Beyond All Part 1 ( The Searches)

Chapter 30

Argenti's Anger

" What the fuck do they know?!" Argenti thought, Picking shards of glass from his hand. When he was done, he went to get his hand healed. Then he decided to make some calls. The calls mostly consisted of seeing how the planets he was having mined were doing. They were doing fine, save for a few planets that had been tapped out. For these planets, Argenti ordered his workers to leave and seek out new planets to mine. They had to make sure to look outside of Furresentia. This didn't take long. The only issue was running into Aurum's workers. But usually, this rarely happened. Whenever it did, Argenti told his workers to engage only if they were sure they could win.

Once done with the calls, Argenti figured some alone time would do him some good. After all, there wasn't much else he could to until the next day. When, either he would kick out or Harriet and Venatora. Or, they would give him valuable info in regards to Citreal's whereabouts. He went into his bedroom. Then laid on his bed. He tried reading for a bit. But found he was too angry to do so. He had similar results when trying to take a nap. All he could think about was how Citreal and Aurum had fucked him over.

" They ruined everything for me. All they had to do, was cooperate. But no! Aurum couldn't stick to our deal. And Citreal had to go and pull that stunt with those Lignumitis and Cogito creatures! I'll have to make a trophy room. So, I can mount their heads on my wall! I can at least hand it to Aurum that he isn't a coward. Unlike, Citreal. That pussy, always too afraid to show his face to people. If only I knew where he was, I'd give him a slow and agonizing death. Of course, I'd do the same thing to Aurum. But, I'd be merciful with him. I'd make it so he died before Citreal. Maybe by a couple of seconds." The thought brought a smile to his face.

With that thought, he was finally able to take his nap.

After Dinner

" That was incredible, Harriet!" Venatora said.

" Glad you liked it. How about some dessert?"

" I'm already pretty full. But, what did you make? I might be able to squeeze in a little more food."

" I made a pomegranate and apple cobbler."

" I don't think I've ever had pomegranate before."

" They aren't half bad. And, they've been made even better by the cobbler I made."

"It's really good. But, I just can't eat much more. Think we can take it with us?" Venatora asked, after taking a few bites.

" Who knows? Argenti isn't exactly found of us. He might make us throw it away."

" We'll have to scarf it down in the morning then. Think he's still watching us?"

" Maybe. Want to cover up the cameras?"

" Just the ones in the bathroom. I don't know what this guy is into. it could be something sick for all we know."

" Thanks. I assume you are getting a shower first?"

" If you don't mind."

" Not at all."

" Well then, I'm probably going to head straight to bed afterward. What about you?"

" Might kill some time until I get tired. And Uvam might end up contacting us tonight."

" Can his call even reach us out here?"

" It shouldn't be an issue. We haven't been around to the other side of the planet. But, I assume someone like Argenti would have a strong signal tower. Unless he has Ultricat in his phone."

" Why don't you try giving Uvam a call? If it goes through, that'll answer our question."

" Might as well give it a shot then," Venatora said, about to give Uvam a call.

Before she could, her phone started ringing.

Breakthrough

" He did it! I can't believe he actually fucking did it!" Uvam screamed.

A few cultists came running to Uvam. When they got to him, he was laughing.

" Is..there something wrong, sir?" One of them hesitantly asked.

" Wrong? Oh no! Quite the opposite in fact! Finally, we've found the bastard!"

" The bastard being...?"

" Citreal!"

" What?! You serious?!"

" Dead serious! Novacula sent me a message just now!"

Uvam showed it to them.

" So, what's our next course of action then?"

" Obviously, we can't head to Insectum in this ship. I'll have to make a call to Harriet and Venatora. We have no idea how much longer Citreal will be on Insectum for. Or, even what he's made himself look like. So, we need to act fast. Direct the ship towards Insectum. But, we aren't going to it. Just near the space, it's in. We should still be safe from Unitatis while being in a better position to take Citreal out. I'm sure I don't need to tell you all to avoid going by any Unitatis ran planets so nobody spots us, correct?"

" Of course, Sir. We'll get on that right away," A cultists said. Then he and the other ones left.

When they did, Uvam called Venatora. When she picked up, he told her about the message. Then asked where she and Harriet were. After informing Uvam of their location, she put him on speaker, so that Harriet could also hear. Together, they formulated a plan to kill Citreal. It involved having Argenti send some enforcers he had on planets nearest to Insectum. Over to there. Also, some enforcers would meet Uvam and give him pods for the Slice Of The Stars. Then, said pods would also be sent to Insectum to locate Citreal. Only the weaker cultists would be going, in order to avoid detection. Meanwhile, Novacula would contact Uvam. And send him a picture of what Citreal was making himself look like. Or at least describe it to him. Then after they killed Citreal and stole his energy, Uvam would report to Timore. Then bring it to him, after Argenti got the information he needed from it.

Once they finished making the plan, Uvam told Harriet and Venatora to run it by Argenti as soon as they could. The only thing he could do now was to wait for Novacula to contact him again.