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"Krejin, you made a deal with that man.

nYou admitted that only if he stays in one location for more than an half an hour would your people be notified. I set the tracker to act that way. You knowing his live location is not the part of that commitment.

nBy doing this, you will be going back on your word.

nThat is something you can never come back from. Are you sure you want to do this?

"

n

"Old man, are you giving me moral education right now?

"

n

"No, I am telling you are worth just as much as your word. With this action, your worth is going to decrease by a lot.

"

n

"But that guy has Siola. I need to find him or she will die.

" Krejin said with his fists clenched.

n

"And?

" His words stumped Krejin.

n

"What do you mean 'And'?

"

n

"Krejin, it seems like you are so absorbed in your identity as the young master of Telchine Clan. Everything went your way for too long and too many times. It seems like you don't understand the way of the world anymore.

nYou made a deal with Christos to screw over some guy.

nThat's your business, but you would have to be ready to deal with the consequences it. No man would take it lying down when it comes to their lives. They have the right to fight back and that is what he is doing.

nOn top of the deal, you even made a game out of his situation.

nHe is playing it now and he got the upper hand. You have to deal with it. You used to ask me why I have such an obsession with commitments.

nThis is the exact reason.

nOnce you commit to something, you have to face the heat it brings, no matter what.

"

nKrejin gritted his teeth even hard to the point, the old man could practically hear that noise.

n

"I want to know his live location. I can't afford to lose Siola now.

"

n

"Really? But do remember, even if you managed to win this after using this location, in reality do remember that you lost. Also remember that a young man came here alone with his meager strength and played the game that you set.

nBut the first one to cave was you in the end.

"

nWith that a small token flew through darkness of that hall before it landed in front of Krejin.

nKrejin hesitated a bit before he took the token. He wanted to say something to that old that hasn't even shown his face until now. But after some thought, he realized he is out of words.

nHe cannot say anything to justify his actions.

nHe already said everything he wanted to say. 'Wanted to say' is the keyword.

nHe activated the token. A screen was projected before him. The map of the city was shown and Sam's spot is highlighted with a red dot.

nHe contacted his subordinates and said.

n

"He is at the west corner of the city. Go ahead and deal with him immediately.

"

nSam was resting there and he restarted engraving the inscription with these new runes. Even though the previous flow was disturbed, it did work as practice for him. This time it was a bit easier. Siola who was already weak with all of her energy exhausted, looked at him with hateful gauge.

"

n

"The words that I told your young master are not false. With every passing second that you are looking at me with those eyes, my temptation to gouge them is increased.

nIf you want to live longer, you better shut those eyes down and mind your own business. Pray to Poseidon that your young master and all his lackeys are capable enough to catch me and get you back. Or… you can think of the places that your parts have to be buried.

nEven torn apart, being buried in nice places is not a bad thing.

"

n

"Do you really think you can live after doing this? Even if young master Krejin binds by his word and not attack you with higher level cultivators, you are going to die in that trap set up by Christos.

nEven if you use up all your luck and survive that, young master Krejin will come and kill you no matter where you hide.

nEven if you hide in the deepest parts of hell, he will come and avenge me.

"

n

"And? Any more hopes that you have?

" Sam said casually.

nSiola looked at him in askance.

n

"You can list out all the hopes, or declarations about your young master as you want. I would like to see how much trust you have on him and how much he can actually live up to.

nI am feeling a bit amused.

"

n

"Amused? You are either feigning confidence or your brain is dead. Talk all you want. Soon, you will die.

"

n

"You had your chance.

"

nSam went back to doing the inscription. After around ten minutes, Sam spoke once again.

n

"We have some company. Seems like the first batch of suicide victims are here.

"

nSam stood up and walked towards the entrance of the building he is in. Three people landed on the road along with three hawk type beasts. They all carried sabers and wore green. Looked like they are a unit.

n

"You…

"

nOne of them started speaking, but as soon as the first word was out, Sam stopped it.

n*BOOM* *SLASH* *HOWL*

nBefore long the three of them are dead along with two birds while the third bird flew away with injuries. Sam came back in and met the shocked gaze of Siola with his own.

n

"You seem shocked. Did you really expect those small fries to do something?

"

nSam started doing the inscription once again. But as soon as he did, Siola sensed that the next group is already there.

nBut to her surprise, they didn't come in and soon battle sounds were heard.

n

"Don't think too much, they are fighting with the undead creatures created from the corpses of the first batch.

"

nSiola is a bit lost. She almost forgot about the undead wave that Sam created in the previous battlefield.

nShe knew that it is going to be a long day.

nMeanwhile, back in the Academy realm.

nBloody Chariot who came back from that expedition was met with the chaos the Zeus academy and the rest of the Olympian region is in.

nHe immediately went to the academy grounds to see if he can find anyone. Luckily for him, every significant elder is in a meeting. They are trying to decide on a situation because they are met with a tough situation.

n

"What is happening here?

"

nBloody Chariot asked. Killing intent is running rampant from him.

nThe elders froze in their spots. Their discussions came to a halt. They all exchanged a glance communicating to decide who is going to speak with Bloody Chariot.

n

"Speak

"

nHe pointed at one of them and asked.

nThat elder stood up and started explaining the situation.

n

"It all started after the pocket dimension opened and the first graders left. The hub managers of all branches started killing everyone like crazy. Their primary target are our fourth graders, the other academy fourth graders were also attacked, but not many.

nOur people died the most.

nNot just students, around half a dozen instructors died. Elder Gawk also died. Icarus and Ivar joined forces to kill him. Our fourth grade collapsed completely. We already locked down the whole city, but the news already reached the other regions.

nThey are all pressuring us to release their people that are stuck in the city.

nWe are also tried to capture Joker and the managers in the hub, but none of them is there. All the hub activities are closed down. We were planning to destroy it, but…

"

nThe elder paused and looked at Bloody Chariot nervously.

n

"What happened? Continue.

"

n

"The people from Sanatan realm came here and demanded that we release their members. They gave us a video showing something. They are threatening to release it if we do not comply. They also have some other conditions.

"

nAs she said, she showed him a video.

nIt is the video of Joker discussing the deal with Bloody Chariot and Gungnir. Bloody Chariot's heart turned cold. The Video is indeed not something that should be leaked at the moment.

nHe didn't even have a proper justification to say why he did that.

nThat will make him reveal the details of the expedition. Then he thought of how the expedition was all directed by Joker himself. Doubts started to raise, but before that he needs to handle the problem at hand.

n

"Did you perform a search? Did you find any traces of those managers?

"

n

"Yes, sir. We did, but they are nowhere to be seen. It seemed like they disappeared completely.

"

n

"How can they disappear like that? How did they even escape from all of you present here?

"

nAll of them stayed silent.

n

"Let's go meet that representative from the Sanatan realm.

"

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