54 Sense of Urgency. (2/2)

”Hey, Oliver... Tell me, if you were hiding in a City... Where would you hide?”- Ozul asked.

”Huh?... I will probably hide in the woods?”- Oliver did not know where this was going, but he replied nevertheless.

”Mhm.”- Ozul nodded as he asked the next question.

”Now tell me... If you were a smart man... and knew that people would start their search in the forest, where would you hide?”- It seemed as if Ozul was leading Oliver to an answer by asking such questions.

Ozul always did this when he felt that explaining was too dull and boring.

”Eh?! ... In the slums?”- Oliver again answered confusingly.

”Yes... everyone would. But you also have a group to hide with you—a group big enough to invade Cities...”- Ozul added the condition of people hiding with you.

”Then... find some big estate? Where no one would bother to search?”- Even though Oliver answered as such, he was unsure of his answer.

”Indeed... You are correct, Oliver. If the Leader of this Eclipse's Order truly is a smart man... he would choose this approach...”- Ozul explained.

Ozul guessed that hiding in plain sight was his opponent's best choice. Even though it was only a guess, he could not think of any other way to whittle down their area of search.

He left the Manor with Raven and Blaze following him like some bodyguards while the Count was still thinking about where the Leader of Eclipse's Order would choose to hide.

. . .

”We have two City Lords' estate's to check... hurry up.”- Ozul said while Raven and Blaze were surprised.

They did not think that their opponent would actually hide in the City Lords' estates!

”Don't be surprised... One of the City Lord is a greedy bastard...while the other is a pervert old man... Anyone can easily take advantage of them...”- Ozul explained when he saw their confused expressions.

It was his best bet. Because if they could not find the Eclipse's Order in this way, they would have to search everywhere around the Cities.

”Will we split up?”- Blaze asked after a while.

”No... it will be too risky... I have chances of winning against a Rank-8 Mage, but both of you won't be able to do anything.”- Ozul shook his head.

Even if both Blaze and Raven work together against a Rank-7 Mage, they will not survive. Much less their opponent—who was a Rank-8 Mage!

However, in the past few days, Raven had managed to create the Spell that Ozul required. She named it as 'Shadow Mist'.

Ozul was satisfied with the Spell because it generated black smoke all around the target. The black smoke would spread about 10 meters!

Not only that, if their opponent is not skilled enough, their other senses would also be disrupted!

With the creation of this Spell, Ozul was confident that he could fight against a Rank-8 Mage! This would be the first step to obtain his parts back.

”Prepare everything... we will leave today.”- Ozul said. Since he had enough power to get at least one of his 'parts' back, he was anxious to hurry up the process.

Raven and Blaze thoughtfully nodded their heads as they could feel that Ozul was serious about this situation.