Esper X Family – Chapter 297 – Sore Losers

The sudden demise of a companion quickly alerted the other members of the Sanctuary who were operating in secret.

Without hesitation, they paused their actions and chose to conceal themselves, refraining from making any rash moves.

As long as an individual’s strength reached S-rank, they could be considered a core member of the Sanctuary.

The power granted by Source Fire would be even stronger and more diverse then.

At the same time, it makes them much harder to kill.

The death of any core member could be sensed by the others.

After all, they share the Source Fire within them.

In a sense, it was akin to being linked by blood.

If a core member experienced extreme anomalies, they would all sense it.

What could be confirmed now was that a core member had suddenly died.

From the sensed information, it appeared that there was no direct blow involved.

It was highly likely that the death came from an unknown ability.

And this power even had the ability to kill S-rank Espers with ease.

There was no reason to think that they couldn’t handle the other S-rank Espers.

This information was terrifying.

One must understand that a single S-rank Esper is capable of destroying a small nation.

In some third world countries, they could be considered a war god.

Even if the Sanctuary’s S-rank Espers were slightly watered down, they still possessed the numbers of an S-rank.

For them, killing Espers below S-rank is as easy as slaughtering dogs.

People of this caliber wouldn’t die unknowingly like a cannon fodder.

There must be powerful enemies opposing them!

Thus, the other Sanctuary members who were executing secret missions chose to hide.

If they didn’t find the reason behind this, proceeding would only lead to being targeted by this mysterious expert.

They could only return to investigate the situation first.

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Within just a few minutes.

A crowd had gathered around the purple flame.

They planned to wait for the deceased to be resurrected to see what happened.

However, they discovered something shocking.

The deceased member could’t be resurrected!?

Is that even possible?

Generally speaking, as long as a bit of flesh is left in the fire, one could pay a price to come back to life.

Just like the previous few members.

Although they had suffered losses, they still managed to survive.

But why was resurrection impossible this time?

The leader of the Sanctuary stared at the motionless severed finger in the flame.

“He is completely dead.”

This statement signified that he could no longer be resurrected by Source Fire’s power.

He had truly died.

This news was akin to a bombshell.

For the active members of the Sanctuary, not dying was their greatest reliance.

Even if they inadvertently encountered a top-tier S-rank Esper, they would still have some confidence.

Even if they met the so-called Sequence Zero, they could still withdraw and wait for resurrection.

But now, there was actually a strong expert who could disregard this resurrection ability.

This undoubtedly brought a significant wavering to their minds.

“Should we still proceed with our covert operations?”

The leader shook his head.

“The current phase is sufficient. We’ll wait for Byron to advance the plan.”

Byron’s presence was not among the crowd.

Or rather, he was entirely unaware of everything that had just happened.

Byron did have the Source Fire within him.

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Moreover, he was a core member of the Sanctuary.

However, he is not pure. In the leader’s eyes, he is entirely unqualified.

If Byron knew about this incident, he might hesitate or even dare not push the plan forward.

Fortunately, the leader wouldn’t let him know.

Byron only needed to realize his final value to advance the ultimate plan.

A great Sanctuary required noble sacrifices for its construction.

Even if Byron were to die in this plan, it would be worth it.

From here on, their focus must be on perfecting the Sanctuary.

There was no need to confront anything. Spending time in the Sanctuary would lead to a bright future!

Confront the apocalypse head-on?

That was something only those without a way out would do.

The Sanctuary is the leader’s way out.

No one could convince him otherwise.

“Does this… count as killing someone?”

In the fate space.

Ye Yao still didn’t know exactly what she had done.

She had merely touched the fate line emitting black aura.

And then that line exploded.

If one didn’t know better, they might think it was a firecracker fuse.

The silver-haired girl tilted her head, unsure of the outcome.

She looked at An Qi beside her, who also seemed uncertain.

“What do you think, An Qi?”

“Well, maybe, probably… the owner of that fate line should be done for…”

This was the first time An Qi had encountered such a scene since awakening her ability.

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Just a simple touch and the fate line turned into ashes.

Even she could only lightly manipulate a few times.

How could Ye Yao be so powerful?

“By the way, the state of the fate line represents the state of the person.

Since it has disappeared, it’s likely that they encountered an insurmountable calamity and died.

Fate will proactively arrange the most suitable accident for that person’s exit.

Even just encountering a bit of bad luck can lead to death.”

An Qi was gradually analyzing her ability.

This knowledge surfaced from the depths of her mind with just a bit of thought.

It felt like knowledge intrinsic to the ability itself.

With some time spent digging, she could gradually piece together the complete picture.

“Is there a possibility of resurrection?”

Ye Yao asked curiously.

In response, An Qi shook her head.

“Once a person’s fate line disappears, there’s no way to survive the calamity.”

In simple terms, a certain death scenario.

No matter how strong the resurrection ability might be, they would be erased at the consciousness level.

Ye Yao suddenly realized.

“Oh, so it’s like directly deleting an account.”

This mechanism is somewhat impressive.

There was no need to fight on the battlefield.

Just a simple flick of a finger in this mysterious fate space would lead to someone’s demise.

However, An Qi seemed unable to achieve this.

Her numbers were a bit weak.

Perhaps it was due to her own fate being insufficiently heavy.

Ye Yao could only borrow An Qi’s abilities during spiritual synchronization.

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She now had an idea.

That was, to quietly crush Sanctuary members through this method.

“An Qi, quickly search and see if you can find a fate line similar to the one earlier. I want to use their fate lines to mess with them!”

Ye Yao was filled with excitement.

The bad guys in the Sanctuary were like twin-tailed pokémons of Old Guang ¹ Cockroaches from Guangdong Region. From what I found online, apparently the Guangdong Region of China has bigger cockroaches with longer antennas and shinier carapaces. They’re also known to be more “lively” and will fly more often… .

You could see a few from time to time.

But when you looked closer, you could never find them.

Now that she could erase them on the fate level, she couldn’t pass up this opportunity!

To prevent them from causing trouble and harming her family.

Since it was possible to eliminate the crisis at its roots.

Ye Yao was certainly happy to do so.

The fewer people that die, the better.

“I’ll give it a try.”

An Qi nodded earnestly and began to roam through the sea of fate.

But after a few hours…

The two girls swayed amid the chaotic tangled ball of threads.

The originally energetic purple-haired girl was starting to feel exhausted.

Staying in the realm of fate for so long was a huge mental burden for her.

Add to that the millions of intertwined fate lines…

An Qi suddenly felt powerless.

Was finding that one line just now mere luck?

Meanwhile, Ye Yao slightly pouted in boredom.

“The rats scurried back to the sewers. Sore losers.”

Author Note

It’s the weekend! Have a great weekend!

Text: Cats are stupefied