The tendrils lashed through the afterimages, catching almost every single one of them. But it was not enough. Nara’s real body materialized several meters away, panting. He somehow managed to escape. The man did not stop after that and continued running.
Damon smiled. There was a reason why he let that guy go. He had already marked him, and now the assassin should directly lead him to the Umbra hand’s base. He had already messaged Ghost, who should be here anytime now.
Damon knew very well that the other party was trying to get to the bottom of his umbra’s shadow magic. The assassin was strong, and he could have stayed and fought. Perhaps something could have happened, but he sacrificed all of that, including the fairy king’s tomb, just for the chance of finding out if there was more than one Umbra’s heritage.
Clever guy. They were, in fact, doing pretty much the same. Damon let him go so that he could acquire more clues about the Umbra’s hand and what they had. Both sides were aiming for the same thing. Now the question was... who was going to be successful?
Damon grinned and put that thought away. Umbra’s heritage can wait. He first needed to figure out what exactly this whole dungeon was about. For him, it was just a luck farming spot, but clearly, there was more to it than meets the eye.
He looked around, and the assassins were starting to sneak out one after the other. It looks like their orders had finally arrived, and they had started retreating. However, that doesn’t mean they could.
Damon only needed one or two guys with his blood mark to lead him right to their base. There was no reason why he would allow all of them to leave so easily.
With a grin, he dissolved into shadows and started hunting. Every time an assassin tried to leave the group, he was right there waiting for him like a reaper in the shadows.
Not leaving a single drop of blood essence to go to waste, Damon sucked dry all the assassins he could get his hands on.
Thanks to his increased luck, he was really hitting it this time with his blood extraction skill. Both stats and skills pinged non-stop. The harvest this time was extremely bountiful, so much so that he unexpectedly reached Minor Mastery in Umbra’s shadow magic. His luck stat had also crossed 100 and officially entered the three-digit category.
But all good things had to come to an end. Soon, the chaos on the battlefield started thinning down with the fairies and assassins scattering in different directions. Damon tried to hunt down as many as he could, but some still managed to escape.
Without the assassins and the Western Desert Kingdom NPC fighters, the fairies had no visible enemies, and they too dispersed. While Damon was busy running around here and there, many left to occupy their own spots in the dungeon.
Damon could only sigh at this. Now he had to once again waste his time if he wanted to hunt down more of the fairies. He would have to search the whole place thoroughly. Besides, other problems could crop up anytime now.
The forest itself could change its layout, and he might miss out on the tomb’s location. Or the dungeon might change its coordinates, kicking him out. It was simply not worth pursuing the small fries.


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