667 Secret Agency (1/2)
Amidst a jungle outside the small village.
A few people, who were wearing tight attire and dressed like adventurers, were looking on silently at the scene of the Pitch-dark Shield adventurer team arriving at the village's entrance.
”Have we confirmed our target?”
The leader was an adventurer wearing a Taoist robe and was currently attentively staring at a crystal ball in his hands.
”We can confirm that the other party is within the village!”
Two warriors at the side instantly bowed.
Their body's disposition was astute and capable but was incompatible with that of adventurers; instead, it seemed to belong to the military.
”That's alright then. Has the nearby giant wolf been captured?”
The old sorcerer continued to ask.
”It's been captured. It's a Flame Wolf and has swallowed at least three people. It was restrained with our magic skills.”
There was a large wooden cage at the side, and a prone giant wolf was actually lying inside it, the entirety of its skin resembled a flame.
”After a while, use the flame crystal nucleus on it and incite it to attack the village.”
The old sorcerer spoke slowly without a trace of compassion in his thoughts, as if all the people in the village became useless expendables in his eyes.
”For us humans and for the realm, this is a necessary sacrifice!”
The warrior leader was similarly uncaring and spoke approvingly.
Glancing at the people who were bustling about, the old sorcerer lowered his head and looked at the crystal ball in his hands.
Through the bright sphere, he could see a young silhouette inside, which was actually an image of Luhn.
The old sorcerer looked on silently, and a gleam flashed past his eyes.
”At our current stage, where we have long known about the existence of the realm and other planes… Foreign species of animals aren't rare in our realm, but a completely new 'mutant,' that has appeared for the first time, must still be thoroughly monitored for the safety of our realm and the supremacy of the human race!
”This 'Luhn,' according to our intelligence, he had previously survived despite suffering from an injury that he received from being stabbed through the heart, and he's likely to be a ”Descender” or is related to a Descender!
”Our task, as a secret agency, is to exterminate all hidden threats!”
Unfortunately, the source of this intelligence was just a baron, and the higher authorities had never paid so much attention to it.
Furthermore, this type of information, that pertained to people from other worlds, cannot be put on the table for discussion. That's because currently, within the main realm, there were also countless races and breeds that came over from the migration of external planes.
Hence, all business that must be carried out secretly is only done by their people.
”If we can confirm the Descender and discover and conquer the plane behind him, then not only the realm, but our organization will also obtain great boons!”
The old sorcerer looked at the giant Flame Wolf that was beginning to transform and silently thought, Exactly! This secret agency is a group made up of the most supreme race, or they can be said to be the most supreme beings of the realm, who believe that this realm can only conquer other planes and is an extremist force that finds it best to view all other non-human races as lowly slaves.
Needless to say, this type of view still received a certain amount of support. Hence, it has operated for a long period and has achieved a certain amount of progress.
This time, they've come forward to investigate Luhn after obtaining intelligence from a few channels.
Ahwhoooo!
While the old sorcerer was in deep thought, the animal, which was originally a giant wolf, swallowed the crystal ball, and its body shape already became like a small mountain. It suddenly looked towards the skies and growled, letting out a loud howl, and it charged towards the village while under control by spirit magic.
”Hmm?”
This earth-shattering movement made not only Fang Yuan, but Lantil and Gohn noticed it as well.
It was only after clearly seeing the attacker, Lantil's eyes widened.
”This is… the Flame Wolf? How does it have such a physique?”
Even though it was an ordinary wild beast, the larger its body size, the more horrifying its destructive power was. Even though there are slight differences between demon beasts, they're mostly the same.
At this moment, even he himself as a warrior was a little frightened by the giant wolf.
”It can't be, I've seen the footprints of the attacking wolf, and they weren't as large as this one's physique…” Gohn mumbled with his face full of incomprehension.
He immediately saw the giant wolf suddenly open its mouth as it was ran and shot out a streak of bright flames.
”That's not good, quickly take cover!”
Lantil jumped forward and pinned Gohn down, tumbling a couple times awkwardly on the ground.
Kaboom!
A loud explosion rang out and flames shot out in all four directions while soil splattered everywhere. The village doors and fences instantly turned to rubble and flames sporadically burned.
Furthermore, a few unlucky militiamen and even the adventurers were affected by the explosion, and they were instantly vaporized without any trace of their skeletons.
”This is… a really horrifying demon beast, how did it appear here?”
Lantil crawled up and instantly saw the small mountain-like giant Flame Wolf, and his whole body froze in shock.
A demon beast of this level would definitely be hung up on the high-level quest board of the society, and a dedicated team entirely comprised of Extraordinaries must be dispatched to encircle and suppress this beast, instead of someone like him with an adventurer team that was only led by a warrior who were definitely not a match for it.
”No… I can swear… the demon beast that previously disturbed us definitely wasn't as large as this!”
Despite how experienced Gohn was on the battlefield, he was jabbering while he witnessed this scene, and his eye sockets looked like they were instantly going to split.