Underground base, council hall.
Here, a large number of wizards from the Mysterious Organization had gathered, awaiting news when suddenly a few bloodsucking bats flew in.
Ji Burlen, who was sitting behind a wooden table, saw the bloodsucking bats and stood up, raising an eyebrow and addressing the bats, "Vasily?"
"Uh, it’s me, Steward Ji Burlen," replied the bat transformed Vasily.
"What happened?" Ji Burlen slightly furrowed his brow, "Why have you turned into this, and where is Suo Men?"
"The situation is , Steward Ji Burlen," Vasily quickly explained, "Suo Men and I were carrying out the plan, we successfully killed a wizard from the White Stone Tower, and were about to stir up some trouble when we encountered a little girl. That girl was strange, her body immune to most spells.
Suo Men and I decided to probe the true identity of the girl when a damn boy appeared. From his conversation with Suo Men, he seemed to be the murderer who killed Suo Men last time. Afterwards, we fought, and he used some very strange spells to shatter my body, that’s why I’m now. As for Suo Men, well, his head was twisted off and he was killed in an instant."
"Is that so—" Ji Burlen said, frowning deeply and asking Vasily, "So what are you planning to do next?"
"Uh, next, of course, is to continue executing the plan set by you, Steward Ji Burlen—eradicating the wizards of the White Stone Tower with full force. Once this major task is completed, we’ll slowly investigate the identities of that boy and girl, find out all their secrets, and finally kill them." Vasily replied swiftly.
"Heh." Ji Burlen chuckled lightly, "You are sensible, not being blinded by personal hatred."
"Of course, of course. As a member of the Supreme Order Divine Society, I have always understood what is most important. Personal hatred and interests should defer to the collective benefit," said Vasily.
"Very well then," Ji Burlen said, "Do as you suggest. Since you no longer have a body or combat capacity, just stay in the base. I’ll take the rest to execute the plan. Once the plan is completed, and I have reported back to Supervisor Long Mei’er, we will thoroughly investigate the incident involving you, Suo Men, and Mu Konni." With that, Ji Burlen led his men away.
"Wait, Steward Ji Burlen!" Vasily, reminded of something as Ji Burlen was about to leave, quickly said, "I... have a request."
"Hm? A request, what request?" Ji Burlen stopped and asked.
"That... I know the plan is paramount. However, that boy should still be in White Stone City. During the execution of the plan, we might just run into him. If we really do, we could kill him, right? That would save a lot of trouble later. So... I think, I could completely accompany everyone and help identify whether he is the one," suggested the bat-transformed Vasily tentatively.
Ji Burlen, upon hearing this, looked at the bat-transformed Vasily, squinted his eyes and remained silent.
"Steward Ji Burlen..." Vasily, a bit panicked by the stare, and a few bloodsucking bats instinctively flew away, "Steward Ji Burlen, are you alright..."
"I’m, of course, fine," Ji Burlen watched the bat-transformed Vasily for a long while and then spoke, "The problem is with you, Vasily."
"I... what’s wrong with me?" Vasily asked nervously.
Ji Burlen slowly raised his hand, mana flowing within him, controlling the movement of the mana while speaking, "Your problem is that you repeatedly say that you can point out who killed you, but... he came in with you, and you didn’t even notice."
"Ah! What!" Vasily cried out in surprise.
Not just him, the others in the hall were also shocked.
What, someone broke in? Who dares?! Are they seeking death?!
At that moment, Ji Burlen yelled, "Show yourself!"
As his words fell, he raised his hand and a black energy arrow swiftly shot out, targeting a spot behind the bats—a patch of empty air.
The arrow swiftly swept through the air, hitting nothing, and finally vanished into the wall.
Ji Burlen’s eyebrows shot up, his face showing little surprise, rather, his eyes gleamed with a bright light, "Interesting, dodged it, huh."
"But, how many times can you dodge the same attack?" Ji Burlen stared intently in one direction, and the next moment, he continually fired Energy Arrows from his hands, moving with them.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
"Dodge, keep dodging, let’s see where you can run to!" Ji Burlen kept shouting, releasing Energy Arrows continuously, chasing after the invisible target out of the hall.
The people in the hall were stunned for a moment, then about half of them realized the situation and chased after Ji Burlen, while the rest stayed to guard the hall.
Thus, a bizarre and almost comical scene unfolded outside the hall, with Ji Burlen running in the forefront, attacking and chasing an invisible target, while the rest tried their hardest to follow him, their eyes wide open, attempting to spot the invisible target.
Footsteps echoed in the complex underground facility.
As time passed, Ji Burlen’s speed increased, and those following him found it more and more difficult to keep up, but they dared not speak for fear of aggravating the already furious Ji Burlen.
So, the chase continued for a good fifteen minutes.
Fifteen minutes later, Ji Burlen led his group to a junction of several corridors in the underground facility.
Ji Burlen stood motionless at the center of the junction, his brows deeply furrowed.
Those following him were filled with confusion, and one of them, bolder than the rest, asked, "Steward Ji Burlen, what’s wrong?"
"That person who infiltrated..." Ji Burlen’s brow furrowed into a knot as he scanned the surroundings and spoke, "That infiltrator... has suddenly disappeared."
"Ah, so, what...?" The speaker wanted to ask if he was sure the person really existed, but he didn’t have the courage and simply asked dryly, "So what should we do?"
Ji Burlen took a deep breath, trying to calm himself, ignoring the question, and muttered to himself, "It shouldn’t be, I could clearly feel his presence, although it was vague, he was undoubtedly an infiltrator.
But... to chase him here and then he just disappears? It was last time, and it’s the same this time. What kind of method did he use to do this? It couldn’t be Space Teleportation Magic, could it?
That’s impossible, absolutely impossible. Leaving aside whether he could access Space Magic, even if he could, it’s unlikely he’d master it. And even if he did cast it, there should be some kind of spatial anomaly here, but there’s nothing at all, this..."
Richard opened his eyes in a cellar outside the underground facility.
It was very dark inside the cellar, but Richard’s eyes emitted a faint glow as he flipped his hand, and an object appeared in his grasp.
Visibly, it was a box-like object, which upon opening, contained a small glass tube with some powder inside.
The powder... deadly powder!