Kill the Sun

Chapter 794: Swap

A person covered in a black Barrier arrived at the stronghold at the northwest corner of the Great Triangle.

"Welcome, special Agent," one of the guards spoke with utmost respect.

That guard knew this special Agent very well.

This guy had already extended his sentence several times.

He just hoped that the special Agent wouldn't extend it even more.

"Here's the mission," Nick said as his Barrier sent a code to the guard's Barrier.

The guard looked at the mission details.

"I will alert the overseer," he said.

The overseer was the person controlling a stronghold.

Usually, there was a team of five Protectors stationed in every stronghold, and this one wasn't any different.

Nick just waited outside the stronghold.

"You're here to take the Fiend of Darkness away?" the overseer spoke through Nick's Barrier.

"Yes," Nick answered.

"We'll prepare the Specter. Wait outside," Nick's Barrier spoke.

Naturally, this mission came from the Left Arm.

The research on the Fiend of Darkness had ended, and there was no more reason to keep it.

The Fiend of Darkness was under close watch for over 50 years due to its peculiar ability.

However, Aegis had never found anything strange about it.

So, the Fiend of Darkness would be sent to a city.

While some cities had enough Specters to sustain their economy, some of them needed more Specters.

Crimson City had enough Specters for its population, which was why it never really partook in these Specter auctions, but there were plenty of cities that were interested.

The Fiend of Darkness was purchased by a city in the southeast of the Grand Continent, and Nick was here to transport it.

Working with the Fiend of Darkness was very difficult since it only grew stronger by putting people under the effects of the Nightmare's influence.

That was about as bad as it got when it came to working with a Specter.

That was the description, and it also fit the new Specter.

Luckily, while the Champion of Light constantly had the Left Arm within his perception, he didn't always pay attention, and he didn't really have access to her Barrier.

He could hear all the incoming and outgoing calls, but he couldn't see the ID of the caller's Barrier.

The Left Arm was constantly getting calls, and the Champion of Light wasn't checking all of them since it was boring and mundane.

As long as she didn't say anything suspicious, he wouldn't care a lot.

The auction of a Specter was about as mundane as it got.

The Champion didn't know that Nick was the one who asked for the auction or that he would be the one transporting the Fiend of Darkness.

With the auction, the Fiend of Darkness was successfully replaced.

The city would believe that they got the Fiend of Darkness, and it would most likely remain there for many years.

By then, this new Specter would be known by the Fiend of Darkness, and even if it returned to Aegis somehow, nobody would notice the difference.

At that point, it most likely would already be a Demon, and even if someone had seen the original Fiend of Darkness before, its change in appearance could be attributed to its advancement.

It was not unusual for Specters to change their appearance after an advancement.

Also, it only was a Peak Fanatic.

Something like that might be significant for a city, but it was just one of hundreds of Fanatics that Aegis owned.

Nick left the research base with the Specter Cage and flew towards the southwest.

He only needed to cross the biggest ocean in the world to get to his destination.

Then, he only needed to deliver the Specter, and that would be it.

The research base would have access to the Fiend of Darkness.

Nick's journey went smoothly...

Until his ability deactivated.

BANG!

And several gigantic tentacles shot out of the ocean.

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