The seemingly desolated capital city of the Wu region looked at the skies in the middle of the night. The prisoners of war’s eyes had been filled with hope as a person nad "Amon," who was the first young master of the Wubao family, arrived with a few people behind him.
They were cultivators, for sure, as they were also flying with him, facing the lands of the capital. And as their aura had spread, one thing for sure was that these cultivators were strong, above the Master Spirit Realm.
Lucas’s face showed interest. Even though he should be nervous by now, he could only snicker at how absurd it was. There were only 10 people in total, and it seed that they were aiming for sothing. There was no present intent with them, which made Lucas wait for their actions patiently.
"Be fret you bastard, our savior is here! You can have the luxury to shake your knees or just kneel before him. There’s nothing you can do now!"
Lucas’s eyebrows rose, then he faced the person who shouted his arrogance.
"Keep quiet."
Lucas’s eyes glowed white, and imdiately, the prison beca silent. His mouth was sealed with so kind of mystical art, and as those who had knowledge about it noticed, they couldn’t help but pronounce it.
"Word Technique from the Quanzhi Province..."
Only the Quanzhi Province had a word technique of light affinity in their legacies. And as it was too unique, they noticed it easily.
How could that person know a word technique? Does it an that he ca from the Quanzhi Province?
Questions bothered their minds. Even with the rising hope that they had been in place and in front of them, they could still remain in silence as they had no other choice. Before their "savior" could save them, they might die if their mouth went uncontrolled.
The Shadow Prison Lucas created was also strong, hence, escaping to help their "savior" would be useless.
Now, Lucas’s attention went back to the reinforcents led by Amon. And as they slowly descended, their intent was still unknown. He just let them be and stared at them as they also gave the sa intensity of gaze.
It was just a breeze of a mont. When they finally approached Lucas, they suddenly knelt before him, dumbfounding everyone. Even the slaves that had been under Lucas’s legion now were bewildered. Their eyes showed perplexity as what they expected to be an enemy showed favorably toward Lucas.
They knelt with their left leg raised. And sothing familiar about this gesture sent chills down their spines.
’No way... Don’t tell , Brother Amon’s reinforcent team is pledging against the enemy of White Lead.’ Alfred thought, with his eyes widening from the shock and also from the confusion that it had caused.
’The First Young Master is pledging to the enemy. He betrayed us.’ Del clenched his hands. His eyes closed from the doubt that he had been feeling right now.
’Our first brother is kneeling before Brother Lucas... What is the aning of this? Isn’t he supposed to act differently? Among the three of us, he was the most patriotic and crazy about White Lead and the family’s reputation. What is happening?’
Lucas’s disciples had their eyebrows furrowed as well. They were still vigilant and prepared for what could happen. However, it couldn’t be ignored that they were anticipating sothing from them.
"Dark Lead Organization is pledging their lives to Big Brother Lucas, the savior of the Wu region."
With just one word from everyone in Amon’s team, everyone beca silent. Lucas’s eyes then continued to show so interest, so that he couldn’t stop his lips from curling up. He also slowly moved his legs and passed each of them while his eyes were staring at them, looking at the very depths of their bodies.
’Dark Lead Organization? Were those the people who were observing my actions in the past few weeks? They were able to notice our attack? Just how talented is their intelligence? We planned carefully... We know that even the White Lead wouldn’t notice that we are already attacking them, but how could they arrive here when the war was just in the middle of the scene? How?’
That was for sure. There was sothing with the Dark Lead Organization. Hence, Lucas couldn’t only doubt them while deep inside, he was questioning their identity. They were able to outsmart him and were also able to learn so of his information while he couldn’t get any of it. Currently, Lucas’s mind was in chaos as he did so rummaging.
"We, the Dark Lead Organization, have been working in the past few years to fight against White Lead and put them down. Their atrocities were already too much, which is why we promised each other that we would fix it and help the citizens. However, due to our shortcomings, people still continued to suffer even after the resolution had been fixed within our organization. But, when you appeared, we beca interested in your goals."
"We, the Dark Lead Organization, pledge our lives to Big Brother Lucas, who fought the White Lead and put the atrocities at their end. Thus, as we have the sa goals, we hope that you accept our loyalty as we help the Wu region prosper more."
’What the hell... What should I do with them?/
***
"What the hell just happened? Did Brother Amon betray our family? If Father learns this, he will for sure kill him." Brian muttered in nervousness as if biting his nails.
He looked at Alfred to wait for his response, but he had been silent since then.
’First Brother’s action might have surprised him that heavily. I can understand him since I was surprised too, but between the two of us, he was the one who was expecting more from First Brother.’
Brian sighed and just ignored him. He should just wait until he recovered from the shock.
anwhile, in Alfred’s head, he was playing the scene that happened earlier on and on. He was playing it again and again, to see and understand what had just happened. His heart, by this ti, was wavering, and his thoughts were really in chaos. But, for one thing, he heard from his brother’s mouth, he should stay rational.
’Dark Lead Organization? It sounds similar to White Lead. Why did you na your organization that na, and who created that organization? ’
"Dark Lead’s purpose is to put White Lead’s atrocities to an end. And the person who created it was , who was nad as the Mastermind in the organization."
The mbers of White Lead were again made speechless. Amon, who ca from White Lead, was the one who orchestrated an organization that was fully against White Lead. He had lived the privilege of those atrocities he ntioned. What could be different from him than a normal mber of White Lead or even an official of the rcenary group?
However, what was bothering Alfred was the na "Mastermind."
’Mastermind... I heard it right... The organization I joined to fight my own family’s rcenary group was created by First Brother, who was also from White Lead just like . If that happens, then the person who approached was him in the first place. In the beginning, he discovered my hatred towards the ways of our family...’
It was not entirely bothering, but his mind couldn’t be in a relaxed state as he was also a mber of Dark Lead. Even though it was unnad in the past, or at least by his mory recollection, he knew that he was a mber of this organization.
’There were only ten people in total. The other four, except myself, were still unaware of what happened or maybe in the sa state as . They couldn’t join the whole organization to pledge their loyalty to that person nad Lucas. I didn’t even know that we were tagging him in the past few weeks.’
When Brian returned, Alfred had been attending etings rarely. And by the day that he attended, Lucas’s matters would always not be part of the agenda.
’What should I do now? Should I also add myself and show that I am also part of Dark Lead? I don’t care about White Lead’s view of ; I want to join them since this is the purpose that we had been aiming for in the years of Dark Lead’s creation.’
"Dark Lead Organization, if you are hoping to give your loyalty to , then let ask you one thing. What could you offer ?"
Amon lowered his head straighter, deeper, and faced his chest as he was still kneeling.
"Anything that Big Brother wanted to. As long as it doesn’t hurt the citizens, we will remain loyal and be an asset to your legion and your governance."
"Very well... I understand. I cannot sense any ill-intention from your group, but, are all of you present here?"
"No, Big Brother Lucas. There are still five people absent at this ti."
"Okay...I understand. I accept your pledge, and I hope that you won’t disappoint . Since you have already pledged your loyalty to , I have already cursed you with my words. You have seen it, right? I can use the Word Technique. So, if you try to betray , you won’t be safe."
It was the risk that Amon took, and everything about it was just from his guts, telling him that Lucas was not just like any other leader. He was soone who could put the continent’s atrocities to an end, which was just one of his purposes in his life full of deception.
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