185 Expo 1 (1/2)
Chapter 185: Expo 1
”To be honest, you really did find a rare one.”
”He does have the skill though.” It was as if Andrela was trying to comfort himself. ”I apologize for the explosion earlier. He is, after all, on the wanted list from the Federation.”
”It’s okay. So what’s your plan now? We just have to wait for Palosa’s response. If he were to accept our proposal, the four of us should be able to take on any situation.” Garen said softly.
”We have to make our move regardless of his acceptance. The exchange with Duskdune Shura should be able to gives us some reliable information. We will definitely have a lead if we follow the Immortal Palace.” Andrela said with confidence.
After some thought, Garen softly clapped his hands.
A person soon came out of the small building with a black metal box. Two servants carefully placed the box onto the white ground, greeted Garen with a bow and left.
Garen walked towards it and opened it with a flick of the lock. What appeared in the box was, unexpectedly, another smaller box.
He opened it again and it was filled with small ice cubes, and among them in the centre was a test tube covered by a white silk. A dark red liquid filled the inside of the test tube.
Garen took out the test tube and shook it in front of Andrela.
”The Blood of Eternal Life that I have obtained from Behemoth Gate.”
”You’re really daring. Aren’t you afraid that they will ambush you?” Andrela was speechless. ”You even let your underling guard this.”
”I couldn’t find a good opponent that could fight me evenly.” Garen grinned. ”I took away their stuff as I defeated Clark. The whole Behemoth Gate’s scheme in the southern region has been foiled by me. What’s left is just trash and not worth mentioning.”
”Just be careful.”
”I understand.”
Andrela felt emotional as he took the box of Blood of Eternal Life. ”We’ll just have to see what kind of information Duskdune Shura can give us.”
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After a few days of resting in the manor.
Garen and his team finally received Palosa’s response: ‘3 months later.’
It wasn’t specified if he would be attending the operation three months later or he needed another 3 months to consider. Or maybe he meant he would give an answer in March?
The three of them couldn’t wait any longer and brought the Blood of Eternal Life to meet up with Duskdune Shura. They had decided to exchange the Blood of Eternal Life with information regarding the Immortal Palace and a precious secret technique. At the same time, it was to clear off any resentment among them as well. This was the agreement between Duskdune Shura and Garen.
Within their own spaces, they communicated with each other with an encrypted tool without any face to face contact. Duskdune Shura had been extremely careful.
After some negotiation, the Garen trio obtained information of the Immortal Palace and Garen also obtained a special secret technique: White Peacock.
Under the suggestions from the King of Nightmares, they decided to name themselves the White Peacock as an alliance among the three men. This secret technique was able to make use of the user’s qi to mark the enemy for a long period of time. The secret technique would secretly release a special smell that was very hard to suppress within a radius of two kilometers. Only users who knew this technique could notice the smell.
Those who were under the effect of the secret technique would be like a peacock, especially eye catching during day time.
This secret technique was purely used for tracking. It had no known side effects and was very effective.
Garen tried to invite Duskdune Shura to the White Peacock but was unfortunately rejected. The old man had been very careful after his battle strength waned due to his serious injury and had decided to stay hidden after obtaining the Blood of Eternal Life. Garen predicted that he had planned to pass down his skills to a disciple and heal himself afterwards.
Their purpose was barely met. However they planned to follow their plans anyway and went to Picardi as per Duskdune Shura’s intel.
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Few months later…
An uncountable amount of flowers, pink and white, covered the mountains and plains, dying the hillside a pinkish red.
There was a gray-white car lane among the sea of flowers. The road had separated the sea of flowers like a thin, white ribbon.
Occasionally, there would be horse carriages or cars travelling down the road, and with them carried the sounds of bells and car engines.
The afternoon sky was showered in a pale golden color, with a dark blue on the edges in the horizon. There was a pale red within the gold sky which, when on the cloud, looked like the cloud was aflame with light.
The color of the clouds changed from gold-red to pale gold as the sunset light radiated through the sky like a slow crawling ladder.
There was a silver car en-route to the capital of Picardi through the white road. Its speed was so fast that it kept overtaking the rest of the carriages.
Behind the seat of the silver white car sat a tall man with short hair.
The man was in a suit. It looked like he was asleep with both of his arms on his knees. Although this guy was not particularly handsome except for his exceptionally smooth skin and golden white complexion, he had a presence that couldn’t seem to be ignored.