Inside a large hall, a few cloaked figures were sitting around a round table while facing a cloaked figure's projection.
"Do any of you find this Faceless Ancient background?" A grim voice sounded from the projection.
One of the cloak figures replied sulkily, "No, there's no record in Rare Plains about such a figure. He must be a nobody who was probably being chased by someone and accidentally crossed to the Common Plains, as A-9999 reported."
Another cloaked spoke at this moment. "I found something interesting, though."
"Oh, let's hear it." The person in the projection coolly shifted his focus on this small figure, as well as everyone else.
"From this Faceless Ancient fellow's Star Network Account, I found that he had never made a purchase and wasn't in any of the three hegemonies' private star servers.
"Although no one can bypass Star Network's security, this doesn't mean everyone is anonymous. However, this person is quite peculiar since it's out of the ordinary to not buy or have any contact with the Star Network, despite being a Rare Rank expert."
"So, according to you, this person isn't from the Rare Region, but the Common Region, and he somehow threatened and fooled A-9999 into handing over everything he required to cross to this side?" The person in the projection voice was filled with unspeakable danger.
If this was true, then didn't this mean they were just fooled by a native of a common region?
It would turn their Killer Skull Society's prestigious into the mud.
"It's just my speculation. Although there's hardly any case of someone breaking into Rare Rank from Common Rank in the Common Plains, there's still a possibility, and we can't ignore it even if we didn't want to." The person sighed and continued, "If we look at the bright side, if he really is a native of common plains and somehow achieved this level of power that could threaten A-9999, then there's only one possibility."
"What might that be?"
"Titan Tears!" He said matter-of-factly.
The entire room fell into silence after they heard it.
After a few moments, the person in projection impassively said, "It seemed you found something which made you quite sure that this is the native of common plains, right?"
"It's indeed true." The person nodded. "After I analyzed the Titan Tear's two formulas acquired by A-9999, I found they were written in a first-level Philosopher's Language.
"We never paid much attention to this formula unearthed in the common plains and let it rested in the hand of Rogue Skull for years as a keepsake.
"However, after this Faceless Ancient crawl out of nowhere, it made me think, what if Titan Tears weren't just a Common Rank Formula, but a Rare Rank which would make it easier for common species to break into rare species?
"I have already tested the Basic Common Grade formula, and trust me, with only 1000 drops a normal lab rat turned into Tier-3 Common Species, and there's still an Intermediate version that required titan iron essence to make, and we'll have the result soon!"
"What?!"
"Is that true?"
Everyone exclaimed when they heard this.
Even the person in the projection trembled ever so slightly.
"Silence!" He coldly uttered, making everyone shut their mouth.
He then deeply spoke, "Sent me the data."
pαпdα`noνɐ1`сoМ "I have already mailed you." The man chuckled as if he had already expected this.
The person in the projection went silent, and no one speak anymore. They knew he was seeing the test results and they wait eagerly for his reply.
After a few minutes, the figure in the projection finally spoke with a hint of elation. "This is indeed a magical potion. Your theory about that native might be true indeed. The Rogue Skull was simply incompetent. That's why we never found the true value of titan tears.
"Now, I understand, you're suspecting that this native didn't hand over the whole formula because it might be written in a higher-level Philosopher's language and given us a copy, right?" He sharply questioned.
"Only one way to find out." the person said darkly, "But if it's true, then we can't let him escape with such a potion in his possession. Even the three hegemonies would do anything to get their hand on Titan Tears if it can increase someone's chances of crossing the rare rank!"
"Indeed, he must think we won't be able to find out about it just because he handed over a part of it. His thinking process is indeed like a typical plains native who didn't know the vastness of this world.
"But he would know soon since he had Star Watch now, and this would make him desperate to hide. Yet, it's to our advantage."
The person in projection coldly declared, "Order A-9999 to chase after him and keep track of his whereabouts. She didn't need to engage until the reinforcements arrived.
"Even if this is all just a speculation, we can't ignore it and have to get rid of him. Sent one Three-Digit skull as well as two peak four-digit skulls. This Faceless Ancient has to die for his disparaged view of us!"
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A silhouette was moving between trees in the middle of the night at high speed.
This person was none other than Jacob, who was already at the border of the Humane Kingdom after he left the Sunset Duke Estate an hour ago.
He was in a hurry to enter the Humane. He stowed away his Star Watch since he didn't know if it was traceable or not.
If not for that virtual map on the watch, he might've destroyed it.
So, he decided to only activate it when he wanted to leave the Common Plains, right now, he didn't have such a plan because he would be at the bottom of the food chain in Rare Plains, and he wasn't confident in crossing the boundary with no harm.
Furthermore, since he was now invincible in common plains and only existences of the Dark Elf level could threaten him, he was going to hunt any species that could increase his prowess.
One had to know, Jacob was only 50% done with his heart conversion, and he was already at the level of a Tier-1 Rare being like a Dark Elf.
The Common Plains were now like his hunting ground, where he could increase his prowess to an even higher level taking no risks.
But he knew the Killer Skull Society will be going to hunt him, and this will make his life somewhat difficult.
However, as long as he increased his heart percentage as well as learned how to control fluid acceleration, even Skull-9999 would not be his match.
That's why he wanted to use his speed to increase the gap before changing his appearance and lying low in the humane kingdom.
No one knew he was actually a human, and no one would have believed it either. So, he was going to mix with humans, and in the meantime, learn fluid acceleration.
The Killer Skull Society was doing something in the humane kingdom, and this would be the perfect time to act as a human and hide somewhere near a random town.
If someone like Skull-10000 came scouting the area, he would gladly welcome them with his swords!
Now, this was a mind game, and Jacob was quite good at playing them!
Jacob easily passed through the army barricade and headed toward the Rainy Mountain Ranges. He was going to choose a spot that was close to the Rainy Mountain Ranges so he could flee anytime.
The Lionheart City was naturally the place that came to his mind, and that place was quite far away from the war as well.
Some people even know him as a C-Rank Mercenary so it would be a perfect mirage.
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Skull A-9999 naturally received the order to tail Jacob and didn't let him out of her sight. They even offer her enticing rewards to keep her motivated.
'Hmph! They are just afraid they will lose him, and I'm better at tracking.' A-9999's eyes turn cold, 'But I really suffer a loss in that fellow's hands this time. I can monitor him, and when the reinforcements arrive, I'll see how he can remain composed and arrogant at that time!'
She easily held a grudge, and if she wasn't completely confident in killing Jacob, she won't make a move.
Now that the orders were only to follow Jacob, she didn't mind, since it was her specialty to track others.
She left the Cannibal Plan to A-10000, who was now much reserved, and left toward the sunset mansion. This time she brings her gear and weapon.
'It's only been an hour, so he was still making the titan tears. Hehe, let's see where you can hide!'
She chose a spot a hundred meters away from the underground facility where Jacob was brewing titan tears, and she hid within a tree crown.
When half the day passed, she felt something amiss. 'Is he an idiot or just too confident? He still dared to make titan tears despite knowing that we are on to him!'