"But I was informed the alliance would be our allies in this venture?" Leroy coldly uttered!
In response, "Hah, don't make me laugh. Do you think of us as mercenaries like yourself who would sway by money? I admit we do like fighting and killing, but we do not like throwing our lives away.
"That monster killed over 500 hundred people within six hours, and I know those guys didn't even put up a fight from their clean deaths. He's likely in the wind now. So, why the fuck do we want to go after him to waste our resources on a ghost chase. Even if we found him, you and I both know without an army, we'll die." Tomas snarled disdainfully.
Braylon's instantly got the idea of what they were talking about and almost fell from his position!
Sweat started to bead over his forehead, and his heart raced as he thought, 'Kill 500?!'
He never thought of that terrifying guy but this terrifying, not by a long shot. He even starts to feel as if he is sitting on thorns now because he accepted this invitation despite knowing it was disrespectful towards Jacob.
Although he had no intention of going against him and even wanted to act as a double agent, would Jacob believe him?
"Just what the hell is going on here?" He blurted with a pale face as he stood up from his seat.
Tomas gave Braylon a snickering glance before he said, "It seemed you really didn't know anything about the incident a week ago. Don't worry; your friend will tell you all about it. I'm sure he summoned you here to discuss exactly that."
Leroy's expression was ugly at this moment as he clearly wasn't expecting this turn of events. This entire incident had nothing to do with him. He only found out like everyone else.
But just his bad luck, he was contacted by someone who he couldn't disobey and had to take full responsibility for this entire incident. In return, he was promised something he couldn't refuse, wealth and a ticket to higher plains.
Not only that, but he was also given another mission, which was to unite the masses against Jacob and then ruin his public image as well as his guild image.
Furthermore, he was told there would be another attempted assassination, and this time they would have the ZWA (Zodiac Warrior Alliance) full support as well.
However, now Tomas was straight out refusing him, and he even brought the ZWA Chairman into it, which means he was likely telling the truth.
This could only mean two things, the negotiation between ZWA and UZB (Universal Zodiac Bank) has failed!
Leroy was now feeling extremely gloomy as this would also make things nastier for him. He clearly won't lead the charge to hunt Jacob himself. He cares about his life more than some empty promises.
Likewise, he would rather be a deserter than deceased!
However, he still didn't understand one thing. He asked with a raspy voice, "Just why did you kick him out of ZWA if he's such a powerful figure and let him join the guild?"
Braylon also looked at Tomas because he always wondered about it. It was quite clear that Jacob was now an official member of the guild, but he knew that he was a former ZWA member.
He had made the mistake of thinking that he could kick Jacob out since he didn't belong to the guild, but he learned the hard way that he was extremely wrong.
Jacob was an official member even before he met Braylon, which meant he was contacted by someone with the same status as him, and Braylon had no idea who that person was, to tell the truth.
But this just made him more fearful because there was a chance he had supporters from the higher plains, and that's why he didn't want to cross him ever.
Tomas's grin stiffened when he heard that question as if someone had stabbed him right in the gut. He naturally knew Jacob was an official member of ZWA because he was appointed to this position by one of his pawns in the freedom plains, Nixon!
At that time, Jacob was still considered to be a blanker, and he wanted to earn his loyalty by providing him with resources and leaving it to Nixon to handle it.
However, before their plans were even put into motion, Jacob's 'kidnapping' happened, and everything goes down to the hills.
But Tomas had never even thought that a nobody would turn out to be a monster within a few years who even he had to look up to.
He even took the man for someone else when he found that he was a permanent member of the guild.
However, when he got recently contacted by the ZWA Chairman, the person he worships, he found out a terrifying truth.
The Faceless Ancient of the Alchemy Guild was the same Faceless Ancient he once wanted to take as his subordinate.
Not only that, Gunnar even admitted that he made a mistake by kicking that guy out because of his own misgivings about Jacob. If he had known that guy was really capable of such a feat, he wouldn't have made that deal.
Alas, there was no medicine for regret in this world, and now that terrifying fellow was almost untouchable in the rare plains. The ZWA could've been the strongest by his side, but now they weren't even dared to face the guy.
Anyhow, Gunnar didn't take the offer Lucy wanted to give him as he didn't want to send his men on this suicidal mission. As a fighter himself, he knew way better just how much manpower it would take to take Jacob down.
So, now the agency was helpless without the legion's help!
As for the answer to Leroy's question, Tomas only said four ambiguous yet ugly words, "I have no idea."
Leroy almost flew in rage upon hearing this but controlled himself, "Why are you chickening out?! He might be gravely wounded right now, for all we know. Just help me out, and I'll make it worth your while!"
"I have some very good deals with you in the past, Leroy, but this time, I'm not going to take this one." Tomas coldly rejected.
At this moment, a knock rang on the door.
"What is it?" Leroy angrily asked, as he was in a very bad mood right now.
"Sorry to intrude, but we received an important report right now!" A panicked voice rang.
Leroy frowned, hearing this unfamiliar voice, and before he could reply, Tomas said, "It's one of my men. Come in."
A burly troll entered the room, and with panic-stricken eyes, he blurted without even greeting the three. It also reflected just how panicked he was by this report.
"T-the Wild Nation! It's the Wild Nation, the mad Lich King has declared his intention of whipping every living being on the Rare Plains after his full victory over the Freedom Plains.
"The Dark Armies are marching toward the magic beast forest as we speak, and not only that, but the Lich King specifically called out the Dark City!"