Half a month passed.


    Nash took a deep breath and opened his eyes tiredly.


    "How long was I gone this time?" Nash asked Talroth, who was beside him.


    "Five hours. Where did you go?"


    "I don''t know. I don''t know where that ce was. I just followed my instincts and walked. I seemed to have met an old acquaintance of mine from many years ago, but I couldn''t see his face."


    "Really? That old acquaintance must be very important to you."


    "I can''t remember." Nash shook his head.


    "I see. Then... let''s try again tomorrow," Talroth suggested. "That person you saw might be the root of your bottleneck. You might discover something next time!"


    "Maybe," Nash''s eyes were vacant as he replied. The tension he had felt when he first arrived was gone. Now, he wasfortable, and facing everything about himself brought him peace. However, he was being asked to confront the things he had struggled to forget and those he had long forgotten.


    Just then, Nash''s old-school phone started ringing. This phone had been left to him by his father and only contained his number. Yet, this call was from an unfamiliar number. Ordinary numbers should not be able to reach this phone because it was military grade. Despite his puzzlement, Nash answered the call.


    "Hello?"


    "Hi, uhm, is uh... Master Talroth... there?" asked the person on the other end of the call. It sounded like a youth, and she had to be nervous considering the stammering.


    "How did you manage to call this number? Who are you?" Nash questioned, on high alert. He knew that someone who could bypass his father''s system and call him must be no ordinary person.Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.


    "Um... I... I... I''m sorry for bothering you... Um..."


    "Enough, give it to me." A male voice took over.


    "Nash, Commander Calcraft, we''re from the Unyielding Truth.


    Apologies, my friend here isn''t good at speaking. Rest assured, we didn''t fully hack into your system. We''re calling to ask if you could ry a message to Master Talroth is that okay?"


    "Sure, go ahead," Nash agreed, seeing that they were friends of Talroth''s.


    "Ask him to return to the Southern Territory''s headquarters immediately. Balmort Star, who was at the quasi-demigod level... has been killed. At the same time, nearly all our colleagues were attacked. Someone is targeting us!" With that, the call cut off abruptly.


    Nash repeated what he had heard to Talroth, and the man''s pupils constricted from the shock. He quickly calmed himself and began to analyze the situation rationally.


    "Attacked simultaneously?" Talroth


    murmured to himself. Their


    investigation into the gods of the West typically followed a rotation system, which was why he had time to see Nash. There was only one possible conclusion to their simultaneous attack.


    "You have a traitor among you," Nash stated firmly.


    "Exactly. It''s too much of a coincidence otherwise. How could they be able to attack everyone at the same time?" Talroth paused, and suddenly, a realization dawned upon him. "Your family is in danger!"


    "Quick!" Nash rushed, also realizing the severity of the situation then. If the traitor had exposed everyone''s locations, then Talroth''s position would have beenpromised too. This meant his wife and father were in danger. If these attackers could take down someone at Balmort''s level, they had to be formidable. The two of them immediately flew to the base of the mountain.


    They had been cultivating in the mountain while Philix had been on guard below to avoid disturbing them. Strangely, there was no sign of anyone at the base of the mountain. Nash frantically tried to


    calt his father, but the call would not


    go through.


    "Wait-" Before Talroth could finish speaking, he and Nash were suddenly transported into a magic circle.


    "Damn it! I was careless!" Nash roared.


    "Ah, I''ve been waiting for you two for quite some time." A deep voice came from behind them.