Chapter 448 - The Marshal's Orders

Le Xuan closed the door behind her, leaving Klyse behind with the orders not to do anything that consisted of escape, making trouble, or using his powers.

Klyse was left helplessly inside. He couldn't even go against his master, but he couldn't harbour any bad feelings about her either. How annoying! How stifling! How hateful!

He couldn't even describe the feelings roiling inside him properly, so he decided to just go to sleep. He had been dead for so many years, so he had to rest a bit to console himself from all his mental anguish. 

The group of them looked at Le Xuan, who looked like she was keeping a mask of calm, like the rest of them, but her eyes were anything but.

They'd heard everything that Klyse had been forced to reveal to them. He couldn't even lie or omit any truths because of Le Xuan's command. It could be said that the slug was rather miserable.

As a Grand Meister that had previously been free and easy, it was now living a controlled life. It couldn't even escape because of Le Xuan's orders.

She sighed. "I can't believe he really is a Grand Meister. He was able to fight on par with all those Transcendents even though he himself has never been able to cross over into the Transcendent ranks. But the Evans Sect has been relying on the presence of this 'Transcendent' to oppress a lot of the other sects in this realm."

Alec listened to her as he thought about the information that they'd managed to gather from the slug, his thoughts spinning rapidly.

Transcendents were scarce. They were even scarcer than finding a Grand Meister back in his original realm. As far as he knew, the only 'active' Transcendents in this realm right now was limited to two, and one of them were supposed to be from the Evans Sect.

Yet, they now heard that Klyse Evans had been dead – dead for a long time, even! 

The natives of this realm didn't look very good. They tried to keep calm, but the information kept knocking against their heart like waves. It was because the Evans Sect was considered the top sect of their realm.

They had real power, and they had produced many outstanding Grand Meisters over an extremely long period of time, which could be proof of their strength, but this also meant that their strength might not be as good as they claimed. 

Or… they had another Transcendent that no one else knew about. With Klyse Evans supposedly dead, who exactly had they been relying on to maintain their superiority?

Both possibilities had pros and cons.

Many of those supposed Grand Meisters that they had produced had already perished, which had always set off waves in the world periodically, but now…

Finally, Chantelle spoke up. "Who cares? It's not like the sects fighting are a new thing. Just let them be. After all, we're the only ones who know about this. Even if it's found out, I'm sure the Evans Sect will be able to stabilize the situation without a problem, just like they always have before."

Katherine glared at her. "Do you think it's that simple, blockhead? I really wonder what your brain is made out of."

Chantelle glared back, blowing her top. "What do you mean by that!? I'll have you know that I'm very smart, alright?"

The person who couldn't stand their frequent fights cut in lazily. Ye Sha's tone was lazy. "There's something more serious about this. If the Evans Sect truly doesn't have another Transcendent, then it's estimated that this paper tiger will eventually be exposed. Then, the realm will be plunged into chaos. Everyone wants a piece of this fat sheep, and the wolves around are starving."

As he spoke, the System crunched on a chip. His expression was contemplative, but not overly worried. It was as if it had nothing to do with him.

This allowed the women who were fighting out of a need to rid themselves of anxiety to calm down and think more clearly about the situation.

Ye Sha was right.

However, they were also safe for the time being. In this case, as long as they did not deliberately spread out matters, the realm's stabilized power rankings would not suddenly undergo an upheaval.

If the sects all really started to fight against one another, it was likely that even the common citizens would be implicated.

Most sects and clans were located within a city, so it wasn't strange.

The last time something like this happened before the Evans Sect consolidated their strength was the slaughter of the masses.

Blood had stained the ground red, dying the streets with the blood of many innocents.

It had been recorded in the history books, and it had only been fifty years ago. If they underwent that upheaval again…

It was estimated that this time would not be any less bloody.

Even though Le Xuan was part of a sect that specialized in infiltration and information gathering, she knew the seriousness of this matter. She would not leak any of it out. There would always be people who had less than pure intentions, and her sect was no different.

The group of them discussed some alternatives. They should not reveal Klyse Evans in any shape or form…

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Marshal Kisaragi Shilivia looked coldly at the screen in front of her. The data shown was not conducive to them at all.

Yet, she had already embarked on this journey, and she would see it through.

This was the last mission.

After this, she would be granted freedom – whether it was freedom in death or freedom in life, she did not know, nor did she truly care about it.

So many years had passed in the same manner, and all she had to her name was bloodshed and death.

She had already long grown numb and cold to it all. The life and death of them did not matter.

They were but puppets dancing on a string.

"Sir!" A man saluted to her very seriously, following protocol.

The marshal remained indifferent to it all. She had long since gotten used to all these tedious things. But she could not deviate from the route of conduct.

Anyway, it would all be over soon.

"Report."

"We are preparing to jump to planet Incantix. Receiving your orders, sir"!

"Proceed."

The subordinate quickly left, and she returned her gaze to the screens in front of her.

No one knew what she was thinking about, and none of Marshal Kisaragi's subordinates dared to disturb her.

While the marshal's temper wasn't that big, and she was rather cold and unfeeling, she still treated them rather decently – at least, compared to other commanders.

The marshal only had one rule. They could not touch her. However, that was something that was moot because as a superior officer, none of them dared to touch even the corner of her clothes.

Not to mention that Marshal Kisaragi was a well-known combatant and could kill them without a single blink.

Rumour was that the last person who touched Marshal Kisaragi on accident had an untimely 'death'. No one knew for sure whether or not that person had been captured by the marshal and 'disposed' of instead.

With the rumours, the people under her were naturally more careful, and they would pay attention to their tone as well as how they stepped whenever they were near her.

Otherwise, if one day, the spaceship abruptly jumped or encountered turbulence, and they fell and touched the marshal, they wouldn't even know how they died.

The spaceship that they were riding tore through a black hole of space, and they entered and exited it smoothly, coming out from the other side without a hitch.

Marshal Kisaragi looked at the planet that was shown in front of her.

There was a hazy atmosphere around the planet, preventing most devices from piercing through to look from space. They could only see the faint colours of the planet underneath it, but it wasn't too special.

With the proper technology, they could pierce through the veil without any problems.

The marshal gave her orders. "Send Team 1 down to scout the situation on the planet. If possible, track down MC01 and get a reading on their coordinates. Make sure that MC01 is not yet awake."

"Yes, sir!"