Chapter 145 - The Search

The next morning. 

Outside the fox family territory stood four men while dressed in black robes and with a mask on to hide their identity. 

"I never thought a day would come when I will be sent here to search for some fugitive" said one of the men.

"Be quiet Alex, you know how serious this matter is for the family head to personally send us here to deal with it as soon as possible" reply one of the men who is more muscular compare to the other three and seem to be the leader of the team.

"Of course I do but don't you think the family head is taking this too seriously. I mean we are feared by all so if they find out about the survivors what can they do to us" asked Alex.

"We may be fear among those in this region but it is another matter when it comes to our client, we should be honored that they were willing to let us take charge of the matter instead of doing it themselves so when they found out that it was not successful, you can imagine what would become of our family" Replied Derrick.

"Now that you have understood how important this mission really is, I don't have anything to say to you but we are not going home until we complete it" added the leader before moving ahead. 

Letting out a sigh, Alex also follow suit but before he could go far, his friend said to him.

"I know you are thinking this kind of mission is not befitting of you, so I want you to think of it as a training session".

"If only it could be that simple Wilson but it isn't and Berry here is just taking everything seriously" replied Alex.

The moment that they entered the fox family territory, an alarm was sent directly to the hall to notify them that someone has gone through their defense which led to them sending more guards to check out what was going on and among the guards that were sent out to investigate who it was, was elder Luke who is in charge of the search.

"Looks like the Fox family are on high alert for there to be so many people coming here" said Berry with a smile as he can hear the hurried footsteps heading their way.

It didn't take long for them to arrive at the location where the alarm went off and before them were four young men in masks standing still like they have been expecting them. 

"Who are you and what business do you have here" asked one of the guards.

"You are welcome you asked but the problem here is are you sure that you are qualified enough to know who we are" asked Alex as he step forward with an evil grin on his face.

'First, they sent us all the way to this place, and here they are acting mighty when they should be honored to have us in their territory' thought Alex.

"Let me through" said elder Luke as he make his way through the guard before he was standing face to face with them.

"You guys must be from the Wallace family if I am not mistaken" asked elder Luke after observing them.

"Good eyes old man" reply Berry with a smile.

"When the guards heard them claiming to be from the Wallace family, they couldn't help but tremble in fear especially for the guard who has spoken before as he was very thankful to elder Luke for taking charge over the matter else who knows what would have happened to him.

"Please come with me, this is not a nice place to keep a guest" said elder Luke after discovering who they were as he took the lead out of the forest before instructing one of the guards to go inform the family head about their guest.

It didn't take them long enough to arrive at the hall where they could see the others waiting for their return. 

They greeted the hall before waiting for their reply.

"It is very rare to see a member of the Wallace family in our territory not to take of four men which make me curious as to what brings you here" asked the family head.

"There is a rumor about our enemy taking shelter in your territory so we came to investigate" replied Berry as he took a step forward.

"I don't remember letting your enemy take shelter here when it could bring trouble to us but I do remember a lady leaving close by with her children, you can go look at them and see if they are the ones you are looking for" said the family head with a straight face.

"It is good that you are willing to cooperate with us. Let's not waste more time here come on guys let's get to work" replied Berry before giving orders out.

"Elder Luke will take you there" said the family head.

Taking the lead, elder Luke took them out of the hall leaving the family head and the elders.

"For the Wallace family to send four Nascent soul realm practitioners over show how important this matter is to them" mutter the family head with a frown on his face.

"Let's just hope they don't suspect we have a hand in it" commented the grand elder as he appear inside the hall.

The family head was not surprised to see the grand elder in the hall as he has already suspected that he has been in the hall since the guest from the Wallace family's arrival.

"Seem like the Phoenix family really did it this time around" said the family head.

"I hope he would be able to shoulder the consequences for it" replied the grand elder with a sigh.

Just as they were speaking, the door to the hall was pushed open once more with elder Luke rushing in with a worried look on his face while the guests followed from behind.

"How did the search go, did she turn out to be the one you are looking for" asked the family head when seeing the look on elder Luke.

"That is not it when we got there, we discover that the place was deserted" replied elder Luke. 

There was a little silence in the hall before the grand elder spoke up angrily.

"I am really disappointed with you people even after I have told you all about tightening the defenses, you still let them leave the territory with knowing. So if those from the phoenix decided to come in, they would have succeeded".

"This came as a surprise to us too grand elder, just as you instructed we double the defense" replied the family head.

"You don't have to worry about that since they wouldn't have gone too far from here" said Berry as he didn't wait for anyone to speak up before leading his team out of the hall.

After leaving the hall, Alex turn to berry as he asked.

"Now that they are not here, what should be our next move".

"The only place that is closer to the Fox family territory is Carpie town, so that is recently the best place for us to start the search" reply Berry.

"Ah, now this whole thing is becoming really annoying" said Alex as he let out a sigh.

"Don't worry, I believe Berry would let you have your way with them once we capture them right Berry" asked Wilson with a smile.

"Sure thing if it is enough to compensate you for the time wasted but first thing first, let head to Carpie town" replied Berry.

And before long they have already made their way out of the Fox family territory. Meanwhile, inside the hall, the family head suddenly let out a sigh.

"Thank goodness they didn't suspect anything" said the family head.

"They still wouldn't have done anything since they are not completely sure about our involvement" reply the grand elder.

"Wait a minute, you mean you knew all along that they have left the territory" asked elder Luke after hearing the two conversations.

"Yes and if you must know I was the one that informed him of the danger" replied the grand elder with a nod.

"I am truly sorry for not informing you all about it since it wouldn't have pulled through if you were to know" added the family head.

"We understand your reason" said elder Luke.

"Let me make this clear, this matter was said here and should die here. If anyone comes to know of it, then you have to pay the price with your head" commented the grand elder with a serious look on his eyes which sent a chill down their spine showing how serious he is about the matter.

After he was done saying those statements, the grand elder took his leave as he stared at the sky for some time before letting out a sigh.

"I have done my best, the rest in your hand now" mutter the grand elder before going to the alchemy room.