Chapter 43 - When the gods forget about you. (2/2)

It had only been a little bit more than one hour since Krune's group refused the offer to enter the Furiu realm, Kassius and Bary had just had their conversation back at the Head Quarters too, so Shinja still had no idea that Krune wasn't going to the Furiu realm, she just came here earlier to find her protection target.

Krune's group was lunching at the second floor, when Shinja appeared in front of them, Krune's group was puzzled, did they know her? She was very beautiful, but to her surprise, neither Krune nor Ao seemed to care much about her looks. It couldn't be helped, Krune is a wisp to start with, as for Ao, ever since he joined Krune, he lost interest for anything else, everyday his cultivation and abilities soared, he has high standards now, a simple cute face isn't enough to move him anymore. Only Yusa showed some interest, not in that way, of course.

Krune just gave her a single glance and focused back on his meal, he is a wisp, other than Feifei, he doesn't care about the appearance of any other man or woman, it's just that his affection for Feifei has a lot to do with the fact she saved his life that day.

Shinja went straight at Krune, from the picture she got, this was definitely the right person, or better, human form demon beast, it was easy to notice due to Krune's spiritual energy that he isn't human.

”You are Krune, right? I received the request to act as your body guard during the Furiu realm exploration, if possible I would like for us to move straight away to prevent any accidents to happen before we get there.”

Yusa, Ao and Krune looked at her puzzled, they refused taking part in the Furiu realm exploration, didn't they? What is she talking about? Yusa thought that the mercenary guild used this beautiful woman to convince Krune to enter the Furiu realm, but then she discarded this idea straight away, the mercenary guild knows very well the Krune isn't human, human beauty has little to no effect on him to start with. Finally, Krune's puzzled face was gone and he showed a look of understanding.

”Supervisor Lu Ganan had told us about the Furiu Realm opening and offered us the chance to enter, but we refused, I don't know why they haven't told you that yet, but simply put, you are free to go, no need to protect me anymore, goodbye.”

Krune then went back to his lunch, this probably was the first time in years that Shinja had a blank expression on her face. Refused? Who would refuse to enter the Furiu realm? It was a place where everyone at the Foundation Establishment wanted to enter but had no way to go. Did he just say that his team refused? She took some time to come back to herself but when she did, her face went from cold to dark.

”Are you making fun of me? Who would refuse such opportunity? Do you think I'm playing here? I couldn't care less if you entered or not, but if you don't go I can't go either, stop wasting my time and let's go already.”

This time it was Yusa who answered.

”If you want to go, just go! What does that have to do with us anyway? We have decided that our cultivation progress is good enough already, we don't need extra risks for the moment. First of all, what is that about if he doesn't go, you can't go either? We are not imprisoning you here as far as I know, I can see that your realm is much higher than ours, you probably are close to the Core Formation Realm, right? Then take this opportunity and go by yourself, if you want we can even give you our three slots, you can make a team of your own and look for fortunes together with them.”

Ao also complemented.

”We are pretty confident in our cultivation speed, whether we enter the Furiu realm or not will have little difference on our path, so I thank you for your concern about us losing this opportunity, but you don't need to worry, we are good the way we are at moment.”

Krune just nodded his head while eating, they are doing pretty well for themselves already.

Shinja was almost losing her wits, but she couldn't say that she is bound by a blood contract to protect Krune until the Furiu realm closed, not that she couldn't say it, the blood contract only specified that the mercenary guild couldn't tell Krune about that, if she wanted, she could say it herself, but she can't, it would be too humiliating for her, not to mention the risks behind revealing such information, in her eyes, Krune might as well throw himself inside some really dangerous mission just because he has her to protect him. But then again, there is another issue, if she stick around even after being chased away, it will be obvious that something is fishy, they would figure out sooner or later. She calmed herself and left, the Furiu realm hasn't opened yet, so her protection mission haven't started as well, she first need to contact the mercenary guild and ask them what is going on.

Back at the lunch table, Krune group was discussing about what just happened, Yusa looked in the way that Shinja left and breathed heavily.

”I know who she is, that's Shinja Avril, a peak 9th stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, she is quite famous, I heard that she has a pure Yin Body, because of that her control over the water element is unbelievably high, maybe even above Krune's, but as a late stage Foundation Establishment and a genius at that, she also can use other elements at the same time, I heard that she specialized in using water and thunder element together.”

Ao was surprised.

”So that was her? I also heard about this genius woman, it seems like that she only acts alone, she has never joined a ranking team before, nor did she ever tried to build one of her own, because of that people can't say for sure just how strong she is.”

Ao then looked at Krune and said

”This is just a rumour, but I heard that she also has a universe foundation just like yours, Krune.”

Krune put his spoon down and said.

”It's not a rumour, I'm certain that she has a universe foundation too, I don't know why but I could feel it, and I'm sure she could too.”

Krune was in fact just as surprised as Ao and Yusa, he didn't expect to find another universe foundation so soon, he used his universe foundation as an excuse for a lot of things, Shinja appearance might cause him some problems because of that, it's good that she left already.

”Forget it, since she understood that we won't be going to the Furiu realm, she will just leave, we should pay attention in our next mission in the Raskie Danger Zone, I'm planning for us to have some bigger challenges other than completing the mission, this time we have to beat down at least one 8th stage Foundation Establishment beast, it's going to be hard and death is also an option, but at least it's not as crazy as this Furiu realm thing, so, the two of you better get ready for that.”

Ao and Yusa nodded, they know that although the Furiu realm would probably bring some dangerous situations as well, but in the end the most dangerous thing would be the other groups or maybe even their own protector, Shinja Avril, greed. They prefer to have their own way of acquiring combat experience.

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Back at the mercenary guild branch, Lu Ganan had a gloomy expression, in front of him was a beautiful blue haired girl, but he couldn't feel the least bit happy about.

”Cough, cough. How can I help you today, Miss Shinja?”

A cold aura started to spread from her, her face was getting darker an darker while looking at Lu Ganan.

”Help me, you say?”

Lu Ganan was almost crying, the Head Quarters left Shinja for him to deal with, or to be more specific, he was the sacrifice for the day.

'Oh gods! Why must you forget about me?'