The legendary warrior

Ryland only agreed to lead Ricky to the Short Devil tribe's strongholds because the other man promised he would set him and his companions free right after. However, Ricky's favor was another story. He figured that he shouldn't think about it, at least, for the time being.

"Thank you, man! I'll remember this,"

Ricky responded gratefully as soon as Ryland agreed.

Ryland then led the three of them to one of the Short Devil tribe's strongholds, and they arrived at their destination after about half a day's travel. Unfortunately, Ricky couldn't detect Claire's aura in this stronghold, which meant that she and her companions must be in a different stronghold.

"It looks like they aren't here,"

Ricky muttered with blatant disappointment. He had hoped to find them here, but they came to the wrong place.

And since they went to a dud, all they could do was wait for news from Ryland's companions, hoping that one of them would have better news.

Thankfully, Ricky finally received good news from one of his Shadowy Replications after an hour. It reported that they had detected Claire's aura in another stronghold.

"Thank you for bringing us here, Ryland. Now, just as I promised, the five of you are free from now on," Ricky declared with a smile. "But you must make a Martial Arts Oath before you leave, as the others must not find out we are here. You five need to promise to keep this a secret."

"I understand,"

Ryland agreed, nodding.

Under their agreement, Ricky let them go once Ryland made the Martial Arts Oath.

With that taken care of, Ricky took Mordechai and Ella to the Massacring Zone, and they headed to where the Shadowy Replication found Claire. Once they arrived, he deactivated the Shadowy Replication that was waiting for him there.

Ricky's space and the Shadowy Replication's space were linked to each other.

In that way, the Shadowy Replication's space served as Ricky's safety net. It could take him away from dangerous situations, and it could also serve as his hiding spot.

'Perhaps, in the future, I should hide some Shadowy Replications in concealed places. When my Shadowy Replications reach maturity and could produce Flesh Replications, I can use them to hide and even escape in times of trouble, ' Ricky thought with much foresight.

in a deep valley. Black figures appeared one after another around the castle. These were devils.

these devils weren't from the Short Devil tribe. They belonged to other devil tribes that served as protectors of the Short Devil tribe. Since the creatures from the Short Devil tribe

this, Ricky and the other two cautiously hid in his space

Ricky? Can you tell where they

asked the

their auras inside the castle,"

Ricky

he drove the space into the

moved inside, following Claire's aura, until they

the three of them found

and the other four, while

had very limited knowledge about this golden halo. He only knew that

weapon could release powerful and profound illusory

illusory space's strength depended on the user's realm

saw that Claire and her companions stood inside, joined by an old

Emperor Level. In fact, this one looked

Illusory Ring stood countless devils from

the people inside. The short devil inside the Illusory Ring must be a high-ranking official of the Short Devil tribe, so they didn't

over our casting heritage, we will let you live,"

how strong are these devils?" asked

strength, only one devil can pose a

They only have one strong member?" Mordechai repeated with a delighted grin. "That's not much, so we can probably take them. However, I'm afraid that stronger

it. The devil race's strongholds are located far away from each other, so we'll have plenty of time to get away from here. Plus, we have enough in our ranks. Every upper spiritual emperor of the

to care a great deal for their old chief. That or they just care

They managed to take the

to bring them in?" asked Mordechai, thinking that they would use

me here. However, wouldn't that be a waste? We are

kill every devil here whose strength does not far surpass mine,"

what are we waiting for? Let's kill all of them." answered Mordechai playfully, laughing in amusement. They seemed to be two peas in a pod. After all, he wanted to fight against those devils too.