The Geared Immortal

Chapter 736

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Five huge and burly men wearing long scarves covering half of their faces barged inside the room. Each of them is holding different types of weapons in their hands as they directed their gaze to the only bed inside the small room.

However, they did not see anyone inside. All they could see is an empty room and nothing else.

"What is happening here? I thought the inn owner said that the target is inside this room?"

"I think that guy already left…"

"What? That's impossible how could he go out when we already put a trap outside the window? The only exit he could take is through the door…"

"Well, where is he then?"

"Enough of this… we should just ask the inn owner for an explanation. The Zin clan will not like to hear our failure…"

"Whatever, that haughty butler of the clan is too much… He is too domineering."

"Hey, keep your mouth shut. This is the command from the head of the clan. We should deal with that guy as soon as possible."

After the five burly men walk out of the room, Shin Jiao's figure suddenly appears from within the shadows and looks in the direction of the people leaving.

"So it's like this then… The Zin family thinks that I'm a pushover… Haha… If not for Alea Zin, I will wipe out their entire family without them knowing…" Shin Jiao muttered with a sneer on his face.

"Let's just see what their next move first…"

After saying that, he suddenly merges with the shadow and disappears from the room.

Meanwhile, the group of five brutes who came to attack Shin Jiao has now returned to the Zin household.

Inside a large hall, many people are seated while discussing some matters. The hall is wide and in the middle sat a tall man wearing a gray robe. On the sides sat the other heads of the Zin family.

"Patriarch, since Alea is back, what is your plan?"

"We should hasten this marriage. Alea's strength has suddenly reached the threshold of becoming a lord. If this continues, then it would be…"

"Keep your opinion to yourself! What do you mean by this?"

"We need the support of the Osmond clan. If she could marry in the clan, then we could have another trump card."

"Are you stupid? Alea has already proved herself to be able to reach lord level in just a short span of 300 years. Plus I can feel the energy in her body almost breaking through… do you think we can just give up to such a genius coming from our family because of some small favors from the Osmond clan?"

"Yeah, I agree we already have many marriages with the Osmond clan. I think it's time we keep one genius for our own."

The discussion inside the room became louder as the opinions of the people are divided into two. One is pushing the marriage, while the other is opposing it.

In the middle of this, the man in a gray robe sitting in the middle just shows a deep frown on his handsome face.

The Zin clan has a lot of influence inside the Omin city. And this is gained because of their connection to the Osmond clan. However, the family itself is not that strong. They only have one high lord who is the grand patriarch of the family and only a few lords which hold the highest positions in the clan and some of the towns controlled by the Osmond clan.

And so in total, there are less than 50 lords. And this is small compare to the other clans and families.

As the discussion became deeper, the five people who were sent to kill or capture Shin Jiao enter the room after lowering themselves on the ground.

"How was it? Did you kill that brat? That would send him directly to Gipard town… Haha…"

The rest chuckled as they all knew of the mission the five gold armored protectors have.

Upon hearing this, the five's expression turned pale. They knew that they messed up.

"This… my lords… we… we didn't see that person inside the room…" one of them reported.

"What? What do you mean?"

"It seems that the young man named Si Ji is not in the room. We tried to confirm it, but we did not find him inside there."

"Did he escape?!"

"…" The five were flabbergasted and did not know what to say.

Their hands are shaking and thick cold sweats are covering their foreheads.

"Monitor the inn, I want you to find that bastard! We will deal with him as we deal with the others…" one of the lords said.

"Wait… have you heard what Alea said… that person. He is a very talented craftsman. I think it would foolish on our part to be an enemy of such a person." The man in the middle said with a frown.

"Patriarch, the young miss is just muddleheaded with fantasies and love. Do you really think that if what she said is true, we would not hear anything?"

"Wait a minute… I think I heard a piece of news that someone is helping Gipard town. This might be the reason why even though the clan only sent one high lord in that place; it is still standing and did not fall."

"That's pure hearsay… High Lord Ryujin Osmond is a very powerful high lord, how could he be defeated that easily? That's also the reason why he is the only one sent in that place."

The people began to discuss once again.

This time within the shadows inside that room a figure is hidden in an inconspicuous corner.

"This is getting boring…" Shin Jiao thought as he decided to leave.

As he moved, the expression of the man in the middle of the hall suddenly changes. And this was noticed by the other lords and each of them turned their faces towards the direction where Shin Jiao's figure was once standing.

With a wave of his hand, silver light appears and hits the dark corner of the hall.

The place was destroyed but nothing was found in that place.

"I could have sworn I saw something moving in there." He said as he retracts his energy.

Everyone is also vigilant as they too felt it at that time.

The meeting was dismissed not long later and everyone left the room.

After everyone left, the figure of Shin Jiao suddenly materialized in another dark corner. At that time, he clearly felt a suffocating killing intent when he moved.

Luckily he was fast enough to move within the cover of the dust cloud and run directly to another side. A part of his hand is wounded by that powerful explosion.

"Damn that guy… he is close to a high lord already." He thought as he suppresses the pain on his arm.

"The Zin clan is not that simple, yet their forces are not that strong. If Alea decided to leave this place, then I could only use the teleportation so that we can instantaneously return to Gipard town."

Not long after he left the shadows, two figures suddenly came out of another corner. They carefully observe the area and combed through it using their domains.

However, since Shin Jiao has already left, the two lords did not find anyone inside.

Meanwhile, inside a well-decorated room, a figure is lying in the bed. Her eyes are filled with indecisiveness.

Alea Zin talked with her father and the two arrived on an agreement. If she could break through to the lord level within two months, then her arrange marriage will be annulled, if not, then she would be forcibly married to one of the young masters of the Osmond clan.

She also learned that the first young master who wanted her gave up. And now another young master wanted her and the power of the Zin family. That young master is named Gabriel Osmond.

He was actually the first one to want to get Alea Zin when he first saw her. However, his cousin was faster in acting and was the first to present his marriage offer to the Zin family. But luckily for him, Alea did not want this marriage and immediately run away from home.

This time, he was the first to discover her whereabouts and did not want to waste this chance. She was always in his mind and could not stop thinking of her ever since that day.

It has been many years but he did not get over her, and she is still in his mind. Gabriel Osmond has truly decided that Alea Zin would be his wife and he would pursue her at all cost. However, Gabriel's personality is a bit shy, so he did not know what to say.

When he presented his plan to his father, there was an adverse reaction within his family. However, his mother completely agreed with her son's decision.

This is because she saw that the girl Alea Zin is not swayed with power or authority. She was a bit disobedient, but that's the thing that she likes for her 2nd son.

And so the proposal was presented, but the Zin family did not send their answer yet, and this made the whole situation a bit stressful on the part of the Zin family.

At this time, Alea Zin came out of the Zin estate and visited a shop. At this time, Gabriel accidentally is also in the shop following one of his sisters.

When he saw her, he suddenly wanted to approach, but his expression turned serious when he saw Alea Zin walking towards a person.

"Hey, why are you here? I thought you've left…" Alea said with a beautiful smile which took Gabriel's breath away.