In the evening, right as the sun started setting, Max left the town and headed toward the capital city.
He had incapacitated and imprisoned Ashroth so when he regained consciousness, he wouldn't be able to leave the underground room he dug open and reinforced with his bloodline energy.
But then a problem arose.
Because he had blocked Ashroth's mana, or rather demon veins, he wouldn't be able to go without food and water for several days like other Four Star beings.
So, Amara decided to stay to look after him.
He was a little concerned about her safety, but she assured him that since with [Mask of Terra] she could change her appearance and beco a human, elf, or any other race according to the situation, she would be safe.
Since it was a remote town where no powerful expert would go, he knew she would be relatively safe, but… he didn't like the fact that he had to leave her behind. Unfortunately, he had no choice because she wouldn't leave Ashroth alone.
…
The next day, Max arrived in front of the capital city in the early morning.
On his way, he encountered several teams of both humans and elves, who, after seeing he was a human, didn't bother him and continued on their way.
When he saw how eerily silent the capital city was, just like the rest of the villages, towns, and cities he had seen after the sacrifice, his expression turned grim.
Before entering the city, he ssaged Pauline and Kriss but received no reply. He then ssaged Flavia, but no response ca.
'I hope… they are alright.' He thought, thunderous rage and murderous intent filling his heart and mind.
After calming himself down, he entered the city, and following his senses, he arrived in front of a simple house on the outskirts of the city.
Calmly walking to the door, he knocked and waited.
A mont later, the door opened and Es appeared, wearing a veil on her face. When she saw Max, she visibly relaxed and smiled, "Co in. Everyone is waiting."
Nodding, Max entered the house and saw everyone in the living room. They all looked anxious and a little sleepy, which told him they didn't sleep last night at all.
"Are you alright, little Max?" Anna was a lot calr compared to the last ti he saw her but had a worried expression on her face while her eyes scanned him for injuries.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Max nodded. He could see they were all confused as to why they suddenly had to leave. Clearly, Ryan hadn't told them what had happened.
Just as he was about to explain what happened, he narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where are Belen and Leticia?"
While Esther, Anna, Noah, his wife, Rima, Es, Gene, Garima, Ellie, Ella, and Maria were all present, he couldn't see Belen or Leticia.
He hadn't seen them in the hall when he returned to Ninam City either, but because everyone was grieving, and since Garima hadn't told him about anything happening to them, he decided to ask about them later.
Then, he t Es and got busy in healing her and then in cultivation. Then, he t Mina; she was taken away, and then he left to save Ashroth and Amara in a hurry, which gave him no chance to inquire about their whereabouts.
But seeing they weren't here, he couldn't help becoming worried.
Then sothing happened that shook him—everyone, except Es, looked at him in confusion as if they didn't understand what he just asked.
He looked at Anna and asked, "Do you know Belen and Leticia?"
Anna raised her brows in confusion before shaking her head, "...I don't think so."
Hearing this, a bad feeling welled up in his heart, and he imdiately flashed in front of her.
Putting his hand on her head, he scanned her body and mind with his bloodline sense but didn't find anything wrong. He then checked others one by one, but there didn't seem anything wrong with them.
His expression turned dark. He knew there was sothing definitely wrong with them; it was just that his bloodline sense wasn't able to find what it was because Es seed fine, as she didn't have that confused look on her face.
He knew why this was so.
Either whatever had made them forget about Belen and Leticia didn't affect her because she was an emperor mage, or it was his Nascent Energy that cleansed it.
He turned to her and asked, "Where are Belen and Leticia?"
Es's expression was also grave as she understood what was going on. She said, "A few days after you left, they visited , and talked to and Gene for a while before leaving After that day, I didn't see them. In fact, I seem to have completely forgotten about them."
Her answer confird his suspicion.
"What did you guys talk about that day, and did they behave strangely?" He asked,
Es took a mont to recall her mories and said, "They were just asking how I got injured and how severe my injuries were. Then our conversation shifted, and we talked about quite a bit of minor stuff."
Max frowned; he was about to tell her to tell him everything they talked about when she said, "There is no use in telling you what exactly we talked about because they were just making small talk, but sothing strange did happen when they were about to leave my room."
"What?" Max asked,
"That younger girl, Leticia, suddenly said she was feeling thirsty and took out a jar of water. She drank so, gave so to Belen, and then offered the rest to and Gene. Not wanting to be impolite, we drank it. I rember seeing Leticia smiling strangely at that ti."
Max's eyes flashed, and his expression shifted rapidly before he cursed angrily.
"Damn it!"
He realized they had left on their own and, for so unknown reason, decided to make everyone forget about them through so strange ans.
While the latter part confused him, he relaxed seeing they left on their own and weren't taken away.
However, what made him angry and even more worried was… Because they had left, they most likely didn't have any emperor to protect them from the sacrificial formation.
Suddenly, he sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes, falling into a deep state of ditation.
After a few minutes, he exhaled deeply and opened his eyes.
Currently, although he wasn't able to sense his won's location if he was too far away from them, he could still sense if they were alive or not if he focused on their connection enough, and Belen's and Leticia's connections were still intact, though very faint.
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