Chapter 181 - Crisis (1/2)

Like a bullet, the heavy motorcycle headed towards the Shadow Capital at a constant speed of 300 kilometers per hour. According to this speed, Levin would need at most an hour to be able to stand in the city surrounded by mountains.

The burning smoke from the heavy-duty locomotive brought with it a strong smell of burning gasoline. In fact, the Dark Council was not without vehicles that were faster than this kind of locomotive. The anti-magnetic suspension car that Lange was driving was one of them. Not only was it fast, but it was also quiet and energy-efficient. It was definitely a more comfortable way to travel.

But Klein liked the smell of heavy metals and gasoline, which made him seem different in the pursuit of an efficient dark council. But he didn't care what others thought of him. His way of doing things had always been Levin's. Just like this mission, no one cared about the high-ranked warriors of the Crimson Knight. However, Levin accepted it.

This was an order directly issued by the council, but the content of the order was very simple.

No matter how one looked at it, killing a fifth step Wilderness Mercenary wasn't something difficult at all. After all, this mercenary's highest rank ability was to increase agility to the fifth step. In the eyes of the high-ranked Blood Knights, this ability was useless even when used to escape. And the reason why the council was so against such a minor character was because the mercenary had killed a low-level Blood Cavalry.

Levin remembered that the one who was killed was a member of the Parkland family. Although Parkland could be considered a large consortium, strictly speaking, he was just an outer member of the Dark Council. If it was only this relationship, the Dark Council would not send out high-grade Blood Knights. However, the young man named Saurun was a member of the Blood Cavalry. To be killed by a wild mercenary from who knows where was it in itself was like a slap on the face of the Dark Council.

When each Blood Cavalry was in their official positions, they would implant a kind of pocket crystal. The chip was connected to the terminal of the intelligence system of the Dark Council, which could feed back the implants' life wave energy, in case the Blood Cavalry got into trouble, making it easy to locate and search for them. Just a few days ago, the Blood Cavalry named Saurun's life signal had suddenly disappeared, much to the surprise of Saurun's superior. Through the investigation, the Blood Cavalry headquarters quickly determined that Sauron had died in battle while dealing with a family feud.

When this message was sent to the upper echelons according to the usual procedure, the upper echelons of the council sent out orders for the high-leveled Blood Cavalry to kill the mercenary.

If they didn't kill that mercenary with an absolute advantage, then what would happen to the Dark Council's face in the future? And there was a deeper meaning behind dispatching high-ranked blood riders. That was to show unquestionable force and use it to consolidate the position of the Dark Council in the coastline.

Levin knew this very well, and he also knew that this was just a boring demonstration. However, attacking a low-level esper failed to attract the attention of the high-ranked warriors within the Blood Cavalry. However, when Levin, who had just returned from his mission to headquarters, heard of this order, he did not hesitate and accepted it before heading to the Shadow City immediately.

This made many people feel disdain, even some despise, towards what Laine had done behind his back. However, only a few people knew that the reason Levin was willing to accept this kind of boring mission was because he did not want to stay in Eternal Night City.

The Ninth Knight, Levin, had never been one to keep to the rules. He would rather stay in the tight-knit Eternal Night City and head for the front lines of the war. Therefore, to Laine, this quest was no different from a different kind of vacation.

”Speaking of which, I have to thank you …” On the broken road, after colliding with an old living corpse that had crawled out from who knows where with the high-speed locomotive, Laine revealed a row of white teeth, ”There aren't many opportunities for leave like this. If possible, I hope you have already left the Shadow Capital … … ”Zero!”

This way, my vacation can be extended a little bit. That was Laine's subtext.