Chapter 202 - The Chase (1/2)

<So many memories... he's managed to gather a lot of information in his life. But... most of his memories relate to this town, and besides useful memories, he just has a massive amount of junk.>

Frankly, Evan had expected more. There wasn't much that was truly useful.  Now he was thoroughly familiar with most of Inlas, except for its central part. Oddly enough, the informant didn't have many memories of that place.

Nevertheless, Evan had learned what he needed. He wondered what this strange eye was, and now he had the answer to his question.

<That eye is called the ”Magic Implant,” hmm... it's pretty useful but hazardous to put it in the body>.

Once upon a time, when the informant was still young, he'd received a severe wound and lost his left eye. A cure that could heal such a wound was costly, but he quickly amassed the right amount of money when he started trading information.

That day he went to the center of Inlas to buy the necessary medicine, but he bumped into the place where the so-called ”Magic Implants” were sold. The informant decided to take a risk and install one instead of his eye.

<Hmm, these implants can give different abilities. This informant didn't know the right spell to view memories, but thanks to this eye, he could do it. Simply put, these implants are a kind of spell built into your body, like evolved monsters. It's disgusting.>

Evan was disgusted at the very thought of changing his body and turning into some monster. ”Magic Implants” were incredibly expensive, and there was also a great risk of dying when they were installed. In Evan's opinion, only real fools would dare do such a thing.

”Well, I've got to get out of here, I'm pretty far along in my quest. My next destination is the ”Hills of Bloody Falls.” Mumbled Evan as he walked out of the ruined building.

The snow-white spear was still in his hands. It would only disappear if Evan wished it to, or until all the energy in the spear was used up. He could take a few more swings before all the energy ran out. But the energy was also lost over time, Evan only had about five minutes left.

Evan knew that his actions would get him in trouble. Obviously, this informant had a patron, and Evan's actions had caused someone a lot of trouble. Evan, however, was not worried about his safety. He would force his way out of the city if he had to.

The last time the help of the 70th demon, Prince Seere, cost Evan 20 years of his life, but he had grown much stronger since then. To use this destructive spear, Evan sacrificed only three years of his life.

When Evan emerged from the half-destroyed building, three men were already waiting for him. Each of them had an aggressive attitude, they didn't like that Evan thought he could do whatever he wanted here.

”Boy, do you have any idea what you've done? If you wanted to kill somebody, you should have done it quietly and not in this place! What's more, you killed a man who obeyed the very...”

Before the man could finish his sentence, Evan swung his spear, decapitating all three of them. The building behind those two was destroyed as well, it was unprecedented power.

<Well, I don't have anything else to do at this place, so I guess it's time to get out of here>. Evan thought and cast the ”Ghost Step.”

Evan really had no reason to stay here. He had the information he needed, and fighting the local bandits made no sense.

When he cast the ”Ghost Step', his speed increased considerably. He turned into a blur and quickly disappeared from the sight of his enemies. They tried to chase him, but by then, Evan was pacing leisurely among the streets of the slums.

<Damn, this spell is exhausting. I've only taken a few dozen steps, and my legs hurt like I've been running continuously for a week. But now I can head for the ”Hills of Bloody Falls.”