Fredrinn Firecrown: The Weakest Villain

Nate followed the insect with his spiritual perception. He only retracted his spiritual power after it had flown a distance away from their camp.

What he didn't know was that there was another person who had seen this.

It was Nix.

She had seen how cautious Nate was acting when he entered his tent. She even felt the spiritual perception that he had released to observe the surroundings. If it weren't for the space technique that she had mastered, Nate would have discovered her by now.

She had a high mastery in space techniques. One of the techniques she mastered was a concealing skill called Dimensional Concealment. It could hide her presence and aura. This was what she used to hide from Nate's spiritual perception.

During her observation, she saw a weird-looking insect coming out of Nate's tent. What made her suspicious about it was Nate's spiritual power that followed and concealed the insect's path, as if he were afraid that someone would see it.

When Nate retracted his spiritual power, she used a blink skill to catch up to the insect.

Her figure blurred and disappeared.

A moment later, Nix had finally caught up to the insect. She didn't immediately catch it since it might send a distress signal that would be transmitted to Nate.

She carefully followed the insect and when it had traveled some distance away from the camp, she made a grabbing gesture and locked it inside a separate dimension that she had conjured with a spell. She then removed her tracks and returned to the camp.

***

Fredrinn was about to enter into a meditative position when he sensed the presence of Nix outside his tent.

Without bothering to say any formalities, she strode inside the tent and showed him the insect trapped inside an invisible cube.

Fredrinn was impressed by her ability to control space.

'That's probably a space technique.' He guessed.

"What's this?" Fredrinn asked as he observed the insect.

It was then that he noticed the ring on its abdomen which looked like a storage item.

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"A storage ring?"

Fredrinn gestured for her to remove the space technique, but she shook her head.

"That guy might be notified if I release the spell." She muttered in a cold voice.

Hearing this, Fredrinn nodded in understanding. "You're right."

"Can you expand this space technique of yours just enough to cover my tent?"

Nix nodded. "Yes, but only for three minutes. Any more and I will be forced to cancel the technique."

"I see. Then make it so that it would cover the both of us."

He wanted to see the contents of the space ring. If he could find something that could prove Nate's true identity, he could finally take care of this potential trouble.

Nate was very careful and cautious. He didn't even attack him when he pretended to be injured. Having a patient spy like him in their midst made him extremely uncomfortable.

At this moment, Nix made a series of hand gestures and released more Qi to expand the dimension, just enough to cover Fredrinn and her.

Now trapped inside her dimension, Fredrinn found it fascinating, but there was a more important task so he didn't waste any more time.

He took the insect and tried to remove the ring from its body. However, he realized that it was stuck in its body like glue. If he forcibly removed it, the insect would die.

"Tsk! How troublesome." He remarked with a tone of annoyance.

"I have a way to remove it." Nix suddenly said.

"You should have said so from the start." Fredrinn's mouth twitched as he handed the insect back to her.

Nix casted an enlargement skill on the ring, making it as big as a bracelet.

Freed from the weight of the ring, the insect made buzzing noises as it tried to squirm out of her grasp.

"Eh? That works?" Fredrinn stared at the bigger ring in surprise.

"Make it quick. I can't control this dimension for long." Nix reminded him indifferently.

Hearing this, Fredrinn no longer dawdled. He sent his Qi into the ring and inspected its contents.

To his surprise, there was only one item inside the ring. It was a sealed letter.

Seeing this, his eyes lit up.

He took out the letter and immediately removed its seal, before reading what was written in it.

It was a coded message.

He didn't understand any of it so he placed it back inside the ring.

"That cautious son of a…"

Fredrinn frowned and told Nix to remove the dimension.

"Keep the insect inside the dimension and follow me. We must capture that bastard today!" Fredrinn stormed out of his tent.

Nix quietly followed after him.

***

Nate was resting in his tent when he sensed someone approaching.

"Sir, General Fredrinn is asking for your presence. He is waiting for you in the middle of the camp." The messenger reported.

Hearing this, Nate raised his eyebrows. 'We just had a meeting recently. Why is he suddenly calling me over again? Is it another strategy before we march to the gorge?'

Numerous thoughts flashed in his mind in that instant.

"Alright. I'll be there soon." He would only expose his identity if he ignored Fredrinn's call.

Feeling slightly annoyed, he stepped out of his tent.

'That rude bastard! How could he order me around like his subordinate?'

He was after all the Vice Commander of the Star Wind Kingdom's troops stationed at the northern borders. He had never been treated this way so it made him feel uncomfortable.

'I should give him some warning later lest he might think that I'm a pushover.' His eyes flashed with anger the more he thought about it.

Fifteen minutes later, he arrived at the location provided by the messenger.

When he arrived, he was surprised to see all the corps commanders and division commanders gathered in one place. Normally, Fredrinn would only ask for the corps commanders' presence. For him to gather everyone here, Nate felt that it might be for something serious.

"You're finally here, Vice Commander Nate. Please sit down. We have important matters to discuss with everyone." Fredrinn smiled as he invited Nate to sit beside him.

Hearing this, Nate smiled apologetically at everyone. "I'm sorry for making you guys wait."