Accession at Ghost Gate

"Boss, would the Black Tortoises really hide in this godforsaken place?"

On a fifth-level continent near the Extreme-Cold Grotto, a Strange Tide had gathered. One Strange Entity stood beside another with a greenish face and asked hesitantly, "There isn't even any food here. Aren't Black Tortoises supposed to have enormous appetites?"

"I don't know."

The green-faced Strange Entity shook his head. After a brief pause, a scarlet gleam flashed through his eyes, and he spoke slowly.

"Another message came down from above."

"All Level-Five Strange Entity Clans are to prepare to assemble. We must destroy the Mortal Domain. This mission has been raised to the highest priority. We need to withdraw first."

"Huh?"

The Strange Entity who had spoken earlier froze for a moment. "Then we're abandoning the mission to track down the Black Tortoise Clan?"

Over the years.

Those above had assigned them plenty of missions.

For instance...

Find the Dragon Graveyard.

Find Chaos Essence.

Search for the treasures the Angler had left behind.

Gather enough Black Tortoise corpses by any means possible. Finding traces of the Black Tortoise Clan would be even better.

They had spent ages discovering that Black Tortoises preferred cold environments, then gone to enormous trouble to finally reach the edge of the Extreme-Cold Grotto. And now a single order was making them abandon the mission?

"Never mind whether the Mortal Domain is worth sending so many Level-Five Strange Entity Clans to surround and destroy."

"Even if it is."

"Would one fewer clan really matter?"

"We finally made it here. Wouldn't going back now mean all our efforts were wasted?"

The green-faced Strange Entity glanced back at his subordinate, then continued gazing out at the endless glaciers from the shore as he spoke softly.

"The 'destroy the Mortal Domain' mission has seven-colored grade authorization."

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