Chapter 306: Theft atop the Battlefield (2/2)

Stingham’s shout caused Rinloran and Ayrin to feel a sudden urge to faint.

Wasn’t this a little to straightforward?

Even if they wished to steal the gem, wasn’t it a little too much for him to say it directly.

A trace of suspicion flickered through Blanc’s eyes.

Stingham’s words caused him to feel as if the ‘Evil Dragon Follower’ hidden within the thicket was trying to take this opportunity to steal his gem.

He immediately decided to not continue fighting the Office of Special Affairs arcane master and to flee as quickly as possible.

“You are correct. I should be more careful with it.”

His gaze flickered between the thicket and the Office of Special Affairs arcane master as he retracted the gem floating in the palm of his left hand and put it in a bag.

“Wow! He did just as Stingham said.”

Ayrin and Rinloran exchanged glances. Afterwards, their eyes widened in disbelief.

Because they simultaneously realized that the little yellow dragon had disappeared from Ayrin’s chest pocket!

In the following moment, Blanc abruptly said, “I’ve exhausted almost all of my arcane particles. I shall leave this Office of Special Affairs arcane master to you!”

“Pop!”

The sharp sound of space being torn rang out as a massive black skull enveloped Blanc and quickly disappeared.

“He ran away just like that? Did Little Yellow manage to steal it?” A dumbfounded look emerged over Stingham’s face.

A dense cluster of black light abruptly burst into the thicket.

“It actually…!”

Ayrin, Rinloran, and Stingham gulped heavily.

The little yellow dragon abruptly reappeared within Ayrin’s chest pocket in the process of rehanging the pouch given to it by Ayrin over its neck. Its mouth was firmly clasped around a black gem. Reminiscent of the miserly merchants in Eichemalar, the little dragon took the black gem and quickly stuffed it into the pouch in an animated fashion.

The glowing black gem was, without a doubt, Blanc’s Zombie Lord Gem!

In such a short instant, it had actually managed to fish the gem out of Blanc’s pocket!

While the three of them were still in a daze, the Office of Special Affairs arcane master whom they did not recognize began fleeing in the opposite direction.

The three clusters of white light shot in three different directions. At the moment, they were unable to discern which cluster of light contained the arcane master’s real body.

“This is Eclipse of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. It’s a skill known only by Hawkmoon Academy,” Rinloran said as he watched the three clusters of light move rapidly away from them.

Ayrin replied, “He must have thought that we were an Evil Dragon Follower who was even stronger than Blanc.”

“Where is my Zombie Lord Gem?!”

At this moment, a shockingly miserable scream rang out in the distance.

“I told you to be careful,” Stingham gloated as he broke out into laughter. Afterwards, a strange expression emerged on his face as he said, “Let’s hurry up and run. He might come back for us right away.”

Whoosh!

Stingham burst out of the thicket and began desperately running towards the area with the least number of arcane energy fluctuations. Ayrin and Rinloran quickly followed. They made sure to not use any arcane energy while running.

Several minutes later, a heavily breathing Stingham, Ayrin, and Rinloran stopped under the shadows cast by a large rock. “He will probably never guess that we were the ones who stole his Zombie Lord Gem.”

“Little Yellow, wait a moment for us to replenish our arcane particles and then let’s go steal more good things, alright?” Stingham excitedly said as he gasped for air.

The little yellow dragon’s eyes brightened as it vigorously nodded its head, causing the gems and crystals in the pouch around its neck to clatter. It gave off the sensation of an upstart.

After calming their breathing, Stingham and Rinloran immediately began to condense arcane particles.

As for Ayrin, his reserves were basically full already so he vigilantly stood guard in case an Evil Dragon Follower tried to sneak attack them.

Time slowly flowed on and the battle continued to rage.

Vicious winds containing fragments of arcane energy constantly howled, driving a storm of sand and dust.

Under the shadows of another large rock not far from Ayrin’s group stood Lotton.

As pale white particles emanated from his body and onto the stone behind him, the stone seemed to erode. He fell backwards into the stone. Afterwards, his pale white particles enveloping him began slowly changing color to match the stone until he completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, far away in the center of the battlefield within the Abyss of Evil, a bluish yellow mist slowly rose.