Primordial Soul's Rebirth

Alex sighed as he looked at Max celebrating too early.

He shook his head and he saw the smile on Max's face disappear looking at Max looked at him.

So, Alex spoke up.

"Why do you think no one has ever been able to catch those guys?" Alex asked Max in a questioning tone.

Max remained silent as he heard Alex's words.

'Why….?' Max didn't know the answer.

Well, he knew that they were slippery and maybe they had some sort of skill or something, but he didn't know anything for sure.

"You don't know, do you?" Alex asked again and Max shook his head.

"Neither do I," Alex added, but his words made Max stare blankly at him, just like Damien and Grace.

Alice and Ann on the other hand just tried to suppress their giggle as they knew if it got out then the serious situation that had been building up would break down.

"What? Do you think I know everything or what?

If I knew the reason why no one could catch them, then I would've already caught them by now…."

Alex just shrugged off the dead stare from Grace, Max, and Damien.

"But I do know one thing," Alex continued, and Max, Grace, and Damien, although still speechless about the last answer they got from Alex, wore a serious expression and focused on Alex's words.

"They know their limits."

Alex could see that Max, Grace, and Damien didn't get it so he added.

"Till now, they had never provoked a strong force or someone with too much power, and they always played safe, but now they attack us, and they leave a clear clue of their involvement," Alex looked at Max who had his eyes widened.

"What do you think it is?" Alex questioned.

"….. Trap," Max muttered in a low voice.

"Yes, it is a trap, and they most probably have something strong enough to take care of us all prepared for us, and although I have confidence in my strength, I still don't like taking risks so I would rather not go there right now."

Alex spoke but he then added.

"This is why I advised you against it, but if you still want to go then I won't stop you," In the end, Alex just shrugged.

"…."

"What do we do then?" Max asked after a while.

He didn't want to take risks as well, and Alex's words made him see things he hadn't seen clearly till now.

"Just wait," Alex replied as he leaned back in his seat.

"Wait? For what?" Max asked as he raised a brow in confusion.

"For your enemies to move, what else?" Alex just gave him a 'Duh' look.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Max asked again.

"Sigh…." Alex sighed as he sat straight again and looked at Max.

"They have something or someone powerful enough that they think it can take care of all of us, so what makes you think they won't attack again?"

Alex asked this question and Max finally understood what Alex wanted to say.

"They laid a trap for us, but we didn't fall for it, they will wait for us to do something else, and if we don't do anything then they will probably attack again, they will probably be a bit more direct next time," Alex added, and Max nodded his head.

"So, all we do is wait?" Max asked again as he nodded his head.

"Well, you can start your plan, but instead of starting with Violet country, start with Indigo," Alex replied to Max with a strange glint in his eyes.

Max failed to notice it as he was wearing a thoughtful expression while thinking about Alex's words, right now.

'It is the weakest country, so it won't be hard…' Max thought inwardly.

'I won't need their help for this one….' Max muttered as he looked at Alex, Alice, and Ann.

The Indigo Country was the weakest of all, it didn't even have a single SS-ranker right now, which meant that it didn't have anyone in the top 10 world ranking.

Even the guilds in that country were subsidiaries of some guilds in other countries.

The Raiders Association of the country was the only organization that worked independently.

But it was still standing only because it had the support of the Associations from all over the world, after all, even if they are the Association of different countries, they still share the same name.

When the Raider Association was established, it was a consensus decision from the governments of all countries.

But it won't matter to Max as all he needed was to make the leaders of the Association of Indigo Country sign the contract and be done with it.

"I will do that then," Max nodded his head, agreeing to Alex's advice.

"Good," Alex nodded as well.

"As for the help you wanted from us, just tell us what you want help with," Alex spoke, and Max nodded before he started explaining.

Max told them about the things he wanted their help with, and it was not something serious or very hard, so Alex, Alice, and Ann collectively agreed to it.

The meeting continued for a while as they discussed some topics from here and there.

The barrier around Lily was removed and she could finally hear the chats.

Lily knew that she was in a barrier as Alex had already explained to her what a barrier was and how it worked, but she didn't say anything and just enjoyed her treats.

She had started to adapt to any situation, so she understood that she was prevented from hearing whatever was happening because they didn't want her to hear it.

They chatted for a while before Damien went ahead to bake some more cakes for them as he had some ideas to make his dishes better after the note Alex gave him.

The note that Alex gave him was about the points that could be improved in the dished he makes.

Alex just pointed out the mistakes in one dish, but it was based on the cooking style or pattern that Damien followed so improving those pints would help him improve his overall cooking or baking.

As they were waiting for Damien to bring the cake he was baking when Alex suddenly remembered Noctura.

He sighed inwardly as he was really missing her even if it had just been a week since she had gone away.

[She must be done with her hunt by the time you land in Orange Country, you just need to go and pick her up from there.]

Sophia reminded and Alex's face brightened.

'Now that I think about it, yeah, I can just go and pick her up.'

A light smile graced Alex's lips as he thought about Noctura, and Alice and Ann, who saw him smiled as well.

They didn't know the reason behind the smile but looking at Alex smiling gently as he stared into nothingness, it was not hard for them to think who he must be thinking about.

After all, there were only three entities who could make Alex show that expression, excluding Lily as she was just a child, a child that Alex felt an unknown connection with.

'Noctura…' X2

They both thought as they smiled as well.

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