Chapter 713: Chapter 713

Did I forget someone?

Upon hearing the words from the Aquarius Director, the Raven Masked Man’s expression momentarily froze, then his eyes widened suddenly:

"That Leon is still at the Virgin Branch? Didn’t you say you’d definitely hold him off, keep him in the Dream Realm for at least half a year?"

"You misremembered. What I said was not ’definitely’ hold him off, but rather to see if we could hold him off."

After correcting the Raven Masked Man’s statement, the Aquarius Director sighed softly, then explained somewhat helplessly:

"Regarding this matter, I’ve been doing my best. According to my plan, even if he withstands the siege of a million Nightmares, it will be difficult for him to resist the King of Nightmares with the geographical advantage. He would most likely just barely hold on.

In the end, either he would be completely eroded by the King of Nightmares, or he would be forced to unite with the newly born King of Nightmares. Even in the worst-case scenario, he would be corrupted in his battle with the King of Nightmares, becoming half a Dream Realm Creature, unable to return for a while.

But he pulled out a strange card I had never seen before, chasing the newly born King of Nightmares, devouring the entirety of the Demonic Soul Abyss, wreaking havoc across the entire twenty-first layer of the Dream Realm, and nearly leaving me behind. Escaping back already counts as extraordinary performance."

Isn’t this... outrageous?

"In any case, we will probably still have to face him next, and there’s no such thing as being too careful with such an unpredictable adversary."

Seeing the silent Raven Masked Man, the Aquarius Director smiled and summed up:

"Although you are the God of Calamity and Chaos, you may not be able to surpass him in creating chaos and disaster. In every sense, he’s your nemesis.

And his mind isn’t bad either. If you let slip any flaws because of a moment of carelessness and get discovered, our plan will fall apart.

So from now on, until Taurus starts the ascension over these next two weeks, I hope you can restrain yourself as much as possible and not create chaos at random, okay?"

"Okay, I can do that... but are you just going to let it slide?"

After holding back for a moment, the Raven Masked Man asked angrily:

"Even if he can defeat the King of Nightmares, he can’t possibly be your match! If you could seize the opportunity to ambush him..."

"Lord God of Calamity, it’s better not to say such meaningless words in the future."

Interrupting the Raven Masked Man’s questioning, the Aquarius Director’s voice grew slightly cold.

"Although during this promotion assessment, your Slaughter King Association’s informants contributed a lot to help me locate Sagittarius’ true form, in the end, the one who took the risky action was only me.

And although I couldn’t achieve a kill, I temporarily incapacitated both Pisces and Sagittarius Directors, forcing the Clean-up Bureau to retreat and giving you plenty of room. No matter how you calculate, you owe me.

Furthermore, if I abandon the original target to ambush Leon, are you prepared to face Pisces Director’s Bubble Shadow Cove, or do you plan to expend your lives against Sagittarius Director’s enhancement secret technique?"

"I’m not asking you to abandon the original plan..."

Facing the reasonable questioning from the Aquarius Director, the Raven Masked Man’s momentum immediately faltered, but he tried hard to contend:

"I meant to say that Leon is ultimately not the True God, and you can definitely do something, like leave some methods on him at leisure, or find common human weaknesses. We can definitely target his family..."

"You should really give up on that idea!"

Hearing this, the Aquarius Director’s expression grew slightly cold, then squinting, he warned:

"Listen carefully, if you want to take action against Leon, I won’t stop you, and I can even provide all the support short of direct action.

But if you prepare to do that, then I will terminate our cooperation with the Slaughter King Association, and even find a way to contact the Clean-up Bureau, to call them over to get rid of you!"

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What the... are you out of your mind? I’m your teammate, alright?

Facing the bizarre proclamation from the Aquarius Director to protect Leon’s family at all costs, the Raven Masked Man was utterly broken, veins bulging on his temple as he yelled:

"Aquarius! Whose side are you on? You..."

"I already tried your suggestion, and it’s not just once."

Under the bewildered look of the Raven Masked Man, the Aquarius Director, with a frown, said:

"I can’t tell you the specifics, but in simple terms, I have a way to glimpse a bit of the future. By checking before making a decision, I can see part of the consequences of that choice. Before I was able to take down Pisces and Sagittarius in one go because of him trying again and again.

And before I took action against Leon’s family, I used this method to peek into the future a few times. But no matter how I did it, the results I got in the end were very, very bad."

"When you say very bad, what exactly do you mean..."

"The most thorough destruction."

"The specific situation involves part of the future, so I can’t tell you directly what happened, only a general idea."

Recalling the fragmented, barren world seen from the memory of middle-aged Joshua, and the terrifying figure in the empty Realm of the Dead gazing intently at him, the Aquarius Director’s cheek twitched twice, then said with a slightly greenish face:

"In short, I did succeed, directly using this method to kill him, but the problem was that his death was just the beginning, and the end result was unacceptable to everyone... Alright, let’s get moving!"

Preventing the Raven Masked Man from further questioning, the Aquarius Director glanced at the sky, then urged:

"It’s already late at night, the target should be sound asleep. We have less than four hours until dawn, and we must secretly send the King of Nightmares into her dream before daybreak!"

Faced with such a cryptic explanation, the Raven Masked Man naturally wouldn’t be satisfied, but the naked killing intent when Aquarius warned him just now was genuine, so he had no choice but to accept the outcome for now.

Seeing that he didn’t object anymore, the Aquarius Director flipped his wrist, taking out an intricately designed glass lantern, gently shaking it towards the night enveloping the Royal Capital.

As the Dream Wandering Lantern swayed, the starry night sky above the Royal Capital gradually faded, replaced by a dark and thick black rain cloud. A large amount of slightly sorrowful rain fell steadily from the clouds.

So this thing in the lantern, is this the King of Nightmares that Aquarius brought back from the Dream Realm?

Through the lantern’s glass covering of the Dream Wandering Lantern, after observing Leon impaled on the wick, angrily roaring outwards, the Raven Masked Man asked skeptically:

"Is this thing? Can it really work?"