Chapter 30: Odd Jade
Theron returned to his home, pulling out a pouch.
Unlike with Merchant Greycoat, Theron had no choice but to take the risk and snatch everything of value from Yonowai's body. While it was a risk, it was more worthwhile.
First, he had someone to blame it on. Second, the items were much lesser, so he could actually store them all.
Of course, it also helped that Yonowai had had a spatial pouch on him.
Theron wasn't in a hurry to unseal the pouch. He was well-read enough to know that anyone wealthy enough to have such a pouch would also protect it well. It was also possible that it had several tracking methods on it, set to trigger when the wrong person tried to open it.
If Yonowai was a Soul Mancer, Theron wouldn't even try this. But since he was a Wood Mancer, Theron was quite confident.
Wood Mancers were rare variants, falling outside the usual common Elemental Mancies of Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind. They fell between Water and Earth, and because of that, Wood Mana could be partially controlled by Theron.
He wasn't very good at it, but he didn't need to be. He needed just enough to nudge the pouch in the right direction.
There was no way he would use this pouch after today, so all he needed to do was open it.