hotmtlnovel Chapter 772: Impending Ambush
Chapter 772: Impending Ambush
"Lord Primo, Seventeenth requests an audience."
Inside a luxurious office adorned with a Hawkin banner hanging on the walls, an elderly man bowed as he reported to a bespectacled, middle-aged man with long blonde hair, a scholarly physique, and handsome facial features accentuated by sharp, hawkish eyes.
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"Seventeenth?" the man named Primo responded, narrowing his eyes. "Why is that brat even here? Tell him to come in."
"Right away, Lord Primo." the old man in a suit said, exiting the room shortly after.
A few moments later, Seventeenth Hawkling, known by others as Leffen Suntale, entered the room.
He then walked closer to Primo’s desk with hints of shame and anger in his eyes.
"So? Why the hell are you here? You have the simplest job out of all the Hawklings, no?" the middle-aged man asked in a cold voice, making Leffen tremble.
Primo Hawkins, the First Hawkling, had clearly already deduced that he was here to report his failure and was visibly furious.
"P-Primo, Shye Crowley appeared out of nowhere and unexpectedly interrogated me with an orb of truth, causing my mission to fail. H-He also seems to know the existence of our special agent group, calling me a ’little hawkling’ during the encounter. It’s as if he knew he was being targeted by Lord Father..." Leffen recounted, prompting Primo to narrow his eyes, his cold and calculative mind going active.
However, despite the rather meaningful failure report, the middle-aged man wasn’t about to let Leffen’s disrespect slide.
"Hoh, you dare address me by name? You may be my half-brother, but I am the leader of the Hawklings. Call me Primo again, and I’ll cut off your insolent tongue." he threatened, glaring coldly at the blonde young man until he shivered in fear before continuing. "You’re dismissed. There’s no need to return to your place of assignment. Return to the Seventeenth Stronghold for now, I’ll let Father know."
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Meanwhile, Shye had already returned to Valenzia City.
After surveying the area and confirming with his [Mana Pulse] skill, he stepped into one of Hadean Varsa’s larger establishments, sending a message to all members of his personal army to gather in the secret meeting room.
As he expected, not everyone could come.
Ian, Wendy, Luna, and Seira were out on missions. Only Kiin, Harry, and David showed up.
After a thorough discussion with every member, it was revealed that only twenty-five were not prepared to leave, as the safety of some of their family members had yet to be secured by the organization.
Naturally, after the secret meeting, Shye immediately contacted his father and mother, asking them for help to speed things up for the twenty-five.
Soon after, he and Shirley met up in the WAA Valenzia Headquarters, as they were summoned for an urgent mission.
Inside a small meeting room...
"...That’s pretty much it. It should be a straightforward mission," explained Handler Nutter, who had been Shye’s handler since his days as a regional champion.
Shye nodded, leaving the meeting room shortly after.
It turned out that he and Shirley had been assigned different missions, both of which were relatively simple and would take no more than a week to complete.
Nonetheless, the two of them made their way together to the special teleportation formation at Valenzia Square.
It was then that Shye suddenly thought of something.
"Shirley, you go ahead, I have a few preparations to do before leaving." He said, urging Shirley to go and leave first.
They had different destinations anyway.
"Hmm? Okay then, take care." She responded before walking towards the formation operator.
After watching his lover disappear through the teleportation formation, Shye headed towards the Valenzia Broadcasting Center, tweaking a few settings on his channel and setting it to [Test Broadcast] before returning to the special teleportation formation at the Valenzia square.
He then greeted the operator, disappearing the next moment as he was transported to his destination.
Finding himself at the hidden Valenzia teleportation formation on the western edge of the region, Shye smirked coldly.
’So, you’re finally making your move, huh, old snake?’
The mission assigned to him was similar to the one involving the Chellionian assassins hired by Mira Holyfield, the so-called holy priestess and former hero candidate of the region, who had also attempted to assassinate him. He had to walk to his destination, as there were no teleportation formations closer than the one he was at.
With his exceptional intelligence and heightened awareness of Dweezel’s tactics, Shye immediately sensed that an ambush by the old snake’s men was imminent.