All the entrances and exit of the city was immediately locked and guarded, nobody was allowed to enter or leave the city, the whole city was placed in immediate lockdown. The soldiers kept searching everywhere in the city until nightfall, they were not going to stop the search until Kasper was found.
Meanwhile, Kasper had just finished recuperating in the sewer, he decided to check the situation outside the city. He sneaked up to the entrance of the sewer but he found guards patrolling around with torches, it's not safe for him to go out so he went back into the sewer.
"From the dungeon to the execution site, and then to the sewer, now am the most wanted man here and am on the run. What a terrible luck!" He lamented bitterly.
He stayed there for a few more hours before he checked the situation outside again, unfortunately, the soldiers were still patrolling the area. He had to be patient, he went back into the sewer sulkily. He was very hungry and thirsty, he needed to find a meal quickly but that wasn't the priority for him, he had to be safe first. He planned to find a way out of the city, only when he was outside the city that he would be safe.
After sometime, he went back to check again and this time, luck smiled on him, the soldiers had just left patrolling the area, he quickly left the entrance. Even though it was midnight, the bright light of the moon illuminated the whole city, he had to walk carefully to avoid been found. He sneaked between the shadows and avoided the soldiers that were patrolling around. He kept doing this until he was near the city gates, the patrol around here was more than any other area, he had to find another way out. He started to search for another exit. He searched for all possible exit but every exit had been guarded by soldiers, he became frustrated, it seemed there was no way he could escape. He had to stay and lay low in this city for a while, he had something in mind, an art of deception. Although, what he had in mind wasn't a permanent solution to his problems, he was glad he had learnt the art.
He kept moving around the city sneakily, trying to find a safe place he could hide. Although the sewer was safe, it wasn't a pleasant place to be. He saw a few soldiers coming out of a small house, it seemed like they had just finished searching the house. The soldiers had kept searching all the houses in the city, Kasper hid behind a cart till they left. He then examined the house, it was a house made of wood, he sneaked and looked carefully if anyone was inside, he then entered the house when he was sure nobody was inside. He quickly looked around, there wasn't many rooms in the house. There was a small living room in the house, it had a fire space and a rocking chair, there was also beautiful animal hides hung on the wall. Kasper checked the fireplace but it had no sign of fire, the house was neat, no sign of dust anywhere which meant people must have been living there but from the look and arrangement of the house, it must have been a single person that was living there.
"Maybe the owner of the house had left the city before it was locked down," He thought.
He was extremely hungry, he quickly started to search for food to eat. Fortunately, in one of the rooms, he found water in a barrel, there was also some fruits and dried fish in the room. He fetched some water in to a mug and drank it in large gulps, he fetched more and drank again, he was completely dehydrated so he had to drink a lot of water. He ate the fruits and he tried the fishes too. Although the fishes were dried, they were still edible, he ate the fishes too but they weren't really tasty but he still ate them, there wasn't much for him to eat anyway.
Although he did not had his fill, it was better than having his stomach empty. He washed his body, tend to his wounds. The cut at his collarbone wasn't the only wound he had, there were bruises on his back and buttocks, he had to take care of them. He washed the bruises and the cut at his collarbone, although, he had smeared the cut with fire and stopped the bleeding, he needed to take care of it properly to avoid getting an infection. After he had tend to his wounds, he changed into some clothes he found inside one of the rooms, the clothes were not fitted on him, it seemed the owner's body had a larger frame than Alfred's.
When he was done cleaning himself, he sat down and started to cultivate, the power he had displayed when he escaped at the execution site was just the tip of an iceberg, he could achieve a lot with the abundant mana in this planet. He had to gather mana and infuse it into his spiritual mana world.
A spiritual mana world is a special world that was being attached to a mage's soul. It was where mages cultivate spiritually. Not all mages had access to a spiritual mana world, it could only be accessed when a mage had reached the pinnacle of spirit cultivation. Spirit cultivation itself was essential for a mage, the higher a mage attained in spirit cultivation, the more potential they had to become more powerful.
Also, when a mage attained a certain rank in spirit cultivation, they would have more chance to manipulate other mages and ordinary people to do their biddings. Kasper in his former life had achieved the pinnacle of spirit cultivation but now that he had been rebirth, he had to start from the scratch again. His spiritual mana world was still accessible for him despite having to start magic and spirit cultivation because he had once achieved the pinnacle, he was grateful for this as it would enable him to pass through the ranks more quickly than his previous lifetime. Kasper was very sure he would achieve the pinnacle of magic and spirit cultivation in at least half of the years he had used in his previous lifetime.
Without further ado, he started to cultivate. He needed to become powerful as fast as possible, that was the only way he could save himself from the threat of the bounty placed on him.
He doesn't know anything about Nolmar, he decided to reform his body features and face to that of his former lifetime, this would be made possible through the art of deception. Although the art of deception would reformed his face, there would still be flaws that could only be noticed by powerful mages and powerful spirit cultivators, he had to be careful not to run into one.
Also, the art of deception could only be used for a limited time before the original face would be restored.
He decided he would use the art of deception to walk into the city library, that was where he would know more about Nolmar.