Chapter 167: The Tracker and the Battle

Speaking of which, where are Brenna's Shadow Guards?

Yun Mu suddenly thought of something, her gaze unconsciously observing the surrounding environment.

Those Shadow Guards usually followed by Brenna's side, all hiding within the shadows.

Even with her Blood Perception, it was difficult to discover them.

But as long as they were human and still had fresh blood in their bodies, she could always detect some traces.

Yet this time while riding the Steam Train, and during the one night the two of them rested at the Red Thorn Hotel earlier, she had not detected the presence of those Shadow Guards.

Could it be that Brenna didn't bring them along? Yun Mu thought to herself, feeling a bit strange.

"Forget it, this kind of thing, once Brenna returns, I'll just ask and it will be clear."

She shook her head, no longer thinking about this matter.

Anyway, since she was idle, during the time she was waiting for Brenna to return, she summoned Miss Lucy, who hadn't appeared for a long time, out from the Game Panel.

This fellow, she didn't know what to say.

Because she was always able to attract the gaze of gods, and in order to avoid the sight of those gods, Lucy would voluntarily disperse her own Ether.

After this happened many times, the other party had her summon her only when needed, and at other times, she should not let her appear in the Xianshi.

She was always being watched by gods, could she be blamed for that? Who told the gods of this world to be so idle?

Yun Mu complained in her heart.

"This is..."

After being summoned by Yun Mu, Lucy did not manifest a physical body, but floated by her side in the form of an Ether Body and asked.

"This is the capital of the Frost Kingdom, Winter City." Yun Mu briefly explained to Lucy what had happened over the past two days.

"So that's how it is." After hearing her explanation, Lucy realized.

"So, is there anything you need by summoning me out?" She immediately asked again.

"Can't I summon you if there's nothing?" Yun Mu asked back.

"This is what we agreed upon earlier." Lucy's voice sounded somewhat helpless as she said this.

"If you really want a reason." Yun Mu paused slightly here and said, "Just treat it as me sharing intelligence with you periodically."

"Heh." After she finished this sentence, she laughed out loud herself.

"That's more like it." Selectively ignoring her subsequent laughter, Lucy said softly.

"Then, a friendly tip for you." As if afraid of being overheard by others, Lucy's voice whispered in her ear:

"On your left, about 15 meters away, that guy wearing a light yellow vest who is pretending to chat with others, do you see him?"

"Hm?"

Yun Mu looked in the direction Lucy mentioned and indeed saw a man with slightly dark skin wearing a light yellow vest, sitting by the side of the road, chatting with two other men in front of him.

"What about that person?" Yun Mu did not speak, but wrote with her finger on the wall behind her.

"Although I was just summoned, I can also tell that man is secretly watching you." Lucy said in her ear:

"It's not that kind of admiring gaze, but the kind of gaze that is covert, observing, and always preventing you from disappearing from his field of vision."

"He is either a pervert or is following you with a purpose; obviously, I lean towards the latter."

"Following me?" Yun Mu frowned, then asked again: "Is he coming for me, or for Brenna?"

"Forget it, I shouldn't have asked that." Rubbing her forehead, Yun Mu muttered to herself.

She wasn't anyone famous in Winter City, so who would be idle enough to follow her?

The other party was obviously coming for Brenna! "You also said just now that this is the Royal Capital, and many people know Brenna, so I guess it's the latter." Lucy analyzed, as if she hadn't heard what she said afterward. "As for what the purpose of the tracking is... that cannot be inferred just by standing here." She said.

"Hmm."

Hearing Lucy's last sentence, Yun Mu leaned her back against the wall, her eyes hidden under her sunglasses gently closing.

She spread her Blood Perception ability onto the man in the light yellow vest; the other party did not notice at all.

After a while, she opened her eyes.

"Third-tier Expert?"

It wasn't that she couldn't handle him. Yun Mu felt a bit eager to try.

It seemed that apart from in the world of the Dungeon, she hadn't encountered an opponent on par with her in reality.

Either her strength crushed the enemy, or the enemy's strength far exceeded hers.

Now that she had rarely encountered an opponent she should be able to deal with, Yun Mu suddenly felt a bit itchy for a fight.

"Lucy, can you wait here for Brenna to come out for me?" She wrote with her finger on the wall behind her.

"Of course I can." Lucy agreed immediately.

She could roughly guess Yun Mu's thoughts and wasn't particularly worried about her.

It was just a Third-tier Expert Transcendental; with Yun Mu equipped with a full set of gear and the effects of multiple Path attributes stacked, it shouldn't be difficult to take care of him.

Even if there were real danger, as long as she summoned the Scarlet Knight, Dabai, and Chester to form a righteous four-on-one, the enemy would definitely not be able to hold out.

Thinking of this, Lucy's Ether Body floated into a nearby alley and then condensed into a physical form.

And when she walked out of the alley, as expected, neither Yun Mu nor the dark-skinned man in the light yellow vest were in their previous positions. On another street not far from the street opposite the Winter Cathedral, the man in the light yellow vest was quietly following behind Yun Mu.

Just as he was puzzled why the target chose to leave instead of continuing to wait for Princess Brenna, he saw the target he was tracking suddenly accelerate and duck into an alley beside her.

"Hm?"

Why did the target suddenly accelerate? Could it be that he was discovered?

The dark-skinned man frowned. To prevent being shaken off by the target, he had to hurry and accelerate, chasing toward the alley where the target had disappeared.

"Ahem~ Don't move."

A slightly triumphant female voice sounded from behind him, and a cylindrical hard object, clearly a gun barrel, was pressed against the back of his head.

Although it was strange how the other party managed to appear behind him without a sound, he said, "Firearms don't pose as much of a threat to a Transcendental as you think, little sister!"

The man gave a sinister laugh, and his figure instantly dissipated into the shadows.

Clang! The Standard Short Dagger collided with the dagger in the man's hand, emitting a crisp sound.

After failing to land a hit, the man immediately took two steps to Retreat, re-evaluating the woman before him.

"Not bad skills," he praised.

Just a moment ago, he had Escape into Shadow and appeared from the shadow behind Yun Mu.

He had not expected the other party to react so quickly, backhanding his attack to Block it.

And opposite him, Yun Mu raised an eyebrow after hearing the man's words and said, "You too."

PS: So tired, I'm going to crash.

Uhhh.

(End of chapter)