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Chapter 58: Phantoathered Enforcers to heave a quiet sigh of relief Outsiders may not know have known of his status, but they certainly did One of the eighteen Council members, newest of their ranks, but in a short tinant display of ability
“Jewelry Master,” the Enforcers respectfully greeted
“You’re the owner of this establisholden hooded e and tinny
“That I am!” Lan Jue appeared at ease, a lopsided smile on his face He turned then to the Enforcers “Take the wounded for treatht away” Froather the injured The remainder waited respectfully behind the Jewelry Master, awaiting his orders
“Relinquish the stone froolden man’s voice was as cold as ice
Lan Jue shook his head “I’m afraid that’s impossible You’ve hurtaway from the consequences As for the stone, it’s already turned to dust” As he spoke the final sentence he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret in his chest
He hadn’t lied, for in fact the stone had been reduced to powder Such was the result of the Keeper’s experi the stone’s lioldenstep forward It was a small motion, but one that spoke voluh no face was visible, the man’s homicidal intentions were palpable as he faced Lan Jue
To enter Skyfire one had to possess awakened Talent In the face of this man’s dark aura, everyone present – be they Enforcer or onlooker – allowed their Disciplines to exude forth
Standing beside Lan Jue, Mika’s brows raised at the scene She e, but was cut off by her enature indifference His right hand lifted, slowly and purposefully, to snap his fingers At once an azure photosphere appeared floating in the air But it did not rush towards the goldento about ain to oblivion
At the sight of the explosion a pale red flaer than that, however, is the fact that the flah it had a life of it’s own At was as if an invisible cloud of gasoline had ignited in the air, and the flaoldenthe area dispersed alolden ht hand raised and flailing to shield hih the link the fire had established
“Phantooldenthe contours of his face Unfortunately, it was further hidden by a golden ht-blue eyes were visible The pupils dilated, then began to stretch vertically, e a palpable field of fear
Still Lan Jue held his lazy smile “I see you are of the Moonfiend Eer, and five o”
“Now that you know our identity, you should understand the Way of the Moonfiend Pirates Give us Oliver and the stone, or we’ll hunt you until death even if you are phanto in the air, nearly all the onlookers took a collective step backwards The crowd that had surrounded Zeus’ Jewelry Store had suddenly grown thinner No small number of lookers wordlessly dropped their heads and fled
Flippantly, Lan Jue responded “You caolden man was taken aback, but responded harsher than before “I’ll ask for the last tih fell froiven and avoided, but the sins of man must have consequences Even were it the Moonfiend Eer in pay on your ninth-level Talent, can afford to cause trouble on Skyfire Avenue?