Chapter 70

"Hmm?" 

Surprised at the sudden notification that had come out of thin air, Zuyuan waited for the next blue box that would describe the content of the mission. 

[Special mission: among the missionaries from across the cosmos, there has appeared a fake missionary who had infiltrated the System's defence and is pretending to be an Apostle of Death. It is your duty to eliminate any impostor and keep the System's reputation and integrity to the fullest of your ability. 

Reward: 10,000,000 Death Points, +100 to all Status, significant Rank raise, full set of the Mythical grade of armor and weapon of your own choice.]

Showing a shocked expression, Zuyuan began to knit his eyebrows in ponder as he thought the possibility of the System had found out who he was. However, it was unlikely for it to give a heads up to him that he would be hunted down. So it was safe to assume that the System hadn't known of his presence and issued a bounty to all missionaries in the universe for his head. 

'Across the cosmos, huh...? So not only in this world, but also everyone inside and outside of the Sanctuary should have received that notification... But, hadn't the system already realized that was me back then? How could it be unaware of such an obvious thing?' 

It was weird yet no matter how he saw it, it was definitely the work of the goddess, Vita, that had helped him by erasing some memories of the system or something of such. Perhaps by fiddling with the data pathways she was able to stop the retrieving process of its knowledge? 

Still, that didn't mean he shouldn't be more careful. Instead, he should think twice about his next actions as to not become a suspect for the missionaries. 

'I have to figure out how this class thing works as well.' Mused Zuyuan while he absentmindedly ran amidst the forest. 

After a while, he had arrived on the north side of the goblins camp. Using his Ghost Walk as he tried to erase his presence with Qigong, Zuyuan jumped up and moved in an agile manner to climb up the walls. After he had crossed it and landed on the other side, he strengthened his vision and hearing to detect anyone that was near him so as to not raise any suspicions. 

Seeing that no one was in the area, Zuyuan utilized his stealth technique again and slipped into the rows of huts. Blending amongst the shade of the building as so he could shift his position discreetly. 

Walking to the way where the missionaries had gathered, Zuyuan noticed that some of those missionaries were patrolling all around the camp, searching for something. Zuyuan didn't need a minute to guess that it was related to the mission. If he was going back right at this moment after he was away back then, he could be assumed as the fake missionary. 

-"Master, what's happening?"- Asked XB11 while it flew outside of the camp and yet went in. Zuyuan had instructed it to wait for a while to check the situation first as it couldn't move stealthily. 

"Oh? Isn't that you, Zuyuan?" 

Turning his head towards the source of the sound, Zuyuan found a bat that was flying above him and found him in the alley around the huts. Then, twenty more bats rushed at the bat who had called his name and morphed into a familiar figure, Marvelick. 

"What are you doing here? Looking out for the impostor in the alleyway?" Questioned Marvelick while he squinted his eyes in a wary gaze. 

Shaking his head, Zuyuan replied, "I was training somewhere with XB11 and then saw the notification. So I'm here just to see if there's anyone who seems panicked or something like that in a hidden place." 

"Eh? You think so too?" Responded Marvelick while he rubbed the back of his head and spoke, "Apparently, some of us tried with their luck to find that guy. Even though it was a low chance as he could be anywhere in tens of thousands of worlds out there, well, who knows, right?" 

"How about Ling Zhue and the rest?" Inquired Zuyuan. 

"They were resting on our building. They said it was pointless to search in this world and might as well try later when we go back to the Sanctuary. Although Sanctuary is so big, there's still a chance thanks to information brokers in every sector." 

"I see. I'll meet you back at our place then." Zuyuan stated while he called XB11 to go down. Now that he had Marvelick to be his witness, he should be safe. 

'And I didn't go for too long. There is some information that the goddess had left behind, about the timeline in the World Tree is very much different from the world of Ragnar. The World Tree is absurdly too fast from all of the other worlds. It would be around half an hour. If i had to calculate the time inside, excluding the time it took me to go to the cave and back again to base camp.' 

Seeing that nothing was out of the ordinary, he was away for only one and half hours at least. Proceeding to the big, haystack hut as XB11 was following behind him, Zuyuan opened the door and greeted some missionaries on his way and walked towards Ling Zhue. 

Noticing Zuyuan on the corner of his vision, Ling Zhue smiled and said, "We've back, uncle. Did you already take care of your business?" 

"Yeah, I did." Answered Zuyuan shortly. Staring at an empty spot with a mattress, Zuyuan spoke, "I will take a rest for tonight. We need all the energy we have to fight for tomorrow." 

"Enjoy your sleep." Commented Camilla while she leaned her head on her hand, then she smirked mischievously and said, "If it gets too cold for you, we can always share some heat from our bodies together~" 

"Maybe some other time." Replied Zuyuan, neither rejecting or agreeing with the offer. 

After that, Zuyuan proceeded to the spot he had chosen and rested for the day. Letting XB11 to take some rest as well in the spot wherever it wanted