Chapter 408: Hunting
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Chapter 408: Hunting
The group of six ran through a forest, back to where the ten attackers had come from. Sage was seeing a few days into the past and he followed the hit teams prior path back. They went deep into the woods and Sage frowned.
Damn, just as I thought. They were only part of a larger group.
His mind spun through his options, and in just a moment he arrived at a decision. If he merely continued to retrace the steps of the group hed follow them back to their source. Instead, he chose to follow the rest of the group back towards the present. They traveled into the woods in a different direction. Sage followed them, stopping in place when they did and then fast forwarding the past events to bring his view back to the present time. After splitting from the other group for just a few days, these others arrived at a door hidden upon the side of a large rock. They tapped on a few places and then the crack on the side of the rock got wider, and the stone swung outward. Sage watched carefully, not wanting to miss any other special passwords or tactics to get inside.
At that point the six of them stopped and Sage cancelled Hindsight. While he would like to keep following their path, he wasnt going to just walk up to a secret door without being on full alert. In fact, the main reason was to switch which version of the Timeless Eyes he was using. Now that danger was staring him down, his right eye became the one with the glimmer of stars in a void. He approached carefully, only after asking the Tiankong Family to keep back. Without keeping them all within his line of sight, it would be hard to tell when they were injured. Thankfully, he found no traps along the way and after copying the touching pattern hed seen, the rock door swung wide open.
He motioned for the others to follow him, watching their approach to make sure there werent any accidents. Soon they reached his side and he repeated the earlier actions, having them wait just inside the door as he advanced slowly. After a dozen yards, he ran into the first trap. A Formation Array was waiting for him on the side wall of the tunnel. It was quite simple for him to break, but he was guessing this array was merely made to be very obvious and warn anyone coming this direction. Sage tread a little more carefully afterwards and had to deactivate three more formations before they reached another door. He started searching for more formations when he heard a noise. It came from behind the door.
Terrifying. How did I not even feel it?
He pretended to be nonchalant while asking one of the other club patrons about the doorway hed entered. The man was annoyed, but gave him the rundown. The doors at the outer wall of this building, the Merciful Mollusk, ran to various locations around the province, but could only be used at great expense. While following the footsteps of their enemy, Sage realized why he felt so odd from being in that club. Many of those around him carried an aura he recognized. Only after following the attackers out of the club and to another large manor did he realize why they seemed familiar.
I was hoping it wouldnt be them. Oh well, I guess that means I have to get into some trouble.
The Chong Clan took up a whole district of Golden Cricket Cove, and one of the reasons for doing that was sitting right in front of him. The mansion had a plaque up in front of the gate and Sage read the name on it. Chong Wu. Two surnames. Sage searched his memories and realized that when he was young he overheard talk of factions within the Chong Clan. At that time, one of the elders in the family came and broke up the conversation, telling the kids not to mind what theyd heard. Their clans role was on the battlefield, and even if one of those factions directly asked for their help they refused. The Lang Clan was determined to maintain its neutrality.
Not wanting to step into a trap, Sage left the manor and followed the techniques hed taught to so many others. Recruiting a few informers and paying for information about the factions of the Chong Clan. Leading a whole province, they were quite large and powerful. They had five main factions, and four subordinate Branch Clans spread around the province. The main factions were: Jinxi, Xie, Wa, Xiyi, and Wu. Golden Cricket, Scorpion, Toad, Lizard, and Centipede, respectively. The Branch families of Ci, Yi, Jie, and Min were likewise named Stinger, Ant, Beetle, and Frog.
It wasnt hard to decipher that the Wu faction, the centipedes, had been responsible for his attack. The ones hed tracked back were likely melded to some of the centipedes used in the attack and so they would already know their attack had failed. Sage wasnt willing to step into the muddy waters of a faction war in the Chong Clan, but that didnt mean there wasnt anything for him to do in Golden Cricket Cove.
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Chapter 408: Hunting
The group of six ran through a forest, back to where the ten attackers had come from. Sage was seeing a few days into the past and he followed the hit teams prior path back. They went deep into the woods and Sage frowned.
Damn, just as I thought. They were only part of a larger group.
His mind spun through his options, and in just a moment he arrived at a decision. If he merely continued to retrace the steps of the group hed follow them back to their source. Instead, he chose to follow the rest of the group back towards the present. They traveled into the woods in a different direction. Sage followed them, stopping in place when they did and then fast forwarding the past events to bring his view back to the present time. After splitting from the other group for just a few days, these others arrived at a door hidden upon the side of a large rock. They tapped on a few places and then the crack on the side of the rock got wider, and the stone swung outward. Sage watched carefully, not wanting to miss any other special passwords or tactics to get inside.
At that point the six of them stopped and Sage cancelled Hindsight. While he would like to keep following their path, he wasnt going to just walk up to a secret door without being on full alert. In fact, the main reason was to switch which version of the Timeless Eyes he was using. Now that danger was staring him down, his right eye became the one with the glimmer of stars in a void. He approached carefully, only after asking the Tiankong Family to keep back. Without keeping them all within his line of sight, it would be hard to tell when they were injured. Thankfully, he found no traps along the way and after copying the touching pattern hed seen, the rock door swung wide open.
He motioned for the others to follow him, watching their approach to make sure there werent any accidents. Soon they reached his side and he repeated the earlier actions, having them wait just inside the door as he advanced slowly. After a dozen yards, he ran into the first trap. A Formation Array was waiting for him on the side wall of the tunnel. It was quite simple for him to break, but he was guessing this array was merely made to be very obvious and warn anyone coming this direction. Sage tread a little more carefully afterwards and had to deactivate three more formations before they reached another door. He started searching for more formations when he heard a noise. It came from behind the door.
Terrifying. How did I not even feel it?
He pretended to be nonchalant while asking one of the other club patrons about the doorway hed entered. The man was annoyed, but gave him the rundown. The doors at the outer wall of this building, the Merciful Mollusk, ran to various locations around the province, but could only be used at great expense. While following the footsteps of their enemy, Sage realized why he felt so odd from being in that club. Many of those around him carried an aura he recognized. Only after following the attackers out of the club and to another large manor did he realize why they seemed familiar.
I was hoping it wouldnt be them. Oh well, I guess that means I have to get into some trouble.
The Chong Clan took up a whole district of Golden Cricket Cove, and one of the reasons for doing that was sitting right in front of him. The mansion had a plaque up in front of the gate and Sage read the name on it. Chong Wu. Two surnames. Sage searched his memories and realized that when he was young he overheard talk of factions within the Chong Clan. At that time, one of the elders in the family came and broke up the conversation, telling the kids not to mind what theyd heard. Their clans role was on the battlefield, and even if one of those factions directly asked for their help they refused. The Lang Clan was determined to maintain its neutrality.
Not wanting to step into a trap, Sage left the manor and followed the techniques hed taught to so many others. Recruiting a few informers and paying for information about the factions of the Chong Clan. Leading a whole province, they were quite large and powerful. They had five main factions, and four subordinate Branch Clans spread around the province. The main factions were: Jinxi, Xie, Wa, Xiyi, and Wu. Golden Cricket, Scorpion, Toad, Lizard, and Centipede, respectively. The Branch families of Ci, Yi, Jie, and Min were likewise named Stinger, Ant, Beetle, and Frog.
It wasnt hard to decipher that the Wu faction, the centipedes, had been responsible for his attack. The ones hed tracked back were likely melded to some of the centipedes used in the attack and so they would already know their attack had failed. Sage wasnt willing to step into the muddy waters of a faction war in the Chong Clan, but that didnt mean there wasnt anything for him to do in Golden Cricket Cove.
Chapter 408: HuntingThe group of six ran through a forest, back to where the ten attackers had come from. Sage was seeing a few days into the past and he followed the hit teams prior path back. They went deep into the woods and Sage frowned. Damn, just as I thought. They were only part of a larger group.His mind spun through his options, and in just a moment he arrived at a decision. If he merely continued to retrace the steps of the group hed follow them back to their source. Instead, he chose to follow the rest of the group back towards the present. They traveled into the woods in a different direction. Sage followed them, stopping in place when they did and then fast forwarding the past events to bring his view back to the present time. After splitting from the other group for just a few days, these others arrived at a door hidden upon the side of a large rock. They tapped on a few places and then the crack on the side of the rock got wider, and the stone swung outward. Sage watched carefully, not wanting to miss any other special passwords or tactics to get inside. At that point the six of them stopped and Sage cancelled Hindsight. While he would like to keep following their path, he wasnt going to just walk up to a secret door without being on full alert. In fact, the main reason was to switch which version of the Timeless Eyes he was using. Now that danger was staring him down, his right eye became the one with the glimmer of stars in a void. He approached carefully, only after asking the Tiankong Family to keep back. Without keeping them all within his line of sight, it would be hard to tell when they were injured. Thankfully, he found no traps along the way and after copying the touching pattern hed seen, the rock door swung wide open. He motioned for the others to follow him, watching their approach to make sure there werent any accidents. Soon they reached his side and he repeated the earlier actions, having them wait just inside the door as he advanced slowly. After a dozen yards, he ran into the first trap. A Formation Array was waiting for him on the side wall of the tunnel. It was quite simple for him to break, but he was guessing this array was merely made to be very obvious and warn anyone coming this direction. Sage tread a little more carefully afterwards and had to deactivate three more formations before they reached another door. He started searching for more formations when he heard a noise. It came from behind the door. Terrifying. How did I not even feel it?He pretended to be nonchalant while asking one of the other club patrons about the doorway hed entered. The man was annoyed, but gave him the rundown. The doors at the outer wall of this building, the Merciful Mollusk, ran to various locations around the province, but could only be used at great expense. While following the footsteps of their enemy, Sage realized why he felt so odd from being in that club. Many of those around him carried an aura he recognized. Only after following the attackers out of the club and to another large manor did he realize why they seemed familiar. I was hoping it wouldnt be them. Oh well, I guess that means I have to get into some trouble.The Chong Clan took up a whole district of Golden Cricket Cove, and one of the reasons for doing that was sitting right in front of him. The mansion had a plaque up in front of the gate and Sage read the name on it. Chong Wu. Two surnames. Sage searched his memories and realized that when he was young he overheard talk of factions within the Chong Clan. At that time, one of the elders in the family came and broke up the conversation, telling the kids not to mind what theyd heard. Their clans role was on the battlefield, and even if one of those factions directly asked for their help they refused. The Lang Clan was determined to maintain its neutrality. Not wanting to step into a trap, Sage left the manor and followed the techniques hed taught to so many others. Recruiting a few informers and paying for information about the factions of the Chong Clan. Leading a whole province, they were quite large and powerful. They had five main factions, and four subordinate Branch Clans spread around the province. The main factions were: Jinxi, Xie, Wa, Xiyi, and Wu. Golden Cricket, Scorpion, Toad, Lizard, and Centipede, respectively. The Branch families of Ci, Yi, Jie, and Min were likewise named Stinger, Ant, Beetle, and Frog.It wasnt hard to decipher that the Wu faction, the centipedes, had been responsible for his attack. The ones hed tracked back were likely melded to some of the centipedes used in the attack and so they would already know their attack had failed. Sage wasnt willing to step into the muddy waters of a faction war in the Chong Clan, but that didnt mean there wasnt anything for him to do in Golden Cricket Cove.
