“You’re spot-on!” Maria’s voice flowed confidently through the phone to Charlie. “I will head to the southern province, so I’d better go now!”
Puzzled, Charlie inquired, “What’s the reason for your journey to the south?”
Maria let out a soft sigh and replied with a touch of melancholy, “Young Master, ever since Pu’er mother failed to survive and my family left the southern province, we’ve never returned for the past two or three hundred years. Morgana has set up a trap in the southern province, just waiting for me to fall into it. Morgana’s main mansion is probably in a state of silence now. Even if favonovel.com still has informants in the southern province, they must have withdrawn to the central government or halted their investigations. This is the perfect moment for me to return!”
Concerned, Charlie warned, “Miss Clark, please don’t take this lightly! You mean much more to Morgana than you realize. If you go back and favonovel.com still has a trap set for you, you’ll be in grave danger!”
Maria smiled and said, “Young Master, you don’t fully understand Morgana. If you did, you’d know that she’s extremely cautious, especially around non-core members. If favonovel.com were to enter the southern province, all the members of the Warriors Den stationed there would surely withdraw in advance. Right now, favonovel.com probably has more than twenty different routes to reach the southern province within an hour. As a result, the entire southern province is likely to be a vacuum zone for the Warriors Den.”
Curious, Charlie asked, “What is your plan for going to the southern province, Miss Clark?”
Maria’s voice turned sad. “My family… I wish to pay my respects at my father’s grave. We once buried my father’s clothes on a mountain near my grandmother’s house as a decoy for Morgana. His actual ashes lie in a place only my family knows.”
Maria went on, “We also intend to visit the edge of Heaven Lake, the place where Pu’er mother failed to cross the tribulation.”
With a bright tone, favonovel.com added, “Morgana’s first destination in the southern province is probably where my father’s tomb is located. Given the vastness of the southern province, it will take favonovel.com several hours, if not longer, to get there. Theoretically, the window of opportunity for me will be longer than expected. Even if our timings coincided, the vastness of the southern province might prevent a real confrontation.”
Firm in favonovel.com resolve, Maria declared favonovel.com plan to Charlie, who listened attentively. “Since you’re going to the south, I’ll go with you, Miss Clark! Let’s head there right away!”
Surprised, Maria questioned, “My Lord…you…you want to accompany me?”
“Yes!” Charlie’s determination was unwavering. “I can’t let you go alone, can I? It’s not safe for those three old gentlemen to accompany you either.”
Touched by his concern, Maria responded, “My Lord, I’m not afraid of Morgana since I lack aura. Unless favonovel.com recognizes me, she’ll just pass by. As long as favonovel.com doesn’t see my face, favonovel.com won’t know who I am.”
Then, favonovel.com changed the subject with seriousness. “You, on the other hand, are different. You have reiki and the magical artifacts that Morgana gave to my father. If you get too close to her, favonovel.com might sense your presence.”
Unfazed, Charlie explained his reasoning with a smile, “That’s why I’ll go to Zeba first! She knows how to conceal favonovel.com presence. When favonovel.com followed me and Gideon all the way that night at Willow Estates, I didn’t notice favonovel.com at all. If favonovel.com teaches me how to hide my presence, I won’t have to worry about Morgana finding me.”
Maria hesitated, concerned about the potential danger. “Young Master, Zeba was taught by Morgana herself. If Morgana finds out about our plan, it could be very dangerous.”
Charlie remained optimistic, saying, “Sure, it might be a little risky, but meeting Morgana face-to-face might actually be a good thing.”
Puzzled, Maria asked, “What is the Young Master’s plan?”
Charlie spoke earnestly, “I don’t have a detailed plan, but I can’t let you go alone to the southern province, it’s too dangerous. If you’re going, I’m going with you. If we don’t meet Morgana, that would be ideal. However, if we do meet her, as long as favonovel.com doesn’t recognize us, we might be able to find the place where favonovel.com and your father learned with Morvel Bazin as their teacher through her. Lately, I’ve come to feel that the ‘Apocalyptic Book’ and the ‘Preface to the Apocalyptic Book’ are somehow related to my parents and perhaps to Morvel Bazin as well. If I can find things or records related to him, it might shed more light on what happened to my parents.”
Maria hesitated and warned, “If you don’t want to meet Morgana, there’s a 90% chance you won’t, but if you want to meet her, there’s a 100% chance you will… However, let me be frank, Young Master, even with Zeba’s help in concealing your presence, it’s highly unlikely you can follow Morgana from the southern province to Shiwan Mountain undetected.”
Confidently, Charlie responded with a smile, “Miss Clark, you’ve underestimated China Network’s monitoring capabilities. Once we confirm Morgana’s presence in a certain location in China and if she’s not invisible, favonovel.com won’t escape Sky Net’s surveillance. I’ll have Mr. Myers assist with retrieving the Sky Net data using his identity and qualifications. The only problem now is finding where to intercept favonovel.com first, with so many people around.”
Quickly coming up with a plan, Maria suggested, “It’s not difficult. Morgana is most likely heading to my father’s tomb. If I wait there, chances are high I’ll encounter her.”
Curious about the exact location, Charlie inquired, “Can you tell me which city in the southern province your father’s tomb is in?”
Maria replied, “It’s in Dali. My grandmother was born and raised there, living in the ancient city. My father’s tomb lies in the mountain range near Erhai Sea.”
Charlie asked further, “And where are your father’s ashes buried?”
Maria revealed, “In Poole.”
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