Chapter 853: Han Hao, my son! (1/2)

GDK 853: Han Hao, my son!

Han Shuo was rather surprised. He did not know how or why Han Hao had taken in these good-for-nothing teenagers. Han Shuo stared blankly for a bit before he nodded and asked, “Has it been settled?”

“It’s settled,” replied Han Hao. After taking a short pause, Han Hao instructed those teenagers who had just pledged their undying devotion to him, “Go and get prepared. Remember the signals I taught you. I will bring you guys along when I leave the Omphalos. That’s all. Dismissed!”

The teenagers looked at Han Shuo to remember his face. Some seemed puzzled but no one asked a question. They left submissively as Han Hao had instructed.

After they left, Han Hao started explaining to Han Shuo his plans with the teenagers and gave a simplified recount of Kage’s assassination.

After hearing everything, Han Shuo smiled as he said, “Very good. Well done. I knew you would handle the task well.” Han Shuo was surprised to find that Han Hao had thought of controlling those family clans by nurturing the teenagers. He did not expect Han Hao to develop such sophisticated thinking.

“Let me introduce you. This is Romon, and this is Zovic. Our new members,” Han Shuo said to Han Hao. He then turned to the two, pointed at the grave teenager, and proudly said, ”This is Han Hao, my son!”

Romon had rarely ever left his swamp and did not have much contact with the outside world. Zovic, however, had heard of Han Hao’s name. He stared for a moment before asking with a shaky voice, “The godhunter leader from the Death Dominion?”

Much to Han Shuo’s bewilderment, his son was famous. He looked at Zovic and asked, “How did you know that?”

Zovic learned from Han Shuo’s response that his suspicion was indeed true. Astonished, Zovic gasped, “So it’s him! A large number of ferocious criminals from all Twelve Dominions enter the Fringe every day, so we are more or less aware of things happening all around Elysium. Besides, the Death Dominion isn’t particularly far from the Fringe. We get hold of information around there relatively easily. Han Hao is highly reputable in the Death Dominion. There is hardly a soul, dead or alive, in the Death Dominion that doesn’t know his name!”

Han Hao had on the same indifferent face as though his emotions were not at all affected by Zovic’s words. He seemed to have little interest in Zovic. He took out a glass container and tossed it at Han Jin as he said, “Little Gold, this is for you.”

“Huh?! Kage’s head?!” Zovic promptly wrapped his mouth with his hands realizing that he shouldn’t have shouted.

Just like Kage, Zovic also possessed mid-stage highgod strength. But unlike the former, Zovic did not command a large group of ferocious gods. It was recently that news about Kage’s death started spreading. Everyone had been guessing who the murderer was. Zovic did not expect to see Kage’s severed head being tossed out by Han Hao.

“Thank you, big brother!” Han Jin caught the glass container. Then, he suddenly exclaimed as though he found something pleasantly surprising, “Brother, is Kage’s soul still inside?”

Han Hao nodded and explained, “He is still conscious. I have trapped his soul in a corner of his skull. He has no divine energy left so you can torture him as much as you like. Right, after you are done toying with him, just hand his soul to Father.”

“Haha, wonderful!” said Han Jin delightedly. He started laughing mischievously at the glass container and injected golden light into it.

The party was in a rather desolate part of the Omphalos and Han Hao had deployed a boundary before he took out Kage’s head. The boundary blocked the senses of all outsiders and could prevent all those outside the boundary from snooping into what was happening within.

Zovic stared at Han Hao with astonishment for it seemed to him that Han Hao should not possess the strength to kill Kage. But there was Kage’s severed head right before him!

“Romon, you will help Han Jin and the others stroll around the Omphalos to purchase some materials. Zovic, you know this land best. Go and scout around, check for the latest news about the Fringe. Look out for unusual activities,” commanded Han Shuo.

“Understood.” Zovic, Romon, and the others went straight to work.

Many of the demonic formations in the Pandemonium lacked their main ingredients. Although Han Jin and Han Mu could obtain some of the ores and wooden materials, the resources exploitable in that area were limited. Therefore, Han Shuo had to come to the Omphalos to purchase the materials he needed.

As the only trading center found at the heart of the Fringe, all kinds of peculiar items were for sale. Many of the openly traded items would never be found in any of the Twelve Dominions. For example, some extremely potent poisons, vicious divine weapons made from the skulls of gods, magical devices powered by the soul energies of imprisoned divine souls and the like.

Everything that was illegal in the Twelve Dominions could be openly practiced here. Godhunting, organ trafficking, experimenting with poisons on living gods - no one would give a damn about it.

All kinds of perverted, wicked, and deranged alchemists and poison makers were found in abundance in the Fringe. These professions usually thrived in the Omphalos. They regularly exchanged the results of their evil research for large sums of black crystal coins, allowing them to continue living safely in the Omphalos. They would then have more funds to conduct even more research and to better themselves in their fields.