5 Stealth Advantage (1/2)

Staring at the wolf dragging the corps with a missing head back Yu sighs heavily thinking about the troubles he had just evaded.

'If she had only thought clearly using the time the shield had provided her she could have easily killed me, in fact even facing her puma alone would have put me in a dangerous position had I not gotten the drop on it'

Just as it sounds the girl blinded by fear chose the worst option, if she had not ran and instead summoned her other soul beasts then she would have had a guaranteed victory.

”Well all the better for me, but if this had been her sister ..... I would be the one dying for sure”

Unlike Kore the older sister is more battle hardened since she had gone through training fitting her age while the recent visitors were all greenhorns when it came to real battles.

The wolf drags the body to the mansion to Yu's surprise and proceeds to drag the pumas body behind the mansion.

”Looks like its getting the difficulty of the situation we were thrown in”

After checking that the wolf had finished moving the bodies around, Yu covers the bloodstains with dirt and dims the hole with the wolfs help then hides in the mansion laying in wait.

Off course with his current strength he knows his limit thus he starts making a new trap inside the mansion to avoid being exposed outside.

Thinking about the problems of the previous trap and acting upon it Yu starts formulating a sure kill trap for the summoner rather than the Soul beasts as he had noticed it would be his loss with a prolonged battle.

Time goes by as the sun like orb fades from the sky sinking the mansion into darkness.

The doors open as Yu steps out with the wolf, taking a look at the parchment in his hands he starts running towards the north.

'Thankfully they mapped the area to not get lost, with there cores in hand I could have a better chance at surviving, off course if someone takes the core while I'm away that would also be alright'

With a clear aim the due sprint through the forest.

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An hour later at a two story villa the forest, two men can be seen of which one is pacing back and forth on the second floor taking glances at the silent forest from time to time.

”Its already past dark he couldn't have stayed out this late if something hadn't happened to him” says the old man.

Hearing a grunt, he looks to the side to see the man rub his eyes as he had been woken up

”How can you sleep at a time like this the young master could be in danger and if anything goes wrong we would be the ones to take the blame”

The middle aged man takes a look at the old man before drowsily speaking

”Even if he won't come back it won't affect us, we can't accompany him outside and whether he loses or not nothing can happen to him with the Life Lock so we should wait and see”

Thinking a bit the old man realizes that it was just as the man said, as there was no need to worry anymore he turns away to get his own sleep, as to whether anyone comes to claim the core at this time? He couldn't care less if the owner wasn't there anymore.

And so the whole villa except the front gate guards falls into sleep with none aware of the eyes that had been staring at them from the forest, as if waiting for the right moment to strike.

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Yu had been crouching there for half an hour already waiting for the opportune moment but it never occurred to him that they would merely go to sleep as if they had nothing to do with the missing person.

”Did they get careless because they don't think he will be back or are they confident, nonetheless this is good, all I have to do is put out the guards and take away the core”

Motioning to the snake that had been on his shoulders he points at the guards who can be seen nodding of at the gate.

With stealthy slithers the snake creeps toward the edge of the forest and stares at the guards who in turn stare back at its eyes with alert, but seeing as its merely a small snake they let down their guard and merely keep an eye on it, but each time they turn to make sure it's not approaching they feel drowsier than before until the two of the eventually fall asleep.

Seeing that the two had fallen asleep Yu comes out of the bushes and picks up the snake, after caressing it a bit he unsummons it and proceeds into the mansion.