Torug's POV,

I watched Moz silently as she kept muttering incoherent words while looking visibly shaken. Urim tried questioning further but I stopped him and chose to wait patiently.

But then, a system prompt gave me a rather shocking message.

[Ding!]

[Your surbodinate Janetta Sewell has triggered a Hidden Quest]

[Changing Fate 1(ongoing): By stealing Aether from the Moongret safe house, you have reduced the chances of Davis Fairchild earning his first power up and affected the plans of the Radiant Sun Church.

Requirements:

*The Aether arrives at Blackmoon Town before Greyeye's visit.

*Help Janetta Sewell escapes Alive.

Reward: ???

As soon as I read the details, I couldn't help laughing out loud.

'You could do this too? here I thought I couldn't disrupt the protagonists action' I continued musing while laughing wildly, at the same time, Shev's figure just happened to appear in my line of sight.

My predatory instinct kicked in and I could feel my eyes heat up once again. considering my mood just improved, I said to him with a grin, "Run".

Perhaps understanding his situation, he didn't even ask or say anything, he simply turned towards Thann's end and ran.

Looking at him run made me laugh even harder, I looked at Urim and Moz before saying with a grin, " my gamble has paid off, come"

"Alpha!" I called for my wolf and he responded with a bark, apart from Dabok, Urim and Moz were the only ones aware of the plan to steal the Aether from the Moongret family.

In fact, I wasn't too sure they had it yet. I just felt that, since Janetta could easily pass off as a human, she would be able to enter Thann's end without a problem.

Then I described the hidden warehouse of the Moongret family just like the Novel described, this was initially a plot by the Radiant Sun Church to sow a seed of hatred in Davis. that was the beginning of his blackening before the incident with Suffia Gric acted as the spark.

While thinking, I had already mounted Alpha and charged towards Thann's end.

"Brother! are we letting him go?" Urim's voice came from behind as he followed closely with his wolf.

"Go? when have I ever been that easy?" I said sarcastically and He grinned, Moz still seemed out of it but she still followed closely.

"Shev! you better run faster!" I yelled in a teasing manner before stroking Alpha saying, "Go".

With my order, the wolves used haste and closed the distance.

"t...this, this was not what we agreed!!" He yells back as he desperately dashes through the trees. Alpha goes in for the kill but Shev performed a strange movement before somehow dashing up a tree, he continued to escape that way, jumping from tree to tree.

"I said I wouldn't kill you!, I didn't say anything about what happens after" I say but continued after watching Urim rush forward with his wolf, "Careful though, accidents do happen".

As soon as the words left my mouth, Urim slashed the tree Shev was about to land on but the Warrior used his Aura to push himself off the falling tree, with a roll, he continued his run.

Alpha tries to take a bite off the desperate man but he acted like he had eyes all over his body and jumped out of the way.

Unfortunately, Moz had been waiting for him and he got bashed by the charging wolf. It didn't take long for us to surround him again, before he could recover I closed the gap with my reckless charge and grabbed his head, Immediately I initiated Branding while trying to peel off the leech attached to his soul.

But I couldn't help frowning later when I noticed it wasn't working, 'He's exhausted so it shouldn't be an issue of... Unless'.

I carefully looked at his soul and sneered, "You don't want to come off?, then I'll just taint it all!".

Immediately, the blackish green aura began to change the color and everything about his soul. Shev on the other hand, had long since began screaming in agony.

Ten minutes later, He was passed out and I succeeded.

"Moz, what's wrong?"I finally asked seriously.

"..." She looked at me for a bit before narrating everything that happened.

"Have you tried again?" I asked while Urim had a frown on his face, the story about seeing this legendary beast was incredible but her abilities was what mattered right now.

After a short three seconds, her hands began to ripple with the familiar shadows surrounding her. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding.

"Carry Shev back to Govan but don't try entering the shadow world, we'll return soon".

"But...let me go with you, my..." She tries negotiating and I could tell what she was worried about.

"Don't worry, you do this and wait for us..." I say while eyeing the direction of Thann's end, I don't know the situation with Janetta and I'm not entirely sure about Moz's situation, it's best not to take her with us.

Before she could say another word, I ordered Alpha to move and Urim followed immediately without hesitation.

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At the same time within Thann's end, alarms were blaring and soldiers ran across the stoney streets.

A purple haired woman could be seen controlling a supply carriage recklessly, people ran off the road to avoid injury but properties were damaged. Not long after she left, a purple haired young man was seen leading some elite soldiers while chasing after the deranged woman.

Within the supply carriage were rows of tightly locked containers, within them you could see a transparent blue liquid. She whipped the horses wildly as she charged for the gates.

"Seize her!!" Some knights tried cutting off her route but she did something that had never been seen before. after directing the Horses to dodge towards an alley, the carriage itself was late and almost toppled over, surprisingly, she swayed to the side while spreading out her arms and gritting her teeth, from her palm came a silky substance that stuck to the side of the carriage and a wall.

Shocked by this scene, the knights crashed into each other and she successfully made the turn. At locations that had Archers on buildings, she would jump off the carriage to take them down before returning to the carriage.

someone suggested using magic, but because they were unaware of what was within the carriage, this idea was rejected.

So the game of cat and mouse continued while the higher ups of the Moongret family could only place their hope on the Knights From the church.

The narrowly oval shaped carriage dashed forward and soon crossed the closing gates.

Janetta had long since webbed the Aether to the carriage floor, so she wasn't worried about her maneuvers. Her purple was disheveled and she already had a sword injury at her side that was rapidly healing.

She was still lost in excitement about the adventure she had just experienced and couldn't help marveling at Torug's accurate description, although there was an element of luck.

"Woman!! don't force me to do this!"

"This Boy again!"Janetta bit her lip while looking at the path ahead, she had just stolen the carriage without making plans on how to get it to Blackmoon Town safely.

Now she began regretting her impulse.

Soon the purple haired youth appeared at the side of the carriage with his horse, he drew a bow and tried killing one of the carriage's horse.

When Janetta saw this, She panicked and clawed both horses from behind, forcing them to charge wildly. this made Davis miss his shot, as the arrow only landed on the wooden drivers sit.

That's right, the purple haired youth was Davis Fairchild, He gritted his teeth in anger and could only continue chasing.

Immediately though, his whole body alerted him with warning bells and a Green object appeared in his vision.

The next he heard was an explosive sound and then both he and his horse were knocked up, the backside of the supply carriage was knocked up as well and a strong force spread a ripple effect, knocking back the following Knights.

After a few seconds, Chaos ensued, both horses and men were wounded. Then Davis felt his head grabbed, before he was smashed to the ground repeatedly till his head was bleeding and he coughed blood.

Janetta looked behind from the still speeding carriage and couldn't help exclaiming in shock, "Torug?!!".