Brune was fighting while keeping a look out for Vane Flora. 'I don't know what she wants. Why did she even decide to come and fight these beasts? There must be a hidden agenda.' he pondered and killed a beast with a punch. If Vane died on his territory, her family would move heaven and earth to make him pay.
The problem is, she actually knew this, so she did not care about Brune. He had to take care of her even if he was bitter about it.
'if not for that brat, I wouldn't be here' Vane lamented about her situation. She was actually here on orders from Rein. She had to look for a boy called Lesly an bring him out of the mines but the cringe part about it was that she did not even have a picture of the boy, just the name.
'tsk' she snorted in anger and pushed all her anger onto the beasts.
Mean while, in Frost's case. He was worried about this sweep. 'I am not ready yet but I have to do something about it before we go deeper and Brune finds my beasts.' he thought worriedly.
When frost had started refining the cube, he realized that if he fed the spiritual aura of the cube to a beast, he would gain authority over it and also be able to accelerate its growth.
So he decided to grow his army of beasts to take over the city but his current beasts were not ready to be used, he had to wait for a while.
He patted his storage pouch and a black particle came out and rotated on one of his fingers. He sent his thoughts and connected to some level five warrior beasts. Frost grimaced in pain at the loss because he knew these beasts were going to all be killed to mislead Brune.
'Nothing to do about it' he commanded them to attack.
'Look the beasts are getting stronger. I think we are about to reach their lair. So long as we kill them off, we will only need to investigate how they appeared and stop this invasion.' Brune let out a bark of laughter and pointed to the beasts.
The two sisters Melina and Verina were happy about it since the very existence of these beasts spelled doom for their city. They wanted to save their city as they had grown up there.
For Vane, she just snorted as no one knew her purpose as to why she had decided to join.
As for Frost, his face crunched up in a frown. 'Not if I have anything to do about it' he grumbled inside.
At this point, if the city lord actually found the reason as to why his city was being taken over, he still had a chance of fighting back. So Frost had to do everything in his power to arrest his progress.
They continued fighting without knowing each other's agenda and as Brune was having the time of his life with the immense demise of the beasts, Frost's lips curled up in a smile.
'They have arrived' he whispered out and took a step back. 'huh' Verina saw this action and wondered what he was up to.
She had never liked Frost and her instincts were telling her that there was something wrong with him. She stepped next to him and asked 'what is wrong, the great Frost looking tired, I thought you would be at the front leading the party like our city lord there' she pointed at Brune who was show casing his strength at the front.
'haaaa, am not as strong as our city lord and I have not improved on my cultivation like you beautiful sisters' he told her as he sent her a creepy smile.
Verina felt a chill creep up her spine. 'I am scared of this guy' she was shocked at the feeling while her instincts were telling her to run.
She stepped next to her sister unconsciously and almost bumped into her. 'hey be careful, we are in a fight' Melina berated her and continued to follow the city lord.
Frost looked on as they left him behind making him the end of the tail of the snake party with Brune being the head.
'I hope you enjoy the gift I have prepared for you.' he muttered as he kept his speed close to theirs and touched the black particle again.
With Frost being behind them, Verina was not happy about it and told her sister. 'Sister, since that guy disappeared for a month in the mines when it collapsed, he came back different, he feels …..' she paused to get the right word
'not right' Melina finished for her.
'Yes, that's right. He doesn't feel like the old Frost, the old frost used to be a creep but this one feels worse and I actually feel a certain threat from him'
Melina snapped her eyes to her sister in shock. For her sister to feel like this that meant there was a certain truth to what she was saying. Frost was a fourth level warrior and for a fifth level warrior to feel threatened, that said something.
She trusted her sisters instincts, they bordered on divine, they had escaped and survived due to her instincts.
She peeked at Frost and her vigilance rose up.
'Lets finish this sweep, we shall do some investigations later' she told Verina.
But as they whispered and talked about Frost, the ground started vibrating and the stones and dust fell on them from the top of the tunnels.
They reduced their speed as they felt strong auras coming towards their position.
Brune felt it more clearly than the rest, there were tens of auras of fifth level running towards them but what surprised him was the strongest one he sensed.
It was closer to his level.
'huh' he exclaimed in surprise.
This was the surprise that Frost had prepared for him.