Child of Destiny

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It had been two weeks since the top forces of the Soaring Continent had waged war against the Black Serpent Mafia and their allies.

The other members of the One Day Dairy Club had also returned from their mission. They did not encounter any accidents along the way, given that they were under the tight security of the military forces escorting them.

There was also the private security of the Flying Dragon Corporation, so their journey was relatively safe compared to the chaos that was currently enveloping the entire world.

Shiella had fully recovered from her injuries as well. But as workaholic as she was, she immediately went back to work right after recovering.

She was enraged when she learned about Shin’s situation, but she was quickly pacified by the elders, reassuring her that everything was fine.

She also learned about the ’little’ accident that happened when Shin escaped from the Sun-Moon Continent and got teleported to the outskirts of the Soaring Continent instead of the area controlled by the Springfield Family at the Eastern Sea Region.

However, it was immediately solved by Shin himself before he got escorted back by the Golden Dragon Unit of the Springfield Family, avoiding any further accidents.

Since they were meant to go back to school right after all these were settled, Shiella needed to finish the report before they returned.

She also had to personally take care of Anna, who had been beaten up by Butcher previously.

Anna had suffered serious injuries during that ambush, putting her in a deep coma. Her parameters were still normal, indicating that she was still fine.

Regardless, Shiella was still thinking of bringing Anna to the Potter Family. Among all the Mentalist Clans, the Potter Family was among those who had a specialisation in healing spells and similar abilities.

This was the reason why Shiella did not immediately go back to the Springfield Household right after returning to the Soaring Continent.

In the meantime, Arthur and the others went to their respective families before returning to the academy.

They had to wait until the situation settled a little before they could return. After all, the operation this time was quite a big one, especially when it concerned the hegemons of the world.

They had to wait until everything calmed down a little and made sure that the Black Serpent Mafia would not try any desperate counterattack. After all, they had planted quite a lot of spies around the world.

What happened to Shin was just one of the accidents that they were trying to avoid.

They wanted to make sure that such a thing would not happen, especially when Arthur and the others were among the main culprits who made the operation of the Black Serpent Mafia in the Sun-Moon Continent fail.

They did not want any kind of retaliation to happen, which put these geniuses at risk, so the higher-ups of the Magic Ace Academy decided to let these little monsters stay in their respective homes before recalling them back to the academy after making sure that everything was handled properly.

Moreover, these families did not want to put their children at such serious risk right after doing such a big operation.

Aside from Cloe, who was staying in the Springfield Family, everyone from the club was sent back to their respective families.

Even Vincent and Jeremiah were summoned back by the Valentine Family due to how huge the incident had become, especially when the Voidwalkers had been involved.

Meanwhile, Shin was reprimanded by his mother right after returning, telling him how dangerous what he had done was.

As a ’punishment’, he had to stay with Evangeline until they were instructed to return to the academy. He also had to prepare all three meals of the day for her, aside from the snacks in between.

They still had to wait until the servers of the game became available again, so Shin did not have much to do until then.

Aside from his daily training and sparring with Arthur and Leonard, all he did was accompany his mother.

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While Shin and the others were waiting for the summoning of the academy, the situation around the world had also taken another change.

Due to the war between the Black Serpent Mafia and the top forces of the Soaring Continent, the conflict started to spread and affected the other organisations.

The Shadow Alliance, which also had some conflict with the Soaring Continent, was swept up in the conflict as well.

This made the mess even bigger, making the enemies of enemies and allies of allies start joining the conflict, almost breaking out into a huge world war.

However, before the situation could even reach that point, a certain incident had suddenly shaken the entire world.

It was the incident that concerned the pinnacle experts and old monsters of this world. It was a matter that involved the Founder of the Magic Ace Academy and Supreme General of the Top Military School of the Soaring Continent, who were also among the first batch of Transcendent Realm Experts of the current era.

Due to these two old monsters revealing themselves, all the other forces became curious reason that pulled them out of their seclusion. This was the reason why they had sent a few of their old monsters, who were at the same level.

They wanted to know why they had to personally move themselves.

However, what these top forces had gotten was something that they could not afford to pay for.

The full information was sealed and became highly confidential, but it was said that all the old monsters that went to that place to investigate were forced to run away for their lives and went back to their respective forces with serious injuries.

Their injuries might not be that grave, but they still required them to seclude themselves for a couple of years before they could fully recover.

When this news was leaked, the unrest throughout the world suddenly calmed down.

Even the top forces of the Soaring Continent were forced to halt their actions, temporarily ceasing all their operations against the Black Serpent Mafia and their affiliated forces.

Everyone was shocked and shaken after learning that all the old monsters were forced to run for their lives and return with serious injuries.

It had to be said that all these old monsters were standing at the pinnacle of their respective disciplines – Transcendent Realm Martial Artists, Exalted Realm Mentalism, and Sword Saint Paragons – all of them were either in these realms or at least with equal strength.

For all of them to be forced to run for their lives, whatever they had encountered at the said place must be absolutely terrifying.

Moreover, all of them were said to have suffered serious injuries.

Such news thoroughly shook the world.

It was said that aside from the Great Ones, who had absolute powers and had been training in their respective realms for a very long time, everyone else almost lost their lives during the incident.

Both the Founder of the Magic Ace Academy and the Supreme Commander of the Top Military School, who were the main ’culprits’ of the incident, had also suffered quite greatly. After all, they were the ones who were leading everyone to the said place.

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At this moment, the members of the Elders’ Council were having a meeting, concerned about this incident as well.

It was quite rare for all the members of the council to gather together, but all of them were currently present for this particular meeting.

“What happened?” asked Luvenia Potter, the Lotus of Death, right after taking her seat.

She particularly stared at Professor Plum, Grandmaster Benn, and General Samuel, who were said to be the ones to first receive the news.

“We are not exactly sure about the details either. Even the three of us are taken aback when we receive the signal from the two founders,” said Professor Plum.

“Have the ancestors of your family said anything, Demon Fist General?” asked the Hermit.

General Samuel shook his head in response. “The Ancestors have not told us much about it as well. But they have warned us to always be on alert.”

Galileo Freeman, the Blood Slaughtering Fist and Joaquin Giovanni’s master, suddenly asked. “Alert? Alert from what?”

This old person looked frail and sickly, yet there was a dangerous air constantly being emitted by his body. There was also a hint of bloodlust hidden in his eyes, which was flashing out from time to time.

“This should be a pretty serious matter since all the Transcendent, Exalted, and Paragons are involved,” said Su Li, the Sword Demon.

This old person was a crazy swordsman who was very close to achieving the realm of sword paragons.

“I heard that the forces who have suffered the most during the incident are the Deep Blue Continent and Clear Sky Continent?” asked an old lady, who had a gentle and kind bearing.

She was one of the elders of the Stuart Clan. The Witch of the West, Daphne Wayne.

Sitting beside her was her husband, who was also the clan’s current patriarch. The Sage of the East, Gerardo Stuart.

The two of them rarely left the clan, but they could not afford not to attend this meeting, as it concerned a major incident.

“Their injuries that their Transcendent Experts have suffered are pretty serious. I heard that it is the Great Sea Scholar is forced to exit his seclusion as well to heal those two esteemed seniors,” answered Grandmaster Benn before turning toward a certain direction, where the representative of the said continents was sitting.

There was a total of 24 elders present within the room, filling all the seats of the council.

All these elders were from all over the world, and each of them was a step away from reaching the pinnacle of their respective disciplines.

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