Primordial Soul's Rebirth

'Should I just use force? Or should I try something else…?'

Max was thinking of plans on how he should get the higher-ups of the Association to sign a contract.

"I would advise you against that."

But just as Alex's voice fell, he stopped thinking and looked at Alex for a second before he asked.

"Why?"

Max was confused.

He knew many things about the Association after all, they were his enemy in a way, and he would be foolish to not have information about them.

He knew their limits, he knew their powers, he knew what they could do, and he knew what they could not.

But he didn't find anything challenging with the power he had under his command. He hadn't yet taken over the country because he didn't want to expose his family to more trouble.

'Why do you want me to stop?'

He couldn't understand why Alex advised that he should not attack the Association.

"You see, things are not as simple as it seems to you," Alex replied to Max as he looked at all three of them, Max, Grace, and Damien simultaneously.

"What's wrong?" Max finally wore a serious expression.

By now, he knew that Alex was not someone who would just bullshit things, and if he said that there was something going on then there was something going on.

Some would think: How could he tell that so soon?

Well, unlike normal people, the one on the top had an eye on everything, and they could read you like an open book.

Although Max couldn't get a read on Alex, it was not hard to tell what type of guy Alex was.

(Anna Gorg could tell that as well, for those who don't remember, and Max although not that old, has skills equal to Anna's.)

"Have you heard about the mysterious group of raiders that go around undetected and steal things from everywhere?" Alex asked as he leaned forward.

"…. Yes," Max replied with a pause because he didn't know why Alex was mentioning that group here.

"Then you must also know that no one has ever been able to find them, even after all the atrocities they had done?" Alex questioned again and Max answered the same as before.

"Yes."

"Have you ever seen them?" Alex questioned again, and although Max didn't know the reason behind these questions, he still replied.

"No, we have tried catching them many times, but by the time we reach the place, there will be nothing but destruction and blood left everywhere."

Max spoke with a sigh.

His words made him remember the faces of the dead people he had seen. All of them died just because they were in the way of the mysterious group, or just because they had seen the mysterious group.

"We have been doing the same, and we were very close to reaching them many times, but by the time we reached, just like you, we would find blood and gore everywhere."

Alex spoke with one of his hands placed above the other.

"But why are we talking about them, right now?" Max finally decided to ask the question.

"I'm getting to that part," Alex replied to Max who nodded his head so Alex continued.

"We have been following the trial of that mysterious group and we did get many pieces of information about them, but all of them were in pieces and it was hard to make out anything from them.

Many of the things from those pieces of information were missing, like they were tempered with by someone, and that is how it was in every country."

Alex explained his point and a glint passed through Max's eyes as he heard this.

"You get what I mean, right?" Alex asked as he looked right into Max's eyes.

"Yes, there's no way that the people of that mysterious group could tamper with all the information stored in the archive of the big organizations."

Max replied.

"Yes, and that means, either they have one of their men inside the organization or they have control over the said organization's leader." Alex continued and Max added.

"The former is not possible as someone would've noticed the changes, but if it is the latter, then it is possible as the leaders do have the power to cover up their tracks."

Alex nodded his head as he heard Max's words before he spoke again.

"Now, about the point why I didn't want you to take action against the Association in your country," Alex paused for a bit and looked toward Lily who seemed to be looking at him as she ate the ice cream that was brought along with the cakes.

Alex smiled at her and she smiled back before she went back to her eating.

These actions were noticed by everyone, causing them to smile.

But just as Lily turned to her ice cream, the smile on Alex's face vanished as he looked back at Max.

"Did you get a view of the explosive that was placed under the trolly?" Alex asked as he looked at both Max and Damien.

"Yes." X2

Both of them nodded their heads.

"How did it look to you guys?" Alex questioned again.

"It was wrapped in black clothing so we couldn't tell much," Max spoke as he exchanged a confused glance with Damien.

"That black clothing is what I want to talk about."

Alex tapped his finger on the table as he spoke.

"I have seen that mysterious group up close, and I have seen how they look or at least what they wear," Alex continued.

"Ah, the Orange Country's Auction incident," Damien muttered in realization.

Alex just nodded at Damien before he continued.

"The dress they wear is coated with a lot of runes that help them conceal their presence from even the best sensory-type raiders in the world, and do you know what that cloth looks like?"

Alex asked as his eyes were locked on Max.

Max thought for a while and he finally connected some dots before he spoke in a low voice.

"….. Like the clothing that was covering the explosive?"

Grace and Damien who heard those words also widened their eyes.

Max and Damien finally realized why their raiders couldn't sense the bomb that was right in front of them.

"Yes," Alex nodded his head and before Max could say anything, he continued.

"That cloth appearing here, covering the explosive that was meant to blow off near us means that mysterious organization is here, in Violet Country and probably working together with Association."

Max who heard Alex's words had his eyes brightened up.

"Wouldn't it be better if we attack right now? They should be somewhere in the Association or at least the Association should have some information about them!"

Max spoke hurriedly.

"It would be like killing two birds with one stone."

Max added with a smile, but his smile vanished as he saw Alex shaking his head.

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