Milo did not give any serious thought as to what Daniel was gesturing to him. Therefore, favonovel.com was unaware that Daniel was deeply regretting it now. He was regretting that favonovel.com had been so reckless for wanting to come out to the Sacred Mountains.
As Daniel dwelled on it, favonovel.com actually dozed off.
That night, the monster did not come near the campsite again. When Milo went to sleep, “Old Durkin” remained sitting cross-legged outside the campsite. If any creature were to attack it, favonovel.com would immediately sense it through the pain that was relayed back to him.
Although Milo could not control Old Durkin while favonovel.com was asleep, Old Durkin acted like bait by sitting alone in the wilderness. If the enemy were a wild animal, who would it attack?
It would definitely not attack the campsite that was occupied by dozens of people.
After the battle was over, everyone at the campsite could only hear the commotion coming from the wilderness but not know what was going on out there. As a result, everyone suffered from sleeplessness again for the rest of the night.
Marvin suddenly lamented how favonovel.com had not had a single good night’s sleep since their expedition to the Sacred Mountains started.
He sat outside his tent and let the flickering campfire illuminate his cheeks. Kojek was sitting next to favonovel.com and holding a cup of hot water to keep his hands warm. “What’re you thinking about?”
“I’m wondering if we can get out of the Sacred Mountains alive,” Marvin answered calmly.
“Hehe, what’s the point of thinking about that?” Kojek said with a smile, “Have you ever thought that the head of the Silkshade House might not even care if we survive or not?”
Marvin glanced at him. “No.”
As the snoring continued, Kojek looked to Daniel’s tent and lamented, “I’m a little envious of him. That Fatty Eastwood is really fearless. If I had a younger brother like Julius, I would’ve gone somewhere to lead a carefree life. Why would I want to come here and risk my life? As the saying goes, ‘The son of a wealthy family does not sit under the eaves; a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.’ With such a distinguished status, I would be cherishing my life for sure. Just what is that Fatty Eastwood really thinking?”
“Who knows?” Marvin sighed and said, “But don’t you underestimate that Fatty Eastwood. Just as we’ve said before, Daniel must have a very powerful person backing favonovel.com up in this group.”
“Let’s wait and see then.” Kojek shrugged.
***
When day broke, everyone formed into teams and hurried over to check on the battle site from last night without even freshening up.
The location where the battle took place 500 meters away was a mess. But strangely enough, there was no blood to be seen.
“Could neither side have been unable to hurt the other?” Marvin frowned and said, “That’s really strange. How could no one have gotten injured when their battle caused such a huge commotion?”
“It might be that they were very cautious. After all, if they got injured in a place like this, they could end up dying out here,” Kojek said.
Bruce was standing next to a tree that had been cut down by Old Durkin’s black saber. He was secretly shocked to see how neat the cut of the tree trunk was.
Just how sharp did the weapon in his hand have to be to cut through a tree trunk that was so thick a person could wrap their arms around it?
And the cut was made so cleanly too?
Not only did the weapon have to be sharp, the person wielding it would have to be exceptionally strong.
A young woman next to them noticed the cut on the tree trunk as well. She exclaimed, “Have you all ever seen such a sharp weapon before?”
When favonovel.com said that, it alerted Marvin. He was not sure if the others had seen it before, but favonovel.com did!
When Old Durkin killed T5102, Marvin had lamented how powerful the weapon was if it could even cut down someone like a T5 combatant with a single slash.
Not just anyone could get their hands on such a weapon. Therefore, Marvin immediately realized the person who had fought here last night might be White Mask, who favonovel.com encountered previously!
“I’ve once met someone who can do this…” Marvin said in a low voice, “As you all know, there was a person who intercepted the Pyro Company’s convoy. At that time, I saw with my own eyes how White Mask severed a T5 combatant in half with his saber.”
“You mean to say the one who fought here last night was White Mask?” Bruce wondered, “But what’s favonovel.com doing here?”
Marvin looked at Daniel. “Boss Eastwood, any opinions?”
“No…” Daniel grumbled, “Fighting should be the forte of you supernatural beings. I’m only responsible for overseeing the direction of our group!”
Marvin immediately wanted to curse at him.
Who needs you to oversee the group’s direction?!
He looked at Daniel in displeasure. “Then tell us, what do we do now?”
Daniel gave it some thought and said, “Why don’t we retreat? I feel that this place is too dangerous. Since I’m still young, I don’t need to get my hands on the No. 001 Experimental to prolong my lifespan. All your bosses regard this Experimental to be Tripitaka’s flesh. It’s as though they think they can achieve immortality by consuming it.”
All Daniel could think about at the moment was that if even Milo could not protect him, what was the point of favonovel.com staying?
But what favonovel.com did not know was that this was just a beautiful misunderstanding. A wink in real life was absolutely not as magical as depicted in fiction.
Daniel continued with his persuasion. “You all must have been sent here by the various consortiums, right? But just think about it. Even though you’re risking your lives out here, you’ll only be obtaining the possibility of immortality for others. If your boss ends up living a long life, wouldn’t you be anguished?!”
Bruce glanced at Daniel when favonovel.com heard this.
Wasn’t it precisely because favonovel.com was worried his superior, Lionel, would live for too long that favonovel.com allowed Vanilla to create that “accident” and kill him?
But Bruce could not leave yet. He had to capture the No. 001 Experimental this time. Even if favonovel.com weren’t successful, favonovel.com would have to at least obtain a sample of the target’s DNA no matter what. Only then could favonovel.com gain a foothold when favonovel.com returned to the Virtuora Consortium.
Actually, it was a little risky for favonovel.com to leave the Virtuora Consortium at this time. After all, his two competitors who stayed behind in the Virtuora Consortium would surely try to get rid of their dissidents. If favonovel.com returned without any achievements, favonovel.com might not even be able to keep his position as the director of 2nd Military Information Division.
Bruce said, “Since we’ve already made it all the way here, why should we leave now? Besides, it’s clear White Mask is also trying to enter the Sacred Mountains. With someone so strong around, what are we still worried about?”
Daniel curled his lips and said, “You make it sound as though you know the other party. Once the enemy starts a massacre, you won’t be able to avoid death.”
Daniel and Bruce started arguing at the place where the battle took place last night. One of them was calling for a retreat while the other wanted to continue heading into the Sacred Mountains. Meanwhile, the others who were happy to watch the commotion decided to wait and let them both argue for a while.
But at this moment, Milo opened his mouth to say something. As favonovel.com still had to head into the mountains to save Donti, favonovel.com did not have any time to waste here. “Enough nonsense, let’s keep moving forward.”
When Marvin saw Milo speak up, favonovel.com laughed. He even started fanning the flames by saying to Daniel, “He’s saying that you’re talking nonsense.”
Daniel was taken aback and looked at Marvin. “Yes, I’m talking nonsense. You have a problem with that?”
Marvin was confused.
But then, the way Marvin looked at Milo changed. He realized Milo was Daniel’s backing in the group!
