Transmigrated as a Ghost

It took Daniel nearly twenty hours to locate the information that Marcus wanted, and during that time Mrazivý had needed to leave and inform Boreas not to come in guns blazing.

"So, you are certain you have finished collecting what you need?" Marcus asked Daniel.

"Yeah, I got it all. Go ahead and bring the network down." Daniel responded.

Taking the key he had been given to activate the failsafe formation, Marcus jammed it in and flooded the system with mana and spiritual energy.

In just a couple of minutes the thousands of crystal screens began to crack, and the entire area started glowing brightly from the immense amount of energy Marcus was emitting.

"And for the finishing touch."

With his hand outstretched Marcus unleashed a rending void spell on the area and reduced what had been the epicenter of the soul surveillance system into dust.

Afterwards he focused intently to make sure no more signals were coming in.

Thankfully even once several minutes had passed, nothing happened and Marcus was certain that the greatest surveillance network in the world had been destroyed.

"Now I think it is time to trade our information." Marcus said, his eyes brimming with expectation.

"First let me tell you that I have no confirmation on where a ghost king might be. Only a solid lead. As for a font of death, I know for certain of two and have decent evidence for three more."

Frowning, Marcus was unsatisfied hearing that even Daniel could not with all certainty point him in the direction of a ghost king.

'At least he knows where I can find a font of death.' Marcus thought, trying to stay positive.

For a few moments the two of them stood staring at each other waiting for the first one to divulge the details of their information.

"I suppose I will start." Daniele eventually said, begrudgingly.

"For the nearest font of death, I am certain exists, you will find it on the same continent as Borealia. However, it is about as far away from your home as you can get, being located close to the southern tip of the continent within the nation of Aezam."

Racking his brain, Marcus vaguely remembered hearing about this country that lay at the other end of the continent Borealia was on.

He knew that it was considered at the top of the strongest nations on the continent right next to Borealia. It was uncertain since they were so far apart which one was truly the strongest, but there was no doubt they were one and two.

'I also know that it is mostly made up of vast deserts. The complete opposite of Borealia which is icy and cold for at least half the year. It is the only country on the continent larger than Borealia, for now at least. Once Borealia merges with Tralenstein again it should be bigger. Other than that, I really do not know anything about the place.' Marcus thought, attempting to remember any other tidbits he might have heard or read about.

Unfortunately, he normally left knowing this kind of information to Mrazivý, as her education as royalty had encompassed a bit of information about the other nations on the continent.

He already had enough trouble learning the intricacies of Borrelia, he did not care to back his head full of knowledge he did not necessarily need.

"So, where exactly is it in Aezam?" Marcus asked.

It was a vast nation and simply searching around for it randomly would take far too long.

"Ah it has been so long since I had a conversation with someone that did not know the layout of the entire world that I forgot most people know very little about geography." Daniel said, as if he had just had an epiphany.

He then opened up his item box and pulled out a very detailed map of the continent that Borealia and Aezam were a part of, along with several maps of only Aezam.

Seeing this Marcus remembered the stupidly expensive Atlas of the continent he had bought several years ago in Lethallan and pulled it out.

'I never really looked this thing over all that much considering I spent several thousand gold coins on it.' Marcus thought as he flipped it open to where the information on Aezam was.

Still despite the atlas having been the best one he was able to acquire through the adventurer's guild, Daniel's maps were far more detailed. Showing how truly exceptional his information network was.

"As you can see here on this map Aezam is made up of six large deserts with the center being a massive lake oasis where the capital is. Each of these deserts is ruled by one of the six major clans while the central area is jointly ruled by an elder from each of the major clans." Daniel explained.

He then pointed to the southern most desert and to an area that on the map had no settlements of any kind.

"This is where you will find the font of death. It appeared a very long time ago to the point that details are unknown. During some type disaster over a hundred thousand people from what I could gather. So much concentrated death in one area over a short time period caused the font of death to form, and now the place can support no life and is teaming with undead. In the past Aezam tried to clear the place out and make it habitable again, but the discovery of the font of death that has blighted the land and given rise to numerous powerful undead that lurk in what is now called the Desolate Desert forced them to stop. I imagine that the resource expenditure to reclaim the already devested land was not worth it. Instead, the area has been walled off to keep the undead from getting out. That is all I know about the font of death in Aezam. If you want to learn more, you will have to investigate further at the source."