Reaper of the Martial World

Book 8: Chapter 18: Never Piss off a Woman (3)

Aritzia wasn’t a fool. In fact, if one were to rank the most intelligent individuals of the martial world, she wouldn’t fall below the top 5. This was why, despite her youth, she held so much power with this Sapientia Quadrant.

In truth, Aritzia didn’t know Clara’s connection with Dyon. With how careful Clara and Dyon had been, there was almost no news of them at all. However… Aritzia learned of something interesting.

More than ten years ago now, there was quite a scandal that occurred in the Sapientia Corner. Rumor had it that someone pissed Comet Lord Gallagher off and was taken to be her slave as punishment.

This matter wasn’t inherently a big deal. Most would have ignored the matter entirely. But, Aritzia found it quite odd…

After some investigation, Aritzia learned that the individual Clara took as a slave ended up escaping from her after they entered the Valley of Geniuses. The curious part was that no one saw this young man afterward, it was as though he had disappeared from existence.

After this matter, Aritzia concluded that this so-called escape was likely a coverup excuse Clara used after killing him. Maybe Clara didn’t want her reputation to be sullied, so she didn’t publicly execute the young man.

Up until then, Aritzia had shoved this matter to the back of her mind. However, she inexplicably thought of it again the moment Dyon asked for 30% of the Sapientia Network.

This feeling, that feeling of being on the precipice of a big breakthrough, but not having the final piece of evidence… That was the feeling Aritzia had now, and it was a feeling Dyon had felt many times before.

Back when this matter occurred, the Sapientia Network was in its fledgling state and not many were using it. Plus, even if this hadn’t been the case, who would have cared to record such a small matter? As such, no one got the exact image of the young man Clara took in as a slave.

However, from eyewitness accounts, this young man’s appearance was eerily similar to True God Sacharro… Exaggeratedly handsome, short red-brown hair with hints of gold, caramel skin… It was almost as though they were copy and pasted from each other.

This feeling was just a feeling, though. Aritzia knew that there were too many holes for her thoughts to be taken seriously.

The biggest hole of them all was that if Dyon had left the Celestial Corner, how was it that that the fog was still around Celestial Corner back then? Also, if Dyon was that individual from back then, why would he be attached to the 99^th Quadrant?

[Author’s Note: If you guys still don’t remember what these matters are referring to, think back to when Dyon traveled with the 99^th quadrant geniuses to the Sapientia Corner in order to get pills for their entry into the Valley of Geniuses. Back then, Dyon saved Virvor – who turned out to be his loyal follower – from Rand, the prince from the Grand Templar Sect, whose father also happens to be the biological father of Giralda’s son, Ryu.]

However, there were many other things that made Aritzia’s skepticism tingle fiercer.

Firstly, aside from the top 3 quadrants, the 99^th, 100^th, and 56^th quadrants were the only ones without Sapientia influence.

The top 3 quadrants made sense because they were too powerful. The 100^th quadrant also made sense because it was practically a primitive society where the most powerful individual were of the mere essence gathering realm, allegedly. There was no need for the Sapientia to be there.

The 56^th quadrant gained another pass as well. This was because the 56^th ranked quadrant was the current rank of True God Sacharro’s Celestial Deer Quadrant!

But what about the 99^th quadrant? On the surface, they had no real reason… In fact, when Aritzia wanted to investigate why, she found that a massive taboo was attached to the 99^th quadrant, even she, with all her authority, couldn’t touch them, on orders from the Esteemed Ones.

Secondly, how was it possible for a genius like Clara to just pop out of anywhere? Also… Judging by the record Dyon set during his first trial, didn’t Clara appear at the same time?!

One coincidence was enough for Aritzia to raise an eyebrow, but so many at once?

Then, what happened today was a straw that broke the camels back.

No one even knew Abraxus’ name, yet that Lady Sacharro not only called him an old geezer, but also knew that he was a transcendent!

If the Sacharro Clan was so familiar with Abraxus, could it be possible that Abraxus would bend the rules a small bit for them? Just enough for their dirty dealings to fly under the radar?…

Things simply kept piling up. In the end, Aritzia even put Clara’s relationship with Ri into question. Could they really just be friends who hit it off in the Valley of Geniuses? Or was there a deeper connection between them?

Could the masked wife stealer and True God Sacharro be the same person?!

If this was true, didn’t that mean that True God Sacharro had a hand in the 4^th ranked, 9^th ranked, 56^th ranked, and the enigmatic 99^th ranked quadrants?!

Aritzia felt that something was brewing. Even she couldn’t be certain of any of this. So, she needed a plan.

The first step was to catch Virvor. With her network, finding his whereabouts was incredibly easy. She had already sent numerous individuals to catch him. He was the one who would most likely recognize Dyon.

The second step was to lure Dyon with a honeyed trap…. The best part was that she didn’t need to lay this trap on her because Dyon suggested what it should be for her!

Aritzia smiled a light smile, one that sent a shiver down her elder brother’s spine.

“I’ll give him what he asks for… But can he afford to take it?” Aritzia mused.

It turned out Abraxus was right. A man really should never piss off a woman.