Chapter 404: The Crazy Elder
“I believe they have. A few days ago, a Warship of the Demon Sect entered deep into our territory, which is the first time such an incident has taken place.”
“A Warship? Why were we not informed about that?” Many of the family heads grew concerned as soon as the matter of the Warship was brought to their attention.
“If the Demon Sect is sending Warships, that means they have gone beyond their understanding with the Holy Church. Could this be a warning from them?”
“Does it have something to do with the seclusion of those from the Necromancer Tower?’
The Family Heads were confused, talking to each other. They didn’t know why the Necromancer Tower had suddenly stopped involving itself from the matters of the outright world.
In recent weeks, it had been almost impossible to even arrange a meeting with the Necromancer Tower. And now, the Demon Sect and Holy Church was getting active?
All of them were growing concerned about what it meant. Their mind was even more hazy as a subtle influence of the drug had started taking hold, albeit to a very weak extent.
“We shot down the warship, losing a lot of people in the process. Unfortunately, all of the people on the ship were already dead by the time it came crashing down, so we couldn’t interrogate anyone,” the Kiel Family Patriarch continued, dragging the conversation to make them drink more.
He also made sure to tell only the truth to not make them suspicious. In any case, this matter had nothing to do with him so he didn’t need to lie.
“Did they kill each other because they didn’t want to be caught alive by us,” a family head thought out loud, making others come to the same conclusion. “The Demons are just as ruthless to each other as rumored.”
“We sent all this information to the
Necromancer Tower, but we haven’t received any response yet. As you know, the Necromancer Tower has entered seclusion.” The Kiel Family Head took a sip of the alcohol placed in front of him, which was the only glass that was not drugged.
“I had no other choice but to contact all of you,” he gave a justification, not telling them the real reason he had called them. “If
the two continents are about to attack us, we need to be prepared. It might as well be a fight for our existence if the Necromancer Tower doesn’t help us on
time.”
“With something so serious taking place, why is the Necromancer Tower not
responding?”
“Why are they staying silent? What do the other two continents know that we don’t?”
“It is truly a threat for our future. We can’t face the Holy Church, let alone the Demon Sect. I even heard they have elders that eat the flesh of those they kill.”
The Family Heads, despite being one of the strongest existences in the Northern Continent, knew that they weren’t strong enough to face the combined onslaught of two superpowers, especially when they were comparable to the Necromancer
Tower.
The Heir of the third strongest family
turned to Anya and Leo, asking them
directly “You two are disciples of left and right guardians of the Necromancer Tower. Do you know something?”
Anya and Leo didn’t answer. For the most
part, they had been silent, lost in some
deep thought. It was true that they knew why the Necromancer Tower had entered seclusion.
They were busy preparing for the opening of hell, which was the most important thing for the Necromancer Tower. Even the Tower Master was paying special
attention to it. They couldn’t afford to get distracted by anything else at a time like
this.
Anya and Leo glanced at each other, thinking that same thing. The reason that
the two unlikely forces were working together was most probably because they
found out about the intentions of the Necromancer Tower.
It was the only thing that could bring them
together, as they didn’t want the Necromancer Tower to become stronger and break the balance of the four
Overlords.
If that was the case, it was not unlikely for
the Hero Continent to also enter the mix, trying to stop them. Instead of becoming a continental war, it might turn into an
invasion of the North if it was true.
Both of them had the same question in
their minds. Should they inform the Necromancer Tower? But if this caused them to be distracted, leading to the failure of the opening of hell, could they afford the consequences?
“We can’t distract the Necromancer Tower
at a time like this. Even if the other Continents want to fight, we have to stop
them,” Anya said, for the first time not showing any hostility towards Leo.
For them, nothing was greater than the Necromancer Tower. There was no competition when the question was about the safety of the Necromancer Tower.
“How are we going to stop them? It is not going to be easy,” Leo replied, frowning. There were things that he couldn’t talk
about in front of everyone, something that only Anya could understand.
Anya stood up, followed by him. The two of them left his meeting to discuss amongst themselves, without having to be worried about exposing too much.
The two of them walked out of the mansion, lost in their conversation.
They were discussing special measures
that they could take with the help of the Major Families to delay the two continents, or maybe even start a conflict between the two continents.
While walking, they didn’t even notice
when they left the Kiel Family’s Mansion,
their mind being distracted by the matter entirely.
Leo only came out of his thoughts when his
shoulder clashed against another person’s shoulder.
Frowning, he raised his head and noticed a young man next to him, who was walking with a young girl that wore the symbol of the Kiel Family.
He didn’t know that the person next to him was the same elder who was mentioned in the meeting merely moments ago..
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