Chapter 53 (2/2)

In Cara City’s Magic Tower, Marshal Morri gritted his teeth and said, “Darned Floating Cloud! Once I get my hands on you, I’ll definitely turn you into a corpse-eating ghost, the lowliest of creatures.”

Since Marshal Morri could hold an important position, he naturally was not a completely reckless person. He quickly understood that the Darkness Canopy’s malfunction was caused by Liu Ming.

After all, the only one who could quickly kill his two right-hand men and whose superficial strength was coincidentally unknown to them was Liu Ming, whose whereabouts were unknown.

At this moment, an elder, dressed like a priest of a cult, mocked Morri with a look of contempt. “Morri, stop making excuses for your stupidity.”

As soon as the elder said those words, a demon immediately laughed and chimed in. “Yeah, you let an Elite-level imp destroy such an important location. You’re too incompetent for an Undead Marshal.”

The two of them supported each other, making Marshal Morri feel incredibly infuriated. However, Marshal Morri was also at a loss for words and could only glower at the two of them in anger.

After all, although the duo’s words sounded a little exaggerated, it was true that Liu Ming managed to take advantage of the situation because the guards Marshal Morri had sent were too incompetent.

Upon seeing Marshal Morri glaring at them, the elder and the demon looked at each other with one accord.

In the end, a man, dressed like a nobleman, spoke to break the awkward tension in the air. “It’s not the time to pin the blame on anyone or hold anyone accountable. We should capture that Adventurer, Floating Cloud as soon as possible and block all news regarding the destruction of Cara City’s Darkness Canopy to avoid letting it leak.”

The nobleman’s words immediately made the three of them, including Marshal Morri, sober up.

Indeed, now that the Darkness Canopy had been destroyed, the Brilliance Camp would probably arrive with their troops to invade if they heard of the news.

All of the existences present at the moment had all crossed paths with the Light Alliance’s people for a long time. Before his death, Marshal Morri was a noble among the humans. Thus, he was well aware of how the nobles, who belonged to the Light Alliance, thought.

However, if they were to reveal that they had occupied the Cara City and had the Darkness Canopy over their heads, the nobles who had ill intentions would, at most, send some miscellaneous troops to deal with it.

Going toe-to-toe against an Undead Calamity was not a wise move. To any of the Brilliance Camp’s nobles, destroying a small group of high-level undead creatures would be considered a huge success.

Now that the group of high-level undead creatures had lost the Darkness Canopy’s protection, they were just free credit in the eyes of the Light Alliance’s people.

‘What? You mean there are also high-level demons and a Cultist High Priest here? Since they’re just insignificant small fries, I’ll kill them together and get credit.’

In the face of the great crisis, the Darkness Camp’s senior executives put down their previous prejudices and began deploying their combat forces to search Cara City.

However, the bunch of miscellaneous troops could not find Liu Ming. Most of them were also already crippled now. The people from the Darkness Camp could no longer find him.

Anyway, the incident had caused a huge commotion in Cara City, causing the news of Liu Ming destroying the Darkness Canopy to be leaked.

Even the players—who had accepted the relevant Cara City reconnaissance quest—had stopped reconnoitering and returned to their main city with news of the Darkness Canopy’s destruction.

Liu Ming’s mission also changed to staying alive and waiting for the troops’ aid or escaping Cara City safely.

Of course, even if Liu Ming were captured and killed by the Darkness Camp’s senior executives now, he would not be punished for failing the mission. His reward for the previous mission he completed might not get reduced either.

After all, Liu Ming had already completed the reconnaissance mission before destroying the Darkness Canopy.