Chapter 282 - 282: Invasion (1)

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An entire week had passed since that day. During that time, I had been doing what I could to find the one that was related to the dark energy from the Abyss Demon corpse. It was just that no matter how I tried searching for them, I wasn't able to find a single trace of them. Even with the Astral White Tiger acting as a sensor, I wasn't able to find a single thing. Whoever this person was, it seemed that they had taken proper precautions to hide themselves. It seemed like even with the Astral White Tiger's sharp senses, it wasn't able to find a single thing. So in the end, there was nothing that I could do. Though the actions that I did take received notice from others. There were people that looked at me with strange looks when they saw the things that I was doing, but I acted like I didn't notice them. Of course the ones that noticed the strange way I was acting the most were Iris and Wang Rong. They were the ones that were the closest to me, so they knew my smallest actions the best. In the end, I told them after two days. "Do you think that it's related to the dark energy that we found in the Hidden Dungeon?" Iris asked after I told her what I found. I gave a slight nod since this had indeed crossed my mind, but I still had to say, "That person is hiding very well, even I can't find any traces of them. If we bring too many people into this matter, it'll scare them and make them run. With how cautious they are, there's no telling if we'll ever be able to find them again." In a very serious voice, I added, "This is our only chance." Iris and Wang Rong took this seriously, so neither of them said anything about this during the past week. But I could tell that they had also been looking during their free time. Only we had to stop now that a week had passed. It wasn't that we were giving up, rather it was because… "There are signs of the Abyss Demons." Yun Tian said with a serious look on his face when he came back from the morning meeting. This meeting was only supposed to be for captains and their aides, but since Yun Tian was close to Captain Fang, he was allowed to attend. That was just another benefit of having a family friend like Captain Fang. Since there were signs of the Abyss Demons, that meant that the invasion was coming soon. But so far, there hadn't been any signs of the soldiers being moved yet. It wasn't the Abyss Guards that needed moving, but rather the normal soldiers in the base that would form the main defensive lines. If they didn't have them, then it would be harder for the Abyss Guards to fight against the Abyss Demons since they would have to bear the brunt of the attack themselves. Yun Tian naturally knew this as well, so he said, "It's because they're being greedy." "Huh?" Everyone was confused when they heard this, but Yun Tian didn't explain right away. It was almost as if there was something that he was agonizing over with the way that he shook his head, but eventually he spoke after giving a sigh. "They aren't calling for the soldiers yet. They're saying that they are doing this for the element of surprise, but it's very clear that they are just doing it for the contribution points." There was no need to say anything else after that. Once contribution points were mentioned, it was very easy to figure out what Yun Tian meant by this. After all, with all the Abyss Demons that were about to appear, there was no doubt that there was a large amount of contribution points to earn. Even those that were in the Abyss Guards weren't immune to greed. Though the mission of the Abyss Guards was to defend their world against the invasion of the Abyss Demons, they were still humans in the end. They felt different emotions and one of those emotions was greed. As such, they wanted to obtain as many contribution points as possible. After all, the more contribution points they had, the higher their rank was. The higher their rank was, the more influence and power that they could wield in the Abyss Guards. Since the Abyss Guards was an international organization that had the backing of all the governments, there was no limit to the power that they had. Having a high status in the Abyss Guards was always a benefit and never a detriment. However, the fact that they were being greedy meant that it wasn't a good situation for us. Yun Tian said with a sigh, "They said that they would call the supporting soldiers afterwards and have them catch the Abyss Demons off guard. However, if they call them late, then the Abyss Demons will have already gathered and taken far more space than they should have. At the same time, it's clear that the Abyss Guards themselves will have to suffer from fighting all those Abyss Demons." There was a clear regret that was in his voice when he said this. It sounded as if Yun Tian was filled with regret over the fact that his status wasn't high enough to actually give his opinion in this matter. "Who were the ones that made this decision?" I asked him all of a sudden which pulled Yun Tian back from his mumbling. Yun Tian was caught off guard to hear me ask this question, but then he said, "It was a unanimous decision that was made by all of the captains. It's not a decision that was made by a single captain." After saying this, Yun Tian gave a sigh as if he could guess what I was thinking. Only he was mistaken. I wasn't actually thinking about convincing a captain about changing his mind. "So it's all of them." I muttered under my breath. That just meant that I couldn't determine which one of them was the one with that dark energy…

Chapter 282 - 282: Invasion (1)

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