Is that a Wisp?

"You're a…D-Rank Mercenary, sir Pestlor?" The staff in the Mercenary Guild looked through his identity and a list of 'fake' accomplishments on his report. She then nodded, stamping on a document that she gave to him. "Your mission is to kill the bandits in Stork City. They pretty much have control over the city's underground, so you'll have to be careful."

She then asked in hesitation, "Even though they don't have any immortals, the leader is at the Nascent God Realm. Will you be fine?"

"I'm at the Nascent God Realm as well." Krune smiled, replying, "And I have confidence in my strength to deal with them. Don't worry."

"Alright." The staff sighed in response before reminding him, "You'll have to understand that if you fail, the people of the city might be implicated."

"There's no choice, right?" Krune smiled all of a sudden. "Even though this mission has been up for more than a year, none have accepted it. That's why it's even being posted in another continent like this."

"You're right about that," the staff said in response. "It's because the payment for this mission is lacking in comparison to the risks. Plus, there might be potential threats attached to completing the mission. As they've been in control of the city for so long, who knows if they had even managed to rope in an immortal? So, none dare to take the task while the immortals simply couldn't be bothered to move for such a paltry reward."

"Sir, even for you, I advise that you reconsider. There's too much danger here," the staff advised out of her goodwill.

"It's fine." Krune smiled, waving his hand as he left. "I need this experience to prepare for my eventual breakthrough. If I fail and fall here, it simply means that I've fallen short."

"Hah, another brave soul that's heading to his death." Once Krune left, the staff sighed.

"Did you have the hots for that man?" Suddenly, a fellow staff nudged her. "I've never seen you advise someone so much. I must say, though, he does have a pleasing aura about him. It's one of the gentlest I've ever seen."

"I felt that too…" Another staff joined the discussion. "Maybe he's from a peaceful demon beast race?"

"Peaceful demon beast race?" The staff member that conversed with Krune snorted in response. "So we even have something like that here? I'm just doing my job. Don't misunderstand."

"Hehe. I understand." Her friend jeered at her, causing a flurry of giggles soon after.

It was indeed true that compared to the people of the Mong Realm, a wisp's innate nature caused Krune to appear cheerful, despite him sporting a serious expression. It was in his aura that was radiating from him.

As the Mong Realm was full of warmongering people that had persisted with the same for so long, most of them had a sense of sharpness to them that felt pretty suffocating and stale in the end.

But among them, someone like Krune, though with the sharpness of an expert, also possessing a peaceful nature to him, was refreshing in the eyes of the ladies. That was why they were rather enthusiastic to truthfully state all the cons of the mission he was accepting.

The staff lady had indeed tried to woo him.

Unfortunately, her target was Krune, who wasn't even aware that he was her target, walking away once he obtained the necessary materials for a transfer.

He then entered the capital's teleportation circle, arriving at his destination in the nearby continent, Stork City.

He then casually booked a room in a nearby inn, beginning his investigation with a Mental Energy scan, obtaining a basic understanding. 'A lot of the inn owners here work for the underground mafia. Basically, this city has fallen under their complete control.'

'Even the City Lord's son has joined them…' Krune frowned, sighing, "They are no longer the underground but pretty much the government for this city."

'Eliminating them would cause a lot of eyes to fall on this place. And once they investigate, their attention will be focused on me. And that's not favorable,' Krune thought, planning his actions. 'I'll travel for two years and return to say that I've failed the mission. That would make it easy for me to return to that continent.'

He casually began to roam through the continent, noticing quite a lot of immortals this time around. 'Most of them are at the Semi-God Realm, but it seems this continent is stronger. As for the immortals… they're on par with the Mountain Sect's Semi-God Realm cultivators.'

Krune frowned at this observation. After all, it would be lying if he said he wasn't proud of the strength his sect members had reached through the various facilities established in the Mountain Sect.

So, he was hoping that they would be stronger than their peers from the Mong Realm. But in truth, they were evenly matched.

The only difference were the immortals trained by the Elders, who were on a whole other level, like Relena.

'But, there should similarly be geniuses here too. This is indeed troubling.' He sighed, realizing that he couldn't underestimate the Mong Realm in the least.

If their people had the same quality as the Mountain Sect, then it was terrifying to think about.

'No, even though the Mountain Sect immortals have greater raw power, they're vastly inexperienced. So, once they get enough experience, they'll become stronger,' Krune concluded. 'But, fighting against the Kun Realm immortals wouldn't do anything. Only if they fight against enemies that cultivate all three paths would it be valuable.'

'Hmm, I need to think of something for this,' Krune thought, watching a couple of immortals nearby discussing about participating in the attack force that would invade the Tilk Realm to fully destroy their immortals.

What they weren't aware of was the fact that Krune was hovering right beside them. However, they failed to sense them.

Slowly, as he stared at them, his eyes turned sharp as Krune stretched his hand. 'Since you've done it many times, it's only fair you people experience it yourselves.'

"Explode at the opportune time."

Godly Ability—Heavenly Spark!