A moment later, Nox, who had activated Phantom's Cloak, appeared on the neck of one of the unsuspecting golems and repeatedly thrust his dagger into its neck. The golem thrashed about, but ultimately, its head was decapitated.
Another golem swung its sword down at the human, hoping to cleave him apart, but Nox was too nimble. Without needing to activate Divine Velocity, he leaped from that golem onto another. However, instead of replicating the same attack, he stalled.
Filled with rage, the other golem swung its hammer at Nox, not even caring about its comrade.
Nox had already anticipated this. He twisted his body through the air, avoiding the crushing hammer that shattered the golem's head.
"No! No!" The shop owner stared in horror as Nox dealt with his golems so easily. Summoning these creatures from his formation consumed a lot of MP, and keeping them active drained him further. Even maintaining the formation was exhausting.
In the blink of an eye, all four golems were defeated.
Before the shopkeeper could summon another batch, Nox appeared in front of him like a ghost from a horror film, grabbed the man's head, and smashed it into the counter table.
The man quickly lost consciousness.
"Huff, huff!" Hex panted as he took down the last golem, the same one that had smashed its comrade. He stared at Nox strangely; he had thought the boy would need help, but Nox had dealt with the golems quite easily.
In total, they had each killed two golems. Hex knew Nox would have beaten him to three, but he had gone for the shop owner, who was about to summon another batch of golems.
"Now, how do we take this guy back to the base?" Nox asked as he looked at the knocked-out shop owner. As expected, the man's strength mostly depended on his golems.
It reminded Nox a lot of himself. If he hadn't trained with Eve, he could have ended up just .
"Well, this thing should work now that the dome has been taken down." Hex pulled out his communication crystal. He called the guild leader, and not long after, everyone arrived at the store.
"Hmm… he's the one, huh? Doesn't look special to me," Reyes muttered as he looked at the shop owner, who was tied to a chair.
Because the shop owner had lost consciousness, his formations had crumbled, making it easy for the others to get inside the store. The four shattered golems were still lying around, but the store itself seemed to be in pretty good shape. Apart from the stone golems, there was no way one would even suspect a fight had taken place here.
"How long has he been out?" Reyes inquired, slapping the man's cheeks to wake him.
"Like some minutes ago," Nox replied.
The guild master frowned. "And he's already this cold. How hard did you guys hit him?"
After a couple more slaps, the salesman finally woke up with a startled cry.
"Where am I? Who are you guys?" he stammered in a panicked voice. Slowly, he remembered what led to him losing consciousness and began to plead with tears in his eyes.
"Please don't kill me! I'll tell you everything!"
"Then start speaking," Reyes stated coldly as he showed the man the blue orb. "If you tell us who is responsible for this, we'll let you go."
Meanwhile, just like in Frostburg, Ren had taken on another mission in Coastal City.
Inside what seemed to be a sturdy room, the silver-haired youth was looking out the window at the large bustling city. He held a glass of wine in his hands.
Ren hadn't had any sleep ever since the signal; he had realized that his chances of getting to the elemental beast were very slim. He had been contemplating ways to outsmart the others.
Physically, Ren knew he couldn't compete with the other factions, which left him with only one choice: to mess with them mentally.
'But how?' While he was pondering what to do, he heard a knock on the door. Maya, the dark-haired girl, walked in with a piece of paper in her hand.
"What is that?" he asked with furrowed brows.
"I found it outside the manor... it's addressed to you," Maya replied as Ren snatched the paper and started to read.
"If you want to find the elemental beast, meet me downtown first thing tomorrow."
Ren sneered as he read through the brief content of the paper and threw it away. "Tsk, as if I'll fall for such a petty trick."
He was no fool; he knew this could be a trick from the others to lure him somewhere and take him out.
Yet, he hesitated as he stared at the paper once again. Downtown was a bustling district with lots of people. If the other factions wanted to take him out, why not do it in a much more deserted place? After all, Captain Bofan had clearly warned everyone not to fight in the city.
Could it be that this letter was actually genuine? Ren began to have second thoughts, but he knew very well that even though Bofan had warned them, some might still try to sneakily take out their competition.
'So what should I do?' A part of Ren wanted to head to the said place, but another part didn't want to go. As he was thinking, a certain white-haired girl resurfaced in his head, and a wicked gleam flashed through his eyes.
Since he couldn't go himself, how about sending someone to represent him? That way, he wouldn't risk getting killed even if it was a trap.
'What better person to do the job than that fake noble?' Ren grinned.
Meanwhile, back at the store, the shop owner had started speaking.
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