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Chapter 22: Capturing Harlin

As Rein teleported away and the clan heads departed, the farce in the Central Square finally came to an end.

The nobles and commoners who had come to watch also left the scene.

Sophia climbed into the carriage with her maid, but she remained agitated in her heart.

She desperately wanted to deny that the underwear belonged to her, but it seemed the evidence was overwhelming.

After all, the design of the underwear was exactly the type she wore.

Moreover, her clothes were usually custom-made by the family tailor and would rarely match anyone else’s.

There was also that slip of paper, which was undeniably accurate in stating that she was wearing pink underwear that day.

Sophia opened the carriage window and clenched her teeth as she watched Rein’s departing figure.

“Scoundrel!”

“Rogue!”

“Pervert!”

The maid standing beside her lady saw her furious expression and immediately realized that the underwear must indeed be her lady’s.

…

Utilizing teleportation, Rein moved like a flash in the air, and the heads of the major families followed closely behind before arriving at the walls of the royal city.

Magic flight was forbidden within the royal city.

The city guards, seeing several figures moving swiftly in the sky, were about to order them to descend.

“Hey…”

Before he could finish speaking, his captain covered his mouth.

“Are you out of your mind? Take a good look at who they are… those are the heads of the major families. You think the Imperial Guard dares to stop them? You’re asking to die.”

The man, clearly a newcomer, quickly covered his mouth in surprise and watched as they left the city.

Teleportation consumed a great deal of mana, and spatial mana in the air was relatively scarce.

If it weren’t for the Abyssal Meditation Method passively replenishing Rein’s mana, he would have run dry long ago from using teleportation so frequently.

Before long, Rein led the family heads to a forest just outside the royal city.

At that point, the fluctuation of spatial mana also vanished.

At the source where the spatial mana disturbance disappeared, Rein discovered a damaged scroll.

There was also a slip of paper.

Glancing at the paper, Rein quickly hid it inside his Aetheric Device.

He could not let Fabian behind him discover it, or he would be unable to defend himself.

Now he had to pin everything on Harlin.

Harlin had insisted on the box, so he got what he asked for and even opened it in public.

“Father, Harlin should still be nearby; he can’t have gone far.”

Rein showed the damaged scroll he had picked up to the others.

Brent, head of the Mick family, looked at it and his pupils contracted.

That brat could really track it down?

Just based on the faint mana fluctuations noted in that book?

In that moment, his opinion of Rein rose a few notches.

Fabian looked even more anxious than Fude and said, “In that case, let’s split up and search.”

He seemed determined that he would not rest until he killed Harlin.

Brent nodded thoughtfully; if he found Harlin first, he could ask Fude for a share of the firestone mine’s profits.

Then, each of them picked a direction and began searching for Harlin’s trail.

Rein watched as the family heads set off and narrowed his eyes at the scroll in his hand.

Even though it was damaged and unusable, Rein sensed a considerable amount of source energy still lingering within it.

This scroll was truly extraordinary, and Harlin’s luck was remarkable.

Rein smiled slightly and thought that today Harlin would not escape, even with wings.

Among the many magic circles in his eyes, one suddenly flared to life.

A faint dark-golden magic appeared in Rein’s hand and wrapped around the scroll.

The Aura Tracking Technique.

That scroll surely still retained Harlin’s aura, and using the Aura Tracking Technique would unquestionably locate Harlin.

Sure enough, after the dark-golden mana enveloped the scroll, it floated slowly in one direction.

Rein increased his mana input, accelerating the scroll’s floating speed, and he followed close behind.

Somewhere in the forest.

Harlin sat inside a hidden tree hollow, thrilled beyond measure.

“Hahaha, what nobles? Even Rank 6 Radiant Moon level warriors can’t match me, ha ha ha!”

Every time he looked through the treasure-filled Aetheric Device, Harlin felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

After his excitement subsided, Harlin gradually calmed down.

“I can’t stay in the Empire, so I’ll go to the Polax Federation. I hear everyone there is equal and judged only by talent and strength.”

“Once I cultivate my power, I’ll trample House Gray and the Ward family underfoot, ha ha ha.”

Harlin fantasized about returning to the Empire, standing atop the major families, forcing the emperor to hand over the princess to him.

“Too bad you might never cultivate to that point.” Suddenly, a voice sounded behind Harlin.

It made the hair on his body stand on end. “Who’s there!?”

Harlin turned around and saw Rein standing at the hollow’s entrance with a playful look.

The mana on the damaged scroll beside him was gradually dissipating.

Seeing no one else around Rein, Harlin breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had heard that Rein defeated a Rank 1 advanced warrior, that had been a noble-to-noble fight.

A noble heir like Rein might never have even tasted blood.

“Young Master Rein, you still won’t relent, huh?”

Harlin’s tone shifted abruptly from polite to vicious.

“In that case, let me escort you for a while.”

No sooner had he spoken than a longsword appeared in Harlin’s hand, and he lunged at Rein.

Seeing Harlin attack, Rein waved his hand, unleashing the Scorching Flame Magic.

The spell surged toward Harlin with terrifying heat.

Harlin scoffed at Rein’s flame magic, used his left arm to block, and pressed his attack.

The Scorching Flame Magic collided with Harlin, but the fire mana within it seemed to recoil in fear and dissipated upon touching his arm.

This sudden turn of events stunned Rein.

His flame magic was ineffective!?

Before Rein could react, Harlin had closed the distance and swung his longsword at him with deadly precision.

A magic circle suddenly lit up in Rein’s eyes once more.

Magic Wind Repulsion.

An intense gale rippled around Rein, instantly blowing Harlin away.

Harlin staggered several steps before regaining his feet.

He looked at Rein, whose dark-golden magic edges shimmered around him, and abandoned his earlier arrogance.

Then Harlin renewed his assault on Rein.

After several probes, Rein finally discovered Harlin’s abnormality.

He was immune only to fire elemental magic.

For those with single fire magic talent, Harlin was their natural nemesis.

But for Rein, who was gifted in all elements, if fire magic failed, he still had lightning and light magic.

Soon, the tree hollow was blasted to ruins by Rein’s magic.

The battle shifted to the forest itself.

Because of teleportation, Harlin could not close in on Rein.

For a time, Harlin used the forest terrain to maneuver against Rein.

But Rein clearly was not fooled; every spell he cast was a wide-area crowd-control attack.

Before long, Harlin was rendered incapable of fighting.

Watching the exhausted, unconscious Harlin, Rein dissipated the Angry Thunder Spear in his hand.

He intended to capture, not kill.

After all, Adele’s whereabouts were still unknown.

As the battle concluded, several marquises observing from above all marveled at Rein’s overwhelming power.

A Rank 1 junior had effortlessly defeated a Rank 1 advanced.

Such strength was rare even in the entire Empire.

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