"Just as I expected, the Endless Shadow from the Dark Fallen Realm is an alliance of the Nether Manor," Ricky murmured when he heard Pearl's words.
"But it is understandable. After all, they share one enemy—all the righteous forces of the Eastern Land."
"Humph! Righteous? I don't think there is any righteous force or evil force. They are enemies just because they have different interests and practices different martial arts!" Pearl disagreed with an unladylike snort.
"I grew up in the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce. The Luxurious Emperor trusts and grants me the power all because of my Feminine Mutant; he wants to take the source of feminine from me."
"You may be right, but you are wrong about love. It does exist in this world. For example, I like you not because of your source of feminine but because of who you are," Ricky told her with a smile.
Although he sounded teasing, he said those words to comfort Pearl. He did like her and wanted her to stop hating others. Hatred would bring her no good.
"Humph!" Pearl just snorted coldly when she heard Ricky's words.
Tina, on the other hand, giggled again. It was entertaining to see a warrior like Ricky be bullied by Pearl.
...
"Well, let's drop the topic. What is the relationship between the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce and these two forces?" Ricky asked.
"Well, the three forces are not that close. They are friends with benefits at most. Now that the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce has already fallen out with the Oriental College, the Luxurious Emperor is probably considering to cooperate with the Endless Shadow and the Nether Manor," Pearl said.
"It seems that after the battle for the Sense of Realm, there is going to be a war in the Eastern Land. But we can just think about that later. Is Meade really going to do something terrible to Lynch?
And is Meade really able to carry out his vicious plan without being noticed by Lynch? I am very curious about it!"
Ricky commented as they looked towards Lynch and Meade again.
...
As expected, Lynch was heading for the Dark Fallen Realm. When he and his men arrived at a deserted mountain, Meade and his men revealed themselves and surrounded Lynch and the other two warriors.
"Did you know that I was following behind you secretly or not?" Meade asked Lynch in a flat tone. "As a casting master and assassin from the Endless Shadow, you must have discovered us long ago."
"I admit that you are good at hiding yourself when you are spying on others. To be honest, even as a killer, I did not notice you. But I've thought that you would never let me go that easily. Or more accurately, you would not be willing to be manipulated by your master—Sellers," Lynch said.
"You are right, so there's no need for me to explain anything more." Meade dismissed him as he communicated with his men with his eyes and, most probably, telepathy.
"You know my real identity. If you kill me, the Endless Shadow will certainly think it is all Sellers' fault. When that time comes, even if Sellers is lucky enough to not be killed by the Endless Shadow, the Endless Shadow would treat him as an enemy anyway. In that situation, he would never be able to put his plan into action," Lynch said. He smirked as if he knew all of Meade's plans.
"Am I right?"
"Yes, you are right. That is exactly the reason I'm here today. I want to make my master an enemy of the Endless Shadow. When that really happens, his life would be destroyed and he would never make further progress," Meade answered with a smirk of his own. He had been planning this for a while and now he would get to see it succeed.
"Sellers is your master. Why are you so determined to destroy him?" Lynch asked.
"In his eyes, I am nothing but a tool that he could take advantage of. He has never truly cared for me. I think it's only fair for me to pay him back. My casting talent is much greater than that of Kylie and Finley and yet I am only a little bit stronger than them," Meade said.
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