NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1159: Death Society
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The marquis was stupefied. His face soon darkened as he asked in a cold tone. "May I know the reason you're searching for them?"
"Why else?" Nathan calmly responded, his face devoid of emotion.
Even the marquis couldn't see through Nathan's face.
The marquis thought for a moment. "Death Society. They are a secret organization that has been running rampant for the past few years.
"If you are looking for revenge, I suggest you give up."
"Why do you think I'm planning revenge?" Nathan chuckled, but once again, his face remained unreadable.
The marquis probed further. "There is no reason for you to search for them if it's not revenge. They have done a lot of cruel things. Both the empire and the dynasty want them dead.
"However, do you know why they haven't been destroyed yet? That's because of their strength. Their power won't be able to rival the dynasty and the empire, but if they want to destroy them, we won't be unscathed either.
"More importantly, you are a noble from the empire. I don't know what happened to you in the past, I know it must be related to the Death Society. There are only two possibilities. Either you are a member of the Death Society or you are seeking revenge.
"You don't seem to be someone from the Death Society, so you must be the latter."
"…" Nathan maintained his silence the whole time, his eyes turning cold. "It looks like… I will have to search for someone else to cooperate with."
"Mr. Nathan!" The marquis raised his voice. He wasn't angry with Nathan. He was simply frustrated. How could he send himself to death like this?
Nathan looked away as if he were already thinking about the next person. There was one more opportunity, so he could take advantage of that last opportunity to figure out this Death Society. At least he had figured out who they were.
The marquis gritted his teeth. He had to stop this young man, but he looked like he had already made up his mind.
When he was about to release his ena to stop him, he was locked by Evelyn, warning him not to do anything.
The marquis hesitated for a moment, but before Nathan took his leave, he raised his voice one more time. "I will introduce you to a person."
Nathan halted his steps but didn't look back.
"That person has been investigating the Death Society for over two decades. However, I can't guarantee whether that person will give you the information or not."
Nathan paused for a moment before saying, "You can leave that negotiation to me."
"Kh." The marquis had never been this frustrated. Nathan was a good seedling. He would definitely be someone famous in the future, so he was reluctant to send such a person to his death.
But no one could probably stop him, so there was no other choice but to profit from everything before he died. Nathan looked like he was planning to use the cloud-repelling device as collateral from the very beginning.
"How much do you know about the Death Society?" The marquis asked.
"Not much." Nathan shook his head.
"The Death Society is an organization founded 28 years ago. Drugs, human experiments, slavery, and other things… All things related to the darkness of a human will be there.
"Everyone definitely wants to destroy them, especially the emperor. However, it ended in a disaster.
"It was at that time that the truth about the Death Society surfaced. The Death Society contained many criminals. They didn't have lower-level summoners among them. At the very least, they needed to be at the Crystal Armor Stage.
"Before they were found out, people used to utilize them for anything illegal. After all, they would succeed, considering ten of them were at the Crystal Fusion Stage.
"After knowing the severity of the disaster, the emperor raised an even more powerful army to defeat them. They managed to do it, but those people disappeared for a few years as if their existence had been erased.
"A few years ago, they returned, even stronger. They wielded weird abilities and took their revenge on the empire. Half of their members ultimately died, but ten lesser nobles and four high-ranking nobles died in the process.
"Of course, during the purge, the empire and the dynasty joined hands. We, too, received the damage. Two of our high-ranking nobles died along with eight lesser nobles.
"The empire and the dynasty don't plan to do anything with them. Instead of fighting them directly, the empire and the dynasty plan to leave them alone and keep them in check. This way, they will die of old age. We have been stopping them from being able to recruit another member. At one point in the future, the Death Society will be no more."
When they heard everything, Evelyn was shocked to the core. After the purge, the Death Society definitely left the continent and reached Gratzel. They caused the Bloody Banquet. There was no motive for keeping the continent in check.
Instead, they were doing the same thing they did on this continent. However, it was clear that these people were learning the way summoners on Gratzel utilized their power.
Half of their members had died, but the rest still survived. Even though Evelyn couldn't kill those who had died, she definitely wanted to wipe out the remaining members of the Dark Society.
"…" The marquis stopped for a moment, finally realizing or misunderstanding the entire situation. The marquis thought Nathan was one of the remnants of the nobles that were wiped out in that battle. If that was the case, it wasn't weird for him to seek revenge. And he was even more determined than ever.
"And even after hearing this, it doesn't look like you're intending to back down…"
Nathan nodded.
"Why are you throwing your life away like this? You are still 20 or something. You still have a lot of things ahead of you!"
Nathan was dumbfounded. He wondered whether he looked that old. After all, he was only 17 years old. Then again, people often measured a person's age not only by their looks but also by their strength.
Nevertheless, age didn't change his decision. Nathan nodded. "I want to know."
"Kh." The marquis gritted his teeth. After considering it for thirty seconds, the marquis finally said, "I will ask that person first. If he agrees, I will send the invitation to you."