301 Invictus III (1/2)

Only now, after those arrows almost killed them, did they understand that they were nothing but insects in front of a monster, and the only reason they were not dead is that they were not worth the effort.

Sirius could not control the emotions overflowing his heart. Despite his lack of talent, he always considered himself a gifted being and was extremely narcissistic. Even though the other Rank 4 life forms in his kingdom had a bad opinion about him, he always kept his head high since they did not dare to show their contempt for him in the open due to his father.

To someone like him, being humiliated by a Rank 3 life form and told that the only reason he was still alive was that he was unimportant, could be even worse than death.

Kolo continued staring at the floor and did not dare to look in Ezequiel's direction. Fear had already broken his fragile will, and the only thing he wanted was to leave this place and never come back.

Jenner was the first one to regain her composure. Her body was soaked in a cold sweat, and her heart kept beating very hard due to the near-death experience she had just encountered. She looked at the man who accompanied her and transmitted a message to his mind.

”Deliver the first part of the report we prepared, but do not mention anything about the second part. Be very careful with your words, and if you fail me, I will make sure you suffer the consequences.”

The message and the tone the Soul Forging existence used made clear that the relationship between them was not a good one.

The one who accompanied Jenner was someone Zatiel knew, Tritus Fonder. He was the old man who had come to examine Zatiel's rune and the link between the Daybreak Clan and the Empire Commercial Association.

When he first met Zatiel, although he did have the appearance of an elder, his life force was still strong, not like now that he appeared to be with one foot in the grave.

A self-mocking smile appeared on the Trius face as he sighed. He got near Ezequiel's throne before kneeling and bowing.

Ezequiel noded when he heard those words. He was prepared for this since it was the original goal of this meeting.

”In any deal, trust and responsibility are important. If our pills had indeed harmed the buyers, we would take care of their injuries and even bring back those who had died, regardless of the cost. However, the reason for those people suffering is not because of something that came out of our clan.”

”My Lord, evidence was delivered by the clans and families that made the accusations against the Daybreak Clan. The association made examinations on them, and we verified that they indeed were pills coming from your clan.”

”The pills those people consumed were indeed made in the Daybreak Clan, but they were part of the batch that was stolen more than a year ago. They were altered by a Master Alchemist, making them time bombs to anyone that consumed them. I am not certain if the leaders of those clans and families knew the true purposes of those pills, but the fact that no one that formed part of the core of those organizations was harmed, led me to believe that they had some knowledge about what was truly going on.”

Tritus did not know how to respond to that statement. Things had already escalated beyond his capabilities, so he chose to remain silent.

Jenner's eyes widened when she heard those words. As a puppet of the people behind the attack against the Daybreak Clan, she had some knowledge about the scheme behind the defective pills.

”If you don't have evidence to prove those...” The Magus stopped her sentence when she felt Ezequiel focusing on her with a smile on his face.

The Neo-Demon made two identical pills appear and sent a crystal to Jenner and Tritus.

”One of these pills is part of the evidence submitted against the Daybreak Clan, and the other belongs to the stolen ones. In each batch of pills created by us, there is a unique chemical chain that serves to identify them. These two pills have the same chemical chain. In the crystal, you will find our investigation and irrefutable proof that the harm to those people had nothing to do with us.”

”How did you get that pill?.” Jenner was shocked, and her face grew pale.

As the head of the association, one of her duties was to make sure the evidence against the Daybreak Clan was hidden and stop anyone other than the people she served from manipulating them.

This type of failure would cost her greatly. There was no need to mention if she could keep her position since even her life was in danger now.