An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

“Here’s the problem-even if we know Warrick’s intentions, how do we stop him?

“Austin asked.

Right now, Warrick had already disappeared without a trace. Austin’s team hadn’t even come close enough to get a hold of him, so there was no way to track him down.

West Lucozia’s vast territory and resources made it impossible to seal off every exit route completely. While it might be manageable in the short term, prolonging such an operation would significantly impact West Lucozia’s economy. Wasting resources on a single fugitive wasn’t a wise move.

“Warrick is a wanted man across the entire city. There’s no way he’s leaving through official channels. He’ll have to sneak his way out,” Dustin analyzed.

He continued, “According to the maritime charts, if he’s traveling from West Lucozia to Artea, he’ll have to go through Thaloria. That’s our lead. Get someone on it immediately-find out how many smuggling routes there are from West Lucozia to Thaloria.”

“Got it. I’ll get it done right away,” Austin replied with a nod. He quickly summoned his guards and relayed the orders.

The castle’s intelligence network worked efficiently. In less than half an hour, a special route map was delivered to Austin.

As he spread it out, he saw dozens of winding paths-all leading from West Lucozia’s border to various docks and ports in Thaloria. However, five of these routes were marked in bright red, which stood out sharply.

These routes weren’t found on any standard map, and few knew they existed. In other words, they were the secret channels used by smugglers. Unscrupulous merchants and corrupt officials had long exploited these routes for profit.

them for some time but had chosen

ways, letting them go unchecked had its benefits-it was like allowing a dangerous situation to fester, knowing it would

pointing at the map. “If your guess is right, Warrick will have to choose

grandmaster martial artist, and his senses are razor-sharp. If we send too many troops to lay an ambush, it’ll be too obvious, and we’ll alert him before we get a chance to act,”

like a startled bird, and the slightest disturbance

“If we mobilize a large force, it’ll tip him off. But if we only send a handful of elite squads, I’m worried we won’t

escape from the castle. Regular armed forces

them. It was nowhere

top of that, Warrick had the backing of experts from the Hall of Gods. If it came to a confrontation, the

Dustin said coolly. “Just deploy your forces to seal off four of the routes. As for the rest, leave it to

this is what you meant by ‘

the false hope that he could escape. Dustin would then wait at the exit and capture him the moment he walked

clever strategy that wouldn’t raise any suspicion

could take down Warrick, Austin had never doubted it. Even top-ranked martial artists on the Champ-Tier List

Warrick had only himself to

breaking, and the search operation in Celestria,

they still had

estate outside Celestria, a hidden door behind a bookshelf