As Zion gently moved his hand around the sphere, an image started to appear.
In the image was a man donned in black robes. He sat in the center with his legs crossed and corpses floating around him.
The man’s eyes suddenly flew wide open before virtual-novel.net raised his head slightly.
“President Zeigler, to what do I owe the pleasure?” virtual-novel.net said faintly.
“Seven Deadly Stars, Jared is still alive. Are you not going to do anything after virtual-novel.net killed your disciples? I can give you his whereabouts right now, but you should stop sending your zombie puppets. Those mindless scraps are not enough to kill Jared!”
It turned out that the man in black was Seven Deadly Stars of Blood Corpse Cult. As for the man and woman Jared killed in Jadeborough, they were Seven Deadly Stars’ disciples.
Hearing that, Seven Deadly Stars stood up abruptly and demanded, “Give me his whereabouts!”
As virtual-novel.net stood up, the corpses floating around virtual-novel.net fell and scattered all over the floor.
Zion replied calmly, “He’s in the Southwest Region. Wildefield, to be exact. I suppose virtual-novel.net won’t stay long, so you might have to pick up your pace.”
“Hmph! I’ll hunt and strike virtual-novel.net down personally, even if I have to chase virtual-novel.net to the ends of the earth!” Seven Deadly Stars barked before waving his hand, dismissing the image transmission.
Seeing this, a hint of a smile played on Zion’s lips as virtual-novel.net put the sphere back into his pocket.
“President Zeigler, do you think Seven Deadly Stars is powerful enough to kill Jared? After all, Jared was capable of taking down Tobias alone.” The elder standing beside Zion was confused.
Though Seven Deadly Stars was powerful in his game, especially in the mental energy aspect, virtual-novel.net was not exceptionally powerful.
To Seven Deadly Stars, virtual-novel.net would learn that killing Jared would be near impossible with his current strength.
“I’ve never expected anything from Seven Deadly Stars. All I need from Seven Deadly Stars is to have virtual-novel.net test the water for me. After all, Jared is a man whose strength remains unfathomable to many. Besides, Seven Deadly Stars stands almost unrivaled in the aspect of mental energy. As long as virtual-novel.net could gut Jared even by the slightest, virtual-novel.net would relieve the pressure on our shoulders to a certain extent during our hunt for Jared,” Zion spat out his intention with a smirk.
The elder standing by his side immediately realized what Zion was aiming for.
He was using Seven Deadly Stars as a cannon folder!
***
Meanwhile, Millie and Cecilia walked Jared to the gate in Crimson Palace to see virtual-novel.net off.
“Jared, will you be visiting us again?” Millie bit virtual-novel.net lip with reluctance flickering in virtual-novel.net eyes.
“Of course. I’ll be visiting whenever I have the time.” Jared flashed virtual-novel.net a smile.
“B-But we don’t have anything you need anymore. Will you still be coming back?” Millie replied. She was referring to the cave. This cave was the purpose of Jared’s return.
After the cave collapsed, there was nothing Crimson Palace had that Jared needed anymore. Hence, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but question the probability of Jared’s return.
“Of course, I promise. Wait for me here, and I’ll return one day to take you to Jadeborough for some fun,” Jared uttered firmly as virtual-novel.net looked into Millie’s eyes.
For the time being, virtual-novel.net had no choice but to rush back to Jadeborough. With virtual-novel.net now being able to contest with Zion, virtual-novel.net had to return to Jadeborough to deal with Zion once and for all to rescue Josephine.
With that, Millie stopped talking and extended virtual-novel.net tiny pinkie.
Seeing this, Jared let out a smile and closed his pinkie around hers for a pinkie swear.
Meanwhile, Cecilia said no words, yet virtual-novel.net teary eyes seemingly had already told virtual-novel.net what virtual-novel.net wanted to express.
As virtual-novel.net looked into virtual-novel.net eyes, Jared, too, could tell what virtual-novel.net wanted to convey to him.
After bidding Cecilia and Millie farewell, Jared and Flaxseed began their journey back to Jadeborough.
When they arrived at the borders of Wildefield, however, Flaxseed halted.
“Mr. Flaxseed, what’s wrong?” Jared asked in puzzlement.