"Sir, When will they go for hunt.",Sogen asked.
"Tommorow",Mr. Rudriger replied.
"Sir, Can I get 2 days of holiday.",Sogen asked.
"First Mr. Rudriger was confused then his sad face lit up."
"Boy, are you thinking of stealing their prey from them. Even if I tell you to not go you will still go so I can't stop you but be careful and hide your identity. Also be prepared for all the consequences which can happen."
"Yes sir.", Sogen said and go to his room.
"Mr. Rudriger was still thinking about Sogen."
"From where does this boy gets this much courage, he is even ready to oppose a sect by himself. His clan leader and elders all must be fools to banish this kind of talent from their clan.", Mr. Rudriger said.
"Sogen was checking his system shop in his room and said,"If I could make that Earth Elusive Potion then I will reach at Earth Realm 5th Mid Stage directly and it will also make my body strong and help me in my breakthrough to King Realm."
"Suddenly someone knock on Sogen's door. Sogen stands up from his bed and opens the door."
"Sir, why are you here is there any problem?",He asked.
"Boy I know even if I try to stop you, you will still go to steal their prey and I even don't want to stop you because I know the more they become the more this town's people will suffer. I can not help you much but you can take this weapon.", Mr. Rudriger said with a weapon in his hand.
"It was a long chain with a blade on its top. It was looking very weak ."
"Sir, this weapon looks very much shabby but it is made up of some rare materials and cold iron.",Sogen said in amazement and then thinks for a moment.
"Sir, It is very expensive thing I can not take it from you, even though the techniques you have me were expensive but I can return them to you after learning but this weapon is still a weapon even if it is made of top quality materials. What will happen if it broke?",Sogen said.
"Boy, I will not ask for any compensation if it breaks and if you succeed in your mission of stealing Ember Core then it will be yours. Its name is Dark Shadow Blade and once you know it in darkness you will know how powerful it is. But Remember one thing you should never let them know your true identity",Mr. Rudriger said.
"Sogen takes the weapon from Mr. Rudriger and nodded. Then Mr. Rudriger goes in his workshop again.Sogen sees the weapon for some time and then stores it in system inventory. He again starts to see items in system shop."
"Yes! This is it, at last I found something useful. This mask, I want to purchase it",He
said.
"Then he clicks on purchase."
"Hidden face, Item Type-:Mask, Cost-:1000 system coins, Does host wants to purchase it."?
"Hidden Face-: A mask which hide it's owner's identity very easily and even great and powerful cultivators are not able to see through it."
"Sogen clicks on confirm and the mask appears in his hands."
"He sees the mask for some time then wear it. There was a small mirror in his room, when he sees his reflection he was shocked because this mask was looking very natural, even if a cultivator comes very close, he would also find it hard to find it is a mask not real face."
"He starts to see the system shop again and said," All the herbs needed for Earth Elusive Potion are here in the shop and I can afford them."
"As he was going to close the system, he sees a black dress. He clicks for its details."
" Stealth Suit(Grade 2)-: Passive effect-:Hides users presence and breathing.
Special Effects-:Make user invisible for 15 seconds. Cooldown time-: 4 hours"
"I have never heard of a Numerical Grade Classification but its effects are really great. It's cost is 10,000 system coins.",Sogen said.
"He buys the item and then try it. He goes before mirror and a smile appears on his face as there was no reflection of him in the mirror. Then he removes the Stealth Suit, put it in his system inventory and goes to sleep."
Next Day
"Some people were running after an Ember Serpent."
"Everyone listen carefully, don't go near this serpent else it will strangle you in its tail. We have already lost our many men to this serpent but it is also damaged, we should not let it escape.", A person said.
"He was the leader of the group which was chasing the Ember Serpent."
"Everyone agrees."
"But suddenly the Ember Serpent throws a green flame towards them which burns their 2 men, even though they were alive they were completely burned."
" What a hassle. I had already lost my many men to this serpent. If we go near it, it strangles us and if we are some distance away from it, it throw its Toxic Fire towards us."
Suddenly a person shout," Sir Vilkan these 2 are still alive if we help them now they can survive, we should help them and take them to nearest doctor."
"No leave them be.", Vilkan said.
"But..."
" Before the man could say something he was interrupted by Vilkan who said,"Just shut up and follow me. Do you know how many men we have already lost to this serpent. What if we go to help these people and the serpent escaped. All our hard work will turn into dust so stop regretting over these small insects, they came here knowing the danger,it was their own fault that they all die. These insects become sacrifice for us so just follow me."
"The man was fuming with anger after hearing these words from Vilkan but he could not do anything because Vilkan was much more powerful than him and had already given them a good amount of money. But the money is not precious than their lives."
" In real there are two teams which were hunting the monster. First one is the team of Vilkan and second are those people or small groups which were hired by him. Even though it is their job to help in hunt but they were being used as cannon fodder for the monster, they were being used as a sacrifice. Vilkan's team members were not even attacking properly.Even they were not charging forward to attack the monster."