By the time Abium returned to the royal capital, it was already afternoon. He didn't go to the slums. Instead, Abium went to the house on Black Street to take some rest.
But as soon as he reached his house, he couldn't help but frown.
At that moment, he saw four guards standing outside while shouting at Aaron and the other kids.
'Who are they?' Abium knitted his eyebrows as he arrived near the compound gate and opened it.
Abium soon stepped into the compound and asked with a frown.
"What are you doing in my house? Who are you?"
Upon hearing his words, all those four guards turned around and shifted their gaze towards Abium.
After giving him a sharp look, one of the guards with blonde hair stepped forward and said coldly.
"I'm the Chief Guard of this street. Name's Jaque. We are arresting these slum kids for entering a civilian's home."
The blonde-haired guard had thick eyebrows, a round face, and amber eyes, and he wore a regular linen shirt and pants. And on his waist was a long sword hanging along with its sheath.
'Tsk, what a troublesome bunch.'
At that moment, Jaque frowned as he saw Abium's old ragged clothes and continued with a grin on his face,
"Oh! It seems you are their leader-"
But Abium didn't even look at Jaque and soon arrived in front of the guards.
"I'm the owner of this house, and they are my students. If you have any problem with that, go and complain to the city's security department." Shaking his head, Abium took out his fake identity card and house's land document and passed them to Jaque.
Meanwhile, Jaque grabbed the land document and started reading it. A few seconds later, his expression turned gloomy as he noticed that the document was original!
'How did this slum a*shole have this much money to buy a house? Did he rob some noble's treasury? Yes! That must be it! There is no way a filthy slum kid could have earned this much money using the normal method. He must have killed some merchants' cavern and robbed it' As those thoughts whirled in his head, Jaque became more convinced that this young man must be a despicable thief or a murderer!
Without delay, Jaque unsheathed his long sword and spoke in an icy tone while pointing the sword tip at Abium's neck.
"Tell me, thief. Where did you rob this much money to buy this house?" His words stunned Abium. At the same time, the people in the nearby houses also came out and gathered in front of Abium's house entrance.
Upon noticing this, Abium's expression turned icy cold.
"Get the hell out of my house right now. Otherwise, I will report your behavior to the administration department." Without minding the sword, Abium said coldly and slowly shifted his gaze towards Aaron and the others. Those kids hugged each other in fear at that moment, and some even started crying.
Before Abium went to the Creepers' Forest, he gave the kids his house's spare key and told them to come here and train. But he didn't expect these foolish guards would come to his house and make trouble for them.
'If I hadn't come here, these guys might have arrested or killed the kids!' Abium knew the rules and regulations of this city more than anyone else and felt anger towards the whole system.
In truth, slum people were nothing more than pests in the guards' eyes. As long as they find a person without proper identification from the Slum Borough, they have the right to arrest or even kill them!
It was an absurd system that oppressed the poor for centuries in the name of law and order. In truth, people even have a prejudice, like the slum areas were filled with thieves and criminals. In reality, only 10 or 12% of the slum people involve themselves in these activities. Meanwhile, the remaining population tried their best to work outside the slum Borough during the daytime and lived a harsh life.
Abium was not a saint to save all the slum people's life. But he wasn't a cruel bastard either. Although he hadn't gone through a harsh life like slum people, he knew their pain more than anyone else.
That was why he thought of giving them an opportunity to live a better life in his territory.
'Although it's still a long way to go, I can't turn a blind eye now.'
"If you have evidence that I stole money from others, show it to me." He deliberated for a moment and then spoke coldly without even hiding his disgust towards them.
"Otherwise, get the hell out of my face!"
Abium's words instantly made Jaque's face red in anger. He immediately thought of thrusting his sword and killing this black-haired young man.
'Should I kill him now? Many eyes are watching our quarrel. But who has the guts to report this to the administration office? Yes! If I kill him now, I can even change the ownership of this house to my name later.' A greedy look appeared in Jaque's eyes. He knew no one would care about this black-haired young man and got even bolder inside. But a firm hand suddenly gripped his shoulder as he was about to attack him.
Startled, he looked behind and noticed that it was one of his subordinates!
"Why are you stopping me?" Jaque's expression turned cold as he growled at the guard.
'You dare to stop me?' He glared at him.
The guard knew much about Jaque's character, so he instantly replied, giving him a slight bow.
"I think this young man is Pine Street's new gang leader, Chief. I did some research about him a while ago and learned that he indeed bought a house on our street."
Jaque froze for a moment and soon widened his eyes in shock.
At the same time, Aaron and Lillian also freeze up in shock. They had heard of the rumor about a sword fight in Pine Street between a young man and a knight a few days ago. But they didn't expect that this black-haired guy was the new gang leader and felt nervous inside.
After knowing that the person in front of him was a slum street's new gang leader, Jaque backed away and walked out of Abium's house. It was not that he was afraid of Abium, but he felt it wasn't the right time yet.
Jaque knew many ways to make this young man disappear from this street and soon started to ponder whom he should ask for help.
On the other hand, Abium didn't even glance at the chief guard and quietly entered his house.
"Don't be so stiff. I will be the one who is going to teach you from now on, so don't hesitate to talk to me if you have something in your mind." Abium glanced at the kids and said with a chuckle.
Meanwhile, Aaron and others hurriedly nodded and returned to the yard to train.
On the other hand, Abium took out another elven book and started to read.
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On 22nd June, somewhere around the eastern shoreline, Alastall Woodland.
It was a sunny day.
Suddenly, two figures flew from the devil sea and soon stopped as they arrived near the shoreline.
A large shark-like creature followed them at full speed in the seawater behind them and looked ominous.
Without minding the shark-like creature, Both human-like figures landed on the beach sand and removed their hoods a few seconds later. One figure was a young female, around 170 cm tall, had round black eyes, dark blue hair, and wore a black robe like a normal mage.
There was a profound mystery hidden behind her pitch-black eyes, and she looked not less than 20 years old.
The other was a two-meter tall, muscular man wearing a standard warrior cloth. He had short auburn hair, hooded brown eyes, and triangular eyebrows.
Both were Ulzez and Aliza.
"Where should we go now? Which organization is most trustable?" Ulzez asked while looking at the deep forest that appeared ahead of them.
"If you want help from mages to deal with that Blood child, Kaummith Institute is the right choice. Let's go to the Peral Kingdom's royal capital," Aliza said solemnly.
"Countless people will die if that 'Blood Child' follows after us and enters that city." Ulzez firmly shook his head. He knew the real horror of this child and thought those normal mages wouldn't have a chance to fight against this Blood child.
Meanwhile, Aliza glanced at him and said with a chuckle.
"I heard that a third-tier mage has been protecting that city for centuries and even has some powerful artifacts in his hand. Moreover, there are even multiple second-tier mages working under him and constantly guarding the surrounding three kingdoms."
"Oh? A third-tier mage, huh? Although he won't help much during the battle, it's better than nothing." He paused for a moment and soon added.
"But before that, we must further weaken this Blood Child's strength. Let's set a trap and drain her remaining divine power."
Saying so, Ulzez took out a blue crystal filled with many runes and mysterious characters and placed it under the beach sand.
While he was setting up the trap, Aliza moved towards the seashore and patted her pet shark with her right hand. After that, she closed her eyes and uttered a few words in the Nether language.
The next instant, the link between her soul and Zethis broke!
Without waiting a moment, Aliza backed away and soon saw that the giant shark had started acting violently like other creatures.
Sigh!
Aliza sighed as she looked at Zethis with complex emotions and quickly walked toward Ulzez.
"Come on. Let's go." Ulzez spoke as he manipulated the chaotic mana around the surroundings, cast a second-tier spell called [Levitation], and started flying towards the direction where the Royal Capital was located.
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