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Blackwater Town - Mineral Veins

"Mo Lan?!"

A panicked A Qiu arrived at the mine and quickly found Mo Lan, who was leaning against a pile of rubble, breathing weakly and on the verge of death from serious injuries.

The other person had their head hanging down, and blood was still flowing from the wounds on their forehead and chest, staining the area beneath them crimson. The scene was truly shocking.

A Qiu was so anxious that she almost cried. In her panic, she pulled out all sorts of first-aid supplies from her spatial storage and used them on Mo Lan.

"No, it's alright. You haven't dissipated yet. I can help stabilize your injuries. You absolutely mustn't die..."

Her movements were frantic, but she couldn't help feeling despair. After all, such severe injuries were enough to kill a normal person a hundred times over.

But as long as Mo Lan hasn't turned to ashes and vanished, she won't stop trying to save her.

"Smack."

Mo Lan, who should have been dead, suddenly came back to life and grabbed A Qiu's wrist.

A Qiu was taken aback.

Mo Lan, breathing heavily, slowly raised his head to look at her, his eyes, hidden beneath his black, tousled hair, brimming with blood.

There was no fear of death, only a constant surge of excitement and exhilaration.

"Mo, Mo Lan...?" A Qiu stared blankly at the scene.

The next second, Mo Lan fainted again.

Completely confused, A Qiu had no choice but to put aside her doubts, carry Mo Lan on her back, and find a safe place first.

****

Field Hospital Outside the Town:

"His pointer keeps going down!"

"Defibrillator! Bring the defibrillator!"

"Add two more fentanyl vials! Quickly!"

With one arm severed, Li Ang lay in a hospital bed, where Black Hawk medical personnel were performing emergency treatment on him.

Outside the tent, Adela smoked a thin cigarette, her eyes weary yet revealing a hint of despair.

At that moment, the captain of the reconnaissance squad walked over and saluted him:

"Thank you for saving Major Leon and Miss Adela. But I'm sorry, we still haven't found any trace of Mr. Lan Meng and Miss A Qiu."

Adela sighed. "I understand."

After Mo Lan and A Qiu withdrew from the battlefield, Li Ang had to fight Ji Zhou alone, and his fate was a foregone conclusion.

Fortunately, Adela arrived just in time to save Li Ang, who was on the verge of death, and then followed the Black Hawk team in a strategic retreat.

After this battle, the American governments' dream of monopolizing the church's legacy was completely shattered, and it was even uncertain whether the Black Hawk helicopters could safely withdraw.

Everyone was in despair.

They had to begin seeking cooperation with the Victorian government and the Vatican.

In response, Prime Minister Victoria, grieving the loss of her beloved daughter and filled with rage, acted as the mastermind behind the scenes, putting pressure on the Vatican multiple times, which finally led to a strategic cooperation between the two sides, allowing Adela and others to participate in the operation.

However, because the two places are too far apart, the Kingdom's Papacy can only provide them with all the assistance they can offer.

The reinforcements will take at least three days to arrive, but by then they will probably be dead and ashes.

"So this is completely useless?!" Adela angrily stubbed out her cigarette.

Now, she faces an even more difficult situation.

With Mo Lan and A Qiu missing, Li Ang seriously injured, and the Black Hawk Force suffering more than half its losses, it will be difficult to organize another full-scale offensive.

Most importantly, they were unsure whether the Shadow Church would take advantage of their misfortune to attack them, otherwise, if Jizhou attacked, they would have no one to stop them.

She didn't want to face that monstrous guy.

At this point, Adela also had some doubts. When she rescued Li Ang, Ji Zhou was fully capable of catching up and killing him.

But the other party did not do that; instead, they let them go.

She wasn't the only one who was puzzled by this.

The bishop of the Church of Shadows was also furious about this.

"Kishu! Why did you let them go?!"

Inside the underground palace's meeting room, the bishop, his face hidden beneath a cloak, spoke with unusual dissatisfaction, condescendingly criticizing Ji Zhou.

However, Kishu simply propped his legs up on the table, wiping his weapons as he sneered:

Why should I chase after him?

"Old man, don't try to threaten me with your old tricks."

He raised the dagger in his hand and slammed it into the conference table, the blade penetrating deep into the wood. The powerful pressure instantly silenced the bishop.

Ji Zhou then slowly said:

"Don't forget, I'm just a henchman hired by your True Ancestor. My mission is simply to protect him until the ritual is complete."

"I don't care about anything else; that's not within my scope of responsibility, understand?"

"Don't boss me around, you old man."

"You...!" The bishop was so angry at his arrogant attitude that he couldn't speak, but he was completely helpless against him.

Meanwhile, Adela finally obtained some intelligence about Kishu through Victoria's MI6.

Kishu: Former national-level Witcher, origin unknown, no fixed organization, was expelled from the Witcher Association and wanted by the association three years ago for stealing the Vatican's sacred relic "May Rain".

Unexpectedly, the other party actually joined the Church of Shadows?

This is the most difficult thing for Adèle.

Just then, a messenger rushed into the tent: "Commander Adela, breaking news! Ghouls are continuously gathering underground in the mine."

"The activity level of the True Ancestor Garuda is also constantly rising, and it may awaken ahead of schedule."

"The enormous curtain formed by the power of the True Ancestor has completely enveloped us, and we can no longer leave the town."

Now, Adela and her friends only have two choices.

Either take a gamble or wait to die.

Obviously, waiting to die on the spot was not an option. Adela did not want to die so pathetically. Once the True Ancestor was fully awakened, it would be too late.

The reason why the American governments' actions failed back then was because they were facing Garuda at its peak.

If they don't want to repeat the same mistake, they have to take a gamble and disrupt Garuda's ritual before Garuda recovers its full power.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking officials of the American government, unwilling to give up due to the high sunk costs, began to spend large sums of money to hire freelance witchers who could be contacted near the town.

This includes some players who survived the first attack by the Church of Shadows.

They were directly given a mandatory mission from the game of fate.

[Final Mission: The Final Battle.]

[Mission Objective: Proceed to the location of the Shadow Church and disrupt the True Ancestor's awakening ritual.]

[Failure Penalty: Permanent Loss.]

The bright red lettering hung high, like a death countdown hanging over the heads of every player, immediately making many players who wanted to take advantage of the chaos feel uneasy.

Being permanently lost is basically the same as a death sentence, since once the True Ancestor awakens, all of them who can't escape will be eaten by him.

After receiving the mission, even Han Jiang and Bart, who were at their wits' end and had no way to defeat each other, chose to temporarily cease hostilities.

These two sworn enemies were truly at their wits' end; if they continued, they would both die before completing their mission, so they might as well shake hands and make peace.

Under the threat of the mission, all the remaining players chose to join the Black Hawk team and carry out the final mission together.

Li Ang, dragging his heavily injured body, also walked out of the medical tent.

Adela: "Leon, I sincerely suggest you go back to the rear and rest."

Upon hearing this, Li Ang simply shook his head: "Mr. Lan Meng and A Qiu are missing, and they are very likely in the hands of the church."

"No matter what, I can't just leave them alone."

Adela sighed helplessly.

Before dawn, the Black Hawk team's operation had already begun.

Because the True Ancestor's awakening ritual required a large amount of energy, the other side summoned all the ghouls to be sacrificed.

This was one of the few opportunities Adela and her group had.

But at the final gate of the underground palace, only one person blocked their way.

Kishu, a former international witcher.

The man leaned against the bronze gate, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, looking utterly bored.

Upon seeing them, he slowly raised his eyes:

"...You guys came really fast."

"Bringing so many people is really troublesome."

Upon seeing the fully armed soldiers and players, he wasn't surprised at all; he just felt a little troubled, but that was all.

Li Ang first asked:

"Lan Meng, and what about A Qiu?"

Upon hearing this, Kishu gave a particularly puzzled look, tapped his head with the butt of his gun, and then remembered:

"Ah...you mean that guy who uses electricity, and that coward who tried to ambush me?"

"Let me make this clear first, I don't have time to hunt them down. They'll either die or escape, it's none of my business."

"I never do overtime work outside of my contract."

Upon hearing this, Li Ang silently raised one hand and summoned the greatsword Hundred Years' War.

Kishu grinned and stretched his shoulders: "That's more like it... I'm in a hurry, you guys come at me all at once."