Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 879: Max is a Shifter?

Max glanced at him, opened his mouth to say something, but then shook his head, ”It’s up to you whether to believe me or not. I have told you everything that happened.”

”Hah!” Ryuu scoffed, ”Truth? I have the ability to determine whether someone is speaking the truth or not, and you have not.”

Max stopped himself from giving him a mocking look because he still needed their help to get out of this minor realm.

Did he think just because he was a Four Star mage and they were King Mages, they could tell whether he had lied?

If he did not have his Bloodline Sense, this could have been true, but unfortunately for them, he had it and it could perfectly hide all the signatures that gave away a person.

He was sure even if Ryuu had a peculiar ability like he claimed to have, it still would have been almost impossible to go past his Bloodline Sense’s protection for no reason other than that currently his Bloodline Sense was way superior to their Divine Senses thanks to the enhancement two Law Comprehension provided.

”Like I said before, it’s up to you whether to believe me or not.” He calmly stated.

”You—” Ryuu scowled, but before he could say anything, Isabelle spoke up, ”Let’s leave it at that, Ryuu.”

”But Elder Sister, what about the thunder mountain? It’s no longer suitable for cultivation.” Ryuu protested. Since Max had ruined their cultivation hotspot, they at least should find out what actually happened, no?

”We’ll just have to find some other place.” Isabelle said.

Ryuu wasn’t convinced, but since Isabelle had spoken up, he could only let the matter go.

”I hope you don’t mind him.” Isabelle said and immediately, her expression froze.

’What’s going on? Why am I being so polite to him?’ She thought and released her Divine Sense, scanning herself and everything around her before focusing on Max.

’Hm? There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong.’

Ryuu and Mike were also surprised to see how she was catering to him. It was as if she didn’t want to make him angry.

’Don’t tell me it’s because he is somewhat handsome?’ They both thought of the same thing and couldn’t help but become envious of Max.

Then, they felt her Divine Sense flare up and their expressions hardened and they raised their guards, thinking something was wrong.

...

After staying silent for a few moments, Isabelle stood up and asked, ”You want to leave with us, right?”

Max nodded, ”Yes.”

”You can do so, but you’ll have to wait for a couple of days. We need to hunt some beasts and gather medicine and other resources to make sure we don’t lose out on this trip.” She said,

”No problem. I’ll wait.” Max nodded in agreement before saying, ”But can I accompany you guys?”

Ryuu and Mike frowned, clearly opposed, but they didn’t speak up, awaiting Isabelle’s response.

Isabelle shook her head, ”No. We would be hunting King ranked, and maybe even Emperor ranked beasts and would be visiting some danger zones too.

With your strength, any accident could take your life. So, you should stay here or find some other safe place since it has lost the protection of thunder clouds.”

Max didn’t insist and after a moment’s thought, he nodded, ”Alright.”

They then exchanged communication crystals and the trio left. But before leaving Ryuu sent him a transmission, [Be careful. There are shifters in this minor realm. They might take our appearance and come to deceive and kill you.]

[I understand. Thanks for the warning.]

Ryuu’s eyes widened hearing Max’s transmission.

...

Not long after leaving the thunder mountain...

”What’s up, Ryuu?” Mike asked, seeing Ryuu frowning.

”I think the kid had really lied to us.” Ryuu said.

”Just let it go, man.” Mike said, exasperated, and Isabelle also gave him a look.

”You are saying that not because you guys don’t want to know what happened there, but because you think he hadn’t lied, right?” Ryuu said,

Mike nodded, ”Yeah. Neither Senior Sister, nor I picked up anything wrong.” He then gave him a look, ”You did not either.”

The duo knew Ryuu didn’t have the ability to discern the truth. He had just felt something was wrong, so he had told Max that, wanting to scare him and reveal the truth.

”You are right.” Ryuu nodded before saying, ”But I think that’s because he somehow prevented us from detecting anything.”

”How will he do that? He is just a Four Star Mage.” Mike argued, ”And don’t tell me he might have used some external object, because if he did, we would have sensed its fluctuations easily. After all, a mere Four Star mage isn’t capable enough to hide them from our senses.”

Ryuu let him speak. Once he was finished, he looked at him and Isabelle before saying, ”A mere Four Star Mage doesn’t have Divine Sense either.”

”Mm?” The duo frowned hearing his retort.

”Yes. Before leaving, I warned him about the shifters and he transmitted a message back to me.” Ryuu said,

”While the fact he has something similar to Divine Sense surprised me, what surprised me even more is that you two didn’t pick up any fluctuations. I don’t need to spell it out for you to understand what this means, right?”

Hu!

Mike sucked in a cold breath before saying, ”He can hide from our Divine Sense... and the chances are... he is a shifter himself.”

”No. You are thinking too ahea—” Ryuu began saying when...

Swoosh!

”We go back.”

Isabelle came to a halt, turned around and shot towards the thunder mountain.

’Tsk!’ Ryuu clicked his tongue. And then...

Swoosh! Swoosh!

He and Mike followed after her.

[Why didn’t you tell us before we left?] Mike growled at Ryuu, [He might have escaped already. And if he really has, you know Senior Sister would be angry.]

Ryuu pursed his lips, and stayed silent. He couldn’t tell them the reason he didn’t inform them about it earlier because he felt Max wasn’t a shifter just like he had felt Max was lying.