When Did I Become An Artifact Dealer?!-Chapter 60: Grand Melee

BANG! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Cail shot the speaker with his rifle. It was overkill, but enough to vent his frustration. It was irritating to hear his own voice targeting him like that.

Is this piece of shit a parallel version of me?!

Veyr was confused. He looked at the fallen speaker in shock then at Cail. "What do we do now?" His lips were pale from fear.

"Little brat! Why are you panicking?!" Cail slung his rifle back over his shoulder. "I’m the one being targeted, not you."

He slammed his tiny fist against Cail’s legs. Veyr was crying, "You scum! I’m sure you won’t let me go so you’ll probably be dragging me around like a tail! Even if I escape, you would find a way to pull me back to your boat!" While he looked pretty ugly crying blood mixed with tears, one could say that he did have an understanding of Cail.

Cail carried him. The bulge on the ground vanished, so there was nothing left to explore here. This tunnel was well hidden, but not knowing where the other exit led was bad.

He ran through the tunnel. A sharp pain still poked at his internal organs.

"It was fortunate that he did not say what my ability is." But Cail could understand. He knew that Virehn, a person with a similar ability to his own, probably didn’t want to know Cail’s ability since both of them have the same ability.

"There should be a way to track me," Cail reasoned. He had no reference for what kind of person Virehn was, so Cail had to use himself.

"If it was me, I’d attach some kind of tracker to the key in order to track the holder if I was doing a hunting game." Cail hadn’t seen anything so far, so he had no idea what it was. "But I’m the basis. This hunting game is going to be grand, exciting, and bloody."

"FUCKER!" Cail screamed. "That guy just randomly played with me unprovoked, surely I’m not like that?!"

Then he heard a thud. He looked up and saw the entire tunnel begin to collapse.

It wasn’t a domino type of collapse, but a sudden heavy fall.

"Fuck!" He cursed once again. Bitch Virehn really knew what his weakness was. Definitely because they have the same ability.

But fortunately, because he had been running the moment he felt odd, he could see a bright light from the other side of the tunnel. He just needed to run faster.

"How the heck do you outrun falling debris?! I didn’t study this!" Cail yelled.

Then he finally decided to do something—he touched Veyr’s stomach and unlocked the seal.

"Little master! Do something or we’ll both be buried!"

No need for Cail to say anything. The moment Cail released the seal, Veyr let out a gut-wrenching scream, "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

It created a shockwave. It was good, but it attacked everything indiscriminately. Cail was also affected, but in a good way... FUCK NO, it was not great, but he managed to find a way to use it to his advantage.

He used the shock to rocket himself out of the tunnel.

The moment the two of them fell on the other side, Cail felt like dying. "Bullshit... I’m probably bleeding internally."

But he didn’t stop. He stood staggeringly and continued running. Because if he were Virehn, he’d probably think that this was not enough.

To be honest, he had never been this pathetic before. If that Virehn was still alive, he’d show him what real grandeur is.

Then, maybe out of helplessness, just as he was contemplating praying, he looked up and saw a reddish cloud... only above his head.

Cail had a smile that looked uglier than crying. "So this is what is tracking me?" If it was something else, he could remove it. But a cloud floating above his head? What was he supposed to do with that?

Then he felt something blast into his shoulder.

"Watch out!" Veyr’s warning was late. Cail was sure it was deliberate, but it’s not yet the time to teach this kid a lesson.

Cail looked back sharply and saw a guy holding a sword. Because of his null, that pure void energy just penetrated him.

"You!" The man was startled when he saw his attack pass through. But Cail wasn’t idiot enough to let him strike again.

BANG!

It was a headshot. The skull shattered like a clay vase, and brains splattered everywhere. The man’s eyes revealed disbelief. Never would he have thought he’d be taken down by a bullet so easily.

Of course, that shouldn’t be the case, but Cail modified his bullet.

Cail felt the recoil. His posture wasn’t the best, but fortunately, his body was strengthened, or else he’d probably dislocate his shoulder.

He looked back and saw different auras of void energy rushing in his direction... FAST.

"I can’t escape," Cail concluded.

Does he give up that easily? The answer is no. "Since that’s the case, then I’ll stop restraining myself."

...

Aires’s journey towards the red clouds wasn’t easy. They encountered other void users from different organizations and fought with them.

"Brother Aires, who do you think found the key?" Sirae asked.

Aires was covered in blood. Not his blood. "I don’t know. But I have a guess—could it be that man?"

Sirae pouted. "I don’t think so. That guy looked like an unaffiliated void user. Typically, they are weak and stupid."

"Don’t talk like that." Aires disagreed with what Sirae said. "All of us are void users. I don’t see any difference. If we are competent, I don’t see why they wouldn’t be."

Then he added, "Where did you get that belief? Your sister doesn’t think that way. You should stop hanging out with those other siblings of yours. They are a bad influence."

Sirae’s eyes flashed a hostile look, but her voice was still sweet and obedient. "Yes, brother."

Is she hostile because Aires scolded her, or about the mention of her sister?

Other void users were already ahead of them. Like the chairman, Tyrant, old Seban, and others. Of course, other powerhouses from other organizations were probably already there too.

One could say that whoever had that key would surely not make it out of this rift alive.