No one took the Blade Mercenary Corps' statement seriously. The President, in particular, treated it as a joke.
Two groups had taken part in that operation inside the Pyramid.
One was, of course, that band of wanted desperadoes. God only knew where they had come from—probably some mercenary organization driven mad by poverty.
The other was the United States!
And who had made the decisions for the latter? The United States President himself! Let them come take their revenge!
Never mind a mercenary corps and a meddlesome wealthy businessman—even the Egyptian State dared not utter a word under pressure from the mighty United States.
Yet less than half a day after the news broke, several bodies were discovered on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Identification confirmed that they were the very people who had infiltrated the Pyramid.
Most importantly, a stark line of writing had been left beside the bodies: Those who desecrate the dead must die!
It had been written in Ancient Egyptian, lending it an eerie air that inevitably brought the legendary curses of the Pyramid to mind.
Naturally, the President did not believe these people had been killed by the Pyramid's curse. He was more inclined to believe they had died at the hands of that damned Blade Mercenary Corps.
But what the hell was this Blade Mercenary Corps?
As the self-appointed world police, the United States had conducted detailed investigations into every influential mercenary corps around the globe. The President could guarantee that this so-called Blade Mercenary Corps was not among them.
There was no denying that the American Intelligence Department was highly efficient.
Shortly after reporting the deaths of those who had entered the Pyramid, they delivered intelligence on the Blade Mercenary Corps.
According to the intelligence, the Blade Mercenary Corps appeared to