Chapter 074

Frederick Brown was excited. He was one of the 4 people who was selected for the grand mission. He would venture out of the seal with the gaps made by the elders, and finally could see what was outside the boundaries. He also had the hopes and expectations of everyone, that he would free them, so that they too could venture outside the seal one day.

The small town they lived in, was on an island called Binsy, according to what he had heard from his elders. They were all the descendants of the Great Red Angel of War, one of the 8 King of Angels who once served the Sun God.

After the Sun God's fall, the Red Angel brought them westwards, and they, his descendants, settled in Binsy. They established a powerful formation to conceal their existence, and for the purpose of defence from the Sun God's enemies, who were still active. They eventually submitted to the Black Emperor's rule, and were the prosperous Medici family of the Solomon Empire.

According to the stories he had heard, over 1500 years ago, the Red Angel went missing. The Black Emperor's forces were also sieged by the newly ascended Night Emperor and Blood Emperor, and could barely fend for themselves. Helpless, to prevent their enemies from finding them, the elders activated the concealment formation, and went off the grid, while secretly searching for the Red Angel. Except for a portion of their forces that they sent to fight the Night Emperor and Blood Emperor's forces, they mostly stayed out of the conflict.

After a 100 years of hiding, the elders eventually discovered clues to the Red Angel's possible location somewhere in the Southern Continent, in the Bayam Empire. They used the event know as the Pale Disaster that was raging in the Northern Continent and occupying many high-level beings, and sent a small team consisting of 7 demigods to the Southern Continent to follow up on the clue.

3 people returned a few weeks later, carrying the things now were the holy objects of their clan. A beautiful red box, an amazing looking sword, and a finely crafted dagger.

The elders immediately closed the barrier and went into full lockdown, as they studied the objects, and thus fully activated the seals.

After a few weeks, they decided to remove the full lockdown and venture outside to follow up on what they discovered, but to their surprise, the seal that was only meant for concealment and defence had an extra layer now attached to its outside, which trapped them inside and completely isolated those who were inside.

Frederick was deeply aware of the sacrifices those elders, and all his other ancestors made, in order to allow the family line to continue to this day. Hence, he was even more determined to complete the mission assigned to him.

Apparently, a few flaws were found in the barrier that had been up for the last 1500 years. The flaws were minute, and had the probability of vanishing after some time. No one at the demigod level could pass through the flaws, as the formation would trigger and repair itself if anyone at that level tried to pass through. After debating on what to do, they decided to select 4 outstanding young talents who were at least Sequence 6, and send them outside. With the results they had previously gained, they believed that the Red Angel was sealed somewhere, and they had to deliver the red box to 'Him' and 'He' would be unsealed. Once that happened, as one of the creators of the formation, 'He' could easily solve it and liberate his descendants. They would then have a much better life in the large world outside. They did not have to only eat the few fish that were in the pond, careful not to drive them to extinction, or have to eat crushed bark from common trees. Apparently, soft and delicious food was abundant in the outside world, and he and all his fellow clansmen could eat as much as they wanted.

There was no need for old and unproductive people to voluntarily sacrifice themselves to allow the younger generation to have a possibility to advance, nor would there be frequent cases of people losing control and having to be killed.

Frederick was the son of two ordinary descendants of the Medici family, living in one of the 4 villages in the concealed realm they lived in. He was born at Sequence 9, and was known to be talented right from his childhood. He easily won one of the quotas for being promoted to Sequence 8 when the village chief was determining who would advance.

Unfortunately, even though he quickly digested the Sequence 8 potion, he could not get a Sequence 7 potion, as the quotas were extremely precious and were all booked for the next ten years.

His father, who was a Sequence 7, reported that he was about to lose control and applied for voluntary execution, willing his Beyonder Characteristic to his son.

Though devastated, Frederick consumed the potion and advanced to Sequence 7. Parents who have no hope of advancing sacrificing them for their prospective children was an extremely common occurrence, as the number of characteristics in this realm was limited.

He really bloomed, showing off his outstanding talent after reaching Sequence 7, and this received the qualification to live in the town. He digested the potion in exceptional time, and after some struggles was promoted to Sequence 6. He had mostly digested the Sequence 6 potion, and was planning for his possible advancement to Sequence 5, when he was secretly summoned by an elder who was his backer, and entrusted with this important mission.

The elders would forcefully open the cracks in the barrier, and send the 4 outstanding youths they had selected outside. From there, they had to deliver the red box to some location, and the Red Angel, their glorious ancestor, would be free, and 'His' descendants which were them would soon follow.

The backer, who was an elder, had nominated him for this task.

After an intense selection process, where each of the nominated individuals were assessed on everything from combat prowess, judgement, instincts, reaction, planning capacity, conspiracy skills and even loyalty, 4 were selected for the mission.

Frederick was one of the 4 selected members for this mission.