21 Gathering of the Sky Magicians (2/2)

”Hmm. We shall wait for the rest to arrive before we begin our search.” Emperor Reverence nodded in greeting. ”I have a feeling this person has gone into hiding, and if we find him... I'm afraid our small group would lose our small lives!”

”Yes, Iagree.” Lea nodded in understanding and turned to the rest of her group.

”Sister-in-Law, what do you think is behind all of this?” a woman by her side was the first to speak. She was a beautiful middle aged woman with medium length blond hair and had attention grabbing violet eyes. She looked like a grown up Andria. This was obviously her mother, Cyndria Wilderwolf!

”I'm also confused. Why did this person, or thing appear and disappear so fast? What's the purpose of surveying the whole world?” an older gentleman spoke next. This old man had a bald head, short grey beard and eyes that seemed to hold old age wisdom.

”Father, Sister-in-Law, I am not too sure either... It's most likely that this person had just arrived in this world and was checking where he was...” Lea spoke in contemplation, her fingers on her chin.

”Y-you mean?...” Cyndria had a look of disbelief.

”Are you saying that this might be a being from outside?” Lea's father asked with a complex look.

”Maybe... If that's the case, we'd be in real trouble...” Lea sighed. ”It's confusing... He's not made any moves, so from that we can assume he might not be aggressive. However, he also hasn't greeted us when he obviously knows we know of his existence... Instead it seems he has gone into hiding...”

”Do you think... Something is forcing himself in hiding?” Cydria pondered aloud. ”Like, maybe he has extreme fear towards strangers!”

Lea responded with a half-hearted glare. ”This isn't the time for one of your poor excuses for a joke, Cyndria.”

”Sorry.” Cyndria apologized, though not forgetting to stick her tongue out in a playful manner.

At this moment more figures appeared and all of them could feel the presence of several other Sky Magician's heading in their direction at fast speeds. Soon, over a hundred Sky Magician's had gathered and everyone immediately went into conversation as questions and theories were thrown out one after the other. With no certain answer, the most important figures agreed to begin the search. And so, for several hours, these terrifying figures began a large area search, not only around the wilderness and not even in the confines of the Claw Reverence Empire. They were searching all across the continent!

Yet, no matter how long and how deeply they searched, no results were shown...

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Surprisingly, the mysterious foreign man had hardly went far. In fact, he was directly below the area he had entered this world. Deep underground, a large room had been dug out with no exit. On the walls were a deeply intricate display of golden coloured ruins.

In the center of the room was where he sat with legs crossed. His condition was still rough, however he was now wearing a clean pair of robes and his body had been cleaned up. Yet every few minutes he was spitting out blood and coughing in pain.

”Those old bastards!” The man growled with clenched teeth. ”To think that the great Night Walker would end up like this! Half-dead on an uncivilized peace of cr*p planet like this. Alas, this is also my fortune as it's perfect for my recovery plan!”

With a deep grin the man who called himself Night Walker suddenly pulled back the sleeve on his left hand and held it out in front of himself, wrist facing the ceiling.

”Its time to begin.” Night Walker coldly mumbled before suddenly, a long scalpel appeared in his right hand. With steady hands he lined up the edge of the blade on his wrist and viciously cut into his flesh!