As for why he, a mere Two-winged Mage, could become the captain of the Red Hats in a frontline city, it was naturally because Mongfera had no high-level combat power, and...
Unlike all other cities, Mongfera’s real defensive measures had nothing to do with the Red Hats—neither externally nor internally.
Soon, the foreigners had finally discussed their distribution strategy, which was simply this: everyone for themselves, but no killing allowed.
It seemed that aside from Cleos’s Red Hats, everyone else wanted to capture them alive.
When they looked over, Sangjilte knew it was time for him to work. He rubbed his cheeks and took a deep breath through his nose, "Please follow me to Elevator 23."
The informant, besides providing the location of Ash and others, also mentioned the most crucial point: Belladett would protect the Funeral Service Office as per the Contract. Therefore, once the Chasers were exposed to Belladett’s view, whether Belladett liked it or not, they would definitely use various means to divert them, so if they wanted to capture Ash Harvey, they had to act covertly and swiftly.
To stealthily infiltrate Belladett Manor, they could only use Elevator 23 to reach the second-floor city, where the monitoring equipment was temporarily damaged—the Gospel Book provided them with a top-secret operation map.
With their employee cards, dozens of elite Mages took the elevator to the suspended warehouse. According to the informant’s intelligence, Ash and Harvey were both working overtime in the Hell Zone tonight, so their plan was simple: strike Belladett, take them away, and go home for further handling.
As for the authenticity of the intelligence, there was no need to consider: the Gospel Book would judge for them; they just needed to listen to the Gospel.
All the way there was smooth sailing; it seemed the servants were all resting, and the warehouse was empty. Walking at the front, Sangjilte carefully avoided the boxes labeled "Valuable Items," the vague sense of dissonance growing stronger in his mind.
Yesterday, when he received the informant’s intelligence, Sangjilte had been suspecting whether the informant could be from Belladett. Although according to the intelligence, Belladett could not reveal the secrecy of the Funeral Service Office in any way, there were certainly some traps in the Contract that could be circumvented.
But here was a troubling question: Why would Belladett do such a thing?
They couldn’t afford the Funeral Service Office?
Impossible, the food wasted daily in Mongfera could feed ten thousand Funeral Service Offices.
Did the Funeral Service Office offend Belladett, so they wanted to kill with a borrowed knife?
It was possible, but couldn’t Belladett even handle a group of foreign Mages?
Had Belladett planned to betray the Funeral Service Office from the start?
Impossible, if betrayal was the first option, then why would Belladett sign a protection Contract with the Funeral Service Office?
The crucial point was... Sangjilte glanced at the joint squad behind him; each Mage was the elite of the elite, even led by a Holy Sanctuary Mage.
Belladett had so many channels through which they could betray the Funeral Service Office, why choose the most perilous one? Didn’t they know revealing it to the major families would lead them to converge on Mongfera? Didn’t they know Harvey was the source of disaster pointed out by thousands of men? Didn’t they know about their family’s Angel Inheritance—
The individuals who had set notification alerts immediately opened the Gospel Book and received a new message from the informant:
"The members of the Funeral Service Office, upon consulting the Gospel Book, have learned of the invasion at Belladett Manor and are preparing to flee."
After verifying the accuracy of the intelligence, Qinna immediately said, "We have no time to waste; we must act now!"
Sangjilte nodded, "Then let’s hurry—"
"Don’t walk!" a Mage from Kaiser shook his head and flew up—
The ceiling was instantly pierced by various Miracles, dozens of Mages directly broke through the second-floor ceiling of the warehouse, then the first-floor, until they saw the night sky of Mongfera! The ceiling here, reinforced by Miracles, distributes any external force to all areas; it was extremely hard to penetrate with ordinary Miracles, but once broken, the whole layer shattered!
Countless goods fell to the fragmented second floor of the warehouse, Sangjilte and others dumbfoundedly watched as the foreigners destroyed Belladett’s private property, and from the appearance, these goods were precisely the cherished Technique Spirits, extremely firm hard currency in the Kingdom of Gospel, immeasurably valuable!
At that moment, Sangjilte furiously rubbed his nose.
He finally understood, Belladett’s target was not the Funeral Service Office, but—
"Red Hats from two cities, three service offices, and eight major families are all present."
Igula closed the Gospel Book, "Congratulations, Yvalin, from now on, you are the most powerful family head in the history of Belladett."
The blue-haired girl standing on a footstool, looking at the far-off sky where foreigners fluttered like flies, countered, "And how do you know?"
"The Dominion Faction of your family has severely destroyed the potential of Mages," Igula said. "Although Mages come in all shapes and sizes, a powerful Mage must surely possess strong beliefs. But in the extreme hedonism of Mongfera, the foundation for developing faith simply does not exist, as all beliefs require ’delayed gratification,’ whereas Mongfera values ’immediate pleasure.’"
"Even Vatican Mura, after all, still has ’family’ as a supporting belief, but what does Mongfera have? People with no need for a future also will have no future."