Chapter 135 - Planned

Whitemore City may not be as bustling as Versailles City and other cities in the central region of the country, however, it is still a highly urbanized city in the eastern region of the Veprus Republic.

"Hmm?" Cyril noticed that instead of going to secluded areas, they were actually approaching the center of the city!

If that was the case, the Arcane World she came from must've been discovered already!

Unfortunately, Cyril's guess was right.

The Entrance Crystal is not undiscovered at all as he previously thought it was!

They soon arrived in front of a huge building where numerous people goes in and out.

"This is Teutonic Knights Guild. The guild leader managed to find the Entrance Crystal and is now heavily protected. Well, after we killed the scouts they've sent for a couple of times, they no longer dared to send someone in."

"Ugh… Of course, they wouldn't. Unless they have S-Rank Awakened, they probably wouldn't think of activating it again." Cyril wryly smiled after hearing this. Those scouts were unlucky.

Selma smiled proudly seeing how Cyril reacted.

The latter just shook his head as he thought of another question.

"So, have they discovered you going out? Have they seen you already?"

"Hmph… No way, I made sure no one noticed me coming in and out. I've done this many times already."

Cyril nodded at this and looked around. They are in a busy street where stores and people are everywhere.

He didn't ask Selma whether she could move the Entrance Crystal since she had discussed this already while they are on the trip.

Apparently, she couldn't even touch the Entrance Crystal at all! She can feel her connection with the crystal but that's it.

"Hmm… It seems that this guild has some kind of event going on."

He heard from the passers-by that the guild is currently recruiting people. Because of the generous compensation, there are a lot of Awakened whether they are F-Rank or E-Rank who decided to spend some of their time taking the test.

"Hmm… How are you entering this place?" Cyril asked. He wanted this task to be done as smoothly as possible. However, he also didn't mind if he really had to clash against the Awakened here just to steal that Entrance Crystal.

"Oh? I can just hide my presence… If there are A-Rank Awakened nearby, I would have to transform though…"

"A-Rank?"

"Yes, the guild has a couple of them and they have some really good senses. I was almost caught before." The Demoness answered as she recalled what happened.

Selma shared her story with Cyril.

As a Demon with a "Destroyer" title, she's confident with her invisibility skills. However, because she's heavily suppressed right now, she can't maximize her power leaving some loopholes to her skills.

Unfortunately, any A-Rank Awakened could catch her if she didn't transform instead…

She didn't quite like it… She either had to transform into a small animal or insect which is quite degrading for her.

Anyway, she didn't want to get caught since if that happened and she can't return to her Arcane World at a certain time, she would die here in the human world instead. That would be a tragic ending for a Destroyer like her.

Cyril also noticed that the defensive arrays applied outside the building. It means that he can't locate the Entrance Crystal and he also couldn't tell whether there is an A-Rank Awakened stationed here at the moment.

But considering that there is an ongoing recruitment, they must've sent someone here to oversee the event and make sure that nothing goes wrong.

After all, if the applicants today can only see C-Rank or D-Rank Awakened, they might think that their guild is too weak…

'Magenta… Can you tell where is the Entrance Crystal we're looking for?'

'Wait a moment, Master.' Magenta replied. She remained silent for a while before shaking her head.

'It's no good, Master… There are too many layers of defense. Ugh, I'm also not good at this. Unless I have a worshipper inside, it would be difficult for me… Of course, it's a different story if you allowed me to consume some soul energy from the nearby humans. I could use the energy to forcefully inspect the building…'

'Never mind then…' Cyril replied immediately.

He then continued asking Xagan and just like before, he mentioned his price range…

"Contractor… I already mentioned this to you before but oh well, I can search any entrance crystals in this human world for 50 days of your life and cover 10 kilometers… 150 days for 20 kilometers and 250 days for 50 kilometers search…"

"Right, that happened a while ago… I've forgotten about it."

As for asking Xagan to steal it for him, it would probably cost more than a year of his life so he didn't bother asking.

"Hmm… So how about it, Contractor?"

"It's fine… I just thought that it would be less…"

Cyril replied as he ended his conversation with Xagan.

"I will use my Max Stealth Potion if necessary…" Cyril muttered. It is the potion he bought from the Auction.

He's pretty sure that it would work well. As for the doors or other gates he'll think about it once he sees it.

Cyril knows that he can't enter the building disguising himself as an applicant. Searching his name in the database would easily reveal that he's an Awakened.

'I can also use a different name but… Ahh! I still have this!'

Cyril finally recalled his Identity Shroud Mask!

With this item plus the Stealth Potion, he would no longer have to worry even if he's caught.

Because he hasn't been thinking of making a crime for a while now, he had almost forgotten about his Identity Shroud Mask. However, now that he has to do something bad, he quickly pulled it out and found a secluded place to "transform."

After putting on the white mask, it melted on his face, and soon, he had a new face and body…

His skin turned darker and his face turned sharp. He now had round blue eyes, thick brows, plump cheeks, and longer hair!

'This is cool…' Cyril thought after looking at his reflection.