Chapter 257: Twelve winged Seraphim Ethan nodded and left the room. "Investigate the Moriarty Family and their enemies. I want a report in 2 days." Alexander stood up and bowed toward the leaving figure of Ethan. Ethan’s aura was even stronger than the god remnants they found in an ancient ruin. But that was only a slight aura of Ethan. If he released his full aura, the entire universe would have been destroyed. After leaving the room, Ethan went to Dave’s side and asked, "Shall we leave?" Dave didn’t ask anything about the meeting as he had no relation with Ethan. They entered the flyship and the ship flew into the sky. "Thank you Mr. Hunt for being my protector." Ethan was looking into the far distance, "It’s a give and take relationship. You provided me with money and I became your protector. In the end you didn’t even need my help. I’d say you have wasted your money Mr. Johnson, hahaha." Dave didn’t say anything else. They returned to the airport. Dave wanted to leave Ethan to his house but Ethan said he would go alone. After bidding his farewell to Dave, Ethan vanished and came out into space outside Earth. He scanned the entire planet, he felt something was off earlier. Then he found that Earth was in an alternate reality inside the prime reality. It was probably done by the ruler of Earth who was a tier 18 existence, to protect Earth from any harm. Because no existence higher than tier 17 was allowed near Earth, it was a law made by the supreme rulers of the prime reality. If anything happened to Earth, that fifth dimensional monstrosity would be unleashed from its seal and that would be the end of their prime reality. Moreover, there were no higher dimensional beings available to contain it if that monster was unleashed one day. After scanning the Earth, he again returned to Earth. There was some mystery in play. He could feel that. But he didn’t know what it was. There should be some powerful existence who had surpassed tier 18, and that existence should be an enemy. Though Ethan was not as strong as a tier 18, his perception was better than theirs. The alternate reality was cracking little by little, that was for sure. Either the tier 18 was not present on Earth or he was not able to see the change. Ethan heard yesterday, that there was something called dark dimensions, and there were some other dimensions which were 3rd dimensional space. The prime reality was some sort of main dimension and the rulers of the main dimension were suppressing the other dimensions. So probably they were trying to destroy Earth without the ruler’s knowledge and then unleash the monster. Ethan needed more information about that. He couldn’t let that happen as Earth had a special place in his heart. He returned to his house, there was nothing changed as he left a clone behind. So everything was perfect. He now wanted to bring back his Martial Soul from his enemy and also he would give the Fate Stone to his grandpa. The Martial Soul was not needed by him, but he could give it to Erina and she would have an ultimate Martial Soul. Even if she didn’t have her own at the age of 12, she wouldn’t have to worry. And if she did awaken a Martial Soul, then she would have a twin soul. That would be a once in a lifetime genius. He could use the law of karma to find out the whereabouts of his Martial Soul, but he preferred to use Alexander to do this. Otherwise he would have to do a lot of explaining to his family. Then Ethan closed his eyes and started to break through to level 6 of the Black Hole Realm. And boom! His innate black hole started to expand and stopped after expanding 5 times. [Master: Ethan Hunt Physique: 1750 Chaos Verse Spirit: 1750 Chaos Verse Talent: Infinite Comprehension] He broke through twice in a day. But he had no other choice. He needed to become as powerful as possible because Earth was in grave danger. After breaking through, he didn’t stop and continued comprehending the law. He would break through at least two times in two days, that was the plan. Meanwhile, Alexander went to the Martial Alliance directly. He was not only the president of the World Business Association but he was also the president of the Martial Association on Earth. There were only 5 Martial Saints present on Earth and Alexander was the strongest among them. After going there he immediately called the vice president. "Mr. Holmes, I would like to investigate the Moriarty Family and their enemies." As soon as he said this sentence, the vice president’s face color evaporated. "Why would the President suddenly be interested in the Moriarty Family business? Does he know something? Is he also after the ultimate Martial Spirit?" Yes, the vice president was the ancestor of the Holmes Family and also happened to be the enemy of the Moriarty Family. The Moriarty Family was nothing but a bug to him but he didn’t make his move personally just because he didn’t want the other Saints to know about that ultimate Martial Spirit. But after 19 years, why would the President suddenly ask about that? Did the Moriarty Family seek refuge with the President and tell him about that? That would be bad news. So he feigned ignorance and asked, "Which Moriarty Family President?" Alexander sighed, "That I need to find out. But it shouldn’t be very hard to track them down. I asked because I wanted to know if you know something." Maxim Holmes heaved a sigh of relief. The Moriarty Family didn’t go to him and the President was probably asking for something else. So he asked, "Why do you want to know?" Alexander said, "I can’t disclose the information but it is of the utmost importance. I am going to move the entire Association to find them." Maxim gulped down. The matter was more serious than he thought. "Okay, as you see fit. Do you want my assistance?" Alexander shook his head, "That wouldn’t be necessary I guess. But if I need your help, I will ask you. You may leave." As soon as Maxim came out from the President’s office, he instantly went to his family. "What is the progress of Sherlock? We have killed the real owner of the spirit, still why is he taking so long to merge with it? The President is looking for the enemy of the Moriarty Family. If he finds out what we have done, we would be goners." He told this to the current head of the family. As soon as he told them about the involvement of Alexander, the entire family turned pale. It was a heinous crime to extract someone’s Martial Spirit and it was forbidden by the President himself. But they not only did exactly that, they extracted the best Martial Spirit in Earth’s history. "The Twelve Winged Seraphim." Yes, it was Ethan’s Martial Spirit. They had known this because when Ethan was born, Maxim was passing by that island, and he felt the presence of that Martial Spirit. Instantly he took action and asked his family to attack the Moriarty Family. He couldn’t take action personally, because he would have been noticed by the other Saints, especially the President. "Ancestor, what should we do?" Maxim thought for a moment, "It wouldn’t take Alexander much time to find out the truth. So I will have to battle with him probably. But what about Sherlock? How many days would he still need?" The patriarch calculated a bit, "My guess is 3 days at most." Maxim nodded. He would be able to hold off the Association for 3 days. And once the merging was completed, he believed the President wouldn’t take action against the bearer of the Ultimate Martial Spirit for a 3rd rate Martial Family. Alexander in the Association ordered the entire Association to move and find out the information he was looking for. The next day, Ethan broke through to level 7 of the Black Hole Realm. [Master: Ethan Hunt 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖 Physique: 17500 Chaos Verse Spirit: 17500 Chaos Verse Talent: Infinite Comprehension] While he was breaking through, the entire martial world was upside down, everyone was looking for the truth. The pressure on Alexander was increasing, he didn’t want to offend the god-like existence but finding out the information seemed to be very difficult. Someone was hiding the truth. And who could hide information from the Martial Association other than those 4 Saints? So a budding suspicion was growing inside Alexander that this had to do with one of the Saints. So he called all 4 of them for a meeting. Soon the 5 Saints on Earth gathered together. "President, have you found out the information you are looking for?" Maxim asked the question. Alexander’s eyes were cold. "Who among you is hiding the information? Tell me the truth or else it would be very bad for you."