Frostfire Legacy

Chapter 209: Infiltration

"What do you mean past your prime?" Magnus smiled sheepishly. "You're still young and beautiful, furthermore powerful. I'm sure all men would agree you're not some leftover."

"Dear...?"

"...!"

But Magnus' attempt at small talk ended up backfiring on him. Geneviv stared at him with a smile, but her eyes weren't smiling at all.

"Pfft looks like you have a problem now. I'll take my leave."

Faeloria smiled, before walking out toward the others, who were already beginning to plan their infiltration mission. "You go pacify your wife first, Mayor. I'll handle the rest over here."

With her words, everyone quickly understood that Faeloria, the Second In Command of the Hit Squad, was personally taking the helm. Everyone believed that just this was enough to raise the plan's success rate by at least 33%!

"Alright, first, let's discuss our paths of infiltration..." And with that as the beginning, a detailed meeting began.

From the intelligence they got beforehand, they narrowed down the vault's location to three. One was the Mayor's Tower, with its high degree of protection. Second is the General's Safehouse, where he usually brings classified materials for safekeeping. And last, is the Military's Underground Prison, where they kept the Aracelli prisoner they had—Lorelai.

Of the three, the last one had the highest chance of having the vault containing the anti-brainwashing gear that Juviel City had prepared. After all, it's common sense to keep it close where it would be needed.

In the end, they split up the teams into three, to check all sites at the same time.

Zenearith and two others were assigned to the Alpha Team, heading to the Mayor's place. Faeloria and three others were being assigned to the Gamma Team, visiting the most dangerous one, with the rest being the Beta Team, checking the General's Safehouse.

All three locations were quite far apart, so they couldn't rely on other teams before and during their infiltration, but they could still meet up after, regrouping at their rendezvous point, the main plaza.

"Remember, our priority is bringing back the anti-brainwashing equipment. Fights should be limited only when necessary," Faeloria reminded them one last time.

After seeing them all nod their heads in silence, Faeloria wore her anti-brainwashing mask and declared. "Alright. Everyone, move!"

Like shadows in the night, everyone moved fast. Before they even reached the city, the three teams had already split up and moved separately. Their specific entry points were all different and, after all, optimized to reduce the chances of getting discovered.

Zena, despite looking like a harmless receptionist for the adventurer's guild, was once called the Rookie Ace of the Hit Squad. Her stealth abilities were top-notch, earning her the title "The Shadowless Grim Reaper" among her peers.

And that Grim Reaper was now returning to duty due to the current situation.

Her Alpha team reached the East Gate, their point of entry, and quickly analyzed the guards around the walls and the gate. "Twenty guards, all under the effect of brainwashing," one of the men behind her, who had a long-distance viewing skill, explained.

The prototype Anti-Brainwashing gear they had on not only protected them from brainwashing; it also showed people who were under heavy influence of it. And the guards at the gates, and above the walls, all show this sign.

"As expected, the entire place is now under the enemy's control," Zena whispered. "Then, as planned, we'll head in."

Zena was a lamia, who had the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a snake. As such, her large tail should be an easy giveaway and would hinder their infiltration. But, of course, she wouldn't be called the Rookie Ace for nothing.

Zena moved, her figure melting into the shadows of the night. Then, without a sound, twenty heads flew up and fell to the ground along with their bodies, soundlessly. In just one second, all the twenty guards were killed!

"As long as there's no witnesses left, it's a perfect assassination," Zena muttered her favorite motto as she signaled for the others to enter.

While waiting for them, she used the lamia's special ability, thermal vision, and scanned the surroundings. As she expected, other than the twenty guards, there were hundreds more scattered around in groups of four or five, patrolling the streets tirelessly.

"This," Zena smiled, liking her lips with her forked tongue. "Looks like I'll be having some fun tonight~!"