Chapter 2830: Combat Shovel

Cole hadn’t expected Fang Heng to dare make a move on him in front of so many people, losing his face in the process.

“Let go of me! I’m the nephew of Minister Zachary! How dare you make a move on me? If you act recklessly, Minister Zachary will come after you! He’ll make sure you can’t take a single step in the Western District Federation!”

Meanwhile, Zaka felt uneasy.

This was troublesome…

This guy had connections in the Federation’s military department. If they had a conflict with him…

They were still in the Western District Federation. What if they got targeted or set up?

What would Mr. Fang do?

Zaka felt nervous, lost in thought. He looked up and saw Fang Heng’s mouth curl into a sneer. Then, with a forceful flick of his right hand, Cole was sent flying over ten meters before crashing heavily into the sand.

“Whoosh…”

Zaka breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Fang Heng had shown mercy.

“Chi chi! Chi chi!!”

What!!

Zaka’s heart skipped a beat at the hissing sounds.

He saw Cole still on the ground, not yet getting up, when several brownish limbs suddenly shot out from the surrounding desert. They dragged Cole under the sand, and within seconds, he completely vanished from sight.

Everything happened so quickly; in less than a second, Cole had disappeared from everyone’s view.

Zaka swallowed nervously.

While others may have only seen a few shadows darting past, Zaka saw it clearly!

It was a mutated Licker!

The mutated Licker, hiding beneath the sand, dragged Cole completely underground and started devouring him!

“This… this…”

Wu Xiao and the other players didn’t see exactly what happened. They only saw Cole being dragged into the sand by a monster from the desert, and they all turned to Fang Heng with looks of shock.

Was that monster his summon?

What the hell!

He really killed Cole?

Everyone involved in the mission knew who Cole was.

While his personal strength was mediocre, his status wasn’t.

He was the nephew of Minister Zachary!

Other mercenary groups would have to show some respect, think carefully about the consequences, and at least avoid making things too ugly on the surface.

But now…

He was killed just like that?

And in such a mysterious way?

“Hey, what about you guys? What’s your choice? Are you going to help me bring the combat shovels back, or are you going to join him and go back to rebirth?”

Fang Heng looked at the rest of the players, their expressions a mix of uncertainty, and suddenly had a thought. He smiled lightly, “Oh, I almost forgot, he still has one life to be reborn. You guys might not be so lucky…”

Wu Xiao felt a chill run up his spine as Fang Heng’s gaze landed on him.

It was over.

If this guy dared to kill Cole, there was no way they’d survive.

D*mn it, how could he have been so foolish as to offend this devil just to show off in front of Cole?

“Boss!”

Wu Xiao finally realized how stupid he had been. He quickly lowered his head and apologized, “It was our mistake; we failed to recognize your greatness, Boss. Please forgive us. We’ll get to transporting the materials right away and be back soon.”

“Good. Hurry up and come back.”

Fang Heng waved his hand at Zaka, signaling to leave, “Let’s go.”

Wu Xiao stood in place, respectfully watching as Fang Heng and Zaka walked away.

The rest of the mercenary group members gathered around Wu Xiao.

Most of these people were Wu Xiao’s subordinates, who had followed him when they latched onto Cole’s group.

Now that Cole was gone, Wu Xiao had become the leader.

“Captain, what should we do?”

Wu Xiao hesitated for a moment.

This was bad.

At this point, Wu Xiao had never imagined things would develop this way.

It seemed like now was the best opportunity to run.

However…

Wu Xiao shrank his neck.

Run?

He had a terrifying gut feeling that if he dared to run, the other party would have a thousand ways to kill him.

He didn’t dare to gamble!

That guy was too terrifying!

Not to mention, they didn’t even know the other person’s name.

“Let’s go and deliver the materials first; we’ll think of something later.”

The others also had lingering fear. They exchanged glances and nodded, beginning to transport the materials.

Each player carried about sixty to seventy combat shovels in their backpack, transporting over a thousand at a time. After several trips, they were able to complete the delivery smoothly.

There was no choice.

They had to do it!

…

“D*mn it!”

Cole revived in the game cabin, his eyes bloodshot.

That guy!

He actually dared to kill him!

The humiliation was unbearable!

The staff member by the game cabin stepped forward to register, but was immediately grabbed by Cole, who snarled, “I need to see Minister Zachary! Right now!”

“I’ll note your request,” the staff member replied coldly, fully aware of the connection between Cole and the minister. However, he shot Cole a stern look and gently removed his hand. “This is the military department. Throwing tantrums won’t do you any good…”

Cole’s chest heaved with anger, struggling to contain his fury. “Send a message in the game. I need someone eliminated! I’ll pay whatever it takes!”

….

Back in the game, as Wu Xiao and his team kept going back and forth, transporting combat shovels from the forest to the desert’s edge, they began to feel something was off.

Something wasn’t right.

Since Cole’s death, Wu Xiao had this constant feeling that someone was watching them.

What was even stranger was that while they had been making repeated trips to transport the materials, the Burrowing Sand Locusts, which had always been a nuisance, had not appeared at all!

Because of this, the transport efficiency had greatly improved.

Could it be…?

Wu Xiao remembered the scene when Cole died and couldn’t help but shrink his neck.

Was it the summon creature from that guy?

Even now, Wu Xiao still didn’t know the guy’s name, only hearing Zaka refer to him as “Mr. Fang.”

Wu Xiao dared not make any moves, obediently making several trips with his team to finish the transport of over five thousand combat shovels.

Finally, when the last batch of shovels arrived, Wu Xiao stopped in front of the forest, looking around and calling to the players to take the shovels out of their backpacks and place them down.

It was strange.

The combat shovels that had been transported earlier had disappeared without a trace.

What could they need so many shovels for?

Wu Xiao was thinking when he suddenly turned his head to look toward the forest.

Zaka stepped out from the depths of the forest, a look of vengeful pleasure on his face as he looked at Wu Xiao and his group. He sneered, “So, you’ve almost finished transporting, huh?”

Wu Xiao saw him and immediately shrank his neck, wearing a fawning smile, “We’ve finished transporting them. Hope it didn’t delay anything for you.”

“Enough, no more nonsense.”

Zaka waved his hand dismissively and said, “The next round of the ship’s departure is still some time away. You guys head back once. I don’t care how you do it, but I want you to bring us another thirty thousand combat shovels.”

“Huh?”

Wu Xiao was stunned.

Thirty thousand?

What the hell did they need so many shovels for?

“Huh? What’s with the surprise?” Zaka shot him a cold glance, continuing, “You guys haven’t even paid for the damage to my transport machine. Don’t think you’ll be safe once the ship leaves. Mr. Fang killed Cole without a second thought, and he’ll have no problem dealing with you guys.”

“Yes, yes…”

Wu Xiao nodded repeatedly, “But these combat shovels must cost money, right? Our resources might not be enough…”