My Space-Time System



Seeing Blake return to the cave, Cassius smiled and asked "Welcome back, how did the mission go?"

"Everything went well, nothing too serious. I even ended up getting a weapon from one of the targets." Blake smiled as he narrated the details of the mission and the improvements Dorian had made to it.

"That's great to hear, the more damage the Synder empire takes, the easier the war would be, and the fewer lives that would be lost." Cassius said with a proud smile plastered on his face.

"You did good, and for that, I made something for you." Cassius said as he pointed at an area not too far from his throne.

An array lit up, and at first glance, it looked nothing special but Blake not only felt a large amount of mana, but he felt a tinge of darkness energy coursing through it.

Seeing Blake's surprised look, Cassius explained. "Just like my throne, the array will constantly supply you with mana from the crystal mine below, thus increasing your speed of cultivation. Also, I included a special formation that would gradually increase your darkness control and refine your darkness element just like the descendants of Synder."

"Thanks Dad!" Blake wasted no time stepping into the array and sitting in a crossed-legged position.

"No need to thank me, you need to get as strong as possible before the war starts." Cassius said.

…

After the job was complete, the leader of the Nystrom family who had hired Blake received a call from the Masked Man.

"The work is complete." The Masked man informed the contractor.

At this point, it hadn't been long since the explosion of the mine had taken place. So, the Head of the Nystrom family was still unaware of the second part. 

"As efficient as the rumours say… Thank you once again for accepting my fee." The family head slightly bowed to the Masked man.

The Masked man quickly stopped him and spoke. "You don't have to worry, I even ended up adding an extra surprise just for you."

With confusion written all over his face, the family head couldn't help but ask. "What do you mean by extra surprise?"

Just then, an elder of the Nystrom family rushed into the room. "The Head of the Karius family alongside 2 other elders were found dead outside the city!"

The head of the Nystrom family was about to reprimand the elder for interrupting his call, especially since he already knew it, but it turned out that he still had something important to say.

"The corpses of the head of the Ulrik family and his brother dropped out of a domain with the former's head severed, while the latter was shattered into multiple chunks of ice!"

On hearing the second part of the report, the Head of the Nystrom family felt his heart drop into his stomach. He immediately turned to the communication amulet, but the Masked Man was already one step ahead of him.

"Enjoy!" The Masked man said before cutting the communication link.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!" The Head of the family began pacing up and down the room, as he began thinking of the mess the Masked man had put him into.

His plan had been to pin the blame of the assassination on the Ulrik family since their eagerness for the Karius Family's mine was known to all. That way, not only would the eyes of the Ash Corps be sparingly on him, but it could also spell a lot of bad luck for the Ulrik family.

However, what he hadn't expected was that the person to take the blame for the assassination was also assassinated!

Now all the blame would fall on him, with the chances of being acquitted being close to non-existent. 

…

After the report of the assassination at Ironwood was released, the council called for an emergency mission.

"The League of Assassins is growing more audacious as the day grows by!" Cedric Blackthorn the councillor of the North was seething with so much anger but didn't dare to show it in front of the Emperor.

The assassinations carried out by the League of Assassins had been so few that they were ignored, especially since they rarely targeted very important people. 

However, not only have their attacks become more regular, but they had the audacity to assassinate the deputy colonel of a Major city, simultaneously attack multiple cities and even orchestrate a prison break.

"I agree, the attack on cities in the East is a slap on the face of the Empire, and they have to pay for that." Aurelius Frostborne with a scorn-filled tone while stealing a glance at Prince Bryon.

"I suggest we capture some of their members and publicly execute them to send a message." Cedric said.

"How do you plan on doing that? We all know tracking their hideout is almost impossible." Nyx Jaeger asked with a raised brow. He felt these 2 were just making noise to distract everyone from their failures.

"Yes, but why stress tracking the safehouse when we can start tracking them when they eventually step out." Aurelius said with a smirk.

Over the years, there had been sightings of the members of the League either in the wild or in cities undercover. An example of this was the Arboreal Reaper, Verdigris, who was known to be a nomad. 

All they had to do was invest massive resources in the surveillance of cities for the time being.

"You two have my permission to carry out your plan, but note that you have by the end of the week to locate a member of the League." Emperor Cinder said to the two before ending the meeting.

The 3 councillors quickly departed, leaving only the Emperor and his son.

"Depending on the member of the League tracked, add Luciano and the Host to the team. We need to quicken the rate of bonding and give him as much experience as possible." Emperor Cinder instructed.

"Yes, your highness." Prince Bryon bowed before departing.

(AN: Calling Dorian the Masked Man feels more mysterious. So I will continue with that unless he is speaking with Blake or Cassius.)