Aldrich and Charlotte's expressions were dark, moments later the three guards had walked into the distance, as the sound of their footsteps faded into the darkness.

A short while passed but neither Aldrich nor Charlotte said a word, the conversation between the guards drove them into a bad mood, as it had major complications, while they hadn't confirmed if the Dawn family was truly allying with the Dark races it wasn't far-fetched.

A moment later Charlotte's said " We have to leave this place as fast as possible..... ",

She grabbed Aldrich's arm as she concealed both their presences " From the faint sounds and the fact the guards came from that direction, their camp is probably from that side!, while earlier as we fell Thomas and the rest fell around that area " as she spoke, the two of them started moving quietly.

Aldrich turned his head to the back, then closed his eyes and focused his hearing, an instant later faint sound of clashing metals and what seemed like heavy objects being moved came from afar.

Opening his eyes, Aldrich's gaze returned to his front as he said " If we continue on this path we will eventually meet with the guard who passed by us moments ago! ".

Charlotte closed her eyes for a moment then replied " There seems to be a formation or something of the sort which is blocking my senses, it's the same for our communication devices!... ".

she went silent for a moment then continued " I think it's the same for the guards as well, judging from how they opted to cloak themselves in aura rather than using spiritual senses to scan their surroundings. "

Aldrich's eyes twitched, such a situation meant that they were basically blind, fortunately, they weren't the only ones In this situation.

Charlotte said, " We have to reunite with the team as soon as possible" as Charlotte spoke she looked at a mark left behind by a healed wound, it was from the arrow that grazed her shoulder while they were falling.

" The person who shot that arrow was at least as strong as me! and with their attainment in the Bow and Arrow, they will be a hard opponent for Thomas to fight while protecting the others since almost all of them are either exhausted or injured. "

" Well then, let's speed up! " Aldrich said.

Moments passed, and two figures moved lightly and in swiftly, producing the slightest of noises while concealing their auras, as they moved at a fast speed, it didn't take long for the duo to stop,

In front of them was a turn, and from there was the sound of three men talking, Charlotte waved and made a sign with her hand, in turn Aldrich nodded showing he understood.

a moment later, Aldrich retreated a few steps back, killed his presence as much as he could and took a sword,

Seeing this, Charlotte nodded, then her eyes glinted coldly, her body merged to one with the shadows as she disappeared from Aldrich's view.

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A moment later!

THUD!

" Huh? WHA...." a surprised shout resounded but was cut short followed by two thudding sounds!

Aldrich relaxed slightly and took a step forward, Charlottes faint voice rang " Come on!, we don't have time! ".

Hurring his steps, soon Aldrich stood in front of three bodies, two of them were clearly dead, with smooth cuts on their nicks, however for the third one, while he wasn't dead, he wasn't far from it,

Immediately Aldrich's gaze fell on Charlotte, to his relieve she didn't seem injured at all, but then again Charlotte was at least a peak True Origin realm and definitely not an ordinary one.

Aldrich couldn't help but ask " Did you leave him for interrogation? "

" I don't have high hopes for that! " she replied,

As she spoke, Charlotte retrieved a small pill organizer and took a pill from it, then she held the remaining guard's jaw, forcefully opened his mouth and force-fed him the pill,

An instant later the man's eyes opened, but an unusual red flush covered his face, his eyes were unfocused, and his mouth was opened and closed like a fish out of water, as he muttered some gibberish,

Charlotte lifted her hand and put it on the guard's head, followed by a stream of energy entering the man's brain, his body stiffened and eyes opened wide for a moment,

A moment later Charlotte asked " Who are you? ".

The guard replied " I'm David Anderson, a guard from the northern area guard team ".

" What were you searching for " Charlotte asked,

" As we were estimating the damage to the structure after the rampage, one of our teams reported that a part of the ceiling collapsed due to the aftermath, and thus we were sent to investigate ",

Charlotte's eyes squinted " What's rampage? "

" The Bloodhound " was the reply, as if it was a matter of facts.

Charlotte asked, " What's the Bloodhound? ".

The guard's body shivered slightly which made Charlotte's eyes turn sharper, currently after what she did to the guard he was unconsciously answering what he was asked, his brain couldn't and wouldn't think of other things, yet he showed fear just from hearing a name, in other words, whatever that Bloodhound was it was not to be trifled with, especially when considering how the guard was a peak True Origin realm cultivator

a moment later he spoke " The Bloodhounds are the pets of his majesty the Blood Emperor, his majesty sent one of them to help us in our initial attack to recover our world! "

Hearing his words Aldrich scoffed in disdain! " You are dreaming! " however, the guard didn't seem to hear him, or maybe he couldn't reply~

Again Charlotte asked the guard, this time with a serious expression " How strong is this Bloodhound? ".

" I don't know which one of the nine hounds came however, its a known fact that the weakest of the Hounds is an 8th Order Great Origin beast with the power to rival those at the 8th Order!, while other than the strongest all the remaining seven at the 9th Order ".

Hearing the guard's description both Aldrich and Charlotte's expressions turned gloomy, and silence roamed between the two.

Suddenly the guard's body twitched as he showed an expression of pain but soon he returned to normal.

" Oh no, we don't have much time! " Charlotte thought to herself as she asked the guard " Have you heard of a group entering this area? ".

" Yes, I have heard of the intruders However they should be dead by now as a commander ordered a number of experts to eliminate them! ".

" Did you receive any news about intruders in the surrounding area? ".

" No, I haven't ".

" How many of you are there? ".

" We have 5000 troops, 2000 beasts, the remaining 5000 will arrive in three days! ".

" Who is the strongest person around? ".

" Other than the Bloodhound, its commander Vincent ".

" How strong is he? ".

" 9th Order Great Origin realm! ".

" Where is your camp? ".

"If you continue through this way you will arrive at a road cross, take the right then continue for 1200 meters or so, after that you will see it on your left. "

" And now for the last Question! How do we leave this place?! "

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