Chapter 2508 Selfish
When Clarence finally looked back, he found the full brunt of the Human Race bearing down on him. They were, unsurprisingly, enraged. However, his expression was just the same. Trace the roots of this material to novelb!n•
He had already resigned himself to death the moment he submitted the Vast Dream Pavilion for the Challenge. He acted without scruples, and while he wouldn't harm the Human Race on purpose, he also wouldn't needlessly hold back due to cowardice either.
"Do you have any idea what you've just done, Clarence?" Gemmes' eyes were entirely red. It seemed that he was using all the self-control he had to not attack this man he had known for centuries.
Clarence sneered. "Why does it seem like you're more mad at me than you've ever been at those Demons? Why are you trying to hold yourself back so much now? You seemed to be so calm just minutes ago while they were spitting in our faces."
"You-!"
"Oh, I get it. You're not holding back because of me at all; it's because of these little kiddies in my hand, right? Even now, you give more respect to these children than you do your own race. How about some self-reflection, coward!"
Clarence's Dream Force ripped through the atmosphere, and his calm expression gave way to his own fury.
"You're still so selfish."
The words came from a calm woman with a head of green hair and sparkling green eyes. She spoke quite softly.
This woman was of the Crudus family and of the same status as Imperatress Anselma: Ymesmai Crudus.
Clarence shuddered slightly when he heard this woman's words. But after giving her a glance, he didn't say anything else and simply took a step and vanished.
"Perfect, now I just somehow have to figure out how to do the same for the Evolution Ore... Anastasia, throw this Ore into the ocean for me."
"Got it."
Leonel had gotten into a habit of doing this with all the Ore he got from this world. He had a feeling that not all Ore was created equal. Depending on the world it came from, it could be tainted. That was why some Bronze Grade weapons were far stronger than others, though part of that was also a Craftsman's skill.
Anastasia, though, would be his great equalizer. He didn't have to worry about low-quality Ores because of her Cleansing Waters.
By the time he was ready to use the Reinforced Urbe Ore, it would be on the same level as Reinforced Urbe Ore that came from exceptionally high-level worlds.
"Anastasia, I feel that I can protect myself to some extent now. Ignore all restrictions except for those in the Demon Bubbles. I need you to find me as many Fourth Dimensional Mine Cores as possible. I want a map of them all. I'll make a plan starting from there."
Leonel heard Anastasia hum her understanding.
It wasn't that Leonel felt that he could defeat a Ninth Dimensional expert. While Khelgis and Adru had been held back by his spear dance, a real Ninth Dimensional expert, or even an Eighth Dimensional one, could have closed in the distance long before he finished it.
However, given the tools he had in his arsenal, he was confident in his ability to escape, or at least keep enough of a distance so that Anastasia could ramp up to her top speed.
In that situation, Leonel felt he could be a bit more reckless with alerting others.
'That strike would have definitely been able to outright kill a human expert. They are lucky that a Sun Demon took it on for them.'
Leonel sneered. He felt that the time he would get back at these people for what they had put him through wasn't far off at all.
"I have a map ready here," Anastasia's voice came a few hours later.