Chapter 145: Hunting Plans
In a marble room, hidden beneath the foundations of one of Black Rock Academy’s great noble houses, the patriarchs and matriarchs of at least eight powerful lineages gathered. All shared the same concern... and the same mistake.
"Are you sure William escaped?" Larsen Vaehem asked, his gaze fixed on his wine glass. "Wasn’t he supposed to be cornered?"
"Algheron’s men said so. What I don’t understand is how, if we sent him directly from the portal, we even gave him a full battalion in case Aurus appeared and tried to rescue him," replied an old man with white hair and a peaceful expression, as if none of this concerned him.
"My daughter was present and told me he didn’t even resist. They tortured him for hours, cut the tendons in his arms and legs, even Algheron himself tortured him. My daughter was ordered to continue to the combat area, and only Algheron stayed with the brat. Do you think he let him escape on purpose?" a lady with ample curves and fiery red hair that fell to her waist said.
"And why would he do that? As far as I know, he’s the person who hates this brat the most because of his son’s death," another woman with black hair and a stern face inquired disdainfully.
"Because he wanted him to lower his guard, and attract Aurus to catch him once and for all, as was the deal with Agis?" commented Lady Siraya.
"I don’t think so, everything seems to indicate that the brat is cunning. One of my guards was present and said that the brat summoned his spiritual wolf at just the right moment, and it dragged his shattered body across the battlefield and left them all behind."
A tense silence fell over the room. The name Aurus hung in the air without needing to be spoken.
"Now Agis wants us to reveal that we have him captive, to provoke a reaction from the master," one of the lords said, pulling out a crumpled scroll. "He wants to use him as bait to lure Aurus..."