Chapter 834 Killer Squad

The night was as dark as ink, covering the silent camp. Most people had fallen asleep, only Lin Yi and Jerry remained awake.

When the breathing became even and deep, Jerry got up from the bed lightly and gestured to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi rolled off the bed silently, and even the dust was not disturbed when the soles of his boots touched the ground.

He noticed the bulging outline on Jerry's waist - it was the half-moon-shaped buttstock unique to the improved flintlock rifle.

The two sneaked along the damp brick wall, and Lin Yi suddenly pressed Jerry's shoulder to stop him.

Just at the corner three meters away, the collision of metal armor plates was crisp and harsh. Two patrol guards holding whale oil lanterns engraved with the church's emblem walked slowly, and the light reflected a cold light on their armor.

The footsteps of the patrol guards gradually faded away and finally disappeared in the depths of the night.

Lin Yi's nose suddenly caught a strange smell - the smell of blood, but not the fresh, warm smell of blood, but the old smell of blood rust mixed with sulfur.

"Something's wrong..." Lin Yi whispered in a low voice, his voice was almost inaudible.

Jerry's reaction was faster than his. He grabbed Lin Yi's arm and the two of them quickly flashed into the room next to him without making any sound.

The room was dark and damp, and the air was filled with a musty smell.

Through the wooden grille of the window, Lin Yi saw eight black-robed men carrying an iron cage passing by.

A humanoid creature curled up in the cage, and its body was melting in a strange way, like a wax figure baked by high temperature.

The sticky liquid dripped from its body and fell on the stone floor, making a "sizzling" sound.

Just as the two were about to step out of the back door, a cold sense of crisis climbed up his spine.

Lin Yi pushed Jerry to the pickle barrel next to him, and he slid into the shadows against the wall like a ghost.

"Dong-dong-dong" The sound of silver boots stepping on the stone slabs came clearly.

Archbishop Mike stood at the intersection, holding an exquisite lantern in his hand, and the dim light reflected on his sinister face.

"My lord, did you find anything?" An attendant asked in a low voice, with a bit of flattery and fear in his tone, as if he was trying to please a poisonous snake that might bite at any time.

Archbishop Mike did not answer immediately, but slowly raised the lantern, and the dim light swept across the shadows around him, as if looking for something.

Lin Yi's body was tense, he could feel Jerry hiding behind the pickle barrel, also holding his breath, and even deliberately slowing his heartbeat.

"Nothing." Mike's voice finally sounded, as harsh as snake scales rubbing against glass, "It's just that the sacrifice tonight is not fresh enough."

As soon as he finished speaking, the attendants behind him immediately dragged out two unconscious believers, their bodies hanging limply, like puppets whose souls had been taken away.

"Before extracting their spinal fluid, remember to inject a double dose of magic mushroom extract."

The follower nodded and bowed in response, dragging the two believers into the depths of darkness with skillful movements.

Archbishop Mike's eyes swept around again, and the light of the lantern stayed for a moment on the edge of the shadow where Lin Yi was hiding, as if testing something.

After a while, Mike finally turned and left, the sound of silver boots gradually faded away, and finally disappeared into the night.

"Fortunately, we were not discovered by the other party."

Jerry got out of the pickle barrel, his movements were a little awkward, and the pickle juice on his body exuded a pungent sour smell.

"I know what you are planning," Jerry lowered his voice, with a bit of helplessness and sympathy in his tone, "but don't expect those guys to solve your physical problems. If they really have that ability, there won't be so many deformed people in the camp."

"According to my last investigation, two conditions must be met to solve the mutation."

"First, enter the ruins and find a special medicinal material. I don't know what it is. Second, you need to sacrifice three polluters as sacrifices."

"That's why the church took great pains to send us here." Jerry showed a bitter smile on his face, and his eyes showed a deep helplessness, "In their eyes, we are just a group of lambs to be slaughtered."

Why doesn't Jerry want to leave the church? But today's Chikong Continent has long been eroded by the ancient gods. In addition to the church, only the territory of the Wall of Living Beings can provide a little lingering protection.

And Jerry's alienation is too deep, and he can still maintain his sanity. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is inseparable from the Church of the Lord of Pollution.

Staying in the territory will lead to death sooner or later.

Rather than waiting to die, why not come here and fight?

"Do you have a way to enter the ruins?" Lin Yi asked directly, not caring about what Jerry said before.

Jerry frowned, and his alienated arm twitched unconsciously.

He lowered his voice, with a hint of vigilance in his tone: "No. Although the periphery of the ruins is vast, the fog is not a joke. That thing... is not an ordinary fog at all, but some kind of living thing. It will devour the reason of all intruders and even distort their bodies. If there is no special guide, people who go in will most likely lose their way and never come out again."

"It is said that only the archbishop is qualified to use that thing, and we are not even qualified to take a look at it."

Just then, a heavy footsteps came from a distance, accompanied by the sound of metal armor rubbing.

The two looked at each other, closed their mouths tacitly, turned around quickly, and returned to the room quietly.

Jerry is still thinking about pulling Lin Yi to his camp for the time being. For him, having one more helper is equivalent to having one more strength.

And in Jerry's eyes, the person played by Lin Yi is stupid. If there is a problem, he can push Lin Yi out and get away in time.

Thinking of this, Jerry's mouth corners slightly raised, and his alienated arms trembled slightly under the cloak, as if he had seen the scene of his escape.

Lin Yi left a soldier of the Black Shadow Corps lying on the bed at the moment when Jerry relaxed his mind, and played a set of golden cicada escape means.

Without Jerry's existence, Lin Yi's actions became more secretive.

Every time the patrol team approached, he could always sense and merge into the shadows in advance.

Lin Yi's goal was very clear-the villa area where Archbishop Mike was.

As one of the twelve archbishops in the church, Mike's status was not insignificant.

Even in this ghost place eroded by the ancient gods and desolate, his treatment was much better than most people in the territory.

The villa area surrounded by high walls, the gorgeous buildings and the dilapidated environment around them formed a sharp contrast, as if they were two completely different worlds.

In order to avoid making noise, Lin Yi installed a special device on the soles of his shoes, which could completely absorb the sound of broken glass even if he stepped on broken glass.

When he came to the villa where Mike was, Lin Yi noticed that there were three teams of guards patrolling outside the villa area.

Even though he was in the center of the church's camp, Archbishop Mike did not relax his vigilance at all.

On the contrary, he stationed a large number of elite church forces near his residence.

This almost paranoid defense was obviously not without reason.

Before becoming the archbishop, Mike offended too many people.

His road to power was full of blood and betrayal. Countless people fell at his feet and became stepping stones for him to climb to the pinnacle of power.

Those who were stepped on by him, their relatives, friends, followers, and even some surviving enemies, still hate him to the core.

Even though he is now an archbishop, it is difficult to avoid someone wanting to find an opportunity to kill him.

Lin Yi's sight first locked onto the first team - this team was mainly responsible for patrolling the front of the villa and the courtyard.

Their actions were very regular, and they would conduct a thorough inspection every five minutes, like a precision machine.

Lin Yi noticed that this team was extremely vigilant.

Just now, an insect that flew from nowhere landed on a leaf in the courtyard, and the leaf shook slightly.

It was such a trivial movement that immediately attracted the attention of one of the soldiers.

The soldier carefully checked the area until he confirmed that there was nothing abnormal, and then returned to the team to continue patrolling.

The other team was at the back door of the villa, which was a fixed post.

This team had a total of twelve people, divided into three shifts, with four people in each shift, taking turns to stand guard.

Each sentry lasted half an hour, and there was almost no gap during the handover, obviously to ensure that the back door area was always under strict surveillance.

There is another team that the camp has specially arranged for patrols in this area. Their mission scope is wider and the patrol frequency is relatively low - they will come to the villa area for patrols every hour, and each stay is about fifteen minutes.

This means that within forty-five minutes after this team leaves, there will be a short "window period" in the defense of the villa area.

Lin Yi's eyes stayed in the direction of the back door of the villa for a moment.

Although the members of the team with a fixed sentry post will not move at will, Archbishop Mike has obviously designed the defense of the back door to be watertight.

All the windows were sealed by some special means, and there was not even a trace of gap left.

What's more troublesome is that Lin Yi noticed that there were a lot of scattered purple particles on the ground near the back door.

Lin Yi is very familiar with this thing - this is explosive spores. Once someone steps on it, the spores will explode immediately.

In the previous battles, Lin Yi had suffered several losses and had a particularly deep memory of this kind of thing.

Just as Lin Yi was thinking about countermeasures, suddenly, there was a slight commotion in the woods not far away.

Several birds were startled and flew up, flapping their wings and rushing towards the night sky.

Lin Yi's pupils shrank slightly. With his intuition from many years of fighting, he immediately judged that someone was approaching.

So Lin Yi chose to retreat dozens of meters to avoid being discovered by people from afar.

Sure enough, not long after, several figures in black tights appeared from the woods.

They moved very cautiously, and every step was careful. Obviously, they were also heading for Archbishop Mike's villa.

Lin Yi's heart moved and he followed quietly.

He found that these people acted in harmony, and they were obviously well-trained killers.

"It seems that Archbishop Mike's life is not just for me."

Lin Yi followed behind this group of people, ready to follow their route.

The group soon arrived at the side of the villa area, but these killers did not rush to act. Instead, they crouched in the dense grass tacitly, as if waiting for a certain opportunity to come.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the night became darker.

About thirty minutes later, the patrol team in the camp arrived as expected and slowly approached along the predetermined route.

One of the patrol team briefly looked at the leader of the killer team, then nodded, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding.

Then, the patrol team continued to move forward along the established route and came directly to the side of the villa area.

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

The sentry in front of the villa noticed the patrol team's movements, and the originally tight surveillance was relaxed a lot.

Obviously, the appearance of the patrol team made the sentry mistakenly believe that this area had been fully patrolled, and thus relaxed their vigilance.

The patrol team leader's eyes flashed, and he quickly met with the killers lurking in the dark.

The next moment, a member of the killer team suddenly raised his hand and threw a bag of objects fiercely into the villa.

A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, flames shot up into the sky, and the hot air waves swept around, shaking down a corner of the wall of the villa area.

The huge explosion echoed in the night sky, instantly attracting the attention of the other two patrol teams.

"Who is it?!"

Lin Yi noticed that there were only four guards at the back door, and the other eight were still at the back door without moving.

At the same time, the guard team at the front gate sent most of their forces to the explosion site.

The patrol team leader deliberately gave a loud command, pointed at a killer who was fleeing quickly in the distance, and shouted: "Chase him! Don't let him run away!"

There was a hint of urgency in his voice, as if he was really trying his best to catch the killer.

Under the cover of the team leader, the other guards did not notice the killers who were still lurking under their noses.

The guards at the front gate left a few people to guard the scene, and the rest followed the patrol team to chase the "fugitive".

Soon, the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, the flames gradually extinguished, and the area fell into silence again.

Six guards stood by the collapsed wall, their faces full of fatigue and helplessness.

One of them couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "This is the third time this month. How many people has Archbishop Mike offended? If this continues, we will all lose our lives!"

The other sighed and shook his head, saying: "Say less. Who asked us to do this? Be careful, don't let those crazy people take advantage of us."

Just when the few people relaxed their minds, the killers lurking in the dark suddenly jumped up!

The cold light flashed, and the six guards fell in a pool of blood before they even screamed.

The killers' movements were clean and neat, without any drag.

They quickly cleaned up the scene, dragged the body to the bushes on the side, and covered the blood with dead branches and leaves.

The whole process was smooth, and it was obvious that they were already familiar with this kind of task.

After doing all this, the killers continued to go deeper into the villa.

Lin Yi used the power of shadow to cover his own tracks, and then followed the group into the villa area.

The group soon arrived in front of the main building of the villa. The killers stopped and the leading killer took out a crumpled blueprint from his bosom and studied it carefully in the weak moonlight.

The internal structure of the villa was densely marked on the blueprint, and there were even several routes marked with red pens, which were obviously carefully planned offensive routes.

"The target is on the third floor, and there are guards on the second floor. Remember, once surrounded, commit suicide immediately and never fall into the hands of the enemy." The leader of the killer team repeated it to his men.

These killers were obviously not ordinary mercenaries, but the dead soldiers carefully trained by a big man in the camp.

They had only one goal - to kill Archbishop Mike at all costs.

The door of the villa was closed tightly, and the heavy wooden door looked particularly solemn in the moonlight.

This was just a piece of cake for the killers. A killer took out a delicate tool from his waist and inserted it into the keyhole skillfully.

After just a few seconds, there was a light "click" sound, and the door lock opened.

The killer gently pushed open a crack in the door, listened for a moment, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he quickly gestured to his companions behind him.

When the last killer entered the villa, Lin Yi flashed and followed quietly in.

As soon as he stepped into the villa, Lin Yi's eyes were attracted by a corpse on the floor.

It was a servant in a servant's uniform. His head was twisted 180 degrees, and there was still a trace of doubt on his face. At the moment before his death, he still couldn't understand what happened.

Lin Yi pricked up his ears, but found that he could hardly hear any footsteps.

Each step of this group of killers was very light, for fear of making a sound.

When the killers came to the stairs, the leading killer suddenly raised his hand and made a stop gesture.

He made a few gestures, indicating that two men should go up to the second floor to explore the way.

The two killers nodded, stepped up the stairs silently, and disappeared in the shadows of the second floor.

But a guard on the second floor happened to get up to relieve himself, and unexpectedly ran into two assassins. The fierce fighting immediately alarmed the guards on the second floor.

"Enemy attack! There are assassins!" The guard shouted loudly, and the voice echoed in the silent villa.

The assassins on the first floor heard the movement, and their faces suddenly changed. The leading assassin signaled everyone to support the second floor immediately.

The assassins quickly rushed up the stairs and tried to reverse the situation.

But there were too many guards on the second floor. Even if the assassin team was more skilled, they were still defeated by this group of well-trained guards.

"Mission failed." Looking at the guards around them, the assassin team already knew that this mission had failed.

Before the voice fell, it took out a bag of explosive spores from its arms and detonated it.

Instantly, a dazzling white light accompanied by a deafening explosion swept across the entire second floor.

The blazing air waves instantly engulfed the surrounding guards and killers, the walls were shattered, and fragments flew everywhere.

The corridor on the second floor turned into a purgatory on earth, with flesh and debris intertwined into a terrifying picture.

The four charred bodies of the killers were entangled with the remains of the guards, forming a strange symbiotic body.

The purple mycelium wriggled like a living thing, frantically devouring the surrounding organic matter, making a creepy "hissing" sound.

The killer captain who was blown to pieces was actually a sixteen-year-old girl who was still surviving in the camp a year ago.

When her father was publicly executed by the church for offending the archbishop, the knight used a coat of arms branding iron to burn the mark of eternal slavery on her collarbone.

And those "someone" who trained the dead soldiers were the warden who was responsible for the execution that year.

He used these children who were deprived of hope and trained them into cold-blooded and ruthless warriors, becoming the sharpest blade in his hand.

Although the warden has a high status in the church camp, compared with the archbishop, he is still like an ant looking up at an elephant.

The position of the archbishop has long been firmly controlled by the hand of power. The warden wants to take the position, so he has to take risks.

For this reason, he spared no expense and vowed to get rid of Mike.

Mike's identity was originally a scapegoat pushed out by the church's top leaders. His enemies were everywhere. Killing him would not alert other archbishops, and it would clear obstacles for the warden.

After all, with Mike's background and ability, he was not worthy of the position of archbishop.

"This is the third time this month. I really don't know who the archbishop offended." A guard looked at the corpse on the ground and said with lingering fear.

As soon as the words came out, he was slapped hard by the captain behind him.

"Don't talk nonsense. Don't let others hear such words, otherwise you will end up like those test subjects in the basement." Hearing this, the guard who was still complaining just now immediately shut up.

"Okay, the others clean up the scene here, I will go upstairs to report the situation here to the adults." The captain of the guard sighed.

To be honest, he didn't want to get involved in these troubles of Mike, but he couldn't disobey the orders of the church, otherwise his end would not be much better.

Hearing the captain of the guard say this, Lin Yi followed him to the third floor.

As soon as he stepped into the third floor, Lin Yi noticed that the other party took out a token and stuck it on the wall. Then, a pattern flashed on the ground on the third floor.

It seems that Mike has taken more than one layer of security measures, and he has also made many precautions on the third floor. (End of this chapter)