"Have the official forces found me?"
Charles stopped in his tracks. He could feel the air around him growing sluggish, and the spirituality within him seemed to have been suppressed.
Please don't let it be the Church of Evernight...
In truth, there was no fundamental difference between the military, the Mandated Punishers, and the Machinery Hivemind. Charles knew what it would mean if the things he had done in Backlund lately came to light.
He would come to no good end regardless of whose hands he fell into. But if he had to choose, the Church of Evernight was the worst of the lot.
"I hope the Guild is all right for now..." Charles took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He had come out to inspect their bases today. If he failed to return on time, the Guild would certainly realize something was wrong. As long as he held out a little longer, reinforcements should arrive.
Many teams had been sent to Backlund to support this operation, and they were scattered throughout the city. No matter how quickly the official forces reacted, they could not wipe them all out in such a short time.
The demigod who had previously been delayed by other matters had arrived as well, though the two of them had yet to meet formally.
With so many Beyonders involved, the destruction would be unimaginable if they decided to take their enemies down with them.
"So, realizing that, they launched a decapitation strike against me..." Charles speculated.
After all, he was the overall commander of this operation and possessed the detailed personnel lists and contact methods.
"No. I can't be captured."
If he was taken alive, even if he withstood interrogation, he could not withstand spirit channeling. All the information about this operation