Chapter 1243 - Holy Accord: We Are Serious About Acting! (1/2)
This time, the door opened. Oathkeeper walked in, and the noise in the room suddenly disappeared. Everyone, including Sorokin, looked over.
Oathkeeper looked around, stopped at Sorokin, and said with a deep voice, “I’ve considered it over the past two days. I’ll accept you into the Holy Accord.”
Joy appeared on Sorokin’s face. Just as he was about to speak, Oathkeeper stopped him and added, “But before that, you have to resolve your conflict with Black Star. I don’t want you to bring problems to the organization.”
Hearing this, Sorokin’s expression turned serious. “What ideas do you have?”
Oathkeeper slowly said, “First, we have to test the risk, which is how persistent Black Star is about killing you. Therefore, we’ll use your location as bait and see if Black Star chases after it.”
“How do we do that exactly?”
Oathkeeper opened the star map, pointed at a transit hub planet in the Ancient Star Desert, and said, “We’ll find a way to spread rumors saying you’ve passed by Planet Deere recently, then set up surveillance to see how Black Star reacts to it. If his men come right away to investigate, it means he’s indeed hunting you. If Black Star invades Planet Deere’s node using Virtual Intrusion, our men will discover it too… To show our sincerity in working together, we’ll share the situation reflected by the surveillance with you.”
Sorokin thought about it for a moment and agreed with this plan. Although he did not think Black Star would be hunting him, faking his whereabouts would not threaten his safety, so he had no objections. Instead, he was quite impressed by how cautious Oathkeeper was. It suited his taste.
From his perspective, he could totally just retire and not do anything, but Holy Accord was not going to agree with that. They were worried Black Star might find them just like he did. Therefore, they actively wanted to remove the hidden threat. He could not make the decision for the Holy Accord, so he could only cooperate.
“If Beiger is really hunting him, what do we do?” Beiger added.
“Then, there’ll only be two ways to solve this problem.” Oathkeeper looked at Sorokin, acted like he was troubled, and said, “Either we erase Black Star, or you fake your death to deceive Black Star.”
“That makes sense,” Beiger added. “Black Star will only give up hunting him if he thinks he’s dead. After all, the dead don’t speak. Anyway, Sorokin knows how to fake his death; he can just do it again.”
Sorokin felt this was logical and nodded. However, thinking about it, he said with a reluctant tone, “But that’s too risky. Black Star knows my identity, so he’ll definitely be wary about me faking my death. I’m worried that if he discovers it, I’ll really be dead…”
Oathkeeper shook his head. “Honestly, that’s even more convincing. We have the Sanctums, so if you really die, we can revive you. Not only will the threat be eliminated that way, but you’ll really become one of us.”
Sorokin laughed awkwardly. “I’d rather pass on that. Plus, he has the Spacetime Amber. I’m worried he might seal me up…”
It sounded like a good plan, but how could he trust the Holy Accord? What if they did not revive him after he died?
Oathkeeper frowned and said with a displeased tone, “This plan has the lowest risk and highest success rate. In the end, you say you want to join the Holy Accord, but you don’t see us as being on your side.”
“I’m really very sincere about joining the Holy Accord, but trust needs to be developed over time…”
Sorokin looked troubled but complained inside.
This plan means you guys are only bearing the minimum risk. Basically, you don’t have to do anything at all. The problem will be solved regardless of whether I’m really dead or not…
Conversely, fighting Black Star was very risky for Holy Accord but much less risky for him, so of course, he favored this plan more.
“Humph, so you’re still forcing us to help you to kill Black Star.” Violet Queen snorted.
Sorokin had nothing to say.
“… We’ll talk about it when the time comes. Let’s see if Black Star responds to the fake information first.”
Oathkeeper purposely glanced at Sorokin with dissatisfaction. He did not say much and left.
Not long later, through secret channels, the intelligence that Sorokin passed by Planet Deere got spread out. At the same time, the Holy Accord organization set up many men on Planet Deere for surveillance.
Time passed day by day, and the information got spread further. As they did not know if Black Star had received the news yet, they could only wait and stare at the surveillance screens all day.
As this involved him personally, Sorokin was most concerned about it. He stared at the screens every second.
After almost ten days, the Holy Accord organization finally got the intelligence that one fleet from the Ancient Star Desert subdivision of the Black Star Army had arrived on Planet Deere and was searching for Sorokin’s information on the planet.
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“The situation is very clear. Black Star is indeed hunting you closely. You’ve brought us risk!”
In the remote surveillance room, Oathkeeper glared at Sorokin, his tone very displeased.
Sorokin did not reply. He looked extremely frustrated, and his heart sank.
He could not oppose this solid proof; he did not expect Black Star to want to kill him so much that he was hunting him secretly.
So, this guy not only wants my money but even my life!
What an evil man!
F*ck, although I tricked you several times in the past, I’ve already paid the price for that! Black Star, why do you want me dead so much‽
This time, Oathkeeper said with a deep voice, “You really are not willing to fake your death to fool Black Star?”
“No.” Sorokin shook his head without hesitation.
Oathkeeper looked distressed. He walked back and forth, annoyed, as if he was hesitating.
After quite some time, he spoke reluctantly like he had finally made a difficult situation.
“Since that’s the case, we can only eliminate Black Star!”
As soon as he said that, the other Primordial Ones were instantly ‘appalled’ and expressed their strong objection.
“We have no conflict with Black Star. Why should we mess with such a strong enemy just for Sorokin?”
“Wouldn’t fighting Black Star also leak our existence?”
“This guy is just threatening us. Don’t fall for it!”
The elevated emotions of everyone startled Sorokin. He did not dare express his opinion.
“Stop!” Oathkeeper argued with them for a bit. He then raised his voice and said firmly, “There’ll be no next time!”
Then, he glared at Sorokin and coldly said, “Are you satisfied now?”
“Nonsense, I’m not the one forcing you guys to deal with Black Star. This is your decision. I’d rather ignore him.” Sorokin sighed and expressed this was not his fault.