CHAPTER 220: THE SMD RAID

[Would the user like to choose the name [Salazar] for the subordinate? Yes/No?]

Jason chose yes, and he watched as the stat tab over Salazar’s head changed.

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[Salazar]

[Swamp Viper]

[Rook Rank I]

[Hierarchy Level: 1 [0%]]

[Subordinate Count: 0/10]

[Upgrade Points: 0/50]

[Upgrade Limit: Bishop Rank III]

[MP: 3000]

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Salazar hissed once more in pure delight, and Jason pat it on its head before standing and jumping back to the ground. Jason told all the subordinates to return to the Alternate Dimension and he watched as they all vanished. Once Raya and Salazar appeared in the Alternate Dimension, Ragnar immediately began a fight with them, and Jason just ignored it since he was sure they wouldn’t go overboard.

Jason looked around once more with a calm expression before he connected with Lupin on the other side of the Gate and activated the Rook-Class skill.

[King’s substitute had been activated]

Jason vanished from the area and reappeared in front of his house. Lupin would find its way back through the shadows, so Jason didn’t have to worry about it. Jason looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was only just rising. A lot of things had happened since last night and it almost made Jason think that multiple days had passed instead of just one night. Jason had given Liam till noon today to bring Tobias and Katarina to justice, but he was quickly losing his patience the longer time passed.

"Have you found anything yet?"

Jason sent a message out to Alpha and the other phantoms that he had sent to Greenville for an investigation and he heard Alpha’s apologetic voice echo through his mind.

"My king. I apologize, but there has been no sight of the Artefact in any of the BloodRaven guild headquarters or the Artefact dealers in the city. We are currently heading towards the home of Katarina Ford to search there as well."

Jason grit his teeth in annoyance! Why the fuck was it so difficult to find this one artefact!? It had already been more than twelve hours since Gina died and he hadn’t gotten anywhere yet! Jason thought that the Lich’s Heart was going to be more difficult to acquire, but right now it seemed like the [Banshee’s Tear] was far worse!

Ka-Cha!

The door to the house suddenly opened and Jason turned as he heard someone speaking while walking out.

"—I’m just going to see if I can find Jason. I won’t be— Oh, Jason! You were out here? I thought you left."

Juliet put her phone back in her bag and she saw Jason standing there and she smiled while walking closer, but she stopped when she saw the frown on Jason’s face. She asked Jason if there was something wrong, and Jason released a breath to calm himself before he asked.

"I need you to help me with something. There’s an artefact I’m looking for. You said your company also dealt in artefacts, right?"

Juliet nodded.

"Yes, but we aren’t really the forerunners. If you’re looking for something rare, then you might have to ask Royal Armory or the Black Knight company. What is it?"

"An A-rank artefact called Banshee’s Tears."

Juliet immediately frowned as she ran through all her memories, but she eventually shook her head.

"Sorry, I don’t remember an artefact like that passing through our company, but I’ll make some calls to contacts in the other companies and see what I can find. I’ll only take a minute."

Jason nodded in thanks and he watched as Juliet walked over to one side and began to make a call. Jason waited for a few seconds for her to finish the call and she finally turned around with a complicated expression on her face. She thanked the person on the other side of the phone before she spoke to Jason.

"The Royal Armory group was supposed to get a new delivery from BloodRaven and they said the [Banshee’s Tears] was a part of it. The trucks were already prepared to leave the guild houses, but the delivery never came. I think it was held back because of the SMD raid that started earlier. The Enforcers in Greenville are currently in a standoff with the BloodRaven guild."

"What?"

Jason frowned in surprise at that information. Jason didn’t think that things were that serious. Didn’t Liam say that they were going to try and find a diplomatic solution to the problem first? How in the world did it escalate into a full-out battle!?

Jason immediately activated his [Eye of the King] to see through the eyes of one of the phantoms that was watching Liam and he saw that Liam was standing outside a large mansion along with various other SMD agents. There were police cars and military trucks parked around the area and the sound of explosions and screams of battle could be heard echoing out from the large mansion in front of them. Jason was about to tell the Phantoms to go and see what was happening inside the building, but he decided that this wasn’t what was really important to him at that moment.

Juliet had just given Jason a clue to finding the [Banshee’s Tears] that he had been looking for all this time! Jason’s subordinates had searched through most of the buildings and storage facilities in the whole of Greenville for that artefact, but they weren’t able to find it because it was never in a building in the first place! The BloodRaven guild had already packaged the artefact, so it would be in one of the transport trucks that they used to move artefacts around!

Jason immediately sent a new order to all the subordinates in Greenville and told them to start searching through all the transport trucks that had any artefacts inside them! Alpha and the other subordinates quickly accepted Jason’s order and began to do as they were told and Jason turned to Juliet and told her that he would see her later.

"You’re leaving? To where?"

"Greenville. Just take care of things here until I get back, and make sure Riyala doesn’t go anywhere. I’ll leave it to you."

Before Juliet could say another word, she felt a strange sensation fill the air around Jason and Jason suddenly vanished from his spot! Juliet let out a shrill scream and took many steps back when a strange person dressed in black appeared where Jason had just been! What the hell is this!?

The person looked like a ninja from the stories Juliet had read as a child, it turned to Juliet with a blank look on its face and it tilted its head to one side in curiosity before it suddenly melted into the shadow of the building and vanished from her sight. Juliet felt a shiver go through her body and she shook her head while releasing a sigh. She was already used to seeing crazy things since the emergence of superhumans, but Jason was so unpredictable that she didn’t think she would ever get used to the things he did!

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[Greenville]

The city of Greenville was alive with action. Sounds of police vehicles and desperate reporters could be heard all around the city and the citizens could all tell that something big was taking place. In the heart of Greenville, the building that housed Katarina Ford, the strongest supporter in America, was currently surrounded by policemen and SMD agents who were all looking towards the building with intense gazes. Enforcers were moving quickly into the building with mana suppression cuffs and magic weapons, and there were loud explosions echoing from inside the building as an intense battle raged on!