Aaron watched the tracker before him and sighed inwardly.
Good thing my instincts warned me, and I used divination to decide to wait. Otherwise, Lilliat might have been in danger... This man must have followed Nicholas here...
A Beyonder of the 'Secret' pathway? His bearing doesn't seem like that of someone from the Investigation Bureau. I wonder if he knows Clark...
Resno seemed to shrink back on reflex. The tools in his hands fell to the ground, replaced by a revolver and a talisman. "Who are you? No... You're just an illusion! You were here earlier too? No wonder I couldn't trace the aura of a third party!"
"An illusion leaves no trace in history?"
Aaron suddenly understood.
He did not dispel the phantom. His true body remained hidden to one side, calmly opening the revolver and loading it with special bullets one by one.
Radiant Bullets are useless against a Beyonder of the 'Secret' pathway. Filth Bullets are still the best choice... Besides, I can test out the newly made bullets.
"What is your purpose?"
"What faction do you belong to?"
Aaron manipulated the phantom, making it advance step by step.
Yet Resno kept retreating, searching for a safe route of escape.
He had not come to fight a stranger to the death. He had merely found it interesting and come to investigate the secret Nicholas was hiding. "I think... this may be a misunderstanding."
"You have no sincerity!"
The phantom's voice turned cold as it suddenly pounced.
Resno paid it no mind. Instead, he stared tensely at the blind spot behind the phantom.
Illusions had no destructive power. They could only serve to lure the enemy!
Bang!
The phantom leaped onto him and immediately burst apart like a soap bubble.
Yet behind the phantom, a real figure flashed