The rain only stopped when it was morning. As the sun rose from the horizon, the search parties also stopped searching for the fallen mbers. They didn’t manage to find anyone who still alive and even Patrick has disappeared.
"Sir gara, the ship is ready," one of the elders inford.
"I’ll return back to the main island," gara said. He looked at the elders before him. "Who wants to follow ?"
The elders were looking at one another. Although gara said that he wanted to return back to ask for help, they doubted that gara would really do that. Among the elders who managed to survive, only three of them were on gara’s side.
The three of them stayed silent as gara had instructed them to make sure that Patrick couldn’t return back to the main island. Before gara gained the complete control of the clan, they couldn’t allow anyone to interfere.
From the thirteen elders who survived the attack, only five were present in front of gara. The other seventh (the last one was Patrick) was still away from the place. No one knew where they went.
The two of them looked at one another. One of them raised his hand. "I’ll co with you, Elder gara."
"Anyone else?" gara asked.
The four of them shook their heads. With that, gara boarded the ship with that elder as the other four stayed on the island. The three elders quickly moved away to guard the places that Patrick may co while the other elder decided to clean up the ss.
"Have anyone of you searched in the forest?" one of the three elders asked.
The second one shook his head. "Don’t co there by yourself. I have sent several groups of n to search for them."
"Are you sure they’re enough?" the third elder interjected.
"We can’t get inside because of the traps that the Kalin Family prepared in the forest. It belongs to them for generations, who knows what kind of thing they hide there."
"I see."
The second elder looked at his watch. "We should guard the island. Elder gara says that he needs three days, so we have to give him enough ti."
"Got it."
"I understand."
While the three of them enacted the plan that gara had prepared, the man itself was staying on the boat calmly. They were speeding up to the mainland and the elder that ca with him looked rather anxious.
"Why are you so worried? They’re going to be alright," gara remarked.
"It’s just, I’m worried that Clan Head can stay alive or not. It’s very dangerous last night and there’s no trace of him at all this morning," the elder replied. He rubbed his aged hand together, silently praying that their young clan head would be alive.
gara’s face slightly darkened. He always hated the fact that Kevin got everything around him. Friends who cared about him, a position with lots of influences, people who willingly died for him, all of them were extrely enviable.
"Do you think he’ll be alright?" the elder asked.
Not receiving any answer, he turned around only to see gara swung his tal rod. As an elder in the Ryukalin Clan, he had fast reflexes, so he managed to evade in ti and the rod swung on top of his head.
"What are you doing?" He bellowed angrily.
"What am I doing?" gara sneered. "I’m obviously eliminating every obstacle that stands in my way."
The elder’s expression sunk when he realized that gara had stepped forward to attack him again. In terms of strength, he was not gara’s match. Even as an elder, his strength has never been his forte.
He tried to evade a few tis before gara managed to corner him. The rod hit him hard and he died there.
Panting after venting his anger to the elder, gara sat down on the ship. His gaze was cold as he stared at the bloody elder in front of him. To achieve his goal, nurous people had died. He didn’t care about them as long as he could get what he wanted.
’Kevin this, Kevin that, I really hate this na,’ gara murmured with annoyance.
His n on the back didn’t dare to disturb gara and continued doing his work of driving the ship. Having followed gara for years, he knew his Master’s temper very well. It was to the point that everything would be smashed if he didn’t manage to achieve what he wanted. Whenever gara was angry, no one would want to get close with this man.
The journey took so ti. When gara arrived to the mainland, he headed straight to Ryukalin Clan’s residence.
The peaceful residence was shocked when gara ca ho in a hurry. Upon seeing the surprised clan mbers, he smirked internally. As long as no one got out of the island, they would never know the truth.
"Clan Head has died during an attack in the island, I’m here to take over his work for the ti being," gara announced loudly.
The people in the residence were stunned. They didn’t expect that sothing disastrous would have happened during the ti of the celebration party on the island.
"What happened?" one of them spoke up.
"If he’s dead, where’s his corpse?"
gara put on a pained expression. "He falls to the sea and right now, the other elders are trying to find his corpse. For the ti being, I’ll manage things in the residence until his return."
So of the mbers were skeptical about gara’s decision, but there were more of gara followers who stayed in the residence. Seeing that gara had started to make his move, it was the ti for them to shine.
One of them stepped out. "Elder gara holds the highest authority after Clan Head, this one will follow you."
"Yes, I’ll follow your instruction Elder gara."
"Elder gara, please make sure that the clan will stay safe after this news break out."
As more and more people expressed their thoughts about following gara, those hesitant ones didn’t have any other choice but to follow. On the other hand, several of them didn’t want to accept.
"Even though Elder gara has high status, it’s not any higher than Elder Lou and Elder Patrick," one of them snorted.
gara’s expression stiffened when he heard their na. He knew that Patrick was still in the island, but he was not sure about Lou’s whereabouts. From what his n told him, Kevin gave a task for Lou in a faraway place, so he felt that it was pretty safe.
"They’re not here at this mont, so I’ll be the one to take charge," gara replied righteously.
The man snorted. "Unless you have the dragon seal, I’ll not follow after you."
Dragon seal was the seal of Ryukalin Clan. It was the seal the ancestor made to mark the leader of the clan. All these tis, no one ever questioned it because Kevin was from direct lineage. But if an outsider wanted to obtain the seat, they needed the seal.
gara frowned. He turned his body and made his way towards Kevin’s residence. From what his man had searched, the seal should be sowhere around Kevin’s residence. Celine has seen Kevin use the seal before, so he was pretty sure about it.
"Where are you going?" the man asked.
"Stop him," gara ordered.
In the next mont, several n moved forward to block the man from approaching gara. The man ca to realization. gara was planning to take the clan head’s seat!
"You can’t steal it!"
"Shut him," gara ordered. He stopped in Kevin’s residence and scanned the surrounding. The place was rather empty right now because no one was there. His eyes noticed the dust around the place and his heart skipped a beat.
Did Kevin have predicted about this?
That’s impossible!
Scrambling inside, he started to turn the place upside down. Hours passed as he rummaged the entire area to search for the seal to no avail. When the sky started to turn dark, he finally ca out of the residence with a dark expression.
There was no trace of anyone living in the place for the past few days. There was not even a single person inside where there should be Taro and Jas inside.
’They won’t be too happy about this.’
Although he knew that his plan was kind of failed because he didn’t manage to find any important items, he still has the most important thing. This place belonged to him.
Looking at his n, he gave his order. "Fortify this area and send a ssage to the governnt. Make sure that everyone follows ."
"Yes, Sir!"
gara watched his n start moving with a glint in his eyes. He would surely take over everything.
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