125 I will take care of it. (1/2)

”No matter how much talent, if I don't give my all, it would still go to waste,” Blaze muttered to himself.

Ozul had told him that he was born a genius due to his abnormal affinity with Ice Element. But what good is a talent if he does not do anything with it?

Granted a new life from Ozul, Blaze wanted to become his demon that would burn everyone in his path. However, as he was now, he was just relying on Ozul instead of being any help.

Instead of resting like others, Blaze sat down on the bare ground and started to meditate.

”Since I have the talent, I have to put it to good use,” determined, Blaze started to focus on his Mana Core, trying to break through the next stage.

He forced himself to try and push through the next stage all night.

From above the tree near him, Ozul saw this scene before moving his eyes to the tree Raven had climbed. He saw that she, like Blaze, was also cultivating.

Ozul nodded his head in approval before closing his eyes again.

. . .

At the same time, on the other side of the group, some men were having a conversation while standing on the tree.

”Boss! I tell ya, we can easily get our hands on the Cores!” Brud said, trying to convince Barry. He continued, ”Those brats are just Rank-5 mages. They wouldn't even know what happened before we will have the Cores in our hands!”

”And what about that guy, huh?! You wouldn't even be able to get near him before losing your life,” Barry did not seem convinced. The pressure that he had felt from Ozul still made his back tingle.

”Boss! Even if you know it, that kid has no Mana at all. Even if he was someone so strong that we couldn't sense his power, we should have still felt the mana when he used that weird black thing. But we didn't!” Brud laid out his 'insight' before Barry.

”It means that the brat is just an average kid!” Brud added.

”And how do you explain the black blade that even I couldn't see when it killed the drake?! And the pressure that we all felt back then!?” Barry asked, irritated that Brud kept on insisting that they steal the Cores from a monster like that.

”Boss, trust me! That must be because of that weird conical hat that he had on! It was also that hat that turned into the blade. It must be a treasure since he looks rich too! If we get our hands on it-”

”That's it. Treasure or not. I am not taking any chances against that monster. I am pretty sure that he wasn't even serious when he released that pressure,” said Barry before walking away.

No matter how much Brud persuaded, Barry did not want to do it since he was aware of the disparity between his strength and Ozul's just from that pressure alone.

He had already messed up before, and it would be stupid to do so again.

However, Brud was still not convinced, ”But Boss! Imagine how much we can make from the Cores and that treasure!”

Brud clenched his fists when he heard that Barry would even go as far as to abandon him if he did it alone.

Although he had also felt the pressure from Ozul, he credited that to some hidden treasures as well.

Brud was dead set on obtaining those treasures for himself that he did not realize how he would most likely lose his life if he were proven wrong.

”Ugh… We will see,” he muttered while looking towards the trio's direction before also climbing up a suitable tree.

. . .

Just like that, the night passed, and the sun started to rise.