Chapter 168: The Greatest Conspiracy (B) (2/2)

They couldn't lie to him, as that would result in breaking one of the clauses of the contract, which would result in them receiving a backlash, one strong enough to burst apart their hearts.

”You hadn't said a word.” Elliot moved his eyes towards Sean, the eldest brother to the twins, ”Is it that you know?”

The burly guy looked at him in silence, stating with his silence that he was in no position to tell him anything, even though he was now his master.

”Cat got your tongue, or had you already decided to defy your master?” Elliot rebuked him, a stern look appearing on his face.

Sean sighed, ”I will die if I as much as utter a single word about it.”

”Going as far as sealing the mouth of their children by using a life and death magic contract; that in itself is enough for me to know that your families used lowly means to get their hands on the methods to create the life-saving treasure.” Elliot scoffed, ”Truly, what appears glorious and magnificent from the outside is rotten and insidious from the inside.”

”What do you even know?”

Oliver tried to defend the name of his family but Elliot shot him down before he could do so.

”Oh, I have enough brains to connect the dot and conclude what you guys had done to obtain the method to create life-saving treasures.”

He was certain that spies belonging to the families had infiltrated the Academy as instructors and staff, all for the sole purpose of stealing important information from the academy and relating it to their families. They were deprived bastards that were biting the same hands that fed them, truly worthy of eternal damnation.

Elliot hated two kinds of beings—the first ones are those who turn a blind eye to every injustice going on around them, and the second one being backstabbers.

”And what would that be?” Oliver pressed on with his march, ready to headbutt into him.

”I believe you don't want me to say it out loud,” Elliot said in a voice overflowing with confidence.

Their eyes met, and the others saw imaginary electricity clashing in mid-air.

”Guys, we have a more important matter to discuss.” Arthur's voice sounded in their ears, making them look towards him.

”What is it?” Elliot asked.

”These things aren't working. Don't you think that's suspicious?”

”Why wouldn't our life-saving treasures not work in this place? Suspicious! It's indeed too suspicious,” Elliot nodded his head and took out the life-saving treasure from his spatial bracelet.

He gave it a look, a nice one at that.

'Is he crazy? What would looking at it do? Does he not believe our words? What a fool!' The ones around him had different thoughts filling their minds when they saw him experimenting with the scroll.

”What a surprise!” Elliot's eyes widened not in fear but in joy, the joy a hunter feels when seeing a bunch of prey appearing before their eyes.