"But what?" the man asked. He wore a gray coat, and a sharp knife scar ran across his face."I'm confident they won't report this to the UN because they aren't a country. They're just an island operating outside the normal system. So even if they refuse to pay the amount we demanded, they'll still be willing to negotiate," the man replied."Oh, really?" The leader nodded slowly. He believed the same thing.First, they were not an actual country and were operating under the guise of being part of the Panya government.Even if their existence was technically legal within the system, they had to be hiding something. That was why they never allowed visitors onto the island. Even the Panyanians who worked there were forbidden from entering many areas.If they ever sought help from the UN, it could give outsiders the opportunity to step foot on the island and investigate what they were truly doing.He was convinced that if they were really hiding something, just as his instincts had been wa

"I want to touch his corpse," he replied vaguely, offering no explanation.Immediately, a figure flashed forward and blocked his path.He calmly looked at the middle-aged man standing before him."Please don't touch his corpse, sir. We have already performed certain rituals, and he cannot be touched until he is buried. If you touch him now, we will have to start all over again," the man explained."Then how am I supposed to touch him once he's buried? You can still redo the ritual, right? Good. Then do it again."He waved casually, and an invisible force gently pushed the man aside. Just as he was about to step forward, several more people moved to block his way."We can't allow you to desecrate one of our own on the day of his burial," they said firmly.Samuel looked at them.He wanted to confirm something first. He wasn't completely certain yet, so he couldn't say anything that might raise their hopes. At the same time, he wasn't about to stop simply because they told him to."If yo

Samuel immediately looked toward him.“Speak.”Carson quickly explained everything, from their return journey to the strange kangaroo and the accusations that someone had stolen a Dragon Vein Grass.After hearing the story, Samuel narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.“This is indeed important information,” he muttered. “But how can we be certain the thief is still in the Main World?”Carson nodded as though he had already anticipated the question.“After the incident, the Kukuphindu Forest was completely sealed with formation barriers,” he explained. “If someone had tried to force their way out afterward, the formations would have cracked and alerted everyone immediately.”He paused briefly before continuing.“Unless the thief is an extremely skilled Formation Master capable of secretly altering the barriers without triggering them.”“And people at that level are rare,” he added seriously. “Those formations weren’t ordinary.”Samuel’s eyes flickered sharply.“That means the person who stol

Samuel sat alone in a private lounge inside a luxurious bar, calmly sipping his drink as he waited.A few minutes later, the door opened.Several figures entered the lounge one after another, their movements cautious and restrained.Samuel remained silent.He leaned back in his seat and watched them approach without saying a word.There were six people in total: an old man, two middle-aged men, a middle-aged woman, and the two young people who had attacked him and Kimberly that night.The atmosphere grew tense under his gaze."They said you've been wanting to see me," Samuel said at last, his voice cold and indifferent. "What do you want? Talk fast."The old man immediately stepped forward.Without hesitation, he dropped to one knee before Samuel.The others followed suit."Ancestor, this old man here is the head of the Wellington household, and the young man beside me is the head of the Fergus household," he said, briefly glancing at Fergus, who stood to his right."We came to plead

He was tempted to walk over and passionately kiss those beautiful lips, but he knew this wasn't the time for that.Instead, he went to ask for Gilbert. Nina wasn't originally from the Main World, so her knowledge of different places would likely be limited as well."You just left me without a word," she complained."I'm sorry. I have a lot of things to do. But I promise I'll make it up to you soon.""Hmm." She nodded. "Your friends are looking for you.""Oh, you mean Carson and Heng Mei?" His eyes lit up. He remembered giving them directions to his island in case they ever needed to find him during an emergency."Yes. Carson and two others. I don't think there's any Heng Mei among them," she replied after thinking for a moment."Alright. Lead me to them."The moment he met them, he asked his question before anything else."Does anyone know a place called Valor?""Valor?" Carson, Amelia, and Dmitry exchanged glances."Have you looked for it on the map?" Carson asked."I did, but I foun