Chapter 507: Survive
Vanessa and Derek continued to talk about various things for a little longer while waiting for the time to come to leave. Vanessa had already gotten permission from Edward to go with Derek. Though, with her new position in the kingdom, she no longer needed Edward to give her permission to do so. Still, she wanted to make sure she did everything right, so she ran everything past the king, anyway.
“I’m sure this is long enough,” Derek said. It was midday, and Braxton had said that Maven would be coming back to Cydaria on this day, so surely, they’d given him plenty of time to get back to the base and get settled. “Are you ready?” he asked Vanessa. “This is your last chance to back out.”
“I’ve never been more ready for anything in my life,” Vanessa said. “I’m not seeking justice for my father. This is revenge. An opportunity like this has never come along—one where I can take my revenge without worrying about breaking guild oaths and contracts or having to worry about the guild coming for me…. Yes… I’m ready. I’m not letting this pass me by.”
“Very well,” Derek said. “Let me check and make sure he’s in the right place.” After saying that, Derek stood up and stored his chair, then walked to the middle of his travel room and opened a portal with Void Travel. With Vanessa still outside, Derek stepped inside and pushed his Void Sense to the max.
First, Derek pinpointed Braxton. After that, he did the same for Nyx. Seeing that the two auras were practically in the same exact place, he nodded, then looked for Maven. When he found the Guild Leader of the Cydarian branch, his mouth curled up in a smile. The man was located in a different area than the other two Guild Leaders were. It was an area that seemed to be quite far away from them.
After locating Maven, Derek went on to locate a few people that he knew from each kingdom—other than Vallum, as he didn’t really know anyone who was there, unless Marrick happened to be there. Derek’s smile grew even wider when his senses found that Maven’s aura wasn’t far away from some of the others that he located that were from Cydaria. That pretty much guaranteed that the man was at or around the Cydarian branch of the guild.
Derek turned around and stepped back out of his portal.
“Well?” Vanessa asked, but upon seeing Derek’s smiled, said, “I guess he’s where we need him to be?”
“It looks that way,” Derek replied.