Shadows in the dark.

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Miles away from Ekhael position, a group of shadows with different sizes stood in a small clearing. Creating a small circle of shadows.

"Where is the 9th? We are already waiting here for half an hour! A complete half an hour!!" A short shadow angrily spoke, clearly already losing her patient just by waiting for 9th.

"Calm down 5th, he is probably doing some vile stuff behind our back again!" A shadow that looked scholarly replied towards the short shadow in the distance calmly.

"Hmmp, he only became shadow weeks ago yet he already started showing his disgusting nature, Sooner or later he would do something that might affect us all.

Worse it might also affect even his Majesty." A burly shadow expresses his worries, clearly already dissatisfied toward 9th shadow actions.

As they are about to complain again, an irritable voice suddenly rang out inside the deep forest.

"Hehehe, Calm down, calm down. I was just delayed by half an hour, there is no need to be angry about."

A silhouette of a shadow silently made a way in the deep dark forest, approaching the group of shadows distance away.

On its face, a smile could be seen.

"Hmmp," The 5th shadow harrumps and looks away at the 9th shadow, expressing how angry she was.

Hehehe.

The 9th shadow chuckle and ignore the 5th shadow before looking at the 1st shadow with respect.

"1st shadow, I already managed to get the information you want...

There are hundreds of humans I met in my direction but most of them stayed inside the barrier, making me incapable of..."

The 9th shadow spoke non stop as a smile still pasted on its face, probably thinking about something interesting and amusing, probably both.

Soon, a couple of minutes passed by, the 9th shadow already finished relaying the information as he silently stepped back, expressing that he was already done.

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Hmmm...

The 1st shadow stared calmly at the 9th shadow, making the 9th shadow a little uneasy.

"It seems that you did not relay all the information to me."

The first shadow stared at the 9th shadow with a smile, waiting for the 9th shadow response.

This!

The 9th shadow looks stunned as the uneasiness in his heart grows, however on his face a smile still could be seen.

"This ... 1st shadow i don't know what you meant." the 9th shadow gazes at the 1st shadow, quickly changing his smiling expression to an aggrieved one.

"Hehehe, why didn't you tell me that dozens of humans died while you're watching them?

Do you really think, that your puny little tricks could hide your action!?"

Upon hearing those words, the 9th shadow smile froze as his eyes constricted and denial rang inside his mind.

"How... How could he know!? I did my best to hide those... Wait, impossible, I didn't feel any presence tailing me!'

"Are you thinking how I, we, managed to find out about the things you have done?

9th you are still young." The 1st shadow stared at the petrified shadow in front of him as he spoke unhurriedly.

As the 9th shadow was raking his brain, thinking for a plausible excuse, he saw the first shadow slowly clench his hand into a fist.

As he was wondering about the odd action of the 1st shadow. A sudden pain sensation hit him in his chest, blood started to gush out from the corner of his mouth.

Shocking him greatly.

What kind of spell is this! I didn't even see him attack!

"I... I'm the son of the head of Marcos family, you can't kill me! If you..."

The 9th shadow was still speaking, threatening the 1st shadow with his background when suddenly a flash of quick light passed by and his head detached to his body and hit the ground.

Rolling slowly before stopping, on the 9th shadow face puzzled could be seen. He probably, would not know how he died.

"3rd shadow, you're still impatient as usual," The 1st shadow spoke towards the skinny shadow who was leaning towards the tree calmly.

"We already waited for half an hour, since we already got the evidence we wanted there is no need for him to live." The skinny shadow spoke as he walked away toward the deep forest.

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Seeing the silhouette of the 3rd shadow getting smaller and smaller, the 5th shadow click her tongue and approach the dead 9th shadow on the ground.

Tsk, tsk...

"What an idiot, it is one thing for you to use your family cultivation technique behind our back, even if we are suspicious regarding your identity and background we would not have enough evidence regarding you, yet in the face of death you sell your family out.

Now not only you would die but all of Marcos in the kingdom is."

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