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nAfter the main battle was finished and Liam started absorbing everything with his stone tablet, the rest of the activities did not take too long.

nAnother fifteen to twenty minutes later, the last of the vampires got mercilessly crushed by the white fox, and the battlefield was completely cleared out.

nLiam did not wait until the last second as he was not completely sure whether the fairies would pull some sort of underhanded tricks or not.

nSo a couple of minutes before the last vampire died, he had already packed up the stone tablet back into his spatial artifact. He also dismissed his soul minions around the same time, fully ready to exit the battleground arena.

nThere was another reason why he was rushing everything, and this was because of Jonathan's taunting words at the beginning of the battle.

nHe had mentioned something about sending more vampires to the base and attacking them from both sides.

nThough Liam had already foreseen that something like this would happen and made preparations for this, he still did not want to take his chances and linger here any longer than it was necessary. He wanted to make sure that at the other end as well things were taken care of.

nAs the final opponent died, several runes started flashing around Liam once again, and in the blink of an eye, the one human being and one fox, who were the last ones standing, were teleported back to the same magic shop.

nBefore Liam could even fully regain his vision and his other senses, a sharp panicked voice rang loudly in his ears.

"What did you do? How did you do it?

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"Huh?

" Liam turned around to see the fairy Tilia standing right behind him, her delicate face lined with anger and rage. She wasn't even hiding it this time around.

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"What are you talking about?

" Liam calmly asked though he knew exactly what she was talking about.

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"I am talking about what happened in the battleground! How did you take everything?

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nThe fairy banged her fist on a table nearby that actually sent a huge crack right down the middle, splitting the whole damn thing into two halves.

nLiam coughed and took a couple of steps back.

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"Do you mean the drops from the vampires? They were pretty useless, just your common household weapons. We already have plenty of those, but I did take some for backup.

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nLiam was not lying. The vampires did not have any drops, such as valuable items that could be reused.

nIt looked like Jonathan had spent all of his time gathering numbers that he hadn't given any thought about equipping them.

nAs for the blood-red sword he was using, that also seemed to be a skill because no such item had dropped.

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"I really did not gain much.

" He shrugged.

nThe fairy seemed as if she wanted to kill him.

"Mr Liam. Please stop beating around the bush. You know what I am talking about. What I don't know is how you managed to do it?

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"Huh? I am beating around the bush? How about you tell me exactly what you want to know?

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nLiam had a feeling that something was off. Tilia herself was not talking about souls and instead was trying to get him to talk about it.

nDid this mean that she did not know what actually happened? Couldn't they see everything? But that also did not seem likely, as he was pretty sure the fairies would at least get a front seat to the whole war.

nSuddenly, he thought of a possible reason. He knew that every time he used the stone tablet, it opened up an isolated space that only had him and Luna and any other soul minions he summoned.

nAt least in the game world, this was the norm. Others were unable to sense or enter this space. So what if now, the stone tablet had prevented the fairy from even seeing what had happened?

nCould he have somehow obtained the souls without revealing anything about his stone tablet? Liam's interest was piqued.

nHowever, now was not the time to test this theory. Liam did not engage the fairy any further and curtly replied.

"I have some urgent matters to attend to right now. How about we continue this conversation later?

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nHe immediately turned around and rushed out of the shop without even checking any notifications. The fairy gritted her teeth in anger, but she did not have the authority to stop him. So, in the end, she could only watch as Liam disappeared.

nOutside the shop, he jumped onto Luna's back, and the white fox took off in a hurry. She blurred her way to reach their base in a couple of minutes.

nAnd once they arrived there, just like Jonathan had warned him, Liam saw another bloody battle happening right in front of him.

nThe vampires had swarmed their base and were attacking the guild members from all sides. The whole place was in complete tatters, and there was death and destruction everywhere.

nHowever, he could still see his sister, Shen Yue, Alex, Rey and every single one of the Crimson Abyss members still alive and kicking.

nLiam sighed in relief.

nIn reality, this was a gamble he had taken. The entire battle had lasted for about thirty minutes, and he wanted to see if the guild could hold on for thirty minutes without him.

nThis was also why he hadn't left Luna behind.

nLiam hovered in the air, watching the group fight the vampires without showing the slightest interest in joining the fight.

nAlthough he cared about this group of individuals a lot, which included his own sister, his girlfriend and several of his close friends, he did not want to become a crutch and hamper their growth, preventing them from ever reaching their full potential.

nHe wanted them to get over this hurdle all by themselves and face their challenges. Otherwise, he wouldn't be helping them. He would only be harming them.

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