Chapter 68 - Chapter 68: 57. Ice and Fire Dragon Head (5K Big Chapter)—3 (1/2)

chapter 68: 57. ice and fire dragon head (5k big chapter)—3

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his corpse burned in the flames, turning into black ashes and dust that sank towards the ground, and before it touched the ground, it was encased in ice, turning into crystalline ice dregs.

at that moment, an inconspicuous black ray shot out from the dragon’s head and traversed several dozen meters at high speed, lurking in the staircase area.

captain murphy let out a surprisingly surprised cry:

“this guy is actually protected by the death herald guild’s ‘soul retreat crystal’! he is a high-level spy of the death herald guild, not ordinary intelligence personnel!”

captain murphy’s figure blurred for a moment, leaving behind afterimages as he dashed towards the staircase.

“grett, wait for me here, don’t move. i must catch up with that spy, or our plan will be exposed. mars, you guard here too. if i don’t come back in time, take grett to tne nrst unaergrouna level.”

“yes, chief officer.” grett answered in unison.

they stuck half their heads out from behind the wall and saw only the poison fog rolling, unable to see murphy’s trace.

just as they were marveling at how captain murphy came and went like the wind, they saw his figure reappear in front of them, and he also had a broken gray crystal in his hand.

sergeant mars asked:

“chief officer, did you catch the spy?”

captain murphy stared at the broken crystal in his hand for a few seconds before shaking his head and saying:

“i didn’t catch the spy… but our plan is not revealed either.”

“why’s that…” lieutenant grett couldn’t help but mutter in confusion.

captain murphy held the crystal in his hand and said:

“because the spy is dead, killed by the undead. he activated the ‘soul retreat crystal’ and escaped from under my guard. his soul indeed fled, but all his belongings were left here.”

captain murphy bent over and picked up another amulet from pim’s remains:

“…we’re lucky. his soul left too abruptly and could not take his amulet with him. just as he escaped into the first-level underground staircase, he encountered the awakened undead. his ‘soul retreat crystal’ was shattered by a cavern stalker, and his soul vanished in an instant.”

grett and mars understood the story and finally relaxed.

death in the grave vault had two possible outcomes for humans.

if they were killed by a soul binder, their souls would be collected by the stone tomb and turned into a soul binder.

otherwise, if killed by creatures like cavern stalkers, their souls would not be transformed into soul binders, but dissipate out of the blue.

so pim was dead for good.

the warrant officers and sergeants on the scene who had experienced many battles were well aware of this fact.

after pondering for a few seconds, captain murphy decided to make some flexible adjustments to his plan:

“grett, listen up.”

“yes, chief officer.”

“the emperor authorizes me to secretly establish a new military intelligence

division two. all personnel will be selected from targets assassinated by the death herald guild. you are one of them.”