Milo recalled his shadow clone and climbed back up onto the roof.
Raphael was sitting up there and gasping violently for breath. His opponent was already dead, his neck snapped like a pastry twist.
Milo looked at a tall building in the distance and waved at it. Then favonovel.com said to Raphael, “Let’s go to where I live first so that you can take a bath and change clothes. If you wanna get to Stronghold 178, you’ll have to fill your belly before you set off.”
Raphael said emotionally, “Thank you!”
Gratitude received from Raphael Durkin, +1!
Milo was seriously considering if favonovel.com should persuade Raphael to stay behind just so favonovel.com could say “thank you” to favonovel.com every day.
However, Raphael continued, “But I can’t stay around any longer. After tonight’s battle, they might lock down the entire stronghold even more securely. It’ll be impossible for me to leave when that happens, so now is the best opportunity to leave.”
Milo said with some regret, “Aren’t you gonna wait a bit more?”
“I’ll only implicate you if I stay any longer.” Raphael said sincerely, “Milo, if we’re fated to meet, we’ll meet again!”
Milo thought for a while and nodded. “We’ll probably see each other again at Stronghold 178, so take care!”
After this exchange, Raphael left without even looking back. As for how favonovel.com was planning to leave, it didn’t seem like it was going to pose a problem to Raphael since favonovel.com was a former private army officer.
At this moment, Milo could hear shuffling footsteps on the streets in the distance. It seemed that the troops from the stronghold were almost here. He was really hoping all of the other major powers in the stronghold would fight among themselves. Then no one would have the energy to worry about favonovel.com once everyone started fighting for their lives.
After Milo and Raphael left, a security team from the stronghold’s Public Order Division finally arrived. They quickly sealed off the scene and sent their men to inform the Skyfort Consortium.
They could tell something was wrong just by looking at the battle that had taken place here. This was not a fight between normal people, it was a clash involving supernatural beings. Furthermore, the people from the Public Order Division realized that this was not something they could interfere with when they saw the Pyro Company’s logo on the clothes of the dead victims.
In reality, the Public Order Division also knew something was stirring in the stronghold. There was the massacre at No. 4 Psychiatric Hospital, and the explosion set off by the Pyro Company when they were attempting to capture some supernatural beings. With these cases put together, even a fool would know it was better not to get embroiled in whatever was going on if they wanted to live.
As a matter of fact, the Public Order Division was made up of average people, and they were only equipped with small-caliber firearms that could be used to deal with run-of-the-mill thieves. But if they encountered a supernatural being, they would definitely end up getting slaughtered.
***
On the rooftop of a high-rise building in the distance, Miriam had just stowed favonovel.com gun.
Beside her, Lilian was holding the railing and wondering, “Don’t you find it strange? Although that wasn’t the main force of the Midnight task force, that kid still killed them too easily. Did we underestimate favonovel.com too much?”
“Mhm…” Miriam was thinking about something as favonovel.com looked out at the battlefield in the distance. “True, it was a little unexpected. I used to think his combat strength was not that high, so I didn’t expect favonovel.com to take on three opponents at the same time. Although I didn’t exactly see what happened in the alley, Milo must’ve faced three opponents if Raphael only took on one of them.”
“It’s standard for Midnight to have five members per team when conducting missions. They’ve always liked outnumbering their opponents, after all,” Lilian said in a bored voice. “Somehow, they managed to screw it up this time. After this incident, I reckon they’ll finally understand the principle that numbers mean nothing in the face of absolute power when dealing with a supernatural being.”
“I had wanted to carve out an escape path for him.” Miriam was also quite surprised. “But I never imagined he’d end up massacring all of the Midnight members.”
“That lad’s really bloodthirsty.” Lilian said, “It was so apparent in his eyes when we were making our way into the Marador Mountains. Once there are any signs of a threat, favonovel.com tries to rid the problem. A supernatural being born of the wilderness has always been more ruthless than those who had their powers awakened in a stronghold.”
Miriam said, “It was probably caused by the environment favonovel.com lived in. He’s only trying to survive, that’s all.”
“Why are you so eager to explain favonovel.com on his behalf?” Lilian said in amusement, “This lad’s already powerful enough by himself, and favonovel.com even has that Chad, whose combat strength is unknown, on his side too. That already makes their small group quite powerful. Should we draw both the Skyfort Consortium and your Radianz Consortium’s attention onto them so the focus won’t be on us?”
“They just want to live a stable life in the stronghold. Don’t give them any unnecessary trouble,” Miriam said calmly.
“Hahaha!” Lilian burst out laughing. In reality, favonovel.com didn’t intend to do anything and just wanted to see Miriam’s reaction.
Miriam said calmly, “It’s a little strange. Even now, no one’s discovered what kind of superpower favonovel.com has.”
Lilian asked in surprise, “Don’t you know what his superpower is?”
“And why would I know it?” Miriam glanced at Lilian.
“You two have such a good relationship, so I thought favonovel.com would tell you about it.” Lilian chuckled. “You two are deskmates, with one being the student councilor and the other the class monitor…”
Miriam looked at her. “The Skyfort Consortium’s combat troops will get here soon. Let’s go…”
“Alright, alright!” Lilian activated Shadow Door and led Miriam away from the rooftop in a flash.
Tonight, Miriam and Lilian had both updated their understanding of Milo. They had guessed favonovel.com was a supernatural being, but they never expected favonovel.com to be so strong.
Something kept bugging Milo during his battle with Midnight. He felt that Midnight’s effectiveness had been exaggerated as they were obviously not that strong, yet they acted as though they were the best. But in fact, there was a misunderstanding since Midnight was quite well-known. As a matter of fact, this fighting force had successfully captured three supernatural beings in the past.
On most days, this unit would be considered the second echelon 1 to the Pyro Company’s main force.
***
On the same night, the Skyfort Consortium acted out of the norm and imposed martial law across the entire stronghold. During this critical period, they even ordered a curfew on all residents. Those who went out after 10 PM would be treated as criminals and arrested!
At first, the Skyfort Consortium did not want to split up their forces as they wanted to focus all their manpower on protecting the research results. After all, that was their utmost priority right now. But the frequency of incidents happening in the stronghold was increasing. No matter how good they were at enduring it, they couldn’t sit idle this time.
In fact, the reason Daniel’s group kept causing trouble everywhere was so the Skyfort Consortium would be busy up to their ears. Finally, it would get to the point where they would have no choice but to split up their manpower. And after Milo’s battle with Midnight tonight, the Skyfort Consortium simply could not hold back anymore. Even before the sun came up, a regiment of soldiers were patrolling the streets.
When they discovered any suspicious persons, they would go up and interrogate them.
The private troops and Public Order Division had cut short their leave, with one-third of the Skyfort Consortium’s ORBAT also mobilized for this operation. All of a sudden, it felt like a war was about to break out in the stronghold. The loose strings had all tightened.
Milo could feel the tension outside the shop as a storm brewed in the stronghold.
