The Senior Master that retreated from fighting Torkez glanced at the dark curtain on the southern part of the city.
"What is that...?"
He muttered while narrowing his eyes. The things that arise in this city weren't in his expectations. He thought that it would revolve around the Nine Lives and Red Witch but it seems that some unknown forces were moving in the dark.
First, the unknown Extermination Realm which was stronger than he had met before. He guessed that even the other Senior Master of the Purple Heart Tower wouldn't win against Torkez in a one-on-one battle.
Then, there's this mysterious black barrier. The vibe that he was getting from this wasn't good and his instinct was also telling him to not approach it carelessly.
"I need to report this to Tower Master. Perhaps our strength isn't enough to handle this alone so maybe we need to receive help from the other towers."
He muttered as he glanced at the citizens of this city. They were all panicking and the city guards were trying to calm them down but he knew that the city guards didn't have any idea what's happening in this city. Even the city lord could only sit back in his mansion.
The underground ruler of this city was the Red Witch and Nine Lives. Those two organizations possessed greater power than a mere city lord of a backward city of the Numan Country.
But at this moment, the Senior Master knew that the two organizations were facing a predicament that they couldn't imagine. Some unknown group of people has infiltrated this city and they were trying to bring the two groups down.
The city lord was freed from the grasp of the two organizations but he knew that someone would take the position of those two. The citizens were worried because they realized that a storm will come after this. The hungry nobles in the central part of the city will move.
The Senior Master turned around and left. He was going to leave this place and report what he had witnessed to Tower Master.
...
Two days had passed quickly since the fall of the Nine Lives and Red Witch. Their leaders were gone and no one could command them so the Clautus Group used this chance to swallow their group.
With Torkez as a backer, the Clautus Group took half of the wealth of the two groups in just two days. They also expanded their group and tried to fight the nobles in the central part of the city but they didn't stand a chance.
Even though the city lord wanted to partake in this chaos, he didn't join because he didn't have enough strength.
Without a backer of an Extermination Realm, he wouldn't be able to win no matter what he did.
Torkez and the core members of the Clautus Group were inside a spacious room with exquisite design. This mansion was one of the wealth that they took from the Nine Lives.
"How is it?" Torkez asked.
"We've taken fifty-four percent of the Red Witch's wealth and thirty-four percent of Nine Lives. The nobles in the central part are having a feast as they sent out everything to devour the pieces that were left behind by the two organizations." Remina paused for a moment before she added, "We fought some of them on the way but we clearly lack manpower. In the past two days, we've recruited some of the former members of Red Witch and Nine Lives to expand our group. Right now we had more than two hundred members around the city."
"It's not enough but we can't do anything about it. Most of the members of the Red Witch and Nine Lives died in the incident in the southern part. They were massacred by some powerhouse." Torkez said as he rubbed the space between his brows.
"But that's not the problem this time..." Remina said with some hesitation.
"What is it?" Torkez raised his eyebrows as he glanced at Remina.
"An unknown organization entered the city a few hours ago and they are all elites. They joined the chaos and started to plunder the inheritance of the two groups. Some of the noble teams were annihilated an hour ago." Remina said to him as she didn't expect this too. Maybe, this group was the reason why the leaders of the Red Witch and Nine Lives were gone.
"Any details about that unknown group...?" Torkez asked as he tapped his finger on the table. It seems that it wasn't easy to control this city without moving personally.
"According to the survivors, the leader of the unknown group is an Extermination Realm," Remina answered him. If this was true then she wouldn't be able to solve this with her power. She would need to rely on Torkez once again to gain an advantage in this chaos.
"Okay, I will personally take a look at this group. Then, what about the information that I've asked you to gather?"
"The Purple Heart Tower is still silent about this matter. Please, understand that our influence is still weak so we couldn't get much inside intel about the leading forces of this country."
"I know... that's why I'm trying to help your group build its fame." Torkez sighed as he closed his eyes. It seems that he needed to disturb Souta once again.
He stood up and said, "Just continue what you are doing. I will report it to my leader."
His figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Remina just glanced at Torkez's previous position in deep thought.
She knew that Torkez was a powerful Extermination Realm that could even defeat a Senior Master from the Purple Heart Tower.
Just to say the leaders of the Red Witch and Nine Lives avoided a Senior Master in direct confrontation. That's just how dangerous a Senior Master was yet Torkez could even make a Senior Master retreat.
Then... Just who was capable of ordering such a powerful man like Torkez?
...
Even though turmoil was all over the city, Souta was still living peacefully in his small coffee shop. He was too busy increasing his energy capacity using a monster orb from a fifth evolution monster.
After a while, Souta let go of the orb in his hand before he stood up and sat down on a vacant chair.
He glanced at the system and saw that his energy level had reached 1,900 points. He was satisfied with this development as he didn't expect that in just a week his energy level would greatly increase.
This wasn't a game anymore so a simple training like this one could give him experience points but the amount was little. The system was his greatest strength at this moment so he needed to work sometimes without depending on it.
Without the system, he wouldn't be able to take the god's legacy. The legacy of the thirteenth zodiac was too powerful for a mere third evolution stage monster like him. He even guessed that he needed to become a fifth evolution stage to completely take it. Well, it was one of the requirements that he needed to get the Cosmic Authority of Ophiuchus.
He was already lucky that the system managed to store the lost legacy in the system store or else he wouldn't be able to get it in his entire life. He would only reach level 49 and that's it.
The although the system converted some of the energy to experience points, it still couldn't forcefully place all the legacy inside his body if it could then he wouldn't have to buy it. But his body was too weak so the system had no choice but to place the remaining legacy in the system store so that he would have a chance to take it back in the future.
The system didn't have any storage so it could only place the legacy in the system store.
'If I'm already at fifth evolution then I wouldn't have to use skill points or free attribute points to take it back.'
Souta thought before he sighed. He came back to his senses when he heard a knock on his door.
"My Lord, the old man is here." Yenxa's plain voice sounded behind the door.
"Old man? Oh, Franklin... Call him." Souta realized that she must be talking about Franklin. In their group, Franklin was the only one who had that kind of appearance.
Soon, Franklin entered the room and he immediately kneeled down in front of Souta as a sign of respect to the man that he swore to serve.
"How is it?" Souta asked as he looked at Franklin with a serious expression.
"I've already created a group called Noxious in the depths of this country. I've already established the name of this group to some high noble families around the country." Franklin reported.
"How many jobs did your group accepted in the past week?"
"We've already completed 35 high-level jobs. My group consisted of 100 elite C-ranks and 10 elite B-ranks. I'm currently the only A-rank in the organization."
"The assassin organization called Noxious will be left to you. Take Isabella with you, her strength and skill set will compatible with this type of work. Well, if she didn't want it then don't force her." Souta said as one of the steps has been completed.
An assassin organization under his command.