Chapter 572 - First Time In The Azure Empire

Grey and Void left the woods, heading towards the town close to them.
He decided to bring out his communication device to see how many times his friends had tried to contact him, and the moment he sent in his senses, he was flooded with so many messages that he had to remove it immediately. He could barely hear a word.
'Hmm, is it broken?' He thought to himself as he stared at it.
Well, it's been over seven months since he left, and his friends must have tried to contact him countless times. He recalled the situation before he left wasn't too friendly since the Emperor was trying to capture them. He still didn't know the motive of the Emperor, but he didn't really care.
With the world he had been introduced to in the Aurora Continent, staying here was just limiting himself.
If his friends weren't here, he was almost a hundred percent certain he wouldn't return, unless he didn't find his parents in the Aurora Continent.
They soon got to the town closest to the woods, and Grey was stumped when he found people dressed in warriors' uniforms mounting the place. He was a little shocked by it, but then again, he didn't think too much of it.
He had forgotten about the war which was said to be looming across the Continent.
"This should be a good place to get information, I want to know where we are," Grey muttered as he walked towards the town.
Where he was going to appear wasn't fixed, Void only knew the coordinates back to the Azure Continent. So when they returned, they were transported back randomly. The only thing Void made sure of was that they didn't appear anywhere near the Magical Beasts' forest.
The only time he's been there, he sensed some powerful auras that even with his proud personality, he didn't want to offend, well, for now.
Grey and Void got to the gate that led into the town within a few minutes. His mask was still on his face, and since he couldn't sense the aura of anyone over the Early stages of the Overlord Plane, he didn't bother to hide Void.
Unlike when he left for the Aurora Continent, presently, he could easily kill someone in the Early stages of the Overlord Plane, so he didn't need to fear. Void was already almost a Peak Rank Five magical beast, that was the same as being at the Peak of the Overlord Plane. There are few people who could threaten him here.
On getting to the town's gate, Grey was surprised by what he saw. Four wanted posters were placed on the wall of the gate, three were images of his friends, while the last one was of him, with a cat on his shoulder.
He exchanged looks with Void before turning around, even though he was stronger than the people here, he didn't want to attract their attention. Unfortunately for him, someone already caught sight of him.
"You, stop there!" One of the warriors yelled.
They have been staring at the posters for so long that the images of Grey and his friends had already been etched in their heads.
"Call the leader, tell him we've captured Grey," The warrior said to the one beside him as he rushed towards Grey.
"Can I help you?" Grey asked, trying to act normal.
"Yes, I have some questions for you," The warrior said, as he and the others surrounded Grey.
"Go ahead, I'm all ears," Grey folded his hands when he saw what was happening.
"You're Grey, right?" The warrior asked.
"Nope," Grey shook his head.
There was no way he was going to answer the question honestly. Besides, there's a chance that they might let him go if he said no.
"Stop lying, we can identify you with that cat on your shoulder," The warrior pointed at Void.
"Whoever you're searching for can't possibly be the only person with a black cat," Grey refuted.
While he was speaking with the warriors, the leader of the group arrived. He was the only person in the Overlord Plane, and he was in the Second stage.
"Grey, submit yourself freely or I will have to force you," The leader said, he looked to be in his mid-thirties, an arrogant look on his face.
For someone like him, anyone below the Overlord Plane was nothing more than an insect. He could already sense Grey's stage since Grey wasn't doing anything to hide it, so he knew he was stronger than he was. Well, so he thought.
"Heh? Do you think I'll be scared by the likes of you?" Grey scoffed, not bothered by what the leader was saying.
"Take him down," The leader ordered, his lips curved upwards to form a grin.
"Wait, first of all, where is this?" Grey spread out his hands to stop the warriors from coming any closer.
He still didn't know where he was, and since he just returned, he wasn't too inclined to entertain these people.
"This is the Azure empire, haha, who would've thought that your Emperor would chase you here. I heard that one of your friends is also on his way here as well. Good, we'll round up all four of you and extract your cores," The leader of the warriors laughed out as he said.
"Hmm, this is my first time visiting the Azure empire, no wonder I couldn't recognize the insignia on their uniforms," Grey muttered lightly.
'As if you'll recognize the insignia of the warriors from the Qilin empire,' Void rolled his eyes when he heard Grey's words.
Grey chuckled before staring at the leader, "Since this is my first time here, and I don't have any enmity with the Azure empire, I'll let you all go,"
The leader, as well as the over one hundred warriors, were at a loss of words when they heard Grey's words. There were at least fifteen people at the Peak of the Origin Plane here, and none of them had the guts to say something like this.
"Such boldness, hahaha, I haven't seen anyone that made me laugh this much in a long time," The leader of the warriors burst out laughing.
Grey shook his head when he saw this, before taking a step. He was around fifty meters away from the leader of the warriors, but with a single step, he arrived in front of him.
He raised his right hand and flicked the forehead of the leader.
Swoosh! Bang!
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