After Matthews rejoined Asolun and the others, Asolun asked in confusion, "Boss, why did we run just now?"
Pareli chimed in, "Yeah! The rest of us Lowgods could've held off that Midgod and Lowgod."
Matthews had become a Midgod by fusing two Laws, and had previously killed some ordinary Midgods with ease. This had given them the impression that Matthews was exceptionally powerful.
Seeing that Matthews remained silent, Asolun continued, "I'm about to break through to Midgod myself. With my Innate Divine Ability, I could've tried to hold off that Midgod."
Matthews shook his head and said, still shaken, "That's not the problem. My divine sense only detected one female Midgod."
"I couldn't sense the male Midgod. That means his soul cultivation is far beyond mine. We were lucky to escape with our lives after running into someone like him."
Among his subordinates, Asolun was the only one Matthews could trust. He couldn't completely trust even Pareli, whom he knew fairly well. He had no intention of placing even the slightest trust in his other subordinates.
Afterward, Matthews and his men completed their objective and headed back.
One day, Matthews was in seclusion. He had already fused more than half of the three Laws of the Lightning Element. Asolun had also recently become a Midgod by fusing the Water Elemental Law with the Mist Law.
"Big brother, they asked me to let you know. There's a major job this time!"
Matthews woke from his cultivation and asked at once, "What job?"
"Biber only told me that all three of us Midgods need to go, and the leader, Wall, is going too."
"Ah, I thought we'd saved up enough to live in a city for a while. I was planning to take the next trip there as a chance to leave