131 Peaceful Silence. (1/2)

Whenever Ozul talked with Rufus, he knew that even when the old man did not have any negative thoughts towards him, he was nevertheless, not his friend either.

”What do you mean by that you're leaving?!” Rufus almost shouted his lungs out.

Ozul raised his brows at this, amused, he said, ”Oh? Quite desperate to keep an eye on me, aren't you?”

”Wai- Uh. No! What are you talking about? I just wanted to know where and why are you going to leave alone?” Rufus explained himself while nervously shifting himself in his place.

Fortunately for him, he had learned from his past interactions with Ozul and had already sent his subordinates away. Otherwise, they would have seen this embarrassing sight of him.

”So, it was just that?” Ozul did not press on the matter and continued when Rufus nodded his head furiously, ”You see, I am bored. So I would be venturing off on my own now. It might take me a few days to come back.”

Ozul generally wouldn't have bothered to tell Rufus before leaving, but he thought that it might help Raven and Blaze avoid getting into dangerous situations.

Rufus wouldn't be able to stop him anyway, so why not say hello, at least?

”Wait! But you can't do that!” Rufus said, trying his best not to shout like he previously did. He was given the mission from his Majesty, so Ozul leaving his sight would mess up all his plans!

”And why can't I do that?” Ozul asked calmly.

”Uh... I mean, you shouldn't do that! Yes. What if something goes wrong? It would be the same as abandoning the mission at that point. And remember, his Majesty-” Rufus wasn't able to finish his words.

*Sigh*

”That talk again? Let's be honest here, ok? Tell me, do you think that I care about your Emperor?” Ozul asked, staring in the eyes of Rufus, which made the latter quite uncomfortable.

Despite being afraid, Rufus could not take the insult towards Emperor Luthien since he was a loyal follower of his.

”Young man! You better watch your words! How dare you talk like that?!” Rufus finally couldn't it anymore and shouted while pointing his finger at Ozul. Now only the fog prevented his face from resembling that of a tomato.

”Yeah, whatever. Oh, and if something happens to my two friends while I am gone...” Ozul said before turning his back to Rufus.

This time, Rufus did not stop him from walking away. Although he was mad due to his behavior, he also knew that getting into a fight with Ozul was not a suitable option since he was sure to return after leaving his friends with them.

”Che! Don't need to follow him! You won't be able to keep up,” Rufus ordered when he saw that a couple of his subordinates were going to follow behind him.

As for Ozul, since he was alone right now, he just used Ball of Purity to fly above the forest. It didn't take long for him to be high enough to escape the fog.

And one particular thing he found was that the fog only covered a small part of it underneath him while the rest was still as usual!

”There must be something strange here,” muttered Ozul before looking around him to see if he could find the anomaly from above.

However, even after looking for a while, he could only see the thick mattress of trees laid below him.

”Then, I can only do it the hard way...” Ozul said before diving right back down.

He could try to sense all around the foggy area and see if he finds the source of this fog, but the scope of the search was just too big. Moreover, he didn't even know what he was looking for.

He landed a little far away from the group so as not to attract any attention. Since Ozul did not know what he was looking for, he decided to walk in a random direction.