"So let get me this straight. Your plan is to kill every core member of the Cullen family. Then after that, you will help a half-blood mongrel like Phyllis to become the new head of the family. And then you will just retire?" Terumi asked.

"Yes. And when you get strong enough you are more than welcome to come for my head." Han said.

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"You want me to kill you?" Terumi asked

"Of course. I will be doing the only thing that people of the Ghost faction are not supposed to do. I will kill the core members of the family. I think I should be punished for my crimes. So I will wait until you become strong enough to kill me." Han said.

"That is just twisted," Terumi said.

"I know… So what will be Terumi? Are you against me? Or are you with me?" Han asked while putting down the wine glass and staring at Terumi.

Terumi was lost. She did not know what she should do. If she works with Han in his twisted little plan then she would be betraying her honor as the leader of the Ghost faction. She would betray all of her comrades. And most important of all if he fails then she would be hunted like a dog by the rest of the members of the Cullen family. She was strong, but she was not strong enough to face a large number of experts that the Cullen family employs.

If she thinks about it logically then Han was right. This thing was very crucial for the survival of the Cullen family. All the core members of the family are idiots. And she could not see any improvement in the younger generation as well. That girl Phyllis to tell the truth had the potential to become a great leader. She would be the perfect candidate for the next head of the family. She would be a great leader.

But Terumi was still confused. On one hand, she feared that if she refuses to walk with him in this venture then he would kill him in a second. While if she says yes she would be betraying her honor…

"I… Ii…" Terumi stammered as she was thinking about what she should say.

"It seems like you would need some persuasion…." Han said….

...…

A day before present-day…

For a whole week, Arvin struggled with the idea of how to use the rotten egg as a weapon. The best idea that he could think of was to make a poisonous bomb. He would make a bomb that would spit out poisonous gas when needed.

He thought that if he uses the principle theory of LPG gas cylinders then he could actually find a way to make poisonous smoke bombs. LPG is a gas at atmospheric pressure and normal ambient temperatures, but it can be liquefied when moderate pressure is applied or when the temperature is sufficiently reduced. It can be easily condensed, packaged, stored, and utilized, which makes it an ideal energy source for a wide range of applications.

Similarly, if he uses this principle and can somehow compress the poisonous air around the egg then he could essentially make poisonous gas bombs. As a genius, Arvin had pride of his own. He thought that with the help of runes and magic circuits that he had learned about, this would apiece of cake for him. But boy he was wrong.

To store gas in liquid form, one has to compress the gas and lower the temperature. Arvin could lower the temperature easily. But the problem started arising on compression. He studied and used his brain for 6 days. And then finally he was able to create a very lengthy and complicated rune formation that could help him in compression…

[I must say I am impressed.] Hela said.

{Me too. This rune formation is impressive for someone of your age and knowledge.} Loki said.

'Will it work?' Arvin asked both of them.

{Theorotically it would work. But complicated rune formation like this one comes with no guarantee that it would work with the same level of efficiency that you hoped to be. So don't get your hopes up.} Loki said.

'Hmm… I know.' Arvin nodded. He knew about this all along. But still, he had to try.

[Arvin I was absent for some time… Could you tell me why did you build this formation?] Hela asked.

'Oh, it's simple. I would use the egg given to me by Jogu… your brother and compress the poisonous air that it is emitting. Then I would use to make poisonous smoke bombs.' Arvin said.

[Woah… that is impressive.] Hela said.

{I know… After all, he is my apostle…} Loki said.

[But why smoke bomb?] Hela asked.

'Well, it is a bomb… It is a powerful weapon.' Arvin said.

[Why not use a mana stone bomb?] Hela asked.

{That would not be effective against high-level people like the ones that Arvin had to face… Jeez… Hela uses your brain once in a while.} Loki said while mocking Hela.

[Father… Do you not see the flaw in this plan?] Hela asked.

{I don't think there is a flaw in this plan.} Loki said.

[Father that egg… you know that it does not emits any sort of poisonous air, right?] Hela said.

{Of course, I know that… What is your........ pont?} said Loki as he finally realized what Hela was trying to say.

'Wait… It does not emit poisonous gas?'

[No. That egg is poisonous. But what he does is that it makes the air surrounding it poisonous.] Hela said.

'If that is it then what is the fault. I could still get some poisonous air from the egg. My smoke bomb idea could still work.' Arvin asked.

{That egg is very poisonous. If you dip into water then the water would become poisonous. If put in the air, the air would become poisonous. It could also make mana poisonous.} Loki said.

'So your point?' Arvin asked.

{What would happen if you put a mana stone in the vicinity?} Loki asked

'From what you said, the mana inside the stone would become poisonous too.' Arvin said.

[Explosion from normal mana stone may not be able to harm those four. But what about poisonous mana stone?] Hela said…

'Wait… ARE YOU FU*KNG KIDDING ME? ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY THAT INSTEAD OF WASTING MY TIME MAKING THIS COMPLEX FORMATION I COULD HAVE JUST FOCUSED ON GATHERING MANA STONE BOMBS?'

{Hmm… It seems that gods can too make a mistake.} Loki said awkwardly…

'YOU…..' Arvin growled….

.......

That agent of the merchant or whatever gave Alman the time of 2 weeks. After that, he promised that he would come down here to see the status of his assignment. Alman in this time invested a lot of money and time in getting all the information about his targets. He knew that they still hadn't found that Lopt boy, or otherwise they would have departed from the 1st floor a long time ago. But they stuck around.

This could only mean that they had not found him. Alman was looking for an opportunity to kill them discreetly. He knew that even if the world finds out about his deeds then he would be safe because of his father. But in this world, it was better to make few enemies. He didn't want the Aurora clan to hold any enmity against him.

So he was thinking about killing them in private. But till now he was not able to find a suitable instance where all three of them together were out of the Cullen estate. But as the period of 2 weeks was coming towards completion, he had started to think that maybe he had to go to the Cullen estate himself and kill them. That was the only way left.

And now with his Level-2 Acolyte power, the Aurora tribe will think twice before messing with him…