Chun immediately checked the mission clue details and learned that the Black Hand Organization had stolen a dragon egg to the surface a hundred years ago.

Chun instantly noticed two sensitive keywords related to himself: Black Hand Organization, Black Iron City.

The leader and his player team are all flying race, they had already flown to the distant Black Dragon Fortress early on, but it was me who triggered the Black Hand Organization event. How did the leader get this mission?

The biggest possibility is what Black Dragon Envoy Bobona once said, the sewer collapse will uncover the secrets of the Black Hand Organization, and this secret is likely the stolen dragon egg.

Then Dark Elf Olka might have been in the city that night and joined the investigation into this matter. The mission was triggered upon reaching Black Dragon Fortress! In short, either the Black Dragon Envoy or Olka are related to the mission.

And I am from Black Iron City, this Black Dragon is also in the countryside of Black Iron City. To say it has nothing to do with me, I simply don't believe it... Otherwise, why isn't it in Silver City or Gem City? Those places have plenty of gold, silver, and gemstones that dragons love!

So, it's clearly a case of the leader intercepting the mission, it's a big deal!

Chun was both dumbfounded and panicked and immediately went online to check the map introduction of Iron Flame Village.

Iron Flame Village is the first village established by the pioneers of Black Iron City as they ventured west into the heart of the continent. It is near a volcano and is rich in sulfur and various volcanic crystals, and has monsters around level 50.

Level 50 monsters probably don't mean much to the leader either, so could this Black Dragon be the leader's backdoor access? No, if my mission was intercepted by the leader, then this Black Dragon should be my backdoor access!

The key is, Iron Flame Village barely counts as a neighboring village to Southern Canyon Village, just being remote by 90 degrees compared to Western Fortress Village.

My previous plan was to let Aileen settle in the Southern Village first, and after stabilizing, launch pioneers deeper into the continent, so let's have Aileen go scout first.

Speaking of which, Western Fortress Village has long been occupied by Baka players, and now they have only this village left, with over a thousand high-level Warriors gathered, they can't just stay in one place, maybe they've already started heading toward Iron Flame Village, so it's even more necessary to scout what's going on with Baka.

After sorting out these thoughts, Chun switched to his main account.

"Aileen, do you know about Iron Flame Village?"

Aileen said, "Yes, the lords have talked about them as stubborn and foolish jokes. That village is too far, built near the Volcano Mine, the surrounding terrain is complex, and there are many monsters, making transporting goods very difficult. So their village persuaded the city lords to invest in digging a canal dozens of kilometers long to connect to the main river to transport goods. The lords advised them to move the village directly to the riverside dozens of kilometers away, but they wouldn't do it..."

Chun seemed to have a clue: "If there's a dragon in their village, and they are ruled by it, that's why they seem unusual?"

Aileen was stunned: "Never heard of a dragon?"

"Never heard? Then it must be top-secret, even stranger! Our previous plan was to stabilize in the Southern Village before venturing inland, I think we should let the Crystal Bat go scout now, since it's nighttime."

Aileen was indeed interested: "A dragon, I've only ever seen them in theaters! Well, since the Crystal Bat couldn't scout out the secret iron warehouse in Canyon Village, let's go."

Actually, there was no expectation that a bat could scout out such a secret location. Maybe the secret iron warehouse is under the village chief's bed?

Chun remained cautious: "Since it's a dragon village, make sure the Crystal Bat rests well before setting out."

"Got it."

But what to do if a dragon is really discovered?

Not to mention if it can be beaten, if we really defeat it and bring it back, wouldn't that just serve the leader's purpose and help him complete the mission successfully?

So, it's best if no one can beat it. The basic idea is to sabotage this mission; even if the guild can't complete it, we shouldn't let the leader benefit!

Thinking this, Chun felt he was acting like a traitor, when he should be the guild leader...

...

Tata Battle Team Headquarters.

Currently, Tata War God, ranked number 12 globally, is attempting to redeem himself by undertaking a secret sewer mission—or rather, continuing the Adventurer's Guild's quest from a week ago to hunt down the demonized bat, ultimately trying to recover the spiky collar Chun dropped upon dying.

It's just that at the time, the demonized bat used ultrasound to trigger the hidden bosses Plague King and Cockroach King in the sewer, leading to Black Iron City urgently sealing all manhole covers, and the quest was halted.

Then, the demonized bat wiped out Plague King and Cockroach King that night and further demonized, reaching the point where it couldn't be ignored.

However, the sewer is still infested with plague and remains a forbidden zone.

Then came a new outbreak where Silver City experienced an incident of plague spread by Chun, and Black Iron City was even more shocked, strictly guarding the sewer, making it even more inaccessible.

Following that was a monster invasion event; the team struck a deal with the Divine Team, then went to attract monsters to level up, delaying further for two or three days—utterly perplexing! They still haven't figured out why he ran into the wall and died! The three sheep gods died without knowing why either.

Overall, Tata War God has become the laughingstock of the entire city, publicly claiming to have a mental breakdown unwilling to show his face...

The mental breakdown is just a tactic; this way, he can evade the Divine Team's eyes spread throughout the city and secretly enter via the Church's Animal Protection Association manhole cover. Admittedly, it's quite a breakdown.

Tata War God's Adventurer's Guild team conducted a carpet search for two days, went through every corner of the sewer and every bit of underwater, even uncovering hidden wrathful souls and slime monsters, but didn't find any bats or any magical power traces of the Sacred Artifact.

Actually, all clues pointed to one spot: a broken hole on a wall full of fish bones and dog bones underneath and around it; it's surely the bat's nest.

But the broken hole had been repeatedly searched by NPC team's magical pets flying in, and still, nothing!

So the only possibility is that the demonized bat progressed into an intelligent Blood Race, able to pick up equipment and escape.

Where did it escape to?

Tata is still quite frustrated...

Even so, Tata realized a clue from the pile of fish bones and dog bones below. These clearly were moved and placed together by someone, most likely by Chun, with the obvious intent of climbing over the wall and through the hole.

What was Chun's carrying capacity? He was indeed bitten by a dog, and based on skill practice in such a short two-day period, he couldn't have a carry capacity of several hundred.

Then there's only one explanation, Chun consumed a drug stolen from the Count's Mansion, which instantly increases one's carrying capacity by hundreds! This would give him the confidence to move bodies to climb and attempt to kill the bat...

Why hasn't internal personnel informed me about the Count's Mansion's secrets?

Is there internal personnel hiding information—they want to replace me?

This is outright betrayal against the Holy Brahman!

Tata frustratedly threw all the bones under the wall into the water—since it's a secret, it must not be seen by any others after him. Yet even the mere bones were difficult for Tata to lift.

In this helpless moment, the manager called: "Tata, have the investigation results come in? Our North Port Fishing Village is being besieged by a large number of Chinese players, hurry to provide support..."

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