The City Lord Mansion - Iron Post City,
City Lord Aaron Powell realized that someone stronger than him warned him just now. "Who could be?" He muttered in disbelief.
He used elite power to probe the surroundings. But his every attempt ended in vain. That person came as a ghost and left in an instant.
Horrible!
He couldn't describe the feeling he is going through right now. Even his superior's oppression will pale in comparison. He sat down on the ground to gasp for breath.
Five minutes later,
He returned to his usual self. He had controlled his heart turmoil somehow. After gaining some clarity, he recalled that person's words before he left.
"Zack Lockwood," He muttered to himself. This person is related to Zack Lockwood. After realising the fact, he felt grateful that he didn't make any blunder.
"Ha...Ha...Ha.., " he let out a self-deprecating laugh.
One wrong move, he would have died right now.
The next second he got up from the ground and ordered manager Lawrence to come back.
5 minutes later,
Manager Lawrence walked into the huge hall clueless. He is pondering, he just came back from this place. Then why did the city lord call him back? But he didn't show any displeasure.
Seeing his appearance, the city lord Aaron Powell who is sitting in the main seat raised his eyebrows.
After instructing Lawrence to come, he pondered deeply. He decided to destroy all the evidence they have about Zack. Especially the data about his mission acceptance and submission date.
He is aware that there were a lot of rats in this mission. Some were professional spies and some leaked information to get handsome money.
As long as there are greedy people in the city lord mansion, he can't sit and relax casually. Especially after getting this warning, he decided to weed out some people from the city lord mansion.
He saw that manager Lawrence stepped forward and bowed.
Seeing that he raised his hand to stop this formality and decided to get into the topic.
He looked at Lawrence and said in a solemn tone, "From now onwards, all the information about Zack Lockwood should be destroyed."
Manager Lawrence was in disbelief after hearing the instructions. It took some seconds for him to understand.
Lawrence raised his head and looked at the city lord in confusion. He couldn't understand what was going on inside the lord's mind.
Just a few minutes ago, he ordered him not to reveal any information about Zack to media houses. And now he is telling that every piece of information about Zack should be destroyed.
What does he mean? Traces of apprehension appeared in his eyes.
Aaron Powell has seen through Lawrence's thoughts completely. He knows Lawrence was not a good man either. So he needs to start from him.
Since Lawrence and a few others were quite loyal to him, he decided to let them live with a slight warning.
"Lawrence," Aaron said in a deep voice.
Hearing the domineering voice, Lawrence straightened up his back.
"My lord, what is your command?" Lawrence replied in a trembling voice.
He just realized something. Though the lord appears to be calm on the surface. He feels lord's mood has worsened drastically. It's even worse compared to a few minutes ago.
What is going to happen? Fear rose in his heart.
Seeing that Lawrence was attentive, Aaron Powell nodded and instructed, "Since you are right-hand men of mine. I can give you a little piece of advice."
"Zack's background was scarier than I thought. If his information was leaked, then none of us will escape alive."
"What?" Lawrence screamed out loud in fear. When heard the lord's words, fear took control of his heart entirely.
He exclaimed without thinking. The next second, he realised the horrible fact. He made a malicious plan against someone whom even the lord doesn't want to offend.
His legs completely lost their strength. He completely collapsed on the ground
SIGH
Seeing that Aaron let out a deep sigh, he wasn't surprised by his behaviour. He knew that Lawrence published the information without getting consent from the young man named Zack.
After getting a warning, Aaron realised they didn't even put Lawrence's little actions in their mind. Lawrence is just an ant to them and the ant's action against them won't even work.
At this moment, Aaron understands something. If Lawrence had published the name, he won't be talking right now. Realising that he gulped his saliva in fear right now.
A cold glint flashes into his eyes.
Looking at Lawrence who collapsed on the ground, he said in a threatening tone, "Lawrence, next time, if you do something behind my back or publish notice without my consent you will end up worse than dead."
Hearing the direct threat from the city lord himself, Lawrence broke out in cold sweat. He immediately asks for forgiveness.
"Lord, trust me. I won't do something like this again."
"Harumph," Aaron Powell gave a cold snort with that he also released some light pressure on him.
PFFF
Lawrence spurted blood from his mouth. The pressure swept away his body like dust. His body reached the exit of the hall. A little more push he would have thrown outside.
Lawrence realised that the lord gave him face. Otherwise, he would have been thrown outside. City guards were patrolling outside. He would have lost face in front of them.
He felt grateful that the lord saved him from getting humiliated. The next second, he tried to get up from the ground. But he felt there were a few broken bones in his chest.
Though the lord was measured in his warning. But it was enough to make him deeply injured. He is not sure how long it will take to recover.
On the other hand, City Lord Aaron Powell instructed some guards to come.
Seeing the appearance of two city guards, Lawrence twitched. Later, he decided to tell them not to reveal anything they have seen here.
Aaron Powell instructed them to admit Lawrence to their clinic.
Getting his orders, the guards acted swiftly. They carried Lawrence towards the clinic.
Seeing their disappearing back, Aaron Powell sighed again. He had to give some lessons. Otherwise, they won't realise the seriousness of this matter.
Then he walked back to his room.
The following day,
All the information about Zack was erased from the iron post city's database. After Lawrence, Aaron Powell warned accountant Melinda and another female staff individually.
Only three of them met Zack in person. After his strong warning, no one will leak any information in future.
Following that, Aaron Powell dismissed many people from the mansion. Ranging from normal staff, maids, gardeners and even some guards were thrown out of the mansion.
Nobody from the outside world knows that mass cleaning was happening inside the city lord's mansion.
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(From MC's perspective)
Library room,
"Creak" the door opens,
I walked into the library slowly. It's been a long time since I came here. I smelled the scent of these books. It brought me a feeling of nostalgia. I remembered this is the place where I awakened my blood element.
Apart from my lightning element, the blood element helped me greatly. It helped me to deter the swarm of bugs indirectly.
Where the lightning element can break out in purple colour, but the blood element can solve the trouble invisibly. Especially the ability of blood aura. I don't know what to call it exactly. But this ability from the blood element can provide a strong cover for me.
It can make the swarm of bugs fail from noticing my presence. At that time, I didn't think about it deeply. But now I slowly started to realise, that I can do many things from this blood element.
Then I slowly retracted my thoughts. I almost forgot about why I came here. After hearing about the exploration site from Elder Thornton, I realised my lack of knowledge in this domain.
Only researchers spend most of their time exploring these things. I don't know. What would it be like to work with Elder Thornton's friend?
A hint of expectation rose in my heart.
I'm not worried about my next breakthrough. As long as I have enough time, I can do it smoothly with the help of lightning essence pearls.
So in the upcoming trip, I will mainly focus on my combat.
After gaining some clarity, I glanced around the library for a moment. Then my gaze finally set on the library database. It's a system which has a whole collection library.
Searching for it will save me a lot of time. After reaching the database system, I began to search for old sites.
In the next second, numerous headlines appeared on the screen. Ranging from books, articles, research papers and even some videos.
Seeing the video, piqued my curiosity greatly.
I clicked the video and it started to play in the next second.
"Site#074," I muttered.
This was the headline of the video. Looking at its description, I realised this video is an overview of Site#074.
Then I slowly immersed myself in watching the video.