose, such as a task that requires specialties there. Otherwise, there is no willing to go deep into the core area. Among adventurers, this is common sense."

"I don't know the specific content." Marquis Snape shook his head and said regretfully: "It is said that it is because of a task with extremely high rewards. This reward is enough to make him move into the core of the forest. However, I have not obtained the detailed information of the task, or the task itself is very mysterious, and only the person who accepts the task knows the details."

"The person involved is my grandfather." Catherine said with a wry smile: "I can't figure out the reason now."

"Actually, there was another person who knew something about it." Snape recalled: "That person was a member of the team who set out with Old Field to the core of the forest. He was also the only person who came back alive. It was through him that the Adventurers Guild learned about your grandfather's actual destination. However, you didn't have the chance to ask him, because less than a year after he came back, he died early due to serious injuries."

"Who is that person?" Catherine bit her lip and asked hesitantly: "I have never heard you mention such a person."

"Because it's meaningless." Snape shook his head and said, "After he returned, he was bedridden, and he was several times more unconscious than when he woke up. Even if he woke up, he was confused. The news about your grandfather was still. He finally recovered from awakening before his death. He gave a few simple explanations to us before he had a chance to know. Unfortunately, the time was too short, and he died without saying anything. The information was already vague, and it was even more impossible to restore it when it was transmitted to me."

"But I still want to know who this person is," Catherine said with a frown. "Even if he has passed away, there are always other people around him when he dies, so that you can collect the information. If you find this 'other person', you may have the opportunity to inquire about your grandfather's situation more clearly?"

"This other person is me." The voice suddenly sounded not far behind the two. With Catherine's perception, she didn't notice anyone standing not far behind her. In surprise, Catherine and Snape turned around at the same time and found that behind her was also a gray-bearded old man standing. The old man said calmly: "When he passed away, I was right in front of his bed, and I could hear every word he said very clearly."

"Can... President?" Catherine felt that her brain was a little overwhelmed. She stared at the president who had been in charge of the Adventurers Guild for more than 30 years, and suddenly thought of another thing. She was so surprised that she even had her throat tightened and she screamed: "If it were you, nearly forty years ago, could it be that the one who died was..."

"You guessed it right." Odin knew Catherine's guess very well and said with certainty: "Forty years ago, the one who went deep into the Death Forest with your grandfather was the presiding president of our guild. After he returned, he reluctantly appointed me to serve as the acting president and fell into a coma. It was not until a year later that he woke up before his death that he officially passed the position of president to me."

"So that's it..." Catherine recalled the little things that happened in the past and said thoughtfully: "No wonder, no wonder over the years, I have always felt that in terms of tasks, I can always grab some tasks with higher returns and risk ratios, just like someone is helping me quietly. It seems that this is not my illusion. You are the one who takes care of me in secret, Lord Odin."

"You are very sensitive, yes, it's me, but it's not a big help to you. You just tilt it a little to you without violating the rules of the guild." Odin nodded and said, "After all, the guild itself has a convention. It is allowed to provide some support for members with more development potential. I just raised the support to a higher level within the scope of the allowable scope within the scope of my authority. Everything is in line with the regulations, that is, you have not taken advantage of the guild."

"Even so, I have to thank you for your care." Catherine sighed and said, "But don't do this in the future. Lord, this is not fair to other adventurers."
Chapter completed!