Shrouded Seascape-Chapter 1109. Enemies

Then, Hamar felt it. He felt that indescribably powerful presence in the deep sea—the Great One, Fhtagn!

In the face of such power, humans were insignificant. The intense fear made him follow the instinct ingrained in him as a mere human being—to worship anything incomprehensible as a divine being.

Only by doing so could he avoid becoming mad.

At this moment, Hamar felt like he could abandon even his wife and children. In the face of such an indescribably terrifying being, nothing mattered. If it could make Him stay a little farther away from him, Hamar was willing to sacrifice his son on the spot.

When they saw Hamar trembling and desperately kowtowing to the colossal flesh tree on the wall. The fierce-looking black-robed figures kindly helped him up and draped a black robe over his body.

"Welcome, brother."

The kindness of his brothers and sisters assuaged the fear in Hamar's heart. Ignoring his trembling legs, he began assisting them, afraid that the great Fhtagn would scold him for not doing his job well.

He dragged over the people who had just been on the same boat as him and started disemboweling them. He completely ignored their pleas.

"How many new ones have been added?" Anna sauntered in, nibbling on a green apple.

"Esteemed High Priestess, we're using half of these pirates as ritual materials, while half will become one of us. That will be nine people converted in this batch, so we finally managed to break the two hundred mark."

Anna nodded without saying anything and turned around to leave the altar. She had never discovered the identity of her benefactor on that ship. Aside from that marble, there were no traces of them.

In the end, Anna decided to set that matter aside for now, as she had more important things to attend to.

Upon learning that the IMF wasn't monitoring the Indian Ocean, Anna began to rebuild the Fhtagn Covenant. The Fhtagn Covenant was indispensable at all times, as they were absolutely loyal to her.

To ensure that her movements would remain a secret, most of the converts were pirates. Their lives were worthless, and no one would come looking for them even if they ended up dying, making them the perfect targets for conversion.

With the help of so many zealots who weren't afraid of death, Anna's overall strength had grown even greater than before.

Anna returned to her room and opened the computer on the table. She browsed the news, noting the locations disguised as chemical plant explosions and terrorist attacks.

At this point, she had only one thought in mind—how come they had yet to fight each other?

Even though she was far away in the Indian Ocean, she could feel the tense atmosphere between the IMF and the anomalous organizations. The air between them was becoming tenser and tenser as time went on, but neither side had made a move just yet.

At the moment, Anna was just waiting for them to declare war on each other, which would allow her to fish in troubled waters.

There was a creak, and the door to Anna's room opened.

Gao Zhiming wearing a blue T-shirt with a notebook in hand walked into the room.

He seemed to have heard the screams from the altar.

"Sis, those people are—"

Anna pulled him over and set him down on her firm thighs before hugging him.

"According to your beliefs, they're bad people, so don't worry about them. Anyway, let me ask you something—where were you just now?"

"Oh, Sister Li Lu giving some lessons to Tobba, and she called me to join the lessons," Gao Zhiming replied.

Tobba needs lessons? What doesn't he know? Anna thought. She opened Gao Zhiming's notebook and saw that it was full of stories about familiar love and friendship. Clearly, Li Lu came up with these stories on the fly.

"Tsk." Anna immediately saw through Li Lu's intentions. She was attempting to subtly change Gao Zhiming's personality, which would inevitably influence even Anna herself.

He has already claimed several lives. What's the point of teaching him these things? Anna tossed aside the notebook and placed the half-eaten green apple with lipstick marks into Gao Zhiming's hand.

Then, Anna gently hugged Gao Zhiming as the latter nibbled on the apple.

Anna closed her eyes and pondered her next course of action. The current situation wasn't too bad for those hiding in the shadows like them. However, they still couldn't let their guard down.

Unless they were already as strong as the IMF, they absolutely couldn't relax.

After a while, Anna decided to call Jackal.

"How's your recruitment going?" Anna asked. They were a hunter organization, so they needed more hunters as cover. Anna had decided to establish a large-scale hunter organization.

— It's not going well. Those we contacted through the dark web are very vigilant. It's difficult to recruit people through the Internet alone. freёwebnoѵel.com

"Just keep doing that for now. Once we have enough Fhtagnists, we'll return to Subterranean London. You can recruit them again by then." Anna believed that regardless of how wary those people were, they would definitely join in the end.

Those alone were in danger amidst the ongoing situation. If those hunters didn't want to be blown apart by what was coming, the best way to do so was to find an organization that would protect them.

— Alright, I understand.

"That's it for now. Keep up the good work. You've worked hard these past few days. In a few more days, I'll assign some Fhtagnists to assist you," Anna said. She was about to end the call, but Jackal's words made her pause.

— High Priestess, wait a moment. Among the pieces of information I have just received from Subterranean London, there's a piece of news that you may want to hear. I've emailed it to you.

"Oh? What's with the mystery? Even if you say you have roses for me instead of great news, I'm still going to be happy," Anna remarked. She moved the mouse and opened her inbox.

Anna's pupils constricted to the extreme upon seeing the news article inside, and then her eyes became filled with murderous intent. It was a blurry, candid photo.

The photo was blurry, but Anna instantly identified the figure in the photo.

It depicted none other than her enemy—the Shattered God!

Actually, Anna's hatred toward the IMF wasn't that extreme. The relationship between the two had always been antagonistic, after all. They wanted to kill Anna, and she understood their reasoning behind it.

Anna also wanted to destroy the IMF and kill everyone within it to ensure that she wouldn't have any headaches in the future. Anna also believed that they understood her reasoning behind that desire.

Anna despised the despicable and shameless Shattered God more than the IMF.

A traitor was always more hateful than an enemy. Anna rarely trusted others, but she once trusted that pile of steel. However, death was the repayment for her trust.

The Shattered God had destroyed what little Anna had built from scratch. She wanted to torture the Shattered God until it was left begging for her mercy!

"Sis, what's wrong?" Gao Zhiming asked, sensing that something was off with Anna.

"Be a good boy and play outside. I have some business to handle," Anna said. After shooing Gao Zhiming off her lap, she focused on the news article.

The Shattered God's believers were pictured moving away their god.

It seemed that the IMF had given the Shattered God permission to move freely. Of course, they had to have promised that they would never contain it in the future, but this was just mere speculation.

Only the IMF and the Shattered God knew the details of their deal.

With a few clicks, the text on the picture was enlarged, revealing the location where the Shattered God was photographed—New South Wales.

"Great, this is the perfect opportunity to test the strength of my brand-new Fhtagnists." A bloodthirsty gleam flashed in Anna's eyes.