Chapter 383 - New Plan
Jean appeared in the room a few seconds after Grey left. The second person to get to the vault was the expert who was at the garden.
He was taken aback when he saw the trapping array intact, it wasn't even destroyed which meant the thief should be in the vault. Unfortunately for him, when he walked in, all he saw was Jean in his sleeping robe.
"Where's the thief?" He asked after looking around.
"Whoever came to steal the essence stones has escaped. But given how quickly they escaped with that many stones, I'm starting to have doubts if it isn't someone from the family," Jean said.
Each family all had their problems, so it was normal for Jean to suspect someone in the family. There's no way someone would be able to take that many essence stones in such a short time.This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
When he sensed the alert, he was still having fun with the lady, he instantly pushed her from on top of him, grabbed his robe, and dashed down, yet he found the array intact, and more than fifty percent of the essence stones gone..
'Wait... this is the first time something like this is happening, and it was when that small brat was brought to the manor. Could it be related to him, or is it just a coincidence?' Jean suddenly thought about Grey.
Since sending Grey to the room, he hadn't seen or heard about him again.
"Go and check if the boy is in the room," He ordered the man.
The man hurriedly left the vault, while the other experts were coming into the room.
Given the speed of an Overlord Plane expert, it was impossible for an Origin Plane expert to be faster than them, even if said Origin Plane expert were to be at the Peak of the Plane.
In a flash, the man appeared outside the garden, and within two seconds, he had gotten to where Grey was kept.
Of all the elements, there was none that had such destructive powers, well, the space element would also have it, but Grey didn't really know how to properly use it until now. Other than teleporting with it, he didn't know any way to use it to attack.
He might be able to use it to make his attacks appear in front of his opponents immediately, or like Void's innate skill, to protect himself.
'It should take a while before this guy notices, maybe I'll be gone already.' He thought.
After finding those ladies, he had completely changed his plan. Once he leaves, he would hang around the manor, while slowly corroding the people's essence beads and life force.
Given how the Smith family usually carries themselves, they had created enemies in all places, Grey couldn't even imagine what would happen to them if their enemies found out about them being poisoned.
They would attack the weakened Smith family, especially the Reiss family, they might be the first to even attack them. There's a chance that the Earl family might join in as well.
Grey stayed in his room, waiting for the commotion he caused to subside. Once it subsides, he would immediately start his new plan.
Since he had already gotten the essence stones, there was nothing left for him to do in the Smith manor. But he wanted to wait till the people from the Capital arrived, that way the Smith family wouldn't have a way to avoid facing any issues.
Even if the Emperor didn't kill them, then there's a chance that he would punish them heavily for playing games with him.
Grey even hoped the people the Emperor would send over should all be in the Origin Plane, or at most, one should be in the First stage of the Overlord Plane. That way, he would set an ambush for them when they were leaving, making it seem like the Smith family found out what Grey had, and decided to kill off the Emperor's people.
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The Smith family increased the surveillance around the manor, hoping to catch the thief before he escaped.
Grey wasn't concerned about their increased surveillance, even if they brought out a whole army of Overlord Plane experts, they still wouldn't be able to sense him if he didn't want them to.
He started his plan that very night since he knew the people from the Capital would either come after sunrise, or the next day. There wasn't much time, the manor was huge, and there were a lot of people in the manor.