Chapter 160 The Wolf Pack Devours Themselves
Director Jeffrey looked at the lingering halo in the sky outside the window, speechless.
The battle in the sky had ended half an hour ago. Needless to say about the outcome, the attacking Truth Society had no power to resist in front of one of the Seven Sages of the Kingdom. With the mutual support of the mages on the Air Continent and Marymana, who rushed back later, the Truth Society quickly dispersed.
However, Jeffrey could no longer speculate why the Truth Society attacked the Bird Association so brazenly, whether their retreat was due to defeat or they had achieved their goal, and what losses the Association suffered in this battle. He indeed had the responsibility to assist the White Circling Bird Association in defending against foreign enemies and had also declared intervention from the Talanis Air Continent, but the Air Continent… or rather, the Association unilaterally refused any form of assistance from the Disciplinary Bureau. This unusual practice made him feel somewhat bewildered.
Jeffrey sensed a hidden secret, but he decided not to delve deeper into it.
He was in the same position when facing Victoria, neither interfering nor taking sides.
“Mr. Jeffrey.” His subordinate knocked and entered the room, “The various losses and casualties caused by the Leicester incident tonight have been roughly calculated.”
Jeffrey shifted his gaze and calmly accepted the statistical report handed to him by his subordinate.
He didn’t ask why it could be calculated so quickly, because he had anticipated that tonight would not be peaceful and had made all sorts of preparations in advance, including evacuating civilians, arranging curfews, and deliberately guiding the forces pursuing the Sage Ovum Sheath to the Old Town… It was a pity that the Disciplinary Bureau in the Leicester area was still too short of personnel, especially since some personnel had already been dispatched to the Black Dragon Territory. Otherwise, he should have captured all the illegal elements coveting the Sage Ovum Sheath.
“Dog eat dog is not a bad idea.”
Taking his eyes off the report, the leader of the Disciplinary Bureau snorted in a low voice.
The report systematically recorded the extent of the attacks and losses suffered by Leicester City tonight, including damage to various buildings, destruction of roads, and even the future reconstruction of the port. Of course, these and the casualties and appeasement work for civilians were the worries of the Municipal Hall. Jeffrey only considered one point: the casualty status of their own Transcendent beings and the death toll of the illegal elements.
To his relief, only three officially registered investigators of the Disciplinary Bureau were killed, one of whom was too close when blocking Black Raven Port and died from magical backlash. All other casualties were from auxiliary members, the so-called “cleaners.” They were all illegal Transcendent beings who had not yet committed any crimes. Generally speaking, they were scum. Jeffrey took the risk of keeping them alive to deal with situations like today, so the survival of these people was just a mundane number in his eyes.
“What about the Wolf Pack Club…” Jeffrey narrowed his eyes and asked.
His subordinate sorted out his thoughts and replied, “They all went out tonight, hundreds of them. I’ve never seen so many Transcendent beings… Our people took this opportunity to break into their headquarters and searched for a considerable amount of money, jewelry, and valuables, some magical items and materials, and a large number of contraband items, mainly potions…”
“Didn’t find their leader?”
The Leader of the Wolf Pack was the only one Jeffrey worried about. As long as that person was still in Leicester, he would not feel at ease for a day.
His subordinate shook his head slightly and remained silent.
That was true, Jeffrey thought. As an old opponent, he knew the other party’s vigilance too well. He had never shown any flaws over the years, but precisely because of this, the choice made by the other party tonight was something Jeffrey never expected.
“That guy actually gave up his years of planning in Leicester.”
Jeffrey could foresee that the Wolf Pack Club would suffer the most losses in tonight’s incident. Not only was their headquarters wiped out by them, but those hundreds of Transcendent beings probably wouldn’t survive much afterward. After all, they were a bunch of trash who advanced through external forces, and there was still a distance from truly powerful Transcendent beings. The report recorded the most and most detailed information about the death appearances of these wolf cubs.
But why exactly? What drove the Leader of the Wolf Pack to make such a decision?
Could it be for the Sage Ovum Sheath?
This didn’t make sense. Her Highness Victoria and Bati Haruntin competed for the Sage Ovum Sheath because it was suspected to be related to the royal family’s internal struggle. As a local illegal Transcendent force far from the royal city, the Wolf Pack Club naturally had little chance of being involved with royal members. Besides, the transportation of the Sage Ovum Sheath had been a top secret before, and few people knew about it except royal members, high-ranking military personnel, and within the Disciplinary Bureau. How did the other party get the news?
In conclusion, the Leader of the Wolf Pack had no reason to give up the Wolf Pack Club for this reason. After all, there were hundreds of Transcendent beings. Although their individual strength was weak, their sheer quantity had reached a level that even the Disciplinary Bureau dared not act rashly. For many years, Jeffrey had never thought of taking down the Wolf Pack Club all at once, and he had even secretly established contact for superficial cooperation to avoid greater conflicts.
Now, he had no such worries. After this incident, the Wolf Pack Club would inevitably cease to exist. Although the leader was still at large, it was also one less troublesome matter.
Of course, this did not mean that Jeffrey had nothing to do now. The mess left behind tonight still needed him to deal with. Besides, there was also the Truth Society, the culprit who instigated this Sage Ovum Sheath competition and the main force that attacked the Bird Association. These alone were enough to give him a splitting headache.
There was also the news that the Sage Ovum Sheath disappeared after hatching, known only to a few people. The various forces that came for the treasure were still in the dark. Letting them continue to fight was not an option. Jeffrey thought about whether to spread the rumor that the treasure had been taken by the Leader of the Wolf Pack. As long as they spread it for a few more days, those who saw no hope would naturally give up, and this farce could end sooner.
Perhaps he could also find the Wolf Leader this way.
Just as Jeffrey was thinking, his subordinate seemed to have thought of something and took out an old scroll from his coat pocket and handed it to him.
“This is a magical item obtained from the lowest basement of the Wolf Pack Club. Because we thought it might be directly related to the Leader of the Wolf Pack, we did not hand it over to the anomaly inspection department immediately.”
As he took the scroll, Jeffrey thought that this might be the Wolf Pack Contract used by the Leader of the Wolf Pack to mass-produce Transcendent beings.
However, as he slowly unfurled the scroll, he fell silent.
The scroll did not depict any ritual patterns, nor was it any form of contract. It was filled with crooked and rough doodles, describing the brutal scenes of frenzied wolf packs biting and savagely fighting each other.
“Could this be… some kind of ritual where wolves devour each other?”
