Chapter 48 - Then I Shall Trust Them (1/2)
Everyone looked at Krune as if they had seen a ghost!
A secret realm entrance? Below us? What? How? Who am I?
Yusa was the first one to recover and immediately asked.
”Are you sure? How is it possible that there is a secret realm here and no one noticed?”
Krune looked at Yusa as if he was looking at an idiot.
”How do you expect me to know? It was by coincidence that I was using my Divine Sense during our fight, because of that I was able to see that there is really a thing like what Shinja described around two kilometers under the ground!”
Everyone breathed deeply, if there is really a secret realm just below then, they might have struck gold! It was then that Krune threw a bucket of ice cold water over their heads.
”Before we even think about entering, let's think about the risks.”
”First, is the master of this realm dead?”
”Second, even if he is dead, would he simply leave it open like that for us? As far as I know he might be a remnant soul waiting for a vessel to eat the bait.”
”Third, if this is really a gate to another closed space, why would it be open now? Coincidentally, there is a certain realm that is also open at moment, chances are that this is just another entrance that no one found yet. Didn't we just refuse to enter around a month and some days ago?”
”Forth, let's pretend that it isn't any of the previous options, as far as I know, secret realms usually are full of demon beasts, what is the level of the demon beasts inside? As far as I can see it could very well be infested with Divine Soul or higher realm beasts.”
”Fifth, if this gate has been opened for a very long time, why haven't any of the living beings inside used it to leave? I can see with my divine sense that the arena around the gate is completely sealed and no one stepped out in years. Chances are that it will trap us as soon as we enter.”
Krune put an even more serious expression on his face and said.
”I could keep on talking for an entire day about it, do any of you want to enter this gate now?”
Shinja finally came to understand why Krune was the leader, even with this finding, he hasn't lost his cool mind for even a second, they would eventually reach the same conclusion as Krune, but Krune was the only one to not be affected by the fortunes that might exist inside, if this isn't a leader's quality, then she doesn't know what it is.
Or at least, that was what she thought for a second before Krune continued.
”That's why we are going to sell this information to the guild first, we are going to be rich, RICH! HAHAHAHAHA!”
Krune's leader image in Shinja's head crumbled as fast as it was formed.
'I better not expect anything in the future.'
Yusa hugged Krune straight away.
”Money, Money!!!”
Both of them jumped around celebrating.
Seeing that, Shinja started to consider if she should leave as soon as possible before she gets affected by the same virus.
Ao ignored the two idiot's happiness and brought them back to reality.
”Are you sure you want to sell this information? Let me tell you something that you probably don't know yet then. If we sell this place location to the guild, the only ones with authority enough to deal with it are the elders or the guild head himself, and of course, they are all the way back at the Headquarters, but that's not the main issue, the problem is that blood contracts are useless.”
Krune was taken aback.
”What do you mean with blood contracts being useless?”
Ao explained.
”Blood contracts put a restraint on the soul, but Divine Soul experts can ignore and wipe out such restraints, so, unless you have someone between the high members of the guild that you trust, I think it will be easier for us be killed after giving the information instead of getting any payment what so ever.”
Yusa immediately intervened.
”Would they really kill Krune or Shinja? The both us is one thing, but Krune and Shinja are super geniuses of the guild, you know?”
Shinja was the one to talk this time.
”I agree with Ao, if the gains overcome the losses by a great margin, they probably would prefer to play it safe, doesn't matter how much of a genius we are, we are, after all, just foundation establishment cultivators, nothing hard to replace, a dead genius isn't a genius anymore.”
Ao nodded.
”Correct, the thing is, this could very well become a personal secret realm for the guild to send only it's most trusted members, in front of such opportunity, the life of two geniuses is nothing much.”
Yusa asked again.
”Then what if we auction it? That way several powers would know about it, it would give us safety.”
Shinja shook her head
”Won't work, to protect the Furiu realm from being invaded by the powers of other continents, all the top clans, guilds and sects gathered together their experts to protect it, even if we put it for auction no one will buy, that's because it wouldn't be a secret anymore, in the end they know that the information will leak one way or another and all powers will have to defend the place again, the buyer will lost any rights over it.”
Krune was feeling gloomy.
”I didn't expect that blood contracts are useless against Divine Soul cultivators, that's totally unexpected. In that case, I want to hear everyone opinions about this, but remember that what a said earlier is still valid, entering without preparations is absolutely out of question.”
Shinja then gave an idea.