Chapter 379: Elder (1/2)
Chapter 379: Elder
Usual reminder that this chapter is not edited, etvolare is stopping at chapter 380, blah blah.
The Dark Mantle stronghold in the Valley of Sunshine wasn’t very large, and it lacked both personnel and resources compared to ones in other cities, but the oldest member here was actually the one sitting in the most esteemed position!
Even Han Shuo had ignored the existence of this person in the Valley of Sunshine the entire time. All Han Shuo knew about him was that he smiled all day as he guarded the shop in order to conceal the existence of the Dark Mantle base within. He never imagined that the man was a founding member of the Dark Mantle.
The old man looked at Han Shuo with shining eyes. Laughing, he nodded his head at Han Shuo, saying “What, do you not recognize me?”
“No, it’s just that I didn’t expect to see you here. I’m just surprised.” Han Shuo earnestly said.
“Brian, this is Teacher Sabakas. He is the previous Fifth Dark Sun. The Valley of Sunshine is the place where Teacher Sabakas has retired to, so that identity was naturally false.” Candice retained his sinister look. However, he stood up when he was introducing Sabakas to Han Shuo, as a sign of respect for the former.
Han Shuo was actually unable to feel any hint of the elements from Sabakas, causing him to be shocked. He immediately understood that Sabakas was either a normal person who didn’t know any spells or fighting techniques, or was a powerful person that even Han Shuo couldn’t tell the strength of. The fact that he could sit in such a spot naturally meant that he wasn’t a normal person that didn’t know anything, thus, Han Shuo could already imagine just how powerful Sabakas was.
“Greetings, old sir!” Han Shuo bowed respectfully and greeted him with a smile.
Sabakas nodded and waved his left hand. The space around Emily twisted for a moment, before a alabaster chair identical to theirs landed beside Emily. Sabakas smiled towards Han Shuo, “Go ahead and take a seat.”
Han Shuo thanked the elder, he walked over to the chair to sit down, leaning against Emily. After Han Shuo sat down, Emily leaned close to Han Shuo and whispered, “Sabakas is Cecilia’s grandfather, the space sacred magus of the Lancelot Empire. The dean of your Babylon Academy of Magic and Force, Emma, was taught by him as well. The large scale magic teleportation formations as well as all of the teleportation formations here were set up by him.”
Han Shuo was shocked and couldn’t help but look at Sabakas once again, remembering what Emily had said to him in the underground the previous time. Emily had said that Cecilia’s grandfather was a really amazing person, and Han Shuo had seen him before. Han Shuo was unable to think of who it was for a long time, and now he finally understood.
An old woman with loose skin that creased into ravines on her face sat with Sabakas. Her two hands continuously turned and toyed with a crystal ball, while her grey eyes were full of loneliness, causing her to seem different from the other people there.
When Han Shuo entered, the old woman who looked like a witch didn’t pay any attention to him at all. She merely sat there silently as if she was asleep. However, the crystal ball in her hands continued to rotate, as if reminding everyone else that she was still listening to their conversation.
“That is the mysterious seer, Grace. I only just found out about her existence from my older brother, but I don’t know what she does exactly. However, the mysterious existence of a seer was apparently able to see the future. I don’t know whether it was true or not either.” Emily explained for Han Shuo once again when she saw him look towards that old witch.
Han Shuo sat properly without saying anything, and merely nodded slightly in order to show that he’d heard Emily’s introduction. He swept his glance over Sabakas and the witch-like old seer, Grace. His heart was filled with shock. One of them was a space sacred magus, the other was a seer who was beyond mysterious.
These two people should be people on the level of an elder in the Dark Mantle. Adding onto the fact that the three heavyweights of the Dark Mantle were present, Han Shuo truly felt a bit of anticipation for the upcoming meeting. He sat there without moving an inch, and prepared himself to listen to what they were going to talk about.
“Bryan, I know all about what you did within the Valley of Sunshine. Hehe, you’re not bad hmm? We can all have our own opinions when we discuss here. Since you sit here, then you can speak out your opinion for things we discuss here as well.” Sabakas chuckled as he looked towards Han Shuo.
Han Shuo thanked him before continuing to sitting with a proper posture and saying too much. Han Shuo took a look at the thirteen people present, and understood that the ones that could sit here must be the true senior executives within the Dark Mantle organization. His heart was filled with curiosity, because he didn’t know what sort of thing could actually make these people gather together.
After a while, Han Shuo gradually understood why these people gathered. It was also because of the battle of power between the princes.
When a new king needed to be chosen in a country, the country would face another gory bloodbath. Regardless of what power a person belonged to, it was improbable to remove themselves entirely. Even normally neutral organizations such as the Dark Mantle needed to make this headache-inducing choice as well.
This Dark Mantle organization that directly served the king would also become the hand of shadows for the new king. After the new king is selected, he would definitely choose the person he trust most to manage this huge powerful organization. If the Dark Mantle chose the wrong side right now, the Dark Mantle management would be washed clean in the future.
After listening to it for a while, Han Shuo noticed that they seemed to want to remain neutral, but several princes had already sent a clear invitation to them. All three of the Dark Mantle heavyweights had been invited by the princes, but all three of them had declined the invitations and displayed a neutral standing. However, they understood that if they truly remained neutral, then any of the princes would exclude them out of their trusted followers.
The Dark Mantle organization has always been the most trusted existence of the king, if they were unable to gain the trust of the new king, then the management within would be refreshed. When that happens, it would be unknown whether the three heavyweights would continue to be the current three.
Out of these thirteen people, some of them did lean towards the first prince, Charles, who was the most powerful right now. They felt that Charles had the most right to the throne. Of course, one or two did choose the other two princes for their own reasons. However, nobody thought well of Lawrence, the bastard son, so nobody mentioned him.
“Bryan, I heard that you’re close with Lawrence, what do you think about this?” Cecilia suddenly glanced at Han Shuo. While the Third and Fourth Dark Suns had already expressed their opinions, the two elders and the three heavyweights hadn’t yet.