2954 So Be It


    Roan was taken aback by the sudden question. Even Rean almost choked on his food back at the restaurant, catching the attention of quite a few people before smiling apologetically.


    Roan quickly calmed down, though. "What kind of question is that?" n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Karev waved his hand. "There is no need to keep the facade. Besides, I''m not here to capture you or cause you trouble either... as long as you cooperate, of course."


    Roan looked deeply into Karev''s eyes and could see the guy was certain of his words. "Let''s say I am. Is that a problem?"


    "That depends," Karev continued. "You have a real Werdlem Stone, so you are within thews of the Werdlem Empire. I can''t do anything to you just because you came from outside. However, I can make your life harder, especially when you join the Lincae Sect."


    "That smells like a request," Roan understood the ckmail. "But first, why would you ask if I''m someone from outside? There has to be a reason behind it. If you answer that, perhaps I won''t mind considering your wishes."


    "Seems fair," Karev then took out an octagonal object from his Spatial Ring and threw it at Roan.


    Roan caught the thing, and as soon as he did, it began to emit a feeble red light. "What is this?"


    "Seems like you came from even further away than I thought," Karev began to exin. "Otherwise, there is no way you wouldn''t know about it. In any case, this is aary Energy Detector. You see, every has its own traits of Spiritual Energy, so those born on thoses carry these traits."


    Roan didn''t need to hear it anymore. "So, when someone who wasn''t born on that approaches this thing, it begins to shine with red light. Is that it?"


    "Pretty much," Karev nodded. "Satisfied?"


    Roan pondered a bit. "Can I keep it?"


    Karev didn''t mind. "Sure. Although it is a little expensive, I can get another one. However, you will have to ept my request."


    "That will depend on the request," Roan didn''t store the detector.


    Karev finally started to speak his real intentions. "I don''t know what you are doing on this. However, once you are done, I want you to bring me away with you. And don''t pretend to be a kid, even though your bone age seems to be from one, I don''t believe it."


    Both Rean and Roan found that request quite unexpected. Of course, Roan had to inquire more. "I''m indeed not a kid. However, you can see that I''m nothing but a Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator, right? What makes you think I have any power to leave this? Perhaps I got here by ident." Well, that was more or less what happened since neither Rean nor Roan wanted toe here.


    "I won''t lie," Karev continued. "Your cultivation did put a lot of doubt in my mind. I could tell your brother also wasn''t from this, but I let him leave exactly because of this. But in the end, I decided to give it a shot. Let''s make a deal. You ept my request and bring me away, and I will give you this." Right after, Karev threw a bracelet to Roan.


    Roan analyzed the item and shared his memories through his connection with Rean. ''No doubt there is a circuitry formation inside, and it seems the energy oscition type,'' Rean spoke. ''As to what it does, I would need to take a better look once we have time.''


    Roan heard that and returned his attention to Karev. "What is it?"


    "Do you remember the traits of Spiritual Energy every has I mentioned?" Karev was certain Roan would be interested. "This bracelet can simte exactly those traits on your body. Just wear it, and it will make you look like someone from our instead."


    Roan narrowed his eyes. "Very well, I''m interested... if you have two of them."


    "I do," Karev already expected that. "Will you also ept my request?"


    "I can do it," Roan spoke like it was a trivial request. "However, you will have to wait for a while. Even if everything goes to n, it would be a few years before we can leave. And it won''t matter if you hurry me or not since the methods to get out are not avable yet."


    Karev took a deep breath. "Very well... but how do I know you will keep your word?"


    Roan snorted. "You don''t. First of all, it is not like I trust you either. However, as long as you don''t cause me trouble, I wille back. Besides, I''m pretty sure you have put your own tracker inside this thing, have you not?"


    "That''s up to your imagination," Karev answered with a smile. "In any case, I can be of help... a lot. I''ll leave you with my CD number. You can call me at any time. There have to be some things a Transition Realm expert like me can do that you can''t with your cultivation at the moment."


    "Since you offered, there is indeed. I''m in need of an item called Solomel Root. It seems like it can only be found in the extreme north regions," Roan didn''t lose the opportunity. "Do you think you can get me a batch? I might as well add that if you do, you definitely won''t regret the result of what I will use it for."


    "Solomel Roots?" Karev wasn''t an alchemist, so he wasn''t very familiar with herbs. Nheless, he epted the request. "As long as it isn''t anything ridiculous, I can give it a try."


    "That''s fine," Roan didn''t mind. "Even if you don''t get the roots, I will have to go and get them myself anyway. I''m just trying to save time."


    "So, do we have a deal?" Karev asked onest time.


    "Seems like it," Roan confirmed. "By the way, you are a Transition Realm expert, aren''t you? There are other inhabiteds in this Sr System. If you wanted, you could travel there on your own, couldn''t you?"


    "That''s not far enough," Karev shook his head. "I want to leave this Sr System. Otherwise..." He stopped there. "Forget it. Just keep your side of the deal."


    Roan didn''t insist either. "So be it."


    And as always, any Golden Tickets and Stones are wee. ;)