Not bothering too much about Rose, Kranos quickly reached his house. He tossed Leroy a bag of mana stones, then said, "You can find something to do over the next few days. I want to enter secluded cultivation for a while."
Leroy caught the bag carefully, his thanks quick and sincere.
Seemingly recalling something, Kranos also reminded him, "Also, keep an eye out for auctions. If there’s any auction about to be held, inform me ahead of time."
The five hundred thousand mana stones he’d received from his father were slowly dwindling. Kranos felt that, given more time, they would soon be completely exhausted.
Before that happened, he wanted to sell a couple of arrays. He guessed that since arrays were important, their price must be similarly high.
Leroy nodded at Kranos’s words. "I’ll ask around daily. As soon as I hear any information about an auction, I’ll rush to inform you."
Seeing that there was nothing left to say, both men parted ways. Kranos entered his home and began studying Rank 2 arrays, improving his comprehension. Although he could draw Rank 2 arrays, he wasn’t yet proficient.
He wanted to completely understand the concept before moving on to Rank 3 arrays, ensuring his foundation in array knowledge wouldn’t be incomplete.
Meanwhile, a few meters from Kranos’s house...
Demule and his group were staring at Kranos’s house patiently. Tonight, they were going to either force him to spill his secrets or eliminate him.
Demule tried his best to stay calm; he didn’t want Rose to succeed in completing this mission before him.
After cross-checking their plans, he sighed, then waited patiently. The hours felt like days, but before long, the sun had fallen over the horizon.
Upon seeing this, he immediately informed the others. "Hari, summon your ferocious winged tiger beast."
After informing the lady with the summoning element, he turned to the man beside him. "Wait by the side. At the first sign of anything going wrong, use your sand element and make the place a desert to restrict his movement."
Although he didn’t believe anything would go wrong since they were all at the Middle Stage Golden Core Realm, he had to be cautious.
It was one of the first rules they had to abide by in the Scarlet Moon Organization.
After everything was done, the three set out, rapidly heading towards Kranos’s apartment.
Night came, and Kranos was still studying arrays. However, just as he was engrossed in studying the Rank 2 arrays, he frowned. He felt like someone was spying on him!
After what led to his previous death, Kranos had decided not to take such sensations lightly. Eternal Hunger immediately appeared in his hand, and he stared around him cautiously.
The only reason he hadn’t run away yet was that although he could sense someone spying on him, the presence the spy exuded didn’t cause his heart to palpitate like the last time.
Kranos immediately knew that the person wasn’t strong enough to leave him in despair; on the contrary, the person was of similar strength to his.
I can’t continue remaining passive, Kranos’s thoughts moved rapidly.
He couldn’t be at the mercy of the other party. Soon, his eyes lit up. Since the other party had targeted him, they most likely wanted something from him. Check latest chapters at novel⸺fire.net
In that case, if he ran away, wouldn’t the other party be unable to hold themselves back anymore?
Feeling his decision was right, he immediately activated his spatial movement technique.
His figure vanished instantly, then appeared a few meters away. Demule, who was hiding in the distance, was stunned.
He immediately realized that Kranos had sensed them and was planning to run away.
His expression changed slightly; he could no longer hide.
Before, he’d wanted to silently approach Kranos before striking a decisive blow that would injure him. However, now he realized that wasn’t possible.
Without a second thought, he gave the order.
"Corner him! We can’t let him escape!" As soon as he finished speaking, a metallic light flashed and appeared beneath his feet.
His figure immediately vanished from sight, heading straight toward Kranos. In the blink of an eye, he had almost caught up.
Kranos was stunned. Just as he used the spatial movement technique to teleport away, a young man with blood-red hair appeared to be chasing him.
He immediately realized that this was most likely the person spying on him previously.
He glanced around to check if the man had other companions and caught sight of another figure coming from the distance. However, this figure was quite slow compared to them both.
Just as Kranos’s thoughts were moving rapidly, he felt a chill. Without a second thought, he swung Eternal Hunger towards his right.
A metallic noise resounded, and the object was sent flying in the opposite direction. Kranos was stunned.
What kind of ability is this? He had never seen anyone controlling metals before, so he didn’t think there would actually be a metal elemental affinity.
Unfortunately, Kranos didn’t have time to think too much about it, as in the blink of an eye, Demule had caught up with him.
Even though Kranos was using his space element to constantly teleport, Demule, with his metal element, controlled it so precisely that its speed was even slightly faster than Kranos’s!
Seeing that Demule had almost caught up with him, Kranos didn’t dare run anymore since he could still be caught.
The situation hadn’t yet reached the level where he would use his space element to forcibly stop them and run for his life.
Calming himself, Kranos came to a stop and then turned to the two men with a casual smile. "Why don’t we talk for a bit? Is there a need to do things ?"
Demule was immediately stunned. Kranos’s change was too abrupt. One moment he was running away, the next he was telling them to talk peacefully? He immediately put his guard up, predicting that Kranos was coming up with a countermeasure.
Underneath his black robes, metal began surfacing on his skin. Just as he guessed, immediately he got closer to Kranos, his figure vanished into thin air and appeared right beside him. Eternal Hunger was already aiming for his neck.
Demule immediately sneered; all these tricks were things he had seen through at a glance.
As Kranos struck with his sword, it moved rapidly and quickly appeared in front of Demule.
However, he was stunned for a moment. He expected Demule to defend himself, but the blue-masked man just let his attack hit. Just as he was slightly surprised, he heard a clang sound.