Bab 169: I arrived at my room
Hearing that, Cline showed a disappointed expression. "But boss, I've mostly healed already! I can fight like this!"
I looked at the hot-headed young man and sighed. "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Cline bit her lips and fell silent. Seeing that, his sister brought a hand to her face and exhaled in exasperation. "Actually, he is anxious because he is now the weakest of us."
Cline blushed and lowered his head.
Thinking about it, Raven is now a ninth-layer practitioner, and even Akilah is showing signs of breaking through to the eighth layer. Cline, that had been the second strongest of the Red Skull Gang's leaders, was now the weakest.
I guess that it was a painful blow for a prideful and hot- blooded young man like him.
"If you want to participate in the training, then you must. concentrate on recovering from your injuries. I'll not bring you there if you are not completely healed."
Cline could only nod reluctantly and leave.
Afterward, Marana gave me a short breakdown of the gang's situation. She showed me the state of the gang business and the improvement of [Eternity's Fangs]. But not everything was good news.
"We don't have enough healers." Marana said.
"What happened?"
"Many of Eternity's Fangs members are injured each night during the training. Due to that, our healing mages are not sufficient to attend all the injuries. Moreover, all our healing mages are of low-layers, so they have trouble treating the graver injuries. We need at least five more healing mages, but a high-layer healing mage would be better."
I fell silent for a brief moment before nodding. "I have someone perfect for the job. Give me a few days to convince her."
"I understand."
"Is there anything else?" I asked.
Marana shook her head. Seeing that, I moved my hands behind my back and put on a serious expression.
"In two days is the deadline I gave to the Blood Night Gang. Are the preparations to face them done?"
Marana's expression changed. "Were you serious?"
"Of course. I told you before, didn't I? My goal is controlling the Imperial Capital's underground. Blood Night Gang is just the first one of my targets. If they don't surrender in two days, then we are going to annihilate them."
"B-But..."
"Are you afraid? Marana, the current Red Skull Gang is not the same as before. We have Raven, a ninth-layer powerhouse; and you are also about to step into the ninth layer. Moreover, [Eternity's Fangs] cultivation has advanced one layer on average, and the training inside the space-time tunnel has turned them into elites. If even like that we are unable to defeat the Blood Night Gang, then I don't have a reason to nurture you."
"But what if someone stronger than us appears!?"
"If something like that happens, I'll intervene."
Hearing my answer, Marana fell silent.
I looked at her fixedly before narrowing my eyes. "Tell the gang to get ready. Also, Tonight during the training I'll help the ones that are about to breakthrough to take that step. It's your opportunity to step into the ninth layer."
"I understand." Marana took a deep breath and nodded. "I'll go then."
Marana then bowed respectfully and turned around to leave.
Before she exited the door, I remembered something.
"By the way, where is Raven?"
Marana's expression turned strange. "... She said that you can't see her now. She is preparing something and told me that it's a surprise."
... The hell?
With a sigh, I used our soul connection to confirm that everything was alright with Raven and waved Marana away.
I then undid the spell that hides my identity and teleported back to the palace.
But when I arrived at my room, I found a group of imperial guards in a stand-off against Daisy.
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