Maxwell had turned serious.

His serious side might even be more terrifying than his crazy side.

Originally, he thought that killing the real Fire Demon would allow him to break the array. Never imagined it would only be the first level, which showed how badly Ben had wanted to kill him. This also showed that by coming to their territory, Fernando was in danger!

Maxwell's goal of coming to their territory was to find the last two of the five elemental beast cores.

His goal remained the same.

But the circumstances have changed.

First of all, Maxwell was enraged, so someone was going to be out of luck. At the minimum, it would be Ben and that black clothed gnome who fired the arrow in a sneak attack. Those two midgets will definitely suffer for it.

Secondly, Fernando had helped him.

Thirdly, Fernando was calling him boss. If something happened to his little brother, how could his boss not step in? If Maxwell didn't involve himself, he was unfit to be someone's boss. That title is not only for Fernando because it involved Constantine and the others as well.

Fourthly, the quest was filled with all unknown marks!

This mysterious quest contained too many unknowns. Maxwell really wanted to complete it to see what kind of rewards he'd receive. It might even be some random system reward! If that was truly the case, then Maxwell would've struck it rich!

With all these reasons combined, Maxwell had turned serious.

He took one step forward, and the surrounding environment started changing.

An intangibly huge lotus descended like a bright light descending.

"Bam!"

The dark, voidless space had suddenly turned into a terrifying hell of one's imagination!

The second level, Ghost Kill!

Maxwell laughed savagely while an ear-piercing shrill came from the Vampire Blade. He then continued forward into the environment that exuded the desire for blood.

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Inside the minimalistic gnome tribe.

In the centre of the tribe, there was the tallest and most luxuriously decorated building.

The main halls of the gnome race.

The residence of the King.

At this time, Fernando was standing in the main hall and looking at the position his father usually sat in. The person sitting there now was Uncle Asher, whom he was most fond of when he was younger.

At this moment, the bad premonition feeling Fernando had was getting stronger and stronger. He was pretending to be calm on the surface while internally trying hard to calm himself down. He was pretending nothing unusual was going on with a naive expression that a typical seven-year-old was supposed to have.

Fernando was giggling and said, "Uncle Asher, where are my parents? Weren't they missing me a lot? How come I don't see them anywhere?"

His voice was tender and filled with innocence.

His expression was typical of a seven-year-old, and his eyes incomparably clear. Anyone looking at him would not suspect anything out of place.

As he was asking that, he ran towards a stone pillar and picked up a doll lying beneath it. He then sat down and pretended to be engrossed in playing it.

Asher's eyebrows faintly quivered as he seriously observed Fernando's expression. He swept his gaze all over and didn't miss any suspicious movements. It was only after a long time that he said to himself: "A child is still a child after all; that's good too."

Asher walked down from the golden throne made of pure gold. He walked towards Fernando and crouched down before saying, "Fernando, your parents are in closed-door seclusion and won't come out for a while. They told me to manage our race on their behalf."

"Oh! So they're in seclusion training." Fernando didn't look up and continued playing with the doll. He then faced the doll and giggled: "My parents are in seclusion, so you'll have to play with me now."

Asher gently patted Fernando's head and said kindly, "Uncle Asher will definitely play with you. You should know that I have doted on you ever since you were born. This doll was something that I gave you. I remember back then when your parents didn't want you to have it because they thought dolls were something only girls played with. Eventually, I secretly gave it to you behind their backs."

Fernando looked up at Asher and laughed cutely: "I remember that. My dad wanted to smack my butt because of it, but you blocked in front, so my little butt didn't have to suffer."

"Has Uncle treated you well?"

"Then will you listen to uncle's words?"

"Of course I will listen."

"So obedient."

Asher lightly smiled and said, "Your parents told me to manage the tribe, but they didn't give me the King's Seal. There are some matters that I cannot do unless I have that seal. Fernando, do you know where your parents keep the King's Seal?"

The King's Seal was something the gnome race's highest authority possessed.

The power behind the seal was even higher than the King himself.

A lot of gnomes of the tribe only recognised the seal and not the person.

Fernando's father's personal troops were an example of those who only recognised the seal.

Therefore, the King's Seal was very important to Asher.

To search for the seal, he has almost flipped the palace upside down these past few days. In the end, nothing was achieved from his effort.

The only possibility was that it was on the little prince, which is why he sent out people to search for him everywhere. Now that Fernando appeared before him, Asher's heart had started becoming excited.

Fernando nodded and replied, "I know where it is."

Asher's eyes narrowed as his expression turned excited. "Quickly tell me where it is. Uncle will buy you a whole bunch of dolls afterwards."

Fernando said seriously, "It's with my father, of course. Since he's the King, the King's Seal will naturally be on his person."

"Huh?"

Asher's expression instantly turned cold. He glared at Fernando while his eyes released a trace of iciness.

Fernando was scared by this and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Asher, what's going on? Did I say something wrong? But, but the King's Seal is truly on my father's person. This is something the whole tribe knows about."

Asher held down his temper and asked, "When you left here, did your father give you anything?"

"Give me something?"

"What thing?" Fernando had a face filled with confusion. He then whispered: "Uncle Asher, I had snuck out of here. You mustn't tell my father about it, or else he will beat my butt again."

Asher's eyes turned grim, and this time, there was a trace of killing intent in his eyes.

Immediately after, his right hand moved and made a reverse slap on Fernando's face. He then angrily shouted: "A little mongrel like you dares to mess with me?"

"Slap!"

Fernando's little body was sent flying before crashing into another stone pillar. He then slid down from the pillar with a pale face while coughing out dark colored blood. He fainted momentarily for a few seconds but was then jolted awake by the pain.

Such a ruthless action towards a little child!

Asher was practically ruthless to the extreme!

Fernando was lying on the floor while blood was pooling on the ground. He then started crying from the unbearable pain and still pretended not to know anything. "Uncle Asher, I, I, didn't lie to you. The King's Seal is really with my dad! This is knowledge that even the pet dog knows."

"Humph! You're comparing me to a dog?"

Asher angrily glared before instantly arriving next to Fernando. He then stepped down towards Fernando's head.

If Asher really stepped down with force, Fernando's head would definitely explode from the pressure.

It was at this time that Ben quickly ran up to Asher and urged, "General, you shouldn't!"

Asher heavily exhaled before stomping on the ground instead. A portion of the ground turned to dust before he said, "Take him away and don't feed him. Once this damn little mongrel starves, let's see if he'll tell us or not."

Immediately after, Asher then asked, upon thinking things through: "How did you find the little prince? Was there anyone with him?"

Ben responded: "There weren't any fellow tribesmen with him but..."

"But what?"

"But he was together with a human."

"A human?"

"Don't worry, General, that human was forced by General Axel into the Hell Array that I had prepared. He's probably dead inside the array by now."

Asher's expression sank as his eyes turned extremely icy. Cold killing intent started coming from his body as he mumbled, "A human? Could the King's Seal be on that human?"

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