A few hundred meters away from Kate's house, two figures stood with a grim look on their faces while covering their body with black hoods.

Suddenly, a cold yet pleasant female voice came from one of that black hood,

''Rizz, do you know that mage?''

''No, your highness Edith. I also don't understand why he is helping my wife and my daughter.'' This time, a male voice came from another hooded figure.

''Shall I contact him? I think he can help us to get that 'Death cane' from the Dark dungeon. That's the only way to break the bloodline spell shackles.'' That female named Edith said with an exciting tone.

''No, your highness! We can't expose our identity here. Everyone thinks that we are already dead, and we even fooled that darned Bishop. Haa! If not for my wife and my daughter's appearance, I wouldn't have come out openly like this, and our mission would have been much easier.'' That black hooded guy called Rizz said with a grim tone. Meanwhile, Edith nodded her hooded head in approval and started speaking with puzzlement.

''I'm also surprised by Umi's growth. She is already entered into a Royal rank, and your wife also entered into a Noble rank. But how did both manage to achieve that without Emperor's approval?''

''I also don't have any idea, your highness. But they already attracted Light Church's and this kingdom's Royal family's attention.'' Rizz said with a bitter tone, and soon both fell into silence.

Suddenly, Edith looked upward while revealing her amber eyes and spoke with a smile.

''Although I don't know how they did it, I can already see the horror look on Beast Emperor's face now. Hehe, now we have a total of six Royal bloodlines in the Beast Empire. If we successfully used that 'Death Cane' to break our shackles, I wonder how he will react?''

''I think he is going to die from the shock this time, your highness.'' Rizz also followed her gaze and said while nodding his head. His oceanic eyes and round face was showing a hint of happiness.

''So, now we have another extra job to do. I hope that mage is powerful enough to protect them. Otherwise, your family will be in deep trouble.'' Edith said solemnly while lowering her gaze towards Kate's house once again.

''Your highness, will the Light Bishop act against my daughter when both of them walking out of this city?'' Rizz asked curiously.

''Of course. But he will only act once they walked out of this mage's territory. Well, your wife is already planned to join the expedition. So, I think it will be easy for us to act when they are in trouble.'' Edith said brightly as if everything was under her control. After that, both of their bodies suddenly turned into mist and disappeared from there, leaving no trace behind.

...

2nd June, Around 6.30 P.M, at Hawk town, Peral Kingdom.

When the town guards were about to close the gate, they saw a luxurious carriage with a red bird symbol coming from the nearby woods and instantly stopped. But soon, everyone's face turned into puzzlement because they saw twenty cavalries appeared to be chasing after that carriage.

But once the cavalry soldiers saw the town up ahead, they began to slow down their horses.

At the same time, that golden curtained luxurious carriage arrived in front of the entrance and entered the town after the coachman showed his identity. Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a three-storied Inn called Traveler's Inn, and a blonde-haired girl who wore an emerald belted shirtwaist dress walked out from the carriage. Following her was another black-haired girl who wore simple black linen clothes and looked at the surroundings with a frown on her forehead.

Both discussed with coachman for a while and walked into the Traveler��s inn silently.

After that, Helena booked two separate rooms for them and waited in the reception hall.

Within a minute, another group of cavalry soldiers walked into the inn while startling the other customers.

They didn't hide their identity and showed their hostility towards Helena openly, which made everyone guard up. Some customers even walked out of the inn once they identified who these soldiers were. Helena frowned a little and casually threw a thumb-sized red mushroom at the leader.

The leader of that group became startled by her action and caught the mushroom instinctively.

Helena's lips arched upward, and spat out two words coldly.

''Medusa's charm.''

The next moment, that leader saw the mushroom burst into powder while sending spores in every direction. Following that, everyone saw him directly fell on the ground with a loud thud.

Without waiting for other soldiers to act, Helena muttered once again.

''Wind song.''

A second later, multiple dark vines sprouted from the concrete floor and began to slither towards all those soldiers.

At the same time, Aliza watched the remaining soldiers coldly and snapped her fingers.

Panic appeared in everyone's face and followed by screams because everyone in the reception hall saw a ghost-like creepy old lady appeared in the center.

That Ghost lady was none other than Aliza's new contracted pet Ghoul Queen, Mira!

Helena didn't mind their screams and walked slowly towards the leader while holding a Black dagger in her hand.

Once she arrived in front of him, she bends her waist forward and thrust her dagger directly into his heart.

That leader's face twisted in pain, and soon, his body stopped moving.

Meanwhile, Ghoul Queen Mira already cast the 'Blessing of Death' on those remaining soldiers and attacked their minds.

Helena glanced at those panicking soldiers and moved like a cheetah. Whenever she moved close to a soldier, those dark vines began to restrict his movement and allowed Helena to kill.

Within two minutes, all those twenty soldiers laid on the ground motionlessly.

''Let's go. We have to go to Bloodbath city quickly.'' Helena said calmly to Aliza, and soon both walked out of the Traveler's inn.

Meanwhile, Orson sat on the golden curtained carriage and appeared to be waiting for them with an anxious look on his face.

Once he saw them walking out of the inn safely, he breathed out a sigh of relief and smiled warmly while waving his hand at them.

''Orson, let's go,'' Helena said with a smile, and both entered inside the carriage.

After that, Orson led the carriage towards the town's exit. Although guards already closed the gate, Helena presented Abium's noble seal and asked those guards to open it.

Without any other choice, guards opened the town gate and let them out with helpless expression on their faces.

...

2nd June, Elm street, Silverland City, Keris Kingdom.

It was around 8 P.M.

Abium entered 32B Elm Street and noticed Nicolaus was getting ready to take Lady Roysia and other male adventurers to the Nature church. After exchanging greetings, he quietly moved towards his left side and entered an empty storeroom. Following that, he sat on the floor and then let his consciousness enter into the Throne hall and appeared in another soul. After that, he stood up from the Golden throne and quickly turned his gaze towards the Core of Itera.

He walked near the mysterious fountain and curiously stared at new purple color clouds below the five stems. Although he could see those purple clouds clearly, his instincts were telling him not to touch those.

'Are these clouds have divine power or something?' Abium frowned deeply and soon shifted his gaze towards the Time Divinity that attached to the stem-like petal.

"If you want to control the power of divinity fully, then you have to try and understand the specific divinity.'' Empress Athena's words still echoed inside his mind.

'Understand the specific divinity, huh.' Abium stood there, pondering for a while, and smiled.

Then, he silently touched the Time divinity to feel the power of Time. He felt a warm feeling appeared on his soul, and soon he saw a strange power came from the Time Divinity and engulfed his soul like a fog. He could feel that power was not harming his body, but instead, it stayed on his body like a protective barrier. Abium deeply linked his soul with that power and started to study it carefully. But after a few seconds, he felt his mental power being drained completely and opened his eyes to the real world.

'Hmm, if I manage to grasp this divine power, I think I maybe even able to erase my tracks of Time. Maybe I could be even able to block diviner's divination spells.' Abium instantly smiled as he thought of that. Following that, he thought of inscribing a communication spell in a few rings and started to work.

After he finished creating a few communication rings, he quickly took out the vial, which contains the Three-Eyed Giant's blood essence.

'Azolla, do you have any guess about how to use this blood essence? In the past, I heard even warriors can walk on the path of Warlock, is that true?' Abium asked excitingly.

'Yes, kid. Injecting this blood into one's blood vessel, anyone can be able to get the bloodline of Three-eyed Titan. As for how to inject the blood, all you have to do is use the rune knowledge and use it properly.' Azolla said casually. Hearing her words, Abium broke into a wide grin and soon began to draw a magic array circle on the floor. This one array was the Blood transfer array. Abium memorized it from one of the books he got from Rune mage.

After creating that array, he began to draw a few other magic array circles on the walls. These array circles were mainly used for blocking any magical ways or sound from leaving this room. After he finished drawing those magic array circles, he walked out of his room and quickly asked Nicolaus, who had already returned from Nature church, to come to his room. Although Fennelis and Umi gave him a questionable look, he smiled at them and returned along with Nicolaus.

Once Nicolaus entered the storeroom, he suddenly halted his footsteps and stared at those multiple white magic rune circles with confusion and puzzlement. After glancing at all those runes, he couldn't hide his curiosity and asked hurriedly,

''What are these?''

Abium turned his face towards Nicolaus and replied calmly.

''These are Runes. I think you must have already heard about these runes from knight academy.'' He stopped for a moment and asked with a sly smile on his face,

''Nicolaus, do you want to walk on the path of Warlock?''

Hearing Abium's words, Nicolaus's face froze. He knew what 'Warlock' means and suddenly felt an uncontrollable joy. He had only one goal in his life. That was to find his lost friend. Although he searched for her inside the pocket dimension, he couldn't find her and became more depressed. But he confirmed one thing after he saw how Abium entered that pocket dimension. He learned that without collecting those 12 gemstones, one wouldn't enter that pocket dimension.

'Maybe she transported to other places?' He thought of such a possibility. Nicolaus felt more helpless as he thought of that possibility. For the last few months, he felt regret choosing this damned warrior path. But now his eyes became watery. But he didn't act rashly and asked with a solemn tone.

"What do I have to pay for that?"

Abium's lips curled upward as he heard Nicolaus's words and spoke with a smile.

"You don't need to pay me anything."