The Inheritance Of The Supreme Immortals

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: The Eldritch Council - 2

"My subordinates followed through and blocked every transportation point, but we couldn't find the artifact. However, the mysterious person gave us another piece of information—the location to where the artifact was headed."

"It's a place owned by a man named Dorian Sterling."

"Dorian Sterling?" Helena raised an eyebrow, seemingly familiar with the name Mia mentioned.

"You're familiar with him, my daughter?" Adriana asked, pouring herself a cup of tea and offering one to Sam, completely ignoring the guest and her daughter.

Helena's eyes twitched in annoyance, but she couldn't say anything. After all, she had already agreed to share Sam with Adriana and her sisters; she wouldn't go back on her words now.

"Yes, he's a very famous businessman in the mortal world. But his true identity is that he is a low-class dragon, a wyvern of the Blazing Wyvern Clan."

"Blazing Wyverns, huh? I believe they are one of the subordinate clans of the Flareheart Clan," Adriana said with a thoughtful expression.

"Yes," Helena nodded in confirmation, then turned to Mia. "How is he connected with the artifact stolen from our land?"

"I don't know. We couldn't get any other usable information about him, but we were able to locate the artifact," Mia said, slowly sipping the tea. From time to time, she would glance at Sam, her face turning red, and her eyes vibrating for unknown reasons.

"Our men ran after the people who were transporting the artifact, but they managed to escape our vision one night in the center of the city," Mia continued.

"So you lost the artifact?" Adriana asked.

"Unfortunately, yes," Mia nodded with a bitter smile.

"We lost the artifact in a location very close to where Dorian resides. We assume that the perpetrators delivered the artifact to him, but that's simply not the case."

"When we investigated Dorian Sterling, we painfully discovered he did not possess the artifact, which means..."

"...you completely lost it," Helena continued where Mia left off.

Mia Hasegawa nodded before letting out a sigh.

"I understand, but I'm curious. What kind of artifact are we talking about?" Adriana asked.

Mia hesitated for a few seconds, pondering whether she should reveal information about the artifact. "It's a treasure passed down to us by my ancestors. I'm sure you already know about it too. It's the Codex of the Supreme Immortals."

"The Codex of the Supreme Immortals?" Helena couldn't help but shift her glance to her only son, who didn't seem to have any expression in reaction to this revelation, as if he didn't care.

All this time, the artifact the Fox Tribe had been

A brief silence filled the guest hall as Mia and Sam exchanged perplexed glances, while Adriana and Helena observed the silent interaction without uttering a word.

"Anyway, Princess Mia, is that all you have to say? I don't believe you came all the way to my place just to meet my son," Helena inquired with a thoughtful expression.

"She came to meet me?" Sam expressed surprise.

"Yes, there is one more thing. When we investigated Dorian, we didn't find the whereabouts of the codex, but we did find a connection between him and The Eldritch Council," Mia revealed.

"We discovered serious evidence that Dorian Sterling is a member of The Eldritch Council. What led us to this conclusion is files corresponding to events believed to be the work of the Eldritch Council," Mia paused for a few seconds before continuing.

"We also made an interesting discovery. Do you remember the incidents of how wild beasts disappeared?"

Everyone nodded their heads in unison.

"We found several pieces of evidence in his mansion that experiments have been conducted using different wild beasts. It seems they tried to artificially mutate the beasts using demonic methods," Mia stated with uncertainty.

"While going through those files, we learned some names that we believe are members of the Eldritch Council. A couple of names were recognizable, which brings me to you because one of those people is from your clan," Mia said with a serious expression.

"Who is it?" Adriana's expression darkened.

"Harper Hailstorm."

"That bastard. Why am I not surprised? Of course, it's him. I can't believe I kept him in my clan. I should have disposed of him a long time ago," Adriana had an ugly expression.

As they continued speaking, a bright light suddenly flashed, and a figure shot out in lightning speed. The target was none other than Sam.

"MY DEAR BROTHER..."

A sweet and adorable voice echoed, prompting Helena and Adriana to sigh in helplessness.

As they continued speaking, a bright light suddenly flashed, and a figure shot out in lightning speed. The target was none other than Sam.

Sophia, like a little girl who had been separated for countless years, joyfully leaped into Sam's arms.

She paid no attention to the presence of the women, as in her eyes, only Sam existed. She couldn't be bothered to even greet the clan leader.

"I missed you so much. I don't want to ever go into closed-door cultivation again without you, my dearest brother," Sophia lovingly rubbed her face against Sam's chest.

Sam, equally delighted, embraced Sophia in his arms and planted a kiss on her forehead. "This brother missed you just as much... huh? Your cultivation has improved to the peak Spirit Severing Realm?"

"Heheh... yes, yes, praise me more," Sophia giggled sweetly, her eyes seeking approval.

Noticing her desire for praise, Sam patted her head adoringly, causing her to purr against his hand like a contented cat.

"Hehehe..." Sophia's happiness at that moment knew no bounds.

"Sophia, we are in the middle of a serious conversation; behave yourself," Helena tried to scold her daughter.

Sophia completely ignored her mother as she spoke to Sam, "Brother dearest, I want to go out. Will you accompany me?"

"Sure," Sam nodded, for which Sophia rewarded him with a kiss on both cheeks. She was about to kiss his lips, but Sam dodged her, making her pout.

Seeing that she was completely ignored, Helena felt irritation on so many levels. As the first princess of the Hailstorm Clan, she couldn't believe that she was being treated like air by her own daughter.

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