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Chapter 798: When You See This Message
Chapter 798: When You See This Message (Combined)
The dense canopy of trees blocked the Moonlight, plunging the forest into darkness.
Luminous Maw, without waiting for her Beastmaster to speak, smiled proactively, her teeth gleaming and illuminating the surroundings, dispelling the darkness.
Qiao Sang felt the silence around her and sighed involuntarily.
"What's wrong?" Ogrev asked.
"I just don't know how Professor Bilet is doing. I feel like this trip to find Adinix hasn't helped much", Qiao Sang shook her head and said.
Ogrev comforted her, "Don't worry, it's just an Armorclad Sovereign. My teacher is an A-Rank Beastmaster; he can handle it."
An A-Rank Beastmaster, indeed stronger than Professor Bilet... Qiao Sang's heart tightened, but then she thought of something, exhaled, and relaxed.
For now, their goals did not conflict with those of the other two.
And from the sounds earlier, it seemed Adinix had disappeared without a trace. There was no need to treat others as potential enemies.
With this thought, Qiao Sang found the people in front of her more pleasant and asked, "What should we do next? Wait here or go look for Adinix?"
Ogrev was about to answer when Fammoth suddenly screamed, "Fafa!"
Qiao Sang was startled and turned to ask worriedly, "What's wrong?"
Fammoth is Professor Bilet's familiar. It hadn't been injured or anything, so why did it suddenly scream? Could something have happened to Professor Bilet?
"Fafa..."
Fammoth stared at the human her Beastmaster had asked her to protect, on the verge of tears.
[It lost Adinix!]
It wanted to say this, but remembering that the matter was to be kept secret and there was a human who needed to be especially kept in the dark, it could only shake its head, indicating nothing was wrong.
"Ya Ya."
Fangy translated.
Something must have happened... Qiao Sang's expression was grave, tinged with worry.
If something happened to Professor Bilet, her own strength wouldn't be of much help. Fammoth must have realized this and said nothing to avoid making her worry.
"Do you want to go help Professor Bilet?" Qiao Sang asked.
"Fafa."
Fammoth didn't understand why the human suddenly asked this. It shook its head, indicating it wasn't necessary. If its Beastmaster needed it, it would be summoned back.
"Ya Ya." Fangy translated faithfully.
That makes sense... Qiao Sang found this reasonable and her worry eased slightly.
"Is something wrong?" Ogrev, who had been watching their exchange, asked.
"Nothing", Qiao Sang said.
"Then why did it suddenly scream?" Ogrev seemed curious.
"It's probably because something happened on Professor Bilet's side, but it looks like it can be handled", Qiao Sang explained.
Ogrev glanced at Fammoth and frowned, "Maybe we should let this Fammoth go help. Just an Armorclad Sovereign shouldn't make Fammoth sense that its Beastmaster is in danger."
Pausing, his eyes lit up with a hint of excitement, "Could they have encountered Adinix again?"
"Fafa..."
Fammoth's expression stiffened.
Could it have forgotten Adinix there?!
"Maybe you should let Fammoth go help", Ogrev suggested again.
"Fafa..."
Fammoth looked at the human her Beastmaster had asked her to protect, waiting for her response.
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and said, "No need. Your teacher is still there, and from the situation earlier, there were three Royal Beasts. Adinix shouldn't be a match."
She then looked at Ogrev, "Since Adinix is there, should we go back now?"
Ogrev paused for a moment, then said nonchalantly, "No need. We can't help much even if we go now. We'll go back later. Besides, Adinix's presence is just a guess; it might not be there. Let's search on our own for now."
Qiao Sang had no objections.
The two began to navigate through the Thicket.
After walking for about ten minutes, Qiao Sang hesitated, "This seems to be the direction to get out?"
Ogrev replied, "I noticed that too, but it's fine. We're searching aimlessly anyway. If we don't find anything, we can use Spatial Shift to return to them."
Qiao Sang thought about it and found it reasonable.
They continued on.
Time passed quietly.
The view ahead gradually opened up, and the vegetation became sparse.
The night sky was clear, with the moon hanging at the edge of the horizon.
Not far away was a Ruin, and nearby was a Wasteland.
All was silent. Despite being in the same place, the absence of the familiars' songs and dances made it feel eerily frightening.
"We're out", Qiao Sang said, looking at the familiar scene.
Ogrev continued walking and suddenly asked, "Do you want to bond with Adinix?"
Why ask this all of a sudden... Qiao Sang recalled the other's earlier words and replied, "I don't have any spare Bond Pages."
"True, a prodigy like you wouldn't risk brain damage to dissolve a bond." Ogrev paused and turned his head to speak.
Half of his face was in shadow, the other half in moonlight, giving him a somewhat eerie appearance.
"Would your teacher want to bond?" Ogrev asked.
Qiao Sang was puzzled. "Why ask this all of a sudden?"
"I was thinking, if we both want to bond with Adinix, who would it belong to?" Ogrev said calmly.
Qiao Sang furrowed her brow. "Isn't that a bit excessive to think about? We haven't even found Adinix yet."
Ogrev calmly observed the expression of the black-haired girl in front of him. Seeing that she didn't appear to be faking it, he suddenly turned to the Treasure Seeker. "If something enters the Ghost Ring King's Ring, would it notice?"
"Xunxun..."
The Treasure Seeker, whose body had been stiff, stiffened even more.
Bro, you're jumping topics a bit too fast... Qiao Sang thought, then realized something, and her heart rate inevitably quickened.
He had asked them if they wanted to bond with Adinix out of the blue, and then asked about the Treasure Seeker's Ring...
Why would he suddenly ask these two questions?
Could it be that he saw something enter the Treasure Seeker's Ring?
Could that thing be Adinix?
Thinking of this, Qiao Sang couldn't help but glance in the direction of the Treasure Seeker.
The Treasure Seeker blinked.
Qiao Sang: "!!!"
Damn! Something really did enter the Treasure Seeker's Ring!
She was too familiar with the Treasure Seeker!
Even without it speaking, she could analyze its facial expressions to understand what it wanted to convey.
For a moment, Qiao Sang's mind raced.
Something had entered the Treasure Seeker's Ring. Normally, the Treasure Seeker would immediately pull out any intruder and disdainfully toss it away.
But it hadn't made any move.
Considering what Ogrev had just asked and the Treasure Seeker's expression, she was almost certain that there was a 90% chance Adinix had entered the Ring!
Ogrev, seeing Qiao Sang's expression, smiled.
"Looks like you've figured it out. Adinix has entered the Ghost Ring King's Ring."
Stay calm. Fammoth is still here. He's just a B-Class Beastmaster, so he shouldn't be a match. He must have seen Adinix enter the Treasure Seeker's Ring but didn't say anything right away. Instead, he had Luminous Maw use Spatial Shift to leave and deliberately led me away from that A-Rank Beastmaster named Rushumar. He must have had another intention... Could he want to bond with Adinix?... Qiao Sang quickly analyzed his intentions and instinctively considered why Adinix would enter the Treasure Seeker's Ring.
Earlier, when they were surrounded, Adinix disappeared after Professor Bilet's Neudikaka joined the fray.
At the time, Fammoth was nearby. As a Royal Beast, it should have immediately sensed the unfamiliar familiar's presence.
But it hadn't reacted at all.
Now, thinking about it, the Armorclad Sovereign is a Royal Beast, certainly powerful, but Professor Bilet and that A-Rank Beastmaster named Rushumar had already summoned four Royal Beasts outside.
During the battle with Adinix, he hadn't thought to have her leave. But when the Armorclad Sovereign appeared, which might not even be as strong as Adinix, he had her leave.
That's not normal.
But if he knew Adinix was with her, it makes sense.
Professor Bilet didn't want Adinix to fall into their hands...
As for why Adinix would enter the Treasure Seeker's Ring... Qiao Sang thought, her expression conveying, "What are you talking about?"
"Adinix entered the Ghost Ring King's Ring? Are you kidding me? My Ghost Ring King's Absorb Trait Level is C, so it can't take in living things."
"Xunxun!"
With its Beastmaster supporting it, the Treasure Seeker's acting skills skyrocketed, nodding repeatedly to confirm the statement.
Ogrev continued, "Did you know, I have a Veneruga that enhances my sense of smell, allowing me to detect familiar scents within a hundred meters. When Adinix appeared beside you, I actually smelled it."
He gazed at her, his eyes becoming deep.
"We can cooperate. You don't need to guard against me. You were after Adinix from the start, otherwise, why would the Ghost Ring King coincidentally be right next to Adinix?"
"But your purpose in finding Adinix is probably just to have it predict the next Evolution location for your familiar. After all, your Bond Page is already full, and your teacher is from Blue Star. He should be well aware of the trouble that bonding a Phantom Beast from another planet would cause. Oh, you want to know how I know he’s from Blue Star..."
No, I don’t want to know... Qiao Sang thought to himself.
Ogrev continued:
"It’s obvious. Both of his Royal Beasts are familiars from Blue Star. A teacher from the Beastmaster Alliance wouldn’t be able to consecutively cultivate two familiars from another planet to the Imperial Tier."
"I’ve seen your interviews. You’re a student at the Imperial Beastmaster Academy, just here at the Beastmaster Alliance as an Exchange Student."
"Considering your talent, it’s not impossible for the Imperial Beastmaster Academy to send a teacher specifically for you."
Qiao Sang couldn’t help but feel a bit impressed despite his wariness. Ogrev’s analysis was spot-on...
After a long ramble, Ogrev finally got to the point: "I have a way to make Adinix fall asleep the moment it comes out of the Ring."
"Once I bond it, I’ll have it predict the next Evolution location for your familiar."
This guy is definitely planning to bond Adinix... Qiao Sang stubbornly denied it: "I already told you, the Ghost Ring King’s Ring can’t hold living creatures."
"Ah..." The sigh was particularly noticeable in the silence. Ogrev’s eyes showed a mix of helplessness and determination: "I thought we could work together."
While Iceapura’s Healing Light is indeed a Divine Skill, he’s not terminally ill. Qiao Sang is from Blue Star, and even if he’s a prodigy, he’ll eventually have to return. Compared to that, the temptation of bonding Adinix is much greater.
"Transfer the moth", Ogrev said.
As soon as he spoke, Luminous Maw teleported behind Fammoth, its eyes glowing blue as it disappeared along with the moth.
Spatial Shift. To transfer a target to a farther location, the familiar with the skill has to perform the transfer together... He thinks that if Fammoth is gone, he can control me? Qiao Sang stood there, watching the scene unfold, his expression changing slightly.
It doesn’t matter if I can’t be on good terms with Qiao Sang. As long as I bond Adinix... Ogrev’s eyes sparkled with twisted excitement as he began forming seals with his hands.
Just then, he heard a voice: "Move him."
"Xunxun!"
Immediately after, the Ghost Ring King’s voice echoed.
The next second, his vision went dark.
When his vision cleared, the scene before him had drastically changed.
Ogrev: "!!!"
...
"Come on, move faster", Qiao Sang said, holding his mobile phone and looking at the navigation, his expression serious.
Treasure Seeker continuously used Spatial Shift, moving toward the airport.
Twenty minutes later.
On a rooftop, Qiao Sang held his mobile phone.
[Professor Bilet, I’m sorry, I’ve been targeted. I have to leave. By the time you see this message, I’ll already be on my way to the airport. Otherwise, once that A-Rank Beastmaster, Rushumar, finds out Adinix is with me, he’ll come and force me to hand it over.]
[We can’t stand up to them together. It’s safer for me to go first, so you can get away more easily.]
[I’m preparing to return to the First District. We’ll be safer there. I...]
As she typed, she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at the panting Treasure Seeker, confirming:
"Adinix is in your Ring, right?"
"Xunxun..."
Treasure Seeker wiped the nonexistent sweat from its forehead and nodded.
Qiao Sang felt relieved and continued typing:
[I’ll wait for you in the First District.]
Just as she hit send, a brown figure darted toward her like a brown bolt of light from the sky.
Fangy opened its mouth and shot a spinning Flame upward.
"Bang!"
With a loud explosion, the brown figure was sent flying backward.
Without the presence of a Royal Beast, the wild beast companion seemed much more arrogant... Qiao Sang put away her mobile phone and looked at Treasure Seeker, asking:
"Are you ready?"
"Xunxun!"
Treasure Seeker gritted its teeth and nodded.
It understood the situation was dire. If they didn’t leave soon, the creature in the Ring could be captured, and it would lose its position as the leader.
"Alright, let’s keep moving."
(End of Chapter)
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