Child of Destiny

Chapter 1952: Chance Encounter

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”You said that you have sensed something strange within the vicinity?” asked Joaquin after hearing Shin’s words.

He might not be aware of all the secrets that Shin had within him, but he could at least guess quite a few things, given his current attainments in Martial Arts and knowledge about the world.

If it was something that Shin was sensing, then it would most likely be something related to his Seed of Hatred or the innate talent that Shin’s Divinity Grade Mental Energy.

Joaquin was very aware of how much of a monster the parents of this kid were. Along with the secrets that he knew about this couple, it was not difficult for him to guess a thing or two.

While he was thinking, Benedict, who was one of those that been sent to scout the surroundings earlier, suddenly came back and brought some news.

Seeing that everyone was gathered, he found that something was strange. He looked around and saw that they were all looking at Joaquin, who was currently in disguise, seemingly waiting for something.

After a couple of moments, he walked forward and reported his findings. ”Sir, we have discovered something strange not far from here.”

”Just a mile away from here, there is another abandoned property of the same size as this one. But what is strange about this place is the spatial elements surrounding it.”

”Based on our observations, the place is most likely sealed by a massive array that creates an illusion surrounding it, giving false information to those looking at it from the outside,” he added.

As someone with an innate attribute of space, Benedict was quite sensitive to such elements. Along with his knowledge as a mentalist, he was able to quickly realize that the said place was highly suspicious.

The others were quite intelligent as well, so they were able to realize what Benedict was implying.

Adding this timely information along with the current situation that they had at hand, Joaquin was able to put things together and immediately made a judgment.

He nodded solemnly and turned to the rest. ”We are going to investigate. If it is what I think it is, then we are going to engage in an intense battle. Everyone must be fully prepared.”

”Are we going to inform the higher-ups and ask for backup, Sir?” asked Elijah.

Among the people within their group, Joaquin and the other guard in disguise were the true fighting force of their team.

At the same time, these two also had an absolute authority within the team, especially when it came to unexpected situations such as this.

Joaquin thought for a moment before issuing his commands. ”Only inform the Supreme Commander and your school’s vice dean about the situation. Let them decide which forces they are going to mobilize and send as a reinforcement.”

”If what we are suspecting ends up being true, then we must move with utmost secrecy and only let our most trusted people move.”

”We also have to avoid any large moments to prevent the opposing parties from noticing something and realizing that we have already caught them on their tail,” he added, emphasizing the gravity of the current situation.

”Understood!” replied Elijiah before swiftly contacting the Vice Dean about the situation.

The others also quickly busied themselves to prepare.

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Not long after, the entire unit moved toward the said location discreetly. They moved under a Mentalism Spell of the Venerable Realm Mentalist, accompanying them, erasing their odor and their presence.

They moved through the night and used the shadows to make their movements stealthier.

Joaquin also took a more active role at this moment, scouting the vicinity ahead of the others. It was to make sure that no accidents would happen when they were advancing.

He did find that the area before them was enclosed with a mentalism array, meant to trick those from the outside to think that there was nothing wrong with this place.

This kind of array did not seem to restrict any person from entering it, given the energy fluctuations that it was releasing. Moreover, it was only meant to create an illusion surrounding the place and an isolation barrier that was meant to dodge any kind of detection device from the outside.

This particular array was quite weak and very common, but it was among those arrays that worked very effectively, especially when against the highly advanced technological devices.

It was quite ironic that the more complex a mentalism array was, the easier it was for special devices of the Sun-Moon Continent to crack it. But the simpler it was, the harder for such devices to find flaws in them.

”The only purpose of this array must be to shield themselves from the satellites of the Sun-Moon Army,” mumbled Joaquin while observing the array.

”Then they will only rely on the overwhelming power of their top-notch experts to repel any forces who manage to stumble upon them,” he added, trying to figure out the strength of the opposing forces based on the information at hand.

”Given all the experts that we have been identified from various locations, there shouldn’t be that many people on their side now,” he mumbled.

”There must be at least two to three Domain Realm Experts or Venerable Realm Mentalists inside. But they should not be at the first-class level, given that all the most powerful members have already been identified on different battlefields.”

”Aside from Belladonna, who suddenly disappeared after escaping the pursuit of the World Government forces, the rest should not be that strong,” he concluded not long after, before nodding with extreme confidence. ”That is still manageable even if I have to face two of them alone.”

His strength was still among the top of the Domain Realm Experts throughout the world. Even though he was still a bit far from reaching the level of those old monsters from the Elder’s Council, he was still confident that he could hold himself against any of them.

Even his master could no longer beat him one-sidedly these days.

After doing a few more scouting runs, Joaquin finally met up with the main team and discussed their next course of action.

”The reinforcement will not be able to arrive until they have organized themselves. It will take some time for them to come here, especially when they must avoid the eyes of multiple parties.”

”We will continue with our previous formation while acting as if we are running here to hide ourselves. We just accidentally stumbled upon this place, which is a perfect hiding place.”

”If they find us, then they will somewhat lower their guard. But if we are somehow able to sneak inside without their notice, then we will launch an ambush as soon as we can.”

Joaquin paused for a moment, sweeping through the expressions of everyone. He especially looked at the youngest among the group before warning. ”Remember, our main priority is your safety, so if we can’t find any openings or if we are on the losing end when the fight breaks out, you all must prioritize saving yourselves.”

”If we have a chance to steal the so-called ’package’, then we must take it with the best of our abilities. If we can’t, then we can only destroy it, foiling whatever plot those people are scheming.”

He then paused for a moment, letting everyone adjust their minds and focus themselves, before telling them to go.

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Inside the said place, Belladonna was currently standing in the middle of the place, seemingly waiting for something.

She circled through the forces of the World Government, who were pursuing her earlier, utilizing the surrounding forces to her advantage. Given her abilities and innate attributes, tricking those people was quite easy, especially with such an advantageous environment.

After shaking them off, she then sneaked back to the city to meet up with the rest of her forces before waiting for the people of the Voidwalker Tribe.

This was a contingency plan that they had prepared if ever their initial plan failed.

How could the Black Serpent Mafia give up on this operation? They had prepared for quite a long time and spent a lot of resources on this.

Once they secured the ’consciousness’ prepared for the vessel and finished all the necessary rituals with the help of these Voidwalkers, then the operation would be a great success.

At that time, another ’head’ would be created.

Behind her was a group of agents who managed to survive the previous clash against the forces of the World Government. There were only quite a dozen or so of them, but each person was an elite of their forces.

Quite a few of them were mature executioners that the organization had nurtured with precious resources.

They had also brought out quite a few Artificial Mutants that they had brought for this operation. Since they had lost quite a lot of elite agents during the previous battle, they had to replenish their forces with these beings.

Even though it was quite costly to create such Artificial Mutants, they had to bring them out, making sure that no accidents would happen.

After all, the members of the Voidwalker Tribes were quite unpredictable, so taking an extra precaution was necessary.

Not long after, Belladonna finally saw silhouettes from a distance. She did not have to guess who they were, given the unique aura that they were passively emitting.

That was, without a doubt, the unique energy that a Voidwalker should have.

”They are here. Stay on your post and be on high alert!” she commanded while watching the opposing party walk over them.

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