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"Therefore, the help that the church can give to the hunting group is limited..."
"Mr. Kuize, this time can't be delayed for too long, the mission guild must resume work as soon as possible."
Kuize narrowed his eyes and replied calmly: "Well, I also understand this situation. The shutdown will not exceed one month at most."
Then, sitting on the other side of the long table, the middle-aged man who held his hands together and kneaded them for a long time expressed his opinion to the silver-haired old man with a serious expression:
"Head, a month is still too long."
The person who spoke was bloated and gray-haired. His name was Lauber. He used to be a good hunter when he was young, but now he is the director of the task union.
"I think that although it is indeed necessary to restrict the travel of active hunters and ensure their safety, the eight 'Extreme Hunters' who are currently on standby are another matter."
"Their strengths are all supernatural. Even if they are besieged by clowns in the maze, they must have a way to counterattack or get out of trouble. It's better to say that it's too late for clowns to hide from them!"
"Therefore, I think it is possible to let "Extreme Hunting" carry out significant hunter commissions first. There is no need to let them continue to stay in the hunting group on standby like ordinary hunters, because that would be a waste of the abilities of this group of strong people."
Kuize nodded in response: "Well, you're right, I thought so too, but before officially dispatching "Extreme Hunting", I have to wait for the first seat to come back."
Robert was taken aback when he heard the words, his eyes instantly filled with worry and puzzlement.
"However, Captain, Mr. Alpedis doesn't know how long it will take to return... If you plan to call the polar hunters together for a meeting, you can do it in batches! Under the current situation, the time is too short It's too precious, the hunting group can't afford it!"
Chapter 0453 The Clown and the Butcher
However, even though Lauber had already spoken to such a serious point, the smile on Quize's face was still unmoved. It was obvious that he was not convinced in his heart.
"Robert, the more critical the situation is, the less you can worry. As a former hunter, you should understand this too."
"When Yixi returns, he may bring us important spoils or clues."
"So, don't be too impulsive in everything, and don't make decisions in such a hurry."
After listening to the captain's words, Lauber's expression suddenly became more puzzled.
"The trophy...? The clue...?"
After being silent for a while, he then said with an unbelievable doubt on his face:
"Head, why can you say so...?"
Kuize narrowed his eyes and replied with a smile:
"It's just my intuition."
When the silver-haired old man said this, the atmosphere in the first decision-making room instantly fell silent.
If these words came from other people's mouths, all the high-level officials would definitely think that the other party was talking nonsense, and then they would stand up and fight hard, and they would never compromise.
However, when the speaker's identity is that his age and knowledge far crush everyone, and he is the silver-eyed person who sits at the head of the hunting group, the situation is quite different...
His thoughts and decisions must be wise, rational, and far-sighted.
Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for the hunting group to grow step by step in the hands of this man for thousands of years.
At this point, Lauber could only lower his head speechlessly in the end, indicating that his speech would stop here.
However, in the next second, Evan Rui, the head of the personnel department who spoke first, spoke again, immediately breaking the silence in the decision-making room.
"Leader... Sorry, I didn't have time to say something just now."
"A few hours ago today, the latest hunter team returned..."
"According to their report, we seem to have encountered a more serious problem..."
After hearing the words, Kuize asked calmly, "What's the problem?"
Evan Rui elaborated nervously: "A group of hunters who have just returned claimed that they were indeed attacked, but the attacker was not a crazy clown from the Joy Theater, but a hunter wearing the same clothes as them. People in regimental uniforms..."
Having said that, he paused for a moment, and finally completed the following information.
"It's that..."
"The one who has been wanted by the hunting group..."
"Butcher hunter."
As soon as Evanrui's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.
"What, Butcher Hunter!?"
"He has obviously disappeared in the maze for several years, why is he running out with the clown now!?"
"How could all this happen by such a coincidence!?"
Upon hearing such shocking news, the senior management of the hunting group was full of panic.
The incident had already developed to such a serious extent, that the butcher-hunter actually came over to intervene. This was a situation that no one could have expected...
However, in the face of such a sudden fact, the one-eyed old man who is the leader of the hunting group still did not change his expression, he just tapped the wrinkles on his cheeks with his mechanical fingers.
Immediately afterwards, a faint luster shone from the depths of the silver-white solitary eye.
"Did the crazy clown and the butcher hunter appear at the same time..."
The leader of the hunting group lowered his head to think, and murmured softly, and put forward his conjecture to the rest of the people present:
"They... probably joined forces?"
Hearing Kuize's speech, the faces of the senior executives of the hunting group froze for a moment, and then they all showed expressions of disbelief.
"The two parties... join forces?"
"This, this statement is too absurd!"
"Even if the butcher is a traitor who has been wanted by the hunting group for many years, he came from the hunting group after all, and the relationship between the hunting group and the theater has long been a blood feud. How could the other party trust him, accept him, and allow him? Are you still wearing the hunter uniform!?"
Facing everyone's panic and doubts, Kuize just nodded calmly.
"Well, I also know that this kind of statement is difficult to be convincing, but it happens to be able to explain everything that is happening in front of our eyes today."
When the senior executives of the hunting group heard the words, they fell silent for an instant, and listened intently to the old man's next speech.
"Whether it is now or in the past, the power and scale of Joy Theater are not too big. If you face head-on, you will definitely not be able to match us."
"The reason why they have been able to survive for hundreds of years is because of the 'air train'. It is precisely because of the help of this 'magic object' that it is difficult for us to completely block their escape routes."
"Although this "magic object" is powerful, it is only a vehicle after all. The Joy Theater has never carried out a large-scale attack plan similar to today's one hundred years ago, which shows that the "sky train" must not include "manufacturing or prediction." The function of the deformed maze pothole'."
Kuize calmly continued to narrate:
"So, I infer, they got some kind of help."
"Just as it was difficult for us to completely wipe out the clowns a hundred years ago, it has been difficult for the hunting group to catch the butcher hunters in the past few decades."
"And this butcher hunter who has passed through the randomly generated maze holes many times, committed a series of massacres in the Holy Light Pure Land, and finally managed to escape back to the Auling Labyrinth every time, is the most suitable person to help the clowns Already."
After listening to the group leader's words, the expressions of the senior executives sitting on both sides of the long table changed immediately.
Pairs of shaken eyes seemed to have comprehended some shocking facts, and then their pupils shrank suddenly.
Afterwards, one of the hunting group executives exclaimed to Kuize in a surprised tone:
"Captain, do you mean...butcher hunters are the same as crazy clowns..."
Kuize nodded his head again calmly.
"Yes."
"In the past few decades, butcher hunters have committed a total of seventeen massacres in the Holy Light Pure Land."
"Every time he attacks, it's either in a remote village or a town with weak defenses, and every means of intrusion and escape is realized through randomly generated mazes and holes. The Light Knight never once caught him."
"At that time, we didn't know the specific methods used by the butcher, but combined with the large-scale deformed maze and pothole incident today, there are too many similarities between the two before and after."
"Butcher hunter Jetis Corgi, this man most likely holds another 'divine object'."
"Different from the clowns' vehicle-type "sacred object", the "sacred object" he occupies...should have the ability to 'create or predict the composition of space tunnels', and because of this, it can be used as a bargaining chip , to cooperate with Joy Theater."
"In this way, whether it is the criminal methods of the butcher hunters over the years, or the pre-ambush of the crazy clowns today, they can all be explained..."
Having said that, Kuize's voice raised a bit, and finally told the shocking fact to everyone present.
"According to the information clues recorded in the "Apocalypse", the Olympian Hunting Group has searched for thousands of years of "maze artifacts" in the vast territory of the Olympia Maze. The last two items that have not been found are now in the clown and butcher In the hands of these two parties!"
The eyes of the senior executives of the hunting group flickered, and they were all so surprised that they couldn't speak for a while.
In the next second, the closed door was knocked twice quickly, and then, a hunting group security officer in a black uniform walked in quickly.
"Sorry for disturbing you."
The senior executives turned their heads to look at him in shock, and then, Kuize calmly declared to the other party:
"If you have anything to say, just say it in front of everyone."
"Yes."
The security personnel bowed and nodded nervously, and then announced the news that was enough to stimulate everyone's hearts.
"A seat in "Extreme Hunting"..."
"Mr. Alpedis, just arrived at the Hunter's Peak."
"Besides, he also brought back a crazy clown alive!"
Chapter 0454
In the vast and boundless Arcane Labyrinth, there is such an invisible small world, which is called Yintu Hidden Realm.
Its main structure is very peculiar, half of which is a desolate and lonely gray-yellow desert, and half of which is a rugged and scorched black volcano.
It is cloudy all the year round, the sky is dark, the land is vast and the things are sparse, and it is born with a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, just like a cemetery cast by nature.
However, despite this, the Yin Soil Hidden Realm still gave birth to many creatures, including the only Homo sapiens here—the Gray Bone Man.
This is a kind of Homo sapiens with peculiar physical signs. After a long period of evolution, their bones drilled out of the body, covered the torso and limbs, and then evolved into a thick bone armor.
In addition to being born with a strong body, the ashes also possessed a high level of intelligence, as well as innate acuity and inspiration.
In this community of ashes, it is not uncommon for a series of phenomena such as sensing the call of the maze, experiencing strange nightmares, and awakening unique abilities.
But all the elites in the group, without exception, are all nightmare sensors with special abilities.
Compared with ordinary hermits, the level of civilization of this Homo sapiens can already be called powerful and extraordinary.
Therefore, even though they were born in this shady and secluded area with scarce resources and harsh climate, the life of the ashes group is not shabby.
With hundreds of nightmare sensors, they are already enough to cross the border of chaos in groups, so as to reach the outside of the hidden area for group hunting.
Thick bone armor, various abilities, and naturally aggressive and war-loving nature make this group of hunters always invincible in the face of all kinds of maze monsters.
In addition to the food that will never be lacking, the Huibone group even built a magnificent stone castle in the stronghold of Yintu Hidden Region, and has a luxurious palace of their own.
It can be said that their barbaric life was very enjoyable and joyful.
However, when the "Sky Train", which was full of turbid luster, broke through the chaotic boundary of the Yin Soil Hidden Realm without warning, and then descended in front of everyone's sight...
That's all changed.
The Huibone tribe had never seen such a shockingly strange vehicle, and they immediately called on all the elite fighters in the tribe to gather together and surround the landing train with their elites.
Then, under the nervous eyes of everyone, a tall mysterious figure in a cloak and a mask walked out of the gate of the train.
And following him, there are four strange attendants of different colors and physiques dressed as clowns.
Facing the sight of the ashes, the mysterious man at the head opened his arms and greeted everyone in a friendly manner.
However, the Huibone Tribe has never lost to the outside world, and they are used to victories, so they are naturally arrogant and arrogant. In addition, they never believe in ghosts and gods, so they took up their weapons and shot at the mysterious man without saying anything The crowd came besieging, while secretly anticipating what the flesh and blood of these strange creatures would taste like.
However, facing the siege of this dense crowd, the mysterious man remained unmoved and didn't even bother to blink his eyes.
As the dean of the Joy Theater, he was used to seeing big scenes, so he didn't pay attention to this group of soldiers and generals at all.
The dean waved his hand unsurprisingly, indicating that the servants can show their hands and feet, and then the four crazy clowns who followed behind him took their own actions.
Thus began a massacre.
Just four crazy clowns alone are enough to kill hundreds of nightmare sensors in the Ashbones Tribe.
Amidst the crazily splattered blood and the continuously falling broken limbs, the arrogant and conceited Ashbone tribe ushered in their first defeat like a mountain.