"If you were allowed to collect all those Super-series Talents and fill all the inlay slots with suitable Combat Talents..."
Lilith spoke softly, her tone betraying no emotion.
"You would indeed be a quite troubleso opponent."
Forti's body stiffened imperceptibly, and he kept his head lowered without responding.
His forr ambitions and plans appeared pale and ridiculous in the face of absolute power and the current Brand of Life.
"Fine, put it away."
Lilith stopped prying and spoke indifferently.
Her ruby-like vertical pupils looked at Forti, staring straight into the newborn Brand of Loyalty deep within his soul.
In truth, at the mont Forti successfully copied her constitution, which was as high as 203 Points, Lilith had indeed felt a killing intent.
An enemy who could forcibly seize another's core attributes was far too dangerous.
However, after learning that he had copied Fenrir's Talent, along with everything else about that Talent, she changed her mind after weighing the pros and cons.
Killing an SSS-Rank Hunter from the Sentinel Alliance would an a complete break and a fight to the death with the official faction that was currently the most powerful and legitimate in Arica by na.
Those politicians and military remnants hiding behind the scenes might, in their desperation, commit mad acts.
For instance, deploying strategic-grade weapons over which they might still retain control.
Even a cornered rabbit will bite, let alone Arica, which once held global hegemony.
After sensing the fluctuations of power within Forti that were being inversely eroded and assimilated by [Bloodline - Werewolf], a bold plan ford in Lilith's mind.
Control him.
Let him beco a chess piece driven into the highest levels of the Sentinel Alliance, a malignant tumor planted deep within the enemy's body.
William also walked over from a distance at this ti, standing by Lilith's side.
With an approachable smile on his face, he reached out his hand to Forti, whose aura was still sowhat unstable.
"Mr. Forti, from now on, we are colleagues. Welco to Tianqi. Here, we have only one common goal—to serve the leader and fight for the future of Tianqi."
Forti looked at William's outstretched hand, then glanced at the calm Lilith beside him. After a mont of silence, he finally reached out and shook William's hand.
The hand felt icy cold, but he could sense that deep within those dark red eyes, there wasn't much hostility; it was more like an acceptance and evaluation of a colleague.
"Mm."
He gave a low response, acknowledging this new identity.
Lilith paid no further attention to the interaction between the two.
She directly had Forti transfer all of his point reserves from his system account to her own.
The muscles on Forti's face twitched, but he did not resist—nor could he—and could only painfully transfer his more than two million Points to Lilith.
"Now, I give you your first mission."
After checking the total Points, Lilith looked at Forti, her ruby-like vertical pupils returning to normal.
"Return to the Sentinel Alliance. Report to them that after careful consideration, Tianqi is willing to join the Alliance to jointly face the apocalypse crisis, provided a certain level of independence is maintained."
William stood to the side and added in an elegant tone,
"However, the Sentinel Alliance must show corresponding sincerity. This includes, but is not limited to, a fixed monthly supply of high-quality resources, access to so non-core technology and intelligence databases, and a permanent seat for Tianqi within the Alliance's decision-making level.
"Furthermore, they must not interfere with Tianqi's internal affairs or developnt path; otherwise, there will be no cooperation."
Forti nodded to indicate he had noted it down.
These were all conditions on the surface, ant for the high-level officials of the Sentinel Alliance to see, using Forti as a bridge to negotiate for as many resources as possible.
But Tianqi's true ambition was clearly more than that.
Lilith continued, her voice flat,
"Your true mission is to use your position in the Sentinel Alliance and your status as an SSS-Rank Hunter to infiltrate, divide, and win over its internal forces as much as possible."
"I am very interested in the resources, technology, population, and those hidden legacies controlled by the Sentinel Alliance."
"Use their resources to secretly nurture Tianqi's rapid growth. Figure out their trump cards and master their weaknesses. Wait for the opportunity..."
A cold light flashed through Lilith's ruby-like vertical pupils.
"Until one day, the Sentinel Alliance will cease to exist. Everything it has will naturally be rged into Tianqi."
"At that ti, there can only be one voice in all of Arica."
"And you will be the key promoter of this process, as well as one of the indispensable cores after Tianqi integrates all power in the future. Do you understand?"
Forti took a deep breath, suppressing the complex emotions churning in his heart—a trace of complicated feeling for his old master and a sense of weight regarding his new mission.
But more so, it was a sense of identification and mission sparked by this grand blueprint and absolute confidence.
He knelt on one knee, and only absolute obedience remained in his dark red vertical pupils.
"Understood, Master. Forti will certainly do his utmost."
Lilith nodded slightly and said no more. She turned and walked toward the direction of Apocalypse Base. Her combat boots stepped over the ruins, her back small but straight.
William gave Forti a aningful smile.
"After you return to the Sentinel Alliance, I hope you can use all your power to collect Electric Eels and then send them to Tianqi."
"By the way, help us look into a person. After you return, I will send you the information we currently have on this person. I imagine that with Arica's intelligence agencies, finding his identity should be no problem."
After saying this, William left the area.
The number of people the Sentinel Alliance possessed was far from what the current Tianqi could compare with.
If the Sentinel Alliance were to take action, it would probably take only a few days to collect the Electric Eels required by the leader.
As for the one the leader called 'Kong', he hoped there was data on him in the previous Arican intelligence departnts.
Forti remained alone in the ruins, gazing in the direction Lilith had left, then looked at his own newborn palms.
He knew that from this mont on, his fate was completely bound to that small but terrifying figure and the Tianqi she had created.
The road ahead might be full of thorns and conspiracies, but the Bloodline brand was deeply rooted in his soul; there was no choice, and no need to choose.
He tidied his damaged clothing, wiped the dust from his face, and straightened his back.
His dark red vertical pupils turned into normal eyes as he looked toward the direction of the Sentinel Alliance headquarters, his eyes now holding only the calmness and determination to execute his mission...
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