The Man’s Decree

Both Jared and Cloud were soon trapped in the throes of frustration. Neither imagined losing Quinley right as they arrived

on the island. “Mr. Chance, what do we do now?” Cloud asked, sounding helpless.

“We press on. No matter how Ms. Tall vanished, she must still be on this island. As long as she’s alive, I’ll locate her, even

if it requires scouring every inch of this island,” Jared declared with unwavering resolve.

There was no way he would ditch Quinley. If he could not find her, he would not leave the island. “Let’s walk side by side.

That way, we’ll know immediately if either of us goes missing.”

Cloud then moved over to walk by Jared’s side. While Jared let his spiritual sense spread across the vicinity, Cloud warily

studied their environment. After a while of walking, Jared gestured for Cloud to stop.

“What’s the matter, Mr. Chance?” Cloud asked. “There are people here. Although they’re deliberately hiding their auras, I

still sense them,” Jared explained. Cloud froze and said, “They’re hiding their auras? Have they discovered us?”

“They must have. I never retracted my spiritual sense, so they must have detected that. I don’t know whether they’re

our auras and discreetly close in,” Jared

as well. Meanwhile, when Renault realized that the spiritual sense

guard. Jared slowly approached the other group

the others.

of the foliage prevented them from discerning the

could estimate the

Sect have any special identification method to find out

so he instructed Cloud to ascertain the identities of

members of Stellaris Sect, then Jared and Cloud would

them.

out a tiny golden calabash the size of his

pressed the holes one by one as he blew into it. In the next

akin to a beast

Cloud stopped and quietly watched for any

had to be

sound, he stiffened. Then, a look of elation appeared on his face, and

he yelled, “Cloud,

ears. When he heard that it was his

shaking.

father. Crossing the dense foliage,