245 Beast Horde and Intruders (1/2)

Bells sounded in the whole city; that was the highest state of emergency due to an attack of a beast horde.

The highest beast horde that was registered in their area the last thousand years was a beast horde with about two hundred beasts, and although they hadn't been easy to deal with, they hadn't been a true threat for the city either.

However, at that moment, they were unable to know how many beasts were going to their city; it seemed like if all the beasts in the surrounding mountains had decided to attack at the same time and that behavior wasn't normal for beasts.

Usually, the beast hordes were formed by beasts of similar species, but it was unheard of that all the beasts acted together to attack someone. Of course, it was unheard because it was also unheard that a divine beast appeared to command them.

Sadly, they didn't even think of a divine beast provoking everything because divine beasts only existed in legends and they didn't believe in their existence.

”Listen up! There are a lot of beasts in this beast horde,but they weren't too strong, so they won't be able to break the barrier of our city. However, the part of the gate is far weaker, so we must set traps in the surrounding area to avoid the beast horde from concentrating in front of it. If I discover that someone had made a mistake setting up the traps, that person will turn into a slave!”

A middle-aged man who was a squadron chief shouted and all his subordinates nodded before dispersing and starting to set up traps in the paths that the beasts would likely follow if they wanted to reach the city gate.

An hour later all the members returned; they didn't dare to stay more time because the beast horde was nearing them.

”I hope that you did your job well! Remember your fates if you made a mistake.”

That chief hadn't moved from his position, but while skipping his supervision job, he expected that all the members of his squadron worked perfectly. The members were quite dissatisfied, but there was a mark on their souls, so they didn't dare to argue.

”Go back to the city!”

After hearing those words, everyone returned quickly to the city; waiting outside was far too dangerous, and no one wanted to die for being slow.

Once everyone crossed the gate, it closed, and the barrier reinforced it. Although it was a weak point compared to the rest of the barrier, it wasn't easy to break either.

”Really a good defense, it is completely impossible to infiltrate from the sky without being detected. However, it is fairly easy to enter when the door its open.”

The one thinking that was one of the squadron members that had just returned to the city.

”Wyba's plan has been better than George's one; there was no way they would ask people to put traps like these for an army because an army won't fall in such traps. However, beasts have less intelligence, so it is logical set traps for a beast horde. My little sister is really smart; the infiltration is a complete success thanks to her.”

Although that person looked and acted identical to the one who had left the city to put traps, he was another person. Moreover, a person that the members of that city definitely didn't want to have behind their walls, Yale.

Yale saw that he couldn't enter by the sky or he would be detected when he reached the city and when he was thinking about what to do, he saw that squadron.

Without alerting anyone, he soul-searched and killed one of the members of the squadron and supplanted his identity with Shape Shift.

Due to having all the memories of the deceased man, Yale had no difficulty to act exactly like the real one, so no one detected anything strange about him.

Yale just followed the squadron, that way he could move without catching any attention. Moreover, he had a rough idea as to where Ange was thanks to the memories of that man.

Sadly the Time Bloodlines that he could detect in the city didn't seem to be from Ange, so Yale guessed that she was in a place that was isolated from the outside.

Yale noticed that all the inhabitants of the city had marks on their souls; at any moment they could turn into unconscious puppets when the True Empire ordered it. Moreover, there wasn't any kid in the whole city; they had all been kidnapped long ago and sent to another place by the True Empire to brainwash them since a young age to turn them into blind followers.

He also knew that not everyone had agreed to have those marks on their souls willingly and had only accepted due to the threat to their lives. However, there was no salvation for those people once the mark had been imprinted in their souls.

”Quick! Come! The great nobles from the Zhan Clan have captured an intruder. Moreover, he seems to be a wanted criminal!”