Exploring Technology in a Wizard World
Chapter 408 - 407 Dancing on the Blade’s Edge

Chapter 408: Chapter 407 Dancing on the Blade’s Edge

Watching the Bloodsucking Bat fly away, Richard’s mind raced.

Regardless of how much bluster Vasily had, it seemed that the bloodsucking bat indeed retained complete memories.

This meant that if the bat safely returned to its base, it would definitely remember him. Maybe now, due to the business in White Stone City, they might not bother with him, but they would certainly seek revenge later.

The most sensible course of action for him was clearly to leave White Stone City as soon as possible—the farther, the better—and then live cautiously under a hidden identity to avoid being found.

But... how long would he have to live this nerve-racking life? And could he really stay hidden forever?

Not to mention the case of Gregory.

Initially, Gregory had left the continent for the barren Smans Island, living in the border forests of the Jade Kingdom. Despite this, he was still found and killed by Suo Men.

Based on this, no matter where he fled to in the world, he couldn’t escape the Mysterious Organization’s assassination attempts.

That couldn’t be allowed to happen—he had to resolve the issue!

But... how?

The best solution was obviously to eliminate the Bloodsucking Bat or erase its memories about him.

However, the Bloodsucking Bat was highly alert, and spells were completely ineffective against it; moreover, it was now moving away, making pursuit quite difficult.

So, as long as the Bloodsucking Bat didn’t foolishly seek its own death, it wouldn’t be long before it escaped back to its base.

At that time, everyone in the base would know of his existence, especially that terrifying person who could sense the presence of his consciousness—Ji Burlen, who had previously killed the Great Scholar.

Once things got to that point, resolving the issue would become extremely difficult unless he could kill everyone in the Mysterious Organization at the base.

Was that possible?

Not to mention anything else, Ji Burlen alone was not easy to deal with, let alone the numerous other members. It would be hard to contend against them.

After all, they had threatened to annihilate all the wizards of White Stone Tower. Could he really be more powerful than all the wizards of White Stone Tower combined?

In terms of sheer combat power, if multiple White Stone Tower Wizards attacked him, he would struggle to hold his ground, not to mention against all the wizards of White Stone Tower.

The answer was obviously no.

But then again, just because he wasn’t as powerful as all the wizards of White Stone Tower, did that really mean he couldn’t kill all the members of the Mysterious Organization at the base?

The real world is complex, and sometimes things aren’t absolutely certain.

For example, a mouse is not as fierce as a cat and gets eaten by a cat; a cat is not as fierce as a wolf and gets killed by a wolf. A wolf gets killed by a tiger, and the tiger is hunted by humans, who stand at the top of the food chain.

Are humans invincible? Are humans undefeated? Can a mouse not kill a human?

Obviously not.

The weakest mouse carrying the plague virus can easily cause human death. The Medieval plague known as the Black Death on Earth caused about 75 million human deaths, 25 million of which were Europeans. After the Black Death, the population of Europe decreased by a third to half!

So, weakness and strength are relative. Though the weak are usually at a disadvantage compared to the strong, sometimes they can overwhelmingly crush the strong. To achieve this, careful planning and creating the right conditions are necessary.

"So..." Richard said, holding an object in his hand, and looking at the departing blood-red bat, "let’s give it a try."

Yes, let’s try.

Truthfully, he was very wary of the Mysterious Organization, wary of its power and mystery, but he was not afraid.

That’s right, not afraid.

He had always dealt with them rationally, minimizing contact as much as possible but also not missing any opportunity to understand them.

Because of this, he had tried to leave his body to explore the enemy’s base, aiming to understand its structure, the number of members, and the safe distance for consciousness. Because of this, he had only prepared to leave the day before the enemy acted, to see what they would do.

He knew he was walking a tightrope.

Unfortunately, the tightrope had snapped—the enemy moved ahead of schedule, forcing him into the current predicament.

He fell from the tightrope and wanted to try something more thrilling and risky—if walking the tightrope had failed, then he would try walking on the blade.

Dance on the blade!

"Click!"

Richard clenched the object in his hand and said, "Let me try to kill all of you!"

Yes, kill them all, leave none behind!

...

All these thoughts were considered in a very short period of time. Richard glanced at the Bloodsucking Bats again, turned his head quickly, and took a suitcase out of the Space Iron Ring, opening it.

Opening the suitcase and placing it on the ground, Richard looked at Pandora, who was sitting on the ground recovering from her injuries. "Pandora!"

"Hmm?" Pandora opened her eyes, by now the bleeding from her wounds had stopped, and her complexion looked much improved.

Richard said, "Pandora, get into the suitcase and stay there. I need to chase after those Bloodsucking Bats that flew away and do some other things. Understand?"

Pandora’s eyes sparkled, and with a serious expression, she said, "But... I’ve recovered quite a bit; I can help you."

"No!" Richard sternly refused. "This time is different from other times, extremely dangerous, and only I can do it. You must stay in the suitcase."

"But..." Pandora started to say something but then stopped.

"Listen to me," Richard said.

"Okay," Pandora’s head hung low as she walked toward the suitcase. When she got close, she suddenly said, "Then... next time you have to let me help!"

"I will," Richard said.

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"Alright." With that, Pandora entered the suitcase.

"Snap!"

Richard quickly shut the suitcase and put it back into the Space Iron Ring. Then he swooped toward the Bloodsucking Bats that were hundreds of meters away.

The Bloodsucking Bats, originally not flying very fast, seeing Richard pursuing, suddenly became anxious. Their wings flapped faster, and their speed surged higher and higher.

Richard released the "Wind Lord" and continually followed close behind the Bloodsucking Bats.

The Bloodsucking Bats became highly alert and, sensing something in the next moment, suddenly made a large loop in mid-air and flew toward the direction outside White Stone City.

Richard was caught off guard, watching the direction in which the Bloodsucking Bats flew. He quickly guessed Vasily’s thought: he did not want to lead him to the base or, rather, did not want to expose the location of the base.

But... the problem was, because of his earlier dismemberment, he already knew where the base was. So even if the opponent didn’t lead the way, he could still go there.

The next moment, Richard stepped down, lowered his body, and rushed into an alley nearby. Using various buildings for cover, he quickly headed toward the entrance of the Mysterious Organization’s base that he remembered.

Meanwhile, Vasily, transformed into a Bloodsucking Bat, after flying a few hundred meters and stopping in mid-air, tried to sense Richard without success and thought Richard had given up the pursuit. Relieved, he changed direction and flew back toward the base.

Ultimately, Richard had reached the entrance of the base ahead of Vasily.

However, Richard didn’t rush into the base. Instead, he found a nearby vacant courtyard, flipped over into it, entered the kitchen, opened the kitchen floor, and went down into the nearly ubiquitous cellar storage room.

Lying on the damp and chilly floor of the storage room, Richard relaxed his body. In the next moment, his consciousness burst forth, beginning the first step of the plan he had in mind.