Chapter 68
‘They are finally here.’
He mused to himself as his smile couldn’t be any broader at the moment.
He quickly hid his facial expression—not wanting to let the observers know his state of mind or expressions.
‘I have been waiting for a long time for this moment..’
He craned his neck as he slowly got up from his squatting position.
He stretched his arms upwards and performed a basic set of exercises.
His posture looked carefree and fearless, as if he were not even concerned about the vicious demons in the vicinity.
A careless and improper attitude for an aspiring exorcist.
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“Did you see that?” A boy asked his partner.
“….”
The other party, however, remained silent.
“I stopped you earlier from engaging in a fight, now do you think that I did the right thing?”
He once again asked, his tone laced with a hint of sarcasm and anger.
“I-” The other party wanted to say something but stopped.
Rustle!
The winds blew lightly as the sun rays fell on the duo, revealing their features and identities at the same time.
It was the 3rd brother and 3rd sister… the ones who had beaten Oliver last time.
Ever since they had entered the forest, Shane had been constantly bothered by his sister about him stopping her earlier in front of so many people.
She felt she had been insulted and wanted revenge.
But he knew better, he was far more rational than her and knew how to hold their image in front of others.
She was too impulsive in his opinion.
Shane calmly looked at Oliver and the demonic corpse by his side as his mind went back to the time they had entered the forest together.
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They were initially intending to deal with Oliver as soon as they entered the forest, but unexpectedly that guy suddenly rushed in a random direction.
This greatly confused him and his sister.
Was he scared of them?
He might have known that they would be targeting him and decided to escape from the crowd and took a random direction.
If not, then this move was quite reckless.
The forest was infested with demons and given his meager strength and espera, he was doomed either way.
Either he met them or the demon, it was a supposed dead end for him.
He did not give him a chase at that time because he knew that sooner or later, they would cross paths if he was still somehow in one piece.
Instead, they focused on their hunts and he even helped his sister manage to seal a decent demon for the competition.
He could have also gotten a demon but she kept on insisting that they wait until they meet that Oliver.
She wanted to get back at him for staring at her.
He did not mind, they can always hunt another demon by the end of the hunt.
So, they spent the rest of their time searching around for him while occasionally dealing with demons.
In the end, as they were near the water stream, they finally spotted him drinking water.
His sister wanted to immediately rush and attack him but he stopped her.
They discussed it and decided to observe him for some time.
They were on the other end of the water stream and had concealed themselves pretty well considering their stealth abilities were their expertise.
And good for them that they did this because instantly they saw him looking around in caution.
This guy was able to feel that someone was watching him!?
Even though they were so far and stealth.
Shane felt good that they decided to stay low and observe him for some time.
He wondered how he had survived for so many hours in the forest given his lacking abilities.
From his earlier experience in teaching Oliver his place… he knew that Oliver was a weakling, a pathetic bastard sharing their clan’s name.
However, they once again lost him as he suddenly sped up deeper inside the forest.
Due to their great distance from him and the obstruction from the long water stream, they once again had lost him.
His sister was excited that Oliver was still functioning and well—she was too enthusiastic to beat him.
He also had a pang of excitement in his heart when he saw Oliver, his hands had been itching for a long time.
While he had not shown his discomfort earlier, he was also quite pissed off at Oliver for daring to disrespect them like that.
They quickly followed the stream and went to the other side of the water where Oliver was some time ago.
Shane tried to look for traces he might have left behind while going deep into the forest but was unpleasantly surprised when he found nothing behind.
How could Oliver be so vigilant to not leave any traces behind? He was not an expert, should not have the knowledge of erasing traces, nor did he train in stealth techniques…
They searched thoroughly and in the end his sister did start to find minor indications that he might have left behind, she was a genius when it came to using espera for stealth techniques.
No-! They were sure that these traces could only have been from him.
Sure enough, he was feeling weird for nothing.
It must be due to the natural terrain of the forest and their inexperience that they did not manage to find much traces.
After an hour or so, they finally found him.
But the scene they came across was unexpected and stunning.
He was standing by a demon’s corpse.
And it was not a weak demon either, the corpse was torn apart as if sliced by a rapier or a blade…
Even they would have had some difficulty subduing that demon given its tiny frame and fast speed.
Shane’s eyes shone as he looked at the corpse, it was worth it if he could seal the demon in his talisman.
It was a good demon that could guarantee a spot for him in the top rankings.
But one thing he was unable to understand, what was this guy Oliver doing next to the corpse…?
It couldn’t be that he hunted that demon?
No, it was impossible.
He refused to believe as such. He still remained cautious.
He saw him squatting by the demon inspecting the corpse perhaps.
His heart stirred as he felt this demon was going to be sealed by Oliver’s talisman and not by his…