Wei Jun wasn’t sure how the conversation would have gone. He couldn’t be seen with Natasha alone at that, after their secret meeting. He knew he risked Natasha’s exposure if that happened, so he needed to make sure any attempts at making a conversation were prohibited. Even if she had an important warning to give Wei Jun regarding their plan, he knew he would just have to bite the bullet and get it over with.

“Still, there’s no harm in being careful.” Wei Jun thought as he looked at the bracelets in his hands. He then turned to look at the man who was dressed as a biker and said, “Stick to the plan.”

“You’ll do as you said, right?” The man dressed as the biker asked.

“Of course. If you obey me well, I’ll make all your atrocities go away.” Wei Jun replied before the outfit of a biker, along with the black helmet, appeared on him as well. He threw one of the bracelets to the man who was dressed the same as him and wore the other one.

What was the plan? The man was to simply stay guard there and warn Wei Jun if anyone were to come. Why was he dressed as a biker, one could ask, but there was no answer. It was a simple condition his employer had put up, there wasn’t even an explanation why that condition was necessary for this mission.

Other than that, there was another condition. He was to drink a green liquid which he wasn’t too sure about but had to other choice but to do so because the pay for such a simple task was too much to refuse. And he couldn’t just ignore the other incentive he would be getting.

Wei Jun made his way to the building that could be seen in the distance. A man like Wei Jun could easily tell it was all a trap. As he entered the building gates, there were no guards, even when the lights were fully on. The York town branch was a simple trade hub of the Azure Lightning Academy of Sword and Magic.

ALA for short. Wei Jun didn’t know what the main purpose of the branch was as it was all too ambiguous even to Natasha. All she knew that it was where the monster remains after processing were sent to sell and do other things that were needed to be done such as sent to the other branches that used those remains to craft weapons and and other equipment.

The point was that it was a very important branch to the ALA, and the fact that they were choosing to sacrifice it like this meant they were willing to lose this much to get him.

Wei Jun could only hope it would be the only move they would be pulling up. The branch was empty, that much was for sure, so Wei Jun’s next move was to fall into the trap. Whatever it may be, he already had a move prepared. He could only hope it would work.

Wei Jun arrived at the front door of the building. He pushed it and entered the building, only to see a man sitting in the middle of the lobby. It was none other than an acquaintance he had seen before, and not only that, he had fought with him before.

“Evening, mister Ruan.” McCalligan said as he calmly sat in the middle of the lobby on a chair.

“…” Wei Jun, of course, chose to remain silent. He couldn’t give anything away even if the other party was aware of his identity. The silence, however, could be considered enough of an answer in the presence of an experienced man like McCalligan.

“Opting to remain silent, I see? Do you think it would help, Mister Ruan?” McCalligan asked. Once again, Wei Jun’s response was only silence, nothing else. That made McCalligan chuckle as he asked, “Would you like to hear a joke, mister Ruan?”

“No.” For the first time, Wei Jun spoke. He didn’t want to waste time on useless chatter, so he decided to speak up rather than remaining silent.

“Too bad. It was quite a humorous one.” McCalligan said as if it was a big loss before he asked, “So tell me, how do you plan on getting out of here?”

“How do you plan on capturing me?” Wei Jun asked.

“You think I can’t?” McCalligan asked.

“You think you can?” Wei Jun asked.

“Haha. Just because you managed to win against some grandmasters, you think they’re equivalent to a mage like me?” McCalligan asked.

“No.” Wei Jun simply replied. Although in a sense, grandmasters and the sixth circle mages were the same, they actually weren’t. Mana held an advantage over Qi so if one wanted to face a sixth grade mage, they would need a seventh grade cultivator which would be a Qi commander realm martial artist.

Of course, there was a reason why cultivators had managed to keep their position strong for such a long time, because there were many ways to deal with mana. A cultivator could win against a mage of the same rank if they had a great sense of Qi and had great control over it.

Just like how a commander of the CSF had managed to overwhelm Morial, even though they were ranked the same in their respective fields.

Wei Jun would be foolish enough to think that he would be able to win against McCalligan on terms of pure power and talent. If it came down to a fight, he would have to use trickery and get into his blind spots.

But he wasn’t there to fight in the first place.

“By the way, what’s wrong with your voice? It sounds different. Is it because of the helmet?” McCalligan asked.

“Think what you want.” Wei Jun simply replied before he turned to look to his left where there were several hidden aura masters waiting and then to his right where there were many hidden knights as well.

“You sure have keen eyes,” McCalligan said.

“I know.” Wei Jun replied before he looked up and asked, “You didn’t cover the sky.”

“That’s because I’m here. As long as I’m here, you can’t get out of here.” McCalligan replied.

“I see.” Wei Jun replied before he accumulated Qi in his feet crazily. Since McCalligan knew it would be impossible to run away, he remained still to let Wei Jun try. Wei Jun, however, at the last minute, changed his direction and jumped in the direction of the knights.

“Hah! Like I didn’t expect that,” McCalligan said as he calmly remained in his spot. Wei Jun turned the corner and looked at the knights who had now revealed themselves.

They were all enchanted and they were strong anyway so Wei Jun was sure of one thing, he wouldn’t be able to win. But there was no need to win. As he said before, there wasn’t going to be any fight.

Wei Jun turned back and in the middle of the turn, where he was obscured from everyone’s vision, just for a second, he activated the bracelet.

As soon as he did, it shone for a second, and the space around Wei Jun trembled before it returned to normal. Wei Jun stopped in his place. He looked behind him, as if confused over what was happening, when a hand grabbed him by his neck from the front and turned him around.

“Wh-What the!!! What the hell’s going on?!!!” Wei Jun yelled, but the man who had grabbed him by his neck didn’t say anything, but hit him in the stomach.

“Kuarggh!!!”

The biker’s stomach ripped apart, and his life felt like it was near its end. The knight shook his head as if mocking the weakness of the biker and took him to the McCalligan, who was calmly sipping his tea that had appeared out of nowhere.

McCalligan was a little surprised by the brief fight and couldn’t help but be curious. “Bring him to me.” McCalligan said before he extended his hands to take Wei Jun’s helmet off only to be surprised by who he found underneath.

Just as he was about to make sense of what had happened, the biker who was in the kngiht’s hand, began to glow red before…

“Oh, shi–“

Tak…

Boom!!!!

Far away, in the building, Wei Jun couldn’t help but say, “Death can be considered just another form of salvation. Now you’re free from all your sins.”

The deal was simple. Wei Jun would help the man clear his name if he helped. Now, no one would persecute him for being a sinner in death.

Wei Jun sighed and turned to leave, but just before he could, a set of notifications appeared in his view, alarming notifications that he couldn’t help but be horrified by…

[Your party member Xia Lu is in danger]

[An emergency quest has arrived]

[Family]

[Tier: SSS]

[Description: A member of your family has been taken hostage

Such an atrocity cannot be forgiven]

[Task: Save Xia Lu and kill all those involved]

[Punishment: Death]

[Punishment: Xia Lu’s death]

[Reward: Level +100]

[Time limit: 30 days]

‘…’

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