Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1542

"What we want is the fortune of the entire Seastone City."

Isolating the city was only the first step. Since acquiring fortune required some amount of time, they had to prevent the mystic arts community from noticing the phenomenon and intervening.

As for Shannon and the other mystic masters already in Seastone, it wasn't a big problem for them.

It was previously mentioned that Seastone and Jamborough held half of Crisea's fortune. Seastone had gathered a considerable number of people with great fortune, and it was also one of the reasons why the system specifically chose this place to acquire fortune.

That said…

"Even I only dared to steal the fortune of two wealthy families, while they plan to take the entire city's fortune? They're so greedy!" Tortoise the System expressed its dissatisfaction.

Paying no mind to its complaint, Shannon felt the gradual changes in her body while questioning Adeela, "The power of words from ten million people still isn't enough to isolate an entire city. What else have you guys done?"

Adeela gazed at her deeply for a moment before nodding, saying, "You're very clever, Shannon. For this array to work, of course, it can't do without its core items."

She looked at Shannon with a hint of helplessness in her eyes. "You actually weren't part of The Rift, but… Who told you to meddle with things you shouldn't have?"

She extended her hand, pointing directly at Shannon's chest. "Do you remember the serpent demon bone you unearthed from beneath the villa? That was one of the core items of The Rift.

"The supernatural strength of the demon bone connects with the array. By absorbing the supernatural power within that demon bone, you have now become part of the core items."

Although she had her suspicions, Shannon couldn't help but be surprised still.

So, that strange sensation in her body was because the supernatural power of the demon bone sensed the array's call.

The noise gave her a headache. Even without Adeela's interference today, Shannon had never connected the idea of creating a deity with Maya. Anyone with a brain could see that Maya was nothing more than a pawn.

Even if the Black Smoke Organization really intended to create a deity, why would they choose Maya over someone they had nurtured for years?

She was the one who foolishly thought she had found a place in the organization, letting them conduct those "experiments" on her soul.

Having been scolded, Maya felt her cheeks burning up from anger. "Who are you to say that to me? You called me a moron, yet you got fooled by Black Smoke the same way and even failed to notice the real enemy before you!"

She meant Adeela.

Shannon was quietly trying to control the supernatural strength coursing through her body. Listening to Maya's curses, she was just about to make a move to silence her, but two figures moved faster than she did.