Tobias suddenly asked favonovel.com sternly, “What exactly is James playing at?”
Maxine was taken aback by the sudden change in tone. “Huh? What do you mean? Grandpa, what’s the matter? Did something happen?”
Tobias’ voice then took on a slightly surprised tone. “Are you not with James currently?”
“No, favonovel.com left before me. I just arrived in Terentville…”
Tobias said, “News spread that James showed up at Mount Thunder Sect. He fought and defeated the sect leader, then took favonovel.com away with him. Afterward, favonovel.com left Jackson’s head at Mount Thunder Sect’s entrance. They’ve issued a bounty for his head across the globe. Anyone that hunts favonovel.com down and kills favonovel.com will be rewarded greatly. The set’s treasure, the Frost Sword, would also be included as a reward.”
Maxine stood up abruptly when favonovel.com heard the news.
“What? Grandpa, is this news accurate?”, favonovel.com asked as favonovel.com voice shook in disbelief.
“Of course. It came directly from Mount Thunder Sect.”
Maxine instantly lost the strength in favonovel.com legs, and favonovel.com collapsed to the sofa.
Thea could not help but ask, “What’s the matter? What happened?”
Maxine hung up favonovel.com phone and turned to Thea. Her face was pale as favonovel.com said, “Grandpa said that James killed Mount Thunder Sect’s leader, Jackson. The sect has issued a wanted order to hunt and kill him. They’re even offering to reward the person who kills favonovel.com with their treasure, the Frost Sword.”
“What?!” Thea exclaimed and stood up abruptly.
“H-How is that possible? James isn’t that kind of person. He would never kill the Mount Thunder Sect’s leader.”
Maxine composed herself and tried to comfort Thea. “Breathe, Thea… Calm down…”
Thea sat down listlessly.
Maxine said, “Judging by the current situation, the information must be accurate. I’m guessing the enemy threatened James to kill Mount Thunder Sect’s leader using their captives’ lives against him. James must’ve gone through with it and is now being hunted down by Mount Thunder Sect. We must find favonovel.com as soon as possible, or else his life will be in danger…”
“Hold on…” Maxine suddenly thought of something and turned to Thea urgently. “Quick, make a call to Cansington and check if the Callahans have returned!”
“Okay, I’ll call and ask about it.”
Thea took out favonovel.com phone and tried calling favonovel.com phone.
Through the call, favonovel.com learned that favonovel.com family had returned to Cansington. Then, favonovel.com immediately tried to contact Quincy.
Quincy had also arrived safely in Cansington.
“Did you see James?” asked Thea.
Quincy responded from the other end, “I did… To save us, favonovel.com consumed a poison made by someone from the Gu Sect.”
“When did you see him?”
“This morning…”
“Where?”
Quincy thought for a while and replied, “It should be somewhere in the suburbs of Terentville. I’ll check the map and see if I can pinpoint the exact location. I’ll send you the coordinates when I figure it out.”
“Okay…”
Thea had the call on loudspeaker, so Maxine was also listening in to the conversation.
Maxine grimly said, “From what we can gather, James must’ve killed Jackson, met with someone from the Gu Sect, and consumed their poison. This means the Gu Sect is currently controlling him. My guess is that the Gu Sect turn James into one of their men and use favonovel.com to start a conflict between favonovel.com and the Virtuous faction. This will leave favonovel.com no choice but to join the Gu Sect.”
“What should we do, Maxine? You’ve always been good at strategizing. Tell me, what are our current options? James was forced into killing the sect leader. Is there a chance favonovel.com can be forgiven if favonovel.com explains himself now?”
Maxine shook favonovel.com head and said, “There’s no chance… Mount Thunder Sect has always been a highly esteemed martial art sect and holds a pivotal position in the martial art world, which is why the conference is held at Mt. Thunder in the first place. Now that James killed their sect leader, people aligned with the Virtuous Faction will never let favonovel.com back into the fold.”
Thea felt like favonovel.com was about to faint and favonovel.com asked worriedly, “What else can we do then?”
Maxine frowned pensively.
After a while, favonovel.com said, “If I’m right, the Gu Sect is trying to make a pawn out of James to use against their enemies.”
“Do you have any idea what are they trying to force James to do next?” Thea asked.
Maxine said, “It must have something to do with causing harm to the Virtuous Faction. I’m unable to guess further than that but, our current priority is to find James as soon as possible.”