Eye System

Chapter 127: Plan

"Now we will leave to look for Mason" announced Lex, who suddenly had a complete change in aura, as he became filled with rage and killing intent.

"Who is that and why do you have such hate for him," asked Ella simply and directly, unaffected by his sudden change in demeanour and aura.

Lex calming down, explained everything that he knew about Mason and what he had done to his master and the orphanage he was looking after, to Ella and Angela.

"Do you know where he is, there are so many Voltiac Bases throughout the continent and some that may even be hidden" asked Angela.

"Hmm, yes good question, I am unsure" answered Lex honestly as he sat down and seemed to enter a deep state of contemplation.

But in reality, Lex was turning to his hidden treasure, the Eye System.

[System what is the location of Mason] asked Lex within his mind.

{Ding, this information cannot be provided by the system to the host} stated the system.

Hearing the system's reply Lex was slightly let down, but was still calm and didn't continue to ask the system, knowing that it would only be a waste of time and effort, as the system seemed to be programmed and therefore couldn't change its mind.

Thinking about another way for him to find out the location of Mason, that could be anywhere on the continent, he suddenly jumped up with an idea of how he could find out that information.

"Yes that is an issue, but with Ella around we won't have that problem will we" he stated as he turned to Ella with a small smile.

"Me, how will I find this Mason that I have never seen" asked Ella pretending to be confused.

"He, stop pretending" scoffed Lex as he could tell she was obviously pretending.

He couldn't read anything from her eyes or body language and would have completely believed her, if he didn't know how profound and mysterious she was and what she was capable of.

"Well to be honest with you I probably could help you, but I won't" stated Ella directly as she gave him a cheeky smile.

"I thought that might be the case, guess I will have to get Mason to come to me," remarked Lex as he shrugged.

"Let's go" called out Lex as he dashed away without explaining his plan.

The youth in simple black shirt and trousers dashed from building to building with great speed, followed by the ice queen and a mysterious hooded girl.

The plan suddenly came to Lex as he asked Ella whether she could help, and was very simple.

His plan would draw out his opponent and lead them to him without him having to go after them, which would not only give him time to prepare, but also allowed him to have the choice of terrain and he allow him to lay a trap if before his opponents appeared.

After a few hours of consistent travelling at a rapid pace, they finally reached the outer wall of the Earth Country and after jumping over Lex finally stopped.

Ella followed closely behind and didn't seem to be fatigued in the slightest, whereas Angela who was an Internal Cultivator and relying on her energy to reinforce and enhance her body, was tired after the constant travel.

"We will take a short break, then head up to the mountains" informed them, Lex, as he smirked.

"Why are you happy and why are we going to the mountains," asked Angela baffled by his ability to smile even after the gruesome and horrendous scenes they had witnessed in the Earth Country.

"And how are you still able to smile after what we witnessed" she continued.

"Why wouldn't I be able to smile. Their deaths were unfair and will be avenged by me, but I didn't cause their deaths and saved as many lives as I could. And my smile is because of my genuine happiness of the safety of you and Ella" refuted Lex directly.

Hearing him she was shocked and touched by his words, as her coldness continued to wear off and the warmness began to return.

"But that still doesn't explain why we will be going to the mountains and how you will draw out Mason" commented Ella who was curious to what Lex's plan was and couldn't figure it out.

"What, you couldn't figure it," teased Lex with a gloating expression.

"Spit it out" she refuted as she began to pout.

"Okay, Okay, calm down" agreed Lex pretending to give in, but then he suddenly dashed away from her.

It was the first time that Lex had something over Ella and wanted to play around with her and annoy her while he had the upper hand, for a while.

As he did so, she seemed to disappear from her position and appear before Lex, as he changed direction again and continued to play cat and mouse with Ella, while Angela watched with an amused expression.

Within seconds, Lex felt a sudden pain on his head as he was struck by a gentle fist by Ella after she had finally caught him.

"You little rascal, tell us now" she ordered as she grabbed his shirt.

"Yes, you better tell us before you get a beating" joked Angela as she formed an icicle within her hand.

All of them burst out into laughter as they walked away from the Earth Country together and passed the farms heading towards the mountains.

"Well, my plan is quite simple. I was once a Voltac and have a Voltac ID that they can use to track me, but I have blocked the link so it couldn't be used to track me. So, after we reach the mountainous region, which is a terrain I am familiar with and will give Angela an advantage with the cold climate, I will make it so that they can track me with the ID.

Mason wants me dead and I want him dead, if all three of us work together and with the advantage of preparation and terrain we should be able to defeat him and afterwards end his entire organisation, before any more lives are lost" revealed Lex as they headed towards the mountainous region.

The plan was so simple and direct and could be successful, but it had one big assumption that the entire plan was resting upon. The assumption that Lex, with the assistance of Ella and Angela, could defeat Mason and anybody he bought with him.

"What do you think are the chances in a direct battle with Mason," asked Ella.

"Hmm, well I am not even sure of Mason's true power, but I am sure that I can defeat anybody if I push myself to my limits" he stated simply.

Both Angela and Ella were dumbfounded by his plan that had many holes and contingencies, that risked them losing their lives.

Looking at Lex, he seemed to be calm and happy, and just as they wanted to deter him from the plan, they suddenly stopped and decided against it.

Gazing into his eyes, that were burning with his drive and the desire to kill, they didn't refute and believed in his ability to accomplish impossible feats like he continued to do.

After walking for a while, giving them time to recover, from the slight fatigue of travelling quickly to the edge of the Earth Country, they finally decided to speed up.

"Angela, why don't you use your ice leopard summon" suggested Lex as he ran beside Angela who was sliding on ice that she formed under her feet.

With Lex's suggestion, she was reminded of the Beast Power that he gave her that she never had the chance to use.

Angela closed her eyes and pulled on the link, she felt with the ice leopard within her Beast Power Library, as she attempted a Beast Power summoning for the first time.

It wasn't a difficult process, but was a new sensation for Angela, who felt a large amount of her energy be sucked away from her storages to her Beast Power Library, as she felt it rush out of her body.

The summoning felt like a long sensation for Angela, however, in reality, it was a matter of instants, as an ice leopard, identical to the one that Lex previously battled, appeared out of thin air.

It was identical in every way from an outside perspective, but Lex could sense the aura was much colder than the ice leopard that he had summoned when he had the Beast Power.

Even despite the ice leopard's overall cultivation level being lower, because Angela was weaker then Lex, it still emitted an aura that felt more profound to Lex when it was his own summon.

Angela excitedly jumped onto the back of the ice leopard, as she rode around Lex and Ella, barking orders to the leopard that followed without thought.

Then after she had finished having her fun, she signalled for Lex and Ella to get on board with her.

The ice leopard galloped towards the mountainous region, leaving a trail of ice behind it, as three youths rode on its back and conversed between themselves about what they had been through over the 6 months that they had been separated.

All throughout Ella dodged any and all questions about what she had done for the past 6 months, leaving Lex to find out the truth for himself, like she always did.

After a few hours, with Angela pushing herself to her limits to keep the ice leopard summon activated, they finally reached the mountainous region as the ice leopard pounced up and climbed the mountains, that had an environment perfectly suited to it.

As they were reaching the peak of the mountain, Angela's energy could no longer sustain the summon, as the ice leopard summon dissipated and they landed on the snow.

Climbing the rest of the way on foot, they all sat in the large cave, previously owned by the ice leopard that was residing within it, and began to recover their energy and rest before they began their plan.

Within a day they were all completely recovered and had adapted slightly to the cold environment, with their energy reinforcing their bodies and were finally prepared to set their plan into motion.