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."

increased their pace and

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same time, not far from the members of

of meters away from them was Douglas, whose face contained unprecedented

from where he

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

Tick—

air suddenly twisted wildly. If anyone was present to witness the scene, they'd see several small tornadoes appear in the air, where the tip at the bottom funneled

more tornadoes formed,

Ci- Clank—

mana that lingered in

Vooom—!

before a large portal appeared in front

at the

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his hand, he took out a communication device from

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"You're done setting up?"

voice echoed across the

to what I heard, we shouldn't be too far from the Inferno headquarters. Just in case, I double-checked with the coordinates that Ren

echoed outside of the

I'll get

—Good luck.

"You too."

Tick- Tock—

he did, he was met with thousands of stares directed solely at him, each belonging to either

Waylan who was

I guess it's

raised his hand to get

I would like a moment of your attention,

moment his words

are a lot more obedient than I had

looked at everyone in

you here are probably confused by my words. After all, how can a human

were some that did try to complain, but they

at the scene in amusement, Waylan put the device in

this over here

air slowly started to converge towards the box. Multiple different colored tornados

materializing in the middle of the

was forming, looking at all of the individuals in the

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

flash by the faces of

a calm smile, he decided to

worried that I will send you 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

chest, his

There is no need to worry

that the portal

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

enough. Who

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should have already

teeth, as much as she hated it, I walked towards the room that the

are ye going

the room, the same guard

break, are ye,

"You can say so."

the guard's questions, I gave an indifferent response and continued to head

up next to me and

I may ask,

him from the corner of my eyes, I

to have a break. Your constant yapping is

"I apologize."