Child of Destiny

Chapter 1692: Messing with the Others Once Again

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Axion was staring warily at the two uninvited guests before him, thinking of a way to solve his current predicament.

Seemingly sensing the thoughts that Axion had, Immortal suddenly turned to him and spoke. ”Relax. We will not make our move yet. At least until that thing in you had fully ripened.”

Axion was trying to secretly send a message to his companions through their team channel. But the expression on his face suddenly turned ugly after realizing that the place was currently isolated by a powerful barrier, which also blocked all kinds of signals coming in and out of this place.

Seeing the expression that Axion was making, Immoral suddenly started smirking. ”Donʼt try doing anything funny. Just behave there and patiently wait for ʼyourʼ turn.”

He then turned his attention back to Azazel before asking. ”So, how are we going to settle this?”

Azazel squinted his eyes as he stared at Immoral before saying. ”As the missing piece that has become a defective product, I donʼt think you are worthy to decide anything.”

Immoral went silent for a moment as heard those words. He then gave the other party a provoking look before asking. ”You can give it a try. Letʼs see how strong one of the said generals of his army is.”

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As the situation within the tomb was somewhat getting heated, a pair of hooded individuals stepped into an isolated part of the Plague Lands, quite far from the battlefield.

One of them was a man wearing a dark grey cloak with small dark patches all over its surface, seemingly creating a hazy and eerie miasma around the cloak to his presence.

The other was a girl hidden by a white cloak with silver-white feathers attached to its surface. She was holding a tall holy staff, which was a head taller than her, and had a golden globe at its tip that was constantly releasing a holy aura to ward off the dark miasma coming out from the Plague Lands.

”I know that this place is in a mess, but I never expected that even the air is this filthy,” commented Cloe as she scanned the surroundings.

It was her first time stepping into this place since it had transformed into a region polluted by such a strong stretch of plague energy.

She had to admit that she had somewhat underestimated the power of the Plague Race as the contamination that they carried was no weaker than what the Corrupted Monsters and Demonic Creatures were carrying in their bodies.

The pollution that they carried through the plague was even worse than those creatures to some extent.

”So, what are your plans?” she asked as she turned to Shin.

Shin glanced at the update of the event that he had gotten from Exheart before saying. ”I plan to hunt some powerful monsters and players, who managed to achieve decent positions within the Plague Army.”

He paused for a moment before continuing. ”It seems like one of the generals was captured by an NPC Templar. From the information that I have gotten, particularly the description of the captured person, I think that it is the cunning assassin who I fought earlier.”

”That guy is quite tricky to deal with, especially when he is very proficient in creating multi-layered schemes. I wonder how he has fallen into that trap, which cost him being captured,” he added as he fell into deep thought.

He then threw that thought at the back of his head before sticking to his original plan. ”Anyway, letʼs go for a hunt while looking for the main locations that need to be purified based on your mission.”

Cloe nodded her head as she opened the 3D virtual map before her, which fully showed the entire region of the Plague Lands. On it, there were three huge dots, which seemed to be formed by a dark miasma, along with countless red dots surrounding them.

”These three places are the Plague Nests where almost all the Plague Monsters within the region had gathered,” she pointed at them for a moment before turning to another three locations near them. ”But our target places are these three points as they were the places where the cores of those nests are located.”

”Getting near them is not that hard, but dealing with the guards protecting these placers is the real problem,” she took another pause as she zoomed into those places, showcasing three huge Plague Monsters.

”These monsters are all in Lord Rank, which is why no one dared to get near those locations carelessly even if they find the locations quite suspicious.”

”The top forces participating in the event will not dare to get near them unless a Templar of the Church of Light or other Holy Knights from different churches acted as the vanguard for them.”

”Unfortunately, none of the churches would send any of those knights as they are in the forefront of the battlefield, where an Overlord Rank Monster is situated.”

”They have to keep on that monster to prevent serious casualties on our side,” she added as she briefed Shin on the information that she had gotten from the Church of Light.

At the current stage of the game, dealing with the Lord Rank Monsters was still far beyond the playerʼs reach, much less an Overlord Rank Monster, which was impossible for anyone to challenge in the Awakened Continent.

In this current war, such monsters were nothing but a Quest Scenario, where the players could only hope to get a small slice of the pie once the situation became even more chaotic.

Understanding this situation, Shin could not help but ask. ”So, are you telling me that t it is only up to the two of us to deal with those three Lord Rank Monsters and their underlings before we can purify those core points?”

Cloe nodded in confirmation. ”And during the process, a Quest Scenario will take place, where I can summon a Valkyrie to assist us in battle.”

”But the tricky part is I can only summon these Valkyries three times. And their strength is only limited to General Rank, which is equivalent to Lord Rank Monsters,” she added clarifying their situation.

”So, you are telling me that we can only use them as trump cards. Moreover, we also have to take care of the unforeseen variables that may affect our mission,” added Shin as he realized the nature of Cloeʼs quest.

”This is indeed quite tricky to deal with,” he commented as he understood some of the hidden tests underneath the ʼsimpleʼ tasks they had at hand.

”Why do I feel that the Church of Light is as unreliable as the Church of Sun and Moon when it comes to quest assistance,” he complained a little as he tried to formulate a decent plan to solve the possible issues that they might face along the way.

”Should we ask for some assistance with the others?” asked Cloe as she also found their situation a little troublesome.

Even though she was quite reluctant to rely on others as this was a rare chance for her to quest with Shin alone, she knew how important it was to solve their current situation.

But Shin rejected the idea as he shook his head. ”No, it is fine. It is still quite manageable, especially when it is a part of a Quest Scenario.”

”Our only problem is those variables that may hinder us during the process,” he added as he tried to look for solutions. ”The best way to deal with this situation is to create a disturbance that can misdirect the attention of everyone away from our targets.”

”If only we can move that Overlord to act and cause a commotion on the main battlefield, then we will not have this problem.”

”I refuse to believe that those guys will ignore such a fat bag of points right before their eyes, especially when all they have to do is wait for the opportunity to land the final hit after those Templars do all the work.”

As he reached this point, a sudden flash of ideas entered his head, making him wear a familiar grin underneath his mask. ”Eh!? Thatʼs right! We the Templars are unwilling to move until that fat sheep take action, why not force them to do it.”

He paused for a while before turning to Cloe. ”Let me make a couple of calls. I have a plan.”

Not long after, he pulled out his contact list and looked for a couple of names before making a call one after another.

”Yo! Iʼve got a job for you. The pay is good and I will compensate you with your loses. But you have to make sure to complete the job successfully and time it well with my signal.”

”Donʼt worry. It is just a ʼsimpleʼ infiltration job with little poking of the hornetʼs nest.”

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The calls lasted for quite a while before he turned to Cloe, who was giving him an odd look.

She was silent for quite a while before regaining her senses. ”You-… you sure are evil when it comes to other people.”

Shin just shrugged his shoulders as he added. ”You canʼt blame me. I am only doing it for our success!”

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In the meantime, Exheart, who was currently resting in the temporary base that the Righteous Churches had set up at the border of the shrinking Plague Lands, could not help but shake his head and wear a bitter smile after ending the call.

Bryan and Hellban, who were also resting near him, noticed the multiple changes in his expression.

The two exchanged glances at each other before Bryan finally stood up and walked over to Exheart. ”What is it? It looks like you have eaten rotten food with those expressions.”

Exheart snapped out of his daze when he heard those words. He then turned to the latter, before saying. ”Iʼve gotten a commission offer from that guy. Are you interested?”

”That guy?” Bryan was confused at first before realizing who the latter was talking about. A solemn expression washed over his face as he asked with full seriousness. ”Letʼs hear it out. What kind of commission is it?”

Exheart felt a little troubled about how to explain the entire mission before finally summarizing everything in simple words. ”A suicide mission.”

”A what!?” Bryan felt like he had heard it wrong so he could not help but ask again. ”I feel like I did not hear you clearly. Can you repeat it?”

Exheart sighed as he repeated. ”A suicide mission.”

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