Chapter 375 The Black Fog Revisited (1/2)
When he was done giving his orders, the man in the sunglasses briskly turned around and left the room with his men. A skinny, dark-skinned man at the back of the party paused for a moment to look at where his boss had been pointing moments ago.
They keep saying that it's a city, but... why does it look like a maze? That's impossible, there's no way a maze that big exists, he thought, smiling dumbly at the table before turning around to join the others.
Back in the Lusaka base city, they began preparing their things, which included a modified all-terrain vehicle, rocket launchers, machine guns, hand grenades, and other fun toys.
Most of them were experts in their own fields, handpicked by the Black Wolverine Organization to participate in this mission. They now stood armed and ready.
”The Black Wolverine Group may not be as great as the Crimson Leopard or the Nine-headed Lion, but what we have here is an opportunity,” said the black man in sunglasses.
”But Ciwey, I don't think it's going to be that easy,” said a portly black man in a suit and tie. ”That's another world we're talking about. We still haven't done a complete reconnaissance of the place. Aside from the fact that the monsters there are a couple levels higher than the ones on this planet, who knows what other dangers are lurking in there?”
”My Black King isn't weak,” said Ciwey coldly.
The Black Wolverine Group was named after his familiar. He and his brother, Cilow, had built this organization from the ground up with their own bare hands.
Even though Ciwey was the trainer of a Lord-tier Black Wolverine, thanks to the pressure exerted by other major companies, Ciwey's organization had never been able to grow as he wanted it to.
”But this is an opportunity.” Ciwey was growing impatient. His brother was a good man and had always treated Ciwey well when they were little. His kindness was also the reason why he had let Ciwey take charge of the company while he himself continued to be his second-in-command. The only thing Ciwey couldn't stand about him was his cowardice!
Of course, Cilow would never call it cowardice. He would simply say that he was being cautious.
”If we don't seize it now, when will we grow as an organization? When will we show those Nine-headed Lion fools what we're truly made of?” said Ciwey, shaking his fist. ”There's a new, never-before-seen world out there. Do you know what this means?”
”But we just can't go all in like this. This isn't poker,” said the portly man, Cilow, with a sigh. ”How about this—I'll contact whoever's in charge in Zimbabwe so that we can form a joint force dedicated to the investigation of the ruins that you've just discovered. What do you think?”
Ciwey's face stiffened as he sulkily nodded in agreement.
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”At first, we thought that there would be a whole new world waiting for us on the other side of the Spatial Rift. Instead, what we found was a labyrinth,” said Gao Peng, sounding somewhat disappointed during a high-level meeting in the Southern Sky Group.
”The only way we can hope to extract any profit from this labyrinth is by clearing it,” he continued, pointing at a diagram of the labyrinth.
”We have two options here. First, we could gather all the trainers in the Yuzhou government for a joint operation to kill or restrain all the Labyrinth Watchers. Once we have the labyrinth under our control, we'll able to conduct an investigation of our surroundings from there.
”The other option is, we do what the Labyrinth Watchers suggested. We'll wake up their master and strike a deal with it... Of course, what happens after that is anyone's guess.”
When Gao Peng finished his speech, he came down from the platform and began listening in on the ensuing discussions among the audience.
”Will it be that easy to kill the Labyrinth Watchers?” someone asked uncertainly.
”I don't think so...”
It soon became apparent that everyone was polarized between the two suggestions. Some reckoned that it would be easier to clear the maze of its current occupants and then claim the place as their own, while there were others who hoped that a deal could be struck peacefully with these creatures.
Both sides were adamant in their positions.
Someone asked for Gao Peng's opinion on it.