<h4>Chapter 168: New year''s game</h4>


    The year 2049.


    16 years passed after Viktor decided to work as the vice chairman of hispany. Since he didn''t grow old, he started to hide slowly from the public face and one day, he just vanished. Viktor also manipted the memories of the North family so people won''t suspect anything.


    Thus, Viktor stayed a 19-year-old young man since 2032.


    A lot has changed since then. The hybrid race, the rise of the heroes and viins and also the discovery of new hybrid diseases.


    The world was chaotic but still, it was peaceful. It was the perfect world that Viktor wanted to live in. A perfect world that he had manipted for so long.


    Viktor also closed the doors to the North house and cultivated his divine Qi to get prepared for the tournament. He also taught Adonis and Mors about the realm of god because they were also hoping to start their journey to the upper realms soon.


    Moreover, Viktor kept Midas alive as the centre of his entertainment. Also, he kept him alive in order to maintain the bnce of the world since hybrids were walking alongside the human race. To maintain the bnce of evil and good, he had to keep him alive and let him do as he wished.


    The devil-human cases raised to five million and then, the government dered war against it. It was the time when Viktor saw the world''s end for Midas so he had to take steps against him.


    So on new year''s eve, he called a family meeting.


    Adonis, Mors, Ifrit and Welis were all present in the meeting room as soon as he called them. They were all worried because Viktor had never called anyone for any meeting. Especially a family meeting.


    Adonis whispered into Mors'' ear, ''Do you know why our master suddenly called a family meeting? You were with him since new year''s morning.''


    He replied, ''All we did was drink a whole bucket of tea and sunbathe. He never mentioned anything about the family meeting.''


    ''I see. I was so busy with the work that I barely even picked up my calls from Sho.'' Adonis mumbled and saw Viktor walking into the room with a handful of bags. It was a new year''s gift for everyone.


    Viktor smiled brightly and said, "Good evening everyone. Sorry for calling all of you here without any notice."


    Ifrit chucked and answered, "Why does the boss need to notify everyone to gather up? You''re the boss. We are bound to gather up even if our head is missing."


    Viktorughed and then said, "I wouldn''t go that far. I would be very ufortable if I saw a headless person attending a meeting in my house. Anyway, let''s put that aside."


    Viktor clicked his fingers against each other and the same type of box appeared in front of everyone. He then said, "It''s my new year''s gift for you. But why can''t I see Rae?"


    Welis cleared her throat and said, "He had two seizure attacks this morning. So I put him to sleep. He won''t be waking up for a week."


    "Hmm? He must be very stressed. Let him sleep for a while. Anyway, we are going to discuss a certain matter that I''ve been neglecting for the past 16 years. Well, there were so many reasons why I did that but it''s the right time for us to take measures."


    Adonis raised his hand and asked, "Is this about Midas? The leader of the infamous mafia in Europe?"


    "You are quick-witted. Yes, it''s about Misad who is trying his best to take over the controls in Asia. It''s been so long since I''ve been ying fetch with him. But he has crossed the line. He is nning to summon the hell door."


    Ifrit flinched and replied with rage, "What!!! Hell''s door? Are you even serious!!"


    Viktor replied, "In the future, there are 99.999999% chances of it happening. The .000001 is the odd number where he fails and gets sucked into the void for breaking thew of nature."


    Adonis thenined that it was terrible. He then asked, "Master. So what conclusion are you trying to reach? We were all ordered not to touch Midas. We simply ignored him even though he was nothing but a mere ant under our feet."


    "Like I told you. Good and evil, both of them should exist to maintain the bnce of nature. Both of them are both sides of a coin. So I let him be in order to maintain the hybrid bnce. But if he summons the hell''s door, the earth is doomed."


    Mors then said, "I agree with Viktor''s statement. He''s absolutely right about good and evil. But my question is, who will go after him? None of us is a person who loves to kill his target easily. We love to y with the target as long as possible until we get tired of it."


    Ifrit also agreed with him and asked, "Master Viktor, I also agree with that but the circumstances are a bit different now. If we y with him, I''m afraid that he might summon the gates."


    Viktor pouted and said, "Then, shall we y a game?"


    Everyone''s ears raised by hearing the word, ''Game''. So they all asked, "What game?"


    Viktor smirked and said, "Since it''s a new year, we will all y catch. Let''s see who reaches his hideout."


    He again said, "But, there is a catch. We won''t be using any fragment magic. We will reach him by using our human-like mana to reach his hideout before the clock hits 12. We won''t be killing him today. We will just wee him with a grand entering and leave."


    Everyone was surprised. "So, we have only 5 hours?" Welis asked.


    "Yes, 5 hours. And we won''t use any fragment so it will be fair and squire for you, isn''t it? Open your gifts and get well-equipped soon. I will be the referee who will check if someone is cheating."


    Ifrit stood up and said, "This is fun! I''m totally in and I''ll show you that I never lose a race."


    Viktor again added a rule and said, "No fighting or sparing among the participants. Even if yound an attack on the other participants, you will be disqualified immediately."


    Adonis then said, "How long will this game of tagst?"


    Viktor smirked and didn''t give him any reply. He simply winked at him and said, "Get ready everyone. The game will start after 10 minutes."


    …


    Midas'' hideout, somewhere in Norway.


    A group of people was serving his lunch on the table deep inside his hideout. The dining room was situated beside an underground garden where he grows his vegetables. Since all the delivery demi-humans kept getting killed by Adonis and Ifrit, he had to grow his own food deep down inside his hideout.


    He was living a miserable life and yet, he never forgot to entertain himself with tons of women kidnapped by his ves.


    "No. 2, why is the food so salty today?" Midas asked.


    "Sir, the cook has prepared the food just like you instructed. You ate the wrong part of the food. You''re supposed to throw that away."


    Midas frowned and screamed, "Then why did you serve something on my te that cannot be consumed? Tsk!!! I can''t believe I''m missing Mors'' cooking."


    Bom!!!!!!!


    A loud explosion urred at the centre of the hideout. All his bodyguards of his were trying to find out what happened but at that moment, Midas felt the sharp presence of death standing behind him.


    "Did you miss me, freeloader?"


    Midas was too shocked that he even forgot to move. At the same time, Ifrit entered the dining room and said, "Oi you damn sl*t!! Did you just outrun me!! Hey Viktor!! Are you sure he didn''t cheat?"


    Welis also made a grand entrance and said, "Nope, I''m pretty sure nobody used their fragment. And can''t you see Viktor? He''s already inside the garden looking for nts with Adonis. Mors is second."


    Ifrit was speechless.


    Adonis then came inside the dining room after helping Viktor pick up some nts and said, "Looks like I won this race. Mors, you did great but sadly, I''m the fastest one."


    "I knew you came here .001 seconds before I stepped onto the floor. I ept my loss."


    Adonis smiled and said, "You''re sofortable to negotiate. Let''s leave the rest to our master''s judgement."


    Viktor then entered the room.


    "Well, everyone is here already. I''m surprised that it took only 9 minutes to reach here by running. Adonis won the race so as nned, I will reward him. Mors also did great but he was a littlete. Ifrit, you''re not supposed to destroy mountains on your way. I had to use a time spell to fix that."


    Ifrit pouted andined, "Then what am I supposed to do? Walk over it?"


    Midas then mmed both of his hands on the table and said, "What is going on!!"


    Everyone inside the room looked at Midas with a grin. But they had no intention of killing him so Midas took the chance. He used his fragment magic on everyone but sadly, his charm magic did nothing to them.


    So Viktor said, "Your magic won''t work on us. So stop struggling. We are not going to kill you. But it doesn''t mean that we will leave you be. We''re just here to say hello. Nothing else." He then smiled and said politely, "Well then, we will take our leave now. Sorry for interrupting your lunch hour. Everyone, let''s go home."


    The five of them disappeared in the blink of his eyes.


    Midas then screamed, "Then why did you break into my house!!!!"