Otherworldly Companions: Every Handsome Man is Extraordinary

Chapter 165 A strange combination of circumstances

"I think you should know why I asked you to come here."

The flowers had already been planted and placed on Lin Yi's desk. Looking at the thriving flowers, Lin Yi felt much better and talked to them every day.

Standing in the middle of the room was Lanny's father, Wilman. He had first suffered the pain of losing his wife, and now his only son had almost died before his eyes. The extreme pain, after the initial madness and grief, quickly brought him to a state of calm and numbness.

He stood with his head bowed, like a stiff wax figure. His tall and strong body was hunched over, and his weathered face seemed even older than when we last met. Every line on his face was deep and sorrowful.

Upon hearing this, he replied, "You must be doing this for the lord."

"I know you've had a long journey, but time is precious, so I won't waste your time with pleasantries." Lin Yi sat in the chair behind his desk, which was covered with information he had collected about the sea monster, Demon Lynbia.

Unfortunately, none of these materials contain an accurate description of its appearance. Some descriptions and accompanying pictures look very different and seem more like fabrications than having any real source.

"I called you here precisely to inquire about the legendary sea monster of the Forbidden Sea. Wasn't your son the one who survived from the Forbidden Sea?" Lin Yi stared intently at Wilman, not missing a single subtle expression on his face.

"Didn't he mention Morinbia to you before he died?"

Wilman's expression showed no surprise, but as he recalled the scene before his son's death, his brows and eyes were filled with sorrow.

“Of course, he mentioned it. He mentioned how he survived the Forbidden Sea and how he made a pact with that monster.” Wilman’s lips curled into a bitter smile. The twists of fate had caught him off guard before, and he knew that what he was about to say would be enough to send the Wilman family to their doom.

But he couldn't hide it; he had to keep telling the story.

“General, I heard about it on my way here. A terrifying sea monster unlike any I’ve ever seen has kidnapped the lord. I’m almost certain it’s Morinbia.”

Lin Yi's suspicions were confirmed, but he still had to listen to what he had to say, so he simply uttered a questioning syllable with an ambiguous meaning: "Oh?"

Without even looking up, Wilman said numbly, "Because it can appear near the sea of ​​the royal city, it is because my son, Lanny Wilman, fulfilled the contract and sacrificed his life to it, begging it to save the lord."

His lips were cracked, even bleeding slightly. He instinctively licked them away, not daring to look at General Lin Yi's face, and continued, "At the time, we received some information. Lanny thought the lord had been kidnapped by pirates and was afraid she was in danger. In addition, he guessed that his mother had died, so in his grief, he came up with this method..."

“I never expected…” Wilman knelt down, “that it would lead to such a twist of fate.”

"Heh..." Lin Yi was so angry that he even laughed out loud. He covered his eyes and his voice was icy cold: "Your son is a born scourge!"

"How could someone half-dead still manage to pull off such a shocking feat? His intelligence is never used for anything worthwhile; he's always stirring up trouble. Does he really love Xiaoyu, or is it just hatred? He almost killed her twice!"

Lin Yi couldn't help but complain, regretting in his heart once again. If he had followed his original intention and directly killed this bastard, none of this would have happened.

At the same time, she was also reflecting on the situation in her mind. Fan Qingyin cherished her reputation back then, but now she has ended up losing her life on the sacrificial altar. Xiao Yu was kind-hearted back then, and now she is missing and her whereabouts are unknown.

This Lanny Wilman is truly a scourge, clearly a death trap sent by heaven for Xiaoyu. He's just like his short-sighted, vain mother—a little cleverness makes him extremely arrogant. He deserves a terrible end!

However, he was already dead and couldn't possibly understand what was going on. There was no point in him thinking about it now; at least he now knew all the connections between them.

"Someone, gather all the search and rescue personnel back and have them search this area on the map in shifts!" Lin Yi slammed his fist on the table, and a young adjutant immediately entered. Lin Yi pointed to the restricted sea area on the map and said to him.

"Yes, sir!" the adjutant replied loudly, took the map, and left.

"General, to be honest, ever since I heard the news of the lord's disappearance, I have also sent the entire family's salvage team to search the area near the Forbidden Sea."

“But no one can approach the Forbidden Sea, no one can enter it.” Wilman’s tone rose slightly. “There is a mysterious force that prevents humans from entering that sea. Even if we can pinpoint where that sea is, we can only wander around in the vicinity.”

“They all say that Morinbia has sealed off the Forbidden Sea. It must be trying to hide something. General, I think what it might be trying to hide is Lord Jiang Yu. Lord Jiang Yu, she is in the mysterious depths of the Forbidden Sea!”

Wilman lay prostrate on the ground and said, word by word, "Even the best pearl divers in our county can't get in, and your army certainly can't either. Could you perhaps send the Sea Beasts to search for them?"

"Those sea beasts?" Lin Yi scoffed. "A mere wisp of Morinbia's aura is enough to send them running for their lives. Do you really expect them to try and break through the sea monster's restrictions?"

“Yes, Morinbia is no ordinary sea monster,” Wilman murmured.

"What kind of monster is that? It can use sacrificial power and seal off the sea. That's something no ordinary sea monster could do." Lin Yi swept aside the scrolls piled on the table, exasperated. "According to you, that damned monster hid Xiao Yu in the forbidden sea? What is it trying to do? Is your troublemaking son taking revenge on us in this way?!"

"No, impossible!" How could Wilman accept this accusation? He lay prostrate on the ground and said firmly, "Lanny only wanted to save the lord. There must be something that allowed that monster to take advantage of the situation!"

Then he stood up and looked at Lin Yi for the first time, his eyes full of determination and pleading: "General, I know that my family has committed many sins and we deserve to die, but the other members of the Wilman family are innocent. Please be magnanimous and spare their lives."

"I am willing to hand over all the wealth of the Wilman family and let my people leave Hollandpur completely. I beg you, General."

Lin Yi tapped his fingers on the table, his expression unreadable, and said, "This amount of weight is not enough."

Wilman chuckled softly: "My wife and son are dead, so naturally I won't live alone. I share the same blood as Lanny, so I'll try with my life to see if I can pave a way for the general."

Lin Yi didn't speak, but stared at Wilman for a long time. Then, with a flick of his finger, a small box flew to Wilman's feet.

Wilman picked it up with trembling hands, his lips shaking as he opened it, only to find it was a pearl earring his wife had once worn. He closed his eyes, clutched the small box tightly, bowed deeply to Lin Yi, and then withdrew.

"Go contact Owl and have the leader of Keslan send his most skilled sea monster killer to follow Wilman."

Hopefully, there will be some progress.