Rahz couldn't resist the serotonin and endorphin being released in his body during a prolonged hunt and his muscles felt amazing, it was that feeling a person gets when their muscles start reconstructing after a good workout, it can get addicting.
Jazz ability to enhanced the combat power and to pull the exact amount of creatures every time was impressive and after they finished his quest, they kept hunting at a pace that none of the low levels group in the adventurer guild could accomplish, it was almost systematic. Energy flew into Riddick and Midori and they had manage to arrived at the 50% mark towards Level 21.
If it wasn't for the fact that Rahz Axe needed to be sharpen from all the killing they did Jazz would have lost his voice.
Rahz cancelled the Amorphous Titan spell and and sat on the floor against a rock. "Your spells are amazing Jazz, I didn't know those enhancements were possible, I felt like second evolution beast were ants in my eyes".
Jazz smiled and said "It is all thanks to your own battle progress, if your foundation was weak to begin with no matter what song I play the enhancement would not have much of an effect. Make sure to remember what you said when we go to a restaurant in Shinjuku, I always welcome an Ale".
While the team was enjoying some resting time, the surviving members of the caravan were being lineup in a very luxurious underground palace. Ezekiel was standing behind a female demon with a very dramatic mithril mask over her face. She was about 7 ft tall and had 4 arms that were cross over her chest. She was sitting down on a flying carpet and was looking attentively at the people in front of her.
She didn't need to used any magic to know that there was not even a low ranking demon among the people brought over. She was truly disappointed and while rubbing her temple like she was nursing a headache, she turned towards Ezekiel and asked, "Whoever told you the son of Azgorth was in the caravan needs to be torture for 500 years. I am pretty sure the incident has been investigated so there is nothing left to do but to deal with the consequences, that trickster Igor made a fool at of us".
The master of Ezekiel wave her hand and a mountain of gold coins appeared in front of the survivors, "I apologized for the inconvenience, so please take this gold coins as me paying for the damage, it was a misunderstanding. We were looking for a very dangerous demon that we believed had infiltrated your traveling party"
"You mean the Shadow serpent?" said a random person.
Ezekiel's eyes flash a sinister light before asking in a weird tone "It might be... he can change his body and being a serpent is a possibility"
"I remember seeing the serpent traveling with us but their group always left when were moving and came back a few hours later when were resting. Lord Ezekiel arrived and took us before they came back so you missed them"
People were contributing pieces of information while splitting the mountain of gold like they earned it, they had long forgotten the people that had been killed by the person in front of them, but only the living could enjoy the riches and people died every day in the realm and perhaps they could earn even more by opening their mouths.
Ezkiel's master was known as the Sister of the Moon and when she heard the new information her mood immediately changed and something told her, it had all been worth it.
"There is a lot more where this came from, if you happened to see this Shadow Serpent and her group again please inform us immediately using this Runes"
As they were finishing giving out the comunicacion tools, a portal opened and a double Warglaive short demon extremely lean with two horns curving backwards with runes of different patterns lighting up with dark green energy throughout his body walked out follow by his apprentice and a mage. There was a piece of cloth covering his eyes but he wasn't blind, energy could be seen coming from underneath and being absorb by the cloth. If Rahz group was there, they would have recognized the skinny fighter that came to investigated the incident with the caravan a few days before.
"Lord Thug'dromog Welcome to my humble abode would you like some Dragon Blood, I still have some" Clap.. Clap, The Sister of the Moon call for a servant and a green Imp appeared holding a trade with a crystal base and only a third was left of the golden blood inside.
"Don't mind if I do" said Thug'dromog in a nonchalant manner, however, when the imp came to pour him a cup he took the whole base and drank it in one go.
"Keeeahhh!! That is good stuff Xyra thank you"
If it wasn't for the mask on her face, everyone would have seen the veins on her forehead bulge almost to the point of eruption. That blood was 2000 years old and it was very difficult to get in the present time but it was all gone now. In Xyra's eyes, the lives of the people in that caravan were not even worth a drop of dragon blood and now she had lost a litre it was a tragedy in her book.
"You know why I am here, It was my turn to take care of the roads and you had to send that sissy over there to slaughter people from the outside...You mind as well take a knife and cut my face with it"
"Mog I don't know what you are talking about!!! I was just testing the caravan to see who were worthy of working for me… see... this are all the survivors and they have been paid for their merchandise and now they have a task to do if you don't believe me go ahead and ask them".
The sister of the moon pointed at the people lineup and trembling in front of the two juggernauts.
"You were part of the Caravan that was destroyed?"
The majority nodded but they couldn't uttered a word.
"Are you working for her now?"
Another nodded came and now the veins of Thug'dromog were trying to pop off his forehead.
"Does anybody would like to denounce that guy for killing your friends?"
Silence…
Thug'dromog really wanted to cut the survivors for being so spineless but since the victims were satisfied, it solved the whole problem with the outside Elites residing in Shinjuku.
"I need to take one with me as a witness"
Xyra shrug her shoulders and said, "take your pick"
Thug'dromog grabbed one at random and turn to leave while the mage open the portal and the skinny demon spoke towards Ezekiel "Don't think that Dark Sphere is going to help you in the tournament"
Ezekiel laughed and replied "I got something else just for you"
When the portal disappeared The Sister of the Moon was furious, "Increased his torture to 1000 years and make sure that old Imp BASTARD pays for my blood. So much devotion to Azgorth and for what, He fought those lizards like crazy just to be betrayed by the alliance because they were afraid of us and he still left his son to them, I just don't get it.. but thanks to that now we have a chance to evolve.
Hahahah..
So where were we!!! Oh yes if you see the Shadow Serpent contact Ezekiel he can take care of it"
The portal Thug'dromog took opened up in an alley in the slums of Shinjuku. Four people walk out of it and all of the sudden and arm was placed on the survivor of the caravan and a tiny squeeze that almost made him faint was applied while a smile was plaster on Thug'dromog's face.
"What are you guys doing for that Bitch!! Why did she slaughter all those people?"
"If...If I tell you they will kill me"
"If you don't tell me, I'LL KILL YOU"
"Stop scaring him mog, it is bad enough as it is... Xyra went too far and if there are survivors, this can all be solve very easily"
Snort..
"It turns out they are all working for her now...so I guess nothing happened, however, she is planning something and I need to know what it is.. so if you please"
A High Elf walked from the shadows and only by being in his presence people below the four tier would be trap in illusions. He was the person responsible for the foreign relations between the outside and the Demon Race and the whole caravan incident was his jurisdiction.