Lafite wanted to burst out laughing. First, he wanted to laugh at the evil spirit before him! In the notes his Clan Head grandfather had left him, he had been repeatedly warned never to try to deal with that evil spirit by force. Previous family members had paid dearly for that mistake.
One had to treat the evil spirit in the ruins with the same respect one showed a king, because the Pound Family no longer possessed the power to deal with it, nor did they have any other options. They could only gamble on the possibility that the evil spirit was willing to cooperate.
Lafite had been very young when he received those notes and had not understood what they meant. Only as he gradually grew older did he learn just how terrifying that evil spirit's power was.
Two Sequence 5s, three Sequence 6s, and two Sequence 7s had formed three separate groups to explore and attempt to eliminate the evil spirit. The third group had even carried a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, yet they had still been wiped out by it.
The notes contained a detailed record of the incident. The evil spirit was extremely cunning. The first group sent to explore had consisted primarily of a Sequence 6 and a Sequence 7.
After exploring for a while, the Sequence 7 returned with news: there was an evil spirit underground, and it was not particularly difficult to deal with.
Thus, one of the family's outstanding members, a Sequence 5, led a Sequence 6 and a Sequence 7 down to try to eliminate the evil spirit.
Before long, the Sequence 6 returned with news as well: the evil spirit was about to be destroyed, but they needed reinforcements.
Only then did the Clan Head feel at ease enough to