Strongest Mage with the Lust system-Chapter 777: Humiliation
"Senior, we are here to find one of our family members…"
Luman didn't try to hide anything from him and explained everything because his ancestor had told them the head Watcher was her friend, meaning he could be trusted.
Moreover, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find out if he tried a little. After all, seeing how Silverthorns had found out, it was no longer a secret.
"I see…" The head Watcher nodded in understanding. He then asked, "So, those who came before you were your enemies, right?"
"Yes, you are right." Luman nodded, his eyes flickering as he spread his divine sense out of the temple.
"Don't bother. They have already left." The head Watcher said,
Luman's gaze flashed. "Senior, if you don't mind, can you tell us how many Monarchs there were in their group?"
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"Five, one in the high stage, three in the mid-stage, and the last one was in the low stage." The head Watcher told him.
The people behind Luman seemed to relax when they heard this, and while Luman was still cautious, the Head Watcher could see he had become a bit more confident.
Hesitation flickered in his eyes for a moment before he sighed, "Though I don't want to interfere in your matters, you are her descendants, and I'm sure despite our strained relationship, she must have told you to rely on me when in need."
Numerous mixed emotions flashed across his face when he mentioned her, but almost no one was about to notice them.
He then continued, looking deep into Luman's eyes, "They didn't leave because they felt your group is stronger."
…
A while later, except for Robert, Old Witch, and their subordinate emperors, no one could be seen in the ancient temple's vicinity.
Right at the edge of the desert, a few people who were originally part of the group of fifty that came with the Silverthorn Monarchs were escaping with all their might, panic-stricken.
"Fuck! Why are these fuckers hunting us down instead of going after those five bastards?" A muscular woman wrapped in rags roared in rage.
BANG!
Suddenly, a light flashed, and her head exploded.
Others' expressions turned ugly, but they continued fleeing without turning to look back. They couldn't afford to.
The people—no demons—chasing after them were emperors. The only reason they were still alive was because they were having fun hunting them.
If they showed any tardiness, slowed down, or even showed less desperation, these demons wouldn't have as much fun, which would result in their death.
The situation was almost hopeless, and everyone had grim expressions on their faces. But if someone were to observe them carefully, they would realize that unlike the rest of the people in the group, a youth with an ordinary appearance seemed different.
While he also wore a grim expression, the calm look in his eyes betrayed his real state of mind.
This youth was none other than Alex. After parting ways with the blind old man, he was investigating around, trying to find a way to enter the forsaken land, when he heard that the Xavier family was hiring a group of independent mages for an undisclosed task and were offering tempting rewards.
He was about to ignore it and move on when he suddenly thought of something.
Just when the Silverthorn family released a secret mission to kill the Domain Emperor family member who had just awakened his bloodline, the Xaviers—a vassal power of the Silverthorn family, the Domain Emperor family's enemy, that had been covertly and overtly suppressing the Domain Emperor family—were suddenly gathering people for a secret task.
This could be a coincidence, but his intuition told him otherwise.
That was why he immediately headed to the Xavier family and participated in the selection for the secret mission.
'How long are they going to take?' Alex mused. He had been lingering at the back of the group, right outside the temple's opened gate, when the five cloaked figures were encircling the head Watcher and the two native powerhouses.
That was when he had noticed the golden steel hum, powering up the teleportation formation.
Although he was not able to see who arrived because the group had moved away from the temple's gate by then, seeing how the five cloaked figures—who he was sure were from the Silverthorn family—looked at the temple when this unknown party arrived, how their body language shifted, and how they left without taking them along, he deduced the Domain Emperor family had come.
Again, this party could be from some other family or organization, but his intuition told him they were from the Domain Emperor family.
Now, even though he could escape the demon emperors, he wasn't doing that because he wanted to remain in the temple's vicinity until the Domain Emperor Family's group left for their target.
The thought of escaping the demons and still lingering around the area didn't even cross his mind because he was more than sure he would be detected. He didn't have the means to keep his existence hidden from a Monarch's, let alone a Quasi-Supreme's, senses.
When that happened, whichever party—be it the watchers, the new arrivals, or the natives—found him, the result would most likely be his death or capture, and neither was acceptable to him.
Just when he was getting a little frustrated, he sensed several powerful presences with the aura of Terron fly… in the direction opposite to the one he and the group of morons with him were running in.
'Just great!' He let out a frustrated sigh before a faint white glow covered his figure.
"Hmm?" The three demon emperors with black cicada-like wings on their backs chasing after the group suddenly frowned. They felt some faint fluctuations but couldn't find the source until…
"One outer rat is missing." One of them noticed Alex missing, his expression twisting in rage.
A mere Five Star mage managed to escape them… It was an utter humiliation.
The other two's expressions became the same. Their divine senses flaring, they scanned several thousand meters of area around them but found nothing. They even checked the ground, thinking he might be hiding under the sand, but the result was the same.
"Raaaaaghhh!!"
They were silent for a few seconds before they screamed in rage, the sound alone causing everyone in the group fleeing in front of them to explode in a gory rain of flesh and blood.
…
A mile away, Alex turned back when he heard the cry.
Seeing what had just happened, a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes as he lamented.
"Sigh! I'm sorry, you all. But you shouldn't blame me because you were too weak and weren't able to escape them in time. Anyways, may you all rest in peace. As for them…"
His eyes narrowed as he stared at the demon trio.
"...If they aren't dead by the time I become an Emperor… or maybe a Monarch, I'll avenge you by killing them..."
"...or maybe not."
If they weren't already dead, they would have spat out blood in anger after hearing him.
Swoosh!
The moment he stopped muttering, he turned around and rushed in the direction Luman's group had just vanished.
The strange thing was, he was just a mile away, a very short distance for emperor-rank experts. He spoke, or rather muttered, out loud and didn't even care that rushing away so fast was producing noise, but the demon trio… didn't seem to sense anything.
