Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 2516

In truth, Zeke had single-handedly collected all the spiritual water, and his Contubernium members felt ashamed to share the meat he had gotten as the fruits of his labor.

To Minerva's surprise, Zeke replied, “Just follow my instructions.”

Then he disappeared into the tree hollow to rest.

His Contubernium members hurriedly got to work.

Everyone was teary-eyed with gratitude as they stared at the massive chunk of meat.

This must be a dream. We must be dreaming.

At the same time, ten menacing Contubernia had gathered some ten kilometers away.

They had signed alliance contracts with Apollyon and made ample preparations to strike later that night.

As their interim Chief Decanus, Apollyon declared, “Our target today is the new Decanus of Megahead Team. I cannot stress this enough, but it is imperative that we capture him alive. This doesn't apply to the other members.”

“Understood!” came everyone's resounding reply.

Apollyon addressed Megahead and the other Decani, “Do you have anything else to add?”

Megahead piped up, “I have something to say. All of you are here today to help me, and I promise I'll make it up to everyone. Once we take down the new Decanus of Megahead Team, I'll reward everyone here with a bun.”

“Roger that!”

His promised reward boosted everyone's morale.

At least half of the hundred or so members of the Contubernia had been starving for days. A small favor in exchange for a bun sounded like a decent deal.

A bun was as precious as life itself to them at that point.

Everyone set off for Megahead Team's base camp after several reminders from Megahead.

Just as they neared the base camp, they smelled a delicious aroma in the air.

“That smells so good. It smells like meat.”

“D*mn. Do you think the members of Megahead Team are having meat now?”

“They must be stewing a massive amount of meat to produce such a delicious smell.”

Megahead merely announced dismissively, “Listen up. Don't let your imaginations run wild. Someone from Megahead Team died two days ago. They're probably stewing his meat as we speak.”

Nonetheless, not everyone lost their appetite at Megahead's explanation.

Some of them had not eaten meat in a long time, and the thought of human meat was a lot less repulsive than it should have been.

Everyone quickened their pace.

Meanwhile, Zeke was cooking meat for his Contubernium in the base camp.

The savory scent of the meat drove some of his Contubernium members into a trance.

Not even the most beautiful woman in the world could tear their attention away from the meat.

An average person would have a hard time imagining how irresistible a delicious pot of meat was to someone who had almost starved to death.

When the meat was fully cooked, Zeke suddenly roared, “Who's there? Show yourselves!”

It snapped Minerva, Yannick, and the others out of their trance. They hastily looked around for signs of danger.

Numerous figures emerged from the shadows, surrounding their base camp.

There were at least a hundred people.

Lo and behold, their former Decanus, Megahead, was standing at the head of the group.

He was accompanied by a familiar face, whom the Megahead Team hated with a vengeance.

Minerva yelped, “That's Apollyon! It's Archfiends' Apollyon!”

Yannick and Yoshua were new members of Megahead Team and had never heard of Apollyon. Curiously, they asked, “Who's that?”

“Apollyon is the Decanus of Archfiends. They're the strongest Contubernium in the outer district. I can't believe Megahead would rope them in for this,” said Minerva.

Murphy gasped and added, “Look at the people behind them. They're the Decani of the top ten Contubernia in the outer district. I can't believe Megahead could summon the top ten Contubernia to help him.”

Minerva scratched her head and sighed. “We're doomed. So doomed.”

They glanced discreetly at Zeke, who was still stirring the meat calmly.