Chapter 1179: Origin

Chapter 1179: Origin

Nathan and Evelyn glanced at each other. Was there someone like that? The one who governed the world from the shadows?

Johnson continued, answering their doubts. “In the beginning, you would find wealthy merchants, influential nobles, and so on. The merchants were able to cause some problems on the market, driving up prices as they liked.

“Nobles can use their power to manipulate the regulations, creating a mutual relationship with the merchants.

“There were also people from the dark world, doing all the dirty things for them. This group was so influential that they had become a thorn in the government’s eye.

“As you can see, there are only two nations on this continent. Empire in the west, dynasty in the east.

“This group was able to control both of them from the shadows. Obviously, the ruler didn’t like it. Even in their own empire or dynasty, they could see an elite circle.

“While it was great to a certain extent, neither emperor liked it. The Erwih dynasty was obvious. There was a reason why a single family could create a dynasty and wanted to maintain their dynasty. The empire was almost divided due to the continuous rise of this group.

“As a result, both the dynasty and the empire joined hands to suppress this group. At that time, not much happened, but a few nobles disappeared mysteriously. The economy was ruined a bit, but it bounced right after.

“It happened during the reign of the former emperor of the dynasty. However, their traces couldn’t be seen anymore.

“When they were weakened, a man came. His name is Radivhal Krator. He was the third-born of the Krator family from the empire.

“His entire life was sad. His mother was humiliated and executed. His family didn’t leave him anything behind and kicked him out.

“To survive, he did almost everything. However, due to everything that happened to him, a villain was born.

“His strength was unlike anyone had seen before.

“He managed to defeat two people of the same level by himself. Due to his existence, the society changed its name to the Death Society.

“He became the harbinger of death. In the beginning, no one understood anything. He entered the society with the help of several people, but there was no reason for them to help him.

“People were confused at that time but didn’t think too much about it. In the end, they thought this guy could be brought down as long as the empire or the dynasty wanted to.

“However, this was their biggest mistake. By the time they realized it, it was already too late. This guy had become one of the strongest people in the world.

“The society had changed its rules and emphasized strength. Instead of controlling everything from the shadows, they directly terrorized both the dynasty and the empire.

“All the bad things you could think of, they had probably done them. Feeling threatened, the two emperors joined hands one more time to destroy them, but they failed.

“The Death Society disappeared from the world. People thought it was the empire and dynasty’s victory, but a few years later, they returned, plunging the world into chaos.

“Many nobles and countless citizens, including mine, were destroyed in their revenge. We fought back and killed half of their members, but the loss was too much.

“If we continued this way, we would lose too much to recover. As a result, the most reasonable way was to seal them, preventing them from expanding.

“However, it all changed once the disaster struck. They grew restless again. Although nothing big had happened yet, the strength of the two nations was dwindling. The moment they saw a chance, they would definitely return.”

Nathan could see how devastating the next attack would be. If they were given the initiative, the Death Society could cause the two nations to collapse.

All of them would die. No one would remain. After the explanation, several questions appeared in his mind.

Nathan raised his hand. “Can I ask a few questions?”

Johnson nodded.

“First of all, after knowing that this society was dangerous, why did they not eliminate them completely? I’m not talking about the operation where they ended up escaping to another continent. I’m talking about the operation before that.”

That was right. If society were destroyed completely, they wouldn’t have to deal with it anymore.

Johnson sighed. “I don’t know anything. This happened 42 years ago. I was just 7 years old at that time. Due to the secrecy of this operation, there weren’t any records left.

“Most people who participated in that operation had passed away. It was a secret operation, so only a team of elites was sent. Whatever the reason, it has become a problem for us.”

Nathan crossed his arms. “How about the leader? Do you know anything else about him? Like, what is his motive or his power?”

“Ah. His power… is even weirder. This is related to why he called himself the Godfather of the World.

“He was able to hear everything. You could say one word, but he might hear two. Lies and other things couldn’t fool him.

“We suspected it was a heavenly ability.”

“!!!” Nathan was even more shocked. To be able to have that ability, one needed a high karma value.

To have accumulated that karma, he must have done a lot of good things. Yet, the story didn’t add up. In that case, there was another possibility. He might have gotten that power from someone else.

Either way, this kind of innate ability would be annoying. If he could listen to everything, they would be in trouble because no sneak attack could take him out.

“What about his power?”

“This is the second thing that makes him even more mysterious.” Johnson’s expression turned grim. “He was able to grant power to other people. Their fragment of summoning would become jet black. Their strength would skyrocket, becoming stronger than anything no one had seen before.

“There were a lot of theories, but no one had confirmed it yet. The most plausible theory was… all that black fragment of summoning… was related to the alien’s black cell.”

“!!!”