Cursed Immortality

Chapter 747: Time for Reckoning (1)

The fog island was surrounded by icy cold fog and an eerie silence in the dark shade of moonless night. Over a hundred meters away from the floating island, a flying ship in stealth approached it, and this wasnʼt the only ship; in fact, around a hundred more ships were slowly surrounding the island from all directions.

They were keeping their distance to not alert the locusts around the island and waiting for everyone to be in position.

As for the person in command of these ships, he was a few hundred meters right above the fog island with the most powerful and influential figures of the Unique Plains.

Not only were the true bodies of the Treaty of Legendsʼ members present, but even the leaders of the three absolute factions were present here, called by their seniors within the treaty.

Everyone was silently looking at the towering giant, adorned in a dark windbreaker and a long hood covering his head. He stood silently under the dark sky and watched below as cold winds brushed past his towering, slender figure.

”Everyone will be in position in three minutes.” Veronica finally broke the silence at this moment as his eyes contained a hint of excitement and trepidation.

Furthermore, Diminutive was nowhere to be seen, which made Veronica remember the last time she saw him.

There was a hint of tiredness on his face as if he hadnʼt slept because of nightmares, which he still couldnʼt comprehend since he didnʼt remember anything. Yet his body always shivered for some reason whenever he tried to remember.

Although she didnʼt know what was going on with him, he left after saying he had another more important matter to tend to, and Jacob was enough for this venture. After all, he didnʼt sign the oath contract, which only made Veronica suspicious since she knew Diminutiveʼs nature and was on guard against him.

She even told Jacob about her suspicion; the latter only told her he knew and didnʼt comment further.

Jacob finally averted his focus and looked around, merely glancing at Veronica for a moment before he looked toward the leaders of three absolute factions. It was his first time seeing them in person, and the same was true for them. A hint of surprise flashed past his eyes when he saw one of the leaders.

They were finally able to ʼseeʼ the treatyʼs ʼshadow leaderʼ, the very reason they were in this mess. On the other hand, the Pope of Cardinal Spirit Temple, Sebastian Edgar, had some idea Who Jacob was.

After all, he almost lost his position because of him when his ancestor suddenly paid him a ʼvisitʼ and berated him for his incompetence in offending someone he shouldnʼt have. Yet he was still confused about when and how he offended this enigmatic being and why he had waited for all this time to target him.

As if sensing his perplexed look, Jacob suddenly looked towards him—or at least it seemed that way since no one could see Jacobʼs face-making the old manʼs heart almost stop.

At this moment, Jacob finally spoke, ”Everyone, thank you all for coming here, despite knowing that it was I who put you all in this situation. But donʼt worry, as I told my ʼfriendsʼ from the treaty that I alone am enough to handle this. I wasnʼt lying, and my words still stand.

”You donʼt need to do anything but just watch, and please donʼt get in my way. Itʼll be best for everyone.” Jacob coldly declared.

The treaty members didnʼt react much, but the leaders of the three factions were shocked since this was their first time hearing about it. Nonetheless, they were glad that they didnʼt have to sacrifice or put their lives in danger against the Locust army, and this man seemed to know how to take responsibility.

”But before we start, I would like to have some private words with Pope Sebastian.” Jacob suddenly stated, making everyone look towards Sebastian, who seemed to be hiding at the very end.

Sylas sighed when he heard it, ʼSo, it still comes to this. Well, Iʼve done everything in my power to retract his dissatisfaction with the Faery Humans. The foolʼs fate is now in his own hands...ʼ

”W-what...why would...” Before Sebastian could snap out of his stupor and question Jacobʼs purpose, Jacob was already walking towards the room as his cold yet irrefutable voice rang, ”Follow me.”

It would be an understatement to say Sebastian was feeling fear now; no, he was appalled and even shaking in his boots. Although he may have looked like the grand pope of the temple, the guy was actually a coward, and he was only a lion in his own den while a rat in front of true lions.

Thatʼs why he never left the templeʼs safety and very seldom made personal appearances. He wouldnʼt have come today as well, at least not with his main body, but it wouldʼve offended every member of the treaty, and he knew pissing off so many Quasi Legends was nothing but courting death.

Not to mention, his own ancestor can still bypass all the security of the temple since he still has the same authority as him.

As for running away, there was simply no chance as long as he didnʼt want to live anymore and surrender his lofty status. He was only planning on putting up an act, and when he heard Jacob was planning to go alone, he was the happiest of them all.

Yet now, this sudden turn of events caught him completely off guard, and if he could, he wouldʼve been long starting to flee in the opposite direction since he knew what happened in the Holy Mountain Range was all Jacobʼs work.

”What are you waiting for?” Veronica coldly glared at rooted Sebastian.

Although she didnʼt know what the Faery Humans had done to earn his wrath, she didnʼt care about them; she only cared about getting Jacobʼs help.

Sebastian finally took a step forward while sweating bullets. His peers, who knew him, couldnʼt help but scoff secretly, gloating at the old cowardʼs misfortune. After all, they had dealt with Sebastianʼs arrogance and hypocrisy, and they knew he was a fiend playing angel. Well, except for two new leaders of the three factions. One was Royʼs replacement and previous vice manager of the bank, so his ascension was something everyone saw coming while they were still completely clueless about Royʼs fate, who was also, in a sense, like Sebastian.

But what no one saw coming was Tomasʼs sudden death, and his successor wasnʼt actually the one he nurtured. Instead, this Dark Marquise came out of nowhere and took the Dark Duke spot fair and square.

At this moment, the new Dark Duke squinted her beautiful emerald eyes as she looked deeply

at Jacobʼs figure, which vanished into the room. Her heart raced when she thought of a

possibility.

ʼIs he Mr. Jack? Just what is going on?ʼ Dark Duke Zoe was both confused and excited after her sudden realization!