Supreme BeastTamer: I Can Copy and Upgrade Skills 10x! - Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Meeting

[AN: Thank you so much guys, we hit the first Golden Tickets Target! The two chapters would come soon!]

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After receiving the letters, all the factions that had made a truce to fight the Elemental Beast decided to meet up to discuss their current course of action. Knowing the Elemental Beast’s power, it was nearly impossible for a single faction to take out the Beast; therefore, everyone was very cooperative.

At least for now.

Moreover, the Awakened were also curious to know where the letters had come from. They suspected it could be from one of them, though they weren’t too sure. However, they believed they’d find their answers at the meeting.

Inside a lavishly decorated room with ornate marble tiles and walls and a long table flanked by several chairs, located inside one of the most expensive inns in Coastal City—a four-story building—the leaders of the various factions were meeting up, gradually filling the seats.

Captain Bofan had arranged this meeting spot, agreed upon in case the Elemental Beast was spotted again. It was costly, but the walls had special runes that prevented sound from escaping, making it well worth the expense.

With two military men standing guard behind him, Captain Bofan tapped the wooden table, creating a pleasant rhythm as he looked at the faces of everyone. All the leaders of the various factions had come with two trusted people standing beside them.

The reason was pretty obvious. There wasn’t complete trust among them. While they had agreed to work together, human nature is fickle, and loyalty can shift if the rewards are enticing enough.

Captain Bofan hadn’t instructed them to do this, but they had done it out of instinct, suggesting that this wasn’t the first time they had attended such a gathering.

Soon, Captain Bofan ceased his tapping on the wooden table, his beady eyes becoming more serious. Whether it was due to his age or some other factor, Captain Bofan had become the unofficial leader of this union. He brought out a parchment and dropped it on the table as he said, “Since everyone is here, shall the meeting begin?”

At the table were Reyes, who had Cormach and Hex standing beside him with serious expressions, their gazes constantly darting through the room as if they were expecting something to happen. Then there was Brolly, who also had two students behind him, the leader of the Silvermist Guild, the leader of the scavengers, and a few more individuals.

However, out of everyone, the one who stood out the most was the cloaked figure. The reason was that they were the only one alone at the table; the others noticed that she seemed very calm.

Then, they noticed something else: the Vermilion Kingdom Academy was absent.

‘Did they bail out already? Among everyone, they were the least promising lot, after all,’ Captain Bofan mused.

As he dropped his letter onto the table, the others followed, placing theirs down one by one. The captain nodded. “As expected, I wasn’t the only one who received this letter.”

A brief look of disappointment flashed across his face. He had thought the letter was exclusive to him. In fact, everyone at the table had shared that thought—until now. Over 100 individuals had received the same message.

Each person briefly reviewed the letters to confirm they were identical.

Reyes looked up at Captain Bofan and asked in a very skeptical voice, “Do you think this is real?”

“That’s why we’re here… doofus,” the leader of the Silvermist sneered, a satisfied look on her face as she added, “But I think it’s legit.”

Reyes ignored her completely.

“Well, we won’t know for sure until we check it out,” Brolly chimed in, fiddling with his parchment. If not for the Elemental Beast’s destructive power, he might have gone to the location on the map by himself.

He had a habit of charging into fights without thinking—reflection came after the deed was done. However, after losing some students, he had been forced to change his methods. It wasn’t easy, and he was already feeling the strain, with migraines forming.

“I think the most important question should be: who sent the crows, and how did they know all of us are participating in the hunt?” The cloaked person voiced their opinion. Their voice was sweet, yet it lacked emotion.

From the few words she had spoken, the others could tell she was a woman. The room grew silent as everyone focused on her. Captain Bofan’s expression turned thoughtful, and he nodded in agreement.

“She’s right,” he stated. Subconsciously, he addressed her as a woman because of her voice. Then, with a puzzled, lost look, he added, “But I can’t think of anyone who could be responsible.”

Who could control that many crows? The leaders all pondered this, but no one could come up with a name. Just then, Captain Bofan’s eyes lit up as he thought of a possibility. He leaned toward Reyes and asked, “Could this be the work of that kid who can control beasts?”

There was a hint of hope in his voice. Perhaps the kid with unusual powers of controlling beasts had found the hideout and sent a message to everyone.

“It could be,” the leader of the scavengers said, his eyes sparkling. “If he could control the panda and cat, controlling a couple of crows shouldn’t be that hard, right?”

“The slim guy is right.”

Everyone stared at Reyes with expectant gleams in their eyes, some even playing with their fingers as they anxiously awaited his response. It was just a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity for them. The only thing they could hear was the distant voices of citizens gossiping among themselves.

Reyes, who had been carefully studying the parchment with furrowed brows, didn’t answer them yet, as his mind was currently occupied by something else. While everyone was thinking about the sender of the parchment, his mind had drifted to the store where the owner had died, and they’d found the Lich Court signature symbol.

Could it be that the same person was responsible for this letter as well? No matter how hard he thought about it, he felt as if they were pawns in some game orchestrated by an intelligent being.

Just when they concluded that the blue beacon was a false signal, they actually spotted the Elemental Beast; it felt as if someone was purposely messing with them. Reyes suspected that the same person, whoever they were, was also responsible.

Sensing the others’ growing impatience, Reyes sighed audibly before saying, “No, the kid has no idea about this. But I think it’s someone else.”

“Who?” Everyone’s eyes sparkled with curiosity as they leaned forward.

Reyes went on to explain everything about his encounter in the store. Everyone listened intently, and as he spoke, he paused for a moment, gripping the parchment tightly. The room was silent, the leaders watching him closely, waiting for his next move. He reached into his coat and pulled out the Lich Court symbol.

As soon as the symbol was dropped, everyone’s faces turned grave immediately. Because they were so focused on the symbol, they failed to notice that the cloaked person’s chair scraped the ground and shifted uncomfortably.

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