Boom—!!
The deafening roar of the stone wall exploding shook the entire underground palace.
Fragments of stone flew everywhere, and dust filled the air.
Everyone froze.
Just as the tears were about to fall, someone had actually barged in at this crucial moment?
"Who?!"
Gon whipped around and stared at the blasted-open entrance, his eyes instantly turning cold.
The dust slowly dispersed.
Several dark figures walked out of the entrance.
The person leading them wore a black ice-silk cloak and half an ice mask. The exposed eye was bone-chillingly cold, and wisps of frigid air streamed from his entire body.
Behind him followed more than a dozen modified soldiers. Their bodies were covered in black mechanical armor, their gazes cold and their auras ferocious.
"Those are the First Prince's people!"
Leorio's expression changed, and he shouted in a lowered voice.
The Black Ice executive they had encountered in the Ice Domain had dressed exactly like this!
They had actually chased them here!
The Ice-type executive swept his gaze across the underground palace before finally landing on the Salamander Lion-Faced Beast in the center. When he saw its reddened eye sockets, his eyes instantly lit up.
"So it really is here."
"The legendary Bliss Cola..."
He licked his lips, his voice brimming with greed.
"I've been tracking the ingredient's energy for half a month. I've finally found the place."
"This thing belongs to me."
"Dream on!"
Gon stepped forward and blocked the giant beast, golden Nen exploding around him.
"We found it first!"
"Found it first?" The Ice-type executive sneered, and the chill around him grew heavier. "In the Dark Continent, whoever has the harder fists gets to claim it."
"Get them!"
"Kill them! The cola is ours!"
At his command, the dozen or so modified soldiers behind him charged forward.