Ch. 3231..3240
Chapter 3231 Death Awaits
Levi didn’t know the Art of Consumption nor the magical techniques of the Esoteric Guild.
Just by relying on his raw senses alone, he was able to detect the flow of energy and aura over an extremely expansive area.
It was as if the Erudia’s entire topography was within his grasp.
At that moment, Levi’s entire body emitted a radiant glow, as if he had descended from the heavens.
“I found them!”
Rays of light began shooting out of his eyes when he finally sensed his target’s aura.
Their aura was so strong that he believed he had located their headquarters, which wasn’t far from the Heavenly Base.
Also, it wasn’t among the different factions of Ecclesiastic Order, for he knew that those same factions were also searching for Azure Dragon.
They wouldn’t have been able to hide it from him if they were the ones who succeeded.
By extension, Azure Dragon and his gang would have been hidden someplace else.
Consequently, Sonja and her companions were stunned.
How did he do it?
Evidently, Levi was a lot stronger than they had imagined.
Just by relying on pure physique training alone, he was able to achieve tremendous power.
How can he even detect such a faint aura? This is just too terrifying.
Before they had recovered from being awed, Levi had left for the destination.
Subsequently, everyone else followed behind him.
Halfway there, they ran into a group of elite warriors from one of the factions of Ecclesiastic Order.
As the warriors’ eyes lit up at the sight of Levi, they stepped forward to stop him.
“Levi, hand over the Ancient Divine Sword!” one of them roared.
“Get out of my way!” Levi thundered as a terrifying aura swept the land.
Pfft!
Boom!
Crack!
Without any hesitation, Levi wreaked devastation upon them either by sending them flying or beating them till they vomited their guts out.
If not for the inherent toughness of their bodies, it would have ended as a massacre.
With widened eyes, all of them stared at Levi in disbelief.
He’s stronger than we can even imagine!
It’s unbelievable!
None of them expected Levi to mow them down like insects.
Without a doubt, they had underestimated him.
Given that Levi was desperate to rescue his comrades, he wouldn’t tolerate anyone getting in his way.
Nonetheless, he still showed them mercy. Or else, they would have been turned into corpses.
Sprinting forward with his group, Levi couldn’t wait to reach his destination.
When Sonja saw how anxious Levi was, she pursed her lips.
She couldn’t bring herself to tell Levi that once a person had their spiritual bone removed, they wouldn’t be able to survive.
After all, that was where one’s life force was stored.
When one’s life force was taken away, it would mean certain death.
Worried that she would douse Levi’s hopes, she just couldn’t break the news to him.
Levi had assumed that one could still survive without one’s spiritual bone, but he was wrong, for no one could survive without it.
Meanwhile, at the summit of a mountain in the northeast of Erudia, there was a fire source.
In other words, there was a volcano with lava bubbling within it.
There were tens of figures dressed in black robes with their faces obscured standing guard.
Nevertheless, every single one of them emitted a terrifyingly powerful aura.
The weakest among them was as strong as Xyperia’s three strongest Super Deities.
At the same time, more than ten other figures were busying themselves.
The reason that location was chosen was that they wanted to use the fire source to keep human bodies and spiritual bones in an active state. That way, they could prevent either death or the loss of effectiveness.
At the center of the submit was a large bed made of stone. On it, lay Azure Dragon and his four companions.
They had not expected to have fallen into such dire circumstances.
The captors had tricked them into coming to Oakland City on the pretext of helping Levi.
By the time they realized it was a trap, it was already too late.
They assumed they had the power to control the situation. But the truth was, they were so weak that they were easily overpowered.
Chapter 3232 Comrades In The Next Life
At that instant, they finally realized Levi was right and their own incompetence.
There was no way they could ever be capable of dealing with a problem independently, for the Heavenly League was the limits of their strength.
Beyond that, they were not even worth a mention.
By the time they realized the truth, it was already too late.
Only then did they learn that the faction from Ecclesiastic Order was targeting them for their spiritual bones.
It also dawned upon them that Levi was right all along. His plan was designed to prevent something like that from happening.
Consequently, they were filled with remorse.
Their disobedience to Levi was about to exact a heavy toll on them.
At that same time, they found out how precious their spiritual bones were and that the members of Ecclesiastic Order were only befriending them for their bones.
The only thing holding them back from taking action was that transplanting a spiritual bone was an extremely complicated process especially when it came to amalgamating five of them together. In fact, it was almost considered impossible.
By the time Azure Dragon and his gang arrived, there were more than ten men waiting for them.
They comprised of people who looked demonic with scars covering their faces, the deaf, mutes, and those who were missing limbs.
Evidently, they were Bonemasters who had suffered divine retribution for practicing the forbidden arts.
Just like mystical fortune tellers, the more accurate they were, the higher the price they paid.
Not only were many of them physically mutilated, but their families also didn’t escape the calamities too.
Given that transplanting spiritual bones was the equivalent of transferring one’s talent and luck, it was natural that they paid a price for it.
As a result, there were very few Bonemasters within Ecclesiastic Order.
In spite of that, there was always someone willing to do the job.
Feared by many, including Sonja and her companions, there were ten of them in total.
Even they didn’t expect to see so many of them gathered.
Once Azure Dragon and his four comrades were brought there, the ten Bonemasters prepared for the transplant.
In the meantime, there was a young man lying on another stone bed. He gave Azure Dragon and his comrades a look that was filled with diabolical excitement.
Without a doubt, their spiritual bones were to be transplanted to him, and he was ready for it.
Meanwhile, the Bonemasters didn’t knock Azure Dragon and his companions unconscious, for they had to be awake to maintain the spiritual bone’s vitality.
Therefore, the process involved the Bonemasters using severance daggers and other tools to gradually dig out the spiritual bone one by one.
Given that they had to be kept awake during the entire operation, Azure Dragon and his comrades experienced unbearable pain throughout as they idly watched their spiritual bone being extracted.
After that, the five spiritual bones were amalgamated together with a special technique before being transplanted into the young man’s body.
The entire process was arduously slow and took a very long time.
Azure Dragon wailed in agony non-stop, as if they had experienced death again and again.
At that moment, they were filled with regret.
Why didn’t we listen to Levi?
Why did we have to act unilaterally?
Was it so difficult to take Zoey’s advice?
What’s wrong with being treated like kids?
Isn’t it great to have someone to protect us?
Lying there, all of them broke into a pitiful smile, for they had only themselves to blame for their dire circumstances.
Now that their spiritual bones had been removed, no one bothered about them.
They were feeling extremely weak as if the source of their vitality had been severed from them.
In fact, it even felt as if they were dying.
At that moment, they began to have flashbacks of wonderful memories from their past.
Images of Levi in particular kept appearing in their mind as if to signal their impending death.
By then, they could no longer lift their eyelids anymore.
Boss, if we still have another chance, we hope to be your comrades again in our next life. No! It definitely will happen!
Chapter 3233 Ignoring Their Fate
As their brains began to shut down, their consciousness gradually drifted away.
With nothing left in their vision other than a blur, their eyelids were so heavy that they could no longer hold them up.
Having their spiritual bone dug out of them was the equivalent of having their life force extracted.
It was as if the source of their lives had been removed by someone else.
As a result, death wasn’t far.
While the Bonemasters were busy nearby, Azure Dragon and his companions were left abandoned after having served their purpose.
As time went on, the Bonemasters successfully amalgamated the five elemental spiritual bones together, which was a crucial step in the process.
Subsequently, all that was left to do was transplant it into the young man.
In essence, the operation was on the brink of success.
As for the twenty-odd guards outside, one of their faces turned grim suddenly.
“There seems to be someone heading here,” he remarked coldly.
“That’s impossible! We didn’t notice anything at all.”
While the rest of them tried to feel their surroundings, they didn’t manage to sense anything.
It was probably due to the distance and also the fact that they weren’t strong enough.
The guard that first brought up the matter added, “To be honest, I didn’t sense anything strange from the surroundings, but my gut feeling is screaming at me that someone is approaching!”
“Huh? Are you sure? Many have tried, but no one has managed to find this place after such a long time.”
Everyone else was feeling confident, for they had taken steps to ensure that no one could find the location.
Or else, the place would have been discovered long ago.
“No! We have to withdraw! My gut feeling is just overwhelming me. It’s better to be safe than sorry! Given the crucial stage we’re at, we can’t tolerate any mistakes at all. Or else, everything would have been for naught!”
Just as the person spoke, everyone else nodded in agreement.
Now was the time to withdraw and move someplace else.
“Inform them to retreat!”
As the group sprang into action, they informed the Bonemasters at once.
At that moment, the Bonemasters were preparing to transplant the combined elemental spiritual bone into the young man’s body.
When they received the order to withdraw, they began to store the spiritual bone and prepared to leave.
In the blink of an eye, they had packed up and left with whatever they could carry, leaving Azure Dragon and his companions behind.
When some of the figures in black robes noticed Azure Dragon and the rest during their check, one of them asked, “What about them? Shall we kill them?”
“Yes! We should do so, for they have seen us. Even though they didn’t see our faces, the Bonemasters were not wearing any disguises,” one of them suggested.
Another one sneered, “So what if they have seen the Bonemasters’ faces? It doesn’t matter at all, as everyone knows who they are since there are so few of them within Ecclesiastic Order. It’s not like it’s any secret at all. Also, they won’t recognize us because we didn’t reveal our identities. Besides, the five of them are going to die soon. There’s no need for us to kill them.”
“That’s true. We should leave them here as a warning to Levi, to remind him that he isn’t invincible at all. In fact, he is nothing to us, and we gladly await his revenge!”
“Haha, we’re very much unlike Idrae. Moreover, he doesn’t even know who we are at all.”
“What can he do after we dug out the spiritual bones of his comrades? Is he going to ignore their fate?”
“Just you wait Levi, there are many who are aiming to get their hands on you and your daughter’s spiritual bones!”
After that, the men swiftly left.
As Azure Dragon and his comrades watched on in a daze, there was nothing they could do other than wait for death’s arrival.
By then, all five had shut their eyes and were losing their consciousness slowly.
Chapter 3234 It Is Too Late
“This is the place!”
Not long afterwards, Levi arrived with his men.
They could feel the aura of those people here.
Even Sonja and her friends could feel it.
However, the place was empty.
It was deserted not long ago.
This was not good! Everything was too late!
They had arrived too late!
“Boom!”
Levi felt as if his mind was about to explode.
The others felt the same. It was a bolt out of the blue!
Something had really gone wrong this time.
Sonja and her group looked troubled as they followed behind, climbing up to the top of the mountain.
Soon, they saw Azure Dragon and the other four on the bed of stone. They were covered in blood and all five were lifeless.
“I…”
Levi rushed forward, his whole body emanating a powerful aura of hostility.
“We are late! Their spiritual bones have been removed!” Sonja uttered in dismay.
“Ahh!” Magnus and the other two sighed.
The last glimmer of hope was dashed!
They had underestimated their foes whose speed was far higher than they had imagined.
Regardless of whether the transplant was successfully done, the spiritual bones of Azure Dragon and his four friends had been removed.
The five of them were dying.
This was serious!
“Azure Dragon!”
“Phoenix!”
“Kirin!”
“White Tiger!”
“Black Tortoise!”
Levi inspected the condition of all five of them.
They were on their last breath of life.
After Levi injected his own power into them, they were able to open their eyes.
When they saw Levi, their eyes flickered with life and their lips trembled. “B-b-boss! W-We… We are sorry… forgive us… we should… have obeyed you… In our next life… we shall be buddies again!”
“Don’t talk now. It’s fine! You will be all right!”
Levi held their hands tightly.
He could feel that their life was draining away fast and would be gone soon.
Are the side effects of removing of the spiritual bones so serious?
Will it result in death?
He turned around and looked at Sonja. “How can this happen?”
“I’m sorry, Crown King! I didn’t tell you about this before! If the spiritual bone is removed, the person will die!”
When Sonja said that, Levi felt as if his mind would explode.
Prior to this, he had thought that the loss of the spiritual bone was like having an organ removed.
The victim would continue to live.
He had never suspected it to be fatal!
That was beyond what he had expected!
He had never imagined that this would happen!
“What? Is it really fatal?”
Sonja nodded. “That is right! These five are considered to have activated their spiritual bone, which is where the life force gathers! If the spiritual bones are removed, then the life force will dissipate! Naturally, they will die!”
“Why is that so? Why?” Floyd started to cry.
He was partly the reason why that happened to Azure Dragon and the other four.
He had contacted this group of five who left their hiding places and so he was responsible, to a large extent.
Now, seeing them in this condition, he was full of regret.
Zoey cried, too.
Those people were like family to her.
“Azure Dragon, Kirin, Phoenix… “
Forlevia wept uncontrollably.
Everyone present felt sad and depressed.
None had imagined that the removal of the spiritual bone would result in death!
Furthermore, there was no cure for it.
Even gods and immortals could not help reverse it.
Sonja said helplessly. “Mr. Garrison, please accept my condolences.”
Levi was furious but Azure Dragon nudged him.
“Boss, don’t be sad! We will meet again!”
“Farewell, Boss! It’s all right. We are not afraid!”
“Boss, you must go on living meaningfully! We will watch over you all from above. “
They kept trying to console Levi.
Speaking together, the five gathered their last ounce of strength to bid Levi goodbye.
“I won’t let you die! Absolutely not!”
Levi went wild, bellowing.
Chapter 3235 The Biggest Joke
Sonja and the others said, “It is futile! The only way is by using magical medicine to force life back into them.”
What they meant was Levi had to accept it because it was irreversible.
Ranting repeatedly would not help the situation.
Instead, it would only drive him crazy.
When he heard these, a ray of hope flashed in Levi’s eyes.
Immediately, he took out the remaining half of the magical medicine which was used to treat Forlevia.
At that time, if all of the magical medicine had been used on Forlevia, the power would have blown up her body.
After all, the medicine was too powerful for her frail body to put up with it all.
Hence, there was a lot of left over.
Who would have thought that it would come in handy now?
Sonja and the others were stunned.
What did I just say?
Levi really did have some magical medicine!
What a pleasant surprise!
Without hesitation, Levi divided the remaining medicine into five portions and gave each to the five victims.
Then he poured out his own energy into them to guide the powerful medicine throughout their bodies.
Even though each person only had a small portion of the medicine, its power was amazing.
After all, it was not meant as an anti-toxin or other purposes, but to deliver healing power to increase their life force.
Hence, it was sufficient!
Very quickly, changes took place in the five. Their faces became ruddy and their life force recovered speedily.
They were revived!
It was as if they had been snatched back from the jaws of death.
It was miraculous!
Everyone present was dumbfounded!
The five had been brought back to life!
It was unimaginable!
“Chad, I thank you!”
Seeing this miracle, Levi started to laugh hysterically.
Not only had this medicine saved his daughter but his buddies as well!
In a matter of moments, Azure Dragon and the other four regained their breaths.
Though they were still feeling weak, their precious lives were restored!
“Boss, we are sorry for what we have done! Boohoo…” Phoenix was a woman after all and she wept emotionally with tears streaming down her face.
The four men’s eyes were red-rimmed, with tears welling up as they sniffed quietly.
In just a matter of twenty-four hours, they had experienced all the major events of a life time – death and life, parting and leaving.
They had passed through the gates of hell and returned.
All because they deserved it!
They should have obeyed orders earlier and should not have been rebellious.
Now, they felt they had really wronged Levi!
They had behaved like little children and Levi had always protected them.
He had taken care of them in every way and made decisions for them.
They were now the five stars of the Heavenly League and they were powerful, or so they thought, so they wanted to do things their own way.
They had felt that they could decide for themselves and take things into their own hands.
They did not want Levi to continue looking after them.
So, they did something really foolish…
In the end, it was Levi who had to clean up their mess.
If not for Levi, they would all have died.
“It was so embarrassing. Boss, we brought shame upon you!”
“We really deserved it. It was all our fault!”
“Please scold us! Please punish us!”
They went on showing their remorse.
Azure Dragon and his friends hung their heads as they spoke.
They always wanted to share Levi’s burdens and take over some of his responsibilities.
In the end, they only added to his burdens and made things worse!
They even disgraced Levi’s name.
Their spiritual bones were removed!
That would make them a laughing stock.
They would become disabled, as well, turning into useless souls!
They would also become very weak, much weaker than laymen.
Even a young child would be able to kill them.
“It’s all right! As long as you live, it’s all that matters. It is not your fault! Some other persons had done this to you! I do understand your intentions! All of you just wanted to lessen my burdens! Don’t worry about anything. As long as you’re alive, there is hope in everything.”
Levi held their hands as he said this.
The five friends cried bitterly.
Levi glanced toward Sonja and asked, “Is there any solution for their condition?”
Sonja shook her head, saying, “Their spiritual bones have been dug out! It will not help even if we find them. The only way is to remove the same from some other people and transplant that into them.
“If that is your plan, for someone with your power, it can be done easily enough!”
Before Levi could say anything, Azure Dragon refused vehemently. “No way! We have been through this kind of suffering and we absolutely cannot put others through the same kind of ordeal for our own selfish gain. I’d rather die first than do this.”
Chapter 3236 How Did They Endure It
“That’s right. We won’t do it! We will not do something so wicked!”
“Why should we get someone else to bear our suffering?”
The five went on protesting.
Sonja and her three friends were taken aback.
They began to understand why Levi cared so much about them and why they respected him so much in return.
Why is it that this group seems to shine like a light in the darkness? Why would they give up their lives for one another? Perhaps the answer was none other than that they are all worthy to be treated as such!
They were perfect in many ways, from character to charisma.
To them, power and other things were not important.
People like them were rare in the Ecclesiastic Order.
Or perhaps not just rare, but non-existent really.
There, it was an environment of survival of the fittest.
The weak deserved to be oppressed.
Those who were weak but possessed good spiritual bones would be robbed of them.
There was no justice for the weak and the oppressed.
With the kind of power that Levi and the others had, it would not be difficult to find replacement spiritual bones for Azure Dragon and the other four. Nor would it be difficult to do the transplant.
It would be impossible to procure the elemental spiritual bones but it would be easy to get some reasonably good quality spiritual bones.
However, they would never to that. They would never oppress the weak and the minority.
That was what made them special.
Hence, the four were taken aback.
Sonja and her group from the North Pavilion were relatively better and humanity could be found in them.
Others were liars, oppressors, and robbers without remorse in a hell-like environment.
“It’s fine! It’s no big deal to be without spiritual bones. There’ll be other ways! Without the spiritual bones, I am still powerful, to say the least! The most important factor is to remain alive!”
Levi was not concerned about other matters, as long as his buddies were safe and sound.
Azure Dragon and his four buddies held Levi’s hand tightly.
“Let’s go. We’ll go back and find an isolated place to recuperate,” Levi said.
The others gathered together to bring the five of them home.
The five were determined to get up and leave, but they found that they could not move. They had no control over their physical body.
Their consciousness and their physique were not in sync.
After that, Levi and the others discovered that Azure Dragon and the four had totally lost their mobility. They were paralyzed.
On their own, they were unable to move.
That condition was even after using the magical medicine…
It was horrifying!
Only now did they realize how dire the circumstances were.
At this point, only their lives were preserved. They were paralyzed and could not even lift a finger, let alone live a normal life.
Levi was about to carry Black Tortoise on his back but the latter chattered through his teeth. “Hiss! Hiss! B-Boss… I felt pain. I’m in pain…”
Black Tortoise was huge, but he was the youngest among the five, and everyone tended to care for the honest boy.
He was extremely weak after going through the process of his spiritual bone being dug out of him by force.
Even though the magical medicine had restored his life, his body was still weak
That was because when a person’s spiritual bone was taken away, the damage was very serious.
It was just like the mythical Dragon Prince III when his dragon tendon was pulled out from his body.
The injury was very serious.
The five were in serious pain, and any sudden movement would make it unbearable.
Hence, Black Tortoise revealed his childlike fearful nature.
Black Tortoise was, without doubt, a manly character.
No one could bear seeing the tough guy turn into a whimpering child and they could only imagine how serious the pain must be.
Sigh! Sonja was choked with emotion. “This was not much compared to the process whereby the spiritual bone was removed! “To ensure that the spiritual bone could be used, the victims were kept alive and awake throughout the entire process!”
The spiritual bone was taken out while the victims were fully conscious and aware and the pain they went through was unimaginable! Under normal circumstances, many victims die of pain after the process.
Hearing that, Levi could imagine the hell-like pain that Azure Dragon and his four friends went through.
How did they endure it?
His fury was ignited and he was incensed!
Chapter 3237 The Perpetrator Must Not Be Revealed
The transplanting of the spiritual bone was extremely cruel.
It was inhuman.
Black Tortoise must have gone through a lot of pain to be in this condition.
Such cruel method could destroy a soul.
Animals! Why must they remove the spiritual bone from others? Don’t they have their own?
Levi’s heart was in excruciating pain.
He did not dare imagine what pain his buddies had gone through.
Clack! Clack!
Levi clenched his fists and his knuckles crackled.
The whole ground seemed to crack open.
Furthermore, the place was originally the mouth of a volcano and underneath was smoldering lava.
At this moment, Levi’s fury had caused an abnormality. The magma started to simmer.
The dormant volcano was about to erupt.
When Levi got angry, the whole landscape trembled.
Zoey and the rest were equally heartbroken. Azure Dragon and his buddies were such proud individuals in the past.
They themselves must find it difficult to accept what had become of them.
The pain had turned Black Tortoise into a mess.
They must be feeling so ashamed, and finding the change unbearable. They would probably feel useless being a burden to others. They had also brought disgrace upon Levi.
Floyd felt so guilty that he could kill himself by crashing his head against a wall.
If he had not contacted Azure Dragon, this would not have happened.
Though his intention was to protect the five, he ended up bringing calamity upon them.
He was guilty of what had happened.
He was the one who brought the five out of their hiding place. If not for him, they would have remained hidden!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Floyd punched a big rock incessantly; his hands were already a mass of blood and flesh.
“Boss, we have disgraced you! I’m in so much pain… oh so much pain! I don’t want this! I can’t!”
Black Tortoise wept uncontrollably.
“Boss, we are now your burden! It’s all our doings!”
“Sorry, Boss to let you see us in this condition!”
“We have brought shame to you! We are a disgrace! We deserve this!”
They continued to blame themselves, caught in extreme guilt and shame.
Their facial expressions turned dark.
Seeing them behaving in such a manner, the rest felt terribly sorry for them.
Azure Dragon and the four had a mental breakdown and were unable to control themselves.
“It’s all right. You wronged no one! It’s only disgraceful if you continue to blame yourselves and belittle yourselves!
“If you do not want to disgrace me, listen! Recover speedily! Find the enemy and take revenge! Do not let them triumph over us! Destroy them!”
Levi shouted aloud.
When they heard this, the five quietened down and a ray of hope lit up their eyes.
They found renewed hope.
All five of them clenched their fists!
However, Levi did not continue talking about this. Notably, he did not mention who the perpetrator was.
Nor did he ask Sonja…
His words had inspired Azure Dragon and the others and calmed them.
It was enough for him to stop there. If he continued, it would antagonize them again.
At this point in time, their minds were filled with vengeance!
If he carried on, he was afraid of reminding them about the hell-like torture they had gone through.
They would most definitely lose control again.
Hence, Levi stopped right there and just pretended that it had not happened.
After all, they were not just physically injured but emotionally hurt as well.
Perhaps the emotional wounds were more serious.
After all, he could only heal physical injuries on the body, but not the emotional damage.
“Come, let’s go.”
Finally, the five of them were taken away by Levi and his group.
As they left, Levi told Sonja and her friends. “Come with me. Later, I have some questions for you!”
Sonja and the rest nodded.
They knew what Levi was up to.
The spiritual bone had been removed from Azure Dragon and the four so he would retaliate in some manner.
He would definitely take revenge!
Wasn’t that was how Idrae disappeared?
However…
Even though they knew who the perpetrator was, they did not want to reveal his name.
Levi must be kept in the dark!
Chapter 3238 Told You So
They were all terrified of him, and it was because they could not say it.
They must not say it.
If they were to say it, they would be doomed.
Not only would the four of them die, but North Pavilion might even be affected.. Every one of North Pavilion would definitely die.
Not a single soul there would be left alive.
Moreover, they would all die horrible death.
There was no way they were going to be let off easy for their deaths.
That was what was going to happen to them if they told others about it and were found out.
Even if North Pavilion was considered one of the major factions in Ecclesiastic Order, they were still going to be murdered.
That was how powerful those people were.
As a matter of fact, not only were they strong, but they were also merciless.
Hence, fear kept crashing against them like tidal waves.
They were a being that the factions of Ecclesiastic Order feared and did not dare to even mention anything.
Those who had gone against them had regretted coming into the world, for they all suffered horrendous deaths.
That was the reason they did not dare to talk about them.
There was a chance that Levi might crush them, and indeed, he had the capability of doing so.
However, before that were to happen, those people would certainly decimate North Pavilion.
it was a risk they dared not take.
Both sides were ruthless people.
Yet, to them, it felt like the other party was even more ruthless than Levi.
Therefore, they chose the other side.
Sonja quickly gave a look to the other few to sign to them to not say anything precipitously.
The other three understood that the safety of everyone was involved.
The consequences of their rashness would affect both them and North Pavilion.
They would all fall into the pit of danger.
Levi brought men to where they were hiding.
At that moment, Azure Dragon and the others needed to have some uninterrupted peace to recover.
After returning, Levi immediately found a load of magical herbs before picking out the ones that are useful for Azure Dragon and the others.
Meanwhile, Zoey and the others were in charge of taking care of them.
Once all the arrangements were made, Levi came outside and summoned Sonja and the ones with her to him.
“You should know who did this, right? I’m sure you do,” Levi questioned as he fixed his angry gaze on them.
It felt as if he was staring right into their soul and reading all their thoughts.
A wave of worry and guilt washed over Magnus and the others. They did not even dare to look into Levi’s eyes anymore.
“This… We…”
They all started hesitating as they flew into a panic.
At the end of the day, the experienced Sonja was the one who said, “We do.”
“Who is it? Tell me!”
The moment he heard her reply, he became agitated.
He instantly stared at her as he began exuding a menacing aura.
It was as if he was a ferocious beast that had been lying in wait for his prey for thousands of years.
At that moment, Sonja could feel the blood in her bubbling as her veins popped. It felt as though her organs were going to explode in her.
She had never felt a presence as hair-raising as him before.
Despite that, Sonja still felt that the other side was scarier.
Sonja felt that they would suffer worse consequences if they were to cross the other party in comparison with Levi.
As Sonja endured the pressure, she said to Levi, “Crown King, listen to me. The members of Ecclesiastic Order’s factions can easily guess who did the transplant of the spiritual bones. It’s because there are professionals who specialize in spiritual bone transplants called Bonemaster. Bonemasters’ works are immoral, so they’re paying the price for it. Therefore, there are only few Bonemasters around, including the ones in Ecclesiastic Order. That’s why everyone can somewhat guess who the one behind this would go to for spiritual bone transplants. One of the Bonemasters must be the one who dug out your friend’s spiritual bones. These people are easy to find. At most, we can capture all of them. I’m sure we’ll be able to find the one who did it that way. However, we won’t be able to know who was the one who hired these Bonemasters to transplant the spiritual bones, and we won’t know who they’ve given the elemental spiritual bones to.”
Levi had to admit that Sonja was smart, but at the same time, it sounded like she had told him nothing.
Nevertheless, Levi was no longer suspicious of her.
Even though she told him that those Bonemasters were the ones who did the job, Levi had also found out they were not the true culprits.
Someone else was behind the matter.
The Bonemasters were only tools for the mastermind. They were only getting used by the true culprit.
“Okay, I got it. No matter who’s the one behind this, since there are only a few Bonemasters around, we’ll be able to narrow our search down to those few first.”
Chapter 3239 Looking For The Bonemasters
Levi’s dark expression relaxed a little.
That made Sonja and the others hastily nod in response. “Yes, that’s right.”
“So you don’t know who’s the one behind this?” Levi continued asking.
“That’s right. We might know who the Bonemasters are, but we don’t know who the mastermind is. Moreover, they’re much stronger than us! How they’ve escaped before we got there is a sign of that!” Sonja and the others warily pointed out.
A dangerous glint flashed past Levi’s eyes. “All right. We’ll capture all of Ecclesiastic Order’s Bonemasters first. I’ll personally interrogate the Bonemasters. I refuse to believe that I won’t be able to find out who’s behind this. List out all the Bonemasters. I won’t be asking you to look for them yourselves; I’ll be doing that myself. I’ll owe you a favor for this. Hurry now!”
Sonja and the others quickly replied, “Okay, but getting a complete list of the Bonemasters won’t be that easy. We need to do some searching as well, and we’ll have to ask for help from some of North Pavilion’s elders. Therefore, Crown King, we’ll need you to wait for a while.”
“Okay, it’s fine. I’ll be waiting.”
Once Sonja and the others left the area, they let out sighs of relief.
“That was a close call. If Levi were to aggressively question us a little more, I’m afraid I would have spilled the beans.”
Magnus patted his chest to calm himself.
“You’re smart, Sonja. We would have to tell him their names otherwise.”
Sonja frowned. “Although there aren’t a lot of Bonemasters around, it still will be a tough feat to list out all of their names. Nevertheless, we’ve agreed to do this for him, so we can’t go back on our words. Although we can’t tell him who’s behind this, we can still provide the list of Bonemasters.”
With that, Sonja and the others left.
Once they left, Floyd appeared in front of Levi.
Thump!
He kneeled before Levi, confusing the latter.
“What are you doing?” Levi asked.
“Master, this is all my fault! I was the one who got Azure Dragon and the others hurt. If not for me contacting them secretly, they wouldn’t have left this place. They would’ve waited until you were back, and this wouldn’t have taken place. It’s my fault! It’s all my fault! Master, please hit me. Please berate me for this.”
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Floyd was giving himself harsh slaps.
Levi swiftly stopped him. “What does this have to do with you? This isn’t your fault at all. You had good intentions the whole time and you weren’t trying to set them up. How can you blame this on yourself? Look, we’re not blaming you for this, are we?”
Floyd was on the brink of tears from worry.
“It’s because no one blames me for this, and that’s why I’m feeling more and more guilty. Regardless of everything, I’m involved in this. I bear a huge responsibility for this. I’ve wronged them!”
Floyd was overwhelmed with guilt.
“Floyd, stand up. It’s fine. If I say you’re not to blame for this, then you’re not to blame for this. You don’t need to blame yourself for this at all! What we need to do now is to help Azure Dragon and the others recover while searching for the mastermind. Do you get it? Nothing else matters. Moreover, this really has nothing to do with you.”
Levi forcefully pulled Floyd to his feet.
“Okay, I understand. I’m quite close to the people of Ecclesiastic Order. I’ll look for the list of Bonemasters as well. The more heads in this, the better,” Floyd uttered with a determined look.
“Okay, but you have to be careful, especially when you’re interacting with the members of Ecclesiastic Order.
“Don’t assume that Sonja and the others are all good just because they look like that. Maybe they have ulterior motives for doing this. Just be on your guard for everything you do,” Levi reminded.
“Okay, Master. I got it. I’ll do as you say.”
At the very least, Floyd listened to that.
From then on, he would be careful when interacting with the people from Ecclesiastic Order, but Gloria would be the sole exception.
Chapter 3240 Controlling Floyd
To him, Gloria did not seem like someone from Ecclesiastic Order.
Instead, he saw Gloria as one of his own people.
However, he did not tell Levi about Gloria’s matter.
What he was going to do next was to search for some magical herbs to help them recover.
To look for Gloria for the list of Bonemasters, Floyd went to the Heavenly Base.
Right then, he spotted a few Heavenly Guard gathered together, seemingly gossiping away.
He then halted in his tracks, wanting to hear what they were talking about.
“Did you hear about this? Azure Dragon and the others’ spiritual bones had been removed!”
“I heard about that! I even know that Crown King originally hid Azure Dragon and the others away, but Floyd used a secret way of communication to get them out of their hiding. He ended up screwing them over!”
“That’s right. I heard that some witch has bewitched Floyd. He ended up hurting his own friends. Poor Azure Dragon and his gang!”
“Now the entire Heavenly League knows that Floyd was the one who hurt his own people! After all, how can you possibly out manipulate the pride and joy of Ecclesiastic Order?”
Hearing that, Floyd turned furious.
He had the urge to walk over to them to punch them, but he managed to hold himself back.
Initially, Levi had managed to console him into a better mood.
That was why he was focused and determined to look for magical herbs for Azure Dragon and the others’ recovery and the list of Bonemasters.
However, that good mood turned foul after overhearing the guards’ conversation.
Again, the guilt bloomed in his chest to the point it was out of his control.
Does the entire Heavenly League know about this? Although Levi and the rest said that this isn’t my fault, I was the reason this happened. They’d already gone into hiding, but I called them out. Although I did not have ill intentions when I did that, I bore selfish thoughts.
When he thought about how Gloria told him to do it, he felt the responsibility of the incident weighing heavier on his shoulders.
Of course, Floyd still felt that the incident had nothing to do with Gloria.
Everything was his fault.
The guilt was almost crushing him.
He was especially angry to hear them call her a witch, but the guilt over the incident was a stronger emotion. He was the one who got Azure Dragon and the other four in this situation.
Meanwhile, when the few guards noticed Floyd staring in their direction, they hurried away awkwardly.
Yet, that only made Floyd even more upset.
After that, while he was on his way to Gloria, groups of people kept looking at him and whispering things under their breaths.
To Floyd, it seemed like they were all talking about his matter.
Thus, he felt guiltier and guiltier over time, and that feeling was starting to overwhelm his mind.
As long as someone was looking at him, he felt that they were talking about him.
Floyd turned paranoid, and he was starting to lose his mind.
Every time someone spared him an extra glance, he would assume that they were talking bad about him.
Those words of theirs kept repeating in his head.
“Floyd’s the one who set Azure Dragon and the others up!”
“Floyd was put under a spell by that witch!”
Those words were reverberating in Floyd’s mind, as loud as thunder.
His guilt turned more and more intense as he continued blaming himself for the incident.
Once he was in a remote spot, he began venting his emotions.
He pressured himself to the point he was barely human.
He retched out blood, and he even started hallucinating.
In his hallucinations, Levi, Zoey, and the rest were blaming him for the incident.
Even Azure Dragon and the other four, whose faces were a deathly pallor, were jabbing a finger in his face and blaming him for the matter.
Right then, Gloria appeared.
A sneer grew on her face.
Truthfully, she had been watching Floyd for a long, long time.
It was just that she never showed herself to him.
She had watched Floyd slowly descent into madness.
That was the moment she had been waiting for.
That was the darkest moment of Floyd’s life.
If she were to appear at that time, she would become the light at the end of Floyd’s tunnel.
In other words, she would become the person Floyd would trust most.
She would become the one who could control him.
From then on, Floyd would be her puppet.
He would do anything she asked of him.
She would be able to control him from the shadows.
A woman like her was an intelligent but shrewd person.