Tang Shaoyang immediately activated [Spirit Eyes] and scanned the surroundings. He checked if the old man came with the other people to capture him. However, [Spirit Eyes] caught no one, the old man came alone.
"Don't worry, I come alone. I just want to talk with you," Carlos Artura noticed Tang put his guard up at his sight. It was something natural since people were chasing after his life now.
'Does Selena tell him my position, or is he following Selena?' He could not think that Selena would betray him since her life was bound to his.
"I want to talk about your conflict with the Church and City Lord. Don't worry, I move on my own and I don't take their side too," Carlos was trying to convince Tang that he meant no harm.
"Alright then, how do you find me?" Tang Shaoyang questioned the old man.
"I have been following Selena, she was moving suspiciously," the old man did not plan to hide the truth since he truly came to talk with Tang, "I am not that naive to believe that she was mourning for her party in the dangerous forest all night."
"Good, you can talk now," Tang Shaoyang nodded, for now, he chose to believe the old man.
"Can we end this? The conflict between you against the Church and the City Lord, I want to help you out of this situation," Carlos Artura tried to be sincere with his words but Tang Shaoyang cracked into a grin.
"In the end, you just want to capture me, right old man?" The old man immediately shook his head, Tang misunderstood him, "No, I don't want to capture you, I just want to end the conflict. As you know, the Beast Stampede is near, we can't afford to lose more people than we are now, or the Beast Stampede will break into the city."
"Not my concern," Tang Shaoyang shrugged.Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l--B1n.
"Like hell, I want to know as well. Why would they target me? You should ask them yourself!" When the Royal Knight was brought up, Tang Shaoyang was pissed off.
"There's no need to continue this pointless talk, old man. You can't mediate this issue, you don't have the power to meddle!" Tang Shaoyang turned around, he did not want to continue the talk
But he stopped at his fifth step, "But I can't leave you alone, you know too much about me and Selena. You have to die, Old Man!"
Carlos Artura flinched back as Tang radiated thick killing intent toward him. He could feel that the man was serious with his words, "Calm down! I put her unconscious there!" He pointed to a spot behind a tree.
Tang Shaoyang activated [Flash Step] to reach the spot. Sure enough, he found Selena lying down behind the tree. He checked the girl, and the girl was fine. She was still breathing fine, and there were no injuries on her body.
He turned around and found the old man was no longer around. Carlos Artura gave up convincing him after knowing the Gods were involved.
"I guess this is the best," he muttered while looking at the unconscious Selena. If the old man could track her like this, that meant the church and the city lord could do the same. He did not want to lose Selena, not because he had affection for her, but the feeling of losing what belonged to him was unacceptable. Not after he gained all this power, one of the many reasons he wanted more power.
He picked the unconscious girl and went further to the north. Before he was going to the north, he checked the surrounding with his [Spirit Eyes]. After making sure no one was around, he dashed toward the north.
Thanks to the uninvited guest, he did not manage to test the new skill.
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Tang Shaoyang dashed toward the north non-stop for like thirty minutes with the unconscious Selena on his back. A sight of a wooden fence came into his vision. At the entrance, two women wore two armors with bows in their hands.
Yes, that was where the armor he took from the dead adventurers. He armored the villagers to protect themselves from the dangerous beast in the forest.
Old Man Rick and his people were building a new village in the deeper part of the forest that was partly safe from the beast. This was where he had been all this time.