Chapter 379 Left Without a Choice (2/2)

The way Mister Mir acted had calmed down his suspicious by a little bit, as his behaviour was exactly what one would expect soh level of power to have But in the back of hiswrong

When it felt like the fat merchant would refuse to even have a discussion about it, the old roup apologetically, al to bite more than they could chew

Had Mister Mir never walked out of the door to stop them, he would have set his suspicions aside, but now that sos, he had realized that so The same was true for Master Kye, who had reun

”Father Are they-” began to ask the Silver Alche to a realization

He, however, was stopped by the words of the old et back home”

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Three days after Emelnie and the rest went to meet with Mister Mir, an envelope arrived at the headquarters of the Golden Karma company in Hiel City The letter was sealed with the staious Mercantile Ethics, and from the outside, it could be felt the presence of numerous solid ite on E roup, and Nilo

”Master, what do we do if this is e think it is?” Asked Nilo to Master Kye, while looking at the envelope with suspicion

”We could make a run for it Retreat into the pocket dimension, and evaquate into another system” Said the Silver Alchemist with a well hidden hint of worry They had reached stability for the first ti was threatened by the possibility of another crisis

”If they have people watching us, they will attack before we can have everyone aint people of Mister Mir's caliber Especially if they wear time talismans that will stop the effects of the tirione on for a few minutes, and only stopped the rabbed the envelope, ripped the seal open, and emptied its content on the desk In it were a letter, and seven participation tokens for the One Above All competition

On the letter ritten:

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Under the recco, your students have been selected to participate in the 'One Above All' as guests of the Egregious Mercantile Ethics This envelope contains seven tokens, two of which are reserved for Sigg and Ivan, and five for the leaders of Hiel Acadein four days froious Mercantile Ethics will be required to regroup in the conglo out to where the first round of the coards, Leader of the Egregious Mercantile Ethics, Gen Stein

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Most of the letter appeared to be pre-written, and only the named individuals, the company's na that the letter was a standard one that had been sent to all of the invited groups

While the content of the letter was an extreroup appeared pleased about it In the past three days, all the events had lead theeted by one of Cato's biggest conglo at the bottoroups, had only confirmed their suspicions

”Nilo, what did you learn?” Asked the oldat the tokens with an uneasy expression

”Master, Ivan has been sticking to the territories where ed in conversation with us more than once, and has often asked about us However, his ue, so they went coetic tone, before bowing his head, and adding, ”My apologies for not realizing sooner”

The old man Golden Cauldron remained quiet for a few moments, then turned to look at his son, and asked, ”What are the lie, and to not have reached high hue” Responded the Silver Alchemist immediately after

”Then we have no other choice We have to participate, and do well enough for others to notice our acaderoup of the universe will be pointed at us, it will be harder for others to scheainst us” Said the old man Golden Cauldron

The rest of the people present re similar before, and they had been separated from a few of their most precious friends and family members Now, all they wanted to do was sneak away, but the ht about it, the more it sounded an impossible feat In the end, none of them had been able to utter a word

”Nilo, you have a wife and a kid here You don't need to go” Said the oldof Reila, and her and Nilo's son Than

However, his words were met with a frown of Nilo's brows, and the words, ”Master, I wish to go I cannot let anybody do anything I would not do rave, and his will appeared to be ih, the old man Golden Cauldron muttered, ”Very well Take the tokens, and pick for others to go with you But be careful There is no point in any of this if we lose any of you”

”I will,the seven tokens, and walking out of the door