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However, what they had never anticipated was this.
A quarter of an hour later, the report came from the leader of the Level 7 experts saying that they had drawn a blank at the Dragon King's Palace.
Not only was there not a single person inside, but they also searched the surroundings and still found no trace of the Dragon King.
"What, you've searched everywhere and still found nothing?"
With a frown, Mike Johnson asked, "What about the border territories? Could he be there?"
He heard from the frontline that as they, the Three Major Leagues Army, made a strategic withdrawal, the military forces of the Eight countries in Southeast retook control of the border, and all of the Dragon King's Palace's major subordinates were also stationed there.
On the phone, the Level 7 expert replied coldly, "He's not there either. The scouts on the front have checked; not only is Owen Anderson missing, but even those few henchmen who usually follow him around are nowhere to be found!"
