As a descendant of the Blood Race, his childhood had been inhumane. He had personally witnessed all his family members being burned alive. The maniacal laughter and malevolence of those people were still vivid in his memory.
His mother had used her life to protect him and also reminded him to take revenge. When the people from the Kaiser Empire found him and gave him a chance to take revenge, he sold his life to Solomon.
His powerful natural endowments as a member of the Blood Race and the training of the Kaiser Empire allowed him to stand out. In the end, he became a dandelion. In the future, he did not need a soul or a future. He only needed to complete all the tasks that Solomon had given him.
He used to think that he would kill everyone in the Federation without hesitation until he met Wang Zhong. Every day, Wang Zhong smiled and trusted him.
Without any hesitation.
All of this changed him every day, but no matter what, his fate as a dandelion could not be changed.
Should he betray Solomon, who had saved him and given him hope for revenge?
Should he betray Wang Zhong, who had helped him find a soul and trusted him like a family member?
At that moment, Wang Zhong did not know the danger behind them. They were also facing an unknown choice.
The Octopus people's Shadow Moon Fortress was very spectacular. Wang Zhong had seen information about the middle ages of the old human civilization. It was similar in shape, but it was a few centuries taller. The front of the fortress was separated by a wide moat. There was a massive suspension bridge that was half-suspended between the city gate and the moat.
On the walls of the castle, there was a crystal-like light shining every 10 meters. There were guards stationed there, and there were tall watchtowers on both sides of the castle. From time to time, one could hear the sound of something piercing through the air. There was a group of massive flying beasts with the bodies of lions and the heads of birds. Humans called them griffins. They relied on their thick wings and were massive. They carried well-equipped Octopus people as they patrolled the sky and whizzed past. Wang Zhong had seen these creatures on the day of the landing battle. They were the main force of the Octopus people's aerial army. The Holy City Army called them griffins. They had an average combat level of around level-6. Together with powerful elite soldiers, their strength was rather impressive.
The green marks on the city walls showed how ancient this fortress was. It was made of a very special material, as if it had been standing for thousands of years. The most despairing thing was that the ancient city walls emitted a blue light. It was different from runes, but it had the effect of runes. It looked like some kind of elemental law was protecting the fortress.
Although the Octopus people did not understand runes, their understanding of the elements was far above that of humans. Their magic was also extremely good at using fixed elemental power to carve arrays. To put it simply, it was the same as runic arrays. It was just that the core power of the array was different.
This gave Wang Zhong a slight headache. Initially, with Mu Zi by his side, he felt that the world was huge and that he could go anywhere. Once he concealed his life and death aura, almost no one below the Heavenly Soul Stage would be able to see through him. But in the end, it was just a smokescreen. It could deceive the senses of living beings, but it couldn't deceive the power itself. The scariest thing about this method was to fight head-on with a 'stubborn' array. No matter how one tried to hide, there was nowhere to hide in front of an array that only recognized the form of energy. It seemed like sneaking into the fortress at night was just a fool's dream.
Wang Zhong furrowed his eyebrows and was thinking of countermeasures. Beside him, Napier, who was holding a telescope, gently touched his arm.
"Look below the east gate," he said in a low voice.
The Shadow Moon Fortress had four gates: the east, south, west, and north. Traffic was accessible from all directions. Wang Zhong and the other two were currently near the north gate, but the east gate was too far away. Wang Zhong took the telescope from Napier's hands and had to admit that there were indeed many benefits to having advanced equipment. The east gate, which was several kilometers away, was originally pitch-black, but it was clearly displayed in front of Wang Zhong through the telescope.
The security was also very tight. The city gate was closed, but in the empty space outside the city gate, there were two metal pillars that were four to five meters tall. Two humans were tied to the top of the metal pillars.
There were wounds all over their bodies, either from knives, whips, or hammers. They were dripping with blood, and their bodies were covered in bruises. At this moment, their heads were hanging, and they looked like they were dying.
"Hyde Alexander, Noraba!" Wang Zhong recognized them at a glance.
Needless to say, Noraba and Wang Zhong were very familiar with each other. As for Hyde, Wang Zhong had seen him several times in the Tyrants' newcomer class. Not only was he the top newcomer among this batch of dimensional newcomers, but he also heard that his family background was not simple. Although he was not very rich in the Holy City, he had a lot of influence among the dimensional people. He had a good family background and extraordinary talent, but he was neither ostentatious nor domineering. He was a rather traditional dimensional human. Although he didn't have much of a friendship with Wang Zhong, at least he wasn't the annoying type. He was also one of the most important people on the missing list.
"They're just tied up there. This is a demonstration. These damn natives!" Napier couldn't help but say in a low voice.
Demonstration? This was the territory of the Mizobudapi people. The humans weren't facing off against the Mizobudapi people, and their sphere of influence hadn't spread to this area. What kind of demonstration was this? It was better to say that they were venting their anger. The Octopus people's hatred for humans was definitely not light. It had to be known that it was very hot here during the day, especially when the sun was high in the sky. Tying someone to the top of an iron pillar in an open space and exposing them to the sun was unimaginable pain.
Wang Zhong and Mu Zi looked at each other. This was most likely a trap, but the truth and falsehood were often hidden. If there was really a trap, who was it waiting for? The mission that the Wanderlust Team received was to gather intelligence, not to rescue people. However, Wang Zhong had come for Noraba, and now that he saw Noraba tied up in front of him, he had to give it a try no matter what.
"Let's lurk closer and take a look first."
The three of them lowered their bodies and walked through the wilderness. The patrols whizzing past in the sky obviously couldn't find them due to the interference of Mu Zi's deathly aura. Since they had to conceal themselves, their movements were naturally slow. It took the three of them one to two hours to get to the place where they were supposed to be. They made a big detour outside the city, and when they reached the east gate, it was already nighttime.
There were fewer patrols in the sky. Most of the time, it was the lights on the lookout tower that played the role of warning.
The three of them were in position. At this distance, even without the help of the Night Vision Telescope, they could clearly see the two people tied to the iron pillars. They seemed to still be alive, but they were in low spirits and looked like they were about to die.
Along the way, Wang Zhong had been using the Night Vision Telescope to constantly observe the arrangements in the vicinity. However, he didn't see anything abnormal. The defensive forces on the city walls weren't any stronger than in other places, and there weren't any ambushes in the surroundings. After thinking about it, it made sense. The other party didn't know that they would come. Why would they set up a trap in a place that humans wouldn't even set foot in? Was it really like what Napier had said? Was this just a way to vent their anger or a meaningless demonstration?
Phew …
The color of Mu Zi's pupils changed slightly. His left eye was black, while his right eye was white. The colorful world in his perception turned into black and white. All obstacles seemed to have nowhere to hide in this black and white world that penetrated everything. Mu Zi quickly discovered that it was underground.
The two huge, towering 'iron pillars' weren't real iron pillars, but thorn-like things that grew from the heads of two strange creatures. The two creatures exuded a powerful aura, and they were definitely at the peak of level-6 creatures. Their strength couldn't be underestimated. They were lurking under the east gate. The hard ground was like water to them, and it couldn't hinder their movements at all. At this time, they were raising their heads and aiming their bloody mouths upward. Noraba and Hyde, who were tied to the two thorns, were like two baits. If any creatures dared to rescue them or intrude into that area, these two monsters would definitely attack them violently.
"Two Giant Abyssal Mouths."
The strange black and white color in Mu Zi's eyes had disappeared, and he had retreated from that state. Two days ago, he had seen similar creatures in the information that the Holy City Army had. They were a bit like the lanternfish in the deep sea on Earth. They used the light on their tentacles to lure small fish closer and then devoured them violently. The Holy City Army had many sightings of these creatures, including wild ones and domesticated ones by the Octopus people. The Holy City Army might not be afraid of their strength, but their ability to conceal themselves and their vigilance were terrifying.
"Is there a way?" Wang Zhong wasn't sure if Mu Zi's life and death aura could be hidden from the two Giant Abyssal Mouths, not to mention that they had to snatch food from their mouths. The three of them weren't afraid of these two level-6 creatures, but once the sound of fighting alerted the guards on the city wall, it would be hard to say what would happen.
"It shouldn't be a problem to hide from these two creatures, but if they discover that the people tied to their mouths are missing … After all, they are connected to their bodies, so they will definitely notice that something is missing."
Wang Zhong thought for a while and took out two large lumps of things from the space crystal. They were the corpse of a spirit wolf that he had killed in the jungle yesterday. According to the information, this thing was edible and tasted pretty good. He had originally used it as rations, but now, he cut off two large pieces of the spirit wolf's corpse. After estimating the weight of Noraba and Hyde, he wrapped them in clothes. "We can try to swap them with these. The Octopus people probably won't pay much attention to us, and we can buy some time."
"Just the weight alone isn't enough. I'm afraid that someone on the city wall will give us away at a glance. Let me adjust them," Napier said excitedly. He was quite interested in puppet techniques. He was a soul talent, and plastic surgery and camouflage were the basics of puppet techniques.
Napier had a lot of tools in his space crystal, and he loved to put on makeup the most. The two large pieces of bloody flesh were quickly turned into two human shapes by Napier. Of course, they were full of flaws at close range, but at night, from a distance, they did look somewhat similar to Hyde's body shape.
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