Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2475: Operation Successful

Date: Unspecified

Time: Unspecified

Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central-Southern Region Corridor, Central Region, Base Gecko

In the uphill wilderness of the Central-Southern Region Corridor, I spotted two separate groups, each escorting a Agent Lois to safety. My deduction was immediate: the third rescue team had split to protect the asset. One group, composed of three squad members, served as the decoy. The other, containing two squad members and the actual Agent Lois, was the original extraction team.

I immediately identified the real Lois. After all, as my bloodkin calamity daughter gem, I could recognize Agent Lois faster than her own birth parents.

I could intentionally pursue the fake, but Field Marshal Lorn’s unparalleled starry eyes wouldn’t allow her to fall for such a lousy trick.

This was the worst part of disguising myself as Field Marshal Lorn for this mission. She was just too powerful, her losing wouldn’t be convincing enough and might prompt one to give Agent Lois’s escape story a second glance. As the Field Marshal, I couldn’t just pretend to lose, I had to give it an actual try before failing. Otherwise, it would only garner scrutiny from the masters, making them suspicious about Agent Lois’s escape from the Southern Royal family’s captivity.

I noticed both ‌groups had felt my gaze on them as they immediately began their evasion maneuvers, vanishing from my field of vision by going underground. I no longer hesitated and followed the original Agent Lois. Both my Soul Pupils and the Field Marshal’s Starry Eyes could track the groups moving underground. Knowing the route they were taking, I rushed ahead of the original group and used my celestial force to lift the entire goddamned ground, instantly exposing them.

However, before I could proceed to kill the elite demigods while giving Agent Lois the window to escape using her ability, I noticed that the group of three was replaced by four paper figurines that soon burned into ash and dispersed with the wind, even before I could read their soul pathways and arrangements.

I soon learned from Lois that the Masters had sent over a powerful demigod proficient in assassination and espionage to assist those left of the three rescue teams they sent to help her escape the pursuit of Field Marshal Lorn.

Yeah, they sent a reinforcement for the reinforcements they sent to Base Gecko for rescuing Agent Lois.

This demigod not only found them in the nick of time but also teleported all of them to the supply depot 3 without me realizing, allowing Agent Lois to escape to the Masters’ base in the central capital using its teleportation array. I don’t dare to say I was the strongest in the card world, but I was confident enough to say that no card apprentice could pull one over me in the card world. But this assassin sent by the masters proved me wrong, reminding me not to be complacent. These guys had an arsenal of unique and capable physiques, traits, and innate cards I wasn’t even aware of, let alone be prepared for them.

Also, I couldn’t help but wonder if they had a problem with getting it right on the first try. If only they had sent this fucker sooner, I couldn’t have had to go overboard crossing the border and killing a general on duty. I wasn’t afraid of breaking the law or the consequences of doing so, but just that the consequences yet to come might spiral the situation into exposing my entire operation.

Hopefully, the Southern Princess still had a soft spot for her aunt and would let this matter rest without pulling on the one thread that was sticking out and undoing the entire crochet of my lies.

However, I could confirm one thing from this. The Masters had come to a conclusion that I was planning to lead them towards themselves without Lois having to tell her little story. The unknown assassin-type card demigod sent by the Masters to rescue her was evidence enough. They wouldn’t have sent the assassin if they had a shred of doubt that Southern Royal Family got to Lois and this chase was a ruse.

That made things simpler on Lois’s side. As such, it paved a path for Lois to get back into the masters’ grace by revealing her upgraded physique. With that, I can be assured that Lois will not only be able to stay safe in the tiger’s den, but also succeed in her mission. The operation couldn’t have gone better.

Losing Agent Lois’s trail, I a.k.a Field Marshal Lorn, dashed toward the decoy group. Unearthed them, killed the elite demigods, and left with the decoy. This way, the observers who didn’t know the inside story will think Field Marshal Lorn successfully recaptured her target and left. Meanwhile, the Masters and their minions will think the Field Marshal Lorn used the decoy to save face. Making it a convincing enough response from the Field Marshal Lorn for losing her target.

Leaving the central-south region corridor, I headed in the direction of the Southern region after killing the decoy and making sure I had gotten rid of all the eyes following me. I reverted back to my original form and called Henricks to give me a lift to the central academic region.

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”Boss, are you sure about this? I have no idea what you are capable of, but I know Morningstar University is one of the top three Organizations in the card world. They are ranked above all the royal families. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had their own undisclosed contacts in the Myriad Realms like you and I do. Not to mention their generationally accumulated talents—” Henricks went on and on trying to persuade his young boss from taking on one of the top three organizations of the card world but was interrupted by his young boss.

Not that he didn’t believe in his young boss’s strength or was afraid of Morningstar University, it’s just that he didn’t dare to underestimate them. He was the guy who dared to rebel against the Masters, the hidden rulers of the five regions. If his boss wanted to, he wouldn’t hesitate to repeat the same with Morningstar University, only this time he would win because he had his young boss on his side.

”Enough, the time for talking has long passed,” I said with grim eyes and then with a deep voice, I added, ”It’s time for action.”