He ignited the oil at the exit of the pathway, ran to the windows near him and threw most of the flame sticks inside. Then he ran towards his own mansion and threw the remaining flame sticks into the pots under the bedroom window as he did so.
'Let's wait for the guards to notice the fire and check it out. I don't want to climb the walls as there is still some slime oil on my soles and the marks made by them if I climbed the wall would make it obvious who it was just my measuring the size.'
After about ten seconds, the guards who guarded the gate of the mansion ran towards Frazer's house and Victor took this chance to get back into the bathroom. He had looted 20 bronze coins and 800 stone rings. But that meant nothing compared to the grimoire he had found.
'I'll check out the grimoire later. Now I have to clear up the remaining evidences.'
He washed his legs in a mug of water and threw the water down the drain hole, then he washed himself up and went back to his room happily.
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"Lord Kevin, the guards saw Mr. Frazer's house on fire. His Half burnt body is the only thing left." Whisker said.
"Hmm.....accidental or intentional?"
"It was perfectly planned, Lord Kevin. The culprit had closed off all the exits for Mr Frazer. He had no chance to survive. If the Aqua mages came a bit early, he could have been saved but he apparently jumped off the window into a huge amount of slime oil."
"Anything else? Do you know why he was attacked?"
"The blue crabs had apparently attacked him last night but the result was unexpected. The guy who was sent to attack Frazer was found dead right in front of their headquarters and the wall of the motel had the words "Try that again and you will be next" on it. This is the only information that I have."
"Blue crabs...*sigh* . Go wake up our guests."
"So that bastard Kai is in this city. Brother Kevin, staying here is dangerous for my family. We will be leaving soon."
"Yes I understand. I will lend you 20 elite guards of the Lee family to escort you back. *sigh* if you had accepted his request in the past, the silvers wouldn't have declined like this."
"There is no way that we, the Silvers could let him marry my sister. But who would have thought that he is so stubborn and petty. He already killed many of my brothers and sisters from the branch family. If we knew that letting him marry my sister could prevent so many deaths, we wouldn't have declined him."
"No one can predict the future. But if he asked for anyone in the Lee family, his head would have been chopped off in mere seconds by my father." Kevin said referring to his father.
"Yes. But unfortunately, he came for my sister and not one of the Lee members. We will start packing up now. I have to report his location to family head. He always keeps switching locations so it's hard for us to track him."
"Alright." Kevin said as he nodded solemnly.
[3 Hours later]
"Why can't I go out dad? I already asked you yesterday and you gave me the permission to go out with Aurora today." Victor said in a sad yet angry tone.
"You might not know about it, but your teacher is no more. You are not allowed to go out of the mansion till we get to the depth of this case."Kevin sail solemnly. 'It's not that I don't want you both being close. It's for your safety, but you are not of the right age to know about Frazer's gruesome death."
"Waaaahhhhh Uwaaaaaaah" Aurora was crying in her mother's embrace. She had eagerly waiting to buy the sweets but now she couldn't.
"Victor. Aurora has to go back home urgently. I'll give you anything you ask for if its within my capability."
"I.... I'll think about it. Umm .. Aurora, wait for a minute. I'll be right back."
Victor ran back to his room, took a bag and ran back.
"Here. Take this. There are the candies from the rainbow shop." Victor said sincerely. 'Finally got rid of the junk.'
"Fank yuu." She said in between her sobs. The sweets made near her house weren't tasty and she had gotten tired of eating them.
After this, the Silvers' left their mansion along with 20 guards.
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A man wearing a hood, entered a market full of beggars, thieves, thugs etc. This place was called as "The well of darkness". The man hurriedly walked towards the bar. On the way he was groped by prostitutes, checked out by thieves stopped by beggars and what not. He entered a dingy old bar and checked his pockets. 'sigh.... my money ....'. he shook his head and got rid of those thoughts.
The bartender was a grumpy old man with a huge mustache. "First floor. Room number 3, Ficklemouse." He said when the guy reached the counter.
"Thanks"
The guy went upstairs, knocked on the door of the third room to the right and said "Ficklemouse".
The door was opened and he walked in."Boss Kai, The kid we sent to rob the old man was killed."
"Hmm. Send someone else, Andy."
"But boss, that is not the real problem. The kid's blood was used to write 'Try that again and you will be next.' Written on the motel's wall. The silvers' family group that stayed in the Lee mansion are returning to their main house. Staying here a little bit longer will give us really huge trouble."
"This really is a problem. Although we have been annoying the silvers for a long time, we have done it sneakily. We still can't fight them on even grounds. I had planned on ambushing Rei and Elsa, but the turn of events messed it up."
"But boss,The old man we wanted to rob is a teacher of the Lee family kid and his house was burnt down a little while back. They found out that we attacked the old man last night and after he killed one of us, they think that we burnt down the house. They have started investigating all around the place."
"The Lee's won't do much, as we didn't harm them in any way. They can just replace the teacher. They are investigating for formalities as one of the silvers is the fiancé of the Lee kid. But , you are right. We need to move soon. Let's move to Bladeswell town and register as mercenaries."
"Yes boss, but what about the members of Bluecrabs?"
"Gather all the core members and tell them to either join me as a mercenary or continue doing what we did till now. As for the other members.... they are cannon fodder after all, so we will be leaving them behind in control of the core members who want to stay here. Oh yeah, tell the core members that I got bored with all this hectic stuff and want to lead a calmer life as a mercenary. Don't tell them about the silvers' or the Lees'. If we do, they will follow us for sure and I don't need people who mess things up for me while I'm working as a mercenary. I will start moving towards Bladeswell right now. Afterall, staying here is risky."
"Okay boss."
"Oh yes, I forgot... " Kai give Andy a long piece of paper and said "Make sure you kill all these people, they are troublesome if left alive. They want to take over the Bluecrabs but even if I'm leaving now, I still might need the Bluecrabs to work for me in the future. So, before revealing the news of my departure, kill them."
"Sure, boss." Andy says as he smiled. 'After all, I am your sword.'
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[Victor's room]
Victor was sitting in a crossed legged position, manufacturing the low grade mana crystals from the used mana crystals.
After a while....
'Phew..... finally completed today's quota. If it continues this way, my production speed will increase. Emptying my mana reserves thrice everyday and letting it get full has helped a lot till now. Now I guess it's time to check out the loot from Frazer's house.'
He then emptied the contents of both the bags he found in Frazer's house. 'Hmm... 30 bronze coins and about 8000 stone rings from the small bag and the 50 packs of mana crystals and about a hundred potion bottles including all the types in the big one including the grimoire....as for the clothes and jewelleries ..... I'll burn the clothes when I get the chance and the jewelleries, hehe I will sell them for money.'
He took the 85 bronze coins and put them in the small pouch. ' Now my wealth is 115 bronze coins and 8000 stone rings'
"Now then, time to check out the grimoire."