Chapter 84 - Assassination Attempt (1/2)

After the third round was over, the first day of the Mercenary Selection came to an end, that is because quite a few people had used a lot of spiritual energy while others not so much, also, from the next day onwards, people from the same continent will start fighting each other, there were continents like Makui which had the most of the participants while there was other like Yule Continent had less, so it was unavoidable to get this conclusion, although the guilds didn't want to see guild members of the same continent giving up or going easy on their opponents, there was nothing else to be done anymore.

Not to mention that it could, in fact, be a good thing now, the ones with real chance of advancing would get further while those who know that they aren't capable enough would stay, Yule Continent was the only one which didn't have that luxury, from the twenty-seven participants that came this time around, only six remained in the end, and none of them are in the same group, Turi Belane who had challenged Ao back then was in this group too.

It was late at night and Yulie Forgon was just back inside his residence, someone of his level could easily buy a spatial ring big enough to fit a house inside, and that is the one he was using here at moment, if someone came in at this moment, he would be able to see a cold light in his eyes, Krune's prowess had thrown his plans in disarray, if things continued like that, it would be very difficult for his nephew to get one of the five slots for the top five contestants.

”You can't blame me for it, blame your luck to end into the same group as my nephew.”

Yulie changed in some black clothes and silently left his house, he had to get rid of Krune as soon as possible, otherwise, his nephew wouldn't be able to pass through the last phase of the selection, and maybe he will even lose to Krune before getting the chance to try that phase.

Krune's group was gathered close to the place where the elders of the Yule Continent were staying, it was very rare to have someone trying something against the top contestants, so no one was paying too much attention, the elders and guild head Bary were all cultivating or doing their own things, Krune was discussing with his friend how they should proceed after winning their own brackets.

”I think we don't need to show much of our capabilities just yet, from what I've seen so far, other than Arlan, I don't think we would have problems with any of the other mercenaries.”

Said Yusa while thinking about the general situation, but then Ao shook his head.

”The mercenary guild is one of the big powers of the world, so the members of the guild are between the top of those who are going to fight for the ten slots of the Divine Path Sect entrance exam, we could fight him instead so that we can have a better idea of what to expect during the Martial Gathering.”

Krune nodded after hearing that.

”It indeed makes sense, there is no doubt that he is one of the bests at the moment, even between all the powers, it is better to do that to understand our futures opponents.”

He then looked at Yusa and Ao.

”But we don't need the three of us to do this, in that case, who will fight him? I don't believe that any of us would be in any great danger, at most we can just admit defeat if we see that the victory's price is too great.”

Ao immediately raised his hand.

”I want to try, he is a Sword user just like me, it will be very convenient for my training, between the three of us, the only one who uses sword is myself, so I have the confidence of keeping myself safe.”

Krune and Yusa nodded, they have confidence not only on themselves but in their team members too, Ao is not the type to take unnecessary risks either if he said he can deal with it, then he definitely has that confidence.

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Outside Krune's place, a shadow approached without anyone noticing, it was none other than Yulie Forgon, after checking where the participants of the Yule Continent were, he spread his Divine Sense just enough to cover the place if he alerted any of the Yule Continent elders, he would need to retreat immediately, he had to kill Krune before anything else, the best case would be to kill him without alerting anyone.

Inside Krune's room, little light suddenly woke up.

”Krune, someone is using Divine Sense to look for you, from what I can sense, it seems like this person doesn't have any good intentions.”

Krune was still talking with Ao and Yusa when he heard that message, he immediately got up after that.

”How strong?”

”Definitely in the Divine Soul Realm, probably late stages, I can feel its killing intent, he is here for an assassination attempt and has already locked his Divine Sense on you.”

Yusa and Ao didn't understand what was going on, but looking at Krune's face it was obvious that something happened, Krune immediately reached his chest and smashed the jewel that was attached to a collar on it.

Inside the place where the elders of the Mercenary Guild were staying, Bary was cultivating beside his father when suddenly, the jewel on a bracelet that he was using cracked, both him and Lian Casfiu noticed that and immediately understood what was happening.

Lian was close by, the main reason of him being here is especially to protect Krune, he spread his Divine Sense and disappeared in the next instant, he easily found the assassin, but he couldn't determine who he or she was because the clothes that the person was using had formations protecting against Divine Sense from passing through.

Lian Casfiu is one of the very few cultivators in the Makui Planet in the Soul Forging Realm, so Yulie obvious couldn't feel the moment that Lian's Divine Sense scanned him, but he still found out that someone had discovered his location, he had his robe to thanks for that, it was a spiritual equipment that blocked Divine Sense, but it was exactly this ability that allowed Yulie to find out that someone tried to check him, the fact that he himself couldn't detect who scanned his body proved that this person was several times stronger than him.

”It's that dammed Lian Casfiu, only him have a realm higher enough for me to not notice his Divine Sense.”

Noticing that it was impossible to Kill Krune anymore, Yulie immediately decided to retreat, but it was then that he heard a voice coming from his side.

”Leaving already? You have just arrived, why don't you come in for us to drink some tea and have a little chat?”

Yulie was alarmed, he didn't expect that Lian would appear here so fast, he immediately activated his movement technique and tried to flee, but he noticed that the space around him suddenly became like a sea of water, but at the same time it wasn't, this definitely wasn't a spiritual energy skill, the Sky Fall Continent Mercenary Headquarters also had Soul Forging Realm cultivators, and two of them to be more exact, so he knew very well what was it that was slowing him down so much.

”Domain!”

Domain was an ability that only those in the Soul Forging Realm and above could use, it was due to their understanding of the space that they could bring forth this ability, and one of the main reasons why Divine Soul Cultivators were no match for Soul Forging Cultivator as well, not to mention the difference in their realms alone.

”Now then, you just arrived, if I let you come and go as you please, where would my face go? There is no need to worry, I will take very good care of you.”