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Chapter 455: Hunting the Demon [2]

“…What?”

Nobody moved despite the Guild Master’s words. How could they move? They could hardly understand his orders.

Follow along?

But even if they did, what were they supposed to do?

“Guild—”

“His words were pretty clear. You just need to look for someone who is disguised as a human, but isn’t human.”

Pausing, the Guild Master’s gaze fell on one of the Team Leaders present.

“Carmen, I’d like you to use your abilities to look at the surroundings. See if you can spot anyone trying to disguise themselves as a regular member.”

“But Guild Master…”

“Just do as I say. I’ll take responsibility for now.”

“…..”

Eventually, Carmen relented. As the Team Leader of the Hoarding Department, she was the only one in the room with the authority and ability to act. Too many members were still missing, and none of the other departments’ Section Chiefs were present besides the one from the Containment Department.

With no one else available, the responsibility of checking the situation through her Hunter Decree fell solely on her.

Because of that, after a brief moment of hesitation, she finally decided to activate her node.

Her nodes churned, and the moment they did, the surroundings began to distort. Lines stretched across the world like shifting grids and intersecting vectors, the colors around her bending and bleeding into one another. At the same time, she tapped her foot against the ground while saying, “I’m going to share my sight with everyone.”

Her third node churned, and the eyes of all those around turned blue.

They all soon shared her vision.

Or at least, most of them.

“Share it with him, too. Don’t worry about overexerting your nodes. With me here, nothing will happen.”

It was only when the Guild Master spoke that Carmen reluctantly shared her vision with the departing Seth.

Despite her actions, he didn’t stop for one second.

It was almost as if nothing had happened to him.

“Stop wasting any more time. Start searching. Make sure to keep a distance from the Jester in the distance, and use the chaos to your advantage. It’s obvious that the range of its ’laugh’ is limited.”

And with the Guild Master’s words, everyone began moving.

Watching everyone leave, the Guild Master remained standing in place, his gaze slowly turning in the direction of where Seth had left. Thinking about his actions and the Jester in the distance, he couldn’t help but smile once more.

’…What an interesting turn of events.’

*

“What do you think?”

“…I don’t know. What am I supposed to think?”

Zoey glanced at Kyle as they moved quietly through the chaos. Every step felt heavier than the last. The scene around them was enough to send chills through their very core, and the closer they drew to the distant Jester, the stronger the sense of dread pressed against their chests.

“hA…! HA! He! HA!”

By now, they had grown close enough that the laughter became more pronounced.

The moment they arrived close enough to reach its range, they all felt a strange tingle up around their nodes. It made them pause for a second, but a cold voice followed the moment they stopped.

“Keep moving. Don’t overexert your nodes. You won’t be noticed with me here.”

There was another person moving alongside them.

Clara.

Although the two didn’t understand why she chose to go with them, her presence was the main reason why they were able to get closer to the main area without being noticed.

Looking at the small black tendrils that were clinging to their body, the two exchanged glances before hearing Clara’s words once more, “Keep your eyes peeled. Remove all unnecessary thoughts and focus on the task at hand.”

Her words instantly brought the two back to the situation.

Without wasting a second, they started to look around.

“Look for someone that is pretending to be human, right…?” Kyle muttered, his eyes squinting as he scanned the area for anything out of the norm.

This wasn’t exactly easy.

Despite the Team Leader’s skill being used on them, the area was completely chaotic. Besides the laughing Jester, they could hear screams as people froze on the spot, their bodies cracking and turning into grotesque creatures.

They could even see blood spilling onto the ground, and as they grew nearer, they all started to slow down, their breathing coming to a pause.

“Slow your steps.”

Clara took the front, her eyes sweeping the area as they stopped behind a burned-down black van. They all immediately rushed behind it as a scream ripped through the area.

“Haaaa—!”

They didn’t need to see to know what had happened.

Kyle and Zoey’s expressions tensed, their gazes falling on Clara as her brows furrowed tightly.

The two weren’t just worried about the situation around her. They were also worried about Clara. It hadn’t been long since she had been reinstated to the battlefield, and while she seemed fine now, there was no telling whether she could fall back into the state she had fallen into the past few months.

Still, despite knowing this, the two of them didn’t stop looking around.

It had to be said, the Team Leader’s ability was remarkable. Even from such a distance, she could share her perception with all of them. It made navigating the chaos far easier, allowing them to distinguish humans from anomalies at a glance.

Yellow for human, red for anomaly.

Kyle looked all over the place, his eyes desperately searching for something.

Anything.

’I still don’t know what’s going on, and I don’t even understand why the Guild Master is listening to Seth, but looking at the situation, we’re at a point where we just need anything. Otherwise… Otherwise, we might never clear this scenario.’

Biting his lips, Kyle kept scanning the area, ignoring the sharp sting building in his eyes from forgetting to blink.

’Yellow, yellow, yellow, yellow…’

But regardless of where he looked, he couldn’t see anything suspicious. He checked his phone, hoping to see if the other members had seen anything, but there were no new messages. As he looked at Zoey, Kyle’s heart sank.

’Shit. Is there really someone pretending to be human? Could Seth have…? No.’

Kyle shook his head.

Seeds of doubt were planted in his mind, but he quickly shook them off. Even if the entire world refused to believe in Seth, he wasn’t going to be one of them.

He knew Seth better than anyone, and even though he was acting weird, Kyle still believed in him.

As such, he continued to scan the surroundings.

“HAHAHA!”

The laughter of the Jester.

“Haaaa!”

The screams of the Paragons and members.

Kyle continued to ignore it all as he strained his vision to look around.

Where? Where? Where? Where? Where?

He started to become desperate. He continued to look all over the place, even going as far as moving away from the spot despite Clara and Zoey trying to hold him back.

’Must be somewhere. Must be….’

Kyle suddenly stopped.

All of a sudden, his gaze fell towards a certain individual.

He stood amidst the chaos, his lips pulled into a smile. The moment Kyle caught a glimpse of him, he felt a cold chill run down his body.

But…

’Yellow. His entire body is coded in yellow.’

Realistically, he should’ve been a human.

But why was he smiling? And…

’Why am I suddenly feeling chills running down my entire body?’

Kyle’s breathing grew heavier, his lips pursing together.

And soon—

“…..!”

As if sensing his gaze, the figure turned his head.

For just a moment, time seemed to freeze between the two of them.

Kyle’s pupils slowly constricted, every hair on his body raising.

But something strange happened right after.

Something… He couldn’t quite understand as his vision turned completely dark from that moment onward.

But only for a moment.

BANG!

The moment he snapped out of it, he felt a large hand clamp around his neck, his back smashing against what appeared to be a wall. His breath caught instantly, strained and shallow, as his hands reached for the hand clasping his neck.

His struggles only made things worse.

The hand clamped harder against his neck.

“Ukhhh!”

But just as he tried to pry himself free, he looked down and froze. It was there that he saw a familiar pair of eyes staring back at him. And soon, his cold voice cut through the panic rising in Kyle’s chest.

“Found you.”

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