Chapter 669: The Last Destination
"Gods." This was the only thought that crossed Eren's mind when he looked at the sky and the mighty strength that was on display for everyone to see.
The King Clan was already so strong. It was even beyond what he had learned from the memories of the Arcadia Clan descendant.
The King Clan was so strong. Despite that, they were suppressed to a small corner of the upper realm.
He didn't think that the clan secluded itself from its own volition. But if that wasn't the case, then who could have forced them to stay in this small realm, without ever daring to step a foot out of this realm?
"My dear system, no wonder the rewards were so good. Just surviving in this place is harder than climbing the tallest mountain as a mortal."
The Elders of the clan were looking at a ship with a sigh of relief. The ship was still intact, albeit with a few minor cracks.
Beneath the relief, they also felt a slight pang of regret as they had lost a few treasures along the way, like the celestial mountain.
"If I had known that he would be able to stop it so easily, I wouldn't have sacrificed Celestial Mountain. What a big loss." An old man grabbed his head, and kept shaking his head in frustration.
The giant palm that had come down from the sky, soon disappeared. And a middle aged man stepped out of the void, placing his hand on the old man's shoulder.
"I will compensate you later," the middle aged man said, and the Elder only clicked his tongue.
"I will listen to the Patriarch." He lowered his head and stepped back, letting the Family Head take the lead.
The Elders and the Family Head landed on the great ship, and started taking stock of the damage on the ship. Fortunately, there wasn't much of it.
"To think that this girl would be behind it all. Did she go crazy or something?" Another Elder cursed under his breath, looking at a ring and identification token before his feet.
All of them had seen the person who was controlling the ship. It was none other than a little girl from the clan.
"I can't believe it. Why would she do something like this?" An Elder said in a panicked tone.
"Are you sure you don't want to believe it because the girl was your granddaughter? Just what have you taught that foolish girl for her to do something like this?"
At first, the Elders had thought that the girl was also kidnapped when she went missing with a few other Descendants. But when they saw her controlling the ship to crash on the mountain, it was clear that she was behind it all.
Although the girl didn't seem to have any reason for doing something like this, the Elders couldn't reject what they had seen with their own eyes. They couldn't deny the reality.
Even the Family Head was perplexed. The girl was killed in the process of stopping the ship. Even her soul was destroyed, which made them unable to do a soul search.
"Was she really behind it all?"
Everyone was distracted by the ship, believing that they had found the culprit behind the ghost ship incident.
Meanwhile, there was a man who was running on the ground, faster than the speed of lightning. Even his shadow wasn't left behind as he ran, trying to get to his next destination before the Elders came out of the ship.
The Elders were regretful that they had lost something important. But Eren was also regretful that he had to give up on such an impressive ship that could be controlled with such ease.
If he wasn't in a hurry of completing this task, he never would have used the ship as a distraction. Unfortunately, it was the only distraction that was big enough to give him an opportunity and put an end to the heightened security of the King Clan.
As long as they believed that the true culprit had died, there was no point in keeping the Elders busy searching the inner region.
Just as he had thought, the security had considerably gone down in the next few hours. The Elders soon returned to their residences at the end of the ghost ship incident.
Even the Family Head returned after failing to find any proof of foul play. He released the Merchant Union Entourage, offering him a brief explanation.
The Merchant Union Princess didn't blame the King Clan for it. Or rather, they couldn't afford to blame this clan. Even though they were locked in a residence and interrogated repeatedly, they weren't punished or hurt.
More importantly, they had felt the terrifying aura when the King Clan Patriarch took action personally. Even the demigod of the Merchant Union didn't dare look in the family head's eyes.
The King Clan Leader continued his conversation with the Merchant Union Heir, and started telling her his intentions on calling them here.
"You want us to find two people for you?" The young girl grew immediately alert. She was really intrigued about the identity of the people that even the king clan wanted to find.
Did it have anything to do with the reason behind their disappearance from the upper realm? She wondered.
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"Just one last place!" It was almost the end of the third day when Eren stopped before the last territory.
Just three more hours, and he was going to complete his quest. It was also the area that was in the true depths of the King Clan territory.
This was the second time Eren had felt this feeling in the King Clan Territory. He hadn't even stepped inside the last territory, but he was already starting to feel a sharp pain in his eyes.
His eyes started feeling heavy, but this pain didn't extend to his head.
"Is this place the true reason behind you giving me this quest?" he mumbled, questioning his system. But he didn't receive any response.