The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 922: The Pursuer

Zander just could not help but think that all of this had been solved much more easily than he had anticipated. He had already thought about how he would persuade the guild master so that he would help him. He had even offered Sword Emperor Jitian's inheritance.

However, the result was much better than he had expected, and it made him suspicious instead. He did not know the guild master's character, but was he really that amicable and generous?

He just felt that the guild master had his own plan, one that he did not know about. Maybe the guild master would ask for something that he had to fulfill after he helped him.

That was a possibility.

He might ask for compensation after he was done helping him. It would create a sense of debt and gratitude, which would make it difficult for him to refuse whatever the guild master asked in the future.

'Or is Master helping me somehow?' he thought, but then he shook his head.

His master did not know his plan or what he would do to solve his problem. If he did not know what he intended to do, then his master could not help him behind the scenes with something like meeting the guild master.

"Well, that was quite easy. I thought the guild master would give you a hard time," Claire's voice suddenly resounded, pulling Zander out of his thoughts.

Zander nodded. "Yes, even I did not expect it to be this easy."

"I wonder if the guild master is always like that, but I just cannot help thinking that he is hiding something from you. He seems to have his own plan," Claire said.

Zander released a sigh. "Well, that is also what I think, but I do not think we will know what is on his mind. For now, I am just grateful that he is willing to help us. As for the rest, I will wait and see the nobles' reactions. I hope they know when to stop."

Claire also released a sigh. "I hope so." She then looked at him. "So what are you going to do after this?"

"I will stay in this city for a while, just like the guild master suggested. I don't want to attract unknown trouble by traveling outside for now. It's not good to add a burden to the guild master who is already helping me."

"I see, well…" Claire's voice suddenly turned hesitant. "If you don't mind, may I follow you?"

Badump!

Zander's heartbeat quickened. His face slightly flushed as he looked in another direction.

"Well, I don't think that is a wise decision. Although I might be safe in this city, I am still being searched for by those people. I'm not entirely out of danger yet, and there is still a possibility that they will find me and do something to me. I don't want you to be affected by it," he said.

Claire turned her head to look directly at Zander.

"You don't have to worry about that. I can take care of myself. Don't you already know who I am? Those nobles would not dare to do anything to me. You only need to make sure you stay safe. I will not let you face this problem alone when we are supposed to be one group."

Zander felt as though his heart was about to burst from her supportive words, and he tried his best not to show his shy expression to her.

Claire also looked in another direction as they continued walking along the streets of the city.

"Thank you, Evalina," Zander said. He finally called her by her true name, which made her glance in his direction and smile slightly. They continued walking without a destination, in silence, but there was no awkward atmosphere.

Instead, they seemed comfortable in each other's presence, creating a calm atmosphere that made them look like a couple of longtime friends. Longtime friends who were close to each other and shared their own stories between them.

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On the other side of the continent, in the Valhemin Kingdom, the noble house of Marquess Lored was one of the noble houses that were quite famous in the kingdom. To be fair, all marquesses in the kingdom were quite famous, but the Marquess Lored household was one of the strongest among them.

With their status and power, there were only a few who could touch or offend them.

However, recently, they had become even more famous because someone actually dared to offend them. Someone dared to kill one of their descendants, and not just anyone, but their most promising descendant, who had been predicted to become the next successor.

The incident in Sword Emperor Jitian's tomb truly shook the entire Valhemin Kingdom, as someone had killed many people. The shocking part was that the victims were not only from the Marquess household, but also two other nobles. All of them were descendants of their respective main families.

This incident was still being talked about in some parts of the kingdom, and for Marquess Lored, it was not only a situation of grief, but also one of humiliation.

At this moment, he stood inside his private room within his mansion and looked outside with a calm expression. However, deep inside, rage and vengeance were burning. His prideful son had actually been killed by a nobody from the Adventurer Guild.

When he returned from the war of the Northern Star Cluster, he only then found out what had happened while he was gone, and it made him truly angry. A moment that should have been full of pride and celebration had instead turned into grief and fury.

He tried to pressure the Adventurer Guild, but he knew that his influence and power were not enough to move them. Even with his father also helping, it did not make any difference. The Adventurer Guild was a powerful organization with deep foundations, one that his own family could not possibly shake.

He kept thinking about where the bastard who had killed his son had gone. His family had already deployed many of their cultivators and used their influence. They were also working together with other nobles to search for him, but they still could not find him.

They had also employed many spies from third parties, such as agencies that specialized in tracking people. They had even tried to use someone with divination abilities to help them, but that had been useless. The diviner had instead refused to tell them the result of his divination, rejected all of their payment, and fled.

He really wanted to pull his hair out in frustration. Imagining that the person might have already escaped outside the continent truly infuriated him, as that would make the search extremely difficult.

He finally used another means to look for that man, and that was to search for people who were close to him. He received a report that the man had been moving with a group before he killed many people, including his son, so those people in the man's group became the best way for him to find the killer.

After deeply investigating the people surrounding the man, he received both bad news and good news. The bad news was that there were two people in the man's group whom he could not touch.

If he touched them, the problem would become much bigger, to the point that it could even drag two nations into the matter, one of which was the strongest empire on the continent. That was something his family could not bear the consequences of.

But the good news was that there were another two people who came from ordinary backgrounds. This meant they could be kidnapped, and information could be obtained from them to locate that man. They could also be used as hostages so that the man would come out if he cared about his friends.

However, even after all this time, they still could not catch them. They were able to hide well and escape quickly. They were also clever enough to move into other kingdoms or empires, which made the pursuit difficult. As adventurers, they truly knew many places where they could run and hide.

As Marquess Lored was still thinking about how he should find his son's killer, the sound of knocking resounded from the door.

"Come in," he said without turning around.

A man in butler attire then came in and approached the marquess.

"My apologies, my lord. There has been a new development regarding the search, and I think you would like to read it." The butler then took out a scroll from his storage ring.

Marquess Lored turned his body and looked at his butler before shifting his gaze to the scroll in his hand. He took the scroll and immediately read its contents for a few moments.

After he finished reading it, he could not help but smile and lift his head.

'This is truly good news. Now let's see if you can still escape after this. Even if you are in a place where I cannot kill you, I will make you come to me!' he thought.