Snow fell on this silent place where even sunlight was reluctant to tread.
Knight Captain of the White Night, Thomas flipped over and landed, stepping on the ice-thawed frozen snow with a slight "click" sound.
The emblem of the sun crossing with a dagger was painted on his shoulder armor, symbolizing the honor of the White Night team.
Behind him, fourteen Extraordinary Knights also dismounted, waiting for his command.
Thomas looked up at the gorge shrouded in snow fog ahead, which was their destination for this trip.
"I reiterate the Lord’s original words: do not trespass, do not take risks, prioritize survival. If anything abnormal is encountered, report imdiately, do not delve privately."
Though Thomas was occasionally humorous in private, his tone was solemn at this mont, without a hint of jest.
All of the White Night Knights nodded tacitly, each understanding the situation themselves.
"Move out."
As soon as the words fell, fifteen figures swiftly rged into the white wilderness, advancing towards their target.
The climate of the ancient Abyss Gorge was overly harsh, almost killing all life in the wind, but for these Extraordinary Knights, it was nothing.
Along the way, they scouted the environnt, avoided a high-tier frost bear that was in deep sleep, and bypassed several groups of icefield boars rummaging through piles of corroded bones.
It’s a pity that hunting wasn’t the objective this ti; otherwise, it would have been quite a harvest.
Finally, nearing the outer periter of the target given by Louis, the air beca unusually oppressive.
It was an imperceptible fluctuation, not strong, yet bone-chilling cold, like so decaying and chaotic will hiding in the wind, gnawing at the ear.
"There’s sothing." A Scout Knight nad Cain raised his hand to signal the team to halt.
He possessed a bloodline talent for foreseeing crises, a rare and precious asset, also the core of the White Night team.
Everyone subsequently prostrated low, all activating a fighting energy barrier, looking towards where his gaze pointed.
Amidst the remnants of snow and mist, several blurry "figures" were slowly wandering.
Crouching low on the ground, they crawled through the snow on all fours like beasts.
Those were not ordinary remnants of the Barbarian Race, nor were they regular Magical Beasts.
Their bodies were misshapen and twisted, skin bare and covered with pitch-black markings, with so sticky spores attached, eyes scarlet and devoid of spirit, muttering so indistinct phrases repeatedly.
"Cold Abyss... gnaw... hunger... return..."
The voices were deep and chaotic, yet carried a penetrating power that lingered in the air.
"They... were once humans." A knight judged in a low voice, "Now they are probably completely beastified."
Thomas’s expression turned grim: "Ancient God of Cold Abyss... that’s the forbidden belief of the Old Snow Country, once identified as an Evil God by the Empire."
He paused, his gaze sinking: "Capture them alive, find out what they are."
Thomas gestured, and the White Night team instantly dispersed into the snowy landscape like shadows, silently surrounding from multiple directions, adopting their standard formation for silently hunting Magical Beasts.
Several knights discretely retrieved a green-blue Magic Explosion Bullet from their waists.
These were frost leaf-concentrated Magic Explosion Bullets, non-lethal tactical ammunition developed by Hillco.
Containing "frost leaf juice extraction mist," they could instantly release a large amount of cold, paralyzing gas.
Extrely effective against out-of-control demonized targets, especially adept at weakening muscle reactions and neural feedback to induce unconsciousness.
"Three, two, one!"
Several frost leaf-concentrated Magic Explosion Bullets were simultaneously thrown, rolling on the ground in the target area, exploding with a loud bang.
"Boom!"
A mass of blue smoke erupted, spreading rapidly across the snowfield, imdiately enveloping the beastified ones.
The steps of the beastified ones stumbled, their movents clearly slowed; one even shuddered intensely as if paralyzed.
But the next mont!
"Roar!!!"
A larger beastified one suddenly roared towards the sky, vigorously breaking free of the fog’s constraints!
Its pupils were blood-red and glowing, veins bulging, saliva crazily flowing at its mouth, while fragnts of fighting energy on its body transford into tearing black smoke, forcefully repelling the fog!
"Useless?!"
As if a hungry tiger on the hunt, the beastified one leaped towards Thomas, its claws leaving afterimages in midair!
"Abandon capturing, prioritize personal safety!" Thomas shouted, his fighting energy bursting abruptly.
A circle of deep red fighting energy exploded from under his feet, scorching and fierce!
The longsword in his hand swung furiously, leaving a deep red trail in the air!
"Crack!!"
The pouncing beastified one hadn’t landed yet, and its entire right arm had been severed by the fighting energy, falling to the snow, with its wails cut short, scorched black by the red flas.
"Don’t linger in combat, finish quickly!"
"Understood!"
The White Night team instantly switched to combat mode, fourteen streams of fighting energy flas simultaneously exploding.
These creatures were not ordinary Magical Beasts but frenzied human-like beings triggered to extre physical prowess by so bizarre force.
They were full of wildness, and their strength was terrifyingly formidable.
A beastified one charged angrily, muscles swelling like rock, its swipe causing a sonic boom!
"Bang!!"
Yet it was t head-on by a young knight in silver armor.
Fighting energy shield rippled in blue around him, with a heavy shield and great force colliding, emitting an ear-splitting roar.
The beast’s body was shockingly blown two ters away, mid-air as the knight rotated his shield blade, blue light oscillating, sweeping like a crescent moon.
"Crack!"
The sound of breaking bones and roaring fury instantly perished.
Elsewhere, a black-haired knight lurking on the flank surrounded himself with swift fighting energy, his steps like shadows, his form like an illusion, in a blink already behind the enemy.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Two ice-blue daggers sliced through the air, precisely piercing the monster’s spine and cervical artery.
Before it could react, its spine fractured, spraying blood.
Then another beastified one suddenly lunged at the rearguard’s relatively weaker Scout Knight, roaring like thunder!
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