Legends of Varlaurea: The Dragon Emperor - Chapter 58 THE WHITE CHILD 10

By the time Emperor Lam get out of the cave, Hua Xia has vaporized into thin air. After 2 hours searching for any trace of Hua Xia around the cave entrance and find nothing, Emperor Lam give up and find the way back to the mansion. At the abandoned mansion he combing the place again in hope of finding Li, but when twilight is approaching, Emperor Lam has no choice but return to the town. Surprised the entire town with his presence, Emperor Lam announce that the evil at the abandoned mansion has been dealt with, and all the misfortune happened were caused not by anything paranormal but by a rogue mage who is being wanted by the Imperial Court, the entire town was relief after learn that.

When the next morning come, Emperor Lam brought a couple of men from the town guard, and retrace his way back to the cave entrance in the wood, to re-examining Hua Xia’s underground hideout. When they venture into the cave, some 10 -15 lias from the entrance, they find a small room, built into a small nature cave room with wooden panels, inside it’s a small bed with some living utensils, also there are children clothes and a self-make ragdoll. This seem to be where Li and Hua Xia was stayed in the past months.

After went through the tunnel and return to the room under the ground, they realized that the place is actually a large basement beneath the mansion. At the northern wall of the basement is a stone staircase lead to a trap door to the surface. Emperor Lam recall the northern part of the mansion is cover in rubbles of the collapsed roof, no wonder the previous search can’t found this trap door. Also Emperor Lam later learn that this mansion was belong to a rich man who’s a part of a huge smuggling ring from Chihan, the mansion was use as a drop point and warehouse of the smuggling operation. After the smuggling ring busted by Imperial officer, the mansion felt in to disrepair and abandoned.