level 102, Sharanga and Ichaival level 101, and Laernea and Gandiva had finally hit level 100. Lastly, far above everyone else, the Vigilantez with the highest level was Ledur, being level 181.
Smoke wore a satisfied smile. His private army was steadily growing alongside him.
Sitting comfortably on the Lioumereans’ carriage, he and Sierra simultaneously logged off to get some rest in the real world.
* * * * * *
Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Smoke and his men finally reached the forest patch at the foot of Mount Foudre. To keep up with the Lioumereans' fast pace, Werewolves and Tikbalangs had been running non-stop for periods of several hours, taking fifteen-minute breaks in between.
They avoided most of the monsters they encountered, except for the ones that forcibly attacked them. These monsters only met a quick death as Smoke's elite members made short work of them.
From where they hid, Smoke took out two flat round shields and placed them next to his legs. He used his Telefax Vision to examine Mount Foudre and Twin Vision to display on the shields what he saw. This way, all of his companions saw what he did.
Smoke looked up at the silver mountain. It wasn't as tall as Mount Gliseloc; he estimated its apex to be about five hundred meters high. Yet despite its lower stature, he felt more intimidated by this place. Not one tree nor a single blade of grass grew on its slopes. It only had black and silver metallic boulders scattered everywhere.
Above its peak was a gathering of storm clouds, with bright lightning bolts that kept hitting the top of the mountain. He finally saw the place they had been looking for, the Infernal Crater of Mount Foudre.
He looked farther up and discovered three black chimneys protruding out of a black mansion. Horrabelle's mansion of torture stood dominantly at the peak of the mountain.
Its structure looked like it was made out of the same black metallic boulders that were scattered on the mountain. He couldn't see any sentries, but he knew that there had to be someone or something guarding her house of horror.
After cancelling both of his abilities, Smoke turned to his core guild members. "There's a high chance that Horrabelle is up there at this very moment."
They nodded in response and it was clear to him that they had reached the same conclusion. He drew a sketch of the mountain on the ground.
"We’ll have to take her by surprise, but there's nothing to cover us while climbing up," he said as he pointed to the stick figures at the bottom climbing to the top of the mountain.
"You and I could fly up and capture their attention," suggested Ledur and readied his black wings for the flight.
"No, they might have a long-range weapon that could target us. And those lightning bolts don't look very friendly to fliers either," replied Smoke flatly.
He waited for more suggestions, but no one else spoke up for quite some time. So, he decided to share his idea.
"We could make something like a camouflage to help us remain undetected."
Smoke used his Earth Manipulation ability and fashioned a shield-like item out of the earth. He created a two-by-three-meter rectangle with black and silver metallic rocks sticking out of it.
After creating four of these items, Smoke demonstrated how he planned to use them. "Each of the stealth team members would carry two of these," he said while lifting one of the shields over his head and another one to his side.
He then asked Adder to copy what he did, only with the opposite hand. Together, the two of them created a section that somewhat looked like the slope of the mountain.
"I see, but that won't really hide us well," observed Sierra as she tried to take one of the shields, but her claws could not grasp it. "And...I can't use this shield." Her cursed Werebear form prohibited equipping such items.
Smoke gave her a wide grin. "I know that, which is why I was going to ask you to lead your Werewolves and the
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