883 Golden Battle Hunters (1/2)

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The loud sound of a helicopter came from up in the night sky. Its spotlight was directed onto the Magicians who referred to themselves as the Golden Battle Hunters.

A clamor was heard coming from outside the manor, too. The people saw blinding milky-white light combining into glowing walls surrounding the manor and the three ranches surrounding it.

Standing at the ranch, Mo Fan could see a huge, white barrier blocking the night sky above him like a cage. People raised their heads and stared at the white barrier in disbelief...

More helicopters appeared above the barrier. Meanwhile, lots of figures had also appeared in the distance. They stood outside the barrier, spreading around it evenly.

The space that the ranches occupied was rather impressive; they could imagine the immeasurable energy needed to construct a barrier surrounding them entirely. Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Lingling were astounded upon seeing it!

-What's going on?

-Did the Enforcement Union make their move?

-Who else apart from the Enforcement Union could invest so much effort and directly seal off the ranches and the manor with a barrier?-

”There are lots of Magicians out there; almost a thousand of them!” Lingling looked at the screen of her notebook.

The screen had an electronic map of the ranches. On it were countless tiny green dots.

Almost a thousand Magicians… that was almost the size of an army!

Mo Fan found it hard to understand what was happening. How did a thousand Magicians simply appear out of nowhere?

”Master Mintian,” whispered Lingling.

”Isn't he just a speaker?” asked Mu Ningxue in confusion.

”They might have used his reputation and his talk as cover to gather thousands of people from different places. The truth is, they simply arranged for lots of Magicians to blend in with the crowd just to surround the manor. Perhaps the people of the Black Vatican didn't even realize they were being surrounded,” said Lingling.

It was impossible for a thousand Magicians to show up out of nowhere. The Magicians disguising themselves must have waited until the talk was over and pretended to leave the place. However, they proceeded to set up the formation around the ranches, preventing the Black Vatican from running away.

”Why would they send us here if they were already planning such a huge operation?” wondered Mo Fan.

Considering the scale of the operation, the people in charge must be extremely confident with their move. They would only make the call if they assumed they could wipe out the remaining members of the Black Vatican here. Wasn't Leng Qing's arrangement and worry a bit too much?

”They aren't from the Enforcement Union. It's the Golden Battle Hunters. It's a first-tier Hunter Group from our country. Many experts in their group are willing to take on quests submitted by the Enforcement Union, including taking down members of the Black Vatican. Even the Black Vatican was impressed by their sources of information at times. Someone in their group must be aware that the Black Vatican is hiding here, thus they decided to make their move without notifying the Enforcement Union,” said Lingling.

She was quite familiar with the Hunter Union. The Golden Battle Hunters had lots of members. They could have easily gathered a virtual army of Magicians.

”If that's the case, our job is done here,” said Mu Ningxue.

Lingling shook her head. She looked fairly uneasy.

Mo Fan also agreed the whole thing would not end so easily. The Golden Battle Hunters seemed to have the situation under control with their quick, carefully-planned operation, yet they forgot to take into consideration that apart from the Black Vatican, the manor also had around a thousand visitors, and around five hundred workers. The woman called Carly they caught was obviously only a Gray Priest, but the intel provided by Leng Qing implied that there was a Blue Deacon here...

With such a huge operation, the Blue Deacon, the other Gray Priests, and the remaining members of the Black Vatican would surely hide their tails and blend in with the crowd, allowing them to sneak away easily.

There was no way a Hunter Group could take fifteen hundred people into custody and investigate them individually.