Child of Destiny

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Once the operation led by Belladonna failed, most of the Black Serpent Mafia’s forces began retreating in response.

Adding that even Butcher and Spellbreaker had failed to capture Shiella, the entire operation had crumbled.

They might have secured the other vessel that they had brought, which was supposed to be the original ’package’ that they were supposed to use for the ritual, if not for the appearance of the empty vessel made of dense Primal Demonic Powers.

They were able to bring this vessel back after running away from the forces of the Springfield Family and the Green Family. This achievement was mostly credited to the experts that the Voidwalker Tribes had brought with them, particularly those from the Void Tribe.

However, they still suffered quite a lot during their escape, suffering serious damage during the process. They had lost quite a lot of experts along with the more powerful Artificial Mutants.

To make it even worse, some of their people were also captured by different forces. Not only the Springfield and Green Families, the ones who had participated in this operation, but the Sun-Moon Government and the World Government had also joined the prey and took a slice of the pie.

Even the Hextech Laboratory had secured quite a few powerful Artificial Mutants and captured some of their agents.

During this incident, the Black Serpent Mafia had suffered quite a lot. This did not even include the damage that they had suffered from other places.

Most of their bases that were still under the siege of the forces from the Soaring Continent were still in great danger.

Even though they had managed to avoid most of their most valuable data from being stolen from those bases, quite a lot had fallen into the hands of their enemies.

Most of these data were secured by the World Research Center and the Springfield Family.

The other organizations had also joined the fun, scavenging on the little scraps that were left behind. Even though the things that they had gotten were not that big or important, they could still use them to improve themselves or their research.

Given that the war had already broken out, the status quo that everyone was maintaining throughout the world would slowly crumble. This would then lead to a series of conflicts, which would later become a chaos that would sweep throughout the world.

There were not many who could feel this, but the top experts and mighty existences all around the world would most likely sense this chance.

They would then respond to it according to how the situation would develop.

This storm that was sweeping through the world was just the beginning.

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The forces of the Soaring Continent did not care about all the joining parties despite their respective hidden agendas. After all, these organizations were not interfering with their operations.

So long as these people were not obstructing them, everything else could be overlooked.

While all the operations around the world were going smoothly, Nathan, who was monitoring everything from the headquarters, suddenly received a series of problematic reports.

“The operation led by Martial King Lin Huang and Undefeatable General Manuel Morales has encountered some problems despite the assistance of the Top Military School’s experts?” mumbled Nathan as he skimmed through the details of the operation.

The more he read through the report, the deeper the frown he wore. “An existence with a strength equivalent to a Sword Saint Paragon has made an appearance?”

“It was someone who was carrying a bunch of swords in them, which were also suspected to be top-notch artifacts of ancient times.”

Nathan could not help but pause when he reached this point, recalling another report, which was about the previous incident in the Eastern Sea Region.

“From what I remember, there seems to be such a person who appeared alongside the ’First Head’ at that time. They have even saved Jan Mateo from Adam,” he mumbled, feeling that they seemed to have fallen into some sort of trap.

Fortunately, it was reported that the three elders were able to escape from the scene while only suffering some injuries.

The Devil Instructor of the Top Military School had also played quite an important role in the escape, saving as many people as possible from both schools.

However, both the Top Military School and the Magic Ace Academy had suffered serious losses, particularly their faculty members.

The other experts that the Black Serpent Mafia had stationed in the said base were quite powerful on their own right, but the main reason why the forces of the Soaring Continent had lost was due to this Sword Saint Paragon, who appeared at the final moments.

Fortunately, the elders were quite cautious during that time, saving their necks from being severed from their shoulders.

“Fortunately, the damage is not too serious,” he mumbled.

They knew that a powerful expert was stationed to guard the said base, especially when it was one of the most important bases of the Black Serpent Mafia.

They had made quite a lot of preparations just to take it down, but it seemed like they still underestimated the strength of their opponents.

“A Sword Saint Paragon Level expert? It seems like the ’Snake Head’ is already becoming that powerful,” he said while massaging his temples. “It seems like a lot of headaches will be coming our way.”

The war was far from over, so he knew that a lot of things could happen at any time.

Given that the Black Serpent Mafia was now willing to bear their fangs and show everyone their true strength, Nathan knew that a more intense bloodbath could happen at any given moment.

There was also the information about these lunatics were working with the members of the Voidwalker Tribes, which was much more serious than they had originally thought.

Even though they could use this information to their advantage and tried to pull the other major forces to take down the Black Serpent Mafia together, particularly the World Government, Nathan understood that those organizations would most likely choose to sit idle on the sidelines and wait for the right opportunity to pounce on them.

Unless the Voidwalker Tribes made their appearance once again or directly hit the major forces around the world, the World Government would most likely not involve itself.

Aside from the issue about this powerful ’Snake Head’, Nathan was also quite concerned about the disappearance of the higher echelons of the Seven Seas Group.

Given all the clues at hand, it was clear that they had most likely been rescued by some powerful expert of the Black Serpent Mafia. There was even a high chance that another member of the ’Snake Head’ was involved in the process.

While Nathan was thinking about these problems, another problematic report just came in and added to his headache.

“What!?” Nathan could not help but raise his brows after skimming through the report.

The report was about the operations that were taking place at the Sun-Moon Continent, which was one of the most important operations they had.

Everyone was going quite smoothly. They had even sabotaged all the operations that the Black Serpent Mafia was doing in that place, which was great news.

Even though they had encountered quite a few mishaps during the entire operation, they were able to deal with them quite well and even dealt serious damage to the opposing parties.

They had even benefited quite a lot, capturing quite a few high-ranking agents and some Artificial Mutants.

Sheilla was attacked and almost got kidnapped by Butcher, but they were still able to manage it well and even dealt serious damage to Butcher and Spellbreaker during the entire process.

It was also included in the report that they had secured the important’ packages’ from the Black Serpent Mafia’s operation.

Everything was good and well until he reached the bottommost part of the report.

– “The packages disappeared alongside Young Master Shin.” –

Bang!

A powerful aura suddenly erupted from his body right after his eyes fell on these words. Immense killing intent suddenly spread out and filled the entire room while his eyes turned extremely cold.

It took him quite a while to calm himself down before contacting someone.

Beep!

He did not wait that long until the person from the other side of the line picked up the call.

“Explain!” said Nathan coldly right after the call connected.

Joaquin Giovanni, who was the person on the other side of the line, smiled bitterly before replying. “You must have read the report already, so there is nothing for me to say.”

“The brat disappeared after covering for your nephew’s and my disciples’ retreat. As for the more detailed information about this, we have to wait until those two wake up.”

He then paused for a moment before assuring Nathan. “But there is no need for you to worry that much. Grandmaster Benn is already looking for that brat.”

“Elder Benn said that he has placed a mark on the brat’s body, which can inform him about the latter’s condition and location.”

“He can tell that the brat is far from danger through this mark, but there seems to be certain circumstances that prevent the brat from coming back.”

“Elder Benn has also discovered that the signal from the mark is quite faint, which indicates that he is inside an isolated area or something.”

Nathan continued to listen to Joaquin’s words, patiently waiting for the latter to finish.

However, before that could happen, the two suddenly heard someone chiming in on their conversation.

“There is no need to worry. I can sense his location quite clearly.”

The two turned tense for a moment, especially when they could recognize the owner of the voice.

Nathan robotically turned his head toward the direction from which the voice came while also turning the lenses of his advanced watch, letting Joaquin see the person as well.

Sitting leisurely on the sofa within the office, Evangeline was currently making tea for herself.

She then casually turned to the two, who still wore a stiff expression on their faces, before smiling. “The kid is fine. He just needs some time to deal with someone on his side.”

The nerves of the two became even more tense when they saw that gentle smile. For some reason, they could feel an immense threat coming from such a harmless and kind smile.

They were very familiar with it. It was something they regularly saw in their younger days, especially when she was dealing with Adam.

She paused for a moment, seemingly recalling something, before saying to Joaquin. “Tell Teacher that he doesn’t have to interrupt what that brat is doing once he finds him.”

“It is something that he necessarily needs to overcome to somewhat break free from the shackles and burden that Adam and I have placed on him.”

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