Tap~tap~tap~
Black Saber's combat boots trod upon the asphalt road at an unhurried pace, like an ordinary passerby, if one ignored the mask he wore and the saber at his waist.
Approaching to within fifty meters of the abandoned building, Black Saber paused, his head tilted slightly, his masked eyes gazing towards a certain spot.
There, a dim light flickered, appearing to be a guardhouse. With Black Saber's vision, he could see two figures inside.
There was still a guard at this abandoned building?
Fang You had checked the information on this building. It had been abandoned over a decade ago. At that time, the building was nearly complete, but the boss seemed to have run out of funds or for some other reason, construction had halted, and no one had taken over the building since.
It was indeed abandoned.
Through Black Saber's field of vision, the building's outer walls were clearly dilapidated, with weeds growing in some places. However, the guardhouse in front of the building looked newly built.
It wasn't old; it had electricity and people.
What was this...
Considering the current state of the abandoned building, Fang You had a vague guess. This would be troublesome. He currently just wanted to quietly hunt a few minor fiends.
A prompt suddenly popped up on the game interface.
"Please choose:
"1: I, Black Saber, act without needing to explain myself—walk straight through the main entrance."
"2: Prudence is paramount in all things, do not attract attention—enter from the side."
"Countdown: 5, 4, 3..."
A circular countdown indicator spun round and round.
Time was running out.
Oh well, I can even micromanage on the spot?
Fang You quickly glanced, and the answer was obvious: choose two.
He wasn't sure how his instructions were conveyed to Black Saber, but Black Saber paused for a moment before walking to the side.
Going around to the side of the abandoned building, there was no door here, but there was an open window on the second floor for entry.
Of course, it was over four meters high. Black Saber took a few steps back, then charged forward, leaped high, and used a slight push off the outer wall. With a single jump, he grabbed onto the windowsill of the second floor.
Then, his arm muscles exerted force, easily lifting his entire body, vaulting over the windowsill, and entering the second floor of the abandoned building.
The entire process was seamless.
Whether it was picking the lock or vaulting through the window, Black Saber was, as expected, exceptionally skilled, appearing particularly experienced in this regard.
As soon as he entered the abandoned building, Black Saber immediately activated Fiend Tracking.
Of course, he had used it outside as well, just to confirm that the miasma from this particular window was very weak, which was why he chose to enter from here.
The light inside the building was even dimmer, and the ground was covered in debris, but neither Black Saber nor Fang You were paying attention to the environment.
Instead, it was...
Gray and black! Dazzling gray and black!
The miasma swirled around, gray and black spots everywhere, traces of fiends left behind!
If, previously, using this skill to find fiends was to avoid not being able to find them due to the distance and insufficient clues, then now there were too many clues. Everywhere he looked, it was as if fiends were everywhere, as if this abandoned building was the fiends' lair.
No, perhaps not just "as if."
Black Saber lowered his head, and not far away, a pool of "water" was slowly moving.
Found one, a wild fiend!
It seems quite weak?
Having followed Black Saber and assigned him seven or eight tasks, and having witnessed eight fiends, Fang You could now be considered experienced himself.
Even if it was just theoretical experience.
He could tell at a glance that this little fiend was weak. Its small size and the faint color of the marks it left indicated it was a fiend that couldn't be any weaker.
Perhaps, without using the Blade Slash, a few scrapes with the beginner's saber could eliminate this little fiend.
A two-star dispatch mission, and this?
Clearly impossible.
Fang You, relying on the game's prompts, easily realized this. Black Saber did too, but he relied on his extensive experience.
The miasma was too thick.
This fiend was not the source.
Black Saber slowly drew his saber, but did not attack. He merely held it in his hand and bypassed the little fiend he had spotted.
"The little fiend doesn't seem to have noticed Black Saber?"
"But in the previous encounters, Black Saber seemed to attract the fiend's aggro as soon as he appeared."
"Is this little fiend too weak, or..."
"Does Black Saber have some unique ability?"
The panel didn't display that either.
Fang You mused, his eyes glued to the phone screen, not daring to relax in the slightest.
He hadn't forgotten that Black Saber was currently deep in the lair of a two-star fiend.
In one word: very dangerous!
As the behind-the-scenes supporter providing remote technical support for Black Saber, he wasn't just sitting idly by. Besides giving Black Saber a few micromanagement instructions at crucial moments, he also bore the most important responsibility—tactical retreat.
The Apostle Black Saber could be deployed for a maximum of one hour. During this time, Fang You could interrupt the deployment at any time, allowing Black Saber to return to standby.
Although the return process wasn't instantaneous, it was still quick; with a "snap," he'd be pulled back.
Fang You watched intently.
Black Saber moved through the thick miasma, visibility poor, but Fiend Tracking couldn't be turned off at this point.
He simply widened his eyes, searching.
Descending from the second floor to the first, he suddenly stopped.
Before him, thick miasma swirled around a terrifying monster, like a ball.
He could vaguely make out a figure hidden beneath the miasma.
It looked like several giant snakes intertwined.
Long, strange, with a swollen, opening and closing lower body, from which something unseen was being spat out.
Saw it!
Although still blurry... Fang You wished he could zoom in on the game screen with his fingers.
At this moment, a game prompt appeared on the side.
"Ding!"
"Prompt: Fiend intel collected. This fiend has been identified as 'Mother Serpent' and has been recorded in the Fiend Encyclopedia."
"Prompt: Two-star dispatch mission intel updated. View now?"
"Prompt: Would you like to transmit this intel to Apostle of Destiny · Black Saber?"
In the encyclopedia, a huge, ugly, and terrifying figure appeared.
The recorded information was not complete, but even through the game interface, Fang You's heart pounded, and a chill ran straight up his spine.
Let alone Black Saber, who was only twenty to thirty meters away from the Mother Serpent fiend.
"Prompt: Black Saber's sanity slightly decreased."
"Prompt: Black Saber's sanity slightly decreased."
"Prompt: ..."
"Prompt: Black Saber's Mystery Value +0.02."
"Prompt: Black Saber's Mystery Value +0.01."
Fearing that Black Saber might rush in recklessly, Fang You quickly issued a standby command.
Not far away, the Mother Serpent fiend, shrouded in miasma, did not seem to have discovered Black Saber. However, its massive body began to move, inch by inch, towards the entrance of the abandoned building.
It, the terrifying two-star fiend, was moving?!