Day by day, Night des had notunched an attack on the city of warding, nor had they made any moves against the suring cities.


    This situation left Irving and his team in a state of confusion and awkwardness.


    Irving had be prepared for a decisive battle with Night des, but who could have thought that Night des didn''t n to take any action at all.


    After six whole days passed, Irving could no longer wait idly. He decided to go directly to the headquarters of Angel Guild to discuss the situation with Anna and the others.


    The headquarters of Angel Guild was heavily guarded.


    Ev though the scheduled attack time had passed by several days, Angel Guild had not rxed its vignce. The members of Angel Guild still believed this might be a ploy by Night des.


    Wh Irving saw Anna, she was discussing the intelligce gathered in rect days with Aron.


    "Night des must be nning something in the shadows. The reason they dyed their action is probably that they ssed we were prepared."


    Anna''s voice came from the room.


    Although her voice was as gtle as always, there was a hint of worry in it.


    Night des'' continued inactivity was causing great concern among all members of Angel Guild.


    "Is it possible that our intelligce was wrong? Maybe Night des has no inttion of taking immediate action to disrupt the order maintained by the officials in the city of warding and the suring cities."


    Irving suddly walked into the Angel Guild''s discussion room and shared his thoughts.


    Anna and Aron both turned to look at Irving.


    Though Anna''s face showed a trace of worry, she still managed to smile at Irving. Aron, as always, maintained his aloof and unapproachable demeanor.


    "What you said is possible. However, the longer Night des dy, the worse it will be for them. Our strgth in Angel Guild is continuously growing."


    "Moreover, Angel Guild can coborate with non-official individuals like you. Combined with the guilds that lean towards supporting us, our power is immse."


    "If Night des don''t act immediately, they might miss their best opportunity. Giv their cunning nature, I doubt they hav''t considered this."


    Aron insisted on his perspective.


    He believed that Night des would never easily abandon their established ns. The sudd quietness of Night des must be because they are secretly plotting something more sinister.


    Anna tded to agree with both Irving and Aron''s viewpoints.


    She couldn''t understand why Night des would dy their actions. She also couldn''t figure out wh Night des would act if not now.


    "If we can''t figure out why Night des are doing this, th maybe we shouldn''t overthink it. Can''t we just attack Night des'' bases directly?"


    Previously, Irving agreed to adopt a defsive strategy against the threat of Night des because he believed that Night des had a significant advantage at that time.


    On one hand, Irving did not yet know the true strgth of Night des.


    On the other hand, Night des were hidd in the shadows. It was almost impossible for Irving to find them. Plus, Night des had colluded with certain families.


    This made it impossible to directly target Night des at that time.


    But now, the situation was quite differt from before.


    After several days of preparation, Irving felt he had done his best on the defsive front. Ev if Night desunched an attack, it wouldn''t immediately put him in a difficult position.


    Thus, Irving naturally considered adopting a proactive attack strategy.


    Instead of waiting for the oppont to strike first, why not target them directly? If they could significantly weak Night des, th Night des wouldn''t be able to pose a substantial threat in the short term.


    Irving''s proposal surprised the members of Angel Guild slightly.


    They thought Irving''s suggestion was a bit too bold. Anna also felt that Irving''s idea was somewhat far-fetched.


    However, Aron, who hadn''t always be on the best terms with Irving, supported Irving''s proposal.


    "I think Irving''s n could be very effective. We can''t just sit here idly waiting for Night des to make the first move."


    "We do know some of Night des'' bases. We should take this opportunity to eliminate those bases directly."


    "This way, we can put more pressure on Night des to reveal their true ns. Additionally, we can weak Night des'' strgth, making their subsequt actions harder to seed."


    With Aron''s support, Angel Guild finally agreed to Irving''s n.


    The members of Angel Guild nned to join Irving in eliminating the known Night des'' bases in the city of warding first. This would significantly weak Night des'' strgth.


    While Irving and Angel Guild were taking action, at a Night des'' base in Starling City, Elder Seville was discussing the action n with Joseph.


    "Six days have passed. Has your informant made the necessary preparations? We can''t keep waiting. The longer we wait, the greater the risks we face."


    Though Elder Seville''s tone was somewhat calm, Joseph could tell that his patice was nearly exhausted.


    "My informant should be ready soon, within the next day. You''ve already waited six days; can''t you wait just one more?"


    Joseph''s tone was much gtler than before.


    He knew that angering Elder Seville now would do him no good. Besides, aside from Night des, Joseph had no one else to rely on to regain control of Ocean Group.


    Elder Seville''s expression fluctuated.


    He seemed to be contemting whether to act alone. Further dys would only cause extreme dissatisfaction among the higher-ups of Night des.


    As the two of them fell silt, the door to the room was suddly knocked on heavily.


    With a somewhat irritated tone, Elder Seville said, "Come in!"


    A member of Night des hurriedly handed a letter to Elder Seville.


    "This letter is from Ocean Group."


    Upon hearing this, Joseph snatched the letter from Elder Seville''s hand.


    After tearing op the velope, Joseph saw that it contained a red piece of paper. This was the signal he had agreed upon with his informant.


    Seeing the red paper, Joseph''s expression finally rxed a bit.


    With a sse of relief, he said to Elder Seville, "Elder Seville, my informant has seeded! Let''s proceed with our n. My informant will help us take control of Ocean Group first."


    A smile finally appeared on Elder Seville''s face as well.


    "Good, th let''s take action immediately!"


    At :30 AM, a few rooms in the headquarters of Ocean Group were still lit.


    On the top floor of Ocean Group''s headquarters, Vicky was still in the CEO''s office handling documts. Although the crisis Irving had mtioned hadn''t arrived, Vicky felt it was important to remain vignt.


    Vicky specifically reassigned all the security personnel at Ocean Group who had once followed Joseph and were promoted by him, sding them to branch offices.


    Now, the security personnel at Ocean Group headquarters were all trustworthy individuals.


    Standing guard at the main trance of Ocean Group headquarters was Bjamin. He was leading his special strike team in a thorough patrol of the suring area.


    Other security personnel from the security departmt were responsible for patrolling other areas of Ocean Group headquarters. The tire headquarters was in a state of high alert.


    "Captain, don''t you think the new CEO is making a fuss over nothing? She''s already kicked her uncle out, so why do we have to stand guard here in the middle of the night? Does she really think her uncle cane back? Donald has personally tak control of Ocean Group. Her uncle shouldn''t be able to return," one of the special strike team membersined to Bjamin, slightly annoyed.


    Although every member of the special strike team had undergone extremely rigorous training and received very high sries, they were still human. Anyone would feel frustrated being called out in the middle of the night to guard a ce where danger seemed unlikely.


    "Stopining! Don''t forget what our duty is! Our duty is to follow orders from above and sure the safety of Ocean Group!" Bjamin didn''t like it wh his subordinatesined.


    To Bjamin, a subordinate who constantlyined would only be a hindrance during missions. If this person hadn''t be rigorously selected and prov theirpetce in front of Bjamin, he would have kicked them out long ago.


    Just th, a member of the special strike team lowered his voice and said, "Did you guys see those suspicious-looking people over there? They seem to be observing our headquarters'' trance."


    Hearing this, Bjamin immediately directed his gaze into the distance.


    In the shelter game, Bjamin had acquired the [Far Sight] scouting skill. Ev in the real world, he could detect information from a distance that others couldn''t.


    Bjamin quickly noticed that the suspicious figures in the distance wer''t actually people, but illusions created by some skill.


    Realizing this instantly, Bjamin issuedmands to the members of his special strike team.


    "Everyone, prepare forbat! It looks like a powerful emy has sured our headquarters! Stay alert and don''t let them breach our defses!"


    Upon receiving Bjamin''s orders, the special strike team immediately formed a defsive formation.