Chapter 423 CH 409: DESPAIR AND HOPE

Chapter 423 CH 409: DESPAIR AND HOPE

Marlene sighed, wondering what this guy wanted to do with her now. Her situation was as desperate as possible and she had no possible escape in her mind out of this insidious situation.

She had seen some of Adam's powers the last time they clashed, even though it was due to unfortunate reasons, but they were not enough to impress her. Boris was an old and experienced gold-ranked hunter. There was literally no way the two of them could even be compared with one another.

"I would be very angry with you if you were to hang up now."

[I would be very angry with you if you were to hang up now.]

Marlene felt a chill run down her spine as her hand stopped right up as it was about to touch the red button of her mobile.

"Won't you turn around to greet me?"

[Won't you turn around to greet me?]

It was unmistakable now, she had heard right. The sound was indeed coming from both the phone and right behind her at the same time.

But this should be impossible. She was alone in her house and even now she felt not a single sense of presence from anyone behind her.

This made her feel even more fearful of what she was about to witness. Slowly, ever so slowly, she turned around and was able to finally realize that a man was sitting on the couch with his legs crossed. He was wearing a cloak as dark as the night and his features were invisible to the naked eyes. When she tried to peer deeper into the darkness all she could sense was a pure form of darkness as if she could lose herself inside a black hole.

"You... Adam?"

Marlene shuddered as she spoke those words. Beyond simply recognizing Adam... This attire, this presence... This reminded her of all the rumors that she had been hearing lately and the information that had been spreading in the underworld.

'No way...'

She immediately chased away this ludicrous notion from her mind. This was even more impossible than Adam somehow being a match for Boris.

The nameless new dangerous individual in Los Angeles was rumored to be a Gold ranked hunter and even possibly somehow close to an Executor on top of that.

Adam most likely had some innate talent related to stealth that was making it hard for her to notice his presence even though she was seeing him before her. She wasn't a fighter after all. So it was normal for her to make these mistakes.

Taking a deep breath to compose herself, Marlene spoke while unconsciously looking away from Adam. Her reasons may make her believe otherwise but her instincts were clearly warning her about how dangerous the young man in front of her was.

"Adam... What are you doing here?"

Silence was all she received in exchange for her question, at least, it went that way for a while, but soon...

Marlene cast all hesitations aside. Now wasn't the time for her to lose her composure. Taking a deep and shaky breath, Marlene started to explain everything she knew while summarizing things enough for him to understand.

As said many times, mermaids were walking treasures and this was more so because much of the power they brought was related to vitality and longevity.

In the past, Mermaids had been hunted down to near extinction because of the greed of humans who wished to live longer.

This was why many exaggerated rumors and legends were born around their gifts. Like how virgin blood somehow had more vitality. Because of this, many perverts attacked them.

But there was something different about Marlene and her family. They weren't just Mermaids. They were Mermaids who had been created specially by the Binge Eater with the blood of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.

Marlene was so focused on giving her story she did not notice how Adam twitched when she mentioned the name of the Binge Eater.

What was even more impressive was that the goddess actually recognized their heritage and bestowed them more blessings as well as the Divine weapon, that supposedly held the power to rule the sea.

As exaggerated as it was. It was indeed true that the wielder of this weapon could use water as a weapon and wield it to his like.

Sadly, all of this was many generations ago. Nowadays, it is hard to say if all of this has even been real. Despite all their efforts, the blood had slowly been diluted until they reached a point where they were nearly no different from the normal mermaids.

"I see. Very well. Then, do you have a picture or something of the artifacts in question?"

She was confused as to why he was asking such a question but she shook her head,

"My mom doesn't believe in the security of a phone so she never keeps any pictures and we did the same."

"Seems like it wasn't enough to stop information from leaking."

Marlene could only give a bitter smile.

"Well, it's not like I need an actual picture of it either."

Adam sighed and stood up.

"Stay here. Don't make a scene. Don't seek anyone out. I will reach out to you in 3 hours at maximum. Though I doubt it will take this long.

Chuckling, he left Marlene no chance of even speaking before he vanished from her sight.

Marlene was startled at the ghost-like way he vanished and began to truly have hope. After all, with those stealth skills, it should be possible to rescue them, right?

Marlene closed her eyes as she prayed. She didn't know what would happen. But she had made her bet. All she could do now was pray and hope that it succeeded.

(AN: This will be an interesting arc as it's tied more to the overachieving goal of the Big first part of this story. Also an occasion to see more actions. Speaking of, it has been some time since the last "action" chapter. perhaps I should bring one soon.)