Death… And Me

Chapter 929 - Thatʼs For Sure

Frin had a nasty expression on his face, knowing that his Demon Beast Alliance had lost three of its Divine Demon Beasts already. ”How could this guy be right under our noses all this time without us even knowing? My Demon Beast Alliance is fucked now. Did you see it? In the middle of those demon beasts that tried to stop us, two of them were part of our group. That meant they also fell for the power of the crimson sphere.”

Duran nodded, his expression not any better than Frin as he said in response, ”I saw it. However, you at least know that theyʼre part of your alliance. As for the Zasfins, I havenʼt found a single member from my group. After all, those spheres will kill anyone who isnʼt a demon beast straight away. With that, who knows how many of them have already succumbed to death?”

Roan didnʼt care about any of that, telling them, ”Stop complaining and letʼs go find the other spheres.”

”What?!” Rean and the others were taken aback by that. ”Didnʼt you see what just happened? We were almost trapped by a horde of them. We might not be able to escape next time,” Rean complained as he healed Frin and Duranʼs injuries..

Roan shook his head as he explained in response, ”And thatʼs exactly why we canʼt stop. For that guy to put up such a strong defense for those spheres, those things obviously mean a lot for him. Most likely, the more spheres we destroy, the weaker heʼll become. At the very least, his control over the demon beasts should decrease.”

Roan continued, ”Thereʼs one good thing, though. It seems like he can only find our positions when weʼre close to one of the spheres or a demon beast being controlled by them. We had passed by many low-level demon beasts, which should have been the method how he tracked our movements since we didnʼt bother hiding when there wasnʼt anything dangerous.”

With that, Rean soon understood what Roan meant. ”I see...but wouldnʼt it be too risky?”

Duran was the one to answer that. ”Now that I think about it, there should be a lot of danger. We just need to make sure we hide well with your concealment skill while moving. Without Spiritual Sense or Soul Power Scanning, it should be possible. We can even try to use a hit and run tactic.”

Roan agreed with Duran. ”Itʼs good that you understand. Since our positions wonʼt be found, we can expect less defense. Of course, Iʼm sure that guy wonʼt keep the crimson spheres alone anymore, so all of them will always have some protection.”

”It isnʼt much of a problem,” Duran could not help but say in response to Roanʼs words. ”If heʼs telling all of the Stage Nine Demon Beasts to protect the spheres, that means his forces would be scattered all around. Itʼll be a lot easier to flee as soon as we destroy a crimson sphere.”

”Exactly.” Roan agreed with Duran. ”I will also select the spheres at random. So far, weʼve always headed to the closest one to us. This made it even easier for that guy to track us. This time, Iʼll select different crimson spheres from random points. Letʼs keep this up until only around 10 to 20 spheres remain in the end.”

”Why 10 to 20?” Frin could not help but ask.

Rean understood what Roan was trying to do and answered, ”Thatʼs because that guy will be able to gather his forces around those spheres. With a smaller number of spheres, it wonʼt be hard to predict where weʼll head next even if he canʼt find where we are.”

”I see...” With that, Frin understood the issue. ”But will we simply leave those spheres be? Donʼt we need to destroy them as well?

Roan faintly smiled when he heard that. ”Not at all. This operation has two objectives. The first one is to obviously weaken or disrupt that guy as much as possible, destroying the spheres. The second is to detract attention away from him.”

Roanʼs words reminded Frin of Kentucky and Celis. ”Ah! Thatʼs why you sent the Minokawa to observe where most of the higher-tier energy is located. You want to be sure that itʼll be partially or maybe completely unprotected.”

Roan nodded, satisfied. ”Thatʼs the plan. I hate to break it to you, but I refuse to believe that we can leave this place without dealing with that guy first. After all, it was obviously his doing that everyone was teleported here. Do you think we can find an exit without doing that?”

Duran, Frin, and Rean immediately shook their heads. They werenʼt idiots. From the very start, getting rid of the enemy was their only choice of leaving this place alive, let alone activating the portal to the Realm of Gods.

”Then again, thereʼs one thing I donʼt understand,” Rean mentioned out of nowhere, quickly attracting everyoneʼs attention as they waited for him to continue. ”At first, I thought that guy was the owner of this dimensional realm. However, if that was the case, he shouldnʼt have a need to use the demon beastsʼ vision to find our location. He should have been able to bypass the restrictions of his own realm on Spiritual Sense or whatever he uses. Donʼt you think itʼs strange for him to have the same problem as us?”

”This...” The others were caught by surprise by Reanʼs words.

Even Roan had to admit that Reanʼs thoughts made sense. ”Indeed, that doesnʼt make any sense at all. Rean could already make formations capable of blocking the Spiritual Senses of others but not his own or the people he didnʼt want it to work on. If that guy was capable of creating this realm, I refuse to believe that he couldnʼt make a safe area for himself.”

Duran also noticed another strange point after that. ”Thatʼs not all. We know heʼs probably stronger than Frin and I, or so those red claws that capture the souls from Stage Nine Demon Beasts make it seem. If so, why didnʼt he come out and deal with us by himself? If this is his realm, he should be able to travel around as he liked.”

Frin added one more thing, ”In fact, if this was his dimensional realm, he should be able to use the realm to deal with us as well, no? But the realm itself hasnʼt done anything.”

In the end, they all reached the same conclusion. ”This is not his realm, thatʼs for sure!”