Chapter 434: Chapter 261: The Miserable Marquis of Campbell and His Entourage (Part 2)

The moment the massive body appeared, its scarlet pupils locked onto the two from the Campbell Family.

"Damn it, it’s an adult Earth-bound Dragon!"

The figure’s voice trembled, and his face instantly turned pale.

What terrified him even more was the earthshaking movement in the jungle, clearly indicating more Earth-bound Dragons were approaching.

Cold sweat seeped from both their foreheads.

In the distance, two other places erupted into astonishing battles as well.

The two could even hear familiar shouts amidst the chaos.

Bang.

Rumble.

The battle quickly erupted once again.

The Campbell Family encountered three Earth-bound Dragons, while the Ford Family and the Ceres Clan also faced several Earth-bound Dragons.

The entire forest trembled.

Powerful Life Source Power, along with Dragon Breath, swept through the mountains, soon igniting fierce flames.

In the distance, Thor and his men, who were initially taking a detour, couldn’t help but stop and glance over.

"Sir, it seems there’s a battle over there," Reine spoke with curiosity.

"Let’s move; we need to speed up," Thor said after taking a glance, and then paid no further attention.

Taking the detour added several hundred more miles to Thor’s route towards Count Engel’s location, leaving nearly a thousand miles still to cover. If he didn’t hurry, he might not make it in time.

The three figures quickly moved out of sight.

A day later.

Three battered figures rushed out of the mountains.

Their clothes were tattered, and their breathing was unsteady.

Importantly, of the five who had gone in, only three remained, indicating the other two were completely lost in the mountains.

"Dressrosa!"

One of the three gritted his teeth, his eyes burning with anger.

"Go!"

Another person urged briskly.

They hadn’t entirely escaped yet. If they didn’t leave quickly, they might not get away if those Earth-bound Dragons targeted them again.

The three exchanged glances and could only leave grudgingly.

At the moment, Thor didn’t know any of this.

Although ten pieces of intelligence were updated daily for him, the three families had no connection to him, and the crucial information related to this area became increasingly abundant. Naturally, it wasn’t included in his daily updates.

He also didn’t realize that the powerful Sky Knights from the three Tulip Marquis Families almost got lured to their deaths in that mountain range because of him.

His figure was still rushing at full speed.

In no time, several days passed.

During these days, Thor and his group, while taking a detour, gradually approached where a conflict had occurred between Liepuer of the Tulip Kingdom and the Red Dragon Duke.

Meanwhile, his daily intelligence reports presented more conflicts involving nobility.

Through his senses, numerous light spots had turned into light clusters, indicating they had nearly reached the core of the Exotic World.

As expected, most powerful nobles would eventually gather at this location.

After all, the abundance of Law Fragments served as the best attraction.

During his journey, Thor also accumulated several Law Fragments. Currently, he possessed one Ice Attribute Law Fragment and two Earth Attribute Law Fragments. In addition, he also had one each of Wind Attribute, Thunder Attribute, and Water Attribute fragments; although the quantity of each was few, the variety was wide.

This situation naturally attracted the attention of some nobles in the core area.

However, Thor wasn’t the only one possessing multiple Law Fragments.

Ample time had passed since the Law Fragment descent, and although many couldn’t absorb or utilize them, their understanding of them had grown.

Many nobles deduced Thor’s situation through their senses.

At that moment, about a hundred miles away from Thor and his group.

Here lay the temporary base of the Kirk Family, a top-level Marquis family from the Rekete Kingdom. Compared to the Tulip Kingdom, the Rekete Duchy was undoubtedly weaker, but only slightly so. As a top-level Marquis in the Rekete Duchy, the Kirk Family boasted three Sky Knights, one of which was at the late-stage.

"Hahaha, it seems we’re in luck. A hundred miles away, there’s a Law Fragment site with Wind, Ice, and Water Attributes."

Marquis Rikarude Kirk’s eyes sparkled with excitement as he sensed several light spots less than a hundred miles away.

Given this timing, finding only a few light spots indicated the opposition’s strength wasn’t formidable.

The massive light clusters previously observed were beyond his reach.

But this seemed like a genuine opportunity.

If he could seize it, his Law Fragment collection could increase.

Moreover, the possession of varied attribute fragments by the opposition allowed him to remain less conspicuous.

With these fragments in his grasp and a quick exit from the core, he stood a good chance of retaining them.

But before he could act...

The movement of a small light spot in his senses left him wide-eyed.

"My heavens, what is he doing?"

Marquis Rikarude Kirk was stunned, unable to stay calm.

For the light spot was moving towards three massive light clusters.

Even a glance at two of these clusters made his scalp tingle.

Apparently, those huge clusters indicated two immensely powerful nobles.

At this point, only two extremely strong nobles could possess such enormous clusters.

Previously, he had cautiously watched those enormous clusters, fearing their approach and invariably retreating when they did.

Yet now, he witnessed a small light spot rushing directly towards those gigantic light clusters.

The sight left him dumbfounded.

He didn’t even know how to react.

Unbeknownst to Thor, a hundred miles away, a top-level Marquis was dumbfounded with fear.

He plunged directly into one of the clusters.

Heading towards the smallest of the three clusters.

The daily intelligence indicated it was where his father was located.

Thor was somewhat surprised that his father wielded quite a few Law Fragments.

This likely explained his father’s involvement in the Tulip Kingdom Duke and Red Dragon Duke’s conflict.

No two ways about it; these Law Fragments were just too numerous.

Thor felt that even his accumulated and unused Law Fragments might not outnumber those his father possessed.

Such a wealth of Law Fragments would tempt any noble.

Thor shook his head as he drew closer while reviewing the continually refreshed intel. As he neared Count Engel’s location, intelligence related to him increased, showing three or four pieces over the past few days.