Rebirth of Abium

Slum Street, Commoners' Borough.

It was around 12 noon. Inside a large house, a red-haired lady sat on a luxurious chair and looked at those documents on the table with a serious expression on her face. In front of her were a total of five men who were eagerly waiting for the payment. Their eyes were glued on her beautiful two melons, which made her a little uncomfortable. But she didn't dislike their lustful gaze; instead, she liked it very much.

''You guys did a great work today.'' She said seductively while bending her waist a bit. Soon, her loose gown revealed her two beautiful melons to those five. As she was about to tease these five little fellas, she suddenly froze because she saw a black-haired boy suddenly appeared in that room just a few feet away from them.

Without any other choice, she straightened her waist and bowed at Abium respectfully while standing up.

''My lord, we manage to collect all those information.''

As those five men heard Kate's words, they opened their eyes wide and turned their heads with an angry expression on their faces. Well, they didn't expect someone would dare to interrupt their precious time. But what made them frown a little was, their master addressed this skinny kid with respect. All five of them looked up and down at that kid and became more displeased.

'Is he noble?' A thought came to their mind and instantly made a guess. But even if this kid was a noble, they didn't have any worry because, in this city, even nobles had to abide by the rules. Although they were displeased by this kid's intrusion, they didn't show it on their face and stood there arrogantly.

Meanwhile, Abium slowly walked near to the table and glanced at those papers one by one.

After reading those papers, Abium fell into a deep silence as he sat on the chair.

'It seems there is no ruin in these woods. Instead, it's a dungeon. Some adventurers managed to found it two months ago and then report it to Adventure's guild. But Light Church and the Royal family quickly acted and silenced everyone who knew this information. Hmm? Wait a minute...2 months ago? Isn't that the same time those necromancers broke the last seal? Hmm, those seals seem to have some connection to these dungeons.

Yes, I remember the dungeon's appearance became more frequent when those seals got broken. Heh, it explains everything.' Abium nodded in understanding as he made a guess and quickly looked at the next page, which contains information about the ones who would participate in this expedition.

There was simply one paper placed on it, and it had five names written on it.

'Hooper, Nadine, Selma, Smith, and Roysia? Somebody is searching for them? For what?' Abium's interest piqued, and he asked hurriedly.

''Who asked information about these five?''

''That's none of your business, brat.'' A brown-haired man who was around 30 years old among those five said coldly and instantly unsheathed his dagger from his waist.

''Tell me.'' Abium raised his tone and gave him a piercing glare. The next instant, that brown-haired guy got infuriated and threw his dagger at Abium's forehead like a skilled assassin. Abium's eyes squinted sharper as he saw it was coated with purple-colored liquid.

''John, stop it.'' Kate's expression also turned gloomy as she saw her servant attacking a mage and quickly shouted. But it was too late. That poison coated knife flew towards Abium at high speed and almost arrived at Abium's forehead. Then the next moment, they saw that kid's hand moved like a flash and grabbed that dagger's tip like it was nothing.

''Oh? A high-tier dagger!'' Abium smiled coldly as he examined that weapon and turned his head towards that guy named John as he asked.

''Where did you get this weapon?'' But soon, the smile vanished on Abium's face and was replaced with a frown. Because he could feel there was some dark energy mingled in that dagger, which made Abium uncomfortable.

'Something is wrong with this dagger. Hmm, I feel a familiar smell.' Abium muttered to himself and soon looked into that John's eyes. He saw that guy's eyes were bloodshot and almost looked like a mad dog.

''Madness!'' Abium spoke gravely and quickly appeared behind John. Then, without any hesitation, he stabbed that dagger directly into that John's back where the heart was located.

The next instant, a shrill cry reverberated inside that hall, and soon John fell on the ground while grabbing his chest.

''Madness, indeed. So, tell me now, who are you?'' Abium asked while grabbing John's brown hair tightly. Soon, a smile crept on John's face and spoke in a chilling abyssal tone.

''I'm coming for you all, mortals.''

Abium stared at John with a surprised expression on his face and blurted out in Abyssal tongue as he heard the familiar voice.

''You are that Snake Demon, Susur!''

Meanwhile, John's skin already changed to black with red lines all over his body, and appeared to be already on the verge of exploding.

''Keh?..., interesting! So you even knew about Abyssal Language and me? I have been waiting for all this time to vent my anger.'' John said creepily and smiled mysteriously. Abium's face changed drastically, and instantly beheaded that guy's head using the same dagger.

After that, he quickly cast a fireball and burned that body without leaving any trace. Meanwhile, the remaining four guys and the Red-haired thief guild leader Kate stood there with a stunned expression on their face. This change was so quick, which made all of them stood there like idiots.

''This expedition is going to be a pain in the ass. Well, I think I can take care of this demon if I get my hands on that Dark blade.'' Abium spoke casually and turned his head towards red-haired Kate.

''My lord, we will never tell a soul about what had happened here.'' Kate got scared out of her wits and quickly spoke.

''Nah, spread this news to everyone. Tell everyone that a snake demon named Susur will participate in tomorrow's expedition along with Red python members. Make this news look like a secret one.'' Abium's lips curled upward as he said those words and added. ''Also, tell others its target will be Light church, Bishop.''

Kate became dumbfounded for a while and soon nodded with a smile on her face as she understood Abium's intention.

Meanwhile, Abium knew Demon Susur would definitely participate, and his eyes radiated killing intent.

'Rilos's appearance here in this city made me puzzle a bit. But this Demon's arrival confirmed my suspicion. Hmm, from the Vision, I can tell Rilos and I would act like allies...Wait a minute...That imp faced demon from the vision...Is he also Susur? Possible! Then he must have a divinity along with him. I need to be more careful then.' Abium made a short change in his plan and thought one of his main priorities was to kill that Demon during this expedition.

Casting those thoughts away, Abium looked into Kate's bewitching scarlet eyes and asked,

''Okay, how much is the payment for this information?''

''50 white gold coins, my lord.'' She replied instantly and soon turned her gaze towards the other four guys. But now there was no playfulness on her face; instead, her face was looked at them with full of vigilance. Well, after she saw John turned into a demon, she became nervous.

''My lord, what about them?'' Kate asked nervously while glancing at those four guys.

''Don't worry, they are normal guys. If you plan on playing with them, there will be no problem.'' Abium said with a chuckle while placing a gold coin bag on the table and asked once again.

''What about the task I asked you to find out about that grey-haired old man?''

Kate's eyes widened as she had almost forgotten about giving that information and spoke hurriedly,

''I found a similar person working in the Royal capital, my lord. His name is Edel, and he is an apprentice mage and also a disciple of a first-tier royal mage.'' Abium frowned as he heard that and fell into deep thoughts.

'Hmm, should I put a bounty on his head? Or should I release this information about him to the royal family?' Abium rubbed his template and soon made up his mind.

''Spread the news about this guy that he is a spy of Light church. After that, create a rumor about him that he revealed confidential information to Light church about an artifact in the secret chamber.'' Abium didn't want to waste his time on some random spy and thought just releasing the truth about that guy to the public was enough.

He knew once this news spread to the Royal capital, everyone in the Royal palace would guard up against this guy and might put him under constant watch. Well, Abium wouldn't be surprised if they executed in the name of treason in the future. After he said that, Abium's figure disappeared from there while leaving one woman and four muscular guys in the room.

Kate made a deep sigh and ordered.

''You guys can go back and do your regular job after cleaning this charred corpse. As for your payment, you will get that later.''

All of them nodded their head solemnly and started cleaning the room.

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