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Chapter 772: ANBO Unit Strikes I · Oct 07, 2026

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751 Chapter 750: Warlord Sword Art 2026-10-07
752 Chapter 751: Skywalker Sword 2026-10-07
753 Chapter 752: Assassins And An Overeager Weretiger 2026-10-07
754 Chapter 753: Fonterra Bastide 2026-10-07
755 Chapter 754: Fonterra Bastide II 2026-10-07
756 Chapter 755: Disillusioned Fonterra Townsfolk 2026-10-07
757 Chapter 756: Silver Tongue’s Fonterra Address 2026-10-07
758 Chapter 757: True Noble 2026-10-07
759 Chapter 758: Underwhelming Birth of Territorial Providence 2026-10-07
760 Chapter 759: The Shy Charmer I 2026-10-07
761 Chapter 760: The Shy Charmer II 2026-10-07
762 Chapter 761: State of the Frontier March I 2026-10-07
763 Chapter 762: State of the Frontier March II 2026-10-07
764 Chapter 763: Domain Trade Plans 2026-10-07
765 Chapter 764: Silk Road Plan 2026-10-07
766 Chapter 765: Cancers Within I 2026-10-07
767 Chapter 766: Cancers Within II 2026-10-07
768 Chapter 767: Castin Town 2026-10-07
769 Chapter 768: Castin Town Garrison’s Demands 2026-10-07
770 Chapter 769: Alex’s Castin Scheme I 2026-10-07
771 Chapter 770: ANBO Unit 2026-10-07
772 Chapter 771: Jilted Father 2026-10-07
773 Chapter 772: ANBO Unit Strikes I 2026-10-07
774 Chapter 773: ANBO Unit Strikes II 2026-10-07
775 Chapter 774: ANBO Unit Strike III 2026-10-07
776 Chapter 775: A Bear’s Revenge I 2026-10-07
777 Chapter 776: A Bear’s Revenge II 2026-10-07
778 Chapter 777: Tavern Rumours I 2026-10-07
779 Chapter 778: Tavern Rumours II 2026-10-07
780 Chapter 779: Alex’s Scheme II 2026-10-07
781 Chapter 780: Alex’s Scheme III 2026-10-07
782 Chapter 781: Fate of those Remaining 2026-10-07
783 Chapter 782: Smuggling Routes 2026-10-07
784 Chapter 783: Convoy Holdup 2026-10-07
785 Chapter 784: Convoy Reversal Plan 2026-10-07
786 Chapter 785: Convoy’s Reversal 2026-10-07
787 Chapter 786: A Single Move to Revolution 2026-10-07
788 Chapter 787: Prototype Testing 2026-10-07
789 Chapter 788: CH788 Mana Motor 2026-10-07
790 Chapter 789: Forced Compromise 2026-10-07
791 Chapter 790: Domain Council Meeting I 2026-10-07
792 Chapter 791: Domain Council Meeting II 2026-10-07
793 Chapter 792: Domain Council Meeting III 2026-10-07
794 Chapter 793: Domain Council Meeting IV 2026-10-07
795 Chapter 794: Fortune-Style Meditation Session 2026-10-07
796 Chapter 795: Mana Cement 2026-10-07
797 Chapter 796: Stronghold Ambassador Arrives 2026-10-07
798 Chapter 797: Dinning With The Ambassador 2026-10-07
799 Chapter 798: Like Mafia, Like Nobility I 2026-10-07
800 Chapter 799: Like Mafia, Like Nobility II 2026-10-07

Chapter 772: ANBO Unit Strikes I

CH772 ANBO Unit Strikes I

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A few moments earlier…

The animal-masked members of the ANBO unit reconvened at their secluded staging location within Castin Town.

This time, they had not gathered to exchange intelligence, but to prepare for the operation.

The eagle-masked operative stepped forward and placed two scrolls on the ground, channelling her Internal Energy into them.

As energy flowed into them, the scrolls disintegrated into countless motes of light, leaving behind two intricate runic circles, each roughly one metre in diameter and densely inscribed with runes.

The circles released vertical pillars of light about a metre high.

The light seemed to tear open the fabric of space itself, forming two spatial gates roughly half a metre wide.

Masked figures immediately stepped through.

From one gate emerged seven masked operatives accompanied by a lone eagle.

From the other stepped approximately one hundred masked and cloaked individuals.

The eagle glanced over the waiting ANBO members as though searching for someone.

Her eyes eventually settled on the operative wearing the eagle mask.

She beat her wings and rose into the air.

As she flew, her body shrank slightly before gliding gracefully onto the eagle-masked operative’s shoulder.

The eagle lowered her beak, allowing the operative to stroke it gently.

Satisfied, she lifted her head proudly towards the sky, once again assuming her usual imperious and somewhat arrogant bearing.

Everyone already knew the plan before arriving.

As such, the operation’s commander—the eagle-masked operative—didn’t waste time with unnecessary words.

She simply raised a hand.

The force immediately moved out.

The eagle soared into the sky, taking up an aerial observation position over the town.

Meanwhile, the ANBO unit split into five groups, each advancing towards one of the five major family estates in Castin Town.

As they neared their respective objectives, roughly twenty cloaked operatives dispersed around each estate, quietly taking up concealed positions.

From the eagle’s vantage point above, however, the pattern became obvious.

The cloaked operatives had established a complete perimeter around each estate.

An inescapable net had been cast.

No one inside would be escaping what was about to unfold.

With the excitement in town surrounding the domain lord’s agreement with the five families, nobody noticed the shadows moving into position.

At the Saltz estate, the seven individuals who had stepped through the spatial gate alongside the eagle approached the rear perimeter wall.

Working in perfect coordination, the seven operatives—each wearing a unique canine-themed mask—scaled the wall with ease and silently infiltrated the estate.

Already possessing detailed layouts of the grounds, the seven Hounds split up and descended upon their assigned objectives.

Moving from building to building, they employed whatever method best suited the situation—swords, crossbows, knives, or even their bare hands to silently break a target’s neck from behind.

Whatever accomplished the mission.

One by one, they quietly eliminated roughly fifteen Silver-ranked members of the clan.

After sweeping the estate and confirming that every designated Silver-rank target had been dealt with, the seven Hounds regrouped before advancing towards the estate’s main building.

It was the most heavily guarded structure on the grounds, so they proceeded with greater caution.

Unwilling to risk alerting the estate through a missed roll call, the Hounds decided against eliminating the guards stationed outside the building.

Instead, they relied on more creative methods to bypass them.

Exiting through a lower-floor window, they climbed the exterior wall to the uppermost level before slipping through a nearby room adjacent to their target—the study.

Thanks to the runic enhancements embedded within their masks, which greatly heightened their senses, the Hounds detected the presence of three guards standing outside the study door.

Re-equipping their pump-action crossbows, they stepped out of the room.

Twang!

Three bolts flew almost simultaneously, dropping the guards before they had a chance to react.

The sound of the crossbows wasn’t completely silent.

Knowing they had only moments before the disturbance was discovered, the Hounds immediately surged forward and kicked open the study door.

Inside, the clan head and the clan elders had been discussing their plans for the upcoming mayoral election.

Although the strange sound outside had caught their attention, it was unlike anything they recognised as an immediate threat.

Consequently, they had not fully raised their guard.

The Hounds made sure they never had the chance.

Thwack! Thwack!! THWACK!!!

Without waiting for an invitation, the Hounds burst into the room and opened fire on every target within sight.

Within moments, most of the elders had been struck down.

Only the clan head and two clan elders remained alive.

They had reacted just quickly enough to evade the incoming bolts.

The Hounds had emptied the magazines of their pump-action crossbows and needed to reload.

The surviving clan head and elders gave them no such opportunity.

They immediately charged.

Casting aside their crossbows, two of the Hounds drew their swords in a single fluid motion and met the three attackers head-on.

To the Saltz clan head’s astonishment, the two masked operatives successfully held their ground.

The clan head and both elders were all peak Silver Rank combatants.

Although no coloured aura surrounded the Hounds, their pressure and methods identified them as Silver Rank fighters as well.

That was precisely why the Saltz leaders were so shocked.

Two Silver-ranked opponents should never have been able to withstand the combined assault of three peak Silver Rank combatants.

What the Saltz family didn’t realise was that it wasn’t merely two people resisting their attacks.

It was all seven.

The runes engraved upon the Hounds’ bodies emitted an almost imperceptible resonance, linking the energies of all seven operatives together and allowing them to reinforce one another.

The instant the two Hounds halted the trio’s advance and locked them in place, the remaining five struck.

Moving with flawless coordination, they swept around the Saltz leaders and closed the trap.

Their fangs—gleaming swords—pierced through the surviving Saltz clan higher-ups in nearly the same instant.

The three Saltz leaders collapsed to the floor, lifeless, as blood pooled beneath them.

Elsewhere, a lone operative wearing a fox mask approached the Heisen family estate.

The Heisen Clan was renowned throughout Castin Town for the exceptional toughness of its members and their formidable defensive abilities.

It was often said that once a member of the Heisen Clan chose to turtle up and fight defensively, defeating them became nearly impossible.

The lone ANBO operative wearing a fox mask calmly approached the estate through its front gate.

They intended to put that legend to the test.

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