"Hoh, what do we have here?" A blue-robed individual had just entered the throne room, where Delvin and the others stayed and said.
Delvin's face immediately scrunched after he heard the voice, letting the others know that he is an acquaintance of the newcomer. Still, they also realized that Delvin seems to have hostility, which he didn't even try to conceal after focusing his attention on him.
"Raka, What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be next to your master doing some bootlicking like always?" Delvin immediately went aggressive against the blue-robed individual making Lu Yao wonder who he is and what's he doing here.
"Oh, Delvin, of course, I am here to see you. After all, I have been tracking you ever since you left the X37B world. Why don't you miss me?" The mocking tone that Raka spoke to Delvin in displeased him lightly, and he was about to retort when he realized something that made his eyes widen.
"y-You have been following me for all this time without me even realizing it?!!!" The disbelief in Delvin's voice was apparent, and he probably didn't even realize that he had screamed it, making Raka chuckle.
"Of course I have. I saw everything that you have done since the beginning. Let's forget about that for a second. Aren't you curious about why I decided to show myself to you now?" The menacing undertone that Raka used, and how he kept staring at Lu Yao now and then, made Delvin panic as his heart sank.
He realized that if Raka had been following him all this time without him knowing it, he probably had a weapon strong enough to suppress completely, or his strength was already above him.
Xue Mo had noticed the way Raka kept looking at his Lu Yao. This had triggered his killing intent, almost making him want to jump the man and rip his throat out. But his calm side and experience made him drown this thought before he started analyzing the situation.
After probing Raka with his Cultivation technique that enhanced his natural senses, Xue Mo concluded that Raka isn't someone Delvin can deal with. Other than his confident front that he was showing them, Xue Mo had noticed something that was being charged inside Raka's robe, giving him a dangerous feeling and making his senses scream.
After living in each other's memories, Xue Mo and Lu Yao's thought process became synced, and they knew what each other was thinking, so when Xue Mo was probing Raka, Lu Yao was checking their surroundings and analyzing what can cant be used.
Hesroth, from the very beginning, hadn't done anything or let out a sound. It was as if he was trying to blend into the surroundings and make his presence unknown.
Lu Yao had seen this since she and Xue Mo were still on his back, but she didn't say anything as she wanted to see what he is thinking of doing.
It seems that Hesroth's plans had worked or that Raka didn't even put them in his eyes, as he kept glancing at Lu Yao now and then while checking Delvin's expression that was worsening by the second.
"Raka, if you had been following me all this time, you should also know that if you do anything to us, my masters will come for you." Delvin couldn't see through Raka, making him resort to using his master's names to gauge Raka's reaction and plan what he can after it.
As expected, Raka's attention was completely on Delvin after hearing his words. His face frowned as if he was thinking hard of what to do, however contrary to Delvin's expectations, Raka's face eased up not long after.
"Do you think I would dare come after you if I didn't have information on your mission and if the one who's backing me can't handle protecting me?" Raka's question was indeed on point as he retorted in a way that made Delvin speechless.
'He is right if he didn't have enough backing; he wouldn't come after me. Even more, after learning of my mission.' After Analyzing Raka's words, Delvin started thinking of possible suspects that would dare offend his masters by kidnapping the young miss.
'It couldn't be the frost peak alliance as they are a peaceful bunch. Nor the Magic Association, as all they care about, is creating new magic and uncovering old ones. If we exclude those two, it will leave us with the Blood Hound Empire and the Heavenly Moon Church, but even those two wouldn't dare go against us lightly. Unless could it be…' Delvin widened his eyes as a flash of fear glinted through them as he watched Raka's reaction morph into happiness.
Realizing that Delvin learned of who his backing is, Raka smirked triumphantly. "What you are thinking of is right; it is the Devil Emperor who ordered this. Do you want to know the reason why?" Delvin subconsciously nodded, and Raka didn't let the suspense build up even more as he pointed at Lu Yao, who was currently sitting on Xue Mo's head while looking at him with a cold gaze.
Delvin followed Raka's finger and saw it pointing at Lu Yao. As Delvin thought of reasons that the Devil Emperor would want to deal with his young miss, he quickly deduced the reason as he muttered, "Nephilim.."
Lu Yao's mother was a Nephilim. But, what people didn't know is that her grandfather isn't just any high ranking Devil noble. He was the Devil emperor's younger brother. While her mother was also not a run out of the mill Angel with a superior bloodline, she was a princess and the Holy venerate's daughter, the ruler of Angels.
Because of this relationship, Lu Yao's mother's birth was such a great sin that even the Devil emperor and the holy venerate put their grudges aside and combined their forces to hunt the traitors and their child down.
Even after all this, thanks to Hesroth's successful attempts at reducing his presence and, in turn, Xue Mo, since Raka didn't even seem to see him, Xue Mo was able to execute the plan that he had in mind, after knowing that Delvin cant beat him.
Xue Mo had been secretly morphing a part of his SSP energy into tiny threads and started sneaking them silently underground, making them reach towards Raka in a try to take him off guard.
Knowing Xue Mo's thought process and what he wanted to do, Lu Yao kept trying to keep Raka's attention on her, so he won't see through their plan, and from what Lu Yao had noticed this plan is working efficiently.
While Delvin and Lu Yao were distracting Raka, and because he was also busy charging whatever weapon he has with him, no one but Lu Yao and Hesroth, who were near Xue Mo knew what was happening.
The SSP energy threads usual dark and menacing aura seemed to have disappeared at that moment, they were like assassins going after their target, with the best stealth techniques, especially that they were underground, concealing their presence even further.
Although Xue Mo was attacking and concentrating his SSP energy underground, he didn't exhibit any changes which helped in not alerting Raka on what he was doing. Yet, with all these preparations, even going the extra mile by slowly reaching out to Raka's position, he was still able to sense the danger.
Just when the SSP energy threads burst out of the ground and seemed to have penetrated Raka and killed him, Raka suddenly disappeared inside fog and materialized again, not far away for his original place. This made the people watching excluding Delvin widen their eyes in surprise as they didn't expect Raka would be able to avoid that attack.
Delvin didn't waste time providing them with an explanation of their confusion. "He is called Raka the smokescreen for a reason. His title was gained from a skill that he has that allows him to avoid death but at a cost." Delvin stopped talking after saying that, as it seems this is all the knowledge he has on Raka.
Xue Mo wasn't upset that his attack failed, and even while Delvin was explaining, he didn't let up, but another dark red tentacle appeared out of nowhere and stabbed Raka, or seemed to almost do that before he dodged at the last second while cold sweat dripped down his forehead.
Xue Mo saw a line of blood at the corner of Raka's mouth, which made him think, 'My last attack didn't hit, which means that although he can avoid death with whatever that skill is, he still suffers some kind of backlash.' Concluding that his theory is viable, Xue Mo telepathically ordered Hesroth to attack Raka.
Hesroth as obedient as ever obeyed his master's order and unleashed a torrent of fire attacks on Raka, who was disoriented and is wobbling.
Raka somehow was able to evade all the attacks, but his injuries weren't helping him much, and because he didn't expect the sneak attack, his injuries weren't light, making him not have many chances to counter-attack.
But Raka didn't seem panicked, and Xue Mo sensed that the device or weapon that has been storing energy is almost done, which made Xue Mo frown lightly while still attacking Raka.
Suddenly Xue Mo felt that the device had been charged to the brim, and this also didn't escape Raka's view as that's what he was waiting for.
Grinning, Raka reached his hands into his blue robe's pocket and started taking out something.
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Xue Mo and Lu Yao's current new shortened stats
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Infinite Darkness
Name: Xue Mo
Points 1690 SSP energy points
Cultivation:
Energy:
Realm: [Foundation Opening, early Phase, level 1]
Technique: Ultimate Fundamental Racial Technique
Soul:
Realm: [Rank 1, level 3, (Soul Understanding)]
Technique: Boundless Soul Control
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Infinite darkness
Name: Lu Yao
Points 4000 points Chaos energy (New)
Cultivation:
Energy:
Realm: [Qi (Arch) Foundation Opening, early phase, level 1]
Technique: Nephilim Void Sacred Sense
Soul:
Realm: [Rank 1, level 3, (Soul Understanding)
Technique: Boundless Soul Control
Body:
Realm: [Body tempering first stage] (No ranks or other things it can Infinitely be upgraded. no limit. Only Technique's grade is the only limit)]
Technique: Real Body Cultivation Technique
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