Chapter 163: The Baiting
Neil and Ileana stayed in their bedroom for several long hours, then went to clean themselves in the bathroom.
Ileana was quite exhausted by the end of it, so Neil had to carry her.
It was only after midnight that they were able to eat the long-awaited dinner.
Of course, Neil didn’t disturb Fay or Ray, instead got some fresh food from his spatial storage, it was still warm.
Since even the event had shifted, Neil had a few free days in which he only planned to rest.
He was also going to practice that Phantom Essence transformation manual, as soon as that was done, he would be able to evolve.
After eating, they stayed up for a bit longer, chatting about different things and very late, they fell asleep in each other’s arms.
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TUK TUK TUK TUK
Early in the morning, Neil woke up by the sound of the bell ringing and Nemo’s hurried voice.
"Master, there is danger outside!!"
Neil woke up instantly, the ruckus woke up Ileana as well, she pulled up the sheets to cover her chest and still looked sleepy.
Both of them were still naked.
"Let’s go out and check." Neil said in annoyance, and there goes his plan to just enjoy his small vacation.
BANG
Just then a loud noise was heard and the barrier of the domain was broken with a single attack.
Neil understood the seriousness of the matter, whoever had come had to be at least of the 3rd Origin.
No one lower than that would be able to break the barrier.
Jumping off the bed, he quickly threw clothes over his body and sprinted outside.
Before him though, Magnar had already run outside to hold the danger off.
Now that he was at the mythic class too, Magnar’s strength had increased by a lot.
As Neil stepped out of the main building, he saw ten figures in black robes, their faces weren’t visible but their auras were quite powerful.
Leon and the other subjects stood there to defend against the attack, despite having broken the barrier, the ten men didn’t rush inside.
’And so it begins, are these the so-called enemies of my parents? What have they even done? Fuck, those pieces of shit only left hardships for me.’ Neil cursed in his mind.
While outwardly, he maintained his composure and calmly walked forward, his eyes focused on the ten men.
Thankfully, all ten of them were at the 3rd Origin, nine were in gold class while one in diamond class.
"What do you want?" he questioned, getting straight to the point, after glancing at the broken walls of his domain.
He really needed to upgrade his domain now, or it wouldn’t keep up with his strength.
"So you are Neil Yates? Hmm" the diamond class man looked him up and down, as if sizing him up.
"You don’t seem anything special, how did you injure Shen so badly? Did you use some treasure?" the same man questioned.
’Was I wrong? Are they not my parents’ enemies?’ Neil wondered, but spoke: "Yeah, it was a treasure I got in the Carceral Citadel, you want it too?"
"..." the ten looked at one another, as if they were making some sort of decision.
"You are unlucky kid, it just so happened that your father killed the son of our lord when he was here, so we will need to behead you. Don’t worry, it won’t be painful." He said.
Their faces weren’t visible but the mocking in their voice was obvious.
’Sigh so it is indeed related to my parents, damn those bastards. But seeing their strength, either their lord is not too powerful or they are just trying to check my strength.’
If that was the case, then Neil could also set up a bait.
"M- Magnar, save me!" Neil spoke, taking a step back.
Seeing the sight of the fearful kid, the ten couldn’t help but chuckle, and they thought it was going to be a hard mission after seeing that video.
Looks like that treasure was a one-time use, now he was completely vulnerable.
GRRRRR...
Magnar growled as he jumped in front of Neil, glaring at the ten figures who were standing in the sky.
Of course, they weren’t flying, one has to be in the 4th Origin to be able to fly.
One of those people must have created an air floor which allowed them to stand there.
"Hahaha that’s a cute pet you got there, is this thing a familiar? Hmm I expected that from you, well then we will be taking your head-"
While he was speaking, Magnar jumped out of the domain and then his body started to grow.
Of course, he didn’t grow to full extent, Magnar only used a strength comparable to diamond class.
Still, the deadly sight scared them all off, even the diamond class man was speechless.
The ten were just subjects, their lord was quite powerful but even he didn’t have such a wonderful familiar.
’If I can snatch it for my boss, then I will get an even higher position. This is awesome!!’ the diamond class subject was overjoyed.
WHOOSH WHOOSH
In a futile attempt, the elven archers who were only at the 2nd Origin began to shoot at the ten, though dodging or blocking the arrows was very easy for them.
This showed how weak the overall strength of this domain was.
The only danger was Magnar.
’There doesn’t seem to be anyone else around, oh wait- there is indeed someone.’ Neil thought as darkness covered his pupils.
He used the phantom’s senses to scan a large area around, at first everything seemed normal.
But then he noticed a bird that was constantly revolving around his domain.
That might be someone’s familiar, and they were using it to watch the show.
’Nice, now they will only see what I want them to see.’ Neil thought, he could easily deal with these small fries.
But he needed to pull out or get more information about their lord to prepare for whatever was to come.
The sun had just started to rise, the two moons were still a little visible.
"Take that kid out, I will deal with this familiar." The diamond class man ordered.
The others nodded and rushed towards the domain, as long as they could capture and kill this one guy, they would receive great rewards.
"M- Magnar do something!! S- Stop them!!" Neil called out, as he took a few more steps back.
Seeing his fearful cowardly nature, the ten laughed even louder.
ROOAAAARRRRRRRR
Magnar who was already aware of the plan, roared and tried to jump towards the nine men who were rushing towards Neil.
Ileana still hadn’t come out and Neil told her to just stay inside through Nemo, since the guardian was still inside.
"W- Wait... let’s talk this out!" Neil said as he turned and sprinted towards the prison.
"Hahahaha little familiar, don’t do anything and just play a little with me." The diamond class man laughed then pulled out the short blades from his sides.
He slashed at the air, launching powerful air blades that made Magnar pause, he was unable to go help his master.
Magnar could only roar towards the man in the sky, and the two engaged in a battle.
’This familiar is quite powerful, if I am not careful, I just might lose.’ After engaging in the battle with Magnar for a few moments, he quickly realized how strong this familiar was.
Though Magnar was showing just enough strength to subdue the other guy, he was slowly defeating this diamond class intruder.
Magma burst out, almost turning the man into charcoal, but he barely stopped it with an air shield.
Though his arms got badly burned, he groaned in pain and looked down where the nine men had charged towards Neil.
The ten had entered a building which wasn’t too big, but then nothing was heard.
’What are they doing? Damnit, why are they playing around with that weakling? They should get it over with quickly, I can’t hold on for too long against this guy!’ the man thought.
’But if they kill him, the familiar will also die! We have to capture him alive!’ he thought and shouted.
"Don’t kill him, just beat him half to death, we need this familiar too."
"Okay" a shout came from outside.
Inside the prison, Neil decided to finally use the Phantom Imprint.
Right after they had gotten into the prison, he walked a bit deeper and then paused, slowly turning around to face the nine men.
The nine who had charged inside were shocked to see that the building which seemed small from outside was in fact so big.
And it was a prison? There were so many cells too.
This domain, just what exactly was it? Or was it the talent of this cowardly lord?
Whatever might be the case they would find out soon.
Right then, a faint dark fog rose from Neil’s body, the aura instantly froze the nine.
"Don’t resist, let me do a little experiment." Neil thought, just his presence alone was enough to scare the nine shitless and make them freeze.
’T- This was a trap? We are fucked!’ the nine instantly realized that they had made a mistake.
They had underestimated this guy, despite the warning from their lord.
He wasn’t weak or a coward at all, he was luring them here, but why? What experiment?
"W- Wait please s- spare us..." one of them barely managed to speak, they could only tremble.
Feeling as if the essence in their bodies was no longer in their control, they could do nothing.
[Phantom Imprint Activated!]
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