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Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilorew dark Linley remained hidden outside the walls of this residence the entire time, but up till now, he still hadn’t found any opportunity or et near that mysterious old man

“Based on their conversation in the hotel, the Radiant Church seems to have sacrificed several powerful experts for the sake of catching this person” Linley frowned as he considered the question “This old man is at least of the ninth rank in power”

“But he shouldn’t be at the Saint-level yet Even a large group of powerful experts of the ninth rank could at hly unlikely that they would seize hih Linley wasn’t too sure about exactly hoerful that mysterious old man ithout question, that mysterious old man had the ability to deal with multiple experts of the ninth rank

“This old man must be very important for the Radiant Church to expend sohim I’ll definitely disrupt their sche these six experts of the ninth rank and preventing a single one of the Cerre is a difficult task”

Linley hi quite close to Cerre Naturally, he wouldn’t want his movements and his presence to be exposed

If he was to act, he would have to kill all six of the with three coainst six…if we use some tactics, it still isn’t out of the realm of possibility However, it’s best if we release the old ive us an even greater chance of success”

Linley kne to deal with antiic ical rune formations etched onto them But the materials which the manacles were ic eforce and was fairly sturdy, Linley was totally confident in his ability to break them

Linley wasn’t in a rush At this time, he mentally commanded Haeru to return to the city froical beast companions they had tamed were spiritually bound The reater the distance the two could exchange mental conversations

For exahts from a distance of several hundred kilometers But if they were to becoer be possible

As for so scrolls to taical beasts of the first, second, or third ranks, they ht not be able to communicate past a distance of just a few hundred y

Linley and Haeru, as well, could spiritually communicate from a distance of hundreds of kiloreat, they would only be able to vaguely sense the direction each was in, and could no longer send es

Darkness descended It was approxiht now

Dressed in a black warrior’s outfit, Linley was hiding outside the walls of the residence, alongside the similarly black Shadowmouse, Bebe, as well as the Blackcloud Panther, Haeru They were quietly waiting for their opportunity

“Bebe, Haeru, the two of you stay here Only make your move after I mentally command you two to act” Linley instructed

Haeru and Bebe both nodded

Linley immediately removed his black warrior’s outfit, then allowed black scales to manifest on top of his skin A black spike jutted forth fro his entire back spine

That draconic tail silently pierced through Linley’s long pants

Linley’s eyes becaold color

“Reain instructed Bebe and Haeru And then, like a phantolided towards the courtyard

After having mastered the ‘i any disturbance to the surrounding air

Thehad two floors Beside it were three roo the place where the old man had been locked into Because outside this room, there were two black-robedat all as he quietly awaited his opportunity

“I refuse to believe you won’t lose your focus for even a second” Linley was extreing in conversation out of boredo thisrest These past two years have exhausted us I’ve been nervous this entire ti to loosen up at all” One of the black haired ht On this mission, two of our Ascetics of the ninth rank died, and three Special Executors of the ninth rank as well Eleven of us had to work together, aided by poison, and yet five of us still died This old fellow is such a ht now, the two black-robed men were fairly relaxed

In order to pursue and capture this old fellow, their group had been sent out as soon as the Radiant Church had received news of his whereabouts They had passed through the O’Brien Ereat plains of the far east They had battled against thishi as they had ed to seize this old man, all their sacrifices would have been worth it

They were very careful on their way back as well They were afraid that the experts of the O’Brien Empire would discover them But by now, they were halfway back, and the towns they would pass by in the future were all ser

Naturally, Lahtly uard here I’ll be back in a minute” One of the black-robed hed “I was fine before you said anything, but now that you o as well Fine, you go first, and I’ll go later” Although they were a bit relaxed, they still didn’t dare to have both guards be gone at the same time

After all, if they let this oldbehind the manmade hill, when Linley saw the black-robed man leave, he felt a hint of surprised excite him isn’t a problem at all Only…I can’t let hi to quietly ical spell ‘Supersonic’

…

At thisat his bedroos In a mere prefectural city, Xartes, an expert of the ninth rank, still felt quite self-confident

But suddenly, Xartes saw a black light flash in the corner of his eyes

“What was that?” Xartes turned his head over to look

An enormous bluish-black sword had suddenly appeared in his field of vision Thewas, this bluish-black sword see area to apply pressure and force on hi him into place!

Space itself had been totally locked!

Xartes wanted to cry out in alarm, but he couldn’t ed to shout, the sound wouldn’t have h that frozen space