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Chapter 1693 – An Unsuccessful Persuasion
*****The squad leader tried once more to persuade him, clearly reluctant to abandon the idea. He offered further assurances, emphasizing the dangers surrounding the city and insisting that a convoy would make the journey safer. His eagerness was understandable, but Xavier had already made his decision.There was no point in arguing with someone who had no intention of changing his mind.At last, the squad leader lowered his head, looking so disappointed that anyone unfamiliar with the conversation might have assumed Xavier had just refused him the opportunity of a lifetime."Understood, Elder. I'll arrange the vehicle as you requested."He had no choice but to obey.…."Elder, if you're worried about leaving this place unsecured, we have more than enough men to spare. We could leave half of the squad behind while the rest escort you to your hotel. That way, the facility remains protected, and you won't have to worry about your safety on the journey."Even after Xavier had settled int
Chapter 1692 – The Leader’s Enthusiasm
*****The instant the words left the leader’s mouth, he appeared to realize what he had just said.His face drained of color, and he sprang to his feet so quickly that his chair scraped loudly against the floor.He immediately bent forward in apology, as though he could somehow retrieve the words and swallow them before they caused further trouble."Elder, please forgive me! I didn't mean to suggest…"He stopped, apparently unable to find a suitable ending.What was he supposed to say? That the Elder sitting in his office resembled a wanted criminal? Every possible explanation sounded worse than the last.Fortunately for him, Xavier and his companions were no longer paying attention to his desperate apology.‘Us?’For a brief moment, all three stared ahead in disbelief.They had assumed that the people from the auction would eventually abandon their search. After all, the ship had departed, and the group had vanished without leaving an obvious trail.Surely, at some point, their pursu
Chapter 1691 – Intel
*****Only after they crossed the threshold did Sage Myron and Mistress Ayra fully appreciate the nature of the building they had entered.From the teleportation room, the place had appeared surprisingly ordinary. There had been little to suggest that the facility was anything more than a modest outpost maintained by Celestial Pearl.The rest of the building told an entirely different story.Surveillance devices covered the corridors, their lenses positioned to monitor movement from multiple angles.Armed personnel stood at strategic locations, while concealed mechanisms and carefully arranged security measures made it clear that every passage had been designed with defense in mind.There were no obvious blind spots, and anyone attempting to move through the facility unnoticed would have found the task considerably harder than expected.The contrast was striking. The teleportation room was ordinary enough to put visitors at ease, but the moment they stepped outside, the building revea
Chapter 1690 – An Abrupt Turn of Events
*****The armed men bowed in unison toward Xavier, their backs bending forward at perfect ninety-degree angles.Unfortunately, it was also a little late to demonstrate their discipline, considering that several of them had been seconds away from pulling their triggers.The change of events was so abrupt that even Sage Myron and Mistress Ayra needed a moment to absorb it.One moment, Xavier and his companions had been treated like dangerous intruders.The guards had hurled threats at them, demanded obedience, and seemed fully prepared to open fire without bothering to understand the situation.The next, those same men were bowing so low that their weapons pointed toward the floor, their earlier arrogance replaced by the kind of reverence usually reserved for someone capable of deciding their fate with a single sentence.Sage Myron glanced at Mistress Ayra, who returned the look with a faint, wry smile.Neither had anticipated such a dramatic reversal, but they could hardly deny that it
Chapter 1689 – "We Greet The Elder!"
*****The leader looked from the token to Xavier, then back to the token, as if his mind were struggling to reconcile the man standing before him with the object he was holding.Whatever doubts he had entertained about Xavier's identity were rapidly crumbling, and the realization appeared to have struck him far harder than any insult could have.Unfortunately, his subordinates were still busy demonstrating how little they understood about the situation."Bastards, shut your damned mouths!" the squad leader suddenly roared.His shout exploded through the room with such force that it drowned out the combined voices of every armed man present.Several of them flinched, while others abruptly stopped mid-sentence, their mouths remaining open as though the leader had physically reached over and switched them off.They turned toward him in confusion."Leader...?" one of the men began cautiously.The squad leader wheeled around, his glare sharp enough to make the unfortunate subordinate recon
Chapter 1688 – The Token
*****For several seconds, Xavier, Mistress Ayra, and Sage Myron stared at the armed men surrounding them, their expressions caught somewhere between bewilderment and disbelief. The sudden confrontation had come so unexpectedly that even they needed a moment to process what was happening.A moment later, the three exchanged glances, each silently wondering whether the same ridiculous thought had crossed the others' minds.‘Did we somehow end up in the wrong place?’Xavier frowned slightly as he studied the men pointing their strange firearms at them. He had expected to encounter some form of security after stepping through Celestial Pearl's teleportation portal, but being greeted like a group of wanted criminals was hardly what he had in mind.Unless the organization had recently changed its hospitality policy to include armed intimidation, something clearly wasn't adding up.Sage Myron and Mistress Ayra, however, were far less inclined to find the situation amusing. Their initial con
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