“Useless beings.”
Outside the cave entrance, a masked man was feeling helpless and angry. He had been monitoring the movements of the beastmen, but he didn’t expect to be discovered and found.
This place had really been tested time and time again. Now, it had actually been discovered. One had to know that the Ritual was going to start tomorrow. If they were not one step ahead, the plan would be completely messed up. It would definitely not be difficult for the Guardian Beast to wake up. If it were to wake up, their plan would fail.
It didn’t matter if he failed. What if others discovered it too?
It had to be known that there were many powers secretly observing the Ritual and waiting for the results. If there was a result, it wouldn’t be like this. No one would know that they were secretly doing things.
If he were to expose himself now, the others would follow suit. After the chain reaction, the Guardians of other places, and even the Divine Dragon of the Skalan Empire, would awaken. That was something he did not want to see.
“Hmph, once you enter, don’t come out.”
The masked man snorted coldly and began to set up the array outside. As long as the array was set up, nothing would be a problem. They could not be allowed to come out. The best outcome would be for all these beastmen who knew the truth to die.
It was the same in previous years. Those who knew the truth were all dead. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have come every year without knowing anything. Most of those who knew about the truth would be killed after they had completed their task.
Those who knew about this would definitely die.
“What useless fools.” He was furious.
Of course, even though he was cursing, he did not stop what he was doing. Even for him, setting up such a formation required a lot of energy. He could only depend on how much the group inside could resist and buy himself more time.
Remembering something, he pulled out a pigeon, shoved an envelope under his feet, and let it fly.
This matter must not be spread, or the entire continent would be in trouble.
The sorcerer was useless now. He would be eliminated once this battle was over.
Those who knew the truth would die. The same went for Benevolence and the others.
…
They did not know about the man outside.
Benevolence and the others suppressed their anger and charged in.
The people inside were scared silly. When they came in, some had been asleep. They didn’t know what had happened. When they saw a group of Orcs, they were dumbfounded.
As soon as they woke up, they saw a group of people surrounding them. All of them were pointing their swords at each other. They were dumbfounded.
What happened?
What were they doing?
Didn’t we say that we were not going to be discovered?
What am I going to do now?
“Ahhhhhh!!!!”
A blood-curdling scream burst out from the mouth of their companion beside them. Everyone was so scared that their faces turned pale. That was because they saw their companion, who was chatting happily with them just a moment ago, being slashed in the thigh by a female orc.
Mercy came in without saying a word. When he found someone, he would beat them up. Who cares? He would beat them up first.
The screams and wails continued, and everyone gradually regained their senses.
“Who are you? Why do you want the Guardian to remain asleep? What’s your purpose?” Gentle demanded angrily as she stepped over the humans on the ground. Women were usually irritable, especially people like Gentle. She was strong and a swordsmaster. She didn’t bother to use her brain at all, so she asked directly.
“We…”
That person didn’t know what to do for a moment. He looked around and realized that his companions had been caught. Didn’t they say that they wouldn’t be discovered?
Didn’t they say that they would fight back even if they were discovered?
Why was it that they were all left kneeling in front of him now!
Useless! They were all useless!
How proud they had been earlier was how different they were now. When they spoke, each one had bragged one after the other, each more powerful than the last. In the end, the beastmen really came. This was the situation.
Gentle didn’t care about him and immediately raised her sword to his throat.
“I don’t know. I don’t know anything.”
Fear and alarm were written all over his face. He almost cried. He was frightened. When they were employed, the people who scouted them had said that they were only here to sightsee. There was no danger. When they came, they did not discover any danger. Who knew that they would be discovered?
How unfortunate.
He didn’t think that those people were lying to them. After all, they had to achieve their goal. Now, they had been caught before they had even completed their task. They had been exposed.
“You don’t know. You were all cheering when you were chatting here just now. Now you’re telling me that you don’t know anything. Do you think I’ll believe your nonsense?” Gentle sneered. The sword in her hand stabbed into the other party’s arm without a word.
“Ahhhh!!!!”
This person was shouting very loudly. His snot was flowing out and his face was full of tears.
“I really don’t know anything. I’ve already told you everything I know,” he said in a shrill voice. It hurt too much to beg for mercy. He couldn’t bear the pain.
“At this point, I’ll say it. I’ll say anything.”
A girl in the distance had been stripped naked. The threat from the beastmen was very effective.
“Kill a few and show them,” Benevolence ordered.
“Pfft!”
“Pfft!”
Instantly, two people died, leaving two corpses on the ground.
“A group of spineless cowards, how could there be such a group of people here to carry out a mission? They even want to make the Guardian Beast continue to sleep. This is simply a disgrace to my clan.” Mercy’s anger surged. He had been in this state ever since he entered.
“Perhaps, they really don’t know much. If it were us, would we tell this bunch of spineless fools what was important?” Benevolence said. Anyone with superiority or power, feared such people the most. They were spineless and would cry out to be saved if they were punished slightly. How shameful.
They are not even up to the level of a soldier of the Skalan Empire.
Those soldiers had risked their lives to protect their country, but these people had no backbone and weren’t worthy of respect.
“The main thing now is to find out who’s behind them. Also, we might be able to find a way to awaken the Guardian.”
Although Mercy was angry, she still had her rationality.
“Spit it out.” Gentle went straight to the human woman’s side and put a foot on her stomach. A little pressure would break her. The sword in her hand was next to the woman’s ear.
The woman hurriedly said, “He came looking for our people. He wore a mask and gave us a lot of money. He invited us, and we accepted the money to do things. That’s all. I really don’t know who they are or which faction they belong to. Even if you kill us, we don’t know who they belong to. Please, let me go. I’ve told you everything I know. I don’t want to die yet. I still have a lover waiting for me to go back. I still have an 80-year-old mother waiting for me to go back and take care of.”