305 Movement
In the Medical Facility of the World Association, a team of 100+ doctors and mages was working on controlling the mana of the three SSS Rank Hunters and treating them.
Apart from Osbert, Declan and the other Vice Chairman of the World Association were badly hurt and needed rest.
Many healing artifacts were being used to heal all of them, and the situation was somehow under control.
Osbert opened his eyes and removed the mask from his face, then walked out.
“What’s the damage?” Osbert asked as he sat on a bench with various devices connected to his body.
“21% of his Mana Meridians have been damaged. Recovery will take 3 months, and you cannot overuse mana, as there is a chance of permanent damage that could cause mana poisoning,” a person wearing a lab coat replied.
He was talking through a hologram, as being near Osbert wasn’t possible at the moment.
The mana fluctuations inside the room were too high, and they could harm any weak Hunter who got too close to Osbert.
This was the reason SSS Rank Hunters avoided injuries whenever possible, as only SSS Rank Elixirs worked on them, and they were extremely rare.
“Close the test and delete the data,” Osbert replied.
“As you wish, Chairman,” the man replied.
The hologram changed as Osbert’s personal assistant became visible.
Osbert’s deep blue eyes looked at him, and his face turned cold, making the man extremely nervous.
“Explain,” Osbert spoke.
“After all the SSS Rank Hunters were deployed, suddenly…” the assistant began explaining what had happened until now.
Osbert listened as the assistant explained the news sources covering all this and the chaos in the economic sector, along with how certain people took the chance to take over those who had fallen.
Everything was a mess, and he explained that he had no authority to step in and fix the situation.
The accusations were too severe, causing the already anxious public to direct their anger towards them.
The assistant couldn’t do anything, as those people were indeed connected to Osbert, but this wasn’t known to anybody.
“Track down the source of this news,” Osbert ordered.
“And call the Executive meeting,” Osbert said.
The assistant bowed and closed the hologram, leaving Osbert alone.
He was more scared of Osbert’s reaction, but he fortunately avoided the worst-case scenario.
The heat in the room increased as Osbert’s killing intent started leaking out, his eyes turning cold.
After all, everything that had been leaked was the information he had collected to control those people and discard them when needed.
Osbert stood up, and as the devices around his body started to melt down, his skin remained unburned.
Though there were still wounds on his body, it would take months for them to completely heal.
The meeting started 20 minutes later, as all the Executives were summoned and couldn’t disobey the Chairman of the World Association himself.
Each of them sat down obediently. It was rare for these people, who had a lot of pride, to sit silently waiting for a single person to arrive.
Then, the door opened and Osbert entered, with his Personal Assistant following him.
“This meeting is called to enact a new rule that will place restrictions on the Economic Sector of these three continents,” the Assistant said as the map of Belvoria, Fashia, and Desmar was displayed.
All the executives became confused. While the economy was extremely unstable due to the destruction caused by the Calamities’ awakening, Fashia and Desmar weren’t affected as badly as Belvoria.
“But, there might be opposition from some people,” one of them raised a question.
Osbert looked in the direction of the man, who was a bit intimidated but managed to keep his composure.
There were three factions in the World Association, and not all of them followed Osbert. Usually, the meetings that were called weren’t like this.
But the absence of the other two Vice Chairmen of the World Association changed the situation.
There was no equal to Osbert Tarvian here, and this meant that Osbert’s words had the final say despite opposition.
The meeting continued, and the restrictions on the economic sector were placed in the name of restoring the damage.
The World Association also declared that they would be working on restoring the cities of Belvoria, and they announced both these things together to shift public attention in their favor.
These restrictions were made to slow down the takeovers that were happening.
Sitting in his office, Osbert opened his private database and looked at the progress of the secret projects that were ongoing.
“Contact the Head of the Neville Family, and tell him what I told you,” Osbert said as the Assistant nodded and left the room.
In the World Academy,
Asher and the rest of his team, who had won the Mid-
Term Examination by placing Rank 1 among all the teams, received a message from Xander, who was in charge of the World Academy for the time being.
Currently, his authority was cut in half, as Farnus left strict instructions that needed to be followed.
Due to the situation right now, their rewards were delayed, and they couldn’t visit the Artisan’s Association and the Mage Association until the process was complete.
“His growth might become a problem,” Xander looked at the message he received from Elsa about Asher Greville already reaching Rank C-.
Xander now had no choice but to decrease the restrictions that Asher had in the Great Forest. He was more worried about the disrupted balance in the World Academy.
A First Year almost catching up with the Rank 1 of Second Year wasn’t something that had happened in the history of the World Academy.
And Xander knew from experience what would happen when a very talented individual appeared.
“At least he doesn’t have Ivar’s personality,” Xander muttered as he remembered the old days.
He was rather glad that Asher didn’t have Ivar’s caring personality.
Putting this aside, Xander looked at the report he had received from his own sources.
It was about Erwin’s body, found where the last traces of Zephyr were present.
This made Xander doubt certain things, but he wasn’t sure whom to point the finger at.
At first, he had his assumptions about who might be behind Erwin, but the entry of Zephyr made him confused.
But he wasn’t the only one thrown off by Erwin’s involvement with Zephyr.
Currently, the Head of the Neville Family was in his office, looking at the reports about Zephyr.𝑂𝑽𝒍xt.𝔠𝑜𝗆
“Is he lying to me?” he muttered, a frown appearing on his face.
He knew that Erwin was a pawn planted by Osbert to assist his son with certain things. However, seeing the reports, the seed of distrust that had appeared in his mind began to grow.
There was no way that Erwin could disobey Osbert, and he was sure about it.
It was impossible for Erwin to disobey Osbert’s orders.
It didn’t make sense for an S Rank Hunter to appear in the operation tower. But now something clicked in his mind.
“It isn’t easy to access that tower without having the information about it,” he muttered.
It made sense if Erwin was the one who showed them the way, and there were traces of battle on his body, with evidence of a fight happening inside that room.
There were many loopholes in this story, but his mind was clouded by something—something that even he didn’t know was influencing him.
In a normal situation, he wouldn’t have started doubting Osbert for it, but right now it was exactly what he was doing.
And it was then that he received a message from his Butler, indicating that a certain person from the World Association wanted to deliver a message directly to him.
“Let’s see if you’re playing the same game you played more than a decade ago,” the smile on his face grew even bigger.
At the same time, an announcement was made by the news sources of Belvoria, Fashia, and Desmar that Aztech was donating 10 Billion AUR towards the reconstruction of the cities and the welfare of the affected people.
And it was after this announcement that people began to uncover the identity of the person behind Aztech.
None of the Elite Families had come out openly to support the common people. However, seeing the young heir of the Greville Family taking this step led to a sudden shift in public opinion.
Alas, they didn’t know that they were receiving help from the very same people who were responsible for the destruction and chaos happening all over the world.