Catastrophe Card King
Chapter 1468 - Chapter 1468 Chapter 450 Adventurers Marketplace Mysterious

Chapter 1468: Chapter 450: Adventurers’ Marketplace, Mysterious Copper Piece Chapter 1468: Chapter 450: Adventurers’ Marketplace, Mysterious Copper Piece Just after the Landon family entered the city, news of the assassination attempt spread quickly.

Deep within the Titan Mountains, in a certain cave.

The place was lit with some devices, and an old man with white, frizzy hair was intensely focused on his work, controlling the sticky octopus tentacles on his back.

Elsewhere in the cave, a tall, black stele stood in the center.

If Leonard Churchill were here, he would have recognized at a glance that it was a Prohibition Void Stele.

At this moment, a person clad in a golden-trimmed cloak and wearing a Pursuer of Light mask had been standing in front of the stele for quite some time.

He gazed intently at the hidden text on the stele as if glimpsing the historical truths buried in the River of Time, his eyes twinkling with insight.

Just then, a Dark Gold “Diamond 2” card suddenly materialized out of thin air in the cave.

The spell inscribed on the card flashed with spiritual light, and a graceful figure appeared as if crossing through space, accompanied by a lazy, enthralling murmur, “Ah, this ‘Curse God Card’ is really handy…”

Normally, to use top-tier spells like “Mirage Instantaneous Movement,” it would be quite expensive each time.

Now with the Curse God Card inscribed with the spell, it only took a bit of energy to complete each time.

Noah Wright looked up, glanced at the woman with the red, wavy hair, smiled, and then turned his attention back to the stele, reminding her, “While the Curse God Card makes casting spells more convenient, don’t become too reliant on it… Otherwise, reliance on such powerful external items can easily affect your regular training.”

“Got it.”

The red-haired woman responded with a smiling face, playfully complaining, “You always talk like an old man despite not being that old.”

The newcomer was none other than Erin, the Intelligence Commander of the Illumination Secret Society, also known as “Arch Fire.”

As soon as Erin arrived, she got straight to the point, “Leader, news just came in; the assassination failed.”

Upon hearing this, Noah Wright’s brow twitched slightly, “Failed? How is that possible… Even with the Curse God Card, those assassins should have been more than capable of carrying out the assassination.”

There was a slight surprise in his voice.

But that was all.

His gaze reflected more contemplation than surprise.

Erin also found it unbelievable, as the plans made by their leader never failed before.

And this was the first time something unexpected had happened.

Instead of feeling disappointed by the failure of the assassination, she seemed a bit gleeful, “They say that Young Master Sack has some promising young ones in his Reserve Knight Order. They held off the assassins, allowing Sack to escape.”

She didn’t beat around the bush and after a pause, she stated, “It’s confirmed that there’s a Card Disciple who knows ‘Overlord Fist,’ and he’s very strong.”

Upon hearing this, Noah Wright seemed to have realized something, “A disciple of Senior Shepherd? It’s possible then…”

“The intel I gathered suggests that the lad is a slave purchased by Duke Landon’s Mansion with an exceptional Martial Arts talent, most likely a disciple of Barre Shepherd.”

Erin shrugged, then added, “The failure of the assassination is not the big issue. The larger problem is that Sack’s ‘Curse God Card’ has disappeared.”

Noah Wright pondered for a moment at her choice of words, asking back, “Disappeared?”

Such a word would not be used by a professional Intelligence Commander.

If it was truly gone, she would have outright said where it ended up.

Noah Wright also knew that even if the assassination failed due to some extreme factors, that card would definitely be retrieved, how could it have disappeared?

This seemed to contradict the logic he had deduced.

But for the moment, he couldn’t figure out where the issue was.

His deep eyes, usually filled with clarity, now showed the first signs of bewilderment.

“Yes.”

Erin was clearly perplexed as well and said, “We just received intel, the liaison in the Black Market confirmed that the item wasn’t retrieved. Their response was that it might have been lost along the way… In any case, it’s gone.”

“Lost?”

Noah Wright mulled over this unfamiliar term, shaking his head with a smile.

Ordinary people losing things was normal.

But for a High-Order Card Master, the term “lost” should never come into play.

Erin obviously thought the same, and with disdain in her voice, she shared her analysis, “I suspect it’s a case of thievery within… those fellows at the Royal Academy probably thought they had a firm grasp on that ‘Curse God Card.'”

Hearing this, Noah Wright pondered for a moment and then, with a laugh, said, “No. I’ve met those guys, they’re not that foolish. This looks more like an accident.”

A curious expression surfaced on Erin’s pretty face, “You don’t seriously believe the item just vanished into thin air, do you?”

“The laws of the universe account for fifty, order comprises forty-nine, and disorder the remaining one. The truth often hides in the most mundane places.”

Noah Wright seemed to recall a saying his Teacher once left him.

‘I am the world’ does not mean one can deduce everything.

His deep gaze appeared to rapidly replay the entire assassination operation.

He thought of more possibilities, but in the end, he simply smiled faintly, “Maybe… it did just disappear.”

“…”

Erin rolled her eyes at him, clearly finding this explanation unsatisfactory, grumbling, “Someone definitely took it.”

Hearing that, Noah Wright simply shrugged, noncommittal, “It doesn’t matter. That ‘Curse God Card’ will eventually surface, and by then we will know who took it. It seems it must have ended up in the hands of some master who appeared by chance… Interesting.”

His plans had not accounted for someone intervening without his notice.

The only explanation was that this was a random event, not one anticipated in advance.

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