Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man with a black robe stood a few kilometers from where Abium landed and looked in that direction with wide eyes. He had black hair, brown eyes, olive skin, and an oval face. Yes, he was none other than real Baxtor's friend, Yozis. But now, a strange black cat stood on his shoulder and seemed to be talking to him. It wore a strange silver necklace that had trinkets embedded in it.
The bracelet only had two trinkets attached out of three spaces, giving off some mystical aura.
"There he is. Go! Follow after him." The black cat said with a rough old man's voice, making Yozis roll his eyes. When Yozis discovered that Baxtor was already dead and someone was using his identity to sneak into this mission, he became horrified and angered!
At first, he thought of informing this news to his teacher but soon dismissed that idea. He was well aware of his teacher Rilos's temperament. If he reported his teacher saying that a mole accompanied them the whole time, he would also face the consequence.
Moreover, he already knew Rilos and other necromancers had no plan to keep him alive. As he was thinking about how to get out of this damn place, he met this strange black cat talking in an old man's voice. For the last six months, he stayed with this black cat and got to know this cat's name was Night.
Yozis knew it was just talking nonsense, but he kept quiet. As for why he was keeping this black cat around him, it gave him an offer. It was to capture that fake Baxtor.
As long as he succeeded in capturing the fake Baxtor, Night promised that it could help him get out of this Fex dimension.
"Can I kill him? I want to avenge Baxtor." Yozis said with a hateful tone. His were filled with thirst for revenge.
Yozis and this cat named Night had been searching for the fake Baxtor for the last six months, but they couldn't find a clue about him. He also watched his teacher Rilos and other necromancers leaving this Fex dimension using some strange crystal, but he didn't see the Fake Baxtor with them.
He even thought of giving up on revenge, but the black cat insisted that the fake Baxter was still in this dimension.
He didn't believe its words all this time.
But as he saw the fake Baxtor appear a few kilometers away from him, he couldn't help but take a deep look at the black cat.
"I want to kill him brutally."
"You can't. But you can torture him all you want. My boss needs his help; otherwise, why would I want to come to this damn place?" Night said with an annoying tone, but it started grinning inside.
Without wasting any time, both moved while hiding their different motives.
...
A few hours later, Abium sat on a dry wooden trunk and started skinning a four-eyed rabbit he had caught a few moments ago. In front of him was a small lake around 2 miles radius. It was glowing orange due to the golden light emitting from the volcanic mountains, making the nearby trees more attractive. He could tell these lake waters were coming from natural glaciers nearby and guessed it must have something to do with Nature-Law power.
Without wasting any time, he started making a small campfire. Then, he took out a metal pan, bowl, and a few other ingredients, like pepper, salt, chili, ginger, garlic, cooking oil, etc., from his spatial ring and started arranging them in order. After that, he chopped the skinned rabbit into small pieces and cleaned it using fresh water. Then, he marinated the meat with those ingredients and waited for half an hour.
Meanwhile, black-robed Yozis and the sneaky black cat had arrived a few hundred meters from where he was cooking and watched him patiently.
"He has some skill in cooking." Commented Night as if it was an old veteran chef while licking its black paw.
''We will make him cook all delicious food once we capture him.'' Yozis also said while sniffing the strong ginger garlic aroma, which had already started spreading to the surroundings. Soon, both saw Abium finished frying the meat using sunflower oil and started eating.
Both gulped down their saliva and resisted the temptation.
Meanwhile, Abium also started planning in his head while monitoring the two enemies using the spiritual scan. He had long noticed Yozis's arrival, but he didn't show it on his face.
He didn't have any worries about confronting the necromancer. But he felt something was off about the other person tagging along with Yozis.
'Azolla, do you have any clue?' Abium started to get uneasy as he noticed they were still not taking action.
'No idea, kid. They are carefully maintaining a 500-meter distance from us. Be careful of that other person.' Azolla said after some deliberation.
After that, both fell into silence.
'But who is it?'
Abium suddenly thought of that Fate divinity holder and became anxious inside. But quickly, he shook that thought.
He knew that the Fate divinity holder needed his help. Moreover, he didn't have any direct conflict with him.
'Maybe it was that sneaky goblin?' he suddenly thought of that sneaky goblin Grold and squinted his eyes.
'Possible! He is the only enemy I must be wary of.' Abium nodded and thought of how to get out of this situation. Honestly, he doesn't want to confront that goblin Grold now.
'If I have constructed all the spell models, I wouldn't need to worry about that goblin.' Furrowing his eyebrows, Abium started to ponder deeply.
As he finished eating the last piece of fried meat, he sneakily took out two scrolls and two high-tier magic stones and hid them inside his shirt.
After that, he stood up lazily and bent his waist while placing his right hand on his chest. Then, he gave a respectful bow toward where Yozis and that black cat were hiding!
Once he did that, he turned around hurriedly and started running in the direction where dense trees were located.
''DAMN IT! Chase after him.'' A scream came out of the black cat's mouth.
Meanwhile, Yozis had already stepped forward and sprinted in his direction.
A few seconds later, Yozis saw Abium disappear into the forest and got anxious. As he was about to get near the trees, Night stopped him.
''Something is wrong!'' Night's tail stood up as it perceived the impending danger. The next moment, their surroundings broke like a mirror and revealed Abium, standing two meters away from them, grinning.
He leisurely opened a pitch-black scroll and tore it skilfully while tossing a high-ranked magic stone into the runic circle, which appeared out of nowhere.
A while ago, Abium didn't enter the forest; instead, he used the Mirage spell and fooled their eyes.
Once the high-tier magic stone touched the runic circle, a fierce wind elemental energy appeared and formed an invisible blade-like structure.
Abium skillfully controlled the spell using his spiritual power and aimed the attack at the black cat instead of Yozis. Abium knew the unknown enemy was more dangerous than the known one, so he acted decisively.
With a cold smile, he snapped his finger and released the spell!
It was a second-tier spell, Wind blade!
The Wind Blade moved towards the black cat, which sat on Yozis's shoulder, at an unpredictable speed and cut through the wind like a bullet.
At the same time, that black cat opened its mouth and spoke a single word.
"Switch!"
The next instant, Abium felt a mysterious force pulling his body and got confused inside.
Before understanding the situation, he noticed that the surroundings had changed and soon realized that he was standing in the area where Yozis and the black cat stood before!