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

protectors of the Short Devil tribe. Since the creatures from the Short Devil tribe specialized in casting weapons, they couldn't fight well, and they had to rely on other tribes to protect

Ricky and the other two cautiously hid in his space first.

Ricky? Can

Mordechai eagerly asked

sense their auras inside the

Ricky

drove the space into

until they

three of them found what they were looking for.

other four, while the halo itself was enveloped

this golden halo. He only knew that it came from the Sacred

sacred weapon could release

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

gazed into the Illusory Ring, he saw that Claire and her companions stood inside, joined by an old and stout black

Level. In fact, this one looked

stood countless devils from the Short

try to attack 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 dare to put

If you release him and hand over our casting heritage, we will

these devils?" asked Mordechai out of curiosity.

only one devil can pose a

a delighted grin. "That's not much, so we can probably take them. However, I'm afraid that

have enough in our

Short Devil tribe in this stronghold seems to care a great deal for their old chief.

managed to take the Short

asked Mordechai, thinking that they would use the space to

that since nothing is blocking me here. However, wouldn't that be a waste? We are already here. We can't just save them. This stronghold is ripe for

this chance go. I want to kill every devil here whose strength does not far

answered Mordechai playfully, laughing in amusement. They seemed to be two peas in