Chapter 590: Cross-Domain Teleportation and the Contact

Seon forcibly suppressed the wild joy in his heart.

He tucked the Soul-Trembling Blade into his belt, patting it like a treasure.

Ghouls, succubi — to hell with all of them.

How could they compare to this treasure!

What Rod said was "borrow," but in his view it was just a gift with a different name.

And because of this, the bottom line of their attitude had been probed enough.

Seon's eyes flashed.

This forest warden was clearly protective of his own — people couldn't be touched, but treasure could be used to trade.

Since that was the case, naturally he wouldn't force the issue.

At least not under the current situation. They hadn't come here just to skim off some loot.

If Shi Ying Town or this Rod found out anything.

Heh heh.

Then I'll gladly accept your ghouls and succubi.

He pretended to be moved, lightly wiping at nonexistent tears at the corner of his eye.

"Mr. Rod's words remind me of my wives back home. People on the continent today are far too restless — men as affectionate and devoted as you and I are truly rare. I understand, Mr. Rod, and you and your beloved — our Yige Sect will pray for all of you, and I guarantee there won't be any trouble from now on."

Underling Number One chimed in: "The Yige Sect will bless us — from now on we won't even need to buy insurance contracts for 【Cross-Domain Teleportation】."

Rod gave a dry chuckle.

That line was no different from the old saying "driving without a seatbelt."

【Cross-Domain Teleportation】, huh.

It's currently a very famous new spell in the magical world, and one drawing a great deal of attention.

Its function is the same as the Mage Council's 【Super-Distance Teleportation】 — both instantly transport you to any point within the same plane, ignoring distance.

The principle was adapted from the widely disseminated Hellgate secret art of Asmodeus.

Originally it was called 【Hell Teleportation】.

But to avoid giving those Hell fellows any publicity, all the mages unanimously resolved to change it to its current name.

But here's the problem.

【Cross-Domain Teleportation】 currently has a very high failure rate — the success rate depends entirely on how familiar one is with the destination.

Falling into the sea or being teleported to a similar but very distant location is extremely common.

"Then I thank you."

Rod said casually.

He glanced sideways at the witch Dimia, who was staring at him in surprise, and winked.

The Soul-Trembling Blade's 【All-Comers Welcome】 was true enough.

But the 【Fear Domain】 inside it was emphatically indiscriminate — friend or foe alike — and even the wielder couldn't escape.

It was only because Rod had the 【Will of the Firmament】's extremely high spiritual resistance that he could suppress it.

Seon?

Heh.

Dimia leaned over, carrying the faint scent of oranges.

She said apologetically, "Sorry, Rod — I've dragged you into this."

In the Young Lady witch's view.

Rod's strength had long since reached the point where the sky was the limit; his current restraint was entirely out of consideration for Shi Ying Town.

"No need for such formality — between you and me there's no need to say such things."

Dimia felt both happy and guilty inside.

She steadied herself, forced a playful smile, and asked, "When you said that includes the girls around you, does that include Sharon too?"

"Of course — actually, it includes you too."

The Young Lady witch stiffened, a blush creeping across her baby-faced cheeks.

She laughed awkwardly: "Oh honestly, Rod loves to joke — you can't say things like that in front of Sharon, she'll get the wrong idea!"

Next.

It was time to begin the proper bandit-suppression procedure.

The "loan" of the 【Soul-Trembling Blade】 seemed to have shut their mouths — this group stopped their provocations and began telling crude jokes on the side instead.

The bandits' den was an underground hideout.

As Dimia put it, they were even better at digging holes than ratmen.

Truly a maze of interconnected passages.

So here we have no choice but to invite our ghoul-mage lady.

Pan Ni controlled the ghouls to burrow underground, sealing off every interconnected passage in the underground den tight as a drum, and began to close in layer by layer.

This group still thought they had disturbed a ghoul nest that already existed beneath the ground.

They all scrambled toward the cave entrance to flee.

This was Dimia's moment to cast.

Only the enemy's numbers were greater than expected.

Quite a few slipped out of the Young Lady witch's spell range because of this.

Just as Seon and the others were about to make their move.

Rod stepped forward first.

A super-enlargement of 【Giant Slash +26】 + 【Blessing of the Ancient Sky Tree】.

The massive spiritual sword-light pierced straight through the heavens.

The few fleeing third-tier bandits were dumbfounded; the pressure crashed down like a sky-covering tide, freezing them rigid on the spot.

They stared at the hundred-meter-tall sword-light before them, their faces drained of all color.

Of course.

The faces drained of color were not only these doomed souls beneath the sword.

Sein and the others were the same.

They gaped at the scene before them, which looked like a legendary spell.

They opened their mouths but said nothing; even after taking a big mouthful of dust, they didn't dare speak.

They didn't even escort the bandits back to Shi Ying Town together.

They found an excuse and slunk away as if fleeing.

Watching their retreating backs, then glancing at the cracked ground that had nearly become a 'canyon.'

The ground was scorched by the high-temperature spiritual energy, blasting out waves of heat.

White wisps of steam rose from the charred soil atop the hundred-meter 'canyon.'

The witch Dimia still couldn't help casting her admiring gaze toward the man whose face didn't blush and whose heart didn't skip a beat.

Then forcibly shook her head.

"I hope these fellows properly bring the news back, and stop having any bad ideas about killing people. I really don't want to make things difficult for Young Lady Daphne."

"Don't pin your hopes on the other side. Whatever we need to do, we still have to do it, Pan Ni."

Rod sheathed the golden sword.

Then took out his walking stick, putting on the harmless look of a landlord lord.

If the conscription group's methods get too outrageous, he'll start butchering people.

At this moment, Pan Ni sneakily glanced at her master's ear, imagining the crunch of the cartilage, nearly drooling.

Suddenly being called, she got a fright.

"I'm here!"

"I had you send ghouls to monitor the conscription group's people. Did they all go?"

"They—they all went! Right now, their big regimental commander and most of the others are resting at the inn they booked! A small group left Shi Ying Town, and Miss Rosalia's little team is tailing them, seemingly investigating something. There aren't many people out in the wild, so the ghouls didn't dare follow too closely, so... so they lost them."

Pan Ni hung her head dejectedly, casting a timid glance at Rod.

"Oh?"

Rod rubbed her cheek with his thumb to comfort her.

The ghoul little servant's strength is limited; this is already enough.

Pan Ni's hair coiled into a lazy, slightly loose little loop on her head.

As she delightedly nuzzled his finger with her cheek, the tips of her hair swayed along.

Dimia raised her brows in imitation of Rod: "This is good news. It seems the conscription group isn't a solid block internally. Perhaps we can take the initiative to contact Rosalia."

"Best not to. Pulling Shadow Hunt into this small mercenary band on the spur of the moment — it seems the Yige Sect didn't do much background checking. If we're exposed, it'll probably be bad for both Rosalia and us. Besides, they're few and weak, and not as strong as a proper conscription group. If there's a problem, they'll come to us."

Rod said this while playing with the ghoul's dark-purple lips.

The witch miss thought it over and agreed.

The two didn't chat further.

She was also busy escorting the prisoners back, so she took her leave first.

After all, with thirty-some people, Pan Ni also went to help.

These people need to be well-kept; when the conscription group truly tries to forcibly conscript the young and able-bodied, it'll be their turn to be useful.

In no time, only Rod was left standing there.

He released 【Spider Sense】 and carefully scanned the surroundings.

Sure enough, in the shadows of a few wild trees, he spotted unnatural magical darkness.

"Tally."

"Aiya, I got spotted~~"

The succubus leapt out of the shadows with a fawning grin, then trotted over obediently for a hug.

Rod tapped her little head and didn't let her come over.

"Didn't I tell you to plant trees with Vivian and Miss Xiao Ke?"

"Planting trees is so boring, Master... and besides, every moment you're out of my sight makes me feel awful~~ hehehehe—"

"."

Rod, slightly annoyed, pinched her cheeks, making her sexy little lips pout out too.

Tally put on a pitiful act of begging for mercy, then said:

"Tally didn't do nothing at all though! On my way here I saw the conscription group meeting with someone. Master, guess who?!"

"I won't guess."

Without waiting for Rod to finish, the succubus miss immediately said:

"You guessed right! It was someone from the Campbell family! As expected of Master, here's your reward — a kiss on Tally's little sister~~"

(End of chapter)