They would be heading to a scary and spooky place, searching for various treasures and facing various dangers. Thus, Philip was in no hurry. Since some people were willing to lead the way, he would not miss this good opportunity. “Slow down. We need to change our appearance and use other identities to face the outside world.” Philip had already made many enemies despite only arriving here shortly. In order to head into the ancient ruins safely, Philip decided to disguise his appearance along with everyone. Not long after they arrived at the Imperial List, Chaplin arrived in a grand fashion too. There were also some rich kids with bodyguards. They knew each other and greeted each other in private, but it was obvious that everyone was full of fighting spirit and disdain for each other. Chaplin looked around smugly. He had a high status here. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived, some people approached him, ready to flatter. “Mr. Chase, I hope you can take care of me from no
Chaplin made the promise of several pills and paid a hefty price in exchange for several powerful subordinates, so he wanted to enjoy the convenience brought by them. They were quite strong and were very experienced hunters. They arrived at the city gates very quickly and were released after going through the registration and checkpoint. Chaplin wondered why the procedure had become so complicated. In his previous mission, he simply had to wait in the carriage for people to pay homage to him. After seeing him, the guards would bow respectfully and send him off. However, it was different now. He was asked to get out of the carriage and register, which he found insulting. “Send someone to find out what's going on. We need to get to the bottom of this.” Chaplin had a gut feeling that something was wrong. The hunters scowled. They were not errand boys. “Excuse me, Mr. Chase, our job is to bring you with us. Please don’t ask us to find information.” These experienced hun
The others were no better, gobbling their food in an unsightly manner, including Poppy, who was always graceful. Tory shook his head helplessly and finally had no choice but to join them. If he could not beat them, he should join them! With meat in his mouth and tea in his hand, he felt that it was a wonderful life. Sometimes, it felt good to lead an ordinary life. It took half an hour to finish their meal. Philip waved his hand and led everyone on their way. The burden was finally lifted from Tory’s shoulders. Now that everyone was ready to set off, they had no time to lose. Everyone hurried out and registered at the checkpoint. Aslan was puzzled and asked Tory curiously, “Why do we have to register here? Why is it more troublesome to leave the city than to enter?” Aslan's remark aroused Tory's curiosity. To be honest, he had no idea either. “Maybe they want to keep track of us because we’re going to the ancient ruins,” Tory guessed. Since they had a mark on
Aslan laughed and said, “These people are so stupid to have gotten trapped in a formation!” Aslan was very knowledgeable after following Philip for a long time. Hearing that, Tory stood on guard. This thing was not that easy to deal with. It would take a while to exit once they entered a formation. “Since there’s a formation, this must be the ancient ruins!” Tory said. Philip was exasperated and said, “Don’t be such a fool. You can tell that this formation is very lousy at one glance. These people are about to get out.” This formation was unique to normal people, but Philip could tell its disposition with just one glance. While Tory was in a panic, Philip walked over and easily destroyed the formation. His casual actions saved those people from a crisis. The victims trapped in the formation returned to normal in an instant. They looked horrified and had no idea what was going on. They were not that weak, but they were unable to do anything when trapped in the format
While the captain of the team tried to persuade them, Chaplin interrupted him. “I spent so much money to hire you to work for me. Do you think you can take it easy? We didn’t encounter any danger at the entrance, and we’ve been walking for several hours without any problems since we entered! “If there’s danger, there’s no way we could've made it until now!” Chaplin was certain that nothing would go wrong. The lives of these people meant nothing to him. The captain and his teammates scowled. They did not expect Chaplin to be so heartless. Under normal circumstances, everyone would be wary of such a dangerous place. However, this guy was ordering them to rush headlong into this place. He was simply outrageous. “Since you’ve accepted my payment, you have to follow my orders or you’ll get it from me!” Chaplin threatened angrily, intimidating them with his status. Captain Nico Wick scowled unhappily. He had never taken on such a mission before. This guy was simply disgusting
The team continued to move forward. As Chaplin walked, he thought of ways to earn back the money he just spent. He spent a lot of money to find information and hire help to escort him into the ancient tomb in the ancient ruins. Although this amount of money was a drop in the bucket, a miser like Chaplin was unwilling to spend a single cent. “Grab everything that you can see later,” Chaplin anxiously reminded them. He hired them for another important purpose. Captain Nico had a storage bag on hand. With this bag, he could take many things from the ancient ruins without anyone’s knowledge. Nico nodded. His bag was empty except for some medicine and weapons. His task was to bring things for Chaplin. The things would be split 80-20, which was good enough for Nico. While they moved ahead at top speed, Philip and his party finally caught up. Philip calmly glanced at the tunnel and found no danger. The tunnel was free of obstacles and very long. They would waste a lot of t
The onlookers felt angry when they saw that Philip and his party had arrived at the finish line safely and were waving to them provocatively. “Did you see that guy's expression? He's mocking us!” “Damn it, let’s go too. Don’t let them look down on us!” They felt that Philip had taken the head start, so they had to catch up. They moved quickly, but the tunnel was no longer safe. Someone had just taken a few steps when a long arrow zoomed through the air and pierced through him. Another person managed to run for several kilometers when a skeleton appeared at his feet and grabbed his ankles, tripping him over. As he fell to the ground, spikes appeared and stabbed through him. He died a miserable death. Very soon, everyone noticed the anomaly in this tunnel. This tunnel was full of various booby traps aimed at them. “What on earth is going on? It was safe earlier, so why did it turn out this way?” “Oh no, help me! This thing is about to eat me! I don’t think I can han
Most of the people they brought along died in the tunnel. The prince and his men scowled darkly at the closed tunnel. “This place is really full of dangers. We need to be careful from now on.” Someone said that, and everyone nodded in full agreement. They sat cross-legged in meditation, hoping to regain their strength quickly. If they failed to restore their energy, they would be dead if they encountered such danger again. “Something is weird about this. Why did the traps work when we entered the tunnel? Nothing happened to the earlier team when they did the same.” The people of the royal family discussed it. First Prince Baldric Hayes had entered the ancient ruins with his followers and his royal sister, June Hayes. They were very confident that they could gain something from this trip. However, reality proved otherwise. They were caught off guard before they entered the ancient ruins. “June, we've lost many people, so we have to be careful from now on. As for the ea
Seeing the woman’s horror, Philip scratched his head awkwardly. He did not expect that her reaction would be so intense. “Don't worry, I'm not a good person.” After saying that, Philip sat down nonchalantly as if he was not worried about this powerful woman. Seeing Philip’s disregard for her, the woman was so angry that she could barely speak.“As you can see, I’m one of those humans,” Philip introduced himself. Philip had nothing to hide. His identity was no secret. “So, you’re one of those disgusting humans. You look quite strong. Since you found me, I’ll accept my fate. Just kill me if you want. There’s no need to insult me any further.” This woman was quite interesting. She jerked her chin up as if she was ready to let Philip kill her. Philip sighed at her reaction. Why was someone so eager to die? “I don’t want to kill you. I’m just curious about you. I just arrived at Deadly Arena recently,” Philip said to the other party sincerely. He was very curious about the
“You’re right, someone is controlling these beasts behind the scenes. Although I don’t know if the culprit is a powerful beast or a guild, they're not to be trifled with.” Philip did not hide this information but asked his men to take action. Since they were already here, they had to ensure their safety. No one would be exempted if anything happened. “You can join in the fight, but don’t try too hard. Just kill a few beasts and wait until I get to the bottom of this,” Philip said to his people. He was afraid that his men would work too hard but end up with nothing. Everyone nodded solemnly at Philip’s instructions. They quickly joined the battlefield and casually swung their weapons around, killing the arrogant beasts. Due to their strength, they easily crushed the beasts without much effort. As the fight reached its peak, Philip observed the source of the beast stampede. “Do you see that? The beasts are coming from that direction, and they’re clearly well-organized and d
Philip noticed the change and frowned at the mysterious man, whose expression changed drastically. “This is bad. I’ve never heard this alarm before.” After saying this, he invited Philip to go with him to Deadly Arena to find out what happened. They arrived at Deadly Arena and saw everyone staring ahead nervously as if waiting for someone to speak. Philip’s guild members noticed his return and approached him nervously. Aslan ran up to Philip worriedly. “Philip, I asked around and found something wrong. Deadly Arena is a dangerous place because it’s situated next to the beast forest. This situation has happened from time to time in the past, but no one was bothered. They’d even organize teams to hunt the beasts and Deadly Arena would provide rewards for this.” Philip roughly understood the situation from Aslan’s explanation. Since Deadly Arena had been managing this place for so long, they had taken responsibility for the safety issue. Once the beasts appeared, they would ensu
Argent thought he had come up with a good plan to set Philip up, but he was the fool who was kept in the dark in the end. Philip smiled at Argent’s angry departure and invited the mysterious man to his room. Although Philip chatted with him earlier, he did not know much about him. Philip could tell that the man had concealed his true appearance. Philip was curious to see what would happen. The mysterious man noticed Philip’s anticipation but simply stared at him in silence. Philip wanted to know his identity and purpose for coming here. “I really think highly of you. It’d be best if you could join me.” He knew that Philip would not give in so easily, so his rationality told him to give up. “It’s impossible for me to join you, but I’m curious about your situation. I believe you have a grudge against that guy or you wouldn’t resent him so much.” Philip smiled at the guy. He knew that the grudge between the two was very deep. The mysterious man was surprised that Philip
In Argent’s opinion, Philip was a prideful person and would never accept this proposal. “Of course, you have the right to refuse. I just want to see what you think.” The mysterious man smiled at Philip brightly as if he did not mind Philip’s rejection.Seeing the mysterious man’s attitude, Argent was afraid that his plan would fail. Philip was not a fool. He could tell at a glance that the two people in front of him were not on the same side. Everyone had their own agendas. “In that case, I have to refuse. I’m sorry, but I’m used to leading a carefree life. Besides, I have my own force, so I won’t join other teams.” A trace of regret flashed in the other party's eyes. He was surprised to hear that Philip was capable enough to form a team of his own. “I’m surprised that you’re so strong at such a young age. In that case, I won’t make things difficult for you. Maybe we can become friends instead.” The mysterious man quickly made small talk with Philip. He clearly had some idea
Most people would be freaked out at the sight of his face. He took out a photo from his pocket and held it in his hand angrily. “Argent, you've enjoyed your life long enough. It’s time to get what you deserve.” The mysterious man smiled cruelly with obvious hatred for Argent. This whole incident had nothing to do with Philip at all. Philip was simply a pitiful pawn in these people’s hands. Philip never dreamed that someone would target him for no reason. He just wanted to improve his strength. He could not care less about what other people thought of him.… Time passed quickly. The next day, Philip did not expect these people to come after him so soon. He just wanted to have a good rest and find a suitable place to settle down, but these people were as annoying as pesky flies. “Philip, get out here at once. I want to see how strong you are. How dare you show off in front of me?” Argent yelled at Philip’s door in disdain. His right hand was bandaged tightly as if he was still
The mysterious man forced himself to contain his anger and smile at Argent. Argent knew that he had to stop asking for more. At this point, what was the most important? “I can give you Philip’s address, and we can deal with him tomorrow morning. If you teach him a good lesson, I’m sure he’ll listen to you,” Argent said smugly. His plan was simple. He wanted to use the other party to deal with Philip. Philip had messed with him earlier and crippled his right hand. He would have died if he had not stopped the bleeding in time. Therefore, the grudge between him and Philip was so deep that he could not wait to rip Philip into pieces. Argent and the mysterious man who refused to reveal his name quickly came up with a plan. “In that case, I’ll see you again tomorrow morning. I hope you won't let me down.” After saying this, the mysterious man zoomed into the distance and soon disappeared. Seeing the other party’s hasty retreat, Argent was full of disdain. “Hehe, you think too hig
“Wow, you guys are so generous to send me such a precious gift this time. Tell me more about the deal you want to discuss with me. If it’s up to my expectations, I can consider it.” Argent's mood changed for the better. He smiled brightly and did not consider other possibilities. He seemed to have forgotten the conflict and resentment he had toward Philip. “We know that a young heroic man has appeared in Deadly Arena this time. We’re very interested in him and have decided to recruit him. I heard that you fought him before. I wonder if he's as powerful as I imagined.” The other party did not introduce himself but looked at Argent with a smile. Argent scowled. He thought that this matter was over, but this guy brought it up again. He was obviously trying to belittle him. “Hehe, let’s forget it. I don’t have much of an opinion about Philip. He’s just an average person, nothing worth mentioning.” Argent was afraid of exposing his shame, so he tried to tarnish Philip’s reputati
After confirming that he could leave safely, Argent ran away quickly, unwilling to stay a second longer. Philip was so terrifying that he wanted to keep his distance from him. Argent simply wanted to rob Philip of his treasures, but he was seriously injured instead. He could not accept it. Argent quickly ran back home. He had settled down with his family after such a long time. Given his strength, no one refused his requests. Argent’s family members simply wanted to follow someone strong, so they did not mind doing anything. In the meantime, an uninvited guest appeared at Argent’s home. He did not make an appointment with Argent in advance, so Argent did not know him. When Argent returned home in a mess, they bumped into each other. “I’m surprised to see the head of the family looking so miserable. I’m here at the right time.” The man stared at Argent mockingly as if he was enjoying the show. Argent was annoyed by his reaction, angry that an outsider had seen him in his most mi