It took several moments for Satotz and Pyorn to process Larry’s words. While their shock began to wear off, the weight of what they had just witnessed set in.

  A Exorcist with no real drawbacks. Su ability was unheard of. Even Alluka Killua little sister that already borderline a miracle require a cost for every use, with some exception. Satotz cleared his throat, trying tain his posure. “Mr. Larry, do you realize what this means? A Nen ability like yours... it’s invaluable. Govers, anizations, even rogue hunters would do anything to trol it.”

  Larry waved off the nontly. “Let them try. Gengar doesn’t take kindly to bullies, and I’ve got more than enough strength to handle myself.”

  Pyorn, still rec from her earlier shock, added hesitantly, “But you’ll still have to be careful. The Hunter Association would never use force against you, but they’re bound to take an i... and roups might not be so polite.”

  As they talked, Gengar had already devoured a massive k of the Death Aura in front of them. And maybe it was just an illusion, but the overall density of Death Aura in the area seemed to have dropped signifitly.

  The otion hadn’t gone unnoticed. Other explorers quickly turheir attention toward them. "What the hell?! Why is the Death Aura disappearing so fast?"

  "Are you blind? Look over there! A Exorcist is at work!" A murmur spread through the crowd. Soon, all eyes locked onto Larry and Gengar. Some were excited, some were uneasy... and some had a dangerous glint in their eyes.

  In a shadowy er, away from the prying eyes of the crowd, two figures in heavy bck robes observed the se silently. "Hey, Envy! That kid’s ability to erase thoughts is incredible. Lust would love this!"

  A deep, gruff voice came from the rger of the two men, his gaze filled with malice. "Hehehehehehehe..." The thin man beside him, who looked sickly pale—almost like a dried-up corpse—stared at Larry and Gengar with a twisted grin.

  Ohe attention on Gengar faded, people started realizing that Larry’s panions weren’t just any random nobodies. "Wait a sed… That’s Piyon, the Rabbit of the Zodiacs!"

  "No way—yeah, that rabbit e, it’s really her!""I’d do anything to be Piyon’s dog...""And that guy—Isn't that Satotz, the Reliter?!"

  A wave nition spread through the crowd. Larry, oher hand, felt like he had misheard something. Did someone just say they wao be Piyon’s dog? Still, he wasn’t surprised that Piyon was reized. She was a member of the Zodiacs, after all. But he didn’t expect Mr. Satotz to be that famous too. Then again, sidering the number of treasure hunters and relic seekers gathered here, it made sehat people would know about him. Before long, Larry and his group had bee the ter of attention.

  Larry g the crowd’s mixed reas, but Piyon and Satotz remained unfazed. Maybe they were just used to it. "Alright, let’s go." Ign the others, Larry led the way deeper into the Death Aura-ied ruins. Gengar floated ahead, tinuously dev the sinister energy, clearing a path for them.

  With every step, the oppressive presence of Death Aura lessened. For Piyon and Satotz, it was airely new experiehey had spent their whole lives battling against Death Aura, burning their own aura just to resist it. But now? With Larry here, they didn’t o do anything. The Death Aura simply… disappeared.

  A strange sense of pleasure bubbled up in their chests. For the first time, they weren’t at the mercy of the Death Aura—they were actively erasing it. Larry strolled along calmly, while Piyon and Satotz remained on high alert, sing the surroundings for danger. Even though Larry hadn’t asked them to, both instinctively took on the role of guarding him. After all, a Exorcist wasn’t supposed to have any bat ability. Right?

  Larry’s Exorcist ability was already absurd—it had to e at the cost of offerength. At least, that’s what everyone assumed.

  Meanwhile, the crowd at the edge of the ruins grew restless. Seeing how effortlessly Larry’s group advanced into the depths, some began to follow in hopes of disc hidden treasures. And sure enough, they found them. But with the Death Aura no longer keeping them at bay, greed quickly took over.

  Fights broke out almost immediately. The damage caused by these skirmishes far exceeded anything the Death Aura had done. Uhe Death Aura— which would retreat o met enough resistance—human greed didn’t have a limit. People fought desperately over the artifacts they found, their cshes far deadlier than the very force they had feared just moments ago.

  Unnoticed by the chaotic crowd, the two robed figures from before began moving. Thick swarms of is g to their bodies, suppressing their preseo near-invisibility, achieving a state as silent as "Absolute."

  As fights broke out behind them, Larry and his team effortlessly made their way deeper into the Solvren Ruins. After a while, Satotz, uo tain his curiosity, finally spoke up. "Mr. Larry… Have you ever reached the depths of the Karym Ruins?" Larry have firmed he was the one clear the death aura there, this mean there’s huge possibility Larry has finished explore the whole ruin.

  Larry g him and nodded. "Yeah, I’ve been there."

  Piyon and Satotz exged gheir curiosity intensifying. Seeing their expressions, Larry added: "And I found something inside… Something that will shake the entire Six tis."

  Both of them tensed. Uheir watchful eyes, Larry slowly began reting what he had seen. "Ihat cave, I entered a creature from the Dark ti." The atmosphere instantly grew heavy. "One of the Five Great Camities… A Gas Lifeform known as Ai."

  Satotz and Piyon’s pupils shrank in horror. A creature from the Dark ti? Larry had actually entered one of the Five Camities?

  Larry ected the murals' history with what he had entered in the cave and expined everything iail. "So that's how it is..." Satotz and Piyon spoke in unison, their voices tinged with disbelief.

  Larry's experience sounded incredibly dangerous, but what shocked them even more was the "purple ne" boung around in front of them. They had initially thought Gengar’s ability was limited to abs Death Aura. But now, they realized—eveures from the Dark ti weren’t safe from its appetite. And then there was the history of the Karym Ruins.

  Acc to Larry, the kingdom that oood there had used its own people as fuel for the royal family's power. Their greed for strength led to their downfall, and in the end, the entire kingdom was ed. It was a chilling parallel to the nature of the Dark ti itself. Was this all just a ce? Or was it some kind of deliberate design from the creative mind of Togashi?