Chapter 620: Escaped Prisoners (1/2)

”This is indeed a serious problem...” The Sect Master's face went unsightly as he saw that three of their prisoners escaped without them being alerted about it.

” 'Love' 'Faith' and 'Piety' huh? Any of those three could use their power to build a large cult should they managed to roam free within the Divine Realm. That's trouble.” Grand Elder Gin commented while massaging his temples.

”The Commandments could also transform their followers' Faith into an energy source of feed it to the Devil Emperor. If the Devil Emperor recovers his strength, then we would be in some serious crisis. We must search for the whereabouts of the escaped convicts. We have to cut them down before they could grow any more problematic.” Henry commented while also feeling stressed.

”You did well in spotting this.” The Sect Master patted Raven's back. ”I can't believe that they managed to escape without our notice. Still, we don't have much time.”

The Sect Master went silent for a bit before he turned to Raven and asked: ”I'll be giving you a difficult mission. Are you up for it?”

”What do I need to do?” Raven asked first.

”I'll send you back there, alone.” The Sect Master told him, ”Your task is to search for tracks of the escaped prisoners. See if they are still there and if you could, put them back behind bars. What do you think?”

Raven thought for a bit before answering: ”Sure, I can manage. If there are only three of them, I should be able to handle them on my own. But, just in case there's more to this incident, be prepared to send me some back-up.”

”Also, it would be wise to comb the ranks of the sect rather discretely, just in case they manage to infiltrate our ranks.” Raven drew the Brush of Wisdom and began drawing several runes in the air.

Moments later, two solid rune formed ahead of him. They materialized into being and was passed onto the Sect Master for safe-keeping by Raven.

”This one is a Tracking Rune. Activate it using your energies as you walk around the sect. If it senses any Devils nearby, it will show a reaction. The closer you are to the Devil, the stronger the reaction is. That rune can also locate the Commandments should they be here.”

”The other one is a Binding Rune. Once located them using the tracking rune, activate this one and it should immediately trap them within it.” Raven explained the uses of the runes he created just now.

The Sect Master tried activating the Tracking Rune and it glowed with a soft light, aside from that it didn't do anything. This means that there are no devils around which caused everyone to sigh in relief.

”Alright, since that's settled, send me back there. We need to hurry.” Raven said to which the Sect Master agreed.

They went towards the front yard where the Sect Master began chanting the ritual to open up the passed towards the Valley of the Despair. A few minutes passed by and the familiar spatial tear appeared in front of them, Raven already made some preparations to before hand so he could leave right away.

Before leaving, the Sect Master handed him another seal that could send him back here in case he found himself in danger. Also, Raven left a seal behind that he could use to ask for reinforcements.

Once Raven made sufficient preparations, he didn't waste any time and immediately entered the passage that will transport him to the Valley of Despair.

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*Swoosh!*

Raven silently appeared in the same location where he was a couple of hours ago. He was greeted by the similar darkness which greatly hindered his sight. Now however, Raven was fully prepared.

Not only did he manage to nullify the darkness laws around this place through the use of runes, he also made himself pretty much invisible to any kind of detection. Even his arrival here didn't cause any fluctuations in his surroundings so that the prisoners wouldn't be alarmed of his presence.

'Okay, let's see what they're up to.' Raven thought inwardly as he slowly spread his sense around in order to check every corner of the mountain top.

Raven decided to take things slowly this time. Instead of going directly towards the civilization below him, he wanted to check this very mountain he's on for clues first.