“Do you know what that small part consists of?”
“I know some. The contracts to the beasts, spirit weapons and something else which is more important than both of these things.”
Gail nodded and said.
“Thank you for answering.” He then looked through the window and said.
“I see that you are using all of his inventions to the full extent. Took advantage of all the information you obtained.”
“Full extent? I wish. All of these are the complete designs formed in his head. There are many half ideas, principles, theories that are far more advanced and lethal than these things, but I cannot find people smart enough to work with it.”
“Oh? So, what is your plan next?”
“I need to kill Sam. As fast as I can.”
“So, you should be prepared for that. Why are you wasting your time like this?”
“I am not wasting my time. Sam is holed up in the Gaja clan. From what I saw from his memories, there is a chance that he would be staying there if he knew that I absorbed this much of his soul.
There is also another memory that indicated what information he sent to his friends. They are preparing to deal with me with all of the information he gave them.
So, I need to prepare to attack the Gaja clan and also defend against the Dusk organization.”
“A clan’s young master being scared of an organization that is not even in the same circle?”
“I wish it was just an organization within the circle. You must look into his head ones, you will see what kind of organization it is. The only deficiency it has is the absence of Astral Plane Consummate cultivators at the helm leading it.”
“Really? He never talked much about his organization.”
“You should ask him.”
“So, you are planning to kill him and take over that small part of the soul and then the organization?”
Sivan didn’t say anything. He just stayed silent.
“Thank you for your time. I will leave you to your work.”
“Why did you come here to ask these questions? You are not even related to that person. Sam is just a business partner to your daughter and nephew.
A person of your status and power wouldn’t normally do this just for that.”
“I feel like I owe him. He saved my daughter recently and he even helped the clan slow down a big adversary. So, this is the least I could do for him.”
Sivan then turned to Sin and looked at him with disdain.
Sin smiled and said.
“That look doesn’t do anything to me, Kid. I am pretty sure you don’t want me to be like Gail. He might love his daughters and nephew and might even be a messenger for the person that saved them.
But if his daughter does anything unethical and crosses any line, he will kill her without a spare thought.
Think of the things you did, just because your mother said its fine. How many times do you think I should have killed you?”
Sivan was tongue-tied immediately. He couldn’t think of a comeback for that.
Gail and Sin left the stray dimension.
“So, what else? Everything okay with your clan?” Gail asked.
“Not too bad. But I am the one who should be asking that question. You lost most of your clan members. How are you doing?”
“Good enough to kick your ass.”
As soon as he said that, he kicked Sin.
Sin blocked the kick with his arm and threw a punch.
And thus the fight began.
Fifteen minutes later.
Both Gail and Sin are standing in the middle of the forest with a large patch of it completely destroyed. There are large holes formed on the ground that looked like craters here and there and both of them are panting.
“Alright. Enough for now. I need to get back.”
Gail said as he turned around and walked away.
“I was winning.”
Sin yelled from the back.
“Like hell you were.”
Gail replied with a smile and went away.
The next day.
Sam and Gail met within the Gaja clan in Giyon’s residence.
They are eating as Gail explained the situation.
“Do you want me to go into details regarding what he is constructing? I think your simulator can help you there.”
“No need. I can guess what he is making. There are very few completed designs that could cause any danger to your clan. I am sure I can narrow them down.”
“So, what about this small part of the soul he is saying?”
“I actually don’t know, but if I have to guess. I think I can narrow it down to a few things.”
“Can you talk about that?”
“It is not big of a secret. Some gods who are too bored put me and a bunch of other people from Desolate Planet to play a large game that is spanning over for decades.
I guess our souls are connected to those gods in some way. So, that small part might be the connection.”
“Then, you should be able to feel that too, shouldn’t you?”
“I don’t think so. I tried to contact the mediator between me and the God that I am representing, but I wasn’t able to in this body. I figured it is related to the soul and the body.
I guess, it only works when all of my soul and body are together.”
“Well, it seems like Sivan would be able to take your place in this game if he kills you. He is also very eager about it.
So, be careful.”
“I will.”
That evening, Giyon and Grivon met with him.
“So, I heard you might be staying here,” Giyon said playfully.
“You heard it right. I am staying here. I will meet your clan’s leader tomorrow.”
“What are you going to offer then? Are you going with business ideas?”
“Not yet. Let’s focus on self-preservation first. From what your father said, Sivan is coming with some big arsenal on his back. You guys wouldn’t be able to take it if you are not prepared.
Things will go extremely nasty.”
“Really? Sivan is just a young master. How much power can he gather with just his subordinates?” Grivon asked in confusion.
“You really don’t want to know. I will just go with the common defence first. Then I need to start with the research for the rest.” Sam said with a sigh.
The next day, he went to meet the clan’s leader.
“I am staying. For three more months. That would be the end of this year and if my estimations are right, I wouldn’t need to stay in your clan.”
“That’s great.”
“But there is one condition. I am sure that you want to get back into the market and be back at your original position within your circle as fast as you can.
But for the first month at least, you are not going to make any money. Everything you have, men, money and any other resources you could muster would be going into creating a defence for your city and the estate.
It would be a defensive measure, unlike anything that you have ever seen or heard of. It would be enough even out the playing field between you and any other clan that comes at you. At least in terms of numbers.
That I can promise you.”
“But that would cut dangerously close with our money. If the investment is not enough, it would be hard to make more money for the future growth.”
“Don’t worry, I have a way to overlap the investment of the defence with the business that you could do after this month is over.
If you can trust me with that, I am ready to cooperate.”
The Clan’s leader thought for a moment and agreed.
They shook hands and the deal was done.
“Find the best artisans that you have in the people that are left. Formation masters and Inscription masters too.
I also need a list of all the resources you could get. All the resources that you could even get from the Draconian tribe. You need to get everything that could obtain on the table.
I have a design in mind, I will be using my simulator to create a three-dimensional blueprint.
I need every smart person that your Gaja clan could move around. Giyon and Grivon would be the ones directly cooperating with me.
There is one thing I want to tell you guys though.
I will give you whatever your clan might need to survive this and develop to the state that you were before and even more.
But if your members become greedy and try to steal anything from me to grow themselves. I will kill them on the spot.
I don’t care if it is an elder, young master or your future prospect, I will tell that to Giyon and Gail and I am sure they will be more than happy to kill the people that are hindering the growth of the clan they tried to protect.
