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Chapter 37: Sneaking
Ralf Tornstrew looked at the Spatial Pouch he’d picked up, subtly hiding it in his robes He’d cast a quick spell, trying to find clues near the Titan’s cell, and it’d popped up, hidden under the stairs His eyes flashed, his visage on the surface griround sector of the City Guardhouse, which also functioned as a secure jail for crith There hadn’t been an escapee frouards to find clues
He’d gone through all the effort to threaten those Aeth et ahold of its pure bloodline, but in the end, it had somehow escaped
This serous It was unnatural that a Titan that didn’t even practice ic would have such capabilities
Ralf was nearly 400 years old Not old co the average vae was up there The only reason he didn’t look decrepit was because he was a Grand stupid
‘Does he have allies that I don’t know of?’ The only thing he could think up There was no other way the Titan escaped, realistically They’d found signs of the cuffs melted by some type of intense flame
Also, why did it leave its Spatial Pouch, if it was able to escape? A possibility flared up in his ic, teleportation and opening portals to escape places was possible Soic objects with you A Spatial Pouch was a prih the Spatial Pouch before It was full of Magic Herbs, nize An exotic variety, but nothing he noticed was super valuable
Fa was to be returned to the prisoner, so he’d been helpless at pilfering away the pouch before
Noever, he didn’ton to it
He frowned intensely as he considered the possibility that the Titan had hidden allies he was unaware of
It was possible his scheme to threaten those merchants could be unveiled If Vyers learned of it, it was the sa, and he was already not in the good graces of the City Lord
Should he kill them? No, it was too difficult to kill soet aith it Both of the istered to the City, and their death would be investigated
‘Damn’ He’d seriously one out of his way to save those e, according to the Aethmen It was possible he’d seek out the merchants now
All he needed to do was order souards as the Titan was recaptured or killed on record, everything would be fine As of right now, they’d lost all traces of the Titan
He s upstairs
Dorian panted quietly, lying down on top of a roof He had changed back into his Titan forly He could only maintain his condensed forrohen in his Myyr Dragon for either cost a great deal of energy
The stronger your fory you required to suppress it to a previous Growth Stage
He was naked, once hed, hoping he’d be able to get it back eventually He’d tucked it under the stairs when he left, but wasn’t sure if it would last He hadn’t had et captured Trusting in the honesty of others was a mistake
He was about a mile and a half away from the stone prison he’d been in, atop a residential roof The day had faded to night outside, the darkness lit up by a single leam
He was exhausted, and just wanted to eat some food and then sleep His sto hian suppressing his Titan for his body shift back to that of a small child’s
He frowned as he felt his form shift He immediately released it
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Dorian &8211; Soul Status
Soul Stage: Grandy: 35/212
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Even though his Growth Stage wasn’t very high, his nor it to the first stage took about 1 unit of energy every 5 minutes It would sap him dry if he tried to maintain it
Further, Titans weren’t exactly a common species in this city A Titan child would stick out like a sore thuy
As he considered this, an idea ran through his head
Who said he had to stay as a Titan?
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-Bloodlines Stored-
Red Salaraded)
Brown Treasure Claon
Golem Wolf
Black Mire Wolf
White Rain Wolf
Virulent Wolf
True Vampire
Titan
Huy in his soul would otten the Condense Ability, the only reason he’d stay as a Titan would be to finish its growth so he could use its bloodline to coht for another time, however
What would be the best form to choose, in a populated city like this?
He smiled
‘Ausra, evolveHuress-
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-Hue: (1/2) Huress – 4,072/300 &8211;
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‘After Evolving, your soul requires a short period of time to adapt to a new form Because your soul is at the Grandmaster Class, this adaptation period is reduced to 6 hours The stronger your soul, the less the adaptation period’ Ausra’s voice rang out in his head
Dorian’s bodyHe had short blonde hair and a cute face, looking as if he was 5 or 6 years old
The very ies?&8221; Dorian shook his head Humans truly had the worst of it, bloodline wise The fact that they were able to groerful enough to dominate the 30,000 Realms as much as they did was an incredible achieveth of his form As he stood up on the roof, hea certain level of power in theured A punch from him could crack a tree, but not break it cleanly in half
The City guard would be scra for an escaped Titan Who would pay attention to a randoh His eyes flashed as he looked around
He was in a shborhood within the city Several dozen residences , with slanted roofs and wooden s, spread out around hiht, the inhabitants asleep
He uiltily decided to pilfer the kitchens of a few residences
A half hour later
Dorian had found a set of loose, plain clothes to wear A sht pair of black pants He’d rubbed a bit of dirt and dust on the clothes,them look old and used They didn’t perfectly fit, but they were e store of cheese and meat in one of the residences, and eaten his fill He then slowly beganfro from alley to alley as he stuck to the shadows
The city, at night, was a relatively peaceful one There were patrols of guards through certain areas, and a strict curfew enforced These patrols were easy enough to dodge, however, as long as you didn’t stick solely to the streets
It was Dorian’s first ti the city on his own In the daytime, he’d just followed a couple streets to the north side of the city and gotten a bite to eat, after visiting a few of those Blood Magic shops
It felt oddly surreal to Dorian
As he scaled a wall and climbed upon a house, he felt like he was in an action ht
Dorian was careful to avoid any areas of the city that looked rich or wealthy There was no telling if there weresome houses
Eventually, after quite a bit of trial and error, Dorian found his way towards where thein handy
The Aeth hborhood in the city They were considered a relatively wealthy family, but only to a certain extent When compared to the true nobles in this city, rand palaces or mansions, they could only be considered e, two-story house made from a type of luxurious teak It had a solid dark blue roof and a few decorative s Many of the other homes in this area of the city were of a si directly, however, Dorian carefully sca over
The guards in the city ht he’d try to shore up so away
It was possible that they e on the ainst hih, as Dorian snuck around, he saw a few ar atop a couple nearby rooftops When he noticed the out in the distance
He began toa tally
As he scanned thenized
Even in the dark, where only the sliht lit up the area, Dorian could still ure of the sa her, and Clarence, to lob accusations at hi doith his hands folded, patiently watching the Aeth Merchant’s hoht He saw several other guards near the va out the residence He then smiled, and settled down on a different house’s roof, a slanted one that had a small cubby, perfect for a small body to hide on
When he’d lived in the forest, there were several ti down Red Salamanders or other small prey
Patience was a virtue that he did not lack
The Wizard would need to sleep soan to wait, resting his tired body but staying alert
Meanwhile, ap in the oceans of nothingness that spread around Laprisha, another World Bridge could be seen, connecting down to another tall island
This was the World Bridge froe was a long, drawling forest, with a path cut through it for travel
The island the Bridge connected to housed the nearly 30 miles wide City of Morn, one of the 23 City States on Taprisha It was a sprawling city with a large population Another island quite close to the one that housed Morn contained a huge Darkironthe City of Morn one of theto Earth Magic to live on Taprisha
About two thousand e that connected to the City State of Morn, the figure of a large, glowing dragon could be seen, flying high in the sky of the World Bridge The dragon gave off a near blinding light as it flew, its wings blasting out with a bright orange gleae of the World Bridge would send out son These tears would sla little effect
If one looked closely at this dragon, through the bright light its wings eon sees, its long tail This drake was nearly 50 e, luon each tih in the sky
Out of its snarling visage, if one listened close, a di by a voice with a deep, riveting timbre
"Oh, weeeeelll, fire is fun and fire is free! What do I love, why it’s fire for od is flame! And that is why I spread od devised! The prettiest flaod had prized!&8221;
"To hunt for perfection, the ultiined! That’s why I will find…&8221; Its voice trailed off
The dragon seeer,
ROOOOOAAAAAAAAAR
It let out a e fire on the forests below Thousands of trees exploded into a stor into the rocky earth of the World Bridge below
A firestorusts of wind for miles Several thousandinto shards of wood The shockwave froon’s roar knocked tens of thousands of leaves into the air, rand, massive storon
"Ietting ahold of its rage as it continued flying
"Such a stupid word Of course nothing good would rhyme with it&8221;
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