BXBX NOVEL Chapter 336: 128. Win-win solution
Chapter 336: 128. Win-win solution
It was the dark time before dawn.
The mountain wind howled, piercing like a knife.
A man with his face covered by a black hood stood at the edge of a clifftop several kilometers high. He wore a silver mask to conceal his face, gazing at the Fission Wilderness on the northern side of the mountain range.
A group of bizarre creatures, like flying birds, flew from the wilderness, flapping their featherless wings, flying in the dark sky before dawn.
“Swish~swish~”
The sound of wings flapping grew closer. The appearance of the “flying birds” became clearer in the night curtain. They were a group of emaciated double-winged aberrations.
Morster, wearing a silver mask, glanced at the empty-handed double-winged aberrations and sighed lightly:
“Ah… A bunch of guys who cause more problems than they solve, actually lost the Bone-mending Wand.”
Morster beckoned to the tunnel lit by a coal lamp behind him:
“Cavado, check the recording device. Record everything Military Intelligence Department Five said and report it to the Emperor verbatim. I don’t want to be blamed for their mistakes.”
“Yes, Chief Officer.”
Cavado survived against Death Notice Guild Wizard Greenshaw. Although he failed to stop the enemy, he managed to save his own life in return.
After more than half a month of recuperation, his injuries had basically healed. At this moment, he ordered his soldiers to check the recording equipment with a powerful voice.
The Empire’s military recording equipment was a large iron device that took up over ten square meters of space.
It had several large cylinders driven by belts and gears, a hand-operated crank, a smooth and soft diaphragm, and a few very precious slender metal needles.
At least ten rigorously trained soldiers were needed to drive this machine without error, so as to record the sound collected by the loudspeakers.
Cavado put his hands on his waist and shouted loudly:
“Everyone, be on your guard! Don’t make any mistakes! We must record everything Military Intelligence Department Five says, word by word!
“…And you guys, I gave you guns just to make a show, not to deal with enemies! I emphasize again! The officers from Military Intelligence Department Five are neither human nor monsters! They are warriors who sacrifice themselves for the Empire! Although they have lost their human appearance, their loyalty still belongs to the Emperor!”
Cavado’s voice unconsciously lowered as the double-winged aberrations approached.
The soldiers saw the group of strange creatures with wings growing on their backs.
Slippery gray skin, a body trunk and limbs like humans, and a face without any features. These scenes were reflected in the soldiers’ eyes, triggering a series of exclamations mixed with a trace of fear.
“Quiet! Quiet!” Cavado roared a few times, controlling the buzzing soldiers.
The soldiers swallowed their saliva, closed their mouths, and clenched their firearms in their hands.
Cavado looked at the flying humanoid monsters, took a heavy breath, and muttered, “Damn it, they’re even weirder than those undead…”
“Ahem.”
Morster gave a light cough, raising his hand to halt the commotion from behind, and said to the members of Military Intelligence Department Five who flew towards him:
“Where is the Bone-mending Wand?”
From the team of double-winged aberrations, a slightly stronger figure emerged.
It hovered two meters in front of Morster, stretching out its head.
The top of its head split open like a blooming flower, revealing a gray, long tongue with a human mouth at the tip.
This eerie scene caused unrest within the Intelligence Officer 2’s team. Cavado snorted heavily, only then suppressing the noise on the scene.
The human mouth at the end of the gray tongue spoke:
“We… encountered… attackers…
“It was an… invisible… flying vehicle…
“It took away the wand…
“It seemed like… there was a… wizard who could use wind magic on the car…
“He took the wand… and the wand core away with magic.”
Morster’s body stiffened, cursing under his breath:
“Damn! You encountered the Elemental Judgement’s magic car! The Bone-mending Wand and the wand core must have fallen into the hands of the Elemental Judgement!”
The human mouth on the gray tongue continued:
“The… Artificial Nest Core… on the Savage Stone Wasteland… has been activated.
“In at most three days… Alchemists from Union City… will come to investigate the nest. In at most ten days… they will attack… the nest.”
“We… need… more… Life Elixirs.”
Despite his dissatisfaction with Military Intelligence Department Five losing the Bone-mending Wand, Morster still had to do what needed to be done.
He beckoned back.
Cavado led a group of soldiers carrying several metal boxes to the entrance of the cave.
Morster’s right hand swept over the metal boxes, and the lids opened one by one, revealing the neatly arranged tiny glass tubes inside.
Each tiny glass tube the size of a little finger corresponded to a Life Elixir. The elixirs were protected by soft leather and container filler.
All in all, there were at least ten thousand Life Elixirs in a metal box of about 0.5 cubic meters.
The double-winged aberrations landed in pairs at the entrance of the cave, frightening away nearby soldiers. They struggled to lift the metal boxes under the soldiers’ gaze and swayed as they flew out of the cave.
Morster watched the double-winged aberrations struggle to move the metal boxes, shaking his head slightly as if somewhat helpless.
He took out a magic scroll and activated the spell within it.