Child of Destiny

While everyone where busy fighting outside the independent dimensional space that the Head Priestess had created, Leonard continued to digest all the knowledge that he just received and consolidate his foundation.

And at the same time, Shin was still in the middle of being guided by the Head Priestess.

But as the discussion between the two continued, the Head Priestess suddenly sensed something and raised her head, looking behind Shin.

Noticing her actions, Shin could not help but knit his brows and turned around, looking behind him to see what it was. Unfortunately, he could not see anything aside from the boundless starry sky behind him and the water-like floor under it.

But unlike him, the Head Priestess was able to see more. Her gaze was pierced through the dimension and could see what was happening outside.

“It seems like we have some uninvited guests,” said the Head Priestess as she saw a group of people walking toward the hut sneakily outside.

Shin frowned deeply before turning to her and continued to listen.

“They seem to be on the side group as those guys destroying the peace of our land and coveting the inheritance of the Thunder Lord,” said the Head Priestess before adding. “They must be planning to interrupt the ritual and steal the inheritance.”

She then paused and looked behind her before heaving a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, the inheritance ritual has already been completed and your friend is already in the middle of digesting everything and consolidating his foundation.”

“Unfortunately, he can’t be disturbed right now as it will drag him out of his current state, especially when he also has undergone the bloodline awakening. He will not be able to rip all the benefits from the inheritance ritual and bloodline awaken if he gets interrupted right now.”

She then turned to Shin and continued. “I can’t get out of this dimension for the time being since it will result in its collapse the moment when I do it.”

She gave Shin an apologetic smile before saying. “I think I have to trouble you at dealing with them.”

Shin smiled at her in response and said. “It is not trouble at all, Head Priestess.”

He then picked up the pair of katanas laid beside him before standing. “Then I will be going.”

Before he could even turn around, the Head Priestess suddenly stopped him. “I suggest you do not use your katana. Those people seem to be planning to uncover who is the person that receives the inheritance.”

“I think it is best if you also try to hide your identity since if they figure out who you are, it can lead to revealing the identity of your friend.”

Shin paused his steps before nodding his head in understanding. It would be best for him not to reveal his swordsmanship or even his real fighting style. It would be troublesome if the Black Serpent Mafia figured out his real identity.

Given his history with them, he was sure that they would give him more trouble in the future once they found out that he was away from his ‘sheltered’ place.

After all, those guys still had some ‘grudge’ against him and could not do anything when he was under the protection of the Springfield Family.

They could not recklessly make a scene in the Capital City within the Main Region since it was the home turf of the Springfields. But now that he was in the Eastern Sea Region, where the influence of the Springfield Family was a little weaker, he was sure the organization would pull some strings in the dark.

One of the proofs would be the current situation that they were in. This incident was definitely related to the Black Serpent Mafia. He was sure of it since he saw the Professor earlier, who was one of the people under Snake Head.

Shin kept his katanas and hid them inside his dimensional bag before bowing to the Head Priestess, thanking her. “I understand, Head Priestess. And thank you for your guidance.”

After that, he turned around and started walking toward the exit of the isolated dimension.

The Head Priestess watched Shin’s back for a couple of moments before smiling. She then muttered to herself. “Your son sure is amazing, Evangeline. He clearly resembles you,” before closing her eyes and going back to meditating.

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Outside the isolated dimension, the agents sent by the Black Serpent Mafia to scout the area, stealthily moved under the shades of the surrounding trees while observing the hut full of cautiousness.

“We found the target location. Waiting for further instructions,” whispered one of the agents to the communication device.

Not long after, the reply from the other side of the line quickly arrived. “Don’t make any unnecessary move. Observe the target and wait for the reinforcement.”

“Your purpose in coming there is to figure out the host of the ancient inheritance. Other than that, you are not to do anything.”

“The reinforcement is already on its way. If they arrive much earlier, then you can initiate a fight and eliminate the target if you can. It is better if you can capture them alive.”

The agent nodded his head after receiving the instructions. “Roger that.”

After that, he quickly looked at the other agents that came alongside him before signaling them with a series of hand gestures, passing the instructions to them.

The other agents nodded their heads and quickly scattered, positioning themselves within the woods and surrounding the hut from every direction.

While they were waiting, the person on the other side of the line suddenly said. “The young executioners stationed in the area are already in there. Get ready to move!”

The head agent could not reply immediately as he heard that. It was not because the instruction to move came a little too earlier, but it was because of the identity of their reinforcements. ‘The young executioners?’

Those were one of the top talents within the organization. And since they were relieved from their posts and dispatched to head over to this place, it was clear how important this operation was to the organization.

He had heard that those young executioners were currently in the middle of a critical mission and infiltrated different government sectors and prestigious academies. And to dispatch those top talents could only mean that this operation was much bigger than the head agent had originally thought.

It took quickly quite some time to recover himself after learning that these young executioners were being dispatched. The other person on the other side of the line even needed to yell at the communicator just to bring the head agent back to reality.

The head agent just recovered himself and was about to apologize when he suddenly saw a young man appearing in front of the hut out of nowhere. This young man was like a ghost, who step onto reality from the spiritual world.

The head agent could not help but pause when he saw the young man. And staring at the latter, he could feel an overwhelming killing intent coming from the small and lean body of the young man.

A few moments later, he saw the young man slowly raise his head before looking straight ahead.

Swoosh!

The instant his eyes met the gaze of the young man in the air, he felt that his soul suddenly got frozen. That casual gaze of the young man from the distance was so cold that he was unable to do anything, even making him unable to talk.

He stuttered greatly as he forced himself to open his mouth and warn the others. Unfortunately, there was no words came out of his mouth as his jaw quivered uncontrollably due to the shivering cold that came from deep in his soul.

Swoosh! 𝚋ｅｄｅ𝚕．𝚗ｅｔ

Then, in the very next instant, he saw the young man vanish from the front of the simple-looking hut. He disappeared like a ghost just like how he appeared earlier.

“Ah!”

“Urgh!”

“Ugh!”

“Wah!”

What followed after it was a series of pained yells and cries of agonies of the other agents scattered within the woods. From the sounds of their cries, the agents were unable to fight back as they were ripped apart by the ghostly figure that was dashing into the woods.

The head agent quickly panicked as he turned his head left and right, looking for his colleagues and trying to find the unseen enemy.

He started sweating bullets when the cries of the other agents stopped all of a sudden. An eerie silence quickly enveloped the entire mountain forest, adding to the horror of the head agent. Even the sounds of the insects stopped at that point in time, making him suppress the sound of his breathing.

He gulped a mouthful of saliva as he stepped back and leaned on the tree behind him. He was on full alert, readying himself for the possible ambush.

Due to his focus, he was unable to hear the shout of the operator that was on the other side of the line. He completely forgot that he was in the middle of receiving instructions from the person talking to the communicator.

He slowly turned his head left to right, trying to look for the signs of the enemy but to no avail.

He was breathing slowly and turning his head when he got a glimpse of someone standing in front of him from his peripheral vision.

His breathing stopped, his pupils contracted, and his body froze. His tensed body was unable to move when he realized who was that person.

He tried to turn his head slowly in front of him and saw the cold look from the young man standing in there. He had forgotten everything when he looked at the cold eyes of the latter. He wanted to fight but was unable to move his body. He wanted to beg for his life but could not force the words out of his throat.

“Ah!” – was the only word that he could only say before he found his vision spinning around before he heard a soft ‘thud’ when the spinning stopped.

He felt that everything shrunk, and his vision was close to the ground.

In the distance, he saw the young man standing in front of a headless body. It was at that moment that he realized what had happened.

His vision slowly turned dark while regretting coming here. He now realized that they had encountered a scary monster.

A monster much scarier and more horrifying than the young executioners coming here.

“Tell them not to come.” – were the words the that he wanted to say to the person yelling at him from the communicator. But unfortunately, he could no longer speak, so his message was unable to come through.

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