Chapter 19 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Clark activated another function of the device on his hand again. Subsequently, a penetrating wave of light burst out. If there were any secret rooms or safes there, they definitely would not escape the inspection.

David watched through the eyes of the Shadow Servant as the device on Clark’s hand turned and aimed at the corner where the Shadow Servant had hidden his body. His heart tensed up.

However, he soon discovered that his worry was unnecessary. Clark turned away from the direction of the Shadow Servant without pausing. It seemed that the device did not detect the Shadow Servant at all, let alone David who had been wrapped by the Shadow Servant.

After checking once, Clark was disappointed, because there was nothing in sight.

However, the numerous years of being a mercenary allowed him to detect something different about the underground gym. He could tell that there was someone in the underground gym not too long ago.

Although he could not see David now, the smell of sweat in the underground gym was still lingering after David practiced the eighteen movements of Bodywork for an entire day. With his rich experience, Clark could judge the duration of how long a smell had been present in the sealed environment.

That was the reason he tried to find a secret room or some other passageway in the underground gym because the person that had been here just now couldn’t have suddenly disappeared. He felt that there must have been something he didn’t know.

In fact, if David used his eyes to observe Clark, he would definitely catch Clark’s attention. Then, he would have been discovered by the latter long ago, even if he tried to hide.

It was the instinct he had as an armorer who had been through hundreds of battles. His instincts would be even more apparent when he was in quiet environments.

However, the Shadow Servant was a special presence, and it was watching Clark’s every move without attracting his attention.

Due to the sudden appearance of Amos who had been monitoring David, the plan of the Sky Wolf Mercenary Corps was ruined. After receiving orders from Captain Feroman, Clark immediately put away his device.

When he was leaving the underground gym, he indignantly took one last glance at the empty room and scanned it once more before striding away quickly.

David heaved a sigh of relief as he realized through the Shadow Servant’s perception that the danger was rapidly moving away from him.

At the most dangerous time, he discovered another ability of the Shadow Servant. However, he did not want to use that method to discover the abilities of the Shadow Servant, for his heart could not take it.

He did not move his body and instead made the Shadow Servant fly out. First, he looked at the situation in the underground gym and checked whether someone was there.

Outside the underground gym, there was a passage that was illuminated by the light above. The passage was less than five meters long. Afterward, the passage changed from a metal one to a transparent passage that seemed to be built from glass. The position of the glass passage was suspended in the air.

There was a vegetable cultivation area below the passage that was up to five floors. It covered an area of about a thousand square meters.

It could be seen at a glance, whether or not there were people. After discovering that there was no one there, the Shadow Servant flew upwards and passed through the ground to the surface of the earth.

David saw four mercenaries who were leaving, through the Shadow Servant’s eyes, only to see that one of them was carrying a mutilated corpse that belonged to a female mercenary.

As soon as the Shadow Servant appeared, an illusory shadow flew out of the female mercenary’s corpse and plunged into the Shadow Servant’s body.

Next, another illusory shadow flew into the Shadow Servant’s body. It came from the broken corpse of Amos who had collapsed and fallen to the ground.

Although David had been hiding in the underground gym previously and was clueless about what had just happened, he could now see that Amos, who was monitoring him just now, had somehow gotten into a brawl with the enemy who had trespassed on his home.

Right now, he could only be happy regarding the casualties of both parties. His main concern was the two illusory figures absorbed by the Shadow Servant.

That was the first time he had clearly seen the Shadow Servant absorbing souls from corpses. Although there were more casualties at the bookstore previously, the Shadow Servant had already finished the absorption process by the time David walked out.

After the mercenaries evacuated and the police patrol hovercars approached, David knew he was finally safe.

At this very moment, he saw a notebook-like item on the floor, which he remembered very clearly to be the one that the female mercenary held in her hand.

David didn’t know who those people were, but he was certain that they were not in cahoots with the same people who were trying to kill him. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have fought Amos who was keeping tabs on him.