Moonlight continued to fall and illuminate the night world. Scattered clouds shifted and drifted in the dark sky filled with stars. Birds were few but there were still some among the sky flying comfortably.
Inside the array filled with many kinds of toxic gases three men stood silently. Only the top powerhouses, clans and some influential group or people knew of the fight happening on the northern part of City of Datura.
Most didn't care about such insignificant fight. They only saw Antonio's and Blood Hawk mercenary group's fight as a trivial matter. In the City of Datura warriors on the level of Hawk were not few. For the higher ups, their revenge drama was only some entertainment that will help them relieve their boredom, that's all.
Due to the array, outsiders couldn't peek inside and figure out whats happening.
Some even organized private betting for fun.
To them Antonio was a nobody and Blood Hawk a somebody.
At the moment Lucas's eyes were brutal and ruthless, his blood which was in the process of upgrading started to get excited.
Lucas went through every bit of information from the moment he spotted the formation to now and tried to plan a strategy.
In a blink of an eye he analyzed the array together with the poisons their levels, lethality and motions he detected after entering the array. This also included the Moonlight Hive Potion that Lucas personally sold to Mr. Maverick, now Antonio.
Soon Lucas decided.
His firm eyes locked on in Antonio and Hawk. For a moment both of them flinched.
Lucas intentionally coughed and spoke with a eerie but hoarse voice.
"He he, good good, very decisive. I like it. Since it is so I will give you a test. If you pass, I will recommend you to my organization."
"And if you fail, you will only get your deserved reward."
Pausing for a moment, Lucas slowly took out a small transparent glass bottle containing a blue thick liquid from his storage ring.
The blue colored liquid had small bright spots as stars in the sky. It twinkled and shined lightly.
Antonio was shocked and with a shivering voice he spoke aloud.
"Aqua Derium!!"
Hawk was astonished and tongue tied even though he never saw one he still recognized the name.
Aqua Derium a poison specially concocted by extremely skilled but rare Alchemists, very rare. It is capable of mixing with other liquids and after mixing it becomes odorless and colorless. It is also capable of increasing some special effects of some type of rare poisons and potions.
So the demand is very high.
Aqua Derium is one of the extreme poisons against mages and shamans. One drop is enough to kill a mage below Maxim level. Against warriors the poison weakens their ability and inhibits the movement of qi, if not treated promptly they will die.
Both Antonio's and Hawk's heart tightened the moment they saw Aqua Derium.
On an ordinary day Hawk wouldn't necessary fear it and somehow was able to resist it till help arrives. But right now both Hawk and Antonio was vulnerable. A single drop is enough to kill both of them and right now in front of them is a small flask of full of Aqua Derium.
In their eyes this Dr. Frankenstein became more and more mysterious. Aqua Derium is mostly made by Grand master level Alchemists because for others it is much more difficult and demand for control force is very high.
Dr. Frankenstein casually put the glass flask on a nearby big stone. He shook his head and spoke.
"I have seen much of the world. Both of your pair of eyes are full of coldness and killing intent against each other. I guess it is irreparable."
He tapped on the brown lid of the flask twice and spoke in a lazy voice.
"If you continued to fight like this, both of you will certainly die. Even if one of you miraculously won, you will not be escape from here. Of course I am not going to help you in running."
Hawk narrowed his eyes and slowly lowered his body.
Dr. Frankenstein coolly continued, "This poison can decide your life and death."
The next moment unknowingly Antonio sped up his breath, Hawk was still calm and cold, he was patient and his breath even. He calmly stood like a hunter hunting for his prey.
Inside the hood Lucas watched everything mechanically with an emotionless face, only his voice had some touch of emotion.
Lucas stamped his feet in the ground and some stone in the process rose up. He easily caught a couple of them and fiddled with them in his hand.
Lucas once again looked toward the southern sky and without any notice threw the stones to the sky.
Antonio and Hawk was mildly surprised, they quietly waited for Dr. Frankenstein to continue.
"When the first stone falls you can start fighting, whether for the potion or between yourself. Your fate now rests in your hands. I will distract those little ones, so kill and live."
"When the time comes I will find you."
Without giving them a chance for response Lucas quickly retreated.
Hawk and Antonio didn't move, they expanded their senses and got vigilant immediately. Even if they had doubts, they didn't have much time to mull over it.
Since Dr. Frankenstein is much stronger than them. They decided to follow his arrangements. After surviving they will have time to think over.
Both Antonio and Hawk never for a moment thought about going against Dr. Frankenstein.
Due to the poisonous gas surrounding everywhere, the visibility was low but still they could see the stone vaguely.
Lucas while retreating produced similar potions in venomous nature and hurl them with full power of his mortal body in high altitude in different directions .
Swish!! Swish!!
…
Among them there was even some Aqua Derium that was known to be rare. To produce Aqua Derium one of the key materials is Lunar Shell Crystal. Lucas successfully concocted Aqua Derium with the help of Lunar Shell Crystal bought from Antonio and now is used against them.
It is unknown how he will react if one day he finds out the truth.
Lucas skipped through the ruined houses and ran. Sometimes Lucas moved sideways sometimes backwards, he continued to move abstrusely and in a short moments he got out of the array.
The moment he got out of the array Lucas's face instantly got pale due to the sudden surprise.
What welcomed Lucas outside the array was two fighters probably mercenaries trying to enter the array.
Both of the mercenaries were stunned when they saw a grey robed man come out of nowhere.
Lucas face turned solemn when he observed that the two fighters that were full of energy and without any obvious injuries.
They are either part of a strong group or a large group or they are incredibly lucky to get this far.
Lucas furiously thought for solutions, he have only limited time remaining in special state and after that it will be deactivated.
Before that he need to be somewhere safe.Deep inside he had a feeling that after exiting the special state, he will be welcomed by a huge surprise and he will definitively not like it.
Lucas thoughts revolved, many ideas came to him and went by. On a head on collision he will be most likely be defeated. If it was one on one, he still had a chance with the help of system but now...
Do I need to use the ring?
No, if I released the power, no matter how small level, the energy inside will be gone. I have only one activation left even if used Book of Runes. I cannot waste it on some small fries.
Poison? No it's too risky. There is a low chance for it to trace it back to me. It's not sure whether Eye of the Sky is still watching, if I use poison to deal with lower three realm fighters they will surely get suspicious.
I also don't have any superb movement skill.
What should I do?
What can I do?
Lucas mind calmed down. Found it.
Lucas closed his eyes and shut down his senses for a second.
Boom!! Kaaaa!!
A loud explosion and a shrill cry.
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While at the airboat, just before Lucas tossed the stone up in the air.
Calvin's brow wrinkled and said, "Aqua Derium"
Kelly asked doubtfully, "What's up? Aqua Derium is rare but City of Datura have more than one Alchemist capable of concocting one."
Calvin replied while tapping his finger. "No, Nothing."
"It seems this friend is adept in array, but what is he tossing out?"Mann blinked his eyes and carefully examined the screen.
Trrrring!!
All four in the room simultaneously stopped what they were doing and started cursing loudly except for young Levis.
"F**k, Can't they wait some more."
"Damn it! Let's go. Activate the interference shield."
The screen inside the water started to flicker.
It was at that moment that Lucas stepped outside the formation.
Levis was starting to remind Mann, "Gran-"Next instant a explosive sound is heard far north. Nothing could be seen on the screen, it was filled with mixed colors.
"It seems like something exploded and the energy fluctuations are affecting the transmission. If we want to see the clear picture, we need to increase the inspection level. Shall w-"
Before Mann could complete his sentence the screen before him completely vanished.
Kelly heaved a sigh.
"it's time to move. Anymore and Arsln guards may come over with some excuses."
Calvin rubbed his chin and thoughtfully gazed towards the north.