Chapter 1023 Fourth Year in Anicane
Time has passed not only for those in Polaris Realm but also for Vicente in Light Cay. Without realizing it, he had completed another few years in Anicane, doing many activities for his sect and faction.
After the previous hunt, his group returned to headquarters and went into seclusion for a few months to enjoy what they had gained from the hunt.
Vicente continued to fulfill his regular activities with both his sponsors and the sect. He did a few more mandatory activities, as well as his fights at the Combat Center, until he finally got his promotion to Inner Disciple. Vicente's promotion was about a year ago and since then he has grown a lot more, having recently reached 7-Star level.
The resources from the hunt at that time had been put to good use not only by the men in the faction, but by him, too.
Now Vicente was at Stonewall headquarters, preparing for the next steps of his journey. With only two years to go, the deal with Nan was about to come to fruition. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Amid this, some missions he had previously paid for were paying off!
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In the beautiful, modern Ravengarde, Vicente was leaving the Manifold Family's training center alongside a woman who was powerful, but weaker than him.
Alicia had a tired look on her face, while various ideas of what she had experienced in the last hour of training with Vicente flashed through her mind.
The years had shown her how different Vicente really was. Their relationship had started about 3 years ago, but that time was enough for him to leave this woman completely behind in terms of cultivation.
In just 3 years, Vicente had left the beginning of the 7th stage and reached its end, reaching a current 3 stars advantage over Alicia.
Several of the missions he has created over the years have yielded positive results for him, while the older missions are showing their results more recently.
For example, the mission to investigate Nan's group had already been completed. Now Vicente knew the origin of that fairy's group, their objectives and their relationship with Stonewall.
Nan hadn't lied to him back then. She really wasn't an enemy of the sect and was on the island for legitimate business. However, she hadn't told him the whole truth either, as he had previously thought.
But the affairs she seemed to be involved in were not a deterrent to him joining her group, at least not yet.
Given the results of such a mission, he was already planning to meet her in another two years, when it would be the anniversary of his agreement with Nan's group.
But the update Prisiche had to give him now concerned another matter.
"We have news about groups seeking your death, master. One of them is about to move." She alerted him to one of the most sensitive issues for him at the moment.
Since his return to headquarters after the hunt for his 14th pentagram, Vicente had faced three assassination attempts. In particular, the last one was a little more dangerous and open, with him being attacked in the middle of Stonewall.
The other assassination attempts had been more covert without drastic action. But this latest attempt alerted even the sect's superiors to the risks to Vicente.
The city patrols were stronger now, and Vicente had even won a defensive item from the sect to protect himself. But he knew that this wouldn't stop the sect's competitors.
"Oh?" He became a little more serious, standing where he was while clenching his fists.
'Let's see how this next attempt goes. I'm about to become an Eighth Class Real Sorcerer. I'd like someone to test my skills with a Cursing Ritual!'