Chapter 143: Darkgens Objective (2/2)

Well, anyone is good since I still don't know what I should expect.

With the Darkgens possibly doing something here, patrolling using a Metagen with only our team present at this location wasn't ideal. That would be suicide for them.

Well, I could escape on my own but these guys, I should at least keep them alive.

”Nell and Oni. You're coming with me.”

Hearing their names being called out, the two were overjoyed, though the other three were dejected, they started carrying out my command to make this place our hideout.

After putting on a black robe to cover our bodies wearing the uniform of the League, I set out from the hideout with the two, putting Oni who's the tallest between us three in the middle.

Nell is a woman in her early 20's who could be called a prodigy in this world. She has a high chance to become a Core Pilot after all. Compared to Sen who's already past his prime age and the others who were still Rank B in terms of Brain Capacity, she only needed a little push to raise her Rank to S.

Being a Core Pilot, she would receive more benefits than what she's getting now, especially having her own Specialized Metagen.

Oni on the other hand is a man who's true to his name, he looked like an oni. I didn't mean to judge but that's just how he is. He could scare children just by standing on one corner that's why half his face was covered by stretching his turtle neck shirt.

He's in his 30's but I guess if his Brain Capacity got another boost, he might also reach Rank S but considering how hard it is for them to advance a stage, it's already a feat to reach Rank B and Gold-rank.

Taking the two of them with me, we looked like a group of vagrants searching the wilderness for hope.

Of course, we didn't fully expose ourselves. It's night and the place was only illuminated by the Moon above.

Err… that moon also looked darker than normal. Probably because of the Invading Forces using that as their base.

I have the Orb of Concealment with me so if anything goes wrong we will retreat immediately.

An hour into our walk and scouting, I've come to a realization that this world was once a thriving world with many civilizations existing. The discovery of regenium might have increased the quality of life, it also led to the endless conflict until it reached this stage. Sounds like the same dilemma that was happening in some places on Earth.

Well, the difference is, here the resource is seemingly inexhaustible that's why its value is unimaginable.

”I picked up something from that direction.”

Nell pulled me out of my overthinking as she pointed to the west. Her ability is called Enhanced Senses, it's a bit weak compared to control-type abilities but it's extremely useful for reconnaissance and combat. As a Gold-rank, she claimed that she only has Enhanced Smell and Enhanced Hearing for now and it's not passive, she needed to spend Meta Energy to activate it. She's the one most suited to be a Scout but I guess she didn't want to be one.

In any case, she understood her ability pretty well that she could apply it properly to any situation.

Following where she pointed at, we changed our direction to head towards the west.

Still wearing the black robe over our bodies, my Adaptability also started to pick up something the closer we got to her estimated place. We went up to a higher vantage point to see clearly

The sun still need an hour before it peeked out from the horizon, as long as no one has the same ability as Nell or there's no scout constantly scanning the area, we wouldn't be spotted

When we reached the highest point, Nell pointed somewhere. I followed it and saw figures stealthily walking in and out of a ruin. It's not just one.

”That's probably a Black Market, however...”

Oni commented as his gaze also went to another direction where a Darkgen with the same model as the one I took down was standing.

A Black Market that caters to the Darkgens? Good. Very good.