A Demon's Journey

Chapter 170 - Ruben Kari

After Laura dropped her blood over all the herbs, Azaroth stored them in a Spatial Pouch. He had stolen it earlier.

He then created a teleportation array and placed the spatial pouch over it.

Meanwhile, within Walsh Dukedom, Edwin created the other end of the teleportation formation. The Spatial Pouch soon teleported to Edwin's side.

Azaroth couldn't focus on raising these herbs but Edwin could. Thus, he sent them to Edwin's side.

Besides, he could always ask for them whenever he wanted.

Edwin though was in the Walsh Dukedom. So he couldn't plant the herbs immediately. He had to wait for some time to return to Kloras Town and then plant these herbs.

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Within Vlashire City, Sargan forged connections with the servants who worked in the governor or other important people's houses.

Yrellea was going to set up the Misty Flower Pavilion within Sector 9.

She was trying to keep the location away from the rich individuals within Vlashire City. The people living in sector 1 paid a lot of attention to their prestige. They preferred to not go to low-ranked sectors.

She bought the land and had begun the construction of the Misty Flower Pavilion.

Meanwhile, all the women who had an agreement with her already went and met their parents for the last time.

"Tell me when your master asks you to investigate a woman named Yrellea."

Sargan was dealing with that issue regarding the confirmation of Yrellea's identity.

Governor Zaraki was sure to send some people to investigate her identity. However, it had to be known that the men who would investigate were still humans.

A human's greed was boundless. As long as the price was good enough, they would definitely obey his instructions. There were only a few individuals who could control their greed and remain loyal unconditionally.

Not just that, but Sargan also handed each one of them a small piece of Winter Ice Fluorescence Crystal.

"Take this. This crystal will start shining near a specific woman. Find that woman for me and you will receive a bonus."

He gave them another task along with a good incentive.

This was the second task assigned to him by Azaroth.

According to Azaroth, among the humans, only women would possess Yin Physiques. Thus, Sargan asked them to search only for women.

Currently, Sargan was wondering how he could increase his grasp over the organizations within this city.

His network was far too weak.

He wanted to plant someone deep within a powerful organization in Vlashire City. Someone who would also have a bit of authority to make some decisions.

Using the servants wouldn't allow him to accomplish this task. Thus, he had to look for members in the organization within Vlashire City.

There was also the fact that he couldn't just bribe members randomly. If he did that, then he would be wasting too much money.

Moreover, there was also the fact that he would be caught much quicker. He had to remain discreet about it.

Sargan went to the market in his sector and check out some shops. While he was there, he saw someone running quickly while holding a bag in his hand.

There was a large man who ran after that person. Clearly, it was a robber who had just stolen the bag.

Upon seeing this situation, suddenly, an idea appeared in Sargan's head.

He contacted the servants whom he had bribed and asked them to look into something. It was quite a minor thing and they replied to him quite quickly.

Sargan decided that he should join The Scarlet Badgers. This was one of the main forces that kept the stability in Vlashire City.

It could be considered police.

The members of the Scarlet Badgers didn't have a very high cultivation base but they were highly respected by all individuals within Vlashire City.

This was because the representative of the Scarlet Badgers, Ismael Kari, was a 5 Star Rank Expert and could equal Governor Zaraki in terms of martial might and prestige.

Ismael Kari had 3 wives and 3 children. All his children were from different women and were about the same age.

Ismael's eldest son was 19 years old and possessed 3 Star Cultivation.

His second eldest son was 18 years old and possessed 3 Star Cultivation.

And lastly, his third son was 16 years old and possessed Peak 2 Star Cultivation.

These three children were in a war against each other because of the inheritance. Ismael had already told them that only the child whose prestige was the greatest would inherit everything.

Ismael possessed Fire Element. His eldest child and his second child possessed the Fire Element, but his third child possessed the Wind Element.

Ismael's family was considered a fire-oriented family. They had little to no wind-elemental techniques. Nor the cultivation techniques corresponding to the Wind Element.

Thus, Ismael ignored his third child. In his opinion, for his third child to grow, he would have to spend a lot of sum to buy the cultivation techniques corresponding to the wind element.

That wasn't worth it. He would prefer that the ones to inherit the Kari Family's property and secrets were either his eldest child or his second child.

It wasn't just Ismael who had given up hope for his third child. Even his third child had given up hope of challenging his brothers.

He knew the strength possessed by his brothers. They could beat him even after suppressing their cultivation to his level.

There hadn't been a single time where he won against either of them during his entire life. Thus, he didn't feel that he had a lot of chances against them.

Currently, he was just creating a force that was strong enough to safeguard his life. But even this wasn't going all that well.

Every time he would find a backer, his elder brothers would act quickly and either threaten that person or receive his support.

No matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't remain a secret to his brothers.

And right now, Ruben Kari, Ismael's third child, was seated within a bar. He was drinking some alcohol.

Recently, his eldest brother had poached another one of his backers.

This was his normal pastime these days. He would come to the bar around this time, sit on an empty seat and drink a lot of alcohol before returning to his house.

However, just as he was about to get up and return to his house. A man came and sat next to him.

He ordered the same drink as Ruben Kari.

For some unknown reason, Ruben Kari felt inclined to observe this man. Sargan looked in Ruben's direction and spoke to him, "You are Ruben Kari, right?"

Ruben replied coldly, "Correct."

"How wonderful. I have been wanting to meet you for quite some time, Ruben. My name is Sargan." He extended his hand towards Ruben.

Ruben didn't shake his hand and instead asked Sargan with a suspicious look in his eyes, "What do you want with me?"

"I merely wanted to ask you a question. Do you wish to defeat your brothers and become the sole inheritor of your family?" Sargan asked with a serious voice.

Ruben was naturally surprised at those words. This was a man completely unfamiliar to him. And the words he spoke… It was as if he knew what was going on in his family.

He regained his calmness and asked, "Who sent you?"

He was instantly suspicious that Sargan was sent by someone. After all, Sargan's cultivation was far too low to be thinking of helping him defeat his brothers.

"You will know later. But for now, answer my question. Do you want to defeat your brothers or not? If so, then take my hand."

Ruben was once again shocked to hear his words. This stranger was actually saying that he would help him defeat his brothers.

For an instant, he thought this was a trick by one of his elder brothers. But then he shook off that thought as he believed his brothers didn't need to use such a trick to deal with him.

He observed Sargan. He didn't have a very high opinion of Sargan. However, he decided to bite the bait.

Ruben had a couple of trump cards to save his life. At the least, it wouldn't be a bad idea to find what this man wanted from him. And if his luck was good, maybe this time he had met the correct person. Someone who could truly assist him.

Ruben nodded his head and spoke, "Since you have investigated me, my situation must be clear to you. I am on the verge of grasping straws. Let's see what you have in store for me."

As Ruben finished speaking, his right hand moved forward and shook Sargan's hand that was hanging till now.

Sargan smirked, "Good. You won't regret this choice."

Ruben commented dryly, "I feel as if I am making a deal with a demon."

Sargan internally thought 'You have no idea how right you are.'