Chapter 170 (1/2)

Chapter 170

Chapter 170: Old Roots

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A haze oflife to the tranquil ocean in the distance Sylvie and I pluures of Mica and Olfred cast a shadow over us as they levitated down above us, preparing to catch ht after Sylvie transformed into her fox-like form

We were still several miles away fro any closer assuht be able to sense substantial mana fluctuations even from this distance

Sylvie latched onto rabbing Mica’s outstretched hand There we slowly descended, close enough to the e to avoid any unwanted attention While I was easily able to land, even fro so meant that I’d likely flatten the trees nearby and perhaps even sink the ground from the sheer force I’d have to use to stop myself As reluctant as I was to ad on the lance to just carry me down

“That’s a pretty bad scar you have on your hand!” Mica remarked, her voice barely audible from the wind

“It’s an old wound” I cracked a smile I hadbandage, but the scar on my left hand was of little issue to people that didn’t know th of her grip around ers

We landed at the base of the Grand Mountains, on a field of dry grass and boulders where frigid winds whistled around us

“Mana from this point on should be kept to a s for anyone nearby

I nodded in agreeh Mirage Walk, but that was information better kept to myself

“I assume you have a plan in order to find the retainer and scythe in question?” the gruff lance remarked

“Somewhat” I took out the whitean adventurer and the black coat ht with the mask since it had the subtle ability to cast one’s focus away fro it over my clothes, I also fished out a thick cloak fro and draped it over my shoulders “We’ll need to head toward the main road so take out your cloaks and put up the hoods”

Olfred studiedeffect Were you once an assassin or thief?”

“No,” I chuckled, looking down at my outfit “I just didn’t want to stand out”

With a dis out a lavish cloak of richa word, I walked over to Mica as I took out a spare cloak froround, I stepped on it, staining the brown cloak with dirt and grass before handing it to the small lance “Wear this instead”

“Y-You just dropped it and stepped on it!” Mica exclaiasted

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“I know,” answered as I dropped hly coat it with dirt and gri to be Olfred’s slaves”

“Why can’t Mica be the ers

“Because you have the appearance of a middle-schooler,” I answered bluntly with an innocent sh as he clasped on his fur cloak

Glaring daggers at her cohort, she reluctantly put her cloak back into her ring and put on the dirty one I had given her

“Sorry This is for safety er on a ed, protecting her face with the hood of her cloak

“We’re slaves that have been traveling a fair distance It’d only be natural to be dirty, and it’d be a good way to get by unnoticed” Without waiting for her consent, I pulled off her hood and s the same tohair until it beca on the hood ofto Olfred “Wear this along with your cloak and if anyone asks, it’s to hide a gruesome scar you received years back”

Olfred nodded, accepting the mask As he slid it on over his face and propped up his hood, I couldn’t help but be reuise of Note

The blue streak running down to the right eye hole of thesi with the ht back memories

“Thedeeper from the effects of the mask “Oh? It has this sort of function as well”

“Mica wants to go home,” the small dwarf sulked, her youthful face caked with dried mud while her short hair poked out in messy curls from underneath the dirty and tattered cloak

How’sto face her

‘It’ll have to do, although it worries me ould happen if someone looked too closely’ Her small feline head nodded in approval

Why does that sound more like an insult than a compliment?

‘It’s a bit of both,’ her calm voice chuckled in my mind Sylvie hopped inside my cloak since she needed to be hidden from view as I posed as a slave

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“You’re positive no one will suspect us?” Olfred’s deep voice ru to be out looking for lances, and there are quite a bit of adventurers that like to usenext to Mica behind our te that the best place to hide is in plain sight Who’s going to suspect a noble and his two slaves that got raided by bandits on our way up north to escape the battles?”

“While you doPerhaps it’s used only by hu like that,” I chuckled, re now that I had learned it in ed for hours silently I constantly used Mirage Walk to strengthenthe fluctuations, satisfied that not even Mica and Olfred were able to notice anything off

I ran the plan that Virion and I had co that both Olfred and Mica were traitors, I didn’t knohat they planned on doing tome when they had the chance, while another scenario was the me to the Vritra Whatever the case, the tarves wouldn’t attack me so brazenly with Sylvie around Even if they were able to overpower us, it would be a hard fight and attract attention even in the most remote areas

If I were them, I’d lead me and Sylvie to the retainer or scythe in order to swiftly dispose or capture us Having said that, the only real way to make sure that their plan was to lead us to their backup was to intentionally act like I could not find them