617 Tangled 3 (1/2)
Chapter 617: Tangled 3
Although he did not know Levi's current whereabouts, as long as he was by his old friend's side, he would be safe temporarily.
Dahm Rose was an expert in escaping and self-preservation.
Kenna walked to the side of the window and shifted his head to look outside before noticing that it was pitch black, except for a faint light that resembled stars from a faraway row of little houses.
”Where is this?” he turned his head and asked.
”My birthplace,” Dahm Rose answered. He continued to grind the fireflies with his full concentration as if it was the most precious treasure. ”You were unconscious for a long time and kept bouncing between a dreamlike and awakened state, so I used an ox cart that I borrowed to bring you back here.”
”Are we safe right now?” Kenna was slightly worried because Levi was not someone who was easy to get along with. Although most of the Black Uniform members had been defeated by an external power, Levi still possessed unexpected moves and strengths. That person's willpower and physique were simply at a different level.
”Of course it's safe, as long as it's before dawn tomorrow,” replied Dahm Rose with his smiling wrinkled face that resembled a chrysanthemum.
”This village is not a normal little village,” he said in a low voice. ”This place has the tranquility that you desire.”
”I don't understand. You're talking about unnatural powers? Here?” Kenna asked instead.
”I was born here, grew up here until I left. You will like this place very soon,” said Dahm Rose with hidden profound meaning.
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The next day.
Snap.
An emerald green branch with a few leaves was snapped from a tree. A muscular, short-haired black man with a vicious aura that permeated throughout his whole body held the branch in his hand.
He placed one of the leaves from the branch below his nose and sniffed it carefully.
Shh…
His nose breathed in deeply, releasing hissing noises.
”South… Kenna, you won't be able to escape any longer…” The camouflage combat gear that once covered the black man's entire body had been reduced to a torn mess comprised of a few strips of cloth that hung on his body.
He held a black dagger in his hand and occasionally slashed at the branches and weeds that blocked his path.
This place was the extremely strange interior of a forest and was unlike the vast olive grasslands outside, as this place consisted of a continuous stretch of olive forests that rise and fell.
Crash…
Suddenly, chaotic noises could be heard from a faraway distance behind him.
Someone was shouting loudly in American English.
Levi crouched down carefully, only exposing a pair of eyes while he burrowed himself into the side of his trail under some raised tree roots before turning his head and glancing behind himself.
”Hasn't someone checked this direction already? Why are we back here?”
”Instructions from our superiors, don't be too concerned.”
”We're already lacking manpower now. I really don't know what our superiors are thinking.”
A few men in olive camouflage gear carried guns and walked over in this direction to search the area.
Levi lowered his head into the undergrowth and concentrated his gaze in their direction.
He noticed that there was a symbol of a black hawk on the sleeves of these men's uniforms.
”Nighthawks…” He recognized this symbol.
Previously, he had gathered the other forces to inflict serious damage on this mercenary group.
”Looks like a lot of new changes have occurred during the period of time when I did not return,” he thought when his mind finally understood what had happened.
Bang!!
Suddenly, the sound of a gunshot echoed from a faraway area before a frenzied cry of a wild ox could be heard.
”Shit!! Kill it! Kill it!!” someone shouted loudly.
Bang bang!!
A few more gunshots could be heard.
A few people who were patrolling this area raised their guns frantically. But once they heard the ox shriek, they laughed happily and put their guns down.
”This group of rotten people. It would have been troublesome if they'd attracted the attention of the patrol group or the inspection cars. Couldn't they have been a little more careful?”
One of the black men spat and turned his head in the direction of the gunshot before suddenly noticing that the silence around him was somewhat terrifying.
There were traces of alertness and uncertainty on his smiling face while his hands raised his gun upwards unconsciously.
Kachak!
A large hand flew towards his neck at the speed of lightning before grabbing and twisting it.
The dead body became limp and collapsed backward before it was dragged by someone else and placed on the ground slowly.
Levi spat and took a few things that he needed from the three corpses on the grass such as their guns, water bottles, bug spray, as well as some food and snacks.
He pondered for a moment before picking someone who had a body size that was similar to his own, removing the other man's clothes quickly and donning them.
The corpses lay in the undergrowth that was half as tall as a human within the forest, making it impossible to detect any abnormalities unless one walked extremely near and took a second look.
Levi stuck his nose out and continued his chase in a predetermined direction. He was like a silent cheetah that possessed extremely fast speed and was almost completely quiet.
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