Chapter 129 - Assassination

Seeing the grand elder ignoring him, Jason went in to see what he had discovered about the pill only for him to see the grand elder was pouring himself a cup of wine.

"I thought you were going to try and find out what this pill is when you took it from me" said Jason. 

"That is what I am trying to do kid" replied the grand elder as he took a sip from his cup.

"You intend to find more about the pill by drinking" asked Jason as he raised a brow at him.

"How do you expect me to study with a dry throat" replied the grand elder as he barked at Jason.

After being yelled at, Jason went to the side as he watched the grand elder enjoying himself with the cup of wine until he was done before putting the jar to the side and he picked the pill up while rubbing his hand around it before taking scrap from the pill and placing it on the table.

The grand elder took a lot of time to study the pill and was still not able to find anything about it and that is when he let out a sigh before pouring himself another cup of wine and seeing him pouring himself another cup of wine, Jason couldn't hold himself back as he asked.

"So were you able to find anything about the pill".

It took the grand elder sometime before he was able to reply to his question.

"I still couldn't find anything about the pill. It just feels like it is not from this world".

"What the hell, did you say it is not from this world" asked Jason in surprise.

"I am just saying since I have never seen anything like it since the day I started concocting pills" replied the grand elder as he took another mouthful of wine.

"Urg now what am I supposed to do with this then" said Jason.

"Just keep it for now while I study this scrap with me here" replied the grand elder as he passed the pill back to Jason.

"Maybe I will try it later when I get home" said Jason after keeping the pill away.

"I will advise you not to be so careless as to take the pill since we don't know what it is yet. Maybe it is a poison" advice that grand elder.

"Now I am regretting why I took it in the first place" said Jason in disappointment.

"You shouldn't be kid, now go busy yourself with something while I study the pill" replied the grand elder as he drove Jason away.

Meanwhile, in the phoenix family territory, a meeting was been held by the higher-ups of the family.

"I can't believe that old fox has the gust to send such message to my family" said the grand elder of the phoenix family.

"It seems like they really want to go to war with us over such matter" said the family head. 

Elder George was just sitting with his head lowered since the reason why their family was having a conflict with the fox family was all because of him. While he was just sitting quietly, the grand elder suddenly him.

"So have you been able to fish out information about the boy yet" asked the grand elder.

"Not yet grand elder, I am still waiting patiently to hear from my informer" replied elder George with a bow.

"Why is it taking so long to receive news about him, is it that you didn't send the right person for the job or you admitted that Sam was the one who is at fault" said one of the elders who seem to be related to Sam.

"That is not the problem elder Phil, we just need to be sure with the background of this kid to avoid unnecessary trouble and you don't have to worry about getting revenge for your grandson" reply elder George.

"That kid sure is lucky that I wasn't present in the ruin else he would have been buried alongside my grandson without a care in the world if he is the son of the family head or the grand elder grandson" said elder Phil in anger.

"Then I guess you would have faced the fox family wrath on your own" replied the family head.

Just as they were speaking, a guard came into the hall and went straight to elder George to whisper something in his ears before he was told to go.

"What is that all about" asked the grand elder after the guard has left.

"It seems like the person I sent to bring me information about the boy is waiting for me outside the hall" replied elder George.

"Then what are you waiting for send him in already" order the grand elder.

"I have already sent the guard to go get him" reply elder George.

It didn't take long before a hooded man was escorted into the hall by the guard before he went back to his post.

"So what did you find out about the boy" asked elder George.

"It is just as you said earlier, he is not a member of the Fox family but rather a member of the Mccray family" replied the hooded man.

"But I thought they were wiped out by the assassins so how come there is still a survival" asked the family head with a surprising look on his face.

"He is not the only survival of the attack but his mother and sister were also alive as they took shelter in the fox family territory" reply the hooded man.

"Then I guess you can take your leave and don't worry about your payment I will see to it done" said elder George as he waved him away.

After the hooded man left the hall, elder George turn to the grand elder as he asked.

"Since he is not a member of the Fox family, things will be very easy for us".

"I think we should let the assassins finish what they started" commented elder Phil.

"If you are saying we should go to the assassin, you are likely to pay a huge amount of money since to them, the Mccray family no longer exist" replied the family head.

"So what do you think we should do since we can't go to the assassin family to get the job done" asked elder George.

"How people can do it " reply elder Phil.

"If we are doing this, we will have to do it secretly since it will upset the fox family that someone was killed in their territory" said the grand elder.

"And I have the right man for the job" replied elder Phil with a cunning smile on his face.

"Good, then we will leave the issue with the kid to you since it is your grandson that was killed in the first place" said the family head.

After they were done with the meeting, elder Phil didn't waste much time before ordering a guard to call him someone, and before thirty minutes a young man was already waiting for him outside his home. 

"Greetings elder, I was told that you wanted to see me" said the young man before him.

"Yes Fred, I see that you are still improving with each passing day. If I am not mistaken you were at the third stage of the foundation realm but now you are already in the fourth stage" complimented elder Phil.

"It was all thanks to elder help that I was able to make it this far" reply Fred.

"That is not true, it is all due to your hard work that you were able to make it this far, all I did was instruct you" reply elder Phil as he stroked his bread.

"I believe there must be something that is a troubling elder for you to summon me here" asked Fred.

"Yes there is Fred, do you still remember my grandson Sam" replied elder Phil.

"Yes I do. By the way didn't they return from the ruin yesterday" asked Fred.

"Yes they return but it was quite unfortunate that he was killed by someone who seen to be residing inside the Fox family" replied elder Phil in anger.

"What, who would be so arrogant as to do such a thing. Isn't he scared of death" said Fred as he roar in anger.

"I guess he is not which is why I am sending you over to the Fox family territory to teach him what death is" replied elder Phil.

"Consider it done elder in fact I will bring you his head after I am done" said Fred as he beat his chest.

"I know that you won't let me down which is why I choose you out of the others but look Fred, we don't want the fox family to be aware of this so you have to be secretive about it" inform elder Phil.

"Don't worry elder if you don't want them to notice anything then consider it done" reply Fred.

"I await your return" said elder Phil as he dismissed Fred.