Chapter 136
Chapter 136: Covert War: Part 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Four?” Lin Sheng’s heart skipped a beat . He did not harp on it, however, as he quickly injected the combat memories of the armored soldiers that he had acquired earlier . He then quickly opened his eyes and saw four soldiers wearing silver armor . They were standing before him in the brightly illuminated space in the room .
“Weren’t their armor black earlier? Or is this what the Vault Guards are supposed to look like?” A thought came to mind, and Lin Sheng walked around and observed the four soldiers . “One soldier, step forward . ” He commanded in his mind . One of the Vault Guards stepped out, his heavy armor clanked loudly, making way more noise than the Blackfeather swordsmen did . Lin Sheng came close to the soldier and carefully examined him .
The entire armor was silver in color, the upper part was bucket-type chest plate accompanied by a cape armor, and the leg armors at the bottom . They looked not much different from the one he wore in the dreams . He knocked the armor with his hand . It sounded a bit dull, which meant it was a thick piece of metal . “Aside from the color, there are not many changes . ”
Lin Sheng then checked the sword and the shield . Still, they were the same as before, except that they had become silver color now .
He checked the thickness of the armor plates; they were as thick as a phalange of the finger . Armor plates of such thickness would be impenetrable even by bullets . He did not know about sniper rifles, though, as he had no experience using it . But, he could imagine that even shots from a weapon as powerful as a sniper rifle would have a hard time making a meaningful dent on the armor .
“The Vault Guards are the most resistant to weapons . ” Lin Sheng lamented, however, among the normal human beings, who would possess the kind of strength to wear this heavy metal armor and walked around with it? A phalange of the finger in thickness, which was roughly about 24-mm piece of metal, Lin Sheng calculated in his mind . This kind of thickness was skin to a tank .
Again, he reached to open the helmet visor of the soldier . Under the helmet was the face of a tall man with white hair, white skin, and black eyes . The man looked emotionless, eyes exuding a deadly coldness, and were totally devoid of self-consciousness .
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“Your name will be Saladdin from now on . You will be in charge of the Vault Guards . ” Lin Sheng commanded .
“Aye!” Saladin dropped to his knee with his head lowered in a gesture of salutation . Saladin meant sturdy and strong in ancient Rehn . Save for if it was under the bombardment of heavy firepower, these armored soldiers were practically an impenetrable fortress .
Lin Sheng did not recall during any time in his dreams he had ever worn this kind of armor . “It seems that the armor has lost a considerable thickness after being exposed to years of corrosion in the vault . ” Lin Sheng figured . Otherwise, the armor he had worn would not weigh merely sixty kilograms . It would weigh at least a hundred .
“Now, Saladdin, bring two soldiers with you and follow the crow . Once arriving at the destination, search the city for any non-human creatures and then kill on sight . ” Lin Sheng quickly commanded .
“Aye!” Saladin replied aloud with an emotionless expression . Immediately, he and the other two Vault Guards behind him turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared out through the opening in the room . The black crow let out a loud caw and then flew straight toward the direction of Huaisha . The remaining one Vault Guard stood unmoved, waiting for Lin Sheng’s order .
“Go to patrol the perimeter . No creatures are allowed to bother me . ” Lin Sheng commanded .
“Aye . ” The Vault Guard turned around and strode out with loud clanking noise, leaving the monastery ruin and making his round in the surroundings .
Lin Sheng looked around the scene of the ceremony and quickly cleaned up the mess . He felt that his soul was fully occupied again . Just four Vault Guards, yet they had taken up the soul capacity that he had worked so hard to achieve . “Apparently, killing and acquiring a fragment of the soul does not mean that I can make use of this fragment to summon a corresponding monster . I should have acquired more fragments to make a complete soul, then only could I summon a corresponding soldier . ” Lin Sheng began to calculate . “Then, how many soul fragments should I acquire to make, or rather summon a complete soul?”
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A mansion area in Huaisha .
Body parts were strewn on the floor in the living room on the first floor of a mansion . Blood-spatters were on the walls, sofa, TV, and refrigerator . A middle-aged man with a fat belly was lying on the couch, his internal organs had been entirely gouged out .
Lying on the wooden stairs was the body of a little girl . The flesh on her face, arms, legs, and body, basically all parts that contained tissue had been ripped apart, leaving behind massive bloody open wounds .
When Shad led another two police officers and stormed into the mansion and saw the horrifying scene, one of them instantly turned around and emptied out last night’s dinner . Shad’s brow gently perspired . “It is already the fifth case since yesterday . This is utterly crazy! Absolutely sick!” He mumbled, looking at the two bodies but stopping short of coming near them .
What worried him more was the disappearance of the minister of security, Wayne, together with twenty or so of his men while investigating the murder case . He was still nowhere to be found until now .
Eyewitnesses recounted that they saw some bodies in the woods . But when he led his men to check out the place, there was nothing there except some bloodstains here and there .
“Something had happened to the master of the Azure Heart when he left…” Shad was like a cat on hot bricks .
“Chief… what should we do now?” An officer named Jerde asked in a low voice . Jerde was a veteran of the department; he had seen many murder cases . He had seen far worse, more horrible scenes than this one, so he was not affected by what he saw .
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“Now… I must inform my superior! That’s right! My superior!” The first thing coming Shad’s mind was to shift his responsibility, and then apply for a transfer . He could not stay in this goddamn place anymore . Cases kept cropping up continuously . It seemed there was no stopping to it . He began to worry that he might not live long enough to see his term end if he were to continue to stay here .
“Then you’d better be quick . The killer is maniacally fast . So many cases with so many people killed in just two days . ” Jerde said with a frightful expression .
“Perhaps we could ask the favor from the White Tarots gang…” The police officer who had just thrown up said quietly .
But Shad did not respond . As chief of the police department, he knew the situation better than anyone else did . The White Tarots had been transferring their assets elsewhere, with only a small part of it still remained locally . After the murder of Chen Hang, the White Tarots had been behaving strangely . Instead of seeking revenge, they had opted to dispose of their assets and moved their money overseas .
“It’s useless . ” Shad had speculated that the White Tarots might have been afraid of the killer who had been staying in the dark all this while . But intuition told him otherwise .
Suddenly, the door of the mansion was pushed open as a man, old but hunky and tall, wearing a black sports suit, walked in .
“Chief Shad?” the old man asked .
“I’m Chief Shad . You are?” Shad could sense an unusual vibe on the old man . He must be no small potato, and caution in his attitude would be wise, Shad thought . With too many shits happening, he had started to get paranoid and afraid of causing more trouble for himself .
“I am Dao Ling,” the old man said in a throaty voice, “from Ironfist Society . I’ve visited you in hopes that you could provide information and leads on the murder case . ”
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