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Chapter 24 - Montenegro Fortress

Aiden was resting in the space, Ash was free and very bored. Ash suddenly got an idea. Ash opened the portal of the space and appeared in the mountains where Green had parted with Ash.

Ash walked down the mountain, Ash saw a group of people which had Warriors and mages coming in it. A evil grin appeared on Ash face. Ash understood after to this world that the fastest way to get rich was to plunder.

Ash stood there, blocking the road with a arrogant expression. Ash was trying to provoke. " Hey Kid! Move out of the way." One of the mage shouted in annoyance.

Ash did not looked at him instead he was looking his nails and said arrogantly. " You can crawl and go over the sideways."

Ash's words made all the mages and warriors very angry. They were already very angry when the contractor refused to give them any jobs. Now this arrogantly boys words made their anger raise even further.

" Kid last warning. Move out of the way." One of the warrior shouted. Ash simply yawned and covered his mouth his hand. All the adventurers was very angry, they were ignored by a kid who had zero cultivation rank. How can they eat this humiliation.

" Then I can will blow your body with my fist and make a way for us." One of the adventurer said. Ash then turned to look at adventurers with his Tenseigan.

All the adventurers couldn't help but look at Ash eyes. " So beautiful. Eyes beautiful can bring us fortune if we auction it." All the adventurers had greedy look.

Ash was now convinced that his adventurers was worth killing. Before he wanted to challenge them to fight and bet a sum of money. But now Ash started to hate them. Especially their Greedy eyes disgusted him.

" Eight inner gate, 4th gate of Pain open." All the adventurers didn't understand what Ash was saying. All of them madly rushed towards to take his eyes from him.

But Suddenly Ash disappeared from his position. Ash speed was so fast that none of them could find Ash. All the adventurers felt a terrible pressure. "He is at least 8th rank warrior. We have provoked something we shouldn't had. A force that is enough to wipe is out" One of the mage said while trembling.

All the adventurers bodies was trembling in fear.

In 69 seconds all of the 30 adventurers was dead laying on the ground. Ash turned put their bodies in the space and then turned them into his shadows. All the 29 adventurers was 5th rank warrior or mages. Only one person was 6th rank warrior who also became 7th rank warrior after Becoming a shadow. This was done by the space because all of his Shadows powers are boosted by the space.

Ash also got 90,000 Gold coins GC from them. Once again Ash wealth increased. Meg and Eva had no idea what Ash was doing. They were no longer worried about Ash. Because he had the power of 8th rank warrior and he could always escape using the space.

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Standing quietly at the exit of Forgotten Valley was a fortress. The fortress was made of black stone, with walls reaching an appalling height of forty meters, and a length that completely blocked the valley.

The whole fortress was like an iron wall. If you want to get past the valley, you will have to go through Montenegro.

But when you actually get closer to Montenegro Fortress, you realize that it's not actually as mighty as you imagined. In fact, with its damaged walls, the entire fortress looked shabby, as if it had not been repaired in a long time.

This was true. The Purcell clan had built this fortress to prevent any carrion swamp spirit beasts from going through the Forgotten Valley and into the Purcell Duchy. But although the fortress has been established for hundreds of years, there have just been no activities of spirit beasts charging in from the Black Waste, which made this fortress become neglected. Although there were some troops here, they were more for protecting the peace and order of this place.

But even if Montenegro Fortress had no garrison, no one dared to underestimate the fighting strength here, because there were numerous adventurers and mercenaries.

However, with the existence of these people, the security of Montenegro Fortress became confusing. The city defense officials had to deal with adventurers, mercenaries, and even some rebellious guys that would even try to injure a child with knives. In the face of such a group of barbarians, the official defense forces were too weak.

Because of this, the defense forces of Montenegro finally evolved into several large mercenary groups and local merchants having their own site, and deciding not to infringe on each other, which resulted in a peaceful coexistence.

Of course, in this case, the Purcell Duchy can't even think of receiving any taxes, and because of this non-collection of taxes, the Duchy doesn't give them any money to repair the walls, so slowly Montenegro became a paradise for mercenaries, adventurers, and even fugitives.

This was also a side effect from the situation in the Black Waste. Since that wasteland was a place of death, Montenegro Fortress became one of the safest towns from outside forces, because it was surrounded by mountains and no enemies. Such a place should have been an important border town, but because there was no trade and the Purcell Duchy couldn't collect taxes, this place was forgotten.

For Green, Montenegro was an undefended fortress.

Of course, he wouldn't just go swaggering into the main entrance, but he could easily sneak over the walls.

Montenegro had a very abnormal commercial development. Weapon stores, drug stores, and equipment consultations were everywhere, but pubs, hotels, restaurants, and a place to buy consumer goods were difficult to find. The whole fortress was full of adventurers and mercenaries, so the number of ordinary people was very small.

Ash was also watching everything through his shadows that was following Green. When no one was watching Ash threw one of the dead adventurers bag to Green along with a letter.

Green immediately understood that Ash must have sent this. He opened the bag in corner and read it.

" Grandpa Green, I have sent this 10,000 Gold coins. Buy something expensive. Use all the money without any worries. I will explain everything when I meet you." Green nodded. Green only had 1,000 gold coins left with him but now Ash words assured Green. The Anderson was left with with little or no money after they treated Ashs' poison and injuries.

He found a remote equipment store and bought five black magic robes, along with a hat and a wooden staff. He also bought for himself a very beautiful suit of armor. Although it wasn't as good as most decent armors, it still had the most important part he needed: a helmet that could hide Green's entire face.

Naturally, the magic robes were for Ash. With these robes and staff, Ash could dress up as a black mage. After all, it wasn't odd for black mages to wear something that wrapped up their whole body.

You should know that magic robes have been improved over many generations in this Continent. They were particularly more comfortable to wear, but also more beautiful, especially the ones worn by female mages, to the point that the gorgeous robes looked like a dress. Compared to the ones generally worn by mages, Green bought a black mage robe that was very thick, along with a large hat that could entirely block someone's face.

As for Green's set of armor that would cover his face, he wanted to dress as a follower of a mage. Mages were high status people, and under normal circumstances they wouldn't be short on money. Although mages weren't afraid of melee combat, they would still have followers with them, and make those followers fight and help them in battle.

Therefore, on the Continent, if you see a mage around, it wasn't strange to see them with a bunch of followers.

This time, Green was going to dress up as a warrior that was following a mage, which was the only way to stand by Ash's side without being suspected.

After buying these things, Green then bought some mercenary items, including a backpack.

Backpacks were the standard equipment for mercenaries and adventurers. Because they would often go out into the field, they would prepare a lot of stuff that corresponded to their different tasks, such as food, gathering loot, finding a place to make camp, and a lot of other things. This was how a mercenary backpack came into being.

Green mainly bought these things to not let people discover the secret of Ash'a space. He wasn't worried about passing through Montenegro, since this was a place where people simply didn't care about anything other than themselves, and the Purcell clan didn't flaunt their power here. However, getting into other places might not be as smooth. With the exception of Montenegro, the Purcell clan had very good control of their territory.

Green would like to buy more things, but he didn't have the money on hand. Although he got the orders for the radishes, do not forget that he hasn't actually sold them yet. So he could only buy some essentials. Plus He also saved for some money for their traveling expenses.

Without wearing the shiny silver armor that blatantly hid his face, Green looked like an ordinary adventurer, which made him blend in perfectly. There were hundreds of those risk takers here, so no one paid attention to him. Still, he had to be careful to not be observed when walking into the mountains. He walked in a roundabout way until he was sure that no one was following him, then he went to the place where he made the mark. Suddenly, the space hole appeared. After Green stepped into the space, the hole disappeared. Everything was quiet.

Ash had been paying attention to what was happening outside the space. Do not forget that he could see everything with his shadows.

Seeing Green holding a big backpack, Ash froze for a moment, because this backpack looked a lot like those mountaineering bags back on Earth. Even though it wasn't made of the same materials, the quality wasn't as fine, and there were no zippers, it still looked like a mountaineering bag.

Ash was puzzled as he pointed at the backpack. "Grandpa Green, why did you buy this thing?"

Green smiled. "Well, we don't actually need it, but this thing could mask the presence of the space as we're traveling around."

Ash immediately understood what Green meant, and nodded his head. "Yes, I didn't think of that."

Green then took out a magic staff and handed it to Ash. "This is something for a mage. I chose this one because of how light it is, so Master doesn't need a lot of strength to wield it. And in this backpack are the robes that Master should put on."

Ash held the staff and the backpack. He didn't know what kind of wood this staff was made of, but it was as light as bamboo. However, he didn't continue to study the magic staff as he took the backpack into the hut.

Ash also explained what happened when Green was away. How he got the money and how he defeated Aiden and about his powers levels etc. Green nodded and decided to train Ash when they had free time. Ash could only smile bitterly.

In the beginning, Ash had been wearing aristocratic clothes that had been prepared for him, but although they were beautiful, they were still very inconvenient. For example, the lower half was like the Western medieval tights back on Earth, which really affected his range of movements. Eva knew this, so she hadn't objected when Ash started wearing the clothes of a warrior, much like Green's. Naturally, they were very loose and convenient, and easy to move around in.

Now it was time to put on the black robe.

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Name:- Ash Anderson

Wealth:- 115,000 BCG

Powers:-

Tenseigan

Rasengan

Shadow Clone Jutsu

First four gates of the eight inner gates

Ruler's Authority

Shadow Extraction

Shadow Preservation

Shadow Exchange

Monarch's Domain

Longevity

Immunity

Detoxification

Tenacity

Immense amount of strength