Chapter 459 - So close (1/2)

Hao Xuan frowned upon hearing this sudden announcement.

”What do you mean?”

”A group of your 'fellow' humans is following one of the incoming prison transports. And it seems they are not here to just talk.”

While he was talking, the trader reached out into his robe once again and pulled out a small mirror. The mirror itself had a few small cracks along the outer edges. The trader mumbled something under his breath while swiping his finger on the surface of the mirror, creating a handful of glowing sigils that started rotating.

He pressed his right thumb in the center and all the sigils stopped at once. Hao Xuan could feel an invisible wave of some kind spread out in every single direction with the mirror as the center.

One by one, different images started to appear on the mirror's surface, right below the trader's thumb. But the longer the images stayed in the center, the further the cracks spread.

In less than 30 seconds the entire bottom half of this old-looking palm-sized mirror was cracked. Each crack showed a different static image.

The trader didn't hide the mirror so Hao Xuan could see everything as well.

The first set of images was of the two wizards and the caravan. The second set was of the cultivators following them. Hao Xuan instantly recognized Dai Zhi who was in the leading group along with Micha. Their objective was pretty clear.

But then the third set of images appeared and showed another group. This one only had about 20 people or so but had many more faces Hao Xuan recognized. Henrik, Ceni, Hazel, Fulke and a lot of the other people were there.

'No wonder I didn't see them anywhere...” Hao Xuan breathed out a sigh of relief looking at their haggard faces.

They looked like a group of homeless folks hiding out in a cave. Even Ceni who would be the center of attention wherever she went was covered in mud and bloodstains. No one would be able to tell she was a princess of such a great power if they looked at her now.

But since they seemed to be safe for the time being, he put the thought of going after them at the back of his mind and peered upward at the trader who was, somewhat anxiously, waiting for him to respond.

He pointed towards Dai Zhi, ”Can you kill that man? I'll pay the full 5,000 credits if you can take care of him right now.”

The trader was taken aback by Hao Xuan's 'request'.

”Y-You want us to kill them?” he asked again, unsure if he had heard correctly the first time. He was certain they were with Hao Xuan seeing how they appeared at such a critical juncture.

Hao Xuan nodded, ”I don't care about the others, but this man, I need him dead. What do you say? Kill him and the credits are all yours,” Hao Xuan dragged out the last word, his intention clear.

If the trader decided to accept it, all those credits would basically go directly to him since this wasn't an official request.

And five thousand credits was not a small amount. It wasn't anything heaven shattering but nothing to scoff at either. Hao Xuan could feel the obvious greedy nature of the trader so he pushed a little more.

”Just that one man, none of the others matter. It's not a bad deal if I say so myself,” Hao Xuan whispered like a devil. He released a whisp of the Emperor Qi but it seemed to have the opposite effect.