Chapter 647 Flower of Blood and Bone·Hunting the Sword Holder II
Cold sweat broke out on Ernest Hayes’ forehead, and his fingers trembled slightly.
He did not expect that the person who was the least likely to appear before would actually be in the same city as him at this moment.
Obviously previous intelligence inferred that the person who was investigating them was a Sarkic Patriarch with incredible strength, but now the think tank told him that those who were chasing them were the Four Sword-wielding Men from Heaven.
He also asked him to lead a team to hunt the sword-wielding man...
No, what did [Helmi] think? ?
The captain of Team Rocket took a deep breath, looked up at the stars, and tried to calm down.
The twinkling stars in the night sky seemed to be watching him, making him feel as if he was being stared at by countless pairs of eyes.
He looked at the resources given to him by [Helmi].
Since the consortium allowed itself to hunt the sword-wielding man, it should have been prepared to bleed a lot.
[Ding——]
[The consortium has handed over the authority of the split think tank to you——]
[Your previous [Crown] admission application has been approved——]
[The Solomon keys of the other two members, including you, have been untied from the consortium’s genealogy, but they have all been injected into the split think tank, and they have all operating rights over the think tank——]
[Inner Temple Awakening] In addition to Ou Wei, who was killed in battle and was sent to the Great Warlock Ceremony Site, the other 11 controllable flesh recipients who have completed the flesh inscription have gathered in the casino. They have the ability of a new type of incarnation, and their combat The power is equivalent to the combat power of the [Master] with an overall rating of A+ from the eleven consortia——】
[In addition to these, other sub-units of the consortium will also participate in this hunt——]
[At present, the consortium has authorized eleven flesh recipients through the [Meat House], that is to say, except for the eleven With [Master] combat power, you will receive eleven root-caused distortion anomalies at the same time.
These anomalies added together are enough to obliterate a medium to large hub, a kingdom of all realms, a [Crown]...]
[You have only two goals:
A: Get rid of the sword holder (at any cost, even if the casino is reduced to ashes)
B: Delay time (we will wake up "Ion" one day in advance, so tonight, today, you cannot let the sword holder leave the Silver State)]
[In addition to these, there is another Things are ready for you. If you are ready to accept the task, open it——]
Seeing these lines of text, Ernest's pupils suddenly contracted, his breathing became rapid, and his heart beat violently.
He stared at the screen in disbelief, his fingers trembling slightly.
At this time, the captain of Team Rocket was filled with shock and he could hardly calm down.
"The consortium... is actually willing to pay such a high price for this..." The captain whispered to himself, with a trace of unconcealable trembling in his voice, and a complex light flashing in his eyes, revealing his inner shock and uneasiness.
The consortium is so determined to deal with the sword-wielder, even at the risk of reducing the casino to ashes.
He knew very well what such a decision meant.
You must know that the foundation of the consortium is in the Edici Federation.
The ideas Hermes built grew out of a deep distrust of power, politics, and social control, and speculation about the underlying power dynamics outside of formal political structures.
The essence of the Hermes Corporation is the shadow government.
They are composed of a group of elites unknown to the public, who may be senior politicians, executives of large multinational companies, financial figures, military leaders or former top officials of intelligence agencies - these people Influence or control the international policies of the country and even Terra as a whole through non-public channels.
Although the Hermes Foundation is called a consortium, they are just like the shadow government, a secret and informal group. They only control or greatly influence the decision-making of the formal government behind the scenes.
Except for the top management and the think tanks that maintain necessary connections within the consortium, internal members may not even meet each other.
It is precisely because of this high degree of secrecy that they can control or influence mainstream media and information channels behind the scenes to shape public opinion, hide the truth, and promote their agenda.
The Hermes Foundation originated from the Federation, but the Federation was not all of it.
Adiximin's consortium is a "shadow government" that bypasses the constitutional system with secret policies and suppresses and controls the people through the power of a reign of terror.
Around the shadow government, there are "deep groups" composed of huge military industries and consortiums that bribe Congress through lobbying and political donations.
Outside of the Federation, members of the Consortium come from all over the world.
There are twenty-six countries of the Central Alliance, including Efland, the Berlin region, the Fog City, the British Isles, and Iberia, as well as the ancient Persian empire, the Daevite border warlords, and the Oletin kingdoms. City-states, Sixteen Kingdoms of Oaxaca, Albanos, Paeonia, Troy...
These countries all have the shadow of the Hermes Consortium.
Even the Sarkic Order has the shadow and investment of the consortium. The largest investment among them is the self-proclaimed "Ion" - Corinius P. Bodefei II, and the other party The Awakening of the Inner Temple is the hotbed of all conspiracy theories and the best script for movies involving political themes, transnational crimes, and mysterious organizations.
Because. Its members are spread all over the world, covering all walks of life in politics, finance, science, education, and art.
It not only fights against the French Revolution, the Edici War of Independence, the Thaumatological War, the Financial Crisis, and the War of Political Subversion. Closely related to each other, it also has close contacts with the financial streets of the world's financial centers and governments of various countries
But now, in order to hunt the sword-wielding man, the consortium is even willing to expose the characteristics of the shadow government.
You must know that the Deep Group operates on "money", "power" and "greed". These three are the driving forces of the Deep Group.
The shadow government relies on "fear" and "intimidation."
The shadow government can be called a secret government. It is an institution that secretly exercises unconstitutional power. Many of its constituent units are not regulated by the constitution.
At the top of the deep or secret government's internal structure are two units, one of which is the National Security Agency.
Another hub is the CIA.
These two institutions are the central nodes for the consortium to operate outside the Edici Constitution. It operates through its own right of confidentiality. Even Congress, the Twelve Financial Giants and [Hermes] are not completely Know what it does.
As the center of the shadow government, the CIA controls all 16 other intelligence branches.
They do not make decisions all the time, they only make efforts at critical times.
The shadow government that does not exert any force has no actual impact, but when it fully exerts its force, the entire federation will be coerced by them to move forward for a certain period of time.
This is something the federal government is unwilling to see, and it is also something the consortium is unwilling to try.
Because once exposed to the sun, many of the Hermes Consortium's touches will be completely liquidated by the federal government afterwards.
In order to hunt the sword-wielding man, the consortium is ready to cut off the arms of the strong men in the Federation.
In terms of resource allocation and attitude towards the fourth sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven, the performance of the Hermes Foundation can only be said in one sentence - Miracle Crown, would you rather have the seed?
Whether it’s a crown or an angel, it’s not like the Hermes Consortium has never killed anyone. They even controlled the total collapse of the [Financial Street] back then, causing the twenty-four countries of Oaxaca to collapse into the current sixteen countries.
4.5 million Oaxacan civilians are buried here, as well as many extraordinary troops including the Kingdom of Heaven.
Of course, the price of this incident is that the Bright Relief Society, the predecessor of the consortium, was completely destroyed.
However, within a hundred years, they were resurrected again as the bodies of the Hermes Consortium.
Every organization has its core program, and they also have the same core program as the Utopia of Heaven - the New Order.
The ultimate goal of the consortium is to achieve global domination or a new world order, and achieve its goal of controlling mankind by manipulating economic, political and social events.
As mentioned before - "money", "power", "greed".
These three constitute Hermes.
For the new order, the consortium is willing to make any efforts and attempts, just like the Kingdom of Heaven is willing to give everything for Utopia. No person or organization on this land is a fuel-efficient lamp.
In the past, the beneficiaries of the consortium did not hesitate to cause a large-scale financial tsunami in order to reap profits from the Seventh Supernatural War.
Now, the beneficiaries of the consortium are for the upcoming Eighth Supernatural War, the approaching stars of Terra and the imminent outside gods and other related crises. They have decided to save the power they can at all costs.
This power can be used to fight disasters in the future, or to escape from Terra, or even to become a [Terminator] and stand as an ally to these "crises".
This time the consortium is interested in the border project of human genetic compilation headed by Corinius P. Bodfield II.
The fourth sword-bearer in heaven who hinders the plan...
Get rid of him! ! !
Will the Hermes Foundation be afraid of the Kingdom of Heaven?
No!
They will only be afraid of no profit and too little profit, just like nature is afraid of a vacuum.
Once there is an appropriate profit, the consortium becomes bold.
If there is 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; if there is 20% profit, it will become active; if there is 50% profit, it will take risks; for 100% profit, it will dare to trample All human laws; with 300% profit, he dares to commit any crime, even risking facing the kingdom of heaven.
A [Miracle Worker], a dreamy border world, a genetically compiled future world about the future of mankind... enough to make the consortium commit any crime!
At this moment, Team Rocket Captain Ernest looked at the gift that [Helmi] gave him, and his heart rose in his throat.
Floating in front of him was a piece of parchment, which was densely covered with ancient runes. These runes emitted powerful distortion and abnormal energy, and the EVE particles in the air were all Trembling and humming with the power of these runes.
This is... the power of chaos.
Ernest felt an invisible pressure that almost overwhelmed him.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
A layer of cold sweat broke out in his palms, but he knew that this was an important task assigned to him by the consortium, and it was a task that he must complete.
He had no choice.
The captain swallowed, raised his right hand, spread his palm, and slowly placed his palm on the parchment.
The moment his palm touched the parchment, the runes on the paper began to shine with a dark purple light.
This light spread from the runes like a living thing, gradually forming a dark purple handprint. Ernest felt a cold force pass from his palms to his whole body. His palms seemed to be frozen, but he did not flinch.
The dark purple handprints gradually solidified and took root on his palms.
At this time, the runes on the paper suddenly trembled violently, the dark purple handprints began to release a strange energy, and the surrounding air seemed to be distorted.
Ernest felt a powerful force pouring into his body through his palms. He closed his eyes and allowed this force to flow in.
After a few seconds, the runes on the paper gradually dimmed, and the entire paper was reduced to ashes in the purple flames.
The flame made no sound, like a dreamy phantom, but the energy it exuded frightened Ernest.
The moment the ashes dispersed, Ernest saw a group of ever-changing objects emerging from the ashes.
This mass of objects is composed of pseudopods, tentacles and clawed limbs, with colorful flames constantly spurting out from the surface, like a monster maggot from the depths of a nightmare. The pseudopods of the monster maggots are like the limbs of some kind of demon, covered with sharp barbs, and every time they squirm, they bring a chill.
The tentacles are like living vines, constantly expanding and contracting, spitting out blazing flames.
Those claws are extremely sharp, cutting the air with every swing, making a chilling scream.
The body surface of the monster maggot is covered with colorful feathers. These feathers are not fixed, but constantly flowing, changing shapes and colors like liquid.
Among these feathers, sometimes sly faces will appear. These faces flicker in and out, mocking Ernest's fear.
There is also a strange beak on the body of the monster maggot. This beak is like some kind of demonic organ, full of dangerous aura.
[Chaos Egg——]
For some reason, Ernest immediately knew what the thing in front of him was.
And when he recognized this thing, a mutation also occurred in his body.
Ernest felt himself changing, his body began to twist, and gradually turned into a monster with a strange beak and claws.
Colorful feathers grew from under his skin, covering his body. These feathers are constantly flowing, changing shapes and colors like liquid metal, making it dazzling.
His skin and armor are also constantly changing, forming various strange patterns, and sometimes strange faces will appear. These faces twist and change on his body, mocking his new appearance. form.
Ernest looked down at his hands and found that the palms had turned into sharp claws. The claws exuded a cold light, and he could feel the powerful power every time he clenched them.
He turned his gaze to his own body and saw that he had completely transformed into a monster of flowing colors and ever-changing shapes.
The weird and dazzling colors made him feel dizzy, but he knew that this was the new power he had gained.
Ernest felt the power surging in his body, which was the powerful power given to him by the consortium, which could make him invincible in the next battle.
He heard the murmur of the gods from Chaos.
He said;
"This is part of the plan——"