As Oskar kept reminiscing about his eting with the cartel at the restaurant, his hands began sweating as his built-up stress ate away at him.
While Oskar's wife and child were still conducting their daily lives as normal, they weren't aware they had been marked by a necromancer's curse, which could horribly kill them at any mont.
Moreover, over half of the mbers of the Azure Rebels had been cursed by Netherius, so it wouldn't just be his family perishing if they disobeyed the cartel.
At the end of their eting in the restaurant, Netherius made a deal with them, stating that the rebels would share their weaponry in exchange for keeping their lives intact.
It was a shaful deal for the Azure Rebels, but declining would an the utter end of the entire organization, leaving them with no choice but to accept.
When Alexander received Camille's call for help during the Blood Dragon's first attack, he couldn't respond to her as the cartel was keeping an eye on him, so he ignored the call.
Alexander knew that Camille would be mad at his decision, but the Spring handler had a plan to reveal the situation to her slowly.
After years passed, the news about the Jade Dragons eliminating the Blood Dragons and retaking their place reached the Azure Rebels' ears, prompting Alexander to follow up with his old plan.
Without anyone noticing, the Spring handler logged into the database and removed the cybersecurity of a single file, hoping for Camille to find it.
The man knew that the Jade Dragons could only have won with the help of a "magician" on their team and felt glad at their survival. Still, he couldn't shake off the fear he felt whenever the cartel got involved with them.
Initially, Oskar didn't agree with Alexander's plan, but as ti passed and after he heard the Jade Dragons' news, he beca slightly more hopeful.
*Sigh* 'Now, all they gotta do is follow the breadcrumbs…' Oskar thought.
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After Dante and his group returned to the vampires' manor, Alice called Camille to give a report of their findings, which was then sent to other mbers of the Jade Dragons.
Dante and Zac decided to leave the report in the hands of Alice and gan, so they went into the manor to play video gas with Madeline.
As gan explained that the ghouls' nest seed to be a diversion, Camille clenched her lips with doubt.
The Azure Rebels were one of the most secretive organizations in the world, especially when it ca to their weaponry, so she didn't think they would place a nest in a conspicuous place as a ans to divert them.
When the handler heard the numbered versions of each of the androids, Camille widened her eyes in realization, promptly calling Trinity's na, who had been listening to the report the entire ti.
"Trinity… Can you place those numbers on 'this'?" Camille asked, sending the woman a file from her computer.
The hacker opened the file and noticed it was a simulation program that had a realistic map of the entire country of Novaria, making the woman a bit confused.
["You know there are other simulators out there that have the entire world, right?"] Trinity said.
"Right… That's not what this is for. Who do you think I am?" Camille replied.
The program was developed long ago by the Azure Rebels and was used by the mafia and the governnt. It wasn't sothing an ordinary person could download from the Internet.
After Trinity snooped around the program and its features, she found a box where she could write coordinates and put down the numbers of the androids' versions.
However, each coordinate was ant to represent an axis on the map, and the numbers didn't specify which axis it was, so the hacker ended up writing down six different combinations.
Out of the six combinations, only three marked a spot on the northern side of Novaria, while the other three gave an 'error' as the pins landed outside of the map.
["How does this even make sense…?"] Trinity pondered on the call.
Camille replied by saying that it was ant to be a secret program, so the way coordinates worked was a bit different from that of a world map.
The three pins that landed on the Novarian map pointed at three different areas. One of them landed in the city of Parton, which was located on the northwestern peninsula of the country.
The second pin landed on Ulport, located on the complete opposite side of Parton to the northeast—and the last pin was placed on the mountainous area to the north, known as The Alanigan Mountains.
Camille knew that those coordinates weren't a coincidence as she was familiar with the way they conducted their business, suspecting that the Azure Rebels were trying to send them a ssage.
After the handler sent the information to the group at the manor, Asphodel took a peek and inquisitively placed a hand on her chin, wondering if they were ant to check each area simultaneously.
However, Camille heard her doubt and stated that she would prefer if her team were together at all tis, as they weren't completely familiar with Netherius' powers, and she didn't want to make them risk their lives more than they already did.
Asphodel agreed with her sentint, and as the won decided which city they would visit first, Trinity was already sending drones to scout the areas.
"I think Ulport would be a good choice, considering it is the furthest city from the cartel's territory…" Camille comnted.
Ulport was a small city where the temperatures didn't exceed 24 degrees Celsius on a good sumr day.
The place was fringed with natural harbors, allowing the fishern to thrive in that area, which was known as the leading fish exporter of Novaria.
"I'll make so preparations on my side…" Camille said.
The group decided to make their move two days later, giving them ample ti to prepare, as they didn't have any allies in the north.
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