Chapter 998: Trapping a Killer! (2)
The Serpent King was a well-known figure among the Legendary Kings because he belonged to the Sea Serpent Race of the Ocean Race and was one of their highest authority leaders. But no one knew that the revered Serpent King was actually a Constant Baron of ATLAS.
Although the Serpent King wasn’t among the top hundred Constant Barons, his ranking was still relatively high: He was Constant Baron-101. This also put him just a rank below Constant Baron-100 and a step away from acquiring his own floor in the Timeless Tower, which comes with many benefits.
That’s why Constant Baron-101 didn’t hesitate to take on the task of ruining Constant Baron-0. He was also secretly part of Constant Baron-1’s faction, even though Constant Baron-0 was unaware of it. Furthermore, this chance also came abruptly because of the formation of the Secret Fraternity.
This Secret Fraternity was formed among the people whom the Upper Plains ordered to search for the Cursed One, and the Serpent King was among such Legendary Kings.
That’s how Constant Baron-1’s faction hatched this plan to trick Constant Baron-0 by diligently leaving traces behind, so they could draw her here today.
Although it wasn’t easy, and they needed to be careful not to be discovered by Constant Baron-0, they still succeeded and also achieved their other objective, which was the ’Cursed One’, and they believed that it was none other than the ’Faceless Ancient’.
Now, they were only a step away from pitting Constant Baron-0 against the Secret Fraternity and forcing them to take action against her.
Everything was meticulously planned; they even had a backup, but alas, they missed one crucial variable: Jacob’s sudden involvement with Constant Baron-0 and his presence in this ’raid’ today.
Serpent King knew he couldn’t attack Constant Baron-0, or she would be free to retaliate against him, which he didn’t want. So, he chose the next best thing to start the plan, which was targeting Jacob.
Although Serpent King didn’t know who Jacob was and why Constant Baron-0 would bring him here with her, he thought little of him because there wasn’t any kind of power emitting from Jacob, nor were there any soul fluctuations. This could only mean Jacob was probably Constant Baron-0’s slave or attendant.