Chapter 347: Recent News

Chapter 347: Recent News

Adam took advantage of the quiet winter and went to Northland City again. Then, while no one was paying attention, he quietly slipped into the Treasure Vault. He had not expected the changes in the vault to be so huge. Aside from a few scattered ornaments on the ground, the piles of treasure he had drooled over were gone.

He originally wanted to chat with Brando for a while to bond as brothers, but Bran was clearly having problems again. After just a few sentences, several streams of gray smoke sprayed from his body.

Faced with Adam’s concern, Bran waved his hand and explained, “Ate something bad, so my stomach’s a bit upset…”

This insincere lie annoyed Adam a little. They were both adults. Even if you’re a bit more powerful than me, you shouldn’t always brush things off like this. But Bran looked rather miserable, so Adam decided to forgive him one more time.

Bran really did have a stomachache.

With Zoya as the fragrant bait, a steady stream of diners came to visit. Bran sat patiently in the center of the large web, picking and choosing. The fat ones were too greasy, the thin ones got stuck in his teeth; finding one that was neither too fat nor too thin was too hard. So when the target appeared, Bran did not hesitate to strike.

An Inky Torrent suddenly surged from the Void, pouring down over the target’s head and face, swallowing him before he could even react. The torrent swirled back and vanished without a trace in an instant.

After a clean and efficient ambush, Bran began the difficult process of digestion.

His opponent was currently under the protection of a Fruit, so Bran couldn’t achieve further results for a while. Moreover, he was very restless, constantly struggling. Unfortunately, he was already like a mouse in a rolling barrel; no matter how fast he ran, he was just spinning in place.

Bran occasionally poked and prodded to irritate this large mouse, hoping he would soon exhaust all his Mana. But Bran’s speed of assimilation and devouring was ultimately limited. The Mana, full of negative emotions like anxiety and fear, pouring out from his opponent made Bran feel bloated and painful.

Bran needed quiet. He needed to concentrate on digesting the food in his stomach. He wanted to know if he would undergo some changes after completely digesting his opponent.

The onlookers around were very considerate. They disappeared without a trace after Bran’s successful ambush, and the faint pressure around him also vanished completely.

Bran believed that after this incident, no one would dare to carelessly approach this place again.

These outsiders bullied him for being a newcomer who hadn’t established his own Cycle yet and whose area of control was very limited. That was why they dared to get closer and closer without restraint. Zoya was too tempting; the closer they got, the greater the chance of success.

Probably no one would have thought that Bran would directly attack a Wizard who possessed a Key. For beings like them, determining a winner was easy, but deciding life and death was not something that could be done in a short time.

Among the peepers, the ones who were truly terrified were those without Keys. Everyone thought Bran would use these people again to establish his authority. And these people were clever too, always staying at a relatively safe distance.

Thus, carelessness was born…

Bran knew that carelessness would stay with them. The Mana Web was still slowly but surely extending. Sooner or later, those people would once again unknowingly fall into the web.

While Bran was still emitting streams of gray smoke, rumors carried by the wind gradually spread throughout the World. Some of the oldest existences were disturbed by the restlessness in the wind and slightly opened their eyes.

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In the Temple on the Emerald Continent, which housed the Mother Pool, a group of people was talking animatedly. Within just a few days, the Mother Pool had lost contact with the Pool Water on the Desolate Continent one after another.

No one knew exactly what had happened. The predicted result was only that the personnel there were safe and sound.

The great distance was becoming the biggest enemy here. If they couldn’t understand the situation there in time, then many decisions would inevitably lose their timeliness.

At this time, Kano, who should have been taking action, showed no reaction at all. The only thing people were sure of was that he had left his post without permission and was not guarding the newborn Pool Water.

The most recent message Kano sent back was that the historical records from the past had no reference value. The speed of the Desolate Continent’s recovery exceeded expectations. The speed at which those Wizards were growing exceeded expectations. It was as if that Continent had suddenly released all its potential and poured it into the bodies of those Wizards.

But how could those Wizards withstand it? I can’t figure it out for now.

They are natural Predators. Not long after Wizard Bran formed his Fruit, he had a confrontation with Xina. Although he fled in the end, it was Xina who came out worse.

The outcome of the second confrontation was unknown, but I saw parts of Xina’s body in Northland City.

A Wizard’s power comes from their innate abilities, but Bran clearly mastered some special methods that allowed him to utilize these powers to their fullest. He could even expand and transform them, mimicking other abilities.

These methods were clearly universally applicable because the Wizards within his clan all possessed power far beyond their own level, whether it was his Sister or his other sister. During the meeting, I noticed the young girl standing beside him. That girl made me feel threatened. A girl who hadn’t formed a Fruit could actually threaten me, a Saint.

Bran felt only disdain towards me, thinking my arrival was a sign of underestimating him. What an arrogant youth, but he indeed had the skills to be arrogant.

In order to obtain Bran’s special methods, I decided to help the Dragon Rider cultivate a Saint. Maybe he would send back his student out of curiosity? According to the Dragon Rider’s description, he is a person with extremely strong curiosity.

Previously, we were too arrogant and relied too much on past experiences. From the moment we first discovered a hint of their emergence, no one was overly tense. Growth takes time, accumulation takes time, and countless past experiences had proven this. We actively prepared based on past experiences, but ended up in a passive position.

We should be thankful that the plan we formulated was relatively mild, leaving room for peaceful coexistence. After all, they are a branch of our race. Reintegrating them into the clan would be most beneficial for us. But I no longer hold high expectations for this.

Wizard Bran could converse with The Dead; he even created an army of The Dead. To prevent the plan from leaking, some people had already returned by ship. This would reduce many risks, but it also left me with no one to use.

The Dragons seemed to have foreseen more scenes; they already possessed a Little Dragon. Although it wasn’t clear what the purpose of this Little Dragon was, the Dragons clearly had bigger plans. If it was just to obtain a pure Black Dragon, why not take this opportunity to recall it. I have already sent people to keep a close watch on that Little Dragon, hoping to gain something.

Some interference had already appeared. With the recovery of the Desolate Continent, this interference would grow stronger and stronger. Bring a few drops of Pool Water on the next ship; I need to expand the Pool of Foresight here.