Surrounded by Five Beast Lords novel Chapter 122

Chapter 122

Clive’s eyes were icy. “Someone’s orchestrating this chaos on purpose.”

Just as he finished speaking, agonizing screams and the thunderous blasts of energy weapons echoed from the distance.

Other teams were under attack by the beastfolk horde!

Dora clenched her fists. “We have to save them…”

“It’s too late,” Lioren’s deep voice cut in. “Look over there.”

Everyone followed his gaze and saw several figures in black combat suits darting along the edge of the beastfolk horde.

Instead of attacking the beastfolk, they were steering the horde’s direction while… ambushing the fleeing human tearns!

“They’re capturing people,” Elmer’s eyes widened. “Those guys in black…”

Clive’s eyes went cold and dangerous in a flash. “Are those the standard issue combat suits from the Blackflame Trading Guild?”

“What?” Dora was stunned. “The Blackflame Trading Guild? Why would they do that…”

Before Dora could finish, one of the figures in black just happened to glance their way.

Even from a distance, Clive’s beastfolk eyesight let him clearly spot the badge on the person’s chest.

Black flames wrapped around a curved blade, the unmistakable symbol of the Blackflame Trading Guild!

Clive’s eyes narrowed as he caught clear traces of shadow-type supernatural ability in that person’s fighting style!

“Impossible,” Clive muttered, but the evidence before his eyes left him unable to deny it.

Rafe noticed Clive’s sudden change. “Clive, do you know those people?”

Clive was silent for a few seconds, then finally shook his head. “No, I don’t know them.

“But there’s no mistaking the Blackflame Trading Guild’s insignia and uniform.”

Dora bit her lip. “Let’s set this aside for now, we need to find somewhere safer.”

“The beastfolk horde may have moved on, but those people in black are still active.”

Just as they were about to make their move, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the other side of the ridge. someone was running straight toward them!

“Help! Please, help me!”

A young female, covered in blood, staggered up the slope.

Three figures in black were chasing right behind her. “Help!”

Dora didn’t even hesitate. “Help her!”

Clive had already made his move.

Black lightning roared down like a furious dragon, cutting off the three men in black.

Lioren became a streak, pulling the female behind him to shield her.

Seeing this, the three men in black didn’t even bother to fight, they just turned and bolted.

It was obvious their main job was to stir up chaos and kidnap people, not to get into a real fight

Dora steadied the shaken female. “Are you alright? Where’s your team?”

“They were all taken away…” The female sobbed, tears streaming down her face.

“Those people in black suddenly attacked us and took all our loot..

“They… they even kidnapped another female from our team…

“They said… they were Boss Clive’s men from the Blackflame Trading Guild, and that even if we die, we should remem who did this…”

She was shaking as she pointed at those guys in black disappearing into the distance. “They went that way, there are still few teams camping over there…”

Clive stood at the edge of the ridge, staring after the black-clad figures, his gaze cold and deadly.

Someone was pretending to be the Blackflame Trading Guild, causing chaos, kidnapping, and robbing people all over Z

“We’re going after them,” Clive said, his voice eerily calm. “Let’s find out what these ‘Blackflame Trading Guild’ people ar really up to.”

As Dora looked at Clive from the side, she suddenly felt a strange, chilling vibe coming from him, so unfamiliar it sent a shiver down her spine.

It was as if a ferocious beast, long dormant, had finally awakened.

Before she could finish, hurried footsteps and energy fluctuations suddenly came from another direction!

They weren’t enemies.

Three blood-soaked male beastfolk staggered over, the leader missing one arm.

As soon as the bloodied male beastfolk saw Dora and her group, a desperate spark of hope flashed in his eyes. He cried out “Help… please, help us…

“Those guys in black are right behind us….

“The Blackflame Trading Guild… they’re grabbing the females…”

As soon as he finished speaking, seven figures in black materialized in the clearing outside the cave, ghost-like and silent.

They wore uniform black combat suits, each bearing the Blackflame Trading Guild’s flame-wrapped blade badge on their chests. Leading them was a Moderate Level 6 wind-type ability user with a scar across his face, none other than Night Owl.

“Well, well, looks like we’ve got a whole nest hiding out here,” Night Owl sneered, flashing a grin that revealed his gleaming

white teeth.

“One female, four males…

“Not a bad haul!

sest of you can keep your corpses whole.”

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Clive stared at the badges on their chests, his eyes swirling with cold, murderous intent.

These fakes were posing as the Blackflame Trading Guild, and right in front of him, they dared to target his people

Fine, he thought.

Clive took a step forward, his voice eerily calm. “Who sent you?”

Night Owl raised an eyebrow. “We don’t report to anyone. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll…”

Before Night Owl could finish, Clive struck.

It wasn’t lightning, it wasn’t shadow, just pure, terrifying speed that stole the breath.

He shot across the clearing like a streak of black lightning. Night Owl didn’t even have time to react before Clive seized his throat and smashed him against the rock wall.

Crack! The rock splintered.

“I’ll ask you one more time,” Clive’s voice rumbled in Night Owl’s ear, low and echoing like something from the depths.

“Who sent you?”

Night Owl’s eyes widened in disbelief. He was a Moderate Level 6 too, yet he couldn’t even lift a finger to fight back, and he doubted whether this guy was even human.

“Boss Clive will make you pay for this…” Night Owl managed to squeeze out the threat, his voice barely a whisper.

Clive smiled.

That smile was icy, ruthless, and laced with a savagery that had been barely held back.

“Boss Clive?” he echoed, his grip tightening like a vice. “You’re looking at him.”

Night Owl’s eyes went wide with terror.

In the next instant, black lightning erupted from Clive’s hand, Night Owl didn’t even get a chance to scream before he was fried to a crisp, nothing left but scorched remains.

The left six men in black stood frozen, stunned and terrified.

Clive turned to face them, his hair lifting in the morning breeze, eyes blazing with undisguised contempt and murderous intent, the unmistakable aura of the Underworld’s true master.

“Now,” he said quietly, “it’s your turn.”

The fight was over in five minutes.

Of the six guys in black, Clive took out three of them right then and there.

Lioren’s wind blades finished off two more.

The last one got pinned to a tree by Rafe’s ice spikes, left barely breathing.

Dora walked up to the survivor. “Who sent you?”

The man in black was trembling all over. “It was… it was… Shawn …”

Before he could finish, a bizarre blood-red mark appeared on his throat, and suddenly his body began to bulge grotesquely,

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swelling up in a horrifying way!

‘Get back!” Clive barked, grabbing Dora and pulling her into his arms in one swift motion as he retreated

Bang!

The man in black exploded into a spray of blood mist, nothing left behind, not even a trace.

“The Muting Curs,” Rafe said, his face grim.

“This was cast by at least a Level 7 supernatural ability user.

“If they try to reveal any key information, it’ll trigger their own destruction.”

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Elmer helped the three badly wounded beastfolk to their feet, channeling his supernatural healing ability to staunch their bleeding.

Dora asked, “Are they going to be okay?”

Elmer furrowed his brow and replied, “They’ve lost a lot of blood, but they won’t die.”

Dora pulled out first aid supplies from her Spatial Realm. “Let’s save them first.

The smell of blood hung heavy in the air, tension crackling all around.

Clive stood at the mouth of the cave, his back to the group. He was silent for a long moment before finally saying, “I wasn’t trying to hide anything from you guys.”

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Chapter 123

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Dora walked up to Clive, watching his chiseled face in the morning light. “I get it. Everyone’s got their own secrety

She hesitated for a moment, then said, “But you have to tell me, what’s really happening right now?

“Why are these people pretending to be from the Blackflame Trading Guild?

“Just now, that guy mentioned the Shawn. Is this the Shawn family’s scheme?”

Clive turned to look at her, his eyes filled with emotions she’d never seen before.

Finally, he took a deep breath.

He said, “Yeah, I was the one who beat up Cassian earlier.”

“Not long ago, the Shawn family tried to set up the Blackflame Trading Guild by smuggling illegal ore.

“Now, Cassian and his father are probably taking advantage of the chaos in Zone 32 to try and destroy me and the entire Blackflame Trading Guild once and for all.”

As Clive finished speaking, his voice carried a peacefulness, like a burden had finally been lifted from his shoulders.

He looked up, his eyes locking with hers.

In that moment, Dora saw so much reflected in his gaze.

There was hesitation, calm acceptance, and a faint, almost invisible hint of nervousness.

Dora remembered when Elmer mentioned Cassian had gotten beaten up so badly, it was right after she’d drugged Cassian. and Clive had come to her rescue the next day.

Back then, when she heard the news, she’d wondered if Clive was the one behind it.

Clive had done it for her.

Clive’s eyes cast downward, his fingers fidgeting with the sleeve cuff of his combat suit, a rare sign of his unease.

Lioren kept his cat-eared boy form, his amber eyes flicking over Clive from time to time. There was no hostility, just a certain relief after sizing him up.

Rafe was graceful and unruffled as always, but a knowing glint was hidden deep in his blue eyes.

Elmer was brimming with excitement, darting his gaze between everyone like a little critter waiting for the show to start.

“I’m Boss Clive of the Blackflame Trading Guild.” Clive spoke slowly and clearly, as if each word weighed heavy on him.

“The founder of the Blackflame Trading Guild, the man who runs the black market from the shadows, the infamous ‘mad dog’ everyone whispers about. That’s me, Boss Clive.”

Elmer’s mouth formed a perfect O of surprise.

Dora’s hands paused for a second as she bandaged Clive, then she kept going.

“… You already knew.” Clive saw the answer in her reaction, and his shoulders eased up a bit.

“I guessed,” Dora said, finishing the bandage with a butterfly knot. “Ever since you gave me 100,000 starcoins and set up those construction robots, I figured you weren’t just some regular guy…”

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She looked at Elmer. “And when Elmer came back from the Shawn family and mentioned Cassian got roughed up

Elmer nodded like crazy, his eyes lighting up like fireworks. “Yeah, that’s the one!

“Cássian got beaten so badly, he was bedridden for three days. The Shawn family was losing their minds!

Elmer finally connected the dots.

He stared wide-eyed at Clive, then glanced at Rafe and Lioren, before locking his gaze back on Clive, his eyes shining with pure hero worship.

He blurted out, “So…. the last time Cassian got knocked out and ended up with some minor scars, that was you, Clive?”