"What?" Everyone stood up and gathered around.
Beta Morgan gleefully read the Skill Book’s description aloud. "’Destruction,’ a Rare Skill. It can absorb 1% of nearby players’ Experience Points to increase the user’s own Experience Level. The skill’s cooldown is one month..."
Aurora Sinclair froze. Her lips pressed into a thin line, and her fists suddenly clenched.
Alvin Morgan imdiately wrapped an arm around her and patted her shoulder.
Just then, Jared Miles entered through the door with a grim expression. "Aurora, I’m back."
Aurora looked at him, a bit dazed. "Senior Brother..."
Jared’s heart tightened. He strode into the courtyard, pulled Aurora from Alvin’s embrace, and gripped her shoulders, asking anxiously, "Aurora, what happened?"
Aurora glanced back at the computer on the table, as if trying to organize her thoughts on how to explain.
Finally, Alvin said in a low voice, "Senior Brother, take a look at the ring on Aurora’s hand."
Only then did everyone else in the courtyard notice the ring on Aurora Sinclair’s finger.
Jared suspiciously lifted her hand to examine it. The more he looked, the more shocked he beca. He quickly moved to the computer to look at Aurora Sinclair’s screen.
"This... How can it be exactly the sa?"
The four Morgan brothers and Leigh Miles were also stunned by this discovery, their expressions changing drastically.
"Senior Sister, hurry and take it off!" Leigh Miles said, his face paling in alarm as he stared at the ring on her finger.
Aurora Sinclair shook her head. "I’ve tried. It won’t co off."
"How could this happen? Where did you get it?"
Aurora replied with a complicated expression, "The Martial God from The Holy Mountain gave it to ."
"What—"
Jared pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to recall the ga’s developnt. He seed to rember soone from the International Martial Alliance saying sothing.
"Don’t panic. This might not be what you’re all thinking. I rember soone from the Alliance said that besides entertaining the public, the purpose of developing this ga was to promote the culture of martial arts competition and discover people with exceptional talent in Martial Arts..."
Alvin Morgan typed a string of code into his computer, as if trying to access a database, but a system rejection ssage soon ca from his machine.
"Sorry, you do not have permission to access this person’s information."
Alvin continued to type furiously, but he still couldn’t access the information of the International Martial Alliance’s president.
"Do you know who the president of the International Martial Alliance is?"
Jared shook his head. "I know The Martial Alliance has three presidents, but I don’t know their specific identities. However, Senior Uncle once told that one of the presidents has the surna Wenren."
Aurora Sinclair and Alvin Morgan imdiately exchanged a look.
’So they really are from The Holy Mountain.’
’No wonder they knew about The Holy Mountain’s Secret Realm.’
Jared felt like his junior sister and that punk were hiding sothing from him. He asked suspiciously, "Is there a problem with that surna?"
Aurora Sinclair glanced at him and gave a slight shake of her head.
Alvin Morgan suddenly asked, "Will there be people from the International Martial Alliance at the Battle for Glory International Tournant?"
"Yes, the five grand judges of the International Martial Alliance will all be there to watch the competition. Senior Uncle will be there too. Aurora, if you have any questions, I can contact him..."
As soon as he said that, the Morgan brothers’ faces darkened. Beta Morgan, in particular, flatly refused, "There’s no need!"
Over the past three years, they had reported Elias Lennox to the International Martial Arts Bureau, accusing him of being the Shadow Master of The Shadow Organization. But Elias was far too cautious. He would use a disguise for every cri and leave no fingerprints or hair behind.
He had practically vanished without a trace for these past three years, so The Martial Affairs Bureau had never been able to make a formal arrest.
But a couple of days ago, for so unknown reason, the case was suddenly dropped due to insufficient evidence. They had already filed for a review but hadn’t received a response yet.
An agent they knew even secretly told them that the case against Elias Lennox seed to have been quashed by the higher-ups.
This ant that soone high up in the International Martial Arts Bureau was likely a mber of The Shadow.
Seeing their reaction, Jared instantly thought of the situation with Elias Lennox. He looked at Aurora Sinclair, sowhat embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "Senior Uncle already knows about all this. He even made a special trip to Sunstone before..."
"What—" Hearing this, Aurora’s voice rose. "When did he co?"
Jared was montarily stunned. Aurora imdiately turned to Leigh Miles. "What did he co for? When was this?"
Leigh Miles quickly pulled a small ledger from his pocket and flipped back several pages. "It must have been three years ago, not long after you went missing, Senior Sister. He ca back to Sunstone to confess to Master about the Elias Lennox situation, and he also donated... ones, tens, hundreds, thousands... five million to the sect."
"Did Master see him?"
"No... Master was in seclusion. It was and another junior brother who received him."
Aurora’s heart tightened again. "Besides that, did he do anything else unusual?"
"He saw a junior brother practicing his fist technique and asked a few questions about the Radiant Void Fist Technique..."
User Comments
0 comments from readers