The Author's POV

343 Beginning of the assault [17]

In a remote location of Henolur, four individuals walked through a long, narrow dark tunnel.

It had been about a day since they decided to accomplish their mission, and for that long period of time, they had been stuck going through the unending dark corridors.

For how long they walked, it seemed as though the number of tunnels was endless. Just when the group thought they were close, they would suddenly find themselves in front of a dead end.

It was then that the group of four realized they had taken things too lightly. Even though 876 had entered the city and managed to get away from their sight, there was no way he would just stay in the city without finding a proper hiding spot.

Di. Dang—

A dull metallic ring rang out.

"The signal disappeared again."

One of the four individuals spoke up, his voice echoing through the tunnels.

"Odd…"

Another one muttered. Holding onto a small, dimly lit lamp, the features of the individuals became slightly discernible. Long, silver coloured hair, a feminine-looking face, and a fairly skinny body. If not for the adam's apple protruding from his throat, someone could've easily mistaken the man for a woman.

Squinting, the silver-haired male scanned the surroundings.

"The same thing happened a day ago. He suddenly disappeared for a couple of hours."

Lowering his head and staring at the detector in his hand, the silver-haired male tapped the back of the device.

"…Or could it be that this thing is broken?"

Ever since arriving at Henolur, the group had kept constant watch over the tracking device. Oddly enough, at times, the tracker's signal would suddenly disappear, leaving them wondering whether something had gone wrong with the device.

"The more plausible conclusion is that 876 entered some sort of restricted area that blocks all forms of signals."

Another one of the members said.

"That's true…" The silver-haired male replied.

Moving the small lamp towards his right, the features of the individual who had just spoken were highlighted due to the light.

He had a tall and muscular stature, his biceps the size of a football. With short hair fashioned into a buzz cut, a large scar traced half of his face. Added with his sharp gaze, he looked extremely intimidating.

With his brows knit, the muscular man thought out loud.

"If he's in an area where the signal is constantly disrupted or shut off, we can assume that the place is extremely well-protected."

He turned to face the silver haired individual.

"…I suggest we wait for the signal to come back before deciding to ambush him."

"I agree, but we should first get an idea of where he is. Let's assess the situation after we know of the exact location he is hiding in. If we can handle it, we proceed as planned."

"Yes."

The muscular man nodded.

Di. Ding—

But it was then that the tracker rang again.

"The signal is back!"

The silver haired male shouted. Lowering his face to get a closer look at the device, his eyes jumped up in delight.

"We're close! We're almost at the location where that little rat is hiding."

Clenching onto the sides of the device, the silver haired individual smirked before picking up his pace.

"Quickly, follow me. We should soon be able to see that little bastard that has caused us so many problems."

everyone increased their pace and headed

***

time, not far

a couple of meters away from them

the Monolith not so far from where he was, waving his

from the members of Monolith, Douglas threw a small device on

Tick—

the mana in the air suddenly twisted wildly. If anyone was present to witness the scene, they'd see several small tornadoes appear in

time passed, more and more tornadoes formed, all converging towards

Ci- Clank—

Douglas had formed, the residual mana that lingered in the air from the portal's activation did not leak outside. Therefore, the members of

Vooom—!

large

his wrist, Douglas looked at the

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hand, he took out a communication device from his

***

"You're done setting up?"

across

to what I heard, we shouldn't be too far from the Inferno headquarters. Just in case,

the communication device in Waylan's

get everyone

—Good luck.

"You too."

Tick- Tock—

with thousands of stares directed solely

as they stared at Waylan who was standing opposite them

I guess it's time we

away, Waylan raised his hand

like a moment of

his words faded, everyone

wow, they are a lot more obedient

as he looked at everyone in the

started speaking, "As you all already know, I have mentioned a way to end the war. Most of you here are probably confused by my words. After all, how can a human they have never seen before suddenly say such an absurd thing, especially when many of you couldn't find a

that did try to complain, but they were promptly stopped by one of their

amusement, Waylan put the device in his hand

you already know, this over here is a teleportation

slowly started to converge towards the box. Multiple

portal started materializing in the middle

forming, looking at all of the individuals in

how to stop the war? If you want to know, all you have to

by the faces of some of those

smile, he decided to assuage

to some unknown location to trap you, fret not. If you check the contract that I signed, one of the terms there states, 'If I, in any way, try to scheme or work

his chest, his

and well. There is no need to worry about me doing anything sketchy against you

Waylan suddenly noticed that the portal was

his wrist and taking a step to the side, Waylan pointed at

I've said enough. Who wants to go

55M

***

should have already

of my room, with the mask on my face and Angelica stuck in-between my teeth, as much as she hated it, I walked towards the room that the guard had shown me a few

are

out of the room, the same guard

break, are

"You can say so."

questions, I gave an indifferent response and continued to head towards the artifact

dismissive attitude, the guard walked up next to me

I may ask, where

of my eyes, I pretended to

just shut up? I'm trying to have a break. Your constant yapping

"I apologize."