Chapter 156 - What A Strong Wine

Before leaving the apartment, Jason took a robe and straw hat out from Blake's storage ring before going on a walk. Going around while looking for places that there was supposed to be a poster of them.

"Where do you think would be the best place to begin my search" asked Jason after stopping at the marketplace.

"Well, you can try checking the tavern since it is the usual place for everyone to relax after a stressful day of work" replied the bracelet.

After getting the information he needed, Jason made his way to the tavern which was busy with drunkards and some set of people telling stories, with his straw hat lowered, Jason went to purchase a jar of liquor before looking for a spare sit where he sat down and pour himself a cup as he scans the area.

"Be careful boy, I don't think you are ready to take something this strong" said the bracelet when Jason left the cup close to his nose to smell it.

"What a strong wine" commented Jason after his nose was assaulted by the strong smell of the liquor.

Taking a gulp from his cup, Jason's face began to twitch as he took the cup off his mouth.

"Who would have thought that it would be this sour" said Jason who was on the verge of spitting the content in his mouth away.

"Can you just focus on the reason why you are here instead of being carried away by a liquor" replied the bracelet in an angry tone.

Putting the cup down, Jason began to look around to see if there are any members of the Wallace family in the tavern and after roughly searching for about twenty minutes, he was able to locate four men sitting above where they were sitting.

"They are four in number and they are all in the gold core realm" said Jason with a frown before taking another mouthful of wine as he twitched his face once more.

"It is going to take a while before I will be able to get used to the taste" said Jason as he put the cup down.

"So what do you plan to do now that you have found them" ask the bracelet.

"Next will be for me to track them back to their base before going back to formulate a plan on how to take them down" replied Jason before taking his leave.

Looking for a hidden place to hide until they are done with their drinks, it was already getting dark when they exited the tavern as they began to take their leave. 

Making sure that they have gone far enough, Jason begins to follow them from afar until they arrive at a huge building that is filled with all kinds of people, and on top of the building was the symbol of two swords clashing together.

The four of them continue with their discussion as they went inside the building while Jason was left standing outside a little hesitant if he should also go in but after some time of thinking and seeing the set of people going inside were not putting on masks, Jason decided to go in and the moment he did, he noticed that the place was more noisy and crowded compared to the tavern and beneath where he was standing was a round ring with two men facing each other while the audience is cheering them on. 

"I thought they were going to their hideout but who would have thought that they would waste their time watching a fight" complains Jason with a twitched face as he begins to scan the area in search of them which takes him some time before he is able to locate them.

"This is a place to earn some money boy so don't look at it in that way since it could also be considered doing business" reply the bracelet.

It took a whole hour before they were able to leave the building and that was after the fight was over and this time they went directly to a building that was not too far from the tavern where they greeted an old man before going inside. Judging by the way they were paying respect to the elder, Jason knew he must be someone from the Wallace family even when he didn't have his mask on the robe he was putting on still sell him out.

"I don't think you would be a match against that old man, he may look weak on the surface but he is a monster if he should unleash his aura" warn the bracelet.

"I will just leave him to my mother once she recovers from her injury" replied Jason.

"Even your mother would be helpless before him" said the bracelet.

"If we can't touch him, then how are we supposed to leave here" asked Jason.

"I don't know but if you ask me, I would say you should go hide for now until things settle down" replied the bracelet.

"There is no way they are going to let things settle down if they don't get rid of us" said Jason with a frown.

"So what do you have in mind" asked the bracelet.

"Well if I can't beat him, I will have to take his subordinate down leaving him to run the place on his own" reply Jason.

"That would be drawing more problems to Yourself" said the bracelet.

"I don't think so, just think about it since they are not the one who owes the place will they do as they please" asked Jason.

"Of course, they won't since it would be considered as a challenge to the king and even if they are more powerful than him, it doesn't mean that they won't go unharmed" replied the bracelet.

"Exactly, so long as I did it secretly there shouldn't be a problem going unnoticed while they would be left in rage since they don't know how to find me" said Jason with a smile.

"You are thinking too much boy, I don't think everyone here is below the gold core and if I am not mistaken, you won't be able to beat them unless you attack when they least expect it" replies the bracelet.

"I have my ways of getting things done as long as they are not walking in pairs," said Jason with a smile.

After watching for a while, Jason left the place and the moment he did, the old man that was standing in the surrounding turned his gaze toward the spot where he was standing with a frown on his face before going into the building. Making his way back to the apartment, Jason quickly took the robe off and kept it away before going inside.

When he got inside, he noticed that his mother was already awake and she seemed to be talking to Hannah and someone else which didn't take him much time to recognize who it was as he proceeded forward with a smile on his face.

"I see that you guys are having fun" said Jason with a smile.

"Oh you are back" asked Amanda as she turned to look at him.

"Yeah, I just went to get something not far from here" replied Jason.

"But you shouldn't be moving around like that with the…." Said Amanda but before she could complete her sentence, she saw Jason signaling her to stop.

"You don't need to bother about that, I already know that they will be searching for us" replied Clara with a frown look on his face.

"You told her" asked Jason as he turned to Amanda.

"Not me but she did" replied Amanda as she turned her gaze at Hannah.

"You think I don't know what you went out to do, mother asked about you and I told her right away" said Hannah with a worried look on her face.

If it were to be someone else that was listening to her, they might really think that she is really scared but Jason knew that she was pretending. Deciding to let the matter go, Jason went to his mother's side as he asked.

"So how are you feeling now".

"Much better compared to the way I was feeling in the morning" replied Clara with a smile. 

"That is good to hear by the way, did Hannah give you anything" asked Jason.

"She did but I won't be taking it anytime soon until I am completely recovered from my injuries" replied Clara.

They chatted for some time until it was time for Amanda to leave and Jason had to see her off before coming back.

"So what did you find out about the Wallace" Clara knew well that Jason might have left to get information about them after their posters were pasted all over the capital.

"There seem to be more members than I expected to see with the weakest being a gold core practitioner" replied Jason with a sigh.

"That is to be expected, those may be the set that was sent by the family to conduct some business here" said Clara not being surprised that they are much.