18 Marshland Adventure (1/2)

Midnight inside a hotel room, a clean-shaven middle-aged man with a stern look sporting a pompadour black hair wearing a suit and a silver-trimmed spectacle was seemingly deep in thought, sitting on a velvet sofa while petting his monster.

*Buzz*

The silence was broken by the sudden buzz and the man's train of thought vanished. He looked at the door and calmly spoke, ”Come in.”

The door opened slowly and a young woman walked inside followed by her own monster. She suddenly stopped exactly 3 meters away from the man, knelt on her left knee and lowered her head before speaking.

”Sir, we successfully made contact and the target does not seem to suspect anything.”

”Good, initiate phase 2.”

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Morning came and Jinao was preparing breakfast for the monster at The Base.

Today, all of the monsters except Xiao Su was here and are busy doing their own thing.

The phone rang and it stopped the food preparation. It first checked who it was and immediately answered when it saw Ji Liu was the caller.

{Jinao, prepare everyone and be on standby.}

”Should I also prepare myself?”

{No, our path today is still safe, continue to observe the two fusing monster and take notes.}

”Okay, Okay”

The call then ended and Jinao resumed food preparations.

Mr. Krabs approached and asked who it was.

”Ji Liu called and ordered for you all to be on standby. Please inform everyone.” Jinao told Mr. Krabs.

Mr. Krabs nodded with its protruding eyes and went around informing the others.

'I should make sure to remind them not to forget their equipment.' Jinao thought after it finished preparing the food.

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The Western part of Wanqiang Metropolis was a marshland filled with Silver level monsters and a few occasional Gold level. Very few people travel in this area due to the fact that there are few useful materials to be gathered.

Ji Liu was riding on top of Xiao Su while they were flying just above the trees. He was flying low in order to hunt monsters he needed for his monster evolution.

He then spotted a Gold level Tornado Sparrow which is a Wind-type monster. He commanded Xiao Su to land nearby after making sure there are no other Gold level monster nearby that can compromise the situation.

They landed unnoticed thanks to [Conceal Presence] and Ji Liu then summoned his monsters to prepare for the upcoming battle.