"Good."
Davis gave a full nod, "That's promising to hear. But first things first, how did you end up in this realm? Did anyone see you go out?"
"No," Young Master Ragoon raised his voice, his eyes catching onto the ray of hope, "One of my subordinates was released together, and he carried me out of the secret realm in a life ring. After that, I used my connections to travel here."
"So some people are aware of your existence. You think you can handle that?"
"Of course. I'll just tell some people stole my token and had a ride with it." Young Master Ragoon stated.
Davis nodded. He liked that Young Master Ragoon was intelligent enough to catch his drift.
"Then you will return to Isabella's side, relay her my message and then stage an escape from her or get bought back by your power. I'll leave that decision to Isabella. From then on, you will be receptive to my messages and do the Davis Family's bidding, you understand?"
"Yes…"
Young Master Ragoon clenched his teeth. He took a deep breath and gave a big nod, "Yes!"
"Excellent. Your life is now in my hands."
Davis extended his finger and flicked his forehead with an extremely minute amount of reincarnation energy.
The terrifying quake sent Young Master Ragoon tumbling back as though his soul was forcefully pushed out of his body. But when he felt like returning an intense shake left his soul rumbling, and he fainted on the spot with his head up and mouth parted while his eyes had gone white.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing," Davis shrugged at Mingzhi, "But he will think I have done something to him. He'll try to find it with the help of Primarchs but will find nothing. However, he knows my capability, so he will think that he is in my eternal grasp and will never try to double-cross me by his own volition unless forced to a dead end."
"Hehe~" Mingzhi couldn't help but giggle. Her man was as cunning as always.
If Davis had used Judgment Laws to lock Young Master Ragoon down and he went ahead and displayed it to Primarchs and they somehow managed to dispel it, that would mean they would no longer fear his methods. At the same time, they can never give their enemies enough time to patiently research their techniques and come up with a counter.
She knew how dangerous it was to be countered.
Mingzhi wanted to push Davis down right now but didn't since there was a scum in the room.
Nonetheless, they wrote a letter to Isabella and the others, sealed it, and then threw it in his spatial ring. They packed him up and sent him away, leaving it to him to return to Isabella's side.
When Young Master Ragoon woke up, he saw he was somewhere in the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm.
He guessed he would have to make it to the Three-Headed Hydra Lower Realm and then head to the Eternal Twilight Lower Realm. It was a drag, but at the very least, he felt a bit grateful that he was left unharmed for the most part and somewhere closer to the destination.
Naturally, he tried checking his soul after the first thing he woke up, but it was useless. He couldn't find anything strange, leaving him frightened, but he guessed it would be alright if he protected his words. From the rumors, he heard the Divine Emperor of Death doesn't stray from his words, so he wished it was true and traveled ahead.
After two days, he made it to the Eternal Twilight Lower Realm and entered the secret realm.
However, he also certain preparations- he sent his elder sister a message not to come here. He hoped that she would receive it after descending and would not enter the secret realm. Things were too dangerous now. But as usual, for his own safety, he had just told her that things were dangerous since the Divine Emperor of Death's people were here.
It was public knowledge now. However, he was sending her a personal message. She hoped that she would understand with her smartness.
Young Master Ragoon made his way to the mountains, heading towards the fragmented shadow world where they were supposed to meet.
Around this time, little did he know that the Divine Emperor of Death's forces had reached the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm!
Nonetheless, he was ambushed here by a few people.
He instantly thought it would be Daiton from the Towering Earth Firmament Sect and his cronies. They were from the Greater Realm, so their guts could be said to be big. However, he was flabbergasted when he saw Isabella and the others.
"Did you meet him!?"
"What did he say!?"
Isabella and Shirley cornered him like two hawks looking at their prey.
He was speechless, wondering if they were going to wait here instead of adventuring like they wanted, why put him through all that fiasco? If they wanted to see the Divine Emperor of Death so much, they should have just made their way back and obediently handed him over to the Divine Emperor of Death in one piece.
He momentarily shut down, understanding that these women couldn't hope to be without him. Their weakness couldn't be any more vivid, but he couldn't take advantage of it. He was powerless against their incredible prowess.
He laughed wryly and explained what happened to them after handing over the scroll.
It was just as Young Master Ragoon thought.
Isabella and Shirley did not intend to meet Davis because they were afraid that they would stay with him there. Since they were here, they decided not to look back until they earned even more trillions for the family. The secret realm was still rich in resources, thousands of fragmented shard worlds unvisited.
How could they not take advantage of the opportunity given to them? They finally felt like they caught up to the other supreme geniuses.
Who knew how many trillions they accumulated? They didn't know but felt that it shouldn't be more than them who had excavated three fragmented shard worlds solely.
They felt if they returned to comfort, then that would be a sin. They didn't like complacency and being harsh on themselves as they held themselves up to a standard as an ex-empress of an empire and an ex-princess of an empire.
Still, they knew they would cave if they were to meet Davis, so they didn't choose to go back, patiently waiting for his message.
The letter also explained the same thing Young Master Ragoon did, matching his account. Other than that, he told them that they should stop fighting with extremely dangerous beings like the overpowered Nefarious Darkwill Rakshasa and consider their safety the topmost priority.
Still, he did praise them for defeating it for three paragraphs straight, leaving their cheeks glowing with a healthy hue.
"Stage an escape or have his power buy him back?" Shirley's lips curled, "Amusing… amusing… maybe we can have some fun with this~"
"…"
Young Master Ragoon was reactionless. He hoped that it wasn't 'stage an escape'. Who knows what kind of physical abuse he would go through again?
He couldn't help but shudder.
On the other hand, Isabella couldn't help but look back. She saw a mineral crown and a dark tentacle head behind a rock peeking out. At some point, even the little darkness spirit started following them everywhere and probably even made friends with the Grand Geocrest Metal Spirit.
However, they never chose to make contact. Even during battles, they occasionally helped but then retreated to a hiding spot to continue watching them.
It was like that was all the spirits ever did here, making her believe that this was how their day-to-day life went.
This behavior made her curious to learn more, but she knew it was vexing to Bylai, who hadn't managed to recruit the Grade Geocrest Metal Spirit from that time.
She knew it should be even more vexing for Bylai when Niera obtained a little flame Heaven-Tier Attribute Spirit Source from the fragmented fire world they visited.
"Well, I hope the conquest of the Ghostly Crow Lower Realm goes well…"
Isabella lightly muttered, shaking the matter of the spirits before she looked into her soul sea.
There there was- a little dragon slowly nurtured inside a cocoon that was half split. However, its form was vastly different than that of an Earth Dragon.