"Ray Grandfell, it may be wise for you to not make any rash moves as I can take the heads of these four instantly."
"Tsk!"
"What do you want me to do?"
"Nothing much I just need you to come with me without resisting and become a sacrifice for the revival of the great demon God, Demus and the 7 sins."
'This guy is at least C rank meaning he's not a high ranking worshiper and if their demon God Demus then that means he's part of the "Destruction" organization that I heard from people as I secretly gathered information.'
"I-I will." Ray stuttered pretending that he was overwhelmed by the worshiper.
"By the way since you are the son of a great noble and all, I'll tell you my name, Fid, simple right? And I am not on the rank of a worshiper just yet I am but a mere "Gatherer"."
"..." Ray didn't say anything as he just went with Fid.
"Ray! You don't need to do that If you become a sacrifice the empire will lose its greatest hope to fend off the coming of demons!" Elaine shouted as Ray faded into the distance.
'Did she really think I would let myself become a sacrifice my rank is C now as well but this guys definitely has more experience than me...if I wasn't reincarnated with my memories that is!.' Ray then put his hand over Fid's neck and killed him with just the heat of his Sun element.
Note: Just putting this here if some readers are confused about the elements system, so the "Natural Elements" are elements everyone can use like earth, fire, water, air (lol avatar fr fr) anyway if someone gets a natural element as their main that Element would be strengthened but the user can still use the other ones except for "Rare Elements" which are things like Ice, Magma, Light, Dark these elements can only be used by people who got one as a main element like if you got Ice that means you can use ice but not the other rare elements but you can still use all the "Natural Elements" and same basically goes until the highest rank wow this was a long explanation, I'll make a chapter explaining everything.
"That was easy, if he hadn't underestimated me that would've been a hard fight, but i can't just stop now I have to go undercover and enter their base I killed him just as we were about 50 meters from their hideout." Ray said as he put on Fid's dark cloak and entered the hideout without any problems.
'This is much more advanced than I thought.' Ray thought as he looked at the walls around him which was made from reinforced steel and around him their were advanced technology that wasn't even created yet on earth.
'How did these guys even acquire the materials and the skills to make this?!' Ray then approached three corridors.
'My mission right now is just to explore this place but this is most likely not even their main base but just a branch.' Ray went to the left corridor which was filled to the brim with cages that were tough enough to lock away powerful monsters as they growled at Ray who was passing by
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'To think this is just a branch of their main base I cant even comprehend how terrifying that would be.' And as Ray was about to go back he was stopped by 2 men wo seemed to be a higher ranked member than a gatherer.
"Oi! What's a gatherer doing here?! Aren't you supposed to be gathering sacrifices for the demon God!?" One of the men shouted with a threatening and annoyed tone.
"Oh, my apologies I came back because I forgot something."
"Okay then, go on your way now." The other man said but he had a certain suspicion.
"Since your here you're probably part of 8th squad am I right?"
"Yes." Ray answered.
"Then you must be dreaming because the 8th squad doesn't exist!" The man said as he took off Ray's Cloak.
"Oh if it isn't the great genius of the empire it seems to me we have a celebrity here!" They said then they started attacking Ray without even giving him the chance to react.
'They got me! And what the hell they're insanely fast.' Ray could barely dodge the moves of just one man while the other in the back seemed to just observe them.
'That guy is definitely the stronger one.' Ray thought as he used sun energy to blind both the men and ran out immediately.
'That was extremely dangerous I have to keep running if they catch me I'm done.'
Ray kept running as he couldn't fly or they could detect mana from him and it'll expose his location and after Ray ran back to where Elaine and the others where he expected them to have left already but they were still there waiting for him to come back.
"Ray!? That was quite fast you actually escaped!"
"No I didn't they're running after me right now you guys have to run as well or you'll get caught up in this." The girls looked at Ray with worried eyes as Elaine took the other 3 girls with her believing that Ray would get out of this safely.
'He's the greatest genius the empire has ever seen I'm sure he'll be able to survive from this.' Elaine thought as she ran carrying 2 of the girls and one of the girls on her shoulders.
'She's stronger than she looks.'
As multiple gatherers who were sent to eliminate Ray got closer and close Ray hid as they were in the dark forest which was known for having enormous swarms of monsters but also had quite a lot of trees for Ray to hide in.
"Where is he?!" One of the gatherers asked as they were accompanied by a squad captain.
"Men, do not worry I the great captain of the 3rd squad am here to help you."
"That guy is awfully arrogant." Ray said as he was hiding on top if a tree.
'I've analyzed all their powers all the gatherers are C rank to C+ as I expected but that squad captain is B to A- that's too powerful for me right now.'
"Oi oi oi, what's taking you guys so long?" Someone from the dark suddenly appeared a man wearing a black suit with a terrifying aura that even Ray almost passed out just from his aura and while all the gatherers that were looking for him passed out.
"Oh my apologies for not noticing you Worshiper, Aien."
'That's a worshiper?! Just his aura already made me almost pass out.' Ray wondered how strong the upper ranks could be if a worshiper was already this powerful.
"I already know where he is but if I reveal it, that won't be fun." Aien said as he glanced at the tree Ray was hiding in without the squad captain noticing.
'He already knows where I am?!' Ray panicked as he swiftly ran out of the forest.
"Well Squad captain you better make it entertaining or else it won't just be that Spy's head that'll fly off."
Aien said with a threatening tone as the squad captain hurriedly destroyed the trees in his surroundings not knowing that Ray has already escaped out of the dark forest.
And a Ray got out of the forest he heard someone shouting his name.
'That was close, I need to report this-'
"Master Ray!!" Lance shouted from a distance as he ran towards Ray.
"Master Ray are you hurt?! I heard "Destruction" was chasing after you."
"How did you know it was destruction?!" Ray asked as Lance glanced at Elaine.
"Elaine I didn't know that you were quite knowledgeable with "Destruction"."
"Oh it's nothing i just know some stuff about them."
"But i have something to ask, how did you know that i got out of the forest already?"
"Oh that? That was just a coincidence."
'It feels like she's hiding something or I'm just too paranoid.'
"Anyway guys let's get out of here they might still be chasing me."
Ray said as they ran back towards the city.
"Master Ray, please don't tell anyone in the family that you almost got killed by Destruction if they get information about that I'm screwed!" Lance begged Ray to not tell what happened to him.
"No I wasn't gonna anyway."
"Oh."
"Master Ray, may I ask a question?"
"You may and didn't I tell you to speak casually I feel uneasy whenever someone talks to me that way."
"O-oh sure, but why were the destruction guys chasing you?"
"I accidentally went inside their hideout." Ray lied while Lance didnt even notice it.
"Accidentally? How did you even pass their security?"
"W-well there wasn't anyone guarding the place when I arrived I just thought it was an abandoned house." Ray stuttered as Lance began to have suspicions.
"Then master Ray, there should've been many members inside that "house" why didnt they notice you?"
'Shit! I messed up is it okay for me to tell him? Well he'll probably just think that I just know some things about cults.'
"*sigh* okay I won't lie I was curious as to what was inside their hideout after I killed one of their lower ranked member."
"You killed someone?! And a member of Destruction at that?! While although it was a lower rank member that's still impressive as expected of the greatest genius."
'I'm starting to hate that title now, I want to have my own unique title.'
"Anyway Lance get out of my room now it's dark now I need to sleep." And after Lance left the room Ray immediately started to use "Mana Movement" to gather mana around him and because they were at the city of magic there was an abundant amount of mana in the air which boosted Ray's growth even more.
TO BE CONTINUED