Once Abium activated that silver ring, he saw that silver ring began to emit a dim red light. Following that, a cloud of black smoke came out of that silver ring and formed into a black blurry hooded appearance at the center of that large round wooden table."Darkness attribute?" Abium frowned and soon identified it was some type of spell that used for long-distance communication.
"Who are you?" Abium squinted his eyes sharper then asked with a cold tone.
"Messenger." A short husky male voice came from that smoky hooded figure, which gave him creeps.
"Male? But why did he go on the round way to contact me? Shouldn"t he directly come to me and ask about his problem, right? Is he afraid of me? No! That"s not it. From Sir. Viper"s tone, this elf seems to be a dangerous guy. But it appears he is keeping his guard against me." Abium thought to himself, and once again, he deeply looked into that blackish smoke then asked with a slight pause.
"So, what do you want from me?"
"Before that, you should see this." That smoky figure said and chuckled. Then next instant, another cloud of smoke came out from that ring and formed into a circular screen. As Abium watched that screen, his expression froze. On that screen, a picture, No! A video appeared. It was the scene where he, Lily, and Sarah battling against that demonized Red python branch leader Iskax. Soon, the scene changed and replaced with them working here in this town.
"How did he capture the video without alerting me? Azolla, do you have any idea?" Hiding his emotions, Abium asked in a nervous tone.
"No idea, kid. But he didn"t come near to the range of the spiritual scan. Hmm, he is a tricky and sly guy." Azolla told with a serious tone.
Quickly Abium calmed down his mind and asked with the cold voice while a.n.a.lyzing that figure"s every movement.
"Do I take that as a threat?"
"His goal is not money. Because, If he had already sent this video to the Royal family, he would get more than 5000 white golds. Hmm, he has some motive that needs my help, or he must be after something. Instantly Abium guessed. At the same time, that black smoky hooded figure shakes his head and started talking.
"As you have guessed, I need a strong person"s help. A person who is not controlled by fate and could be capable of changing others" fate." His next words caused Abium and even Azolla to be startled.
"Only persons who knew this were two G.o.ddesses and us, but how did he figure out? Hmm, I should have been more careful during the royal family incident." He fell silent for a second after cursing inwardly.
"So, what do you want from me?" Soon, Abium snapped out of it and asked while showing a little vigilant expression on his face.
"A help which can benefit both of us. I want you to steal a particular artifact from a family"s treasury. We will do this after the last seal got broken." That black figure gave a creepy blurry smile and said.
Meanwhile, Abium was a little dumbfounded and started to ponder deeply.
"Hmm, this guy seems to be already planned everything. He even knew about the seals and appeared to be plotting something. Even I don"t know where these seals are and only heard from the prince in my past life. d.a.m.n, it seems I caught the attention of some troublesome person."
"What can I get in return?" Abium breathed out a heavy sigh and asked while knitting his eyebrows.
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"Of course, you will get more benefit than me. Information about a fire divinity." That shrouded figure said with a tempting tone, which caused Abium"s amber eyes to become wide open.
"Divinity? d.a.m.n, This guy is like a devil! But did he really have information about fire divinity?" Abium was deeply affected by that and started to think about it.
"Ha! Without risks, I won"t get anything. Moreover, I have already offended the order of the dead members. I need to strengthen my body sooner. d.a.m.n it."
"Azolla, what do you think about it? Is it worth taking risks?" He asked without hiding the excitement.
"We don"t have many options. But you should raise your strength during the next two months. You said the seals that making deities to communicate with humans will break completely during march end, right?" Azolla asked.
"Yes. But I don"t know how and where are those seals are." Abium replied with a worried tone.
"Hmm, agree to him. You have a lot of time to prepare earlier. He seems to know nothing about that sacrificial ritual you offered before. He must be thinking of using you. He shouldn"t have known that you already received a divine fragment from a G.o.ddess." Azolla"s words made Abium"s worries to calm down. After deep thinking, he spoke while standing up from the wooden chair.
"I agree to your request. So, how should I contact you?"
"We will meet again during the upcoming grand n.o.bles gathering." That smoky figure said with a sly grin.
"But isn"t that function postponed to June?" Abium wore a startled expression and asked curiously.
"Don"t worry; it will change. All the n.o.bles will get this news soon." Once that figure finished his words, that black smoke dispersed into thin air, leaving Abium dumbfounded. Without hesitation, Abium activated the "Seer"s intuition" spell while thinking about the date change of grand n.o.ble gathering.
Soon his expression turned into shock as the feeling of right appeared inside his mind. It means the grand n.o.ble gathering date will change once again!
"This guy not only strong but also capable of manipulating higher n.o.bles. Now, I wouldn"t be surprised if he had some secrets with the royal family. First, I should do the remaining works and quickly go back to capital while hiding my ident.i.ty. If he is capable of monitoring me every time, then I have to think of a different solution. I don"t like to be a puppet played by others." He let out a cold smile and walked out of the reception hall and moved towards study.
…
In an unknown island, Devil sea.
A muscular figure sat on a meditative pose and slowly opened his hooded brown eyes. Surrounding him was beach sand, and behind him were a small tent and full of trees. From time to time, he started frowning and appeared to be concentrating on something. On his hand was a head-sized blue crystal and emitting dim oceanic light.
"Girl, get ready. We are going to another island. She seems to be coming to our way." Suddenly, Ulzez spoke while standing up.
"But yesterday only we changed the location, right? How come she track us without any difficulty?" Aliza walked out of the tent and asked in annoyance.
"Syreni child must be using my blood to track our location. She will not stop until she gets back what she wants." Ulzez said with a helpless sigh.
"What did she want? If we give back that thing to her, she will not chase us, right?" Aliza shifted her gaze towards the topless Ulzez and asked.
"I can"t give it back. It is very important to me." Instantly Ulzez said with a stubborn tone.
"What is that?" She asked curiously.
"My heart. That blood child needs to devour four high tier chaos being"s hearts to complete an important ritual." His solemn words made Aliza stunned for a second.
"Okay. Hmm, why shouldn"t we get back to the mainland and directly trap that blood child to those light church members?" She slowly calmed down and asked.
"That"s what I"m also thinking. But we will do that two months later. I have a premonition if we go now, there will be a major loss that happens to our side." Ulzez said with a grim tone.
"Okay. I will get ready in two minutes, wait." Once she said those words, she quickly walked back to put her belongings into her spatial ring.
Soon, she walked out while storing the tent, and two figures started to float up in the air while a large shark followed them in the sea.
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January 28th morning, 4 A.M. Roguedale, Inside a normal Inn.
Fennelis laid on the bed and sleeping while Umi placed her head on her mother"s hand and started mumbling in her dream.
Suddenly, a loud female scream echoed from the nearby room, which woke both of their sleep.
"W-What was that?" Fennelis suddenly sat up and muttered out loud in a startling tone. Meanwhile, Umi also woke up from her sleeping and nervously stared at her mother.
"Don"t worry, Umi. I will go and take a look at this." She kissed Umi on her forehead and quickly walked out of her room. Meanwhile, Roysia also walked out of her room with a startling expression on her face and breathed out a sigh of relief once she noticed Fennlis was okay.
"What happened?" Fennelis asked while knitting her eyebrows.
"No idea. I think the sound came from next to your room." Roysia said with a sigh and soon noticed all of the remaining guests staying in that Inn were walking out of their room with nervousness on their faces.
"What happened?" A guy who almost reached two meters tall stepped forward and asked both of them. He had short wavy black hair, brown eyes, and wore a normal nightgown.
"We also have no idea adventurer. We should check it out that room." Fennelis said with a solemn tone while pointing her finger towards her nearby room.
"You are right, ma"am. Someone! Go inform Inn receptionist about what had happened here and get her with the spare room key." That adventurer said while moving near towards that room. Meanwhile, two females among the crowd quickly dashed out towards the first floor, leaving six people in the corridor.
Fennelis and Roysia also walked carefully towards that room door and frowned quickly. Both instantly sensed blood scent from inside that room and covered their nose.
"Something is wrong!" Fennelis imbued ice elemental energy into her hand and was about to burst open the door; an anxious shout came from behind.
"W-What happened? Here is the key." A young receptionist girl with blonde hair ran towards their direction in the corridor and soon gave a bunch of keys towards that two-meter tall adventurer.
With a nod, that tall adventurer picked up the correct room key and opened that door with a click.
Soon, except that adventurer, Fennelis, and Roysia, everyone shouted out loud in panic.
Inside that room, they saw that the female"s body was completely cleaved in half, and both her eyes were pulled out. The enemy also drew some mysterious ritual circle on the floor and placed her cleaved body at the center.
"My holy lord of light!" "So cruel!"
All of them muttered in shock while that Inn receptionist girl already fell down unconscious with a thudding sound due to shock.
They also noticed the bed was completely dyed in red and had a few unknown words engraved on her forehead. The simple sight gave chills to everyone"s spines.
Soon, clattering sounds came from outside, and everyone noticed the guard soldiers running towards their direction.
"Soon? Who informed them?" Fennelis was slightly startled and waited for them to come towards the second floor.
"What happened?" Unlike the last time, a leather-armored guard with a shiny silver helmet on his head led those guards in the front and asked. He soon frowned as he sensed the blood scent and gave a questionable gaze towards others. That muscular adventurer took the initiative and said without showing any anxious tone.
"Suddenly, we heard a scream when we are sleeping. But by the time we came out of our room and got the key from this girl, the criminal was long gone."
"Hmm? Who are you? Do you have any identification?" That guard didn"t seem to be believing his words and suspicious gaze.
"Here." That muscular adventurer took out his identification from his spatial ring and presented it to him.
That soldier took those identifications and gave it back to him without talking much. That soldier knew that provoking an adventurer was not a good thing, and he quickly started checking other identification. Soon, he told others to return to their room and started packing the body and cleaning the room.
Fennelis, Roysia, and Umi both moved to Roysia"s room and fell into deep thoughts.
"Lady Roysia, what do you think about this case?" Fennelis asked while sat on the bed.
"It almost looks like a cult organization"s doing," Roysia said with a frown.
"Don"t you notice something off about those soldiers? They came so quickly like they had known this murder would happen here earlier." Fennelis said with a worried tone.
"You are right! Due to the ruckus, I didn"t notice that earlier. The soldiers all are well uniformed, and it seems there was no fatigue on their faces." Roysia said with her widened eyes.
"We should get out of this town as soon as possible," Fennelis said with a grim tone while Roysia started to nod her head in approval.
The next day morning, at 8 A.M.
Fennelis, Roysia, and Umi quickly walked out of their room and walked downstairs towards the ground floor.
"Are you planning to move to the next town?" Suddenly a male voice came from the hall, and soon they noticed it was that adventurer who they met last night.
"Yes, mister. We thought it is not safe to stay here." Roysia replied with a nod.
"City lord already ordered guards to shut down the gates ma"am. Till next Sunday, no one is allowed to go in and out of this town." He said with a helpless smile while Fennelis and Roysia became stunned.
"Why? I think one for a single murder; their action is still too much." Fennelis said while raising her eyebrows upward.
"16 Ma"am," That adventurer said with a solemn tone.
"What do you mean by 16?" Fennelis and Royisa got startled, and Fennelis asked with a surprised tone.
"Yesterday, there are a total of 16 murders happened the same as that. They cut their bodies into half and robbed those persons" eyes and even wrote some unknown letters along with that ritual-like circle." That adventurer"s words made both of them startled.
Soon, Fennelis and Roysia"s expression turned ugly. Now they understood why the city lord ordered like that.
"Who are they after?" Fennelis frowned deeply.