“Are we gonna save them?” Kojek asked powerlessly.
As expected, no one answered him.
At this moment, the only people around favonovel.com were the Great Hoodwinker, Milo, Miriam, Daniel, Bill, and Marvin and his five assistants. All of these people did not look like they were helpful.
Although both Kojek and Marvin were members of the Silkshade House, Marvin would probably not care to help Kojek even if something were to happen to him, much less help favonovel.com save his assistants.
“What the hell was that?” The Great Hoodwinker asked in a low voice, “I did not encounter something like this when I was here previously!”
Marvin believed the Great Hoodwinker’s words. After all, the monsters in this wilderness would have no semblance of pity for humans. If the Great Hoodwinker really encountered these creatures when favonovel.com came here previously, favonovel.com would already be dead.
“What should we do now? Run?” Daniel asked Milo from behind.
Marvin turned around and realized Daniel was only looking to Milo for answers and no one else.
It seemed the monstrous creatures were being held back by some of the supernatural beings at this moment, so it would be a good opportunity for them to make a run for it.
However, Milo said calmly, “Don’t be rash now. The fog here is too heavy. Rather than run away in confusion, we might as well watch and wait. There’s quite a few of us here, and also many supernatural beings in our group, so we might not lose to the monsters in this fog.”
Just as favonovel.com finished speaking, Kojek was surprised to see a figure dart past in the fog in front of them. However, that person was not trying to escape from the battlefield. On the contrary, favonovel.com seemed to have come from somewhere further in front of the group and plunged himself straight into the battlefield!
Wait a minute, who is that?
Kojek looked at his figure but could not remember anyone in the group wearing an outfit like that.
“It’s White Mask!” Marvin exclaimed. “Why did favonovel.com suddenly come here? It looks like favonovel.com was really the one who cut down all those trees and fought that monster in the wilderness.”
Kojek was bewildered. “Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”
“It’s definitely him. He’s wearing the same outfit as the previous time I saw him.” Marvin said, “I wonder why favonovel.com didn’t change his clothes.”
Milo looked at Marvin speechlessly.
Aren’t you totally focusing on the wrong thing?
There was no need to change Old Durkin’s clothes since this outfit had become Old Durkin’s trademark. Since Old Durkin was meant to be his scapegoat in the first place, Milo was more worried that others would not recognize “him”.
When Daniel suggested earlier that they flee, the reason Milo decided to stay around was because Old Durkin, who was scouting ahead of them, was rushing over to them.
No matter what monsters might be attacking them now, favonovel.com would have to take a look before leaving. If they kept running away the moment they encountered any danger, they might as well not enter the Sacred Mountains since there would surely be more danger ahead.
If they wanted to survive the Sacred Mountains, they would first have to understand what was roaming out here. Moreover, Milo would be depending on all the supernatural beings in the group once they got into the Sacred Mountains. He needed them so favonovel.com could get an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
If these people were to die on Mt. Garogol, who would cover for favonovel.com later?
To put it simply, Milo could not let these people die so easily. At the very least, they would have to survive until they were in the Sacred Mountains. Even if favonovel.com couldn’t fend off the monsters, favonovel.com could still use Old Durkin to draw their attention and let the others escape.
However, Milo had thought too much. After making Old Durkin enter the battlefield, favonovel.com realized the team members at the back had not really suffered too many casualties. The supernatural beings in the group were still supporting each other as they took down the monsters attacking them.
At this moment, a gust of wind blew behind Old Durkin.
Milo made Old Durkin turn around and fight, but favonovel.com was stunned for a moment. A huge hairy spider more than half the height of a person was bounding over in the white fog. However, the spider in front of favonovel.com was rarely seen in the Central Plains.
Milo started remembering the science books favonovel.com had read in Stronghold 88’s library as favonovel.com tried to match it to a corresponding Pre-Cataclysm species.
From the science books favonovel.com had read, this arachnid was preying on birds, frogs, and lizards during the time before The Cataclysm. It could be said that they were very terrifying hunters.
But didn’t tarantulas live in the tropics?
Why would they appear here?
After all, they were currently in a northern temperate zone.
This was most likely related to the Pyro Company. Milo felt that the appearance of these tarantulas on Mt. Garogol was not as simple as it appeared.
No wonder Milo had noticed very few birds around since they passed Mt. Senayan. Even if the birds had also mutated, they would still be afraid of a natural enemy like tarantulas.
As more and more tarantulas appeared in the white fog, Milo manipulated Old Durkin to attack towards the center of the battlefield.
Marvin and the others remained on guard in their positions. They could hear someone shouting “spiders” from inside the white fog followed by exclamations of “White Mask” immediately after. Once Old Durkin entered the battlefield, there were also fewer and fewer screams.
When the numerous tarantulas in the white fog noticed how powerful Old Durkin was, they stopped attacking their prey and started surrounding Old Durkin instead. This gave the others a window to catch a breather.
Milo frowned. The tarantulas were capable of shooting white silk webs to bind their prey. It would be easy to dodge one or two of their attacks, but if there were too many of them, not even Old Durkin could escape. If Old Durkin got bound by too many of the spiders’ silk webs, its combat prowess would get significantly reduced.
Thinking of this, Milo controlled Old Durkin and took out some grenades from a shirt pocket and threw them everywhere.
No matter how powerful the tarantulas might be, they could not withstand the power of grenades. Faced with a formidable opponent like Old Durkin, the group of tarantulas began retreating!
“Why do I keep getting the feeling that White Mask has always been nearby?” Marvin felt a little puzzled. “Previously, I thought that favonovel.com was here to seize the No. 001 Experimental. But now, it seems more like he’s protecting someone.”
Saying that, Marvin looked at Daniel and the others suspiciously.
Is White Mask protecting Daniel?
Or is favonovel.com protecting someone else?
Daniel glanced at favonovel.com and said, “What are you looking at me for? If I had a bodyguard like him, I would’ve already given your Silkshade House a bashing!”
Marvin’s face darkened.
Could you not be so direct regarding our conflict?
In fact, Daniel did not know about the existence of “Old Durkin” either. When favonovel.com previously heard White Mask and a sniper had intercepted the Pyro Company’s convoy, favonovel.com thought it was Milo. However, Milo was standing beside favonovel.com right now, so it showed Milo was not White Mask.
Marvin recalled that White Mask had appeared in Stronghold 74, Stronghold 73, and Bidara City. It seemed like favonovel.com really did not have anything to do with Daniel at all.
On the contrary, Milo, who was previously suspected to be Daniel’s backer, did not take any action this time. Thinking of this, Marvin felt that no matter how powerful Milo might be, favonovel.com would probably not be a match for White Mask either.
If White Mask had been constantly protecting the group from nearby, it would be considered a check against Daniel and the others. A balance of power was needed in this group to prevent any of the factions from getting too influential and swaying everyone’s decisions.
Marvin was about to say something, but favonovel.com froze. “Someone’s missing? Hey, girl over there, where’s your boyfriend?”
At some point, Milo had ventured into the heavy fog while they were talking.
Miriam wanted to ignore Marvin, but favonovel.com was pretty insistent and continued asking, “You don’t know where favonovel.com went either?”
Miriam said in a serious tone, “He probably went somewhere to jump rope.”
Marvin was surprised. For some reason, Marvin felt this answer was actually somewhat plausible even though it sounded extremely absurd.
