The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

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At this point, Ralph turned to Felix and said, "Grace may be blind, but her hearing extraordinary. If you try going out at night, she know immediately. Don't break our village rules-you've been warned!"

So that was part of it. If she could recognize Ralph by his footsteps, her abilities weren't to be doubted. Sometimes, what the ears heard was more reliable than what the eyes could see.

"This is your room. Grace sleeps in the outer room. I'll take my leave," Ralph said.

Hope spoke without thinking. "Is there just one bed?"

Felix frowned. How could a headquarters agent make such a basic mistake? Ralph probably thought they were married.

"What's wrong? Can't you even sleep with me as your brother?" Felix joked.

another word. Upon realizing

will only make them more suspicious. I'll investigate myself when

the night restriction alone required a thorough investigation. As expected, Grace barely spoke throughout, offering

Hope seemed nervous

then slipped into Grace's room to prick an acupuncture point that would keep her sleeping until

was eerily quiet at night, with only a few lit windows breaking the darkness. Every household kept livestock that was either poultry or farm animals. So far, Felix had not noticed anything

mission was not starting well. With the villagers unwilling to talk, he had to rely on his own investigation. If nothing happened tonight, they would have

the sound. At one in the morning, three previously quiet sheep at a household near Ralph's suddenly became agitated. A dark

a leopard or similar predator, but this was clearly human. They were probably a martial artist,

make good money bodyguards. These questions kept him from intervening as he

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stopped halfway up. "What are they doing?" Felix hid behind a large tree, watching. At this distance, he could sense the person's martial

possess such strength and speed? It matched the Ultimate Mortal Realin