Mixed Blessing System

While one of those young men from the Leopoldine family laughed as he looked at the corpse at his feet, the other two turned their faces upwards, looking in the direction of where a giant insect had just appeared flying over that area.

Immediately the two realized the level of that creature, Nascent Soul Transcendent, the strongest creature they had ever encountered since their arrival in the Secret Realm.

“Shit!” One of them said without realizing his mouth was moving, alerting their leader to look up at the sky.

Soul cultivators like them were stronger than beasts at levels close to their own. But a creature like that was far more than they could handle!

As such, as he looked at the being flying just over two hundred meters above them, that member of the imperial family couldn’t help but lose the smile on his face.

‘How is that possible? In this area, there shouldn’t be beasts of this level!’ He shouted in his mind, afraid to run from there and attract that creature’s attention. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡．𝙘𝙤𝙢

The other two continued to stare at that insect until one saw something moving on the back of that level 17 being and frowned.

“Someone is riding that beast!” He said to his two companions as he prepared to launch a counterattack any moment if it was necessary.

The other two were also prepared to do the same and flee afterward and were surprised to see the person above that insect.

But after 10 seconds of watching those two beings in the air, trying to understand who was on top of that beast and what they wanted, these three young men finally saw that insect decreasing its altitude.

When it got only 20 meters away from the ground level, Lothur jumped off the back of that beast, landing in the middle of where those three were standing.

“Oh? Are you guys here?” He asked these young men, looking at that individual he had teased before he departed for this Secret Realm.

Immediately upon noticing this was Lothur, those young men looked at him more strangely, not only for the company of this all-silver-haired individual. They had interests in jointly acting against young Ritter, so they couldn’t help but have wicked thoughts upon seeing this person there.

Niklas Leopoldine, the strongest of the three, frowned and asked. “Lothur, how did you get this beast? And what are you doing here?”

“That’s none of your business. Who do you think you are?” Lothur used his visual ability on those in his surroundings, seeing that they were all moving their energies to attack or flee.

Because of this, he also prepared himself, even though he didn’t consider these people dangerous to him.

Then, as the tension between them increased, the level 17 beast said. “Lothur, I have already brought you as far as I should. From now on, I will wait for you until you get what you came for.”

“Hmmm.” Lothur looked at that beast and nodded affirmatively.

“When you are done, just call me, and I will be back.”

With those words, that insect departed, leaving only those four humans behind.

Lothur turned his attention to those people on his way to where Viktoria was supposed to be, noting the bodies in the surroundings and the blood of the victims on the weapons of those three.

He then said. “I was no friend of these people. In fact, I have been their enemy in the past. But as a member of the same province, I feel I cannot let their deaths go unnoticed.

Hand over all your resources and destroy your cultivations. I will let you live after that.”

“Tsk!”

“Arrogant!”

“You really think you’re big, huh?”

Those three commented, feeling much better now that the level 17 beast had left the area.

Without it there, they were much more confident in acting against Lothur, despite their doubts about what he was doing next to that creature and their previous conversation.

“Lothur, you shouldn’t have let that beast go, being alone among us, haha,” Niklas said, smiling wickedly. “Today, I will make you pay for what you did earlier!”

“So you will choose this path?” Lothur closed his eyes momentarily, smiling.

After this question, he realized that the spirits of his opponents were high and that they would not back down, nor would they obey him. So he immediately made his Mortal Aura and Black Flames appear simultaneously with Gravity.

When he activated these abilities, immediately those three felt great fear of him. Still, also their movements are restricted by an invisible force.

Lothur then raised one of his arms toward Niklas, immediately following by throwing a ball of dark energy.

“Since you are unwilling to obey, I will turn you into slaves.”

The Black Flames were stronger than ever, so after hitting the first of those three peak level 15 youths, that fellow was immediately overwhelmed by Lothur.

The other two saw this but could do nothing. They were both filled with fear and paralyzed by the ability of Lothur’s third Soul Bone.

So besides crying out in fear, they didn’t move and soon suffered the same fate as Niklas, having that dark energy enter their bodies and then becoming Lothur’s slaves.

All this had happened in less than two minutes after the beast had left!

Lothur saw these humans kneeling in front of him and laughed. “You could have escaped this fate, but you will die fighting for me since you are disobedient.

Come on, my slaves, lead the way to Viktoria!”

After his words, Lothur had those creatures follow the underground path of that area through one of the entrances he had already identified nearby.

He had already identified his wife’s aura not far from there, so he was soon running through the tunnels of that area by getting those three to follow in front of him.

At first, Lothur couldn’t sense his wife’s situation, given her distance from where he was standing. But after entering the underground area of the place, he immediately realized that many beasts and specters surrounded her and Larissa.

Noticing this, he increased his speed and took the lead of those three, moving quickly through the corridors and chambers on his way.

Viktoria and Larissa had not defeated all their opponents on their way. So as he passed through these places, Lothur basically ran over all the beings and traps in his path, destroying everything like a war tank passing through a crowd.

After less than 3 minutes since his entry into that underground area, he arrived where several level 16 beasts and spectres were threatening the lives of those two exhausted humans.

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