"What?" The Spear Saint widened his eyes. "What did you say?"

"Only Michael Hacfield and Ezekiel Elseingarde are present. There is no Clovis Hacfield. No sight of the rest of the members of the Libation Fiesta."

"!!!" The Spear Saint’s body shook. He had come all the way here because Clovis was supposed to come. That way, the conflict between the two families could escalate.

Besides, Clovis’ arrival would mean that he was serious about investigating it. However, even after seeing everything in this place, he couldn’t figure out the barrier, not to mention the void.

After this, Clovis would have no choice but to tell the world that he had no idea.

This way, people would think that Clovis Hacfield was incompetent.

But Clovis actually pulled a fast one on him. He actually used his grandfather and grandfather-in-law as bait.

With the Dark Moon Mercenary going ahead to set up the camp, it was clear that Clovis intended to come.

Then, by using Michael and Ezekiel, he could make an image that he was going to come.

The Spear Saint couldn’t help but smash his desk. "Kh..."

He had been tricked one more time.

He just hung up and called another number. "I need you to find where Clovis Hacfield is. Find out his location and the Libation Fiesta."

The Spear Saint was furious. He had been played too hard by Clovis this time.

There was only one thought in his mind. If Clovis were playing this kind of trick, his goal would have been the towers.

That was why he had to block all the towers first.

However, it was too late.

He suddenly received a call from his subordinate.

"Sir, it’s not good. We’re too late. Sawahina can’t access their tower anymore!"

"!!!" The Spear Saint trembled. Once again, Clovis tricked him. "For fuck’s sake."

He looked down, contemplating, ’Can we send agents right now? No, there’s no one near that place. We have also sent a lot of forces here. If we go there, those two will have the chance to wreak havoc.

’It’s too late. But how come there’s no report about their infiltration? Is there a way to enter that tower without anyone noticing?’

The Spear Saint simply couldn’t figure out Clovis’ method. It had to be a special method.

Back then, Clovis almost entered the Tower of Darkness so smoothly as well. This time, he managed to perfect his craft.

By using Michael and Ezekiel as his bait, everyone’s attention focused on Lucente. It was a perfect way for him to enter Sawahina unnoticed.

"Kh..." The Spear Saint gritted his teeth. He didn’t know what was going on.

If he sent the people there, Clovis definitely had a way to escape. As long as there was no Tier 9 human in the mix, it would be impossible for them to stop Clovis.

So, it looked like he had to take the loss.

’Should I inform the press about this? Maybe I can strike him as dishonest. But this will just make me look incompetent...’

The Spear Saint didn’t know what he was supposed to do.

...

Meanwhile, Elytra and Van looked at Michael and Ezekiel in admiration.

Ezekiel waved his hand with a smile, creating a gentle but dignified atmosphere. On the other hand, Ezekiel looked cold and serious, showing that he hadn’t come here to play around.

Michael brought a few shadow guards, while Ezekiel also brought his elites with him. Still, neither of them brought the core of the families so that they could protect their own bases.

After all, showing up here meant leaving their base undefended. They needed to let enough people stay so that they could resist until they returned.

Michael suddenly raised his head, noticing the two faces that didn’t seem to be a part of the Dark Moon Mercenary. "Hmm? Who are they?"

Ezekiel narrowed his eyes before saying, "Oh. They are independent journalists. One is a Skystreamer, while the other is a traditional journalist."

"I haven’t been informed about this." Michael frowned.

"Because you were sleeping on the way. I was the one who took the call." Ezekiel rolled his eyes.

"..." Michael sighed.

"Sir, could we ask a few questions?" Van pulled out his recorder.

"Sure. I will only answer three questions, though. I need to have a meeting with the Dark Moon Mercenary’s leader after all." Ezekiel waved his hand, making him look more easygoing.

"What do you think about the current situation?"

"I can’t say much about it because we haven’t even begun the investigation. However, judging from the looks of it, it may have something to do with the system operating this world. I don’t know what kind of system it is, but hopefully, we can find out about it during this investigation."

"The Spear Saint and the Moon Bow are said to be here. Do you intend to clash with them?"

Ezekiel shook his head. "We don’t intend to clash. Coming here is purely out of goodwill. We want to know what has happened to this place and let the people know.

"You should know that coming to this place means leaving our families undefended. Surely, they won’t stoop so low as to actually attack our families, right? Then again, my friend here has experienced their ambush, so I don’t know." Ezekiel shrugged.

Michael just rolled his eyes. Ezekiel ended up poking him where it hurt.

"I’m going ahead." Michael didn’t want to be bothered by it anymore. He didn’t wait for Ezekiel to respond and simply walked away.

Ezekiel chuckled. "Sure. Okay, last question for you."

Van had to think of the perfect question. On the one hand, he wanted to know more about their plan. On the other hand, there was one question that he really wanted to ask.

After noticing that Clovis or the Libation Fiesta was not here, Van asked, "There is no Clovis Hacfield in sight, despite sharing his intention to come here. Do you have anything to say about it? Is he lying to the world?"

"No, he’s not lying. He is investigating something else and will be here in two or three days." Ezekiel smiled.