Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 717 375: Discovering traces of remnants, heading to the demi-plane

"I have a premonition that Lokeshi will bear the worst impact. Otherwise, His Majesty wouldn't have sent me here to help."Louis frowned and said:

"The situation in the Lokeshi Empire is more troublesome than we imagined. Too many forces are eyeing them; from the current situation, even the Abyssal Church seems less troublesome."

Beatrice thought for a moment and said, "The issue of the Cosmic Serpent must be resolved, and the sin of Envy must be dealt with somehow. Even if we consider the matters of the Golden Land, with the combined effort of our five nations, we barely stand a chance to overcome the difficulties."

But Louis shook his head and said:

"The situation with the Jade Phoenix Alliance is even more severe than we thought. This time, the number of Jade Phoenix Mages lost is too many, not just a few; our core strength in the Jade Phoenix Alliance has been nearly wiped out.

The members maintaining the scene in the Jade Phoenix Alliance's demiplane have been confirmed to be entirely wiped out. Now, the Wise Council is in chaos. The sacrifice of the Grand Speaker has had a terribly bad impact."

Upon hearing this, Beatrice's expression grew more solemn:

"The Jade Phoenix Mages stationed in the demiplane are the elites among elites, even possessing resurrection methods like the Emerald Sacrifice. We didn't expect the casualties to be so severe."

The person responsible for investigating this matter is Little Swan.

She volunteered for it.

Currently, the Jade Phoenix Alliance has completely severed contact with the outside world.

To understand the specific situation, we can only rely on the remaining Jade Phoenix Mages to investigate in the demiplane through the covenant.

Beatrice knew her sister had specifically taken time to look into the situation in the demiplane.

But the exact details could only be known after her investigation was complete.

But one thing is certain: the Jade Phoenix Alliance is now in name only.

If we exclude Louis and Little Swan, who seem to have some cheat-like abilities, the Jade Phoenix Mages in the demiplane represent 95% of the Jade Phoenix Alliance's power.

However, for some unknown reason, the Cosmic Serpent broke its seal, and the entire demiplane might have exploded from the pressure.

The Ense Empire's two legendary Jade Phoenix Mages exhausted themselves to death trying to stop the Cosmic Serpent.

The Wise Council's Grand Speaker Tom's body evaporated, leaving only his soul stranded in the demiplane, sealing half the serpent's body.

According to Little Swan, after he resealed half the serpent's body, his soul is estimated to disappear into nothingness.

Which forces made their move?

Who were the powerhouses from these forces?

Why did they act?

They know nothing about these matters.

Little Swan didn't manage to speak to the Grand Speaker after going there.

Over there, they are fully focused on sealing the remaining half of the serpent's body.

One could say that now, Louis and Little Swan together represent the majority of the Jade Phoenix Alliance's combat power.

In all these years, the Jade Phoenix Alliance has never declined to this degree.

But now, it's like even the bottom line has been pulled away.

"It's time to restart the Human Covenant," Beatrice said, looking at the image of her dear one on the communication crystal, "We, Lokeshi, Tunisia, and East/West Monet all need to sit down at the negotiating table and have a serious discussion."

The situation was already grave, but it was still within Beatrice's tolerance range before.

However, the intelligence from Little Swan exposed a terrifying fact.

That is, the enemy is within, and in high positions.

It's not a joke.

The location of the Jade Phoenix Alliance was originally a secret, and no one knew better than the Emperor herself how strictly the Jade Phoenix Mages have been monitoring the seal of the Cosmic Serpent over the years.

Even among the Jade Phoenix Mages, most are from Ense.

There was never any news of the seal loosening before, and this sudden release of the Cosmic Serpent was too abrupt, too coincidental.

Beatrice is basically certain that someone followed the clues directly to the Jade Phoenix Alliance's headquarters.

Based on the proportion of Jade Phoenix Mages, Ense is still the biggest suspect.

After all, half of the Jade Phoenix Alliance members are Ense people.

The problem is, Beatrice still can't be sure if it was an insider's doing.

Those who know parts of the Jade Phoenix Alliance's secrets can't just be those few small Karami from the covenant.

They simply couldn't possibly know the headquarters' location.

But Ense, and the Wise Council, are another matter.

There must be some non-Jade Phoenix Mage individuals collaborating.

Never mind the potential harm the Cosmic Serpent could bring to Star Continent.

But just this unsealing incident has already caused a significant loss in high-level magic combat power for Ense, which isn't as focused on magic as Tunisia. It's quite a blow.

"Let's hope my sister can find some clues in her investigation."

Beatrice ended their conversation with these words.

...

After hanging up the communication crystal, Louis didn't speak, just sat quietly, taking out the Greed Diary.

"How much longer until you update again?"

There was a hint of fatigue in Louis' eyes.

Standing in confrontation with those shadows lurking in the dark isn't an easy task.

One must remain highly vigilant, always alert against surprise attacks from them.

One must constantly think about who might be affected because of him.

He also worries if the choices he makes are correct, whether a single mistake might cause others to suffer unbearable losses.

He still remembers that morning many years ago, waking up, his only thought being to not end up on the guillotine.

The lingering pain at his neck seemed not to have faded, and all he wanted then was to pursue personal happiness.