Dosa, Atus West.
Dosa at night was dark and silent, with the evening wind blowing. The entire city was shrouded in the shadows of the night, with only a few lights flickering.
Just as the entire city fell into the silence of darkness, in a house on the edge of the city, the lights were still flickering. Inside this house, a rhythmic beeping sound was continuously echoing. On a table in the corner of the room, two men wearing long robes and having North Wu features were sitting behind a long table. On the long table, a machine connected to various wires was placed. The two men were leaning over the table, as if busy with something. Behind the two men was a young white man from the Main Continent, also wearing a long robe. At this moment, he was standing still, waiting for something with an anxious expression.
"Mr. Keluoxi... the reply from Kanak has arrived."
Suddenly, one of the robed men sitting at the long table stood up, holding a piece of paper, turned back, and spoke to the young man behind him. The young man, addressed as Keluoxi, brightened upon hearing the robed man's words and immediately spoke.
"What did they reply?"
"The reply from Kanak said that they have received the intelligence about Adan's movements tomorrow morning. They will make the corresponding deployment to ambush Adan. In addition, regarding your Ghost messenger, they said that they did not see a Ghost messenger go to Kanak this afternoon. Your messenger should not have reached the destination."
The robed man continued to speak to Keluoxi. Hearing that Kanak had received his intelligence, Keluoxi couldn't help but relax his expression and let out a slight sigh of relief. However, when he later heard that his messenger had not reached Kanak, his brows couldn't help but furrow with seriousness.
'Didn't reach Kanak... This means my messenger had a problem halfway. What exactly happened? Was he attacked by a spirit creature from the Netherworld? Or did Adan detect that there were spies in the city and specifically deployed other Ghosts in the Netherworld as a countermeasure?'
After hearing the robed man's report, Kanak pondered and listed the possible reasons for his messenger's disappearance midway. In his opinion, his messenger must have had an accident in the Netherworld, either intercepted by Adan's spirits or encountered some fierce Netherworld evil ghost.
In Keluoxi's view, the possibility of the messenger being intercepted by Adan was not high, because Dosa was large enough, and the corresponding projection area of Dosa in the Netherworld was also large enough. The perception range of a Ghost is limited, and monitoring such a large projection area in the Netherworld requires a large number of Ghosts to perform the monitoring task together. However, he had already confirmed the situation of the Netherworld corresponding to Dosa and did not find such a situation. Adan alone could not control so many Ghosts.
So, in Keluoxi's view, his messenger likely encountered those fierce Netherworld creatures that had turned into evil spirits and wandered in the gap between the present world and the Netherworld.
'So, this should most likely just be an accident, and the messenger was likely attacked by some evil spirit halfway. It shouldn't be Adan playing tricks. If it were really Adan, to find my messenger, he would either have to arrange monitoring souls in the entire Netherworld projection of Dosa, or know my precise location in the present world of Dosa, and then correspond to find the precise point in the Netherworld projection and set up an ambush near that point...'
'But if Adan really knew my exact location in present-day Dosa, I wouldn't be able to stay here peacefully. He would definitely bring people to my doorstep immediately.'
Keluoxi thought this, then slowly walked to the side, picked up a cup of tea, and prepared to drink. But just as Keluoxi had just raised the cup to his mouth, a sudden change occurred.
"———!!!"
Suddenly, within Keluoxi's soul perception as an Extraordinary of "Silent", he suddenly heard a piercing shriek. Keluoxi was familiar with this shriek that ordinary people could not hear. This was the sound of the sentry Ghost he had placed outside the stronghold. This was his Ghost issuing an alarm to him!
Hearing the shrieking alarm, Keluoxi's heart couldn't help but sink suddenly, and his face immediately became extremely unpleasant. After a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, he immediately turned around without hesitation and spoke sternly to the two subordinates not far away.
"We've been exposed! Destroy the documents! Evacuate quickly! Everyone for themselves!"
After saying that, Keluoxi immediately ran to the table, picked up the pre-prepared bottle of kerosene, and splashed it forward, spreading the kerosene onto the documents piled on the table. Then he took out a box of matches from his body, struck one, and threw it onto the tabletop. A flame suddenly shot up and quickly spread.
After setting the fire, Keluoxi quickly ran to the wall, opened a window, and jumped out, disappearing in an instant. The two robed men left in the room exchanged glances, then immediately took action, jumping out of the windows in different directions to escape, leaving only the rapidly spreading fire in the room.
After jumping out of the window, one of the robed men landed in a narrow, dirty alleyway. He didn't think about anything at all. After landing and standing firm, he ran as fast as he could, sprinting quickly in one direction of the alley. Just as he reached a corner, on the other side of the corner, a dark, tall figure suddenly appeared and lunged towards the robed man who had just turned the corner. The robed man was caught off guard and was directly knocked to the ground by the immense force.
After being tackled, the robed man was completely pinned beneath the figure. He began to struggle desperately, trying to break free from the control. However, as he struggled, a stinging pain he had never experienced before suddenly spread throughout his body. In an intense numbness, the robed man couldn't help but tremble. After a violent shaking, he foamed at the mouth, his head tilted, and he immediately fainted.
After the robed man fainted, the tall figure that had been pressing down on him slowly stood up, looked at the unconscious robed man in front of him, searched his body for a while, and took out a seal.
...
On the other hand, after Keluoxi jumped out of the window and landed, he began to run quickly, sprinting towards the direction out of the city. Due to the overall poverty, there were not many lights on in the entire Dosa at night. The area around Keluoxi's run was dim, and under the night sky, the largest light source that could provide Keluoxi with illumination was the bright moon in the sky.
With swift steps, Keluoxi hurried along the narrow alleyways, rushing towards the direction outside the city at high speed, without encountering any obstacles along the way. As he ran, he pondered gloomily how his location had been exposed! Where exactly had something gone wrong!
Keluoxi's escape route was almost unimpeded, but Keluoxi did not relax his vigilance because of this. He was still fully concentrated on being alert to the surrounding situation, guarding against any unexpected events. And his vigilance was correct, and soon Keluoxi was attacked.
Just as Keluoxi had just reached an intersection, on the right side of the intersection, a figure that had been waiting for an opportunity suddenly rushed out and lunged towards Keluoxi. Upon seeing this, Keluoxi immediately dodged sideways, directly avoiding the figure's pounce. Then he drew two daggers from his pocket and threw them at the person who had failed to pounce, accurately stabbing them in vital spots. The attacking figure let out a wail and then lay on the ground, motionless.
Having successfully dealt with the sneak attacker, Keluoxi hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when another taller figure suddenly appeared behind him and pounced on him. This time, Keluoxi couldn't dodge in time and was tightly held from behind by the figure, instantly restricting Keluoxi's movements. Keluoxi wanted to break free, but he suddenly found that the strength restraining him from behind was unexpectedly powerful, and he couldn't break free no matter how hard he struggled.
Seeing this situation, Keluoxi immediately grabbed the hand that was holding him and restraining him. As he began to use his ability, black spots began to spread on the attacker's held arm. These black spots quickly spread throughout the attacker, making the attacker look as if he had some kind of illness, and the attacker also began to weaken in the spreading spots.
Feeling the weakening of the strength restraining him, Keluoxi began to exert himself again, trying to break free from the 束縛, and at this moment, from other directions at the intersection, several other figures, similar in build to the previous attacker, suddenly rushed out and lunged directly at Keluoxi. Keluoxi, who was just about to break free, was instantly restrained and controlled by even more people. His entire body was directly pressed to the ground by several large men at close range, and no matter how he struggled, it was useless.
'This is bad... How can there be so many people!'
Lying on the ground, Keluoxi was pressed down by countless attackers on his back. The attackers' force was very strong, and Keluoxi felt that his back was being fiercely grabbed by several hands, leaving scratches on his skin, causing Keluoxi a sharp pain.
Thus, Keluoxi was restrained, and unable to move, he suddenly felt a sense of despair, and it was at this moment that a continuous and violent sound suddenly echoed in the space.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Accompanied by a series of gunshots echoing through the night sky, the figures suppressing Keluoxi fell to the ground in response, wailing as they fell. Keluoxi, freed from the restraint, immediately stood up, then turned his head in the space filled with the smell of gunpowder. Then he saw that on the other side of the intersection, a robed man he was familiar with was standing there, holding a revolver with smoke still coming from the barrel, pointing towards his side.
That was one of Keluoxi's subordinates. The attackers who were restraining Keluoxi were shot and killed by him one by one! Keluoxi looked at his subordinate not far away, feeling a little stunned.
"Run! There are many more of them! Run separately!"
The robed man holding the gun said to Keluoxi, then before Keluoxi could react, he quickly ran in one direction of the intersection, disappearing in a moment. Keluoxi was slightly stunned by the scene before him, then after fully reacting, he also turned and ran in another direction of the intersection. Soon after, Keluoxi's figure disappeared into the darkness at the end of the street.
After Keluoxi's figure completely disappeared, the intersection returned to the silence of the night. The entire small intersection, except for the several corpses lying on the ground and the bloodstains on the ground, was no different from before.
At this moment, at the end of one of the streets at the intersection, a figure reappeared. It was none other than the robed man who had just fled in a hurry. After helping Keluoxi out of trouble, he quickly escaped and disappeared, but after Keluoxi left, he actually reappeared on the street where he had disappeared, and walked slowly towards the intersection without haste.
After arriving at the intersection, the robed man stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping across the scene, looking at the corpses he had personally "killed" lying on the ground, watching them slowly stand up, "resurrected" once again.
Seeing the scene before him, the robed man showed no surprise. Instead, the corner of his mouth curved into a smile, and the "resurrected" attackers also curved the corners of their mouths, showing the same smile as the robed man, almost without any difference.
Not long after the robed man and the "resurrected" attackers smiled at each other, they all turned in unison and looked towards the direction where Keluoxi had disappeared. Facing the darkness that concealed Keluoxi's figure, the smiles of the robed man and the attackers remained unchanged.
...
After being "rescued" by his subordinate, Keluoxi, who had narrowly escaped, immediately galloped towards the outskirts of the city without stopping. After running to the outskirts of Dosa without any delay, Keluoxi immediately found a remote and hidden stable located here. Here he obtained the horses they had prepared in advance for emergencies. Then Keluoxi mounted a horse and rode quickly out of Dosa under the cover of night.
On the night desert, the evening wind howled. Keluoxi galloped forward under the night sky, quickly moving away from Dosa. The lights of Dosa rapidly receded and disappeared in Keluoxi's eyes.
After riding continuously in the vast and desolate night desert for most of the night, Keluoxi gradually slowed down. He looked up at the sky above the desert, and in his spiritual vision, he could see the Lakhman floating in the sky.
Upon seeing the Lakhman in the sky, Keluoxi breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension that had lasted for almost a night was relieved. Then he fumbled around on his body for a while and took out a bone tile. After gripping the bone tile, he continued to ride forward, heading into the wild where countless dead wandered. And the dead who were guarding this area ignored Keluoxi's arrival, completely disregarding Keluoxi's progress.
Thus, Keluoxi walked among the dead, riding his horse all the way towards Kanak without causing any warnings or attacks.
However, what he didn't know was that at this time, accompanying him was not only himself and his belongings, but also a few very inconspicuous scratches under the clothing on his back, on the skin of his back.
These scratches were caused by a sharp spike secretly made by one of the attackers when he was pressed down by several attackers while still in Dosa city. At that time, his entire back was tightly grabbed and pressed down. In extreme panic, he didn't realize that there were two such inconspicuous scratches on his back, or rather, the scratches just made by the attackers on his back were too many, and these two were completely inconspicuous mixed in with them.
Thus, Keluoxi rode on his horse, walking with the dead in the vast dark desert, heading towards Kanak, the city guarded by the dead, and the scenery he saw along the way was now reflected in Dorothy's eyes without missing a single detail.
At this moment, Dorothy was sitting on the high tower in Dosa city, looking into the distance under the dark night sky. Beyond her sight, Keluoxi was bringing her gaze to places her ears and eyes could not reach. Unbeknownst to him, he had become a nail that Dorothy had driven into Kanak.
Keluoxi could never have imagined that he was a spy and informant in Dosa, and he would still be a spy and informant in Kanak.