Alistair White?
Nina Jacobs was a little surprised.
"Veronica Ziegler was hired by Alistair White. Later, Magnus York heard that she’d been to the Bishop Clan’s territory and recruited her."
Ian Nash watched the slaughter outside the Sand Shield and decided to spill everything without hesitation.
Seeing the confused look on Nina Jacobs’s face, Lily Dalton added:
"Right. The two of them seem to be rivals. Alistair White’s side doesn’t report its status to Magnus York. I get the feeling they’re trying to one-up each other over this matter?"
"It’s not just a feeling. I heard they belong to some organization, and the number of stones they find affects their future promotions?"
Sebastian Lynch chimed in.
As she listened, Nina Jacobs conjured two Diamond Sand Spikes and casually finished off a couple of Mutant Beasts that had been knocked in front of her.
This Veronica Ziegler had appeared near the Bishop Clan’s territory as early as two months ago.
’But she never left. What is her real goal?’
Though she had yet to meet the woman, Nina Jacobs was already wary of her.
As a Mutant Tiger breathed its last, the System sent a notification for the completion of 7-Day Quest 2.
[7-Day Quest 2 detected as complete. 7-Day Quest 3 has been automatically initiated:
Quest Objective: Hunt 70 Mutated/Zombie Animals
Quest Reward: 40,000 System Experience Points.]
As expected, it was an incremental quest.
The kill count had just increased to seventy.
Just as Magnus York and her people thought it was all about to end, a roiling wave of dust in the distance caught their attention.
Accompanying the massive, sand-yellow wave was the sound of rumbling footsteps.
"It’s a horde of Mutated Animals!"
Eryx Rhodes’s hands were already numb from the vibrations of his weapon.
He had guessed they might attract other Mutated Animals, but he never expected so many.
The dust was rolling in so thickly that it was impossible to even see how many Mutated Animals there were.
"We should fall back! If we don’t retreat now, we really won’t be able to hold them off!"
Ben Lawson was also starting to panic.
But Magnus York refused.
"The more that come, the more it proves there’s something good here. Besides, do you really think we can retreat now?"
They were covered in the stench of blood.
If they fled, there was no telling what else they would attract.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Ben Lawson and the others hesitated.
Magnus York then had Eryx Rhodes take out several large bags of Mutated Crystal Cores and throw them on the ground, followed by some devices that resembled tranquilizer guns.
Seeing this, the others picked up the Crystal Cores and began to absorb them.
"They’re insane."
Ian Nash remarked, watching the group.
"Is that... zombie virus?!"
When they saw Eryx Rhodes take out several more metal, tube-shaped containers, the three people inside the Sand Shield paled.
"Are you crazy? If you turn all the Mutated Animals here into zombie animals, no one will get out of here alive!"
Sebastian Lynch shouted.
They previously believed that animals had a natural ability to avoid disasters, which was why many of the animals here hadn’t been exposed to the virus-laden acid rain.
This led to the mountain being populated mostly by Mutated Animals.
But if they turned so many Mutated Animals into zombie animals, then today would truly end in a fight to the death.
Magnus York just smiled. "So what?"
Her divination had already shown that today’s operation would be fraught with danger.
As long as there was a chance of survival, what did sacrificing a few people matter?
"If we all die, you won’t be able to escape either."
Magnus York said.
That Earth Defense Shield was, after all, controlled by a Superpower.
She refused to believe that Summer Warner’s Superpower could last forever.
Magnus York’s plan was a success.
The stampeding Mutated Animals first tore into the animal corpses littering the ground.
And those corpses had already been injected with the zombie virus.
A zombified Mutant Tiger soon charged toward the people inside the Sand Shield.
"What do we do now?"
Lily Dalton asked, staring at the massive, rotting tiger head right in front of them.


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