A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5208

Flaxseed slammed a fist onto the table, fury blazing. “That witch Lunaria—venom through and through! We have to strip her mask off and show the world what she is!”

Jared placed a steadying hand on his shoulder. “Not yet. We still know far too little about Blackshade Demon Palace. One reckless move and she'll smell the hunt. Right now, we must strengthen our abilities and secure proof of what happened to your clan.”

Flaxseed's brows knitted. “But where do we even start? We scoured every ancient record in the palace; not one line explains the truth behind its fall.”

“Perhaps we could start from the forces around Nine Serpent Mountain.” Jared tapped the tabletop, thinking aloud. “Lunaria mentioned some of them growing restless. They might remember whispers from that night. She wants them to test us; we will let her—while we use this as an opportunity to investigate in return.”

Flaxseed's eyes sparked with sudden clarity. “Brilliant. We pretend to deal with those factions, and in the chaos, we listen for buried truths.”

Jared rose, cloak swirling behind him. “Then we leave at once. But first, one last task.”

Under the cover of night, they slipped into the palace's archive vault. Jared wove a thread of spiritual energy through the iron lock; tumblers clicked, and the massive doors sighed open.

Row upon row of towering shelves greeted them, each sagging beneath scrolls, tomes, and ancient records whose dust smelled of forgotten centuries.

Jared and Flaxseed split up beneath flickering light, pawing through brittle scrolls that smelled of smoke and age. Cobwebs clung to their sleeves as they hunted for any clue about the slaughter of the Flaxseed clan.

At last, Flaxseed let out a gasp, prompting Jared to hurry over. Flaxseed held aloft a yellowed war dossier, its binding ready to crumble. The ink, though faded, still screamed of carnage two thousand eight hundred years past: the Blackshade Demon Palace had marched against the Flaxseed clan after the latter uncovered their sinister plan to release the demon general from the Abyss of Fallen Demons.

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