256 Outsider? (1/2)

'With enough practice, I wouldn't need to worry about a Rank-10 Mage...' Ozul was confident in that aspect. However, defeating one such Mage would be a different matter altogether.

”Oh! I almost forgot about that...” he suddenly paused when he remembered something. Stopping on the seventh floor, he looked for Irvin, who he found was running here and there doing things that Haley asked him to do.

”Follow me to a room,” Ozul said, making Irvin almost jump in surprise as he hadn't noticed him standing him all this time.

He quickly nodded his head and followed behind Ozul, who led them to Haley's office.

Haley quickly got up, noticing Irvin and Ozul entering her office. She was about to ask if there was any problem when Ozul put his hand inside his Spatial pouch and brought out three fancy-looking rings.

Dropping the rings on the table, Ozul took a seat. Haley curiously asked, ”What are these, young master?”

”They are the Spatial Rings of Luthien,” Ozul answered ever so casually, but the shock on expressions on Haley and Irvin's faces weren't so relaxed.

Haley picked up one of the rings and put it on. She sent a wisp of her Mana inside the ring and closed her eyes.

A moment when she opened her eyes again, shock and excitement were visible on her, ”Young master! This...”

”Whatever there is inside these three rings, count them and make a list. After you have done that, inform me,” Ozul already expected many valuable things inside the Spatial Rings, so he could understand Haley's shock.

However, he couldn't use the Spatial Ring, so he could only entrust Irvin and Haley to make a list of its contents. He would keep anything of interest, and the rest would be used for the organization.

”Absolutely, young master!” Haley said in a little loud voice. The more the organization had in their treasury, the less burden would drop on her, so she was more than happy to get those piles of treasures she had seen inside the ring.

Not to mention, it was only a single ring, and there were still two more on the table!

By now, she could already guess that her young master wouldn't use these treasures as well and just give them to the organization.

Unknown to her, Ozul didn't have any other choice. Besides using these things for his organization's growth, he could only sell them to earn money.

All of these 'treasures' were useless for him because they were all connected to Mana in one way or another.

'I really have to ask Raymond to find me a method for me to use artifacts without Mana...' Ozul thought to himself before leaving the room.

With nothing else to do now, he decided that it was time to meet Raymond or Alver to learn more about Old Gu.

It was better if he could just hear things from Alver or Raymond.

The chances of stumbling upon that ancestor with the weird name 'Kure' were higher in the Ashin family's estate, so Ozul decided to visit the Order of Dusk's headquarters, hoping that Raymond was there.

. . .

Sometime later, he reached the headquarters but was left disappointed because the secretary told him that Raymond was in the estates and was busy there. And she was also unsure when he would return here.

Ozul sighed since now he didn't have any other choice. He was sure that if Kure was anywhere near that estate, he would surely sense his presence.

'Well, whatever. It doesn't matter anyway...' Ozul steeled his heart before moving in the direction of the Ashin's estate.

He wasn't afraid of Kure, but he guessed that his encounter with that old ancestor might create unnecessary tension between them. That old man being a Rank-10, would definitely have a high ego and wouldn't like anyone not agreeing to everything they said.

And Ozul almost never agreed with others' thoughts, much less of a Rank-10 Mage.

Before he could even complete his thoughts, he was already flying above the estate. It wasn't surprising that he was also able to sense the presence of people inside that shield made up of Mana now.

And unfortunately for him, his worries proved to be true. Along with Raymond and Alver, Kure, the ancestor of the Ashin family, was also there.

He entered the dome of Mana that made an opening for him and landed on the ground.

What confused him was how he didn't sense the presence of those three inside some secluded area of the manor. Instead, all three of them were in the garden on the side of the manor!

It wouldn't have been surprising if it was only Alver and Raymond there, but Ozul didn't understand why that ancestor would also be there.