Death... and me

Rean then smiled at Kinglei. "We were indeed a little bold, but that was for the sake of completing the mission. Sure, senior wouldn't mind that, right? After all, there were 2000 Merit Points in play there. You said it yourself. You wouldn't forgive anyone if they held you back, and this result should be the exact opposite of it."

Rean could still see the killing intent around Kinglei. It's just that it wasn't directed at them anymore. It was just the normal killing intent he had seen the first time he saw the guy. Most likely, it had something to do with his cultivation technique.

Kinglei narrowed his eyes for a moment before a smile appeared on his face. Finally, he couldn't hold back anymore. "Hahahaha! Good! Good! Yes, I couldn't care less about how you did it! The mission was a success, and the reward was all that mattered to me."

Kinglei then turned in Kanglia's direction. "I'll leave the rest up to you. As for everything else, I wasn't paid to care about it. Do as you see fit. Just make sure to tell those old geezers to deposit my Merit Points in my badge. Otherwise, they know what to expect."

He didn't wait for Kanglia to answer at all. Kinglei immediately opened a spatial gate and disappeared inside. Where he went, no one knows.

Kanglia sighed in relief, seeing that the time bomb finally left. She then turned in Rean, Kentucky, and Essefy's direction. "Yes, considering you rescued the target, then the mission was indeed a huge success. Especially since we only lost three members of our group. Initially, I was expecting at least ten deaths in exchange for a successful rescue. After all, we would need to rush the mission before reinforcements appeared."

"Still," Kanglia wasn't satisfied, "You haven't answered my question yet. How did you do it? I couldn't perceive your presence at all."

Yet, Rean just shook his head. "That I will have to keep a secret. That involves a few skills that I would rather keep hidden in my sleeve."

Kentucky and Essefy also nodded, seeming not willing to talk either.

"Sigh..." Kanglia couldn't force them. "Whatever. You did a great job, and that's all that matters." She then looked at the other cultivators, like Bacia, for example. "Some of you might hold some grudge that they used us, but the result was definitely better than expected. I hope you will let it go, considering we will all get paid."

Bacia immediately nodded. "Absolutely. I was just angry because they didn't appear during the attack. If I knew they were doing such a thing, I wouldn't have minded. 2000 points! That's all that matters. Well, at least for me, it is."

The others also nodded, having completely forgotten the previous issue. First of all, were things really as easy as they seemed on the surface? Rean, Kentucky, and Essefy even managed to kill a Space-Time Realm devil. Perhaps they were in an even greater danger than anyone else during the attack.

Rean then thought back at what had happened.

It goes without saying that the child who was captured near the fortress was none other than Essefy. As for the two devils who captured the child... they were Rean and Kentucky!

Initially, their plan was to use Rean's Body Transformation Technique to disguise themselves as Devils. However, there was a problem. How would they explain why they appeared in the fortress that no one was supposed to know was occupied?

That's when Essefy came into play. They 'helped' capture Essefy and had the devils in the fortress itself bring them in 'against' their will. There, they met Folilou and even Dogan.

They were sure the devils wouldn't kill Essefy straight away. After all, they needed to know how the humanoid races found out about the fortress, and interrogating Essefy would be the fastest way. However, before they could start, the humanoids started their attack.

Rean and Kentucky even pretended to not want to make part of anything, asking to leave. Yet, they knew the devils wouldn't let them go that easily. The sudden attack of the humanoid races became an even better reason to force Rean and Kentucky to stay and help the other devils.

While Folilou and Zufato, as well as the various other devils, fought the cultivators and demon beasts outside, Godan was encharged with taking the hostage away. To make sure he would have support, he also brought Rean, Kentucky, together with the other three Elemental Space Realm Devils in the hostage's room.

For Rean and Kentucky, it was simply perfect! Why, you may ask? That's because they also had Natural Spatial Perceptions. Everyone above the Void Tempering Realm had it. Rean and Kentucky could feel the presence of the other Space-Time Realm Devils outside the fortress, fighting. If they acted right there, it would definitely catch the attention of those devils, and they would immediately come back to help Dogan.

Dogan then brought them to a hidden passage and guided everyone deep underground. Finally, after they got far enough, they exited both the Divine Sense and Natural Perception Range of the cultivators and devils alike.

They then exited somewhere else, far away from the battlefield. Dogan relaxed, dropping his guard and looking at Essefy, who Rean and Kentucky brought with them. "Now, let's find out how you got the information about our location."

Yet, just as he put his hand on Essefy's head, preparing to use a Soul Searching Technique...

*Swish!*

A black blade appeared in his chest, having pierced his heart! Dogan then looked back at Rean, whose body began to change back into his fake humanoid appearance. "Y-You..."

Too bad, though. It was too late. Rean's Light Element rampaged inside Dogan's body, not giving him even a second to react before he was killed.

As for the other three Devis in the Elemental Space Realm? Rean and Kentucky alone were already as strong as Middle-Stage Space-Time Realm experts. How could these devils be of any threat to them? The only one who could possibly have a chance to escape was Dogan, but he was killed before he could do anything.

Essefy even got himself free, unsealing his own cultivation and helping with the elimination of the remaining devils. Obviously, he had never been really injured, nor was his cultivation really sealed. It was all a pretense.

Finally, the only one who remained was the face-covered hostage that Rean's group didn't know who it was. Not that they cared anyway. Rean simply sent him and the devils' bodies into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and left with his group. Perhaps even now, Folilou still doesn't know that Dogan is dead.

Back at the gathering point, Kentucky finally couldn't hold his curiosity anymore. "So... senior Kanglia, just who is this guy?"

Kanglia was also curious. After all, even she didn't know the identity of the hostage. "Well, I guess we will find out now."