Mutations

Just after the Ratman Drig finished reporting this series of intelligence.

Demps beckoned slightly, "Come here..."

Derig immediately lowered his head and stepped forward.

As soon as we got close.

Swish... It seemed as if a blade made of liquid sliced through Derig's body.

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

Derig's entire left arm fell to the ground and turned into a puddle of Seawater.

Slippery tentacles remained on Derig's wound... causing him to convulse violently in pain, but he gritted his teeth and did not make a sound.

About ten seconds passed.

The tentacles growing in the wound slowly dissolved into Seawater.

Derig's eyes were Blood Filaments. He steadied his remaining consciousness and knelt before Demps. "Thank... thank you, Lord Six Fingers, for sparing my life."

"You are the contact person I chose... You should report anything to me immediately, even if it costs you your life."

"It's alright if we die, I'm just worried about putting you in danger. There will absolutely be no next time, I will definitely do my job as a 'rescue agent'."

Courage and methods.

It is an essential element for controlling such small organizations.

Han Dong silently watched all of this, concluding that Demps had done absolutely nothing wrong.

"Mark all the locations where you deliver cement on the map."

"It's already been prepared in advance."

Derig handed the map, which he had prepared in advance, to Demps.

The areas where cement was delivered were completely scattered and unconnected, making it impossible to obtain more information from such a distribution...

However, Han Dong and Demps still vaguely sensed something.

"These are just the locations where you're responsible for delivering cement... Could you please collect all the locations where other organizations are delivering cement?"

"This... is quite difficult. After all, many organizations are hostile to us..."

"It's alright. Gather all the information you can and mark it all on the map."

"Good!"

Just as Derigo was clutching the gaping wound in his severed arm and had reached the doorway...

Cough cough cough!

Suddenly, Derig covered his mouth and began coughing violently without warning.

crackling sounds...

Tiny pebbles kept coughing up from Derig's mouth, scattering all over the ground.

A completely different kind of polluted aura began to emanate from Derig's body... something he hadn't been able to detect before.

Han Dong silently observed this.

Derigo's cough worsened.

When he turned back around.

Not only were stones constantly coughing up from his mouth, but tiny pebbles were also spilling out of his Nasal Cavity and eye sockets.

"My... my lord, save me..."

Just after he finished speaking, a massive anomaly occurred.

Whoosh!

At the point where Derigo's left arm was broken, a large number of stones suddenly grew out.

The different stones are connected by a tight, fleshy texture.

When the growing stone almost forms the shape of an arm, skin tissue eventually grows on the surface of the stone... It looks just like a normal arm.

Meanwhile, Derigo's eyeballs were completely replaced by tiny pebbles.

Derig's overall demeanor has changed... he is no longer the loyal 'supporter' to Demps.

Mouth open.

A completely petrified tongue emerged.

During the conversation, 'pebbles' will continuously fall out...

"Are you the person in charge here? You weren't here when I came last time... I told them not to tell anyone the information... I didn't expect that these rats would still leak the secret."

Obviously.

This Ratman Drig, had already been targeted by the other party beforehand.

Once the secret is leaked, the body and consciousness will be forcibly taken over.

Demps smiled, completely concealing his anger. "I'm willing to continue keeping it a secret, and I can personally take over the cement delivery."

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to delve deeper, we will surely be able to discover the origin of the secret stone.

However, the mutated Derig shook his head. "There is no room for compromise. The whistleblower and all his associates must die..."

That's all.

Derig raised his newly grown right arm, pointing his fingers at the two people in front of him.

Thud! The finger, constructed of stone, shot out like a bullet...

Han Dong was about to make a move.

Demps rushed out immediately.

Active melee combat.

Such behavior is completely inconsistent with the identity of a magician.

However, the aura emanating from Demps was completely different from her usual self.

Clearly, Demps was Life Force.

The projectiles struck the surface of a strange Magic Shield, creating only a ripple before being completely absorbed.

Crunch crunch!

Demps used his Sixth Finger to retrieve a spear from the depths of the other-dimensional sea.

A faint glimmer of light arrived first.

The core stone pierced directly through Derig's body, suspending his body in mid-air.

Before the alien consciousness that invaded and controlled Drig dissipated.

Demps opened his mouth wide and made a gurgling sound from his throat.

"I will thwart all your plans... You just messed with me."

Whoosh!

When drawing the spear.

Derig's body disintegrated, turning into a large number of stones scattered all over the ground.

"Nicholas, use your eyesight to do me a favor... I can't let all the 'eyes and eyes' I've painstakingly cultivated become someone else's tools."

"Good."

Given Derigo's situation.

All the civilians in the underground tavern may have experienced a similar 'stone inoculation'.

[Opening Eye]

With the Lesser Demon Eye fully activated.

Indeed, it was discovered that each person here had an inconspicuous pebble hidden in their body, without any signs of pollution.

If it weren't for the Secret Stone Incident, Han Dong would have just treated it as an ordinary gallstone.

Once a certain 'rule' is violated, the stones in the body will multiply wildly.

In conjunction with Han Dong's observations.

Demps used his Sixth Finger to remove all the pebbles one by one.

When these tiny pebbles are exposed to air, they immediately sprout a terrifying, round, toothed mouth, frantically tearing apart any nearby Organic Matter... and are instantly crushed into powder by Demps.

Han Dong silently observed all of this, and after Demps had taken all the stones, he gave his personal plan.

"It is obvious that the [Otherworldly Demon] behind the ' Secret Stone Incident ' has a complete ability to conceal itself, and can completely hide the pollution in the form of 'pebbles' without being detected."

If every evil spirit or Wild Monster it brings into the city is contained within an ordinary person in the form of a 'pebble,' a superficial search will yield no information whatsoever.

Moreover, there are still many doubts surrounding the cement.

The information was relayed to the team, who were then paired up to make contact with the hidden organization and forcibly locate the cement delivery site...

If my intuition is correct, piecing together all the cement delivery locations should lead to an important clue.

Demps nodded. "The Vice Captain will do as you say... but make sure everyone is careful."