Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

Heero looked in the same direction as Old Man Niadin. He did not immediately rush to the dungeon as he thought of something.

"Can you check it for me?" Heero made a request.

Void Dragon, he was known for his spatial technique. Tracking or sneaking into the dungeon unnoticed was nothing for Niadin.

"I can do that for you," Old Man Niadin readily agreed to the request.

He put Ryan White down. As he stood up, a portal formed in front of him. A portal with the size of a door created and Niadin entered the portal right away.

Heero was tempted to follow the old man. However, he was not adept at spatial techniques. Performing a simple spatial was still okay but walking through space was completely different.

It took Niadin ten minutes to get back. As he came out of the portal, the portal immediately disappeared.

"He's not here,"

"He" in Old Man Niadin's mouth was God Horas. This trip's purpose was to track God Horas and he could not find God Horas in the dungeon in the deep sea.

"I found a bunch of humans there. They must be the group that manipulated Ryan White. So what do you want to do?" Old Man Niadin stretched his body. He was preparing the fight if Heero decided to go.

"Hmmm…" Heero held his chin, "Can we kidnap and interrogate one of them to locate God Horas?"

"There's no use. They would not speak even if you feed them the Confession Concoction let alone a normal interrogation," As someone who had battled the specter and its minions for years, Niadin was experienced with this kind of thing. The interrogation was useless whether it was a human or specter.

Heero fell silent, his main target was the root, God Horas. Killing God Horas' minions was useless, he had many underlings. He was thinking of how to use these people to lead him to God Horas.

"Can you put a thingy like a tracker to the gate?"

After a moment of silence, he asked Niadin.

"I do! What do you want?" Niadin nodded his head at Heero. He thought Heero wanted to kill these people but it seemed he had another plan.

"If interrogation is useless, let's keep them alive and watch them. Eventually, they could be a big lead to Horas," Heero elaborated his plan.

It was a simple plan, they just needed to keep watch on these people. Eventually, they could get some clues about God Horas' location.

"You are not going to kill them?" Niadin burrowed his forehead.

"Nope, we get nothing from killing. Let's watch their movement for the time being," Heero shook his head.

"But you promised this guy to avenge his family,"

"I don't say I will not kill them but not now. Oh, come on Old Man Niadin, you should know the importance of finding God Horas than avenging his family. Moreover, it's not like I am protecting them, we are just postponing the revenge. Eventually, we have to kill them too after I kill Horas!"

Heero knew that Old Man Niadin had great sympathy for Ryan White. He could understand Old Man Niadin's feelings. But they had to do this for a greater purpose.

Old Man Niadin understood but he felt a difference between Saint and Heero. If it was the old Saint, he would not hesitate to kill these people.

"You are colder than I thought…" Niadin let out a sigh. Even though he disagreed with Heero, he understood Heero's decision.

Heero merely shook his head at the comment about him. He was not a Hero and even a Saint, Ryan White's misfortune was not related to him in any way.

Despite feeling a little conflicted inside, Heero still felt this was the best choice for now.

"Can you do it?" Heero asked again. If Old Man Niadin could not do it, he had to think of another way.

"I can! It's easy," Old Man Niadin opened a new portal. He disappeared into the portal and came out after three minutes.

It was easy to do actually, he just needed to infuse his Ki to the gate. If the gate was moved he could feel it with his Ki.

"Done!"

Heero nodded his head and opened his smartwatch. He marked the island on his map.

After that, he sent the marked spot to Luo Wei Chun with a message [Watch this spot 24/7]. Since Heero took the President position, SES was not dissolved.

Luo Wei Chun and his intelligence were still working as usual. It was just the hunting squad that was temporarily inactive.

"What are you going to do now?" Asked Niadin.

"Wait and watch!" Heero replied while rubbing his chin. He was thinking about the situation in the other two big cities. The specters infiltrated Star City and the Regal Kingdom, deep enough at that. Then what about the other two big cities?

"What are you thinking?" Looking at the solemn expression on Heero's face, Old Man Niadin could not bear to ask.

Heero was willing to share what was in his mind with the old man. He told his concern regarding the other cities.

"Without a doubt, they must have infiltrated into the other two cities as well," Niadin without hesitation concluded.

"But this is so unusual, why did they sneak and blend in with us? Why did they not attack us just like they usually did?"

Yes, the specter rarely used a scheme like this in the past. They usually would attack frontally rather than sneaking around like this. Waging war here and there.

"Right?" Heero also felt unusual about this.

However, thinking about that was pointless as well. There was no way they could know about that by just thinking like this.

'I have to finish the new batch of SES soon and send them to the two other cities,'

Heero shook his head with a sigh, "Let's go back or they may find us,"

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Inside the dungeon

There was a big building, a building belonged to God Horas' direct human subordinate, Reaper.

Reaper was a group of people that betrayed humanity to side with the specters. Most of these people joined the specter for power, of course.

Roman who impersonated Rodin was part of Reaper. He was called by the leader of Reaper. Not only him, his companion, the middle aged-man who accompanied him in Star City also here.

On the opposite of Roman and the middle-aged man were a young man in his late twenties and a middle-aged man in his early forties.

If Heero was here, he would recognize this pair. They were the ones who attacked the Regal Kingdom. The pair that got their hands ripped apart by Heero.

No one spoke as the four people were waiting for their Leader to arrive. The dimmed room and silence made the atmosphere inside the room quite eerie.

A few moments later, the door opened. An old man with a white thick beard entered the room.

Tak! Tak! Tak!

Each of his steps caused a noise, a noise of a staff that collided on the wooden floor. Yes, the old man was holding a wooden staff in his right hand.

From the way the old man walked, there was something wrong with his feet.

The four people inside the room immediately lowered their heads to the floor. Yes, they bent their body down until their forehead touched the wooden floor.

The old man made his way to his seat, a sear made of bones.

Tak! Tak! Tak!

He reached the seat and raised his hand, "You can raise your head now!"

A gruff voice came out of the old man's mouth. Roman and the other three raised their head. They looked straight to their Leader's face as it was known to everyone that their Leader did not like when they spoke without looking at him.

"We greet Lord Reaper!" The four simultaneously bowed their heads again as they greeted the old man.

"Mnnn!" The old man nodded his head, "I have heard everything about your failure!"

As soon as the old man said that, the four people tensed up.

"It's an understandable failure but I don't like a failure!"

Sweats started to trickle down from the four people's faces.

"Just like I said, it was an understandable failure so I will give you a second chance. A chance to redeem for your failure,"

"We are very grateful for your grace!" The four men knelt until their forehead touched the wooden floor.

"If you are very grateful then find Nightmare and Snow Bane for me! If our enemy is just like what you described then we alone are not enough! Go search Nightmare and Snow Bane!"

Nightmare and Snow Bane were also the same groups as them. They served the same God, God Horas. Reaper was a group formed by humans, Nightmare was a group formed by beastmen, and Shadow Bane was a group formed by corrupted dwarves.

They were three separate groups but they had something common, they betrayed their race.

"We obey Lord Reaper's Order!"

"Mnn, before God Horas descends, we have to conquer this small earth and present it to God Horas! To do that, we have to clear all obstacles! Go, find Nightmare and Snow Bane for me!"

After that, the four men excused themselves and left the room. Leaving the old man inside the dimmed room.

That was right, every of their actions was not under God Horas' order. They did this of their volition and everything was for the God they served, God Horas. God Horas' whereabouts were still unknown even to his followers. However, they believed one day God Horas would descend again.