"Someone can control this thing. We need to get rid of this anomaly. Prepare your weapons, we're using plane C!" Rosalia commanded with a hint of shock.
She didn't know someone can control that beast, which extinguished her hope of distracting it. Now she had to find the person who was controlling that beast and get rid of him before things get out of hand.
"Roarrrrr…"
This deafening roar made them look toward the beast again. Because of the night, they didn't see the true appearance of the beast and thought it was just some captured beast.
However, as that so-called beast come closer to the range of their torches, they finally had a clear look and their heart trembled when they saw the 'beast'.
It was a humanoid brown monster with slimy liquid gushing out from its body, its mouth was filled with sharp fangs and its red eyes were filled with killing intent.
"What the fuck is this thing?!" a burly man yelled in horror.
Rosalia also found this unbelievable when she saw the appearance of that thing. This was their first time seeing such an abomination, and it looked nothing like some beast.
Some of the mercenaries opened fire in fear, but to their horror, those bullets simply bounce off that thing!
"Captain, this is not how we plan. Even the rifle bullets have no effect on it!" A woman shouted with an aghast expression.
'She lied to me. This is not a goblin facility we can raid!' Rosalia's heart palpitated with fear and hatred in her eyes. She never thought she would get tricked into coming here, or it was also a possibility that her partner didn't know about this either.
Nevertheless, it wasn't time to mull over it, because the monster's speed suddenly increased as it ran toward the burly man with its mouth wide open.
She shouted, "Retreat, this mission is over, safe yourself!" She directly dashed toward the woods.
Everyone looked at fleeing Rosalia with a hint of bewilderment and resentment. But they knew every mercenary was like this and once they sense real danger, they would also save their own skin first.
So, Rosalia fleeing action wasn't out of their expectation. There wasn't any fighting chance against that monster, since they can't even faze it with bullets.
They all fled in different directions, while the burly man had the aggro of that monster!
"Bunch of backstabbers!" His voice was filled with hatred as if he had done nothing like this before or he won't do the same if he was in their shoes.
Furthermore, the brown monster's speed was increasing at an alarming rate and despite being a C rank mercenary, he was losing ground quickly.
"Heh, running won't help…" The same husky voice rang in the vicinity, filled with disdain.
Jacob also saw the monster and couldn't summon cursed immortality instantly.
"What is that thing?" He quickly asked while his eyes were affixed on the monster, as it seemed to grow stronger with every second.
Furthermore, the hole was now unguarded since that monster was busy chasing those mercenaries.
Immortika wrote teasingly, "It seemed your luck is not bad."
Jacob frowned. "What do you mean? I don't have time to play riddle with you!"
"Hehehehe, that thing is actually a manmade mutant after they combine genes of two species so they could achieve evolution. However, do you think those bunch of pig brains can achieve something like this and break the limit on their bloodline so easily?
"They're simply playing god and they're terrible at that as well. Nevertheless, since that mutant is a mixture of two species, it meant it's a new species entirely.
"Currently, its rank is Tier-7 and if he ate enough living beings, he can evolve into tier-8, but that's its limit since it was born after mixing the tier two genes into tier five genes.
"Hehehe… that's why I said it was your chance. If you can let it evolve into tier-8 and then kill it and acquire its heart, you'll probably 10% increase in the cursed mark.
"Most importantly, you failed to awake any ability on your 10% completion last time, but with that mutant heart, your chance of awakening an ability will also be higher since your heart is also mutant."
Jacob's eyes suddenly lit up when he read the last details. He had already heard about the ability from Immortika, but he never managed to awaken it.
Now, he was hearing it again, and it seemed his chances were quite high.
He suddenly looked at the monster, who had already gobbled up that burly mercenary whole despite his struggle, and quickly dashed toward the other direction where another mercenary had escaped.
"That monster has already entered the rank of rarer specie, if I let it grow to tier-8, I'm afraid I would lose the ability to hunt it down altogether. What if I killed it now?" Jacob asked.
"That mutant is still an infant. If you kill it now, you'll only get the normal benefits of swallowing a tier-7 species. A mutant like this only benefits you if it matured completely.
"Hehe, why don't you let it eat all those humans who are at the peak of tier-3 and then fed it that fellow hiding in that hole, it's a tier-5 Hob Troll who had broken the limit of its bloodline two times," Immortika suggested.
Jacob's interest was suddenly piqued. "Hob Troll? What do you mean, broke the limit two times?"
He knew hob trolls were a tier three species like humans and this hob troll was a tier-5. Immortika also mentions how that mutant came into being. It was also because someone tried to break the limit.
"Didn't I already explain that there are some species that can evolve in tiers despite the lower tiers they were born with? This is called the limit break and the more limit a species breaks, the stronger it is from the other natural specie of the same rank.
"Simply put, a B rank human is someone who had broken the limit of their bloodline, and A rank is the same case. The species with intelligence can break their limits and evolve into higher-tier species as long as they knew which is the right path for them.
"This is a higher concept you'll come in contact with once you meet the species above tier-12. You'll know just how insignificant you truly are. Hahahahaha…"
Jacob felt slight fear, but there was a hint of expectation in his eyes when he thought just how deep this entire concept was and he wasn't even qualified to be a frog in the well yet.
However, just as Immortika said, this wasn't the time to know about these things and he should be grateful that the usually annoying book revealed this much to him without wasting his time in talking circles.
'Well, let's see how strong a hob troll who had broken this so call bloodline limit is.' Jacob's lips curled into a wintry smile. He had already killed hob trolls without using his strength before.
Furthermore, this hob troll seemed to be in control of that mutant. If he could gain that control, he can easily kill that mutant after letting it evolve into tier-8.
"Is there more species in that hole?" He asked.
"Only one, it seemed that hob troll had already fed everyone inside to that mutant to help it acquire this much strength. Hehehe… I wonder who will win between you two."
Jacob's eyes narrowed, "Do you mean that hob troll is as strong as me?"
He knew just how strong he was, and there was hardly anyone who could give him a fight in the uncommon region.
"Hehehe… I can't answer this question!"
"I have already gotten my answer with your creepy laugh." Jacob sneered and close the book.
'If things come to shove, I'll just use the titan sniper,' Jacob sneered.
Before he take any further action, he take out something from his pendant, it was a faceless dark mask made with titan iron. He had saved it for such occasions. He put on the mask, and it fit his face perfectly.
Then he suddenly unfolded his collar and it turned into a long hood, he covered his head with the hood on his jacket completely hiding his silver hair. Now only his amber eyes were visible.
He slowly crept toward the dark hole.
If that mutant didn't have any allure to him, he would never take such a risk, and if he wanted to hunt that thing after it mature, he had to get rid of this hidden threat first.
Jacob looked down the hole, and it was twenty meters deep and there was a dim light.
"It seemed you managed to escape my pet's detection. Interesting." Jacob suddenly turned around and finally notice the voice source. It was coming from a tree.
He understood, those blue dots he saw in that device were monitoring devices, and that guy was still in the hideout, monitoring everyone like he was watching a show.
Jacob suddenly pull a stiff smile under his mask as he sneered, "How about you come out of this small hole of yours and we have a chat."
"It's meaningless, you're dead whether you meet me or not." The voice was filled with indifference and disdain as if Jacob wasn't worth his attention.
Jacob suddenly put a hand in his inner pocket and pull out a blue landmine. He waved the landmine on the tree and coolly said, "I wonder if I threw this in this hole, will you crawl out or not!"