When the cloaked figure disappeared, everyone was frozen on the spot as they didn't know what to do.
Everyone that had been near the Black Widow quickly moved away from the corpse left on the ground. It was as if they were afraid that just by being near it, they would be in some kind of danger.
But that wasn't false either.
After all, the cloaked figure had clearly said that it was the Black Widow's attempts at trying to control the situation that had caused him to move.
So in the end, it was the Black Widow's fault of trying to meddle that caused all of this.
After a long period of silence, there were a few people that simply put away their weapons and walked off into the desert. They weren't wandering into the desert, but rather they were heading back to the town.
Since their ambush had failed, they would act as if it hadn't happened and would return to watching 'Mu Bao Bao'.
After all, even if this ambush failed, it wasn't as if they had to give up on watching over 'Mu Bao Bao'.
Seeing these people leave, the others who had been standing there looked at each other for a bit before they also turned and left. It didn't take long before the blockade around the Triple Axis and Treasure Hunters group dissipated.
When they saw this, all of them let out sighs of relief.
Even though they had tried to kill them just now, not a single member of their group stopped these people or tried to take revenge.
After all, they were still trapped by them and they had the numbers advantage. If they did something and provoked them, causing their own death, then they could only blame themselves.
It didn't take long before all of the people who had gathered scattered away from this place and returned back to town.
Once they were certain that they were all gone, they finally relaxed and fell to the ground.
Both the members of the Triple Axis and Treasure Hunters groups looked at each other, as if they were trying to question the other side.
Neither of their groups believed that the cloaked figure had saved them just because of the orders that they received.
They could have appeared after everything was finished and taken care of the situation then or they could have taken care of it before all of this happened, why would they wait until this moment to act?
So the natural thought was that either one of their groups knew the master that the cloaked figure spoke of and was related to them. That was why the cloaked figure had acted to save them.
But neither group knew just who it was that was related to this master.
Seeing that neither side was willing to say anything, they didn't force the matter and started helping each other recover.
The middle aged man and the leader of the Treasure Hunters sat side by side as they watched the members of their groups patch themselves up.
The leader of the Treasure Hunters was the first to speak as he said, "It really is lucky that someone came to save us at the last moment, isn't it?"
The middle aged man gave a simple nod in response to this before saying, "It's almost as if it was preordained."
At this, both of them looked at each other in silence before suddenly breaking out in laughter.
This exchange between them was a mutual probing of each other, but since the other side hadn't said anything, it wasn't as if they could keep going.
So they could only let this matter go.
After they finished patching themselves up, they quickly made their way back to the town.
They didn't even go and get some food since they knew that it was impossible for them not to run into the people who had just tried to kill them.
If they ran into them now, it would be hard for them to keep their emotions in. So in the end, it was better for them to just head back to their inn and gather themselves right now.
But when they arrived, they found something waiting there for them that they didn't expect.
It was a cloaked figure who was sitting in the dark room.
But even with how dark the room was, they all instantly recognized this cloaked figure. Even if they wanted to forget him, they still couldn't do it.
The things that this cloaked figure had done were already deeply imprinted on their minds.
When they opened the door, the cloaked figure acted as if he didn't see them.
Seeing this, their group even had the thought of simply closing the door and sneaking away.
But how was it possible that the cloaked figure didn't notice them?
As they were hesitating on whether to close the door or not, the cloaked figure suddenly said, "Close the door and come in already."
When they heard this, they had no choice but to comply.
After all, this was the person who had killed the Black Widow with a single move today…No, he didn't even make a single move. It was the bug that he had released that had taken care of the Black Widow in a single blow.
So they didn't even know just how strong this cloaked figure was.
However, since he could control the powerful bug that had taken down the Black Widow in a single blow, it wasn't as if he would be weak.
So they didn't dare go against his orders.
They sat down in the dark room and waited for the cloaked figure to say something, but he didn't say a thing as he looked at them.
With the way that he was looking at them and how dark the room was, it really did put a lot of pressure on them.
However, the cloaked figure finally said, "My master wants to make a deal with you."
When they heard this, all of them couldn't help revealing stunned expressions.
They looked at the cloaked figure with looks of disbelief, as if they couldn't believe what he had just said, but the cloaked figure didn't say a thing.
After a long pause, the leader of the Treasure Hunters revealed a smile and said, "We're very honoured that your master would want to work with us, but…" After another pause, he said, "Why us? Shouldn't there be plenty of people that your master can work with? Why would he choose us with our meagre abilities?"
The way that he said this was different from how he normally acted, in short, he was being very humble and very hard on himself.
But why was he doing this?
It was all because he didn't want to accept this.
This was the master of this powerful cloaked figure, so there was no doubt that whatever they offered them…wouldn't be a good thing.
If anything, it would be very dangerous for them to take this kind of offer from the master of someone this powerful. If they got involved, they would be getting involved in matters that were far above them.
So this time, he wanted to get out of it by acting humble and down putting.
But it was too bad that he didn't have this option.
The cloaked figure suddenly said, "Are you saying that you're refusing my master's kind will? You're saying that you know better than my master?"
The moment that they heard this, they all couldn't help being taken aback.
That was because this was their first time hearing such a sharp tone from this cloaked figure.
Whenever they interacted with him before, he had never once used such a sharp tone with them.
So of course they were alerted the moment that he spoke in this sharp voice.
The others all glared at the leader of the Treasure Hunters after hearing this and the leader of the Treasure Hunters revealed a secret bitter expression. However, on his face, he revealed a calm and apologetic look as he said, "I didn't mean that, it was just too much of an honour to be chosen by your master."
The cloaked figure didn't say anything in response to this.
All he did was sit there looking down on them and as he did so, they could feel the pressure falling onto them.
This was a pressure that was far beyond anything that they had felt before.
They knew that whoever this cloaked figure was, he was definitely not weak…
If he wanted, he could even take all of them out with a single wave of his hand.
So they naturally didn't want to offend them.
After a long silence, the cloaked figure said, "I'll leave it at that since the master still has a use for you."
After that, he stood up and placed a piece of paper on the table.
Without even waiting for them to look at it, the cloaked figure said, "This is for you and the deal that my master wants to make."
Then without waiting for them to say anything, the cloaked figure suddenly turned around and vanished from their sights. It was as if they had been looking at him one moment and the next…he was completely gone.
They had no idea how he had done this, but there was no denying that this cloaked figure was powerful.
After taking a moment to gather themselves, the middle aged man and the leader of the Treasure Hunters went over to look at the piece of paper left on the table.
The moment that they unfurled it and saw what was written, they were shocked.
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