Chapter 661 - 606: Caught (1/2)

These invisible snakes belonged to Carpentine, they live in that sealed world and their only purpose is to track targets. Arthur was in possession of a thousand of them and as long as he dedicates all his power, even that thief can't escape from him. Sooner or later, that old man will show himself again inside the city and that's when the parasite will strike.

With all thousand invisible tiny snakes dispersed, each searching in an area, Arthur returned to Shen Shen's side and continued shopping. Although the king invited him to stay over, Arthur preferred the inn because it felt much safer than entering a tiger's den. Zaarae isn't with him yet and it's too early to trust the Fallen God Clan, then again, there's no need to purpose provoke them either.

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In Ramel City, precisely in the slums, there was an area called the 'Garbage Drain', it's actually a sizable piece of land surrounded by a black and dirty wall over 10 meters in height. Around midnight of the same day, a short figure with brown greasy hair, a filthy thin body and smelly clothes was rummaging through the trash, trying to salvage something to eat.

Unbeknownst to him, there was an invisible snake lurking next to him, it silently hissed at him and projected its sight to its owner, Arthur. The distance between the inn and the slums was no less than 10 kilometers but Arthur's space magic allowed him instantaneously cross that distance. He was like a ghost, appearing behind the boy and stretching his hand, which was covered in a mass of ominous darkness.

The boy's face paled as he raised his hand, seemingly wanting to defend himself. He didn't look threatening and appraisal indicated that the kid was a mortal but Arthur was sure of his instincts, which is why he showed no hesitation.

Just when his hand was about to strike the boy, the latter vanished, leaving a blurry afterimages as he dashed away. Unfortunately for him, Arthur already prepared himself for this, ten defeaning thunderbolts descended from the night sky, hitting the area around Arthur in a circular manner.

He didn't know which way the boy will escape toward so he aimed at all directions and it worked, thankfully. The thunderbolt, which was as thick as an a.d.u.l.t, descended upon the thin boy, who had an astonished expression as he retrieved a silver sword less than a meter in length, and swung it at the thunderbolt.

Quite surprisingly, the white godly thunderbolt was deflected but allowed Arthur to creep on the boy. For the first time since he acquired it, Arthur used [Thought and Effect], causing the boy's body to float in the air then violently smash into the ground. Loud sounds of breaking bones and rupturing muscles could be heard as the small figure coughed blood and glared at Arthur.

A monstrous force was pressing down on the boy, whose face was plastered on the ground, unable to move. The enhanced Telekinesis and the Quad-Spirit's gravity rendered the thief unable to lift a finger, much less escape, nevertheless, after a few seconds, he seemed to be relaxed.

”How did you know it was me?”

”…”

Arthur didn't reply as he used Telekinesis again, forcing the thief's storage ring out of his finger and equipping it. He glanced at the immobilized boy before coldly snorting and raising his hand and clenching it.

A suffocating and overwhelming force entered the thief's body, affecting his blood circulation and stagnating his Mana flow, rendering him unable to use his skills.

”I don't care who you are, just die.”

Arthur didn't want to talk with him or know how he tricked him. He's an enemy, someone who has to be killed, that's all that matters. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to finish it as the boy abruptly turned into black dust and no matter how much he looked around, he found no traces of him.

”Master, it's a Dimensional stone.”

”What? I thought it needs to be manually activated and what's with this black ash?”

”The one he just used belongs to the System. It's modified in a way that it auto-activates when the player is near-death. Actually, a lot of high-leveled players use it.”

”Is there any way to negate it?”

”If timed perfectly, Master's Dark or Red Rizaki should cancel its spatial transportation. A Void Heavenly Arrow can intercept it too. There's also Carpentine unique ability but master needs to try it first.”

Arthur looked at the large garbage dump before vanishing. It mattered not now that he escaped, the thief will come back reclaim his ring and that will be the time he dies. Arthur heavily injured him and even if he's in possession of miraculous healing potions, he'll still need time to recover. Moreover, Arthur didn't even go all-out, he just used Telekinesis, which became one of his strongest offensive powers thanks to Zaarae's 'blessing'.

Back in the inn, Fariya took one room for herself while Shen Shen stayed with Arthur. The little girl was sound asleep, she didn't even notice Arthur's brief disappearance.

As he appeared next to the blue-haired girl, Arthur chuckled and caressed her head for a while before checking the contents of the thief's storage.

'This…'

He sucked a deep breath, feeling genuine shocked. Even Zodiak, who has countless treasures in his storage, paled in comparison to what this thief had. There were all kinds of treasures, whether it's swords, sabers, armors, gloves, boots, hats, masks, potions, poisons, jewelry. Most seemed to belong to the system but some originated from the Cloud Sea Universe too.

There was also a staggering amount of Top Red Spirit Stones. Arthur thought for a moment before separating the useful things from the useless ones, then he put the ring in Shen Shen's finger.

Now, the thief's storage contained a few things and even, by some fluke, he manages to claim it back, he'll be very disappointed.

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Evening of the next day.