Is this really a Game?!

Chapter 1036 : Shattered Calm: Whispers of Rage

"Truly, I can see the resemblance between the two." 'Richard' said as he walked out of the auction house in a territory somewhere away from Doncaster.

"It was as if I was looking into John's eyes, quite the terrifying kid I must say." 'Richard' said with a calm voice as he continued walking, disappearing into the crowd that was formed outside of the auction house in the city he was in.

Back in the Grand Auction House, upon hearing Jin's words, Reign's eyes constricted to a needlepoint.

An aura that was much more terrifying than the one that escaped Jin's body erupted from inside Reign as even the Tier VII head guard called Quentin froze and stared in shock at Reign. He could sense how powerful every single one of them was, and he knew that Reign was merely a mid-grade Tier VI combatant, one close to the high grade of the tier, but still not quite there.

And yet, even he felt a bit of pressure from Reign in this moment. It was incredible, for someone who was an entire Tier below him to make him feel such a way, it was very rare, almost impossible even.

"Sir, please calm down, your aura will scare the guests," Quentin said respectfully as a barrier suddenly appeared around them all, isolating them from the area and making sure that nobody could sense Reign.

Of course, it was already too late as some people, especially the strong ones who were present, had already sensed him.

Everybody was shocked at the immense aura that had suddenly appeared. The three people with the greatest strength, the golden-suited man, the hooded figure, as well as the woman who was hiding in plain sight, all glanced toward Reign's position, but thanks to the hallways that separated them, they were unable to see whose aura it was that they felt.

Even then, however, they were shocked as they could feel that the aura, as powerful and even a bit overwhelming as it was, did not come from a person who was a Tier above them, but one on the same Tier as them.

They were shocked and surprised that they would sense somebody so powerful in this place, and the first person they thought of was Reign, they just had no idea why he could release his aura in such a way, one that felt angry, in the Grand Auction.

"Please," Quentin said once again as Reign's aura subsided, his anger still present, but his sanity won over him and made him realize that what he was doing right now was wrong.

"Thank you, sir." Quentin said as Reign nodded his head and sighed.

"Apologies for my outburst, Quentin."

"No need for apologies sir, as long as nothing bad happened, it is all fine."

Reign clenched his fists, feeling the weight of the revelation. His mind raced, trying to process the encounter with Richard and the implications it held. The room around him buzzed with residual energy, the aftershocks of his powerful aura still lingering in the air. The team gathered closer, their expressions a mix of concern and determination.

"Uncle Jin," Reign began, his voice steady but laced with urgency. "We need to move quickly, if this Richard is truly involved in the death of my parents, then he's a threat we cannot ignore."

"I know that, kid, but unfortunately, it will be very difficult to do so," Jin said with a solemn expression.

"The name Richard was one I, your father, as well as some other members of the Order used to call that bastard, the reasoning is because he was constantly talking about some friend of his that was named as such, and since he was a person who constantly changed his appearance and was always annoying, we decided to annoy him by giving him that name and constantly use it."

"He knew you would talk to me, he knew that I would realize who he is, that is why he told you that name, had he told you his real name, you might have realized it right away, and he definitely didn't wish for that to happen."

"As for the disguise and how I knew you saw through it, that is because he had that damned mask for a long time, he found it in some ruins about 15 years ago and always wore it."

"I'm surprised he is still using it."

Jin sighed and took a deep breath before glancing at Reign.

"Don't let anger cloud your judgment, he is already gone, he has definitely changed his appearance again and won't be using that name, this was a way for him to mess with you, make you do something you usually wouldn't do, so don't fall for it, alright?"

"I won't, don't worry." Reign said as Shadow placed a hand on his shoulder and nodded his head at him.

"We know he is somewhere close now, and no matter how much he tries to hide himself and escape us, we won't let him do that, right?" Shadow said with a smirk as Reign chuckled and nodded his head.

"The system has many things that it can do, I don't doubt for a moment that we won't be able to track him down somehow, and if the system itself doesn't want to help us, I'm sure we can find other ways of doing so."

"This was his way of teasing you, he wanted you to know that he was here, that you missed him, and that you sold him a powerful weapon, that bastard didn't mind blowing his covering and letting us know that he is nearby just to do that."

"It is definitely him, after we started searching for him, he did leave some trails to try and bait us, but ever since Wolf's father started searching for him, that stopped as he knew that he could be caught quickly by him if he dared do such a thing."

"At least that's one good thing, we can tell your father about this, it will finally make him stop searching all over the world and come back here if he is close enough," Jin told Wolf who nodded his head, his eyes narrowing with resolve. "My father will definitely want to know about this, he has been on the chase for a long time, longer than I ever remember him going after a single person."

"But first, you need to collect yourselves, we have guests over, and they cannot be allowed to know what has happened, or to realize something is up, get ready for the celebration, and make sure to calm yourself, alright," Jin told Reign who nodded his head and took a deep breath.

Jin was right, of course.

There was nothing they could do right now to find 'Richard', there were no clues he had left, no trail that they could follow to get to him, simply nothing.

Reign first went to the men's room that was present near them. He stared into the mirror and washed his face, allowing the cold water to calm him down, unfortunately, he was unable to do so.

The rage Reign was feeling in this moment was akin to a flame that was ready to consume everything in its path, and the worst thing was the voice he kept hearing in his head.

'Are you really just going to leave it at this?'

'Come on, use your brain a little.'

'You could still catch the bastard, maybe if you are fast enough, maybe if you go around, ask for people if they have seen a person that looks like him.'

'How about you close down the auction, hold everybody hostage until some of them talk, there have to be some people who have seen that 'Richard' before, right?'

Reign had to admit, the bastard with the sly voice was kind of right, his words were making sense to him, the actions he would take seemingly not as drastic as one might believe them to be.

'Come on, what is there to fear, so what if some factions start disliking you for your actions, who cares?'

'Most of them have no future anyway, you can just deal with them later, but now, the most important thing is to find that bastard and rip him apart, let him feel what you have felt for so long.'

'He took your family away from you, remember?'

'Are you truly going to let him get away with it?'

'Are you truly that useless?'

"Reign?"

Reign suddenly flinched, his breath uneven as he panted while bending over the sink.

"Hey, calm down, breathe," Mia said as she got near Reign and placed her hand on his back, her voice calm and soothing, allowing Reign to take a deep breath and forget about the voice for a moment.

"I know I have no idea how you feel and that I probably don't have the right to tell you something like this," Mia said, her voice low as she stared at Reign with worry.

"But you need to stay calm, you will find that man, sooner or later, you will, and you will have your revenge, but you can't allow yourself to be consumed by anger, by rage."

"Don't lose yourself while chasing somebody else, otherwise it is all for naught."