"How would I know? I’m just a guide who followed the leader here once before, and we didn’t encounter any monsters last time..."
Koro stepped back, "Besides, Black Fog City only has extremely few Spirit contaminants, but that doesn’t mean there are none."
"That’s a nice explanation, it’s just a bit too smooth, almost as if you had prepared it in advance," Zola said, his gun still pointed and suddenly he pulled the trigger.
Koro fell down dazed, and only after a few seconds did he start to scream as he looked at his shattered right leg.
"You seem to overestimate my mercy..."
Zola moved forward nonchalantly, motioning for the team members to cover Koro’s mouth as he looked at this Demon Hunter covered in cold sweat, "We have powerful strength, yet we do not plunder from you but trade, providing you with precious blood potions and medicine. Why would you harm us?"
At this moment, Zhong Shenxiu slightly raised his hand, "I think... he wasn’t targeting us specifically, but rather the whole convoy. What would happen if the attack tonight had gone as planned?"
He felt that Joz’s Demon Hunter wasn’t very reliable either. If not for `the Faceless Spirit’s` mistake during the attack on Zola, perhaps tonight, the entire squad would have been parasitically controlled and turned into puppets for the other side!
Then, this seemingly normal puppet team would return to the convoy, having plenty of time to seamlessly disguise themselves.
By that time, the huge convoy would be compromised from within!
"So, it was for the convoy and the supplies?"
Zola nodded, then suddenly smashed down with the butt of his gun.
Koro’s face quickly swelled up red, spitting out several bloody teeth.
"Monsters are monsters; they won’t stop just because you’re a Demon Hunter... Koro, you came here ready to die, didn’t you?"
Zhong Shenxiu shook his head.
By then, the parasitically controlled Koro would blend into the team and return to the convoy.
When various situations erupted within the convoy, his leader would surely lead the prepared Demon Hunters to ambush the scavengers besieged by chaos.
Since they were all Demon Hunters with stronger mental resistance than ordinary people and were prepared, the chances of success were quite high.
"Why? Why harm us just for those supplies?" Rachel roared furiously, "We even saved your child!"
Koro’s lips moved slightly, uttering a few words, "For survival, there is no good or evil... our settlement is already in dire straits, without a substantial amount of supplies, many people won’t last much longer... As for the medicine? It was the leader who traded for it on my behalf, he’s the one who owes me, not you! All you do is mock and discriminate against us, calling me a monster!"
"But now, your plan has failed, and we will go back immediately and kill all of you, including the children you pretended to have join us!"
Joz suddenly spoke up.
"No, the failure was only mine, but it doesn’t matter..." Koro suddenly smiled and raised his hand, "Do you think... that releasing hallucinogenic gas through my palms is my only ability?"
"Quick, put on masks!"
Zola then realized a dangerous situation.
Because many had been called up hastily and due to the search results during the day, their guard had been lowered, many had not put on the beak-like masks that could filter gases!
"Hehe... it’s too late, my target isn’t you, but ’the Faceless Spirit,’ which hunts in dreams and parasitizes puppets when at peace... but my ability can be used not only on humans but also on monsters, releasing a gas that can enrage it... everyone here will die, including me... then, the monster disguised as us will return to the convoy and take everything from you!"
Koro burst out laughing.
"No wonder it’s relatively safe here during the day; it turns out it’s also the territory of a follower-level monster..."
Zhong Shenxiu nodded thoughtfully.
"Why are you still talking about this, Joz?" Rachel quickly looked towards the Demon Hunter in the group.
At that moment, several team members who weren’t wearing masks had collapsed limply, falling into a coma.
Clearly, Koro was still lying; as he attracted the monster, he also intended to anesthetize everyone present!
By then, those who had fallen were contorting their faces grotesquely, as if caught in a never-ending nightmare.
Suddenly, a team member was dismembered in his sleep, his face filled with terror.
"Quick, Joz, think of something!"
Rachel looked towards the Demon Hunter in the group.
The usually inconspicuous Joz spoke, "A contaminant that exists only in dreams, what can we, the people of the real world, do about it? Unless we pull it into the real world..."
"But even as a Demon Hunter of the kin level, we might not be a match for it in dreams. We only have slightly more resistance than ordinary people."
"It has already been provoked; our best choice is to retreat quickly while these people are still drawing its attention... Kin-level monsters have a sense of territory; as long as we escape far enough, it might not pursue us."
By the time Joz had finished speaking, several of the awake people were looking at Zola.
As the team leader, this lady now had to make a tough decision.
"Leave the sleeping people behind, let’s head back the way we came, and fast!"
At the same time, she fired a shot, breaking Koro’s left leg: "This man stays behind; he can buy us some time."
The group ran quickly out of the residential area.
Zhong Shenxiu took one last look and saw the people lying down standing up, their faces rigid.
Koro then closed his eyes, appearing to offer no resistance.
The next moment, tentacles quickly grew from the spot of his severed leg, reconnecting together, and he wobbled to his feet, now thoroughly controlled!
"A good father, but also a villain; there’s no contradiction."
Zhong Shenxiu sighed quietly to himself and followed behind Zola and the others.
At that time, the moon in the sky was bright and clear, serving as a streetlight.
The group moved swiftly through the dark, surrounded from all directions by countless monsters quietly awaiting their hunt.
Suddenly, a team member fell down without any warning, slipping into a deep sleep.
"The ’Faceless Spirit’ has caught up with us."
Joz’s voice carried an indescribable fear.
His ability only reduced his presence and didn’t grant invisibility; once everyone else was dead, the ’Faceless Spirit’ would definitely target him!
"We can’t escape; it’s faster than I thought. Entering another territory and making noise might attract more monsters; let’s deal with it here."
Zola suddenly stopped, "Joz... you’ll join me in voluntarily dreaming in a moment. Rachel, you and the others hold off the monsters controlled by the ’Faceless Spirit’ in the real world!"