Chapter 238: Blaze City (1/2)

Next day morning. The herb village is in utter chaos. The large fields under the imperial authority were completely emptied out.

The lush vegetation of the herbs of various ranks was completely gone and what replaced it are the rows or withered stalks of herbs in line.

Apart from that they noticed a letter left in the center of the field and when the person in charge read the letter, he was dumbfounded and when he remembered a portrait that came with a wanted notice a while ago and when he compared the name and the signature of the person, he was stunned and his face turned pale in fear.

”SAM WAS HERE.”

This is the only line that was written on the paper with the symbol of Sam's signature the double S painted in the background like a watermark.

He didn't know what to say about this and he felt his legs shaking because the word got out that Sam who recently broke through the Great realm, just dealt with the all-powerful General Spark who is now rotting away in his bed and no healer can take care of it.

He quickly started his journey towards the southern star and he has a peak Level 5 beasts at bay luckily and he went back to the southern star territory.

When he wanted to enter the central zone though, he was blocked completely, because there was a plague that started inside the central zone.

Some of the people who visited General Spark is infected and those who didn't take immediate actions are already suffering.

Only the powerful experts such as the Duke and the tower heads are safe and even some Family heads of some noble families are no exception.

So, the Duke ordered a lockdown just in case it turned into a Pandemic.

The guards who are blocking sent him to a temporary meeting room that was set up in the nearby woods and the Duke came to him after some time.

When he looked at the letter, he almost broke the table and destroyed the residence. But he gritted his teeth and controlled the anger and heard the details.

”Ask the herb experts to see what happened to the land, that guy wouldn't take so much effort just to destroy the yield.”

He tried to sound as calm as himself, but inside he was burning from anger. He knew that Sam meant what he said, he is going to do whatever he wants and the main problem is Sam is so small compared to the whole empire and since the whole empire is his target, he can attack wherever he wants and do whatever he wants to do and it would damage the empire.

But they have many difficulties in finding a trace of Sam.

”Sir, May I know how General is doing?”

Duke came back from his thoughts and answered in a bitter tone.

”Three days at most.”

The person who came here, understood clearly what that means, so he didn't push further and asked something else.

”What should I do next?”

”Don't get involved in Sam's investigation, your priority is checking if the lands are okay, and if the spiritual energy in the area is alright or not. I will deal with the rest.”

The man left after that and the Duke who couldn't control himself anymore smashed the table into pieces.

After he calmed down a bit, he conducted an urgent meeting on how to deal with Sam. Sam is now like a fishbone in his throat.

He doesn't know how to report the matter to the Emperor.

And after some long and hard discussion and debates, they came to the conclusion.

”We will organize a special investigation team which would be led by a Nascent and the rest being Grand Realm cultivators. Since there is a high chance that the lands will be damaged, then we will report to the emperor after we catch him and hand him over.

Send someone to visit anyone who he was friendly with in the past. Everyone who had a relationship with Sam and is still in the Southern Star, enquire them and bring them here. After catching them release a rumor that we caught them and are planning to use them as hostages for Sam to come out.”

Even though all of them agreed for the first half of the plan, the second half was completely surprising them and there was a person who rejected as soon as the Duke spoke.

The Deputy General.

”Sir, I strongly oppose and disagree with this.” He stood up from his seat and said this out loud.

The rest of them although someone disagreed internally, didn't have that big of a reaction.

The Deputy general continued.

”You might have forgotten the report on Sam. He is very sensitive when the people near him get targeted because of him. Why do you think the Cougar family disappeared? You would just increase his rage and his wrath is not something that we can estimate.