8 Chapter 8

Rezen run and run as far as he could. His lungs feels as if they were on fire, legs aching hard, and vision getting blurrier

He doesn't know how far he is from that dreadful city but he still doesn't dare to stop. If not, all of his efforts might be in vain. Maybe, if he stop now and pass out, when he woke up, there is already a slave collar in his neck

The fortunate thing was that since the Calwell City is a small and weak city, the monsters near it are also in the weaker side

If not, how could a city with weak mana warriors even survive?

"This won't do. I'm reaching my limit. If I lose consciousness, a monster might eat me while I'm sleeping" Rezen thought and his blurry eyes tried to scan his surroundings though his legs aren't stopping from moving

He feared that the moment he stop, the adrenaline rush would subside and he would faint

"A place! A need a safe place to hide!" He thought desperately before finding a cave not far from him

Rezen's eyes light up and his body and mind give one last burst of power. His vision cleared up and his speed increases as he charged through that cave

To his surprise, the cave was only a few meters large and there was even a block of rock that could seal the entrance

There were also burnt tree branches inside and this cave might be used by travelers to rest

Without wasting any time, Rezen uses the last bit of his power to seal the cave's entrance, only leaving a small gap for air to circulate before passing out

His body heavily fell to the ground but the pain was not even registered by his brain as he had already lost consciousness

Rezen was left alone inside the cave and since he isn't conscious, he cannot sense that the mana in his surroundings was automatically drawn to his body, helping him recover

———

When Rezen woke up, the first thing that he saw was the cave's ceiling staring back at him

He doesn't know how long he passed out but he immediately sat down and scanned his surroundings for any signs of danger

To his joy, Rezen didn't find any danger and he let out a sigh of relief

"Finally, my heart can start settling down" Rezen said to himself and as soon as he does that, his eyes watered until tears fell down from them

The past month wasn't easy. Although Rezen managed to adapt easily based on his judgment of other people, it was still not easy

The only reason why he still hasn't broken down was because of him freezing his heart

He has his common sense from his previous world and also the plot of various novels he had read. He knows that he if doesn't make his resolve strong, he would fall

Fortunately, Rezen is always levelheaded, and that greatly helped him

"But... aside from my name and knowledge that I'm not originally from this world, I can't recall anything else?"

Rezen's life prior to him entering the slave facility seems to be blank. He only knows his name, personality, and the world he previously live in but aside from that, he cannot recall anything else

That was an issue he didn't tackle before as he feared that it would cause him to break down but for now, that doesn't matter

Rezen wiped his tears with his arm as his eyes burned with resolve. "My survival is the most important thing for me right now"

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"Hmph, what a small and poor city. I can't even sense a decent Mana Warrior in here" a man with striking red hair and eyes commented

His face was filled with disdain while staring at the city he had just entered

"Young Master, Calwell City is merely a third-rate city. What could we expect from it?" The what it looks like the attendant of the red-haired man replied and he too is mocking this poor place

"Hmph, they are this weak but they dared to take my little brother and make him a slave. They are really courting death!" The redhead continues as the both of them head in a certain direction

They didn't even rent a taxi or other public transportation. They just jumped from one building after another

Both of them are strong Mana Warriors and their speed as expected were really fast. Most people could only see their shadows

"Young Master, I think that's the place!" The attendant said while pointing at a large building where the slaves of the Bloodthirsty Wolves are being trained

"At normal times, I would have destroyed that place already if not for me fearing that I would accidentally hurt my younger brother!"

The two continued as they landed on the building's entrance

The entrance has two guards guarding them and they immediately spread their arms to block the redhead and his attendant

"Halt! This is not a place you could enter! If you want to go inside you could only do so as a slave!" The guard states firmly and the redhead looks at him as if he was an annoying fly

"Frin, kill them!" The red hair ordered and the man named Frin immediately made a move

His body moved at a speed that the guards' eyes cannot catch and the next thing they know was that they were already being held in their faces

"To dare to block my Master, you two deserves to die!" Frin commented cruelly before smashing the guards' heads to the hard ground. Whether it be the ground or the guards' skull, they both cracked from the impact

Fortunately, the slave facility is off-limits to normal people. If not, the deaths of those guards would have caused a lot of ruckus and panic

With the guards dead, Frin moved to the door and destroyed it with a kick

The people inside immediately took notice of the intruders and they were about to move when their eyes notices shurikens flying in the air

Before any of them could react, the shurikens already claimed their lives

As if they were just walking in the park, the redhead and his attendant intruded in the slave facility, and everyone that dares try to block them died

"W-what's with these monsters?!"

"They are too strong!"

"Just what is in those shurikens? How can they easily kill our brothers?"

The members of the Bloodthirsty Wolves were in great fear of these intruders. They died just because of shurikens, how can they accept this?

"Call your leader and bring him to me!" The redhead shouted loudly and the gangsters looked at each other before obeying

Anyway, they can't do anything with these intruders. They can only hope that their leaders are different

In the end, the redhead and his attendant arrived at the Death Ground and they jumped down to it

"This area is big enough. If they all come at us, it would be easier to kill them all" the redhead commented, he didn't even bother trying to prevent the gangster from hearing him

As a result, the gangsters stared at them with bloodshot eyes. They want to kill these arrogant people but they simply don't have enough power to do so

After a few minutes of waiting, the highest-ranking members of the Bloodthirsty Wolves finally arrived

Five of them were noticeably the strongest and naturally has the highest position. They were informed of how dreadful the enemies were and all of them arrived along with almost all the members of the gang

"Who are you? How dare you intrude here and kill my men?" The what it looks like the leader jumped down into the Death Ground to confront the intruder that didn't even put him in the eyes

"Give my younger brother to me and I'll let you die with an intact body!" The redhead arrogantly demanded, offending all the gangsters

"Boss, kill him!"

"He is too arrogant, he must die!"

The leader although blinded with rage still tapped his scouter to judge the power of these two but to his shock, the reading failed

This could only mean two things. The first is that the target has the ability to hide their power and the second one was that the quality of the scouter is too low

"Hmph, trying to use a trash scouter on me? Dream on! Frin, make him feel the biggest pain he would experience in his life!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

The man named Frin immediately controlled his mana as he stared at the gangsters' leader with cruelty in his eyes

"[Poison Style: Poison Claw!]"

A green smoky aura instantly appeared on Frin's hands and just like the low-level members of the Bloodthirsty Wolves, the leader also wasn't able to block even a single move

Frin holds the leader's head with his claw and the man's body quickly turned green as he writhes in pain

"Tell me, where is my brother, Hector! You trash dared to turn him into a slave!" The redhead rages