Giant Blade was excited to see what the skill could be and even though he didn't use it anymore it was still amazing. "What else can you do?"
Rahz smiled and showed lightning coming out of his hand and then normal fire. "Since the God of Justice is taking measures is better to lay low and just honed my skills with the beast of the forest before hitting the town of Naas… eventually, they will let their guard down".
The group smiled deviously and enjoyed their meal before heading to their room to rest. At the request of Omega the headquarters sent a couple of 4th tiers to advanced the investigation and they were very effective. As Rahz and the others slept comfortably, the fourth tiers were heading to the same town thanks to information provided by the guild of thieves that had a very large network of informants in every town.
A thief operating in that town reported of a character with a green snake on his neck that was staying in his town and match the description of the task circulating on all the branches of the guild.
The guild sold the information and sold it to the pursuers for a hefty amount of cash. The only way to catch the troublemakers was to investigate every lead but not everybody could accomplished the job. The calling card of the first 2 incidents was precisely the rumor of an outlaw and they had lost capable third tiers trying to apprehend them.
A fourth tier paladin and a priest arrived in the town in the early hours of the morning to see that people were already working and moving about in the streets.
"I hope they are the real ones, I can't wait to torture them to my heart's content"
The duo made their way to the inn but when they were inquiring to the manager about a man with a snake, behind them Rahz and the others were leaving with giant blade bringing up the rear.
The priest turned around to see the fading shadow of giant blade and thought "isn't that… "but then he shook his head repelling his own thoughts.
The manager proceeded to guide them to Rahz room but it was already empty. There was nothing to do but to look around the area but there was very low chance they could find them and they were right.
Rahz and the others were already far away from the town in the middle of the forest hunting creatures and they were looking at the Rahz divide into 3 people using triplication and increased all his copies power using warrior's fury before using the shadows to appear behind three creatures that look like a crocodile and chopping them in half .
Midori and Hennessy also contributed as well as Jazz that was bringing the beast and providing the enhancements and receiving precious Energy to increase in Level.
Rahz also realized that his leveling energy intake when it was coming from beast instead of God's followers matched the intake of the others so he realized that the path he was getting push towards was definitely the path of a Tyrant.
The use of enchanted pouches made it possible for them to stay in the wild for a long time and after a few months they sent one of giant blades wife's to inquire about the situation. 2 months after the closing of the auction houses they resumed their business and in the ones that had being hit new personnel was appointed by the main branch but the tension could be felt in the air.
Rahz continued his training without any worries and on the fourth month of constant grinding he was able to reach level 23 and had finally learned to use Chaos Rune Burst but since he didn't have Chaos Runes anymore he used the principles behind the skill rune mark to create temporary runes on his body with compressed chaos energy that he could use to simulate the effect. It was a very interesting approach similar to the way the Abyssal chamber gave themselves a lot more runes to use but Rahz did it without the pain of cutting into his body.
Rahz also practice with different levels of compression and sizes to make sure that the Burst was smooth and his cells could handle the increased and finally settle on a increase of 25% per burst and at level 22 he could burst 3 runes increasing his strength by 75%.
Jazz was now level 25, a feat that left everyone scratching their heads since all he did was drink and eat all day and flirt with girls whenever possible. Midori was also Level 25 and had finally achieved the level a baby basilisk is usually born with but thanks to the blood of the Dragonkin she was on her way to becoming more powerful than any other serpent of her species. Level 25 was pretty good to her and Petrifying Gaze got a big leap in potency while her poison breath could now leave puddles on the ground that emitted poison clouds covering a zone. The new skill for her kit was, Call of the King Serpent that allowed her to summon a few of her kin to help her in battle.
It was finally time to pay a visit to Naas and talk to Tom and Amber and apologized for not being able to help Little Emma in her time of need. The memory of her in that torture chamber had hunted Rahz's dream and the whole purpose of the trip was to get some closure just as it was about taken revenge on her aggressors. The words of Ross Moriarty still lingered in his mind when he used Bloodlust, "My father is one of the people who runs Naas and once he gets back not only your little Dark Elf would be killed on the spot for being a worshipper of that Evil Vermin Louxx but I would be set free to carry the lord of Justice's will upon the sinners".
Rahz came for Mycroft and he was going to enjoy absorbing him, maybe he could hit level 25, and maybe just maybe he could obtain an item of the gods to feed Apocalypse.
5 people arrived on the platform of the Aerial mounts service early in the morning and displayed auras that made the people receiving the payments want to hide behind the counter. Rahz looked around and saw that very little had change, it had being 6 years since they left in a hurry and he wondered if Lady Ahlam was still running the Fair Lady.
"Come on Guys, I got just the place to have breakfast"
"Ho Oh… That is the first time I see you so enthusiastic about a place , it must be really good kid." said Giant Blade.
"I can say the food is second only to my mother's and the manager is really nice and we can get gossip about things that are happening from the locals. Lets go"
The group picked up a carriage and head it to the Fair Lady, It was 9:00 am and the people coming and going from the inn said it all. Adventures with their leather armors went towards the guild and guards left the establishment to start their duties. It was a very merry atmosphere and this opened their appetite.
Ding Ding
The bell attached to the Door signal the arrival of a few guess and the 19 year old Rahz walked in followed by 4 people, and made his way towards Lady Ahlam that was looking as clean as usual and staring at him and the others.
Rahz walked with a smile on his face but before he reached halfway a shadow passed by and hug lady Ahlam that just frown.
"Aunty!!"
Rahz looked towards Giant Blade for an explanation but he just dejectedly walked forward and jump on the counter and gave Ahlam a Hug.
"Aunty Ahlam what a surprised"
Rahz saw the scene and almost puke blood when Ahlam pull Giant Blade's ears and told him to put a shirt while he was in her establishment.
"I didn't know you guys knew each other already" said Rahz nonchalantly.
Ahlam scanned Rahz but only when she saw Midori was she able to recognize him. There were no tattoos and normal eyes, "So you end up in the Abyss, where are the others?"
"Riddick and Elune are learning there, we are heading back after I finish my business here".
"When I heard about the incidents, your face came to mind but I knew you didn't have the power to pull it off. Now that I see my niece and her husband, I can guess what has been going on".
"He is now my disciple aunty"
"You better not start a war, that Moriarty's father is being monitor heavily by the higher ups and any movements against him means killing at least 30 third tiers and that kid Omega is lurking around, whatever you do,DO NOT TOUCH HIM".
Sigh...