Death Guns In Another World

Chapter 224 - 216: The Approaching Darkness

After the black-clothed man brought the unknown entity with him after leaving those words behind, Zero who had been standing in the air suddenly spurted a mouthful of blood and started to fall from the sky.

Alpha was surprised, she quickly caught her, it was then her expression changed. She noticed that Zero was gravely injured.

ʼIt must be from the earlier exchange. To think that Zero would lose, gravely injured on the top of that. What is this thing?ʼ Alpha wondered while moving in the air.

Coincidentally, her eyes met with Alex, the latter had sensed something, so he looked in the sky to see two floating beauty.

Alexʼs eyes widened when he caught glimpse of the woman Alpha was holding, even though he didnʼt see the whole face, Alex had the feeling that he knew this woman, where he couldnʼt remember.

He decided to look at the woman one more time, maybe he would be able to remember, it was at that time Alpha moved, she winked at him before disappearing.

ʼIsnʼt it that purple-haired beauty I have seen earlier?ʼ Alex thought.

ʼʼLex, Heh! Alex, whatʼs going on?” Lunaʼs voice brought Alex back into reality.

Shaking his head he said, ʼʼNothing, I thought I saw someone I know, however, I guess I was wrong. Letʼs go.ʼʼ

Luna nodded before following him as they went back.

•••••

On the other side, after Alpha disappeared with Zero, they reappeared on the last floor of the Adventurer Guild, the same place where Elseria received Alex and Gracier when they came to the capital.

Elseria who was sipping tea while enjoying some delicacies frowned when she sensed their arrival, she wanted to lash out at them, however, her expression changed when she saw Zeroʼs terrible state.

ʼʼWhat happened?” She asked while treating Zeroʼs injuries.

The arm she used to block the unknown entity punch was completely broken, some kind of sinister energy entered Zeroʼs body through her injured arm, it was this energy that wreaks havoc inside Zeroʼs body gravely injuring her. If not because of Zeroʼs strong body and Level, she would have died.

Alpha recounted what happened not leaving any details behind.

Elseria placed Zero on a bed she summoned. After being healed by Elseria, Zeroʼs pale face regained some color, her breathing was even as she slept.

On the other hand, Elseria wasnʼt calm, she started pacing back and forth. From what Alpha said, that unknown entity has a trace of that thing. It was just an assumption, however, if this assumption was the truth then this meant trouble. The mysterious organization is more dangerous than she thought. They must be eliminated asap to avoid calamity.

ʼTo think that someone would be mad enough to use that thing. Ah!ʼ Elseria spat out a long sigh.

Alpha didnʼt dare to disturb her master when the latter appeared lost in thoughts.

After a long moment, Elseria lifted her head and ordered.

ʼʼYou shall leave Alexʼs protection to Zero, while youʼre going to assemble to assemble all available Numbers to search for the headquarter of this mysterious organization.ʼʼ

ʼʼUnderstood.ʼʼ Alpha bowed respectfully before trying to leave, however, she was stopped by Elseria.

The latter added, ʼʼTell Conrad to open his eyes. The disappearance inside the dungeons is related to todayʼs event. This unknown entity may be the result of some kind of experimenting made on students and adventurers.ʼʼ

Alphaʼs eyes widened as she hadnʼt thought about such a possibility.

ʼAs expected of master.ʼ Alpha thought, she nodded before disappearing.

Elseria slumped into her chair and heaved another sigh.

ʼʼShould we seal off the dungeons for a while?” She asked nobody in particular before shaking her head.

ʼʼThat wonʼt do. We will lose a lot of money. The adventurers that depend on dungeons to survive will be dissatisfied. How can they take care of their families if they donʼt enter dungeons to make money? Besides adventuring comes with its risks. All of them know this, I will be criticized if I were to announce that dungeons will be sealed.

Those old foxes may use this chance to replace me. Letʼs watch how things will go for a moment. As for the Imperial academy students, I have already done what I can.ʼʼ

Elseria closed her eyes thinking about something.

ʼʼIgnorance is bliss. Most people live their lives happily unaware of the approaching darkness. I wonder how long the fake peace they are experiencing will last? Fufufu! Most of them will be scared to death if they learn what is happening in the demon continent. Talking about the demon continent, Lilith has not awoken yet.

What will you do Artemia?”

Elseria mumbled. A  smile crept onto her face when she thought about how long Artemia was going to play her little game.

Meanwhile, in another location Artemia who was taking bath inside her mansion sneeze, rubbing her nose she said,

ʼʼWho is talking about me?”

•••••

In the basement located somewhere that looks like an abandoned laboratory, someone dressed in a dirty laboratory coat was pummeling a black-skinned thing.

Bang! Bang!!!!

If Alpha and Zero were here they would have identified this black-skinned human as the unknown entity they faced earlier.

Even after receiving more than twenty punches in the face, this thing showed no sign of pain, there were no emotions inside its eyes.

ʼʼEnough Maddog.ʼʼ

Suddenly, someone appeared and stopped the one wearing a lab coat.

ʼʼTch!ʼʼ

The person called Maddog clicked his tongue in annoyance, however, he still stopped because he knew how scary this monster is once angered.

Maddog spun around and faced the newcomer, the one that spoke earlier. He didnʼt forget to kick the unknown entity, the latter was blasted back, its back clashing against a broken tube. The unknown entityʼs face was healed by now. If Alex was here he would be astonished by this frightening generative ability.

Yellow eyes clashed against golden eyes for a moment before Maddog lowered his eyes and bowed his head.

ʼʼMaddog pay his respect to the Vice Guild master.ʼʼ

The vice guild master snorted before saying,

ʼʼYou know your wrong, donʼt you? Who authorized you to go out? You even brought with you one of the specimens. What if because of this mistake someone knows what we are doing? Do you want to destroy the Supreme planning?”

Maddog was already half-kneeling as the pressure coming from the Vice Guild master was too much, there was a fear inside Maddogʼs eyes.

Lowering his head he apologizes, ʼʼForgive me. It wonʼt happen again I just wanted to see if I could acquire the eight body. Unfortunately, things didnʼt go as I planned. I didnʼt want to make an appearance however 007 forced me to appear.ʼʼ

ʼʼOh?! What happened?” The Vice Guild master asked, the pressure Maddog was feeling disappeared. The latter sighed in relief before explaining,

ʼʼI donʼt know. It just that 007 suddenly acted on her own. It was the first time. I donʼt know what happened. I will try to see if I can learn why she reacted like that and if possible reproduce it.ʼʼ

ʼʼI see that will be helpful. You have been warned, only concentrate on producing more dark soldiers. The supreme being will reward you handsomely. If you ever act on your own you know what fate awaits you.ʼʼ the Vice Guild master said.

Maddog gulped audibly when he heard the vice guild master warning. He decided to behave or else he would suffer the same face as that fool.

The Vice Guild master nodded his head, satisfied with Maddogʼs reaction, giving 007 one last glance he left while thinking that it will be good if she could awaken her conscience. Having a puppet that can think was better than one that canʼt.

•••••

Unaware of the approaching darkness, Alex and his family were celebrating.