’Control animals?’
A chill went down Seraphina Sullivan’s spine.
In a Slaughter Pasture teeming with mutated creatures, an Ability like that was practically game-breaking!
It seemed the danger didn’t just come from Players like Harvey Fletcher. The instance’s own Native People had some formidable characters hidden among them.
The situation instantly became incredibly complex and dangerous.
’The Native People have powerful individuals like that, too?’ Seraphina Sullivan wondered.
But she quickly recalled the information she’d gotten from Ash: this world had undergone a Spiritual Energy Revival.
If animals could gain sentience and become Demons, then it seemed perfectly reasonable for some humans to emerge with Special Abilities.
"What should we do now?" Seraphina Sullivan asked Dustin Sullivan, her tone serious.
"If we start fighting amongst ourselves now, wearing each other down with internal conflict, we most likely won’t be able to meet the required slaughter count. If we fail the competition, Wessuri will definitely not let us go. I don’t think we currently have the strength to fight a ’Demon’ of her caliber."
Wessuri was strong—so strong that Seraphina Sullivan didn’t think they could resist her.
Dustin Sullivan nodded in agreement, a shadow falling over his handsome face.
"Your concern is valid. Internal conflict is the most foolish choice. But Harvey Fletcher..."
His voice turned a few degrees colder when he mentioned the name.
"He’s completely lost it, with no regard for the bigger picture. He’s an extremely unstable liability, like a ticking time bomb. Even if we don’t provoke him, he’ll never let us go. Especially..."
He glanced at the pale-faced Lily Underwood.
Hearing this, Lily Underwood, despite her weakness, couldn’t help but growl through clenched teeth, "I will get my revenge for this! Son of a bitch! I’ve been around the block, and I’ve never been so humiliated! He nearly gutted me!"
The anger pulled at her wound, making her gasp in pain.
However, the thought of Harvey Fletcher’s impossible-to-defend-against Emotion Control Ability gave Dustin Sullivan a major headache.
That feeling of having rage, fear, or despair forcibly injected into you during battle was enough to make any sophisticated teamwork or calm judgment crumble to dust. He was a natural crowd-controller.
While Seraphina Sullivan and the other two discussed their strategy, Sean Chandler was off in his own world.
Nearby, Ash silently gnawed on a piece of roasted meat, listening to them talk about things, some of which he didn’t understand at all.
His little mind began to spin rapidly.
He connected the strength and mysterious methods that Seraphina Sullivan and the others had displayed, which far surpassed those of ordinary people.
A "reasonable" explanation gradually began to form.
’Could it be... that Sullivan and her people are a rescue team sent by the human resistance from the outside world? They disguised themselves as captured commoners to infiltrate these Demons’ slaughterhouses, all to cause chaos and work with forces on the outside to save us trapped compatriots?’
This thought instantly excited him, and his gaze toward Seraphina Sullivan and the others filled with awe and hope!
If that was the case, then everything made sense!
They were so strong, possessed all sorts of strange Abilities, and now they seemed to be plotting to complete some kind of mission.
’Yes! That has to be it!’ The more Ash thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. A noble sense of mission suddenly swelled in his heart.


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