[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Chapter 651

All of my perception around the city focuses solely on the scouts that seemingly appeared out of thin air.

Some of them touch down in random areas of the city while others fly far away to the other side of the massive mountaintop to other districts.

There are even some nearby that fly to the top of tall towers, but the only three guards I focus on are the ones coming straight my way.

A faint noise emanates from the orange core, and I channel all of my perception toward him as he flies.

The image of him holding a silver transmission device in his right hand is clear, and his voice rings out in a steady, monotone manner.

"Yes, Redgrave, I'm checking in on the unidentified subject now. Based on the recordings, he appears to be an intruder from outside of central. But there is no ID coming back on our facial recognition. I'll be arriving in a few seconds."

There's a click, and a familiar angry voice responds.

"It doesn't matter. Your focus should be elsewhere. Kill the intruder and anyone he is with. Don't spend a moment more on it. If they're from outside, then good riddance; if they're a rogue that got rid of their tracker to make a statement, then kill him and make an example of it. Destroy the bodies and leave no witnesses. No loose ends."

There's another click, and the orange core puts the tablet away.

He's getting extremely close now, and a plan begins to form while I watch the old man who pulled me out from the bar fall to his knees. His heartbeat slows to a stop by the time his forehead hits the pavement.

I don't know exactly how he was killed, but from the name I heard on that transmission tablet moments ago, I know a convincing display will be necessary to satisfy their wishes.

Instead of using stealth and slipping away from the orange core's sight, I do the opposite and raise my mana control to that of a low B-Grade hunter.

Once they're within range, a few blocks away, I turn in their direction and activate my master of illusion buff, mixed with my echo skill.

As I step to the side of the empty street and activate stealth with my main body, a perfect lifelike afterimage of myself is left behind.

The three divine core holders don't slow down at all.

The orange core activates wind magic tethered with divine threads, and less than a second later, releases an attack as they dip down into the street even closer.

The slash slices through my mirage, and the two red cores following close behind drop divine energy-imbued balls of fire to incinerate the corpse of the old man and the illusion.

The three of them hover mid-air after gliding upward for a few seconds, overlooking the city, and the orange core pulls out his transmission tablet again with a straight unbothered face.

"The job is done. I will continue preparing for the reassessment of the Dark Continent in less than two days. We will not return without data on that corrupted information of the yellow core beneath the Crimson City this time. If you need anything else before your arrival in just over four days, please do relay the message."

There's a pause, and no response for a moment, but finally, the same man responds.

"Thank you. There actually is one more thing I'd like to ask of you: report back to the supply base. I need you and a team to help Angelica investigate a trade deal gone wrong down in Ashmore. There was quite the incident that took place less than an hour ago, and Beckman wants a second opinion from an outside source."