Updated: 2012-08-04

Zero stopped.

He chased him for most of the night, and finally let him discover the whereabouts of the Dark Council.

The broken road was marked by the armoured vehicle, which turned a corner not far away, and drove off the road, heading towards an abandoned city ahead. The fact that he would rather sit in a sedan than stay in the relative safety of an armored car shows that the blonde young man Zero saw was a man of his own identity. Maybe he is still a nobleman, and a person like this will never travel overnight if he does not have to.

This has been confirmed by the car marks, and if the other party makes a stop or rest, it gives Zero a chance to find and rescue Leah.

The Dark Council may be powerful, but the snipers in the dark are even more terrifying. The bullets in the darkness will always show their hideous fangs at critical moments. Zero believes that after tonight, the people of the Dark Council will reacquaint themselves with the profession of sniper.

He started the locomotive and followed the trail to the ruins in the night.

The blue-white flame unique to the efficient solid combustion illuminated Leah's eyes, and in front of her, the field marching furnace that was a combination of the top jishu in the three fields of electronics, metallurgy, and mechanics showed a technological means beyond the common jishu of this era. A small alloy pot is placed on the stove, followed by a fourth-grade drinking water infusion, and slices of refrigerated fresh beef and prepared haode ingredients are poured into the pot. Three minutes later, the beef stew, which was only eaten in the old days, appeared in Leah's eyes.

Whether it was the small coincidental marching stove, or the fourth-class drinking water that did not contain any radioactive substances, or the outrageously fresh beef fillet, it was something that Leah didn't usually want to imagine. And now, a bowl of fragrant beef soup has been brought to her, and as long as she stretches out her hand, she can eat the delicacy of a lifetime.

But compared to these, Leah is more curious about who they are?

After they were captured, Leah knew that the leader of the men was the young man with short blond hair. The man was quite handsome, like a young nobleman of the old days. However, the dark red robe on the man's body made Leah feel uncomfortable, and sitting with him, Leah always smelled a smell of blood that was so strong that it made people vomit wafting through the car.

And this team is well-equipped and unprecedented, even ordinary soldiers are equipped with new-age guns. These firearms are all lightweight and practical, and the streamlined body material is special, not a common metal, but more like the composite material on an armored vehicle.

As for the young man who was the leader, Leah didn't see any weapons on him, not even a dagger. But he gave Leah the feeling that he was far more dangerous than the others. It was as if the young man himself was a moving weapons warehouse.

Seeing Leah staring at a bowl of beef soup not far away, Sauron frowned.

Leah was nothing like the other women in the wilderness, except for the panic when she was first caught in the car, Leah showed a calmness that was not appropriate for her age. She even asked Sauron to his face what he was holding her for.

Of course, Sauron would not answer, and in his opinion, it would be a waste of his life to say even a word to a captive.

The young nobleman knew that the girl had another protector, a mercenary named "Zero", and he even had a mercenary license from his own family. Regarding this mercenary, Sauron has seen his information. Undoubtedly, Sauron was proud and confident, but that didn't mean he was arrogant. Knowing all the information about the opponents that could threaten him was what Sauron learned when he became a Blood Rider.

From the information available to Sauron, he knew Zero's record. In addition to killing a butcher in Silvertree two years ago, Zero recently killed a large number of rock spiders in Remut, including a Stalker and a Spider Empress. These zeros were not reported, so there is no license in the smart chip. Sauron's inferences were based on the information provided by Theon and the sudden appearance of the Queen's Eyeball on the Remut Black Market.

Just by killing the Spider Queen, her record is enough to move up one rank with zero licenses. At least in Sauron's opinion, with zero debut so far, his performance is enough to obtain the license qualification of a third-order mercenary.

After the analysis of Zero's personality by the information experts in the team, the probability that Zero will catch up and rescue Leah is about 90 percent. This means that Sauron will face a good sniper.

The battle near the Hexen Bridge did not escape Sauron's eyes, and his tracking experts found Raff's body. Judging the scene, Sauron knew that Zero had used two bullets to break through Raff's elemental realm with the same bullet point, and killed the same third-order elemental domain ability.

The Tracking Specialist evaluates Zero with at least a third-order sniper mastery, even if Zero does not have such an ability in its records.

And in him, I'm afraid there are more secrets that have not been discovered. This makes Sauron very interested in him, and he is also looking forward to Zero being able to catch up. If he could, Sauron wanted to recruit him as his warrior, and a third-order sniper expert would raise the strength of Sauron's team to a notch.

How to convince Zero was not in Sauron's mind, as long as Zero agreed to his request. He could have a woman a hundred times more beautiful than Ria, and Sauron was even more able to give Zero a superior living environment. In turbulent times, these two reasons are enough to turn even the most stubborn person into an obedient dog.

It's a pity that Sauron doesn't know that Zero doesn't want to be anyone's lackey.

As for Leah, the team's biochemists have already given a positive answer. Leah's body carries the blood of the Discord. And now, the cells of the Discord are invading and transforming the girl's genes. This is much more valuable than a simple disordered blood specimen. When Sauron reported this information to the Bloodrider headquarters, he was instructed to bring Leah back alive.

Leah, the living specimen, will help the Dark Council to delve deeper into Discord.

Late at night, Sauron didn't feel sleepy, but his precise routine allowed him to slip into his own tent of marching. However, as soon as he lay down, Sauron's whole body suddenly tensed, which was a danger signal.

The next moment, the screams of the attendants rang out, and the sound of sniper rifle shots echoed through the empty ruins.

Sauron burst out of the tent, determined the position of the sniper, and ran at a speed no less than that of a second-order agility enhancement.

Being killed in front of his own entourage was undoubtedly a slap in the face to Sauron. Whether Zero would eventually join his team or not, before he did, Sauron decided to teach the sniper a lesson of a lifetime.

In the dark of night, the game of chasing between hunter and prey quietly begins. But in the end, who is the hunter and who is the prey, only God knows.