Chapter 228: Chapter 228 Changing the Guardian
Translator: 549690339
“Border Curse” – Advanced Investigation Case.
Total duration of five hours.
The squad entered the Granary District at two in the afternoon. Currently, dusk has just ended, and night is descending.
Although it’s always night, the density of the fog increases during the twilight hours, and the activities of evil forces are more frequent.
Captain Kenny also left the Cursed Space promptly, posing as if he had been guarding the entrance to the Granary the entire time, and had not entered the interior at all.
In reality.
Kenny had been observing everything that happened inside the farmhouse in secret the whole time.
He was amazed at the way the squad handled the task.
“Not bad… Being able to return all alive, you guys are the best batch of newbies in recent years.”
As for the various sounds of sword clashes coming from the town, Kenny didn’t mention anything for the time being.
After all, he had just protected these young people in the dark and had just exited from the Cursed Space. He knew nothing about the sudden attack, and was waiting for a vulture from the intelligence department to bring him information.
“Captain Kenny… What’s happening in the town?”
Hearing the sounds of metal collisions, monster roars and some magic beams or blazing fires, Abe wanted to rush back to help.
Just then.
A vulture flew back with a scroll clutched in its talons.
“A squad has officially reached the ‘Castle District.’ As the Great Lord’s Castle is threatened, a Ghoul Riot has occurred within the estate.
Since this is an ‘in-training event’, the Night Watch will not intervene much. You need to handle it yourselves.”
“A squad has reached the advanced mission of the Castle District?”
Han Dong was shocked. While he was well aware that the top squad of the juniors couldn’t be worse than his team, he didn’t expect them to be this fast…
“Your current score has reached ‘passing’ and you have completed the ultimate task in a certain area.
After the Ghoul Riot in the town subsides, someone will come to provide you with more detailed clues.”
With that said, Captain Kenny rushed to the Communication Tower in the middle of the town using some sort of flying ability.
After all, the progress was a bit too much. In theory, the ‘Castle District’ should only be opened on the fourth day of training.
As for Han Dong and the others, they immediately returned to the town too to make sure their residences hadn’t been invaded by ghouls.
In the Communication Tower, Vulture Kenny met Deputy Leader Heidler, who was sitting in a leather chair, smoking a lady’s cigarette, and from time to time, people would bring approved documents to her.
“Deputy Leader, what’s going on? Why has the progress sped up so much?”
“These juniors, since yesterday, in a ‘monopolistic’ way, have been quickly accepting and completing low-difficulty tasks.
Today, through ‘clue trading,’ with all kinds of basic clues in their hands, they exchanged clues with other teams that directly led to the Castle District.
Following the ‘theoretically fastest’ speed, they dived deep into the estates.
Which advanced this training into its next stage.”
“Should we take measures to contain this?”
Heidler was calm: “No need. The comprehensive difficulty of the ‘Castle District’ is not something that can be overcome with their little cleverness.
Rest assured… According to the assessment of the Captain, me, and the Timekeeper.
This Great Lord, along with the Hill Castle, can be ranked among the top three ultimate training missions in the past twenty years. It’s not that simple.
The Great Lord, although he can’t see us outsiders under the influence of the Clockmaker, is constantly watching the movements of these young people.
This being, who is almost a Demon, should have the confidence and adequate means to deal with these youngsters.”
“…Fine.”
Deputy Leader Heidler suddenly changed the topic.
“Kenny, I heard that the squad of new recruits you are in charge of achieved first place on the score chart yesterday, even surpassing the junior team. That’s unheard of.
I heard there’s a student from ‘Crow’ in it, is it because of this reason?”
“Hmm… Calm and insightful, this student from ‘Crow’ has already led the squad to completely conquer the ‘Wheat Field District.’”
“So it’s that kid leading the reason, indeed it’s not easy to be noticed by the Crow… so they have already conquered the ‘Wheat Field District’? Has a Night Watcher provided them with the clue for the next mission?”
“They need to wait until the Ghoul attack event ends before a Night Watcher comes to them.”
“Perfect! I want to meet these new recruits… Kenny, leave this matter here for you to handle.”
Kenny immediately frowned, “This… Deputy Leader, it’s probably not a good idea.
Captain Kaimon asked me to keep an eye on these young people the whole time and ensure their safety. If…”
Kenny’s words turned into silence.
He felt a cold touch going up his leg.
Before he knew it, a large number of snakes had climbed up his leg.
Heidler reached out, hooked Kenny’s chin and pulled him closer to her, asking in a low voice:
“Kenny… Are you suggesting that I managing this new team will endanger them? You think I can’t even handle a new team?”
“Not daring… Just saying that Captain Kaimon…”
“The Captain is not here, I am the leader… If you have any discontent with my opinion, you can report to the Captain anytime.”
Kenny bowed his head as low as possible and replied in a conciliatory tone, “Since the deputy leader arranged it that way, I’ll take over the job of managing the communication room…and you can handle the new team.”
“Hmm… That’s the way it should have been from the start. The Captain knew that I hate dealing with paperwork.”
Kenny nodded, “Then I will take the role of temporary commander, and I will manage the training in my own way.”
“Whatever.”
Heidler handed over all the related important documents, including the medal of the commander to Kenny, and left the Communication Tower with her provocative gait.
Kenny secretly gritted his teeth, looking sinister, “I should report these things to the Captain when I go back… Heidler is too self-centered, she could cause big trouble for our ‘Behemoth Knight Group.’”
Despite his annoyance.
With the burden on his shoulders, Kenny immediately got down to work.
Compared to Heidler, he naturally had a lot more responsibilities, and temporarily added many regulations to stabilize the progress of this training.
“I hope these young people can rely on their good luck… Heidler will certainly not care about the lives of these youngsters.”
Town Area.
Ghouls kept appearing from the ground, attacking the newcomers around here.
Due to the wards placed on each residence, which were easy to defend but hard to attack, all they had to do was figure out a way to kill the ghouls from inside.
With such a number of ghouls appearing, Han Dong knew where they were coming from.
These numbers, for the Ghoul Factory buried deep underground, were insignificant.
“Let’s go…”
Wherever Han Dong went, the ghouls would avoid him.
After all, the Swollen Doctor in charge of the Ghoul Factory was indeed one of Han Dong’s subordinates.
Just when the squad was about to return safely to their residence, right after closing the door.
Click, click, click…
The sound of high heels, accompanied by a strange and icy aura, came from the staircase…