CHAPTER 28

How to dig and go underground ? It's not going to work out through the roads or from any location. They need the right instruments and the right place. But there wasn't any place where it could work, the sand would just fall, it was definitely not the place where underground paths could be built.

So the underground plan was falling apart. In the end, it was decided that they had to bribe someone to disable the traps. So they captured a guard from the mansion, and bribed him to disable some traps. He believed that even if the traps were disabled, The minister of Agriculture cannot be eliminated. Nevertheless, on the second night of staying in the Southern border town, They sneaked out in the night like assassins and walked through the yard. They did not detect any traps or alarms, so they proceeded until they reached the mansion. Obviously, they did not want to enter the mansion, obviously to avoid traps.

They had brought rope, but it did not look like they needed to use it. The mansion was full of ridges unlike the tower, and it would be easy to just climb through the ridges. Arata decided to go up first. When he climbed and reached the window, he was surprised. The Minister was awake, and he was a cultivator ! It looked like he was from the Summoning type. Well, it didn't matter, he was much too weak anyways, Bronze Rank.

Arata just opened the window, before the Minister could ask, "Who is there !", his vocal cord broke, so the voice did not come, and the head was gone. Beheading was becoming the standard way of silencing people for Arata. Arata then just jumped out of the building, landed and ran with Rachel. The job here was done, but they did need to do something about the traps. But, this time, Arata actually took the Summoner scroll, from the Minister, and they were going to improve their abilities.

They went to the other city after this. This time, the target is the Minister of Home affairs. Which should have been easy, but Definitely, that was not the case. But, there was a bit of time. They had planned to spend 10 days here, and at the current speed, they could probably do it within 7 days. So, they were going to try the Summoner Scroll.

A very historic moment. Again, they started cultivating, with the scroll and then suddenly, they were teleported. Their bodies weren't teleported, only their consciousness was.

This is the Spirit Realm, Arata thought. It looked like a desolate land. The sky was red and then there were no trees or grass around there. It was barren with some cracks around.

"Someone at your level reached here ? What Audacity !", a voice boomed. There was no one in the vicinity. So, it could be someone like the voice, Arata thought.

"Can you explain us where is here ?", Arata asked.

"This is the Spirit Realm, you literally said it in your mind. You want more power huh ? Not satisfied with the powers of Vladimir's and Vader's", the voice asked.

"Who are they ?", Rachel asked.

"They are Scroll masters Obviously ! Vladimir made the Enhancer scroll and Vader made that Assassination scroll you used up !", the voice thundered.

"So you made the Summoner scroll huh ?", Arata asked.

"Yup, my name is Vaner. I am the writer of the Summoner scroll. But I haven't really talked to an already cultivated person in this continent before. You guys must be the strongest here already.", Vaner said.

"What about the 8 specialists ?", Rachel couldn't help but ask.

"They are puppets. That guy can just take back their power anytime. Well, you will meet them soon. You guys might be able to put them out of their miseries. They had to go ahead and do so much for just keeping him sealed. But all was in vain.", Vaner said.

"Who is that guy ?", Arata asked.

"He is ...….. But you probably couldn't hear that name, because you are from that region.", Vaner said.

"You mean the Alvarez Empire ?", Arata asked.

"Yes, you can probably figure out the story by yourself, as you are so intellectual.", Vaner said with a grim face.

"OK ! Now complete the task you have come for here. The time is ticking !", Vaner said.