Chapter 235 Going To The Market

"I got a response! The dark spirit masters there are going to prepare many teams and will exterminate them once they arrive!"

News spread all over the academy and reached the ears of the traitors inside. Even after the last big losses of the dark spirit master side and their traitors in the academy, they still got many eyes lurking in the darkness there.

When things got connected to the dark spirit masters, these traitors didn't hesitate to relay the news over. And the response that they got was quite expected.

The dark spirit masters out there at the Scorching Lands were getting all hyped up against William and his team. What William thought it'd be difficult to achieve, to lure out those snakes out of their holes underground, was simply achieved by this unexpected turn of events.

Sometimes, hurting one's ego was the best way to force him to do something he'd normally not do!

The dark spirit masters took this as a direct insult in their faces and reputation. They just suffered heavy losses at the academy, and the repercussions of what happened at the Spar arena was still echoing and spreading its effects on a grander scale till now.

The storm that they got to handle and suffer from had a small touch and little addition to it, William's team.

William didn't know that the dark spirit masters decided to send out a clear message through dealing with his team… Trying to mess with us would end in one way, death!

William didn't know any of that. Even the thought that his actions and intentions would lead to a grander move from the dark spirit master community at the Scorching Lands never crossed his mind.

And if he learnt about all that, he'd end up falling to the ground out of his laughs. After all, this was such a result he truly desired for.

William went towards the market while having other things in his mind. "The biggest advantage of those dirty snakes is their ability to hide and sneakily attack and run away swiftly… Binding all this will turn those damn bastards into sitting ducks, easily to kill and hunt…"

He was busy thinking about how he'd deal with the dark spirit masters. He got tons of knowledge and rich experience about the ways these dark spirit masters used to fight from his past life.

He knew there were many differences between the dark spirit masters in this tiny world and the outside. The ones at the outside world were more ferocious and deadlier than those here.

But the two would share lots of common things regardless. And William knew that the hardest and trickiest part in dealing with these spirit masters lied first in finding them, evading their deadly attacks, and preventing them from running away.

Doing this would ensure the victory of any team against the dark spirit masters, provided that little other things were used as well.

The dark spirit masters used a myriad of ways to keep themselves hidden, mostly using concealment arrays similar to the one William previously used.

They could remain hidden in a place for days without getting spotted. William knew few techniques that would help the spirit masters in his team sense the presence of anything or anyone hidden in a certain radius.

But he didn't want to teach the newly formed team members any of these precious techniques. And so, it was all up to using arrays to fight arrays.

And that was what he intended to do by coming here.

"Young master, you came again," the merchant that William used to deal with before came out from his stall, warmly welcoming William.

He noticed the change in outfit of William, and that made him link the dots and know the true identity of William.

Merchants got the strongest net of news in the entire world. They work with intel as part of their profession, and so this fat dude here knew a lot about William.

He knew he came from no clan or family, but he did two miracles already. And the past two dealings with William made him gain little profit.

As an experienced merchant, he got his hunch alarming him that a big deal was going to happen this time.

"Long time no see," the merchant led William to sit inside the stall, where few disciples were purchasing and selling things here, "how may I help you this time?"

"Is there a private place where we can speak?" William wanted many things, not only materials in the form of ores, and herbs. He also wanted weapons, potions, and other stuff.

"Sure…" the merchant looked in a direction where a thick brown curtain was there, covering up what was inside, "there is a good concealment array around this small room. We can speak there if you want."

"Sure," William didn't stand there anymore, went directly towards that small area covered with this curtain.

The curtain covered close up to an area of four metres square. "Wait, I need to do a few things first," the merchant said to stop William, hurriedly stood up, ran towards one corner, retrieved a pouch from there, before working around the curtain.

William saw him place powder like material in a faint and thin groove that circled the curtain. "It's ready," after doing this, the powder vanished as if it was water and the ground sucked it dry, "take this and follow me."

William got a small circular token, which was the key to enter the array.

It was clear that such an array needed replenishment every time it got used. William didn't say anything as he followed the merchant inside the curtain.

There he found a small, rounded table, two seats, a special candle of light that showed the interior of this narrow place with a strong and flickering silver white light, and a pot that was filled with different types of fruit.

"We can discuss anything here without…"

*Thud!* William didn't let the merchant continue his words, took one item out from his ring, and placed it on the table.