Nightmare’s Call

“Someone deliberately lured the monsters into the city?” Tenko Kasumi furrowed her brows slightly.

“I’m not discounting this possibility. For monsters to attack from all three sides, that means that someone is controlling these monsters. As for who they are, man or monster, it doesn’t matter. As long as it is alive, a blade through it will do the job.”

“Don’t you think it’s pretty boring now? Gotta find something to do, right? The Blacktide has yet to settle and these troublemakers could actually move about with ease. Do they not fear the Blacktide? Or the monsters within it?” Lin Sheng’s eyes flickered with light.

 “If we could our hands on their secrets, we can certainly open up a safe passageway between both sanctums.”

“The person may be innocent, but his sin was to have such an ability. No matter who he is, or what he wants to do since he had displayed such an ability, that means it can be snatched over, and turn to my own use!”

Lin Sheng stood up and made contact with the Holy Sanctum’s Tower of Dusk.

The images from the tower’s monitors quickly appeared in his mind as he picked them out one by one, trying to look for the hidden hand that had incited the monsters.

That ability was far more terrifying than satellite surveillance.

With the mysterious red cloud layer about Henricqal, satellites could no longer directly lock onto this location anymore.

If one wanted to observe what was going on there, they needed to observe with their own eyes.

Very quickly, Lin Sheng started searching from the locations where the monsters first appeared.

The strength of the Tower of Dusk was that as long as it was within range, one could check for all information within the coverage area three days before and after at any place at any time.

As long something had taken place here, everything could be found.

Using this precision positioning method, he had screened off plenty of pointless observation data, then using the fast forward method, he roped Tenko Kasumi to help out as well.

Even so, he complained it was too slow, as he quickly fathered over a dozen crimson-armored warriors to help with looking through the footage.

To make it easier, Lin Sheng had the Tower of Dusk dividing the projection screen into over a dozen screens, with every summoned being had a screen before them.

With a ton of manpower… Ten minutes later… they found the culprit.

“It’s him.”

Tenko Kasumi pointed at a tiny figure on her screen.

Lin Sheng counterchecked a few other timings when the monsters had appeared and said figure was present in all of them.

It was always right before the monster struck, and the coincidence was seemingly too obvious.

“All right, I want to know where this Azem person lives.”

Lin Sheng identified the suspect and promptly issued instructions to the Tower of Dusk.

“The Second Abandoned Commercial District, Yishan Road, unit 300.” The Tower of Dusk sent the requested information back.

Such a level of informational agility amazed Lin Sheng. Technology was power, after all.

However, it was not any simple technology, it was magical technology.

“Let’s go and meet that little guy, and see what sort of secrets he holds with him.” Lin Sheng smiled as he leaped off the building. Tenko Kasumi followed closely behind.

…

Azem was sitting upright on the cushion as he calmly sipped the Metteniusa honey tea he had just brewed.

The honey tea was acquired by him from faraway Olro through a noble while he was on a mission there.

The quantity of that tea was very limited, with many prospective buyers. It was nothing because of anything else but the fact that this tea could extend one’s life if taken in quantity.

It was suitable for both Darksiders or ordinary people.

“Now… the summoned monsters should have begun their attack, right?” Azem knew the power of the tricolor cube well.

If this was exposed, it would be like the most appetizing of baits to the monsters of the Blacktide, like how honey was to a black bear and the scent of blood to a shark.

It was a rare find he had run into during a life-threatening incident although the Rubik’s cube in his hand was a mere copy.

In that incident, he had almost met his demise, and he was sure that he would be dead half-way through the ardor.

Yet, he found fortune for his tribulations, and using the rare item he found, he joined the Sevenlocks Tower, and slowly climbed the ranks.

However, his abilities were no match against the Palatinates.

Compared with those Palatinates who could only fight and kill, what he could do, and what he could affect was much larger than they could ever achieve.

“Let’s probe first, and see how the Holy Sanctum here reacts. Then I’ll look for loopholes in their defense to formulate a plan against them.”

Azem had always believed that there was no unbreakable defense in this world, the only difference was the length of time.

As the third-ranking Sage of the Sevenlocks Tower, he had successfully planned three large scale battles and had achieved magnificent results in all three battles.

So this time around, the Tower Master had handed the matter of the Holy Sanctum for him to handle with full authority.

As a sage, Azem understood the fundamental importance of intelligence.

So the first thing he did was to disguise himself and came directly to Henriqcal to immediately start investigating the true nature of the Holy Sanctum.

“Azem, don’t you dare do any shady things!” his brother, the bearded man said helplessly.

He disliked this brother of his very much, but regardless, the latter was still his blood relative.

“How could I. I’m done with that already.”

“Then what did you go out for earlier? For a walk?”

“Just taking a walk,” Azem said calmly.

“And you told me you were going to the movies earlier.” The bearded man was a little annoyed. He should have not trusted this b*stard, nothing he spoke contained a sliver of truth.

“Is that so. That was earlier. Brother, you need to know that ideas would change according to situations. So I prefer to take a walk now.”

The bearded man shook his head, as he no longer wanted to argue further with his brother, he went straight back to his room.

Azem sat in the hall as he slowly sipped the honey tea in front of him.

A clear reflection of his face appeared on the surface of the tea.

“There’s too little information at hand. The Holy Sanctum may seem to be open, but they have revealed very little details. The organizational structure seems to be rather rudimentary as well, and depends more on some techniques or unknown knowledge to determine if the members are loyal or treacherous.”

“But this time it’s interesting.” A smile appeared at the corner of Azem’s mouth. “The person laying this out is much smarter than I thought. Then let’s just wait until the Blacktide hits the city to see if they will reveal any weakness.”

He was hopeful.

Once he managed to latch onto a weakness, no matter how strong the foe was, they would be reduced to nothing.

The ones who usually still stood at the end of a standoff would be those who never took unnecessary risks or hog the limelight. They just did their own thing.

“The Tricolor Rubik will attract a large number of Blacktide monsters here. Even with a Palatinate around, this place is done for. Then, what will you do, Holy Sanctum?”

He smirked as he raised his cup of tea, blowing off a floating leaf and took a sip.

*Ding dong!*

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Azem snorted, he knew his elder brother had no standing here.

Even when he got drunk and collapsed under the flyover, no one would have paid any attention to him.

It was only because of Azem that his subordinates within the Sevenlocks Tower secretly took care of his brother’s family.