nca had a stunned look on her face as she looked at Adam who was standing next to her. "You went to that city alone?"She asked.


    "Yes, but it was not as easy as you think," Adam answered, trying to make it sound like he had a hard time, but since he came back, he didn''t show any weakness in front of nca, because he knew that showing any weakness to a potential enemy was pure foolishness, even though he was already past his limits and just wanted to close his eyes for good.


    However, as Adam anticipate, nca didn''t care if it was an easy thing to do or not and what she wanted to know was how Adam managed toe back without being followed by monsters. "What kind of trick did you use?" She asked, thinking back about what she had to go through to find some edible things that tasted bad.


    nca wasn''t stupid so she knew that fish could be eaten, however, cooking them was another ordeal, same with the herbs and the wild animals. All of this time, she didn''t have to eat because she had a bottle filled with ancient vampire blood, and one drop could keep her going for centuries as long as she didn''t want to eat some fancy dishes.


    However, things changed after her fight because she lost the bottle and she had regenerated almost every part of her body, so she became hungry and had to eat to survive, but the things that she ate weren''t as effective against hunger as the ancient vampire blood.


    "Are you curious?" Adam tried to read nca''s face as he asked this question. "Tell me about things that you needed to retrieve on this and about the people who were after you, then I will tell you one secret that you might find you will find beneficial," he added, trying toe up with a way to get more information out of nca.


    Bianca was not stupid, of course, but sometimes she was a little bit na?ve. "What do you know?" She asked, looking at Adam suspiciously, but she couldn''t read him at all. ''Does he know something about the fragments too? I don''t think so…''


    "You go first, then I will tell you something of the same value," Adam said, looking like he wasn''t really enthusiastic about hearing nca''s answer, and that the information he had was more valuable than nca''s.


    Bianca fell into Adam''s trap because when she thought about it, she didn''t find anything that Adam would gain from the information that she knew. However, this was what Adam wanted her to think, and Liu and Zax were helping Adam to extort information out of nca without them knowing it. After all, when nca saw a little child and a woman who wore a fancy dress, she dismissed the thought Adam and the others had something to do with tree fragments. Moreover, she lost the bottle containing the ancient vampire blood so there was no way for her to know.


    Nevertheless, she didn''t reveal anything much. "I came here to find a mysterious tree fragment, and the people who were after also wanted this fragment," nca said, making it sound like she was some kind of herbalist.


    Adam had various thoughts crossing his mind after hearing nca''s words but they didn''t show on his face, and this made nca think that Adam was not familiar with the tree fragments. However, she was still curious about Adam''s power, so she still had a suspicion about Adam''s identity.


    "I see, so what happened after you realized that this tree fragment was already gone? You talked about fighting, are you fine now?" Adam continued to ask questions, but this time, he looked at nca with a face that suggested that he could rte with her in some ways.


    Of course, this was also a way to extort more information from her, by making her confused about his true intentions. "I managed to win against my pursuers but I made a mistake, and before I knew it, things took a bad turn, but as you can see, I managed to survive somehow."nca continued, looking a little bit regretful.


    "It seems like we aren''t the only one who had it rough," Adam said, "but at least, we are still alive. However, I am going to get them out of this ce," he continued, and looked at Zax and Liu, "what about you?" He asked, turning his gaze at nca.


    "I''ve been searching for a way to leave this ce for a while now, but the monsters made things difficult." She said, and there was also the fact that the usage of her power exhausted her quickly, making it impossible for her to activate it for too long, so she couldn''t travel through the air unlike Adam who had the ck cape and Cristal, but she didn''t say it out loud.


    "I know what you mean, I had a hard time too," Adam said, but he was already thinking about nca''s limits and her weakness.


    Then, he deemed that nca was not a big threat unless she was lying and trying to manipte him. After all, he could never be too careful in this world, and this was something that he learned in a very harsh way.


    "Okay, I will tell you something. A spaceship is heading to fetch us, but we need to move to another ce where the process won''t be hindered by monsters, so if you want to get out of here, this might be your only chance. However, if something happens to one of them, or I feel that you are not trustworthy enough, I will kill you without fail, are we clear?" Adam said, and unlike before, he showed killing intent.


    "O-okay," nca replied and she was genuinely surprised by what Adam said, but she also felt unwavering resolution in his words. "But how are we going to move from here to another ce?" She continued, sounding like she had already epted the fact that Adam was the leader of their group.


    "Preferably by traveling with a spaceship but it looks like we won''t find such a thing that easily, so I was thinking of returning there and finding a floating vehicle," Adam exined, ignoring nca who looked at him as if he was speaking in a differentnguage.


    "A spaceship? A vehicle? Let''s suppose that you managed to find one and then managed to somehow bring it out of the city, can you even make it fly?" Bianca expressed her doubts, feeling like Adam wasn''tpletely aware of the reality and  began to doubt his capabilities


    "Yeah, it will be hard to find one and get it out of the city, but as long as we do that, I will be able to make it fly," Adam said confidently. "I want you to help me with that, what do you think?" He added, but it was actually because he didn''t want to leave nca alone with Liu while he was gone, and he also wanted to keep an eye on her.


    Moreover, her abilities were useful and appropriate for moving undercover, and more importantly, she was useful against the disgusting monster that guarded the door leading to the secret pathway even as bait, because, at that moment, she didn''t have any value in his eyes.


    Liu was already enough and he even found her hard to deal with, so having another female around was something that he deemed unnecessary.


    "… Okay, I will help," Bianca replied.


    "Great. I am sleepy, so I will sleep for now," Adam said and he sat next to the door again and closed his eyes.


    nca looked like she wanted to ask something but it seemed like Adam was finished with her, leaving her sitting awkwardly on her seat and are her food in silence. Then, she nced at Liu and Zax and wondered about their identity, then she listened to their discussion.


    Zax was still sobbing as she ate her food and Liu tried tofort her, or so it seemed, but Adam knew that she was paying attention to his discussion with nca the whole time.


    "… I thought you were gone… I didn''t know what to do… I couldn''t do anything… I.." Zax mumbled, looking extremely weak.


    "Thanks, Zax. I would never forget what you did for me." Liu said, looking at Zax with gentle eyes. She intentionally talked in a low voice and turned her back to Adam and nca so that they wouldn''t see her face because this was something that she needed to do despite her usual attitude.


    Adam understood Liu''s character a bit more, so he didn''t bother trying to say anything, and instead he took a rest.


    "Miss Liu… Fuuum!" Zax''s face was covered with tears and snot came out of her nose, but as time passed by, she began to regain her usualposure and looked extremely relieved.


    Adam was aware of what was happening and he intentionally left nca alone because of it. He hoped that nca would show some kind of reaction after seeing this scene but it wasn''t like he wanted to have a change of mind after seeing it, he just wanted her to drop her guard so that he could keep her in check.