It took not much longer for the people there to realize that while the man had nothing to do with what had happened, the woman was certainly involved. As for how she had managed to hide what had happened from the man, it was unclear.
"We'll take it from here."
The two Immortals took charge of the situation and quickly grabbed the woman who didn't fight back. As old as she was, she wasn't strong enough to fight against two Immortal Spirit cultivators. Even if she did have that strength, it was unlikely she would ever want to defy them.
The woman was captured and the man followed her while they all made their way to the guild where they would be questioned further. As for Alex, he didn't have anything else to do, so he was allowed to leave on his own.
"Elder Flareborn will call for you if there are so developnts. Please don't go anywhere." Alex nodded and left. He didn't imdiately make his way to the cottage at first. He wanted to see if there were other places where he could find the people that attacked Pearl.
The chances of them still being in the city were low, but not completely non-existent. He hoped that between his eyes and Whisker's terrifyingly acute senses, they would find
soone.
Alex traveled the city for the rest of the entire day and didn't manage to find anyone. He had his eyes open the entire ti, searching for these people, and yet he couldn't find them.
The city was also filled with people of all sorts who moved around in every place, so Whisker wasn't very helpful this ti around. Unless he could sll or sense aura in an isolated location, it was unlikely he would find anything.
Before returning, Alex was called by Flareborn to et him in the guild again.
Alex arrived and found the man sitting on the sa bench as before, only this ti he didn't seem to be free at all. He had a dallion on his face, most likely going through a dozen different reports of all types, sorting their priorities and dealing with them one after another. Alex stood by the side silently while the man dealt with the issues of the guild.
"She was bribed," Flareborn suddenly said.
"The woman we brought in?" Alex asked.
"Yes, she was bribed. They paid her to give them a way in. She allowed them to enter," Flareborn said. "We questioned the husband, but he was truly innocent."
Alex nodded. "What happened to the woman?" he asked.
"Imprisoned for a few centuries," the Divinity said. "We can't do much more than that."
"I see," Alex said. "Did we learn any more about the ones that actually attacked?"
"No, they are still at large, but I do believe you should forget about it. Those n should have left a long ti ago. Even if they were still in this city, they would need to be alert at every mont not to get caught."
Alex thought for a mont and shook his head. "Sohow I don't believe they have left," he said. "At least, not all of them. Their son was killed. I do not see how they would leave without learning as much as they could to get revenge."
The Divinity thought for a bit. "You might be right about that. I have thought the sa as well, but I haven't had a familial relationship in a long ti. I do not understand the extent people will go for the sa of their progeny. Even so, what can you really do? They won't co out so easily."
Alex had to accept that fact at least. Bringing them out would be difficult.
Unless...
'The inheritance site will have to wait for a few more days it seems,' Alex thought as he finally decided on what he was going to do.
"We can use Pearl as bait."
******
Every day for the past 3 days, Pearl went to various locations in the city hoping to lure the ones who wanted to kill him. It was a struggle for him to stay out there, but it was a struggle he had to go through for his own sake.
Until the ones who wanted him dead were captured or killed themselves, they wouldn't be safe at all.
And since his brother was done with all but a single ingredient, Pearl needed to hurry up and be free so he could let his brother enter the inheritance site without worrying about him. Pearl didn't really know what he was doing in the city. He just went around buying a few things here and there before returning back to the sa courtyard where they stayed before. He returned there around evening ti and went to his room to stay. Even after 3 days, nothing had happened. He began to wonder if anything would even happen at all.
Just then, he heard sothing crash into the courtyard, breaking through several layers of defense around the place.
Pearl had expected people to sneak in; he hadn't expected them to make such an entrance. The walls of the rooms were destroyed before he even realized it was happening, and before he could do anything else, he was already constricted by the aura of the newcor.
It was only then did Pearl realized that his pursuer was no re Immortal at all. His eyes went wide as he saw the person standing before him, a very tall man with sharp facial features.
"Divinity..." he spoke the words slowly.
The man looked at Pearl with his cold eyes. "Are you certain?" he asked, his voice nearly booming even with how quiet it was.
"Yes, leader. That's the bastard that killed your son," a voice said from right next to the man, a place where no person existed.
"You said he was stronger. He doesn't even have the cultivation base of a regular Immortal Ascendant realm cultivator," the man said. "But he is so weak. Are you sure this is him?"
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