Sam returned to the city immediately and went to his office where Sanjay is waiting.
By the time Sam reached there, Sanjay is looking at the wall with paintings of some of the memorable days and achievements of the school.
Sanjay became a bit flustered when Sam entered the room.
They shook their hands and extended their wishes.
"Long time no see."
Sam said casually as he sat down.
"Yes, it has been a really long time."
Sanjay also took a seat.
"What brings you here? They mentioned something related to the solar fragments?"
"Yes, yesterday, a person arrived at the beast faction. He has golden hair and golden eyes. He is a Peak stage Consummate level cultivator and he gave us a proposal. He wants our cooperation to deal with you and your organization.
They want our support in waging a war on you with our soldiers and he also said they want something else. But he wouldn't reveal the details until I signed some kind of contract with them that will bind our souls. And in the account, if one of the parties breaks the contract, their soul would be decimated.
We immediately captured that guy and took him in our custody. But it is hard to transport him, so I think it would be better if you come by yourself."
Sam's frown deepened as Sanjay finished the story. This is a bit troublesome. If the solar fragments really reached the beast faction, there is no reason for them to not reach other factions.
And even their trial of smell was lost from that central valley. He couldn't even find where they are or which direction they went. But now that he found one of them, there is no way he could let it go. He has to gain any possible information from him and also find out if the other solar fragments went to different factions.
Sam and Sanjay left the city and went to the beast faction. There he saw a lot of property destroyed. There was a really large battle.
"Who captured him?"
"It is my father who did it. He is also a peak Consummate stage cultivator, he only stepped down because he couldn't find the next step to grow. So, he wanted more time to himself."
"Tell him to visit the city after the situation with the Solar fragments is over."
Sanjay's eyes brightened, but Sam didn't see or he didn't care and just continued.
"I will send a construction team to repair the faction, feel free to suggest your own adjustments to them."
"Thank you. But I think we can manage."
"No, it is my problem actually, so the damage caused by that should be fixed by me. Anyway, where is that guy?"
Sanjay led him to a secluded area. There the solar fragment was bound to a large rock with all kinds of cultivation shackles placed on him.
When the solar fragment saw Sam's face, he started breathing rapidly.
"Seems like you guys do identify me. Tell me why you are here?"
"He must have already told you, why do you think we are here?" He said as he pointed at Sanjay with his chin.
Sam looked at him coldly and took out his handgun. He forcefully stuffed one of the fingers of the solar fragment into the gun barrel and asked once again.
"Why are you here?"
When there was no immediate response, he just pulled the trigger.
*AARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH…."
The bullet crushed the finger and went directly into the arm before tearing the flesh apart and escaping into the air.
Sanjay hissed when he saw the aftermath of the hand.
But Sam didn't even flinch as he casually looked at the young solar fragment and placed another finger in the barrel.
"Why are you here?"
"I will tell you. I will tell you. I am here to talk a deal with the beast faction, there are four more solar fragments who went to the four remaining major powers. We were ordered to make them sign a contract to get their help in exchange for the power and resources of the desolate."
"How did you arrive at this planet?"
That guy once again became silent, but Sam didn't have any of it, he just simply shot him on another finger and moved onto the third one.
*ARRRGGGGGGHHH…"
"I don't know the exact process, we were sent through a space gate and we arrived in the middle of that large valley. From there the Consummate stage cultivators like me using a special transference scroll which transported us to the edge of the continent to arrive near the factions."
"What is the exact plan with the major powers?"
"I don't know that, all I am responsible for is to ask them to sign the contract and install a device in of the space gates of the major powers. Then my task is done."
There is only a day left before the second batch of people comes here. Sam is already surprised that these guys didn't take the selective amnesia pills and remembered everything. There must have been a reason for that.
But he couldn't waste his time thinking of that reason and has to focus on solving the situation at hand.
He took all the contents from the Solar fragment's spatial ring and found the installation object to examine it.
He even asked the seniors of the Space gate association for some advice. But they couldn't find what exactly its purpose is without installing it in the formation. But Sam didn't want to risk it.
So, he didn't dwell on it too much and diverted his attention to the rest of the major powers.
If the solar fragments went there, there should be some kind of news, but no one came to him yet, which could mean only one thing. They wanted to turn their back on him.
The only reason Sam left them alone even after he became more powerful than all of them combined is that he respected the traditions and history of the place and also he didn't want to bother with something so troublesome as ruling the lands and the people.
It is already hard enough for him to maintain the organization as it is and he is thankful that he has great executives that work for him, if he took ruling the lands into his hands, then the only thing that awaits him is suffering and immense responsibility without a moment of peace. There is no way he would carry a burden like that.
But from the looks of it, the major powers are taking his mercy for granted.
But he still didn't want to take extreme measures, so he gave them a chance, he sent word for all the major powers to send the head of their organization to meet him if there is an uninvited guest from a different realm.
Sam was direct and on point.
When the message was received, the heads of these four organizations are confused.
The fact that they didn't inform like the beast faction is already a clear indication that they drew the line and they were on the other side, but that is only based on the fact that Sam didn't know what is happening here.
But now that Sam knew and he directly asked, they are confused.
The four of them met together for a secret meeting to decide on it.
"How did the news leak?" The temple head from the thunder god temple asked.
"It is because of that guy from Beast faction. We forgot to take his immaturity into account. He became a new head and he already seems so desperate to kiss Sam's ass."
"But now that Sam knew of this, what should we do? Should we really give him the news about these people?" The thunderbolt sect's head asked.
"Of course not." "Obviously."
The thunder god temple head didn't agree while the herb garden's head agreed.
"What do you mean by obviously? This is the only chance we have to get rid of Sam, he has been ruling us over for decades. We have to gain our freedom back." The thunder god temple head made his case.
"First, he never really ruled us. He mostly focused on the business and his schools. As for the rest, he is stronger than us. What do you expect from him? To be meek and docile in front of you when he can kill you on a whim? Stop being unrealistic. It is a mistake for us to even think of the possibility of betraying him.
You all seemed to have forgotten what he can do and could do when he was just a Nascent and Pre-transcendent. Now he is beyond the Consummate stage, at least that is what some of his students and subordinates said.
If by any chance he came out of this unscathed, which is of a high possibility, we would be dead meat. Then he would really rule over the whole planet all by himself."
