บท 104: Phantom Brotherhood Meeting

The spy lowered his head as he was in the presence of Dark Lord, he had informed the Dark Lord and everyone was waiting for him to make his decision. Dark Lord seemed to be in deep thought since he heard that info…

An impatient member among them shouted out, "Why are we so silent? We know the one who created that explosion in our hideout and killed many of our members, some were our friends, no, basically family. Are we gonna leave it as it is…?"

All the members remained silent as they heard his words but they could feel their blood boiling at the thought of someone killing their friends, their brothers. How could they not feel the motivation to destroy the Spirit Hall?

The impatient member raised his head as he looked towards the Dark Lord and raised his voice, "What's taking the lord so long to decide our next course of action? Is the lord not angry at the loss of our members? Are we just a pawn for you and the organization? Will the organization not take revenge against the Spirit Hall?"

His questions hit the pride of the Dark Lord, it was as if he didn't think that Dark Lord was good enough to lead them. Many people were opposed to him as they also raised their words, "Shut up! You dare raise your voice in front of his highness Lord."

A commotion started to happen because of different opinions, some people were also impatient and wanted the Dark Lord to quickly make the decision. They couldn't wait to go on a Killing Spree and take their revenge.

Some trusted Dark Lord and his decisions, they decided to wait for Dark Lord to make his decision. He had never made any foolish decisions or a decision without giving it a proper thought.

As the commotion started to get louder, Dark Lord opened his eyes as a cold yet feminine voice was sounded in the hall, "Quiet! All of you, quiet!" A girl dressed in Black, her cold expression and her killing intent terrified everyone in the hall.

Their voices were caught in their throats as they didn't dare to speak another word, it was as if they could see their death in front of them. The girl didn't stop as she continued to speak, "How dare you question our Lord? Has he ever taken any wrong decision? Any decision that was not in favour to you all."

Her words caused them to reflect on themselves, they realized that she wasn't wrong. Just how could they suddenly doubt the Dark Lord's Leadership due to this one incident, and it wasn't as if it was Dark Lord's fault.

A low chuckling voice started to echo in the hall, the hall was so silent that even this low sound could be heard by each and every one of the people in the room. Dark Lord's face was graced with a gentle smile as he gazed at members in the hall.

"Alright, I will tell you why I am taking so long to decide my next course of actions." He raised his hand as he motioned for the girl to move back and let him start talking. The girl stayed silent as she obeyed his order without any delay.

"I was just confused at the information that I received. According to our spy here, the Spirit Hall seemed to be aware of our Organization, then tell me, why did we not know that the Spirit hall knew about our Organization?"

"The next one, to be honest, I didn't expect anyone to show up at that place, I left our spy just in case that the enemy turned out to be an idiot. But the thing is, the enemy turned out to be Elders from Spirit Hall, and it will be a cold day in hell if I think of Spirit Hall as an idiotic enemy."

His questions, his words caused them to widen their eyes in realization, all of them had the same thought running through their mind 'The heck… That's it! Why didn't we think of something like this? His questions are valid. It is natural to be confused if he thinks of it like this.'

The Dark Lord let them think of this for themselves and raised his voice a little, "So, I think that someone is trying to direct our attention to the Spirit Hall. Maybe they have some plan in motion and the Spirit hall is against them or something else but the point is that they are trying to use us."

These words left the impatient members very ashamed of themselves, they couldn't believe that the reason they were flared up was because of someone's scheme working on them. They were just about to be tricked badly by someone…

As the members started to self-contemplate about this themselves, they felt as if there wasn't anything they could say in this situation. Dark Lord could read their faces like an open book, he smiled a little as he completed, "And this was the reason why I was taking so long to make a decision. I hope you are satisfied."

His words were directed at the impatient guy who had spoken up and raised his voice, that guy was too embarrassed to say anything other than strike his head against the ground. He didn't even have the courage to speak anything as he didn't raise his head…

Dark Lord was a little displeased about this, "Raise your head Mo Juechan. There isn't a need to feel shame in questioning the authority of a leader." He gazed at every single person in the room and raised his voice so that every single one of them could hear him, "I expect many of you to do this."

"But, why Lord?" A random member gathered his courage as he asked that question, Dark Lord simply smiled and gave out the reason, "A leader is someone who leads from the front with his back facing his people. If you all do not fully trust me then that's the end for me, I would have lost the war without even being in it."

His words were very warm as all the people felt honoured that Dark Lord held them with such importance, some felt pride in him as their leader, some felt humility that they actually doubted such a man.

"Alright, enough of this talk. Let's talk about the decision that I have to make, I am open for suggestions." Dark Lord shifted the topic to the important matter as they had to decide on their next course of Action.

"Well, since we know that someone is trying to manipulate us with his scheme then we should just not take any action against the Spirit Hall and investigate about the people and take our revenge."

This was a simple yet good solution for the situation right now, many members liked this plan and were in support for it. Well all but Dark Lord, he just had a slight smile on his face as he praised the plan, "It is a simple yet good plan…"

"… but wouldn't that be too obvious. Tell me, what would you do if an organization was on full search mode for you and your people?" He casually questioned his people as he picked up a cube and made it dance in his hand.

He closed his fist as he answered his own question, "You would hide! Another thing is that I don't believe that this Organization is too large otherwise they wouldn't have feared Spirit Hall. I believe that it is a small group of people with some grudge against the Spirit Hall."

His words made sense as all the members silently appreciated their lord even more, they could now link up everything. If an organization was in search for a group of people with little to no knowledge about them then it was quite useless to search around.

They won't be able to find out about them even if the people were walking right beside them. This was one of the greatest advantages for a small group, members remained silent as they tried to get past this problem and think of an alternative plan.

Dark Lord observed their faces as he tapped the cube on his chair and spoke, "That is the reason I have thought of another way. A way to trap this group." His voice gradually got colder as he revealed his dark thoughts, "How dare they try to use me and our organization? I will show him how it is done!"