Death... and me

After using the same methods to deceive anyone following them as before, Rean and Roan soon arrived at the Kamos Kingdom. They then headed straight to the Cosgles Race's village, which was still hidden thanks to Rean's formation. Of course, Rean could find and pass through it anytime he wanted.

Aien noticed that the formation had been opened, so he immediately came out to check who had arrived. "Oh, Rean! It's been a while!"

Rean was also happy to see the man. "Oh, hey! You broke through! Late Stage Soul Transformation Realm, huh? It seems like the Rank Two Divine Stones I left behind were of good use to you."

Aien laughed in response, saying, "Hahaha! I'm not the only one to make a breakthrough. Quite a few of our members had one, two, or even three breakthroughs during this time. Of course, the ones with three breakthroughs were the guys with lower cultivations. Anyways, we even got one new Nascent Soul Realm member." As he said that, he turned around and called the person. "Mito, come here for a second."

"Yes, elder."

Mito looked to be around his forties. Compared to the twins, his cultivation and age were terrible. However, in a place like this village, he could definitely be considered a genius to have reached that level at that age. "This is Mito. He just broke through to the Initial Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm three weeks ago. It's all thanks to the Divine Stones you provided us."

Rean nodded at the guy, telling him, "Congratulations. It's good to see my Divine Stones are helping the village prosper a little."

Mito felt very grateful to Rean. "It was all thanks to you. I'll make sure to cultivate more so that I can help Elder Aien in the future."

Aien nodded, satisfied. "By the way, Rean. Thanks to your Divine Stones, we were able to cultivate much faster, so we generated a lot more Earth's Remnants. There are at least a hundred and fifty kilograms separated for you now."

Rean's eyes lit up after hearing that. "That much?! Holy shit! That will last me many years!" Of course, that was the case if Rean didn't start selling his equipment anymore. If he did so, then it wouldn't last that long.

"Many years?" Aien was taken aback. "That's quite troublesome. We will definitely gather much more than that if you take years to use it."

Rean then decided to tell Aien the other purpose of his visit. "To be honest, I don't know if I'm coming back anymore."  Rean then used his Divine Sense to tell the whole story. Of course, he kept things like his destination out of the message.

Aien's expression turned awry after listening. "Then... you won't be buying our Earth's Remnants anymore?"

Rean nodded, sighing. "There's no helping it. I'm going to travel very far, and I have no plans to come back anymore. However, I'll buy all the Earth's Remnants you have at the moment. To make sure I can help, I'll pay even more. Here, take it."

Rean then threw a spatial ring to Aien, only for the latter to be taken aback after checking its contents. "O-O-One thousand Rank Two Divine Stones?! Just how long would this last us?"

Rean was happy to see that Aien liked it. "Besides, the spatial ring has an anti-Divine Energy leaking formation. With that said, no one will be able to tell that a lot of Divine Stones can be found inside your ring. That was one of the things that worried you the most, right? Just make sure not to spread this information, and you should be fine."

Nevertheless, Aien didn't like the fact Rean wasn't coming back anymore. "Are you truly never coming back?"

Rean pondered in silence for a bit before saying, "I can't say that I'll never come back. However, I have no idea if I'll come back either. Perhaps we will meet each other again someday."

Aien sighed and asked something else. "I understand. What about the Flash Beast under the mountain?"

Rean then explained, "I left a message to a trusted personage in the Sacred Land. He will provide your village with a new place to live before they try and do anything against it. The best-case scenario would be them not trying to aim at your village since it has way too little Divine Energy compared to big cities. But just to be sure, he will move you to another place with rich Earth Element concentration."

Aien nodded. "By the way, what about the Earth's Remnants?"

Rean couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Just tell them that I was buying it to use in my forging process. Hahaha!"

"This..." Aien didn't understand. "Didn't you say to keep it a secret?"

Rean nodded, telling him, "Yes, but that was because I was still here. Once I'm gone, then what's the point? The other blacksmiths from the Sacred Land will definitely try to find out how to use it. You can take that opportunity to sell them the Earth's Remnants. However, don't be greedy. You must remember that only I know how to use it. If you try to sell it for a high price, that might come back and bite at you. After all, it's useless if they can't find the correct method to use it."

Aien took the advice to heart. "Alright." Soon after, he brought Rean to a small hut where the Earth's Remnants they gathered so far were piled up. "This is everything we've accumulated until now. Make sure you bring everything with you. As for us, you have already helped us too much."

Aien then remembered something. "Oh, right! Our Cosgles Race is quite rare due to our flaws. However, that doesn't mean that our village is the only one." Following that, Aien passed a yellow bead to Rean. It shone with a gentle yellow light.

"What is this?" Rean asked.

"This is a Cosgles Bead," Aien told Rean. "We use it to find lost members outside. It will shine if you ever pass close to a place with people from the Cosgles Race. You can take that opportunity to stop there and buy their Earth's Remnants as well."

Rean obviously accepted that, thanking Aien. "Thank you."

Rean and Roan then stayed another hour in the village before they finally left. This time, they were heading to Fovles Country to find Timoteo, the smuggler.