"WHAT IS THE FUCKING SITUATION?!" I howled at the absolute incompetence of the assistant I received.
"The...The...The Vice Sect Master has personally come to the academy and has started a mass raid. He and his closest associates are killing and pillaging left and right." Said Taunen, my new assistant after Clyte met his end, "It's a massacre, sir. There's nothing we can do to stop this."
I took in a deep breath to not explode in anger and kill this fool. Taunen was far worse than Clyte, this guy could fuck up a cup of coffee. Seriously, how the fuck can you even do that?
But I had to suck it up and deal with it, The upper echelons are still fighting against themselves like idiots even in this current situation. They sent me Taunen and told me that this was my final chance, after this if I failed then I was screwed.
When they gave me the news I almost lost it and was about to threaten them but that would be nothing more than suicide. The upper echelons can only be matched up only by the heads of the Federation, what can a little peak Dao King like me do?
The Vice Sect Master has lost his mind by doing what he's doing. Even if the heads aren't allowed to do anything because of the contract that they all signed restricting their movements does he think that nothing will happen after all of this? Even if he has a backer helping him out in the shadows it doesn't mean he's invincible.
"What do we do sir?" Taunen asked.
"The only thing we can do. Follow orders." I said solemnly with a sigh, "But that doesn't mean we can't plan for ourselves."
If those fools think that I will just sit here and wait for my death to come then they have another thing coming. It looks like we have abandoned ship.
"Looks like there's trouble in paradise." Said a voice that made the hairs on my neck rise on end.
Turning around I was greeted by the red eyes of Hakari, dressed in a black ninja suit with his obsidian hair tied in a ponytail. I didn't dare take a single step in any direction, fear crept its way into my soul as I felt the gaze of the Asuran Prince stripping me bare as if all my secrets were laid bare before him.
"Look at you, cowering in fear just from the gaze of someone who has a lower cultivation than you. And by a child at that, what a disgrace." Hakari mocked in a tone thick with disdain, "How low your clan has fallen. Do you know how ashamed your mother and brother are of you?" Hakari asked.
Rage brewed within me but I didn't dare show it on my face. I was a Realm of Dao expert, a peak Dao King and even among them I was more than exceptional but even with all of that it seemed it was nothing in the eyes of the demon in front of me.
My instincts told me that if I lashed out at Hakari it would end in death and if it didn't end in death then it would be a fate that had me begging for it.
"Anyway, I'm not here to test how much I can piss you off before you snap. Not because I don't feel like it but because I don't have time so let's get straight to the point." He said and then narrowed his eyes and asked in a stern voice than made the air still, "Is it done?"
My body trembled but I didn't falter and answered immediately, "Yes. Everything has been set up according to your design and we are awaiting your signal for us to execute."
"Good." Hakari nodded, "Honestly this academy shit has been boring, I don't understand why my uncle had to make me do that damn job. He could've gotten someone else to do it, he could've even had Rizen do it if he wanted to save resources." He sighed.
Hakari then looked behind me and smiled, "Well well, who do we have here?"
My body stilled knowing exactly what he was talking about, I just couldn't believe that someone could be so stupid.
Damn it, why the fuck is he still here?
I slowly turned my head to face the pale face of Taunen drenched in a cold sweat. His arcana was going haywire, he was trying his hardest to leave, but he couldn't leave, he couldn't even take a single step.
"I...I...I-"
*POP*
Before he could even explain himself Tuanen's body exploded into a bloody mist like a balloon, causing the room to contain the coppery iron smell that is well associated with blood.
My body trembled in anger, not because of Taunen's death, I could care less about him as he was going to die sooner or later. I was mad because with his death all of my plans have now gone down the drain.
He was my ticket out of here, the same with gullible fool Clyte. He was going to be a key chess piece to help me gain some advantage or leverage I could use against Hakari but now I'm left with nothing and now I'm fucked.
I can only hope that the board will not do a deep review and find out about this or else I'm dead. I'm nothing more than an expendable tool in Hakari's hand so I know he won't waste his time saving me and leave me for dead as soon as I've run out of use.
As if reading my mind he smiled, "Relax, your bosses will not know about Taunen dying. It's not as if they'll even pay attention to minor characters such as you and him, they have things to worry about."
The worry in my soul left my body but the relief didn't come, it wouldn't not with him still in front of me.
"So when will you start?" I asked. Hakari came to me years ago when I had nothing and told me to become his spy in the Immortal Blood Sect while he had his little plan in the shadows. He never told me what the plan was, he only gave me a set of instructions and some materials.
"Soon." He answered, "I just came to do some last-second check-ups. That fool, the Vice Sect Master came in a little too early. A shame that he is going to die in the end but I guess that's the fate of tools unless they stumble upon something to change their fate." He said with a smile.
"Anyway, that's enough from me. You can go now, I suggest you find a way to leave the academy as fast as you possibly can, a lot of people are going to die." He said.
I stood up and walked towards the door but before my hand touched the button I stopped in hesitation.
I know this is a bad idea, I know that it is unnecessary but...I just need to know.
"Why are you doing this Hakari?" I asked, turning back to look at the face of the dark skin man who had a smile that was not a smile on his face, "A lot of people will die and they won't even know how. You can stop it but you decide not to. Why?" I asked.
Hakari smiled, "Because I can't and even if I could I wouldn't."
"Huh?" That was all I could say.
"I'm not the only one who is plotting behind the scenes. There are things that you have no idea of. The people you are saying I should save could be a part of someone else's plot. People who are beyond your comprehension, people who could kill me like an ant. I value my life so I would rather not piss off those people for stupid reasons, stupid reasons such as saving people who I don't know and will most likely repay me with enmity in the future."
"Besides sacrifices have to be made for the war to be won."
Sacrifices?
But that was all I could think of as the last thing I ever saw was Hakari waving his hand and then my vision turned to black.