[ You have gained 5 units of Death Energy]
[ Death Energy - 5]
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" Activate [ Mark Of Death]" Dave spoke with excitement.
Again...The feeling of getting stronger coursed through every cell of his body. The delight of getting stronger this easily...was addictive.
The best part was that he doesn't have to go through a body transformation like Conan. He was able to maintain a human appearance throughout and after the process of strengthening. After he was done looking at his stats which were now equally at 6 units, he smiled happily.
No longer feeling afraid of any fight, a feeling of having no fear against any enemy or for any fight was truly incredible.
He ignored the people who were being kept as prisoners here. The Town folks remained silent as they witnessed Dave killing the Men in Black hoodies. Just like before Dave attempted to make these people answer some questions but instead of answering him they rather chose to die.
" You guys can stay hidden here, I think you are safe here instead of running towards another shelter." He spoke to the people taking shelter here.
When he had come here, he saw the dead bodies of some guards lined up in front of the civilians. These people were questioning the civilians and the remaining guards about the whereabouts of those kids. It seems that they were still unable to find them and the reason why they burnt the entire town was just to hunt down three kids.
" T- Thanks for saving us!" They started thanking him, but Dave was in a hurry. He didn't want to stay here for long so he just instructed them to wield the weapons and stay hidden here until the situation is under control.
' Emily...I hope you are somewhere safe.' Dave prayed as he stealthily explored the town for other enemies. He could see some of them on the streets but didn't try to attack them. Instead, he waited for them to reveal the location of thier allies.
Every decoration of the yearly celebration ceased to exist and only a sad atmosphere remained throughout the city. Why did they have to burn everything and involve innocent people if they were here to just capture some children?
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The Government office of Lieven town was in shambles. One man wearing a red uniform and the other wearing a black hoodie walked inside the Mayor's office.
On Mayor's chair, a man wearing a white Long Coat and a white Pork Pie Hat was sitting cross-legged. His face was covered by a white mask that had a black grin painted over it, there were two holes in place of the eyes.
The two men walked in front of the person sitting on the chair and saw several heads lined up on the table. Before they came in, the man in white was playing with those heads like toys as his gloves were drenched in blood.
" Agent Blaze and Agent Iron, are you done?" The man asked,
" Yes, commander White, we captured the Count's children, damaged the entire town, and captured several civilians as well," Blaze spoke, he was the same person that attacked Dave and The Grey wolf party with a sea of flames attack.
These people instead of their real names were using the codes to address each other.
" What about those adventurers?" White asked.
" We let them go to focus on capturing the kids just as you had instructed, they must be out of the town by now." Iron replied.
" I don't know if you know this but someone out there in this town is killing our men," White informed, " Are you sure that those adventures left the town?"
" We didn't see them leave but they were weak compared to us, I think they also realize this fact. There was no reason for them to stay behind." Iron answered.
"...True, There was no reason for them to stay behind unless they are foolish," White spoke louder than his usual tone. " Do you know how many of our Men had been killed?"
" We don't know!" Blaze replied. " We were busy finding those children."
"...The enemies killed eight of us, not to worry though they only killed pawn-grade agents till now since you guys and I are still alive," White spoke, " I doubt apart from us three, anyone else would be able to deal with him so I want you to replenish your mana and go out search for them. According to me, they are lurking around the main security office of the town."
" We will go, but what do you plan to do with those children if not kill them." Iron asked.
" Ransom... Can there be any other reason?" White answered.
" But haven't we already gotten payment from our client to kill these people." Iron asked.
" You are just recently promoted, right Agen Iron?... Since our client is of a higher status compared to our target, he offered a good amount but will it be as generous as the amount someone would pay for the life of saving their children." This answer confused Iron but he nodded and left the office with Blaze.
After they left the office white once again started his game of playing with the heads. He stacked up one head over the other, but every time, they would fall because they were cut unevenly.
" You three are bad at cutting heads, bring me the next batch of the heads, and this time cut them in a way that they stack up properly over each other." The man ordered angrily like a child would throw a fit upon not liking his toys.
However, he was soon interrupted by another agent who just barged into the office in a hurry to deliver the news.
" We received a report from the security office, every agent there has been killed!"
After hearing that his attitude changed and then he sat down silently in his chair, White was here representing his Organization despite, losing so many men would lower his position within the organization.
" Get those kids here, we need hostages in case even our Elites aren't enough to stop the enemy." He spoke in a serious tone, as he once started to count how many agents he has lost to these enemies.