After taking a deep breath, as Tolemac rose to his feet, the Supreme Pontiff observed him for a couple of seconds and spoke, "I don't sense the faith for Goddess Thea inside you. So, there must be another reason for your vision. Speak your mind, child."
Tolemac summoned his storage card and took out a scroll. Handing it directly to the Supreme Pontiff, "this is from our Chairman."
"Oh, Mr. Galler sent a message?"
A trace of surprise appeared on the Supreme Pontiff as he knew that whenever a letter is sent by Forrest Galler, it is always an important task.
The Supreme Pontiff read the letter. He was visibly surprised once again, "More than 600 billion credits of betting on the line? Hmm…"
After burning the scroll with his soul energy, he said to Tolemac, "Return and tell him not to worry about WAMO. 247 Holdings will not be dragged in this matter and our Church of light will take care of everything."
Now that his job is finished, Tolemac is ready to leave. But, just before he passes through the bishops who were carrying the unconscious hostages, Tolemac took a glance at them, especially at Avia, and thought, "She's just 9 years old. I wonder whether I did the right thing. No, their lives have nothing to with you. It is their fault for taking Azrael into their family. And whether you are involved in this matter or not, they are bound to bear the brunt of Azrael's actions anyway."
Convincing himself that he was correct in his own view, Tolemac left the cathedral and summoned a flying card to leave for the portal point.
However, before the flying card even rose higher, the ground below him turned into pitch-black mud kinda thing and he suddenly started to sink in as a pair of hands grabbed his flying card and dragged it down.
"An ambush!" Tolemac became alerted and pushed forth his soul energy, taking a huge leap away from the Cathedral while wondering whether it is the work of the Church in order to silence him.
He then surveyed his surroundings but found no one. The pitch-black ground also disappeared. "Hmm? Who it might be? Should I battle or escape? Is the assassin still here?"
As Tolemac was wondering about his next move, an energy spear struck him from behind without any warning.
"Argh…" He let out a painful scream, although it only lasted a couple of seconds before his body broke down into a powder. Just like that, a rank-7 expert died without knowing who killed him.
A figure then materialized out of thin air, turning out to be Azrael with a small vase in his hand. He appeared to be slightly older than the present one but younger than that Demigod version. As he crouched down and collected the ash along with the soul in the vase, he mumbled in surprise, "It's Prince Celus?"
Standing on the ground filled with snow, future Azrael, who is in the 8-star realm, stared at the vase in silence.
His mind is filled with thoughts.
"Wait a second… Tolemac… the reverse would be Camelot. Now, it perfectly made sense. No wonder he was missing for decades. Why? It's because he was killed by me. Man, this is so messed up.
But I didn't expect that he would like to plot the downfall of his own niece.
So, what should I do now? I have collected his soul already. There's no way I can reverse it or else, I would have to answer those death guards of Thanatos.
I guess I should tell her the truth but I don't want to know how she will react."
Letting out a deep sigh, Azrael closed down the lid and dismissed the vase.
"Either way, he got what he deserved for trying to plot against my loved ones for the sake of money. And I will bear the brunt of my actions. The rest will depend on Leah.
But, at the moment, I need to save them. Everything else can be considered later."
Azrael walked forward.
***
<strong>Sometime later;</strong>
<strong>Egrein city, Northern Qudour;</strong>
At the portal point of Egrein city, 14-year-old Azzy was standing there on the side with his eyes closed. He was wearing a cap, a face mask, and sunglasses to hide his identity for he was as famous as an A-list actor within the Northern Qudour.
For a few minutes, he scanned the surroundings using aura tracing but found nothing. "They didn't come here too. Which city they might have gone to?"
"You should go back, Azrael. This is nothing but a waste of time." The Reaper tried to convince him but a mentally tired Azzy lashed out at him in return, "then, why don't you just tell me the future and report me their safety?"
For the past half an hour, Azzy visited at least 15 different cities from four different countries.
Through aura tracing, he sure found out that they went to the portal point at Central city at around 4:45 a.m. but didn't know where they traveled to. He enquired with the staff members there but they claimed that they have no idea about it because someone else is on the shift during that time.
If it was any other day, Azzy would have patiently waited for the staff member and conducted an investigation but due to incidents that happened to him just a while ago, he became so worried that he left that job to Gideon and others while he went on visiting other portal points.
As a result of being mentally tired, he spoke rudely to the Reaper. Thankfully, he realized that very quickly and apologized to his Arcana.
The Reaper didn't take to his heart, "it's alright but just never forget that the future is never set. I can see billions and trillions of futures. In some of them, your foster family is safe, and in some of them, they die. So, how could I lie to you that they are safe? All I can assure you is that they will stay safe because I have confidence in your future counterpart that he will keep the timeline intact. Hmm… wait a second…"
While trying to explain Azzy, the Reaper suddenly felt the changes in the immediate future of the timeline. "I think you shouldn't worry. They were probably saved by now."
"Do you mean…" Azzy spent years with the Reaper and knew of his habits. The moment the Reaper changed his wording, Azzy got a strong feeling that something good is going to happen. In this case, it will be the news of his family.
Just like he expected, within ten seconds, he received a message from Affea, although the content doesn't have any explanations or so whatever. She only spoke three lines in a firm tone.
One, they are safe and sound. Two, Azzy should hurry up and go to the stadium and finish his finals. Three, they will talk after the closing ceremony is over.
Azzy didn't know what happened with him but since they appeared to be alright, he returned to Arcana world and joined Leah at the Heavenly Academy.
As the bronze medal matches start at 9 o'clock in the morning, Azzy didn't miss anything and Leah also sighed in relief that nothing went wrong. After all, her goal is also at stake here.
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