King of the Arcane
Chapter 102

Renting a Place

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By early morning, Bruce had packed his luggage, and Lawrence, the coachman, was already waiting in the carriage. As Bruce went downstairs, he noticed that the worker was still hanging up there. He felt a pang of pity, but it was someone else's business, and he could hardly interfere.

That morning, Lawrence took Bruce to Walkervis.

Walkervis's Brightlight District was not far from Jiaxi Town.

Jiaxi Town was a large town, so it was bound to have a church of the Goddess of the Night, and therefore Night Watchers. The smaller the place, the easier it was for the Night Watchers to discover you.

In the Rune Kingdom, there were only two kinds of places where you could use dark powers without being discovered by the Night Watchers: remote places without any Night Watchers, and bustling urban districts.

Urban districts had the most Night Watchers. Their dense populations made them the top priority for protection, so how could they be places where the Night Watchers would not discover you?

The reason was actually simple. Urban districts were also gathering places for evil creatures. They lurked and prowled, their auras spreading throughout the entire district, leaving the Night Watchers amid a dark fog.

Only a reported murder or an especially powerful surge of abnormal energy would draw the Night Watchers' attention. Everything else remained hidden beneath the fog, unlikely to be noticed.

The Reincarnation Magic Bruce had prepared for Fawcett was not powerful. It would certainly produce magical fluctuations, but in Rhode Town or Lane Village, it would be discovered the moment he used it.

The Night Watchers were too close.

But in Walkervis's urban districts, Bruce had a much greater chance of success. All the Night Watchers would find were a few lingering traces that he had already cleaned up,

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