Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 647: Flower of Blood and Bone: Hunting the Sword Bearer II
Cold sweat had already seeped out of Ernest Hayes' forehead and his fingers were trembling slightly.

He didn't expect that the person who was the least likely to appear was actually in the same city with him at this moment.

Clearly, previous intelligence had inferred that the person investigating them was at most a Sarkic patriarch, but now the think tank told him that the ones chasing them were four sword-wielding men from heaven.

He was also asked to lead a team to hunt down the sword-wielding man...

No, what was [Hilmi] thinking!?

The captain of Team Rocket took a deep breath, looked up at the starry sky, and tried to calm himself down.

The twinkling stars in the night sky seemed to be watching him, making him feel as if he was being stared at by countless pairs of eyes.

He looked at the resources that [Hilmi] had given him.

Since the consortium asked me to hunt down the sword-wielding man, I should be prepared to bleed heavily.

【Ding--】

[The consortium has handed over the authority of the split think tank to you——]

[Your previous application for admission to the [Crown] has been approved——]

[The Solomon keys of the other two members, including you, have been untied from the consortium lineage, but have been injected into the separate think tank, and have all the operating rights to the think tank——]

[Except for Ou Wei who has died in the battle and has been taken to the Grand Warlock's Ritual Site, the other eleven controllable incarnations who have completed the incarnation have gathered in the Casino. They have the ability of a new type of incarnation, and their combat power is equivalent to the combat power of eleven [Dominators] with a comprehensive rating of A+ from the consortium——]

[In addition to these, other secondary forces of the consortium will also participate in this hunt——]

[Currently, the Foundation has authorized eleven flesh recipients through the [Meat Institute]. That is to say, in addition to the combat power of eleven [Dominators], you will also obtain the assistance of eleven root-caused distortion anomalies.

These anomalies combined together are enough to wipe out a medium-to-large hub, a kingdom of the worlds, and a [Crown]...】

You have only two goals:
A: Get rid of the sword bearer (at any cost, even if it means reducing the casino to ashes)

B: Delay time (We will wake up "Ion" one day in advance, so tonight, today, you cannot let the Sword Bearer leave the Silver State)]

[In addition to these, there is something else prepared for you. If you are ready to accept the task, open it——]

Seeing these lines of text, Ernest's pupils suddenly contracted, his breathing became rapid, and his heart beat violently.

He stared at the screen in disbelief, his fingers trembling slightly.

The captain of Team Rocket was feeling so shocked at this moment that he could hardly calm down.

"The consortium... is actually willing to pay such a huge price for this..." The captain whispered to himself, with an undisguised tremor in his voice and a complex light flashing in his eyes, revealing his inner shock and uneasiness.

The consortium was so determined to deal with the sword-wielding man that they were even willing to reduce the casino to ashes.

He knew very well what such a decision meant.

You must know that the foundation of the consortium is in the Eddiesi Federation.

The ideas Hermes built grew out of a deep distrust of power, politics, and social control, and speculation about underlying power dynamics outside of formal political structures.

The essence of the Hermes Consortium is a shadow government.

They are made up of a group of elites unknown to the public. These people may be senior politicians, executives of large multinational companies, people in the financial world, military leaders or former senior officials of intelligence agencies - these people influence or control the country and even the international policies of Terra as a whole through non-public channels.

Although the Hermes Consortium is called a consortium, it is a secret, informal group like a shadow government. They only control or greatly influence the decision-making of the formal government behind the scenes.

Except for the top management and the think tank used to maintain necessary connections within the consortium, internal members may not even have met each other.

It is precisely because of this high level of secrecy that they are able to control or influence mainstream media and information channels behind the scenes to shape public opinion, hide the truth, and promote their agenda.

The Hermes Consortium's foundation originates from the Federation, but the Federation is not all of it.

The Edicimin consortium is a "shadow government" that bypasses the constitutional system with confidential policies and suppresses and controls the people through the power of terror.

Surrounding the shadow government is a "deep group" consisting of a huge military industry and financial conglomerates that buys off Congress through lobbying and political donations.

Outside the Federation, the consortium has members from all over the world.

Including Efrain, Berlin, Fog City, the British Isles, Iberia, the Central Alliance, the 26 countries, the Guber Empire, the Daeva border warlords, the Oletin city-states, the Sixteen Kingdoms of Oaxaca, Albanos, Paeonia, Troy...

These countries all have the shadow of the Hermes Consortium.

Even the Sarkic Order has the shadow and investment of the consortium, the largest investment of which is the one who calls himself "Ion" - Corinius P. Bodfell II, and the Adytum Awakening built by the other party.

The Hermes Consortium is the hotbed of all conspiracy theories and the best script for various movies involving political themes, transnational crimes, and mysterious organizations.

Because its members are spread all over the world, covering all walks of life including politics, finance, science, education and art.

It is not only closely related to the Franco-French Revolution, the Edisi War of Independence, the Thaumaturgical War, the Financial Crisis, and the Political Subversion War, but also has close ties with the world's financial center, the Financial Street, and governments of various countries.

Now, in order to hunt down the Sword Wielder, the Consortium is even willing to expose the characteristics of the shadow government.

You must know that the Deep State operates on “money”, “power” and “greed”, and these three are the driving forces of the Deep State.

The shadow government relies on "fear" and "intimidation."

The shadow government can be called a secret government. It is an institution that exercises unconstitutional power in secret, and many of its components are not subject to constitutional regulations.

At the top of the shadow government or secret government structure are two units, one of which is the National Security Agency.

Another hub is the CIA.

These two institutions are the central nodes of the consortium operating outside the Edisi Constitution. It operates through its own confidentiality rights, and even Congress, the Twelve Financial Giants, and Hermes are not fully aware of what it is doing.

The CIA, as the hub of the shadow government, controls all other 16 intelligence agencies.

They don't make decisions all the time, they only make decisions at critical moments.

A shadow government that does not exert its power will have no actual impact, but when it exerts its full power, the entire federation will be carried forward by them for a period of time.

This is something the federal government does not want to see, and something the consortium is unwilling to try.

Because once exposed to the sun, the many tentacles of the Hermes Consortium will inevitably be completely liquidated by the federal government afterwards.

In order to hunt down the Sword Wielder, the Consortium is ready to make drastic changes in the Federation.

In terms of resource allocation and attitude towards the Fourth Sword Bearer of Heaven, the performance of the Hermes Consortium can be summed up in one word - Crown of Miracles, is there any kind of person like that?

Whether it was a crown or an angel, the Hermes Consortium had killed people before. They even manipulated the collapse of the [Financial Street], causing the twenty-four countries of Oaxaca to collapse into the current sixteen countries.

450 million Oaxacan civilians and many extraordinary forces including the Kingdom of Heaven are buried here.

Of course, the price of this incident was that the predecessor of the consortium, the Bright Relief Society, was completely destroyed.

However, within a hundred years, they were resurrected in the form of the Hermes Consortium.

Every organization has its core program, and they also have a core program like the Utopia of Heaven - the new order.

The ultimate goal of the Consortium is to achieve global domination or a new world order by manipulating economic, political and social events to achieve its goal of controlling humanity.

As mentioned before – “money”, “power”, “greed”.

These three constitute Hermes.

For the sake of the new order, the consortium is willing to make any effort and attempt, just as heaven is willing to give up everything for utopia. None of the people and organizations on this earth are easy to deal with.

In the past, the beneficiaries of the consortium did not hesitate to trigger a large-scale financial tsunami in order to gain profits from the Seventh Occult War.

Now, the beneficiaries of the consortium have decided to accumulate whatever power they can at all costs in order to deal with the upcoming Eighth Supernatural War, the stars approaching Terra, and the restless extraterrestrial gods.

This power can be used to fight against disasters in the future, to escape from Terra, or even to become an [End Producer] and stand as an ally with these "crises".

This time, the consortium is eyeing a border project of human gene editing led by Corinius P. Bodfell II.

The fourth sword bearer of Heaven who hindered the plan...

Get rid of him!!!
Is the Hermes Consortium afraid of Heaven?

will not!

They only fear no profit or too little profit, just as nature fears a vacuum.

Once there is appropriate profit, the consortium becomes bolder.

If there is a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it takes risks; for 100% profit, he dares to trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, he dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of facing heaven.

A [Miracle Maker], a dreamy frontier world, a future world with genetic compilation about the future of mankind... It is enough for the Consortium to commit any crime!

At this moment, Team Rocket Captain Ernest looked at the gift given to him by Hiermi, and his heart rose to his throat.

Floating in front of him was a piece of parchment, which was densely covered with extremely ancient runes. These runes exuded powerful distorted and abnormal energy, and the EVE particles in the air were trembling and buzzing with the power of these runes.

This is... the power of chaos.

Ernest felt an invisible pressure that almost overwhelmed him.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on his palms, but he knew that this was an important task assigned to him by the consortium and a task he had to complete.

He had no choice.

The captain swallowed, raised his right hand, spread out his palm, and slowly placed it on the parchment.

The moment his palm touched the parchment, the runes on the paper began to glow with a dark purple light.

The light spread from the rune like a living thing, gradually forming a dark purple handprint. Ernest felt a cold force passing from his palm to his whole body, and his palm seemed to be frozen, but he did not retreat.

The dark purple handprint gradually solidified and took root in his palm.

At this moment, the runes on the paper suddenly trembled violently, and the dark purple handprint began to release a strange energy, and the surrounding air seemed to be distorted.

Ernest felt a powerful force flowing into his body through his palms. He closed his eyes and let the force flow in.

After a few seconds, the runes on the paper gradually dimmed, and the entire piece of paper turned to ashes in the purple flames.

The flame made no sound, like a dreamlike illusion, but the energy it emitted made Ernest feel terrified.

At the moment when the ashes dispersed, Ernest saw a mass of constantly changing objects emerging from the ashes.

This mass of objects consisted of pseudopods, tentacles, and clawed limbs, with colorful flames constantly emitting from its surface, like a demon maggot from the depths of a nightmare. The pseudopods of the demon maggots were like the limbs of some demon, covered with sharp barbs, and every wriggling brought a chill.

The tentacles were like living vines, constantly expanding and contracting, spewing out blazing flames.

Those claws were extremely sharp, and every swing cut through the air, making a chilling scream.

The body of the demon maggot is covered with colorful feathers. These feathers are not fixed, but are constantly flowing, changing shape and color like liquid.

Occasionally, among these feathers, smiling faces would emerge, flickering in and out of focus, as if mocking Ernest's fear.

There is a strange bird beak on the body of the demon maggot. This beak looks like some kind of demonic organ and is full of dangerous aura.

[Chaos Egg——]

For some reason, Ernest immediately knew what the thing in front of him was.

And when he recognized this thing, changes also occurred in his body.

Ernest felt himself changing. His body began to twist and gradually turned into a monster with a strange bird's beak and claws.

Colorful feathers grew out from under his skin, covering his entire body. These feathers kept flowing, changing shapes and colors like liquid metal, dazzling the eyes.

His skin and armor were constantly changing, forming all sorts of bizarre patterns, sometimes even revealing strange faces that twisted and shifted on his body, mocking his new form.

Ernest looked down at his hands and found that his palms had turned into sharp claws. The claws emitted a cold light, and he could feel the powerful force every time he clenched his hands.

His gaze turned to his body and saw that he had completely transformed into a monster made up of flowing colors and ever-changing shapes.

The strange and dazzling colors made him feel dizzy, but he knew that this was the new power he had gained.

Ernest felt the power surging in his body. It was the powerful force given to him by the consortium, which would make him invincible in the next battle.

He heard the whispers of the gods from Chaos.

He said;

"This is part of the plan—"