An Kai had never imagined that the drama he was watching from the sidelines would end up involving him.
Somehow, that old bastard Dong Lin had advanced to Tier Five, strong enough to face off against the City Lord of Chaos City!
Looking back, ever since civil war had broken out in the Bukelin Duchy, Dong Lin's cultivation had shot up like a rocket.
Even while growing stronger, he had not forgotten to frame An Kai. An Kai could not understand it. Was a mere Tier One, first-stage mage like him really worth so much attention from that old bastard?
All that talk about being chairman, about the town always being open to An Kai...
It was all bullshit, a means for Dong Lin to redirect the Chaos City Lord's hostility...
The more important Dong Lin made him sound, the harder Chaos City would search for him...
Standing inside the cave, An Kai silently took stock. Suddenly, he realized that all three major powers currently in the desert seemed to have put him on their wanted lists...
The Orc Army had placed an internal bounty on him for ambushing and killing an orc squad.
The Town of the Dead went without saying. That undying old bastard Dong Lin had never stopped looking for him.
Now, he had even thrown An Kai to the wolves to redirect Chaos City's hostility.
And as for Chaos City...
Besides the bounty on his real identity, his assumed identity was also wanted for ambushing and killing Bounty Tower personnel attending the auction.
There was also the bounty the Bounty Tower had posted for killing the Evergreen Gang's [Puppeteer] and [Astrologer]...
"Ugh!"
"Can't we just live in peace?!"
Five months of secluded cultivation.
An Kai felt that his hostility had mellowed considerably during his seclusion.
But