Chapter 484: Slipped Up

Chapter 484: Slipped Up



Sylas' head whipped toward the portal. If there was going to be an escape made, it would be toward there. If not, that would mean that he escaped outside of the city.

However, this sudden movement caused him to fall to a knee. His vision swam, and he almost blacked out. If it wasn't for a quick bite to his tongue, he would have.

Although he had swallowed a Transmutated Beast Pill, it was one, not a miracle drug, and two, because he used ice to slow his bleeding, that ironically slowed his healing as well. It was a double-edged sword.

Well, in the right circumstances, a Transmutated pill could work like a miracle drug. But the problem was that he hadn't run into nearly enough beasts that were both compatible with him and powerful.

Obviously, the stronger the beast, the stronger the pill would be.

'There's a large number of Ice affinity beasts here. I need to take advantage.'

His Skills collapsed in on themselves, and he closed his eyes shut. He squeezed his eyelids tightly as though he was trying to regain control over himself.

"City Lord!"

Finally, the Generals had already rushed over.

"... Bring me the strongest beasts you've killed," Sylas said in a voice much too steady given his current situation.

...

It was several hours before Sylas' situation had stabilized, and the sharpness returned to his gaze.

His veins pumped with that vitality, and his pale expression was slowly recovering. 'He's sharp...'

Seeing the movement of the Generals and the lockdown of the city, Grin knew that he wouldn't be able to sneak back in easily.

Sylas was right. There was no way for Grin to instantly teleport all the way back to the Celestial Republic. He would have to rely on the portal for that.

In truth, he hadn't absolutely needed to die. He just used his substitution Skill because it was the most convenient given the situation. He knew that the Generals were on their way, and he didn't want to expose too much of himself too soon.

As such, he chose to appear outside the city instead of near the portal. It was the lowest risk. After all, there were still Generals on the other side of the portal as well.

Now, Sylas had grasped onto his weakness.

That said... that didn't mean that he couldn't do anything to target Sylas.

'He abandoned that black snake without much hesitation. It's unlikely that it's important. But... the real question is whether that Professor knows or made an honest mistake...'

It seemed like he was here to support General Song, but only he knew that his real mission was related to Morgan.

There was speculation that the Professor had stumbled onto a very rare Profession, but there was no guarantee just yet. They still had to keep the propriety of a government, however, so they couldn't just lock Morgan up just because.

Or rather... the reason they couldn't was because Morgan was too smart. It didn't take much time after he returned from the Trial to make a big show of his reappearance. He even released a paper about his experience in the Trial as though he had only gone for educational purposes.

He was a very tricky man to deal with, and when there were tricky things to deal with, Grin and those hidden in the shadows along with him were the ones that dealt with it.

After all this time, it seemed that Morgan had finally slipped up a little bit...