"Make sure that you don't sleep on your way back. The poison is lethargic and can kill you slowly. I have only done the basic first aid, but you need to get yourself treated as soon as possible." The Imperial doctor reminded Markus.

Markus nodded back, his heart carrying nothing but gratitude for the Imperial doctor.

With that, the Imperial doctor finally disappeared from his sight while Markus resumed his escape.

Soon he reached the end where he could see light. He picked up his speed eventually ending up in the forest. He knew how the Judas tree looked, hence it wasn't difficult to know the route.

And the sea route, though short, was a one night long trip in which Markus never slept even for a second, fearing that he may risk not seeing Kizy at all if he was to die from poisoning here in the middle of nowhere.

This sole thought kept him going on, moving without taking a break. Once he reached country F, he directly went to his base, retrieved his phone and other things from their base in country F, and called for his private plane to reach country A sooner.

He was making sure that he chose the fastest means to reach Kizy, to see her again, embrace her body and touch her soul.

While waiting for the plane, he turned his phone on, checking for any updates from Joel and that's where he found how well Kizy had been doing everyday to make sure that the company was at peak at the sake of her health.

But before he could ask for anything, the plane had arrived and he instantly got up, wanting to meet Kizy right at that moment.historical

It took him an hour to reach country A, where that hour felt no less than a hundred years to Markus.

Markus arrived in country A and came out of the airport secretly, turning his phone on.

And as if all this was less for him, the first message he saw was from Joel, received seven minutes ago.

"Young madam has escaped. We are unable to locate her in any of the CCTVs. I am sorry for disappointing you boss."

Markus' heart literally stopped after reading the message. He was still digesting this when his phone vibrated again.

And next was the message received a moment ago from Joel.

"We are suspecting that young madam is headed towards the southern mountain range. I will find her soon."

Markus was about to reply when his phone vibrated one last time, finally dying down as the phone hadn't been charged for a long time.

"Fuck!" Markus cursed out loud before running out of the airport, knowing no vehicle will take him to the southern mountain range.

He kept running, taking a deserted path that was headed in the direction of the southern mountain range.

He kept running, climbing a small mountain in the process where he found a bike light coming his way while he was on the peak of the mountain.

Unbelievably, he had crossed the distance from the airport to this mountain within five minutes forty seconds!

He increased his speed even more, reaching in front of the path Kizy was taking, stopping exactly at the turn, his heart calming down, knowing he had found his little lamb.

And finally Kizy stopped, right in front of him, her bike coming to a screeching stop while his heart beat accelerated.

*PRESENT TIME, HALL, MARKUS's HOUSE*

Markus was done explaining the situation, leaving members shocked and Kizy in tears.

He gently wiped her tears away, while hugging her.

"Please don't cry." Markus said in a begging voice.

Kizy was about to break down even more when she controlled her emotions, knowing there were more important things to discuss for Markus and others than to handle her emotional breakdowns.

"So we need to gather our teams as soon as possible and attack the Imperial Nation?" Andrew was the one to speak first.

"Yes." Markus replied.

"Will this be something like world war?" Harry asked, curiously.

"Can you not spout such nonsense at such an important discussion?" Rose fired back.

"I was just asking." Harry said, feeling hurt.

"This won't be easy though. The professor already will be prepared for this war, knowing that you did this on purpose." Jason replied.

"Hence we will have to attack him as soon as possible. Any later and the situation will become unfavourable for us." Markus said.

"So what's your plan?" Andrew asked.

"Simple. I will be calling all my teams for this fight. They all have remained undercover for too long now. It's time to put their skills into action.

I have already sent them a notification by noon itself. All of them will arrive at our city base by tomorrow morning.

Once they arrive, I will discuss some major planning and our strategy. After that I will be leaving with them the day after tomorrow.

This way, we will reach there by night, perfect timing for attacking." Markus said, his voice firm.

"Okay, I will inform my team as well. They will be here by noon tomorrow." Andrew said.

"We are in this together. We will be joining your team as well. Similarly I will let my men know about this." Jason said.

"The elder master will also be sending his team along with us." Joel informed Markus.

"No, no. We can not leave our fort empty for others to attack. We need grandpa's men to protect our city while we are away." Markus said.

"He said he will be asking his friends to send his team for the time being. They will be accompanying the elder master till then." Joel said, remembering how grandpa had already told him about sending his men along with Markus.

"Hmmm. I will discuss this with grandpa first." Markus said.

"Markus, I-" Kizy started speaking when Markus instantly cut her off.

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Sorry for the late chapter. Don't forget to comment and vote. Have a nice day ahead!!

- Kizy