"The amount of orders from mana stones has increased, but whoever is behind this, is using a lot of resources to move all these people discreetly," A woman wearing a suit said respectfully.
"Hmm, Tell Arthur to send people from Abyss Guild to track these orders," The woman sitting on the chair said while looking out the window.
"But Lady Sylvie, it might create problems with other Guilds and the World Association," Her secretary said hesitantly.
Sylvie turned the chair to face her and smiled.
"Let them, it's not the first time they will have a problem with us,"
"And isn't it time, people should remember that Greville is not to be messed with," Sylvie spoke as her eyes became cold.
"As you wish," Her secretary knew the reason behind Sylvie's current mood.
Her eyes naturally looked at the report she had given to Sylvie just now, which was sent by the Moonlight Guild, and it was the document that covered people who were investigating Asher.
"You can leave," Sylvie said as she turned her chair again to face the massive glass window behind her.
Right now, Sylvie's eyes were cold as she was looking down at the Soran City, while she stood up and moved to the table and opened the report that was sent from Helena herself.
It was about the people that were looking around Asher, and the reason for all that was obvious.
The greatest talent of this whole generation was even greater than the ones in the past was blooming and growing inside the World Academy.
Those results were shown before the Trials Ground, it would make many people including the other four among the Top Five Guilds cautious as it meant that the threat level of the Greville family was going to increase in the future.
Normally, all reports reported threats to the Greville family that reached Sylvie, and she would forward them to Arthur, but she was exceptionally furious that people were targeting her son.
Far from the Abyss Corporation Headquarters, in a familiar mansion, a man was sitting in front of multiple holographic screens.
His face was pale but his hands kept moving.
But his facial expressions kept becoming worse.
Slurp!
Yet again, he frowned but couldn't stop.
Slurp!
He started tapping his legs in annoyance.
Slurp!
"Stop it!" Tom shouted as he looked back.
"Uh?" Dane looked confused.
"Stop making that annoying sound while drinking that damn thing," Tom shouted.
"Oh, my bad," Dane scratched his head as he smiled.
If looks could kill, Tom would have killed Dane many times right now.
"But, what are you doing breaching the security system of Abyss Corporation,"
"Let me give you some advice, don't bother going against Boss, he is too scary," Dane said as he leaned back.
"Do you think, I am stupid like you?" Tom asked.
"I am doing what Boss ordered me to do," Tom said annoyingly.
Tom looked back at the screen and started his work once again.
'This should be enough to create enough suspicion,' Tom thought as he closed the screen.
Right now, he was feeding information about Asher to many people who were seeking it.
And the one who ordered him to do so, was Asher himself.
But Tom was being extra careful because he was intentionally exposing his activities to Abyss Corporation, or Sylvie Greville exactly.
"These guys are too stupid," Dane muttered making Tom look back.
"I mean, even Spyder didn't bother to touch the Greville Family and other top seven Elite families," Dane said.
"And these fools are trying to find dirt on the Heir of the Greville Family himself," Dane said as he felt all these people were fools.
"It's not all about power, they are looking for something that could give them an advantage over Boss," Kai who entered the room just now spoke.
"As of right now, there is practically no information about Boss, apart from what they could gather from World Academy,"
Dane slightly understood what Kai meant by his words, but he still wasn't convinced.
"Anyway, I have a small task for all of you," Tom looked at Dane and Kai.
"Louis Rothschild is in Somaria currently, I need you to track his movements for the time being," Tom said as he looked at Kai.
"Are you sure?" Kai asked.
"Yeah, this time you can move more openly with your identities, but don't expose yourself in front of Louis, he knows about your power," Tom said looking at Kai.
"It's just monitoring right?" Kai asked.
Tom nodded.
"Then I am alone enough, Dane can stay here," Kai replied.
***
"Who are you?" Asher asked as the unknown man looked at him.
"Me? Hmmm, I guess you could call me the Overseer of this place," The unknown man replied.
[ Warning! Host- ]
Snap!
The unknown man snapped his fingers as the System notification that was appearing in front of Asher shattered.
"I don't like these annoying things," He said while floating down and stepping on the staircase.
Asher's eyes became cold as he looked at the unknown man.
"I decide the rules, the trials, and the flow," The unknown man spoke as he raised his hands.
In a split second, the unknown man appeared in front of Asher, and Asher raised his eyes as he couldn't even react to the speed.
"So you are the one who he sent,"
The golden eyes stared at Asher, as the man stood in front of Asher.
Suddenly, the unknown man raised his hand but the purple chains appeared from the ground.
"Tch," The unknown man clicked his tongue.
There was a hint of annoyance in his voice but his eyes said otherwise.
"I guess, my curiosity could wait,"
"Would you like to challenge your Second Trial?" The unknown man asked.
"The Second Trial?" Asher asked,
"Yes, the second trial, but remember my trials aren't like the one you faced before,"
"What is it?" Asher asked.
"Hmm, quite an interesting one you are," The unknown man said as his golden eyes looked at Asher.
"Well, seeing that you seem ready, you can go face it," The unknown man said.
Suddenly the golden eyes shined as Asher felt a small change in them. Weird lines formed around his eyes, akin to a spell formation, but before he could look properly the whole view around him changed.
The Unknown man was left alone as Asher disappeared into another space.
The chains that were wrapped around him also disappeared as the man started walking up the staircase.
"Interesting, it's been a long time since I saw that look in someone's eyes," He muttered.
"Even the ones that had similar eyes like you were quite interesting,"
"I look forward to what you can do,"
As those words left the mouth, the unknown man raised his hand as the water started moving away from the waterfall revealing a massive runic formation.
"Let the Trials begin," The man spoke as he snapped his finger and disappeared.
In another space, Asher found himself in a dark space with no light around him.
Asher's eyes opened as he felt submerged in something heavy, that kept getting heavier.
A familiar feeling, but it wasn't a pleasant one.
He couldn't breathe, nor he could move his body around.
But it didn't take long for Asher to realize what the heavy feeling around him was.
'Mana?' Asher thought as he felt needle piercing sensation all around his body.
The mana started to seep inside Asher's body, and an incredibly painful sensation was felt by Asher.
His facial expressions didn't change but it didn't mean that he wasn't in danger.
The mana started forcing itself into Asher's body, as small black pores started forming.
Suddenly, in the dark space, Asher saw a blue flicker in front of his eyes.
[ WARNING! ]
[ WARNING! ]
[ Amount of mana entering Host's body is incredibly high ]
[ Mana Heart is getting Damaged ]
[ Warning! Mana Heart Deterioration Progress 0.001 % ]
[ Host's life is in threat ]
Asher could see the notifications but even without, he recognized that he was in danger, after this feeling wasn't exactly unfamiliar to him.
'Mana Poisoning' Asher thought in his head.
The black dots that were forming around his body, were due to the mana poisoning that was happening due to the presence of mana that didn't belong to his own Mana Heart, finding its way inside his mana veins.
But unlike the one he had in his previous life, this time it was happening at an incredibly fast rate.
Asher's body was like an empty body in a space filled with insanely dense mana, and it made it so that all that mana was forcing itself to fill the space.
Asher's eyes started twitching as the pain was on an insane level. Any normal person's mind would have been broken with the amount of pain that Asher was feeling right now.
The pain was akin to an unmeasurable amount of needles piercing your entire body, from your head to your eyes to your skin.
