After making his escape from the holding area, Kremeth continued on his rampage and defeated all the opponents on the lower levels and slowly made his way to the deck of the ship.

On his way to the top, he was intercepted by Patrivia, the half elf tier3 archer who was hitting on his father back at the holding bay and Kremeth made short work of her as well.

He easily dodged her arrows and broke her shooting arm as although he did not cripple her permanently, he made sure that she would not be able to pose any threat in the short run.

" Wh- who are you?" The half-elf Archer Patrivia said as she stared at Kremeth's face in absolute disbelief.

Kremeth was way too fast to be a normal warrior. His speed and reflexes were almost god-like and his technique was not something that was seen on the average joe.

Anyone with half a brain could make out that Kremeth was someone important, however, important and talented people did not use public transport to go from one place to another.

If one was a tier3 or higher warrior, they became a valuable part of any organisation that they joined and earned comfortably enough to afford teleportation gates.

Someone this strong was not supposed to be on the merchant ship and to Patrivia this entire thing screamed like she was being set-up.

" You motherfucker! You defeated everyone of the lower levels and even me! Who the hell are you?" She shouted as she tried to move her broken arm but to no avail as Kremeth kicked her feet from under her and placed a knee on her chest as he leaned down towards her.

" My identity is not of importance here, what's important is who hired you? How did you get the balls to attack a vampire ship?" Kremeth asked as Patrivia tried to spit on his face but instead just spat on her own stomach.

" We're the red umbrella pirates, nobody orders us around! We do as we please and we take what we want!" Patrivia said as instantly Kremeth's eyes dilated as he received enlightenment.

" Red umbrella…. Isn't that the same organisation who runs a prostitution ring?" Kremeth asked as Patrivia sneered.

" Of Course it's the same organisation, we work under their banner and supply women and slaves to them.

In return they issue missions for us and provide us with a safe haven to stay in various popular cities of the universe" Patrivia replied as Kremeth nodded his head before knocking her out.

The red umbrella was one of the organisations that his mother Asiva and the internal minister jathi were trying to eradicate from vampire society.

The red umbrella was known to have less than honest business practises and this conversation here today was enough proof that they employed slaves to do the sex work.

The only reason that the organisation was difficult to deal with was because of the support of the only living Aurelius clan member, Felix Aurelius, and out of respect for the fallen king and for the sake of harmony, Max had decided to turn a blind eye to him and the red umbrella group as long as they did not stir up too much trouble.

" Lord Felix? Are you perhaps dissatisfied with the status quo and are planning to disrupt the peace of vampire society?" Kremeth wondered as he continued to make his way upwards, defeating more opponents and extracting more information from them.

Within an hour, he managed to round up all the pirates on the ship including its tier5 captain as he then bound them with the same chains as they bound the passengers and locked them in the same basement below.

The commoners were overjoyed, while Max gave him an appreciative nod for a job well done, however, what was more important was what to do next?

Now that Kremeth knew that Felix Aurelius was stirring trouble, how was he planning to handle this issue?

That was the question that Max felt most interested in personally.

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( Meanwhile Rudra )

Creating a small time loop, Rudra and the sword Saint spent the equivalent of a decade to perfect a single move, however, only one day had passed in reality.

The move perfected by Rudra combined swordsmanship perfectly with the power of the seeds to create a sequence of moves that would prove to be fatal to even the perfect warrior!

It was the amalgamation of the sword saint's lifetime of experience and Rudra's abilities and was by far the best strategy that Rudra had came up with to defeat the perfect warrior.

It filled in all the defects that the sword saint had faced over the years trying to execute the [ Death Sequence ] against the perfect warrior and using it as the foundation, they evolved it to a two blade style that overcame the original moves limitations to create something greater.

" Shakuni the terrifying! What a terrifying move you have invented.... By the holy sword, this is the greatest sequence I have ever seen" The sword saint said upon the move's completion as Rudra left his peak with a wide grin on his face.

Instead of heading back to his own peak, Rudra began climbing the peak of the perfect warrior to challenge him once more as this time around he did not feel nervous, nor did he feel like his mind was burdened with a million different things.

He knew that he just had to stand his ground and activate his sequence, as come what may, if he managed to get into his rhythm, not even the perfect warrior could stop him!

Before, he was always worried about what the perfect warrior might have under his sleeve and what tricks he might pull, however, worrying about those things only ever weighed down on him and in this fifth run, Rudra wanted to fight like a free bird.

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