It had been been a 2 and a half hour walk till here, so there was still a half-hour till the fight started.

Faxul, who had entered the stadium retired to a room for a few minutes quoting that he needed to prepare himself for the battle.

The people who were close to him only nodded and wished him luck, hoping that he would rid them of this unworthy King who had sent so many soldiers to their deaths for selfish reasons.

After he closed the door behind him, Daneel who was already waiting inside grasped his shoulder before teleporting them both away.

They reappeared outside the capital city, before teleporting again to reach the spot from where they had had to leave before because the Palace had gone on lockdown.

Here, both of them mentally prepared themselves for what was about to come while waiting for the half-hour to pa.s.s.

After half an hour, Daneel turned around and looked into Faxul's eyes which were filled with determination and nodded before grasping his shoulder again and teleporting them into the exact spot in the forest which they had entered before by masquerading as animals.

Even as the sirens started to sound across the grounds of the Palace, the two vanished again as Faxul had teleported them into the ancestral grounds.

After doing so, he immediately teleported back up and then used an expensive s.p.a.ce lock breaking trinket to break the s.p.a.ce lock that came into being the moment the sirens had sounded.

Immediately teleporting outside, he made his way back to the stadium leaving Daneel behind in the ancestral grounds.

All of this took place in the span of less than two seconds, meaning that there was no time for anyone to even react to it before Faxul was safely on his way back.

…

"Someone breached the ancestral forest! Strike teams have made their way over, but they found no one!"

As these words left the Black Raven King's mouth, the old man snarled with anger as he felt the detection formations he had placed on his Natural Energised Training Chamber go off, meaning that someone was trying to take it away.

Hurriedly, he opened his mouth and said, "Delay the fight until I get back. Something important has come up."

Not wanting to give even more time for the invaders to take away his most valuable treasure, he immediately walked out before reaching a spot in the Palace and teleporting away.

…

Indeed, Daneel was standing idly beside the Natural Energised Training Chamber.

Yet, he was in a disguise that he hadn't used in a long time.

If the previous Grand Court Mage of the Lanthanor Kingdom saw him right now, he would definitely exclaim with shock before running away with fear.

It was the enigmatic Master Novrain who had met the previous King of Lanthanor before.

Just as expected, not even a few seconds pa.s.sed before the old man appeared in front of him.

"How did you get in here?" was the first thing he asked before conjuring two snakes made of fire that swam in the air.

This itself was a testament of his power. The snakes looked lifelike, with their eyes even wariness which Daneel could see from where he stood.

"The same way you did. I teleported. Now, about this treasure. Why don't you give it to me, and I'll not kill you?"

Hearing the confident words, the old man's eyes opened wide as he saw someone threaten him for the first time in decades.

This actually made him laugh for a bit before saying, "Why don't you run away before dying without even detecting the attack which killed you? I'm in a good mood, so I don't want to make my hands b.l.o.o.d.y. p.i.s.s off."

This only made Daneel smile. Clearly, the old man was only saying these words because there must be something wrong with him which made him desire Ker Gems so much.

He actually had another reason to suspect that the old man was injured in some way. When he had teleported here a few seconds ago, he had been able to peer through the door of the Energised Training Chamber which hadn't been closed properly.

Black blood was on the floor, clearly showing that whoever had been training in there had some sort of serious injury.

Daneel knew that fighting this old man might be risky, but he had no choice. Faxul had to win that fight, and that would be impossible if the old man was allowed to intervene.

He had considered bringing Kellor and Ca.s.sandra over, but he knew that he would not be able to use his full power if he did so. Hence, he had decided to take the risk himself.

Still, he was confident enough to escape with his life if things became truly dicey. His objective was only to tie him up and delay him, not to kill him.

First, he took out a s.p.a.ce lock trinket from his pocket and locked the s.p.a.ce around them making it so that even if the old man was a Warrior level ent.i.ty, he would need some time to break out of it.

The only other way was using a trinket, but Daneel wouldn't stand around and allow him to do so.

"Well, I'm also in a good mood, so I'll grant you a quick death. This is just so that you don't flee and pester me afterwards. Now, prepare to die."

Saying so, a green skull of fire appeared on his hand which laughed diabolically on seeing its target.

It was finally time to use the Tenebrous fire he had obtained as a 'gift' from the Church.