Chapter 261 - Operation Retaliation (2/2)
He then added, ”I may be old, but my eyesight is still acute.”
In response, the guard beamed as he looked at the old man, saying, ”Thank you, sir, for helping us guards out. We'll tell the town leader of your contributions after we have resolved the problem.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After that, the guard went ahead and utilized all of the strength in his body and channeled it towards his legs, dashing towards the direction that led to one of the exit gates that was closest in proximity to where he currently was. In his mind, he concluded that these silhouettes would undoubtedly head towards that gate if they wanted to exit the town as fast as possible from their current position.
As he dashed towards the exit, he then pulled out another object that looked similar to the one he had before, but had a slightly cruder design. Infusing more of his energy into this object, he then shouted, ”Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, Patrol Team, listen up!”
”The leader has told me that two silhouettes have the item that was stolen from him,” he continued. ”Patrol Team, close Gate C as fast as possible! As for the other teams, head towards Gate C!”
”We're going to intercept them!”
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A couple of minutes have passed since Argentum and Blob reverted to their original forms, going all out to head out of Verdant Breeze Town as fast as possible. At this moment, utilizing the route they had planned out before entering the town, they calculated that there was about a kilometer or so of distance left that separated them from the line between captivity and freedom.
”Hmm…” While they were running, Argentum could not help but find the current scene a bit peculiar. Using his enhanced senses to their full potential, he went ahead and looked at the surroundings, not seeing any movement from the town that was related to them at all. With that in mind, he could not help but focus his sense of vision beside him and ask, ”Blob, do you think they've caught onto what we're doing?”
”No idea,” Blob replied as his sense of vision was focused on what was in front of them. Nevertheless, that did not stop him from replying, saying, ”This is the first time I've done something like this so I truly have no clue.”
”Ah, right,” Argentum muttered in response to Blob's statement, only remembering now that Blob was not well-versed with how Animates acted, unlike him, who was an Animate in his previous life…or well, his original body was. A few seconds later, he said to Blob, ”Well, if that's the case, all I'll say is that you should make sure to be as vigilant as possible. We might come across some trouble before we could exit the town.”
”Got it.” With Blob responding to his creator's warning filled with concern, the two of them continued on their way towards the closest exit gate in proximity, with both of them casting their skills once more to replenish the boost they had.
Eventually, only a few hundred meters remained between the two and the exit gate they were heading towards, auras of immense happiness radiated from the two of them as the gate was now in their field of vision.
”We're going to make it!” Argentum shouted in happiness, only for him to take back his words as a loud and deep creaking sound resounded from the gates. As they looked at the gates, they noticed that the opening in between the two doors started to gradually become smaller, prompting Argentum to instead shout, ”Run faster!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as they were about to pick up their pace in order to make sure that they would get past the gate before it was fully closed, multiple silhouettes went ahead and blocked their path of escape, leaving Argentum and Blob with no choice but to jump over them before continuing with their dash to their exit.
Unfortunately for them, another group of silhouettes went ahead and barred them from continuing any further. With the amount of momentum they had not being enough to jump over all of them, the two of them had no choice but to stop where they were, seeing that there were no alleyways or any place that they could jump on so they could continue with their dash.
”Stop right where you are,” one of the silhouettes shouted towards the two of them, taking a few steps forward to reveal himself to both Argentum and Blob. The silhouette wore a uniform that exuded a feeling of ferocity and tenacity. Then again, the other silhouettes wore the same uniform as well, radiating a unified aura that exuded ferocity and tenacity.
Clearing his throat, the silhouette that stepped forward continued with his warning, saying to both Argentum and Blob, ”Please give back the town's leader item. If you give it back, we will allow you two to leave without being hindered.”
”The town leader's item?” Argentum could not help but repeat the silhouette's words, radiating an aura that was akin to a mocking sneer. Naturally, he correlated the item that they were talking about was the Tome of the Four Elements. Unfortunately, that item was something Argentum needed so he would not stop at anything to not give it back.
Sending a strand of energy to Blob with a message contained in it, Argentum went and responded in a haughty tone, ”Why should we? Do you have any proof that your town leader did not steal it from another person?”
”Well uh…” Not expecting such a response, the silhouette hemmed and hawed for a bit, only for him to receive a solid punch on his face before he was sent flying soon after. On the other hand, the one that punched at the silhouette blew on his fiery red fist. From the color of the fist, it was natural to think that Argentum told Blob to punch the silhouette to show that they weren't afraid of them.
In response, one of the other silhouettes shouted, ”To punch one of the esteemed guards…everyone! Whatever it takes, make sure to not let them escape!”
Hearing the guard's words, Argentum let out a cackle as he saw the guards start to dash at him. With that happening, he looked at Blob, who was a few meters away from him and said, ”Blob, it seems we have to change our plans once more.”
”Initiate…”
”Operation Retaliation.”
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