Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 994: Chapter 608: Undead Legion Expansion, Dou Xin Mutation! (2)

The eyes shot towards Fang Zhou, his face finally lost the composure he had maintained all along.

His complexion turned red and white alternately. After a prolonged silence, he said to Fang Zhou, "Speak! What do you want?"

Fang Zhou smiled and said, "Great, you’re straightforward, Major General!"

"Actually, I just want to ask, the Major General only wants Lieutenant Colonel Leng Feng’s life.

I, a mere Mage, have nothing to do with you. What is your purpose in dragging me into this?"

"So that’s what it’s about..."

Major General Fan Tianzong breathed a sigh of relief, "Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou is overthinking this.

In a reconnaissance squad, Archers, Scouts, Warriors, Mages, and Priests are the standard military camp configuration.

Our division’s Mage Corps had already been deployed to the front lines, so it was inevitable to find you, a newly joined Army Mage of the Dawn Legion." He said effortlessly.

"Is that all?" Fang Zhou asked suspiciously.

"Of course, what else do you think, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou.

Now that things have happened, fortunately, nothing happened to you either.

How about we make a deal? I’ll commend you for this mission, and you hand me the diary in your possession.

Let’s settle the matter this way and leave a friendship between us, what do you say?" Major General Fan Tianzong laughed.

Fang Zhou curled his lips, "Major General, you’re not sincere enough!

In that case, I’ll go tell the officers at the military justice department about this mission!"

After saying this, he acted as if he was about to leave.

Major General Fan Tianzong waved his hand behind him, "Please stay, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou!

Why would you say such a thing?"

Fang Zhou said, "When the Major General was asking Colonel Chu Yunlong for me, your words clearly designated me.

Now you’re saying it was a coincidence, don’t you think that’s a bit of an explanation?"

Major General Fan Tianzong’s face was full of embarrassment, and he spoke harshly, "Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou, being this aggressive, aren’t you afraid I’ll charge you with insubordination and arrest you?

The diary would naturally fall into my hands then!"

Fang Zhou laughed at Major General Fan Tianzong’s feigned appearance, knowing it was just the Major General’s probing.

If he showed the slightest fear at this moment, Fan Tianzong’s words would immediately become reality.

He smiled and said, "I believe the Major General wouldn’t do something so foolish.

You should know I wasn’t the only one who came back, and can you be certain the diary I have is the one you’re looking for?"

Fang Zhou casually tossed the diary in his hand forward.

Major General Fan Tianzong took it, opened it, and found it was actually a new army diary, completely blank!

"What is the meaning of this, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou!"

Fang Zhou sneered, "Didn’t the Major General want the diary I had? I’ve already given it to you!"

"I mean, where is the real one?" Major General Fan Tianzong roared.

"I think the real one is now in the hands of the officers at the military justice department.

Major General, you should prepare for their examination!"

"How dare you deceive me!"

Major General Fan Tianzong became furious, drawing the command knife from his waist and slashed at Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou neither dodged nor evaded, watching as Fan Tianzong’s military knife came at him.

"Get back, scum!"

A roar rang out.

Major General Ning Danxin rushed in from outside the camp like a whirlwind, shielding Fang Zhou behind her.

Fan Tianzong’s slash landed on Major General Ning Danxin’s hand without causing her any harm, while Fan Tianzong, affected by the backlash of his own strength, stumbled back several steps, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

Fang Zhou had already reported his findings to Major General Ning Danxin through his personal terminal, which is why he dared to confront Fan Tianzong alone in his camp.

Seeing Fan Tianzong in such a sorry state, he snickered and prepared to leave the tent.

Since Major General Ning Danxin had already intervened, Fan Tianzong certainly couldn’t make any more waves.

What remained was to hand it over to the military justice department.

However, at this point, looking at Ning Danxin and Fang Zhou, Fan Tianzong suddenly grinned ferociously, and slashed his own neck, directly committing suicide.

What is this?!

Both Ning Danxin and Fang Zhou were greatly shocked.

No matter how serious Fan Tianzong’s crime was, he was still a Major General of the Longxia Federation, and only the military justice department had the authority to judge him.

They only planned to capture him when he attacked Fang Zhou, to hand him over to the military justice department, never intending to kill him in private.

When something unusual occurs, a demon is always involved.

Ning Danxin and Fang Zhou did not hesitate, sealing the scene and calling in the military justice department as the situation escalated.

..........

A few days later, the military justice department’s final investigation result did not surpass Fang Zhou’s expectations.

Due to Major General Ning Danxin’s timely intervention, Fan Tianzhong did not manage to self-destruct his body.

According to the autopsy, he was no longer human but a demon in disguise.

This was not just a figurative description; a Heart Stealer demon had unknowingly devoured Major General Fan Tianzong’s mind, controlling his body.

The Heart Stealer is a demon with a very bizarre ability.

Its frontal combat ability is extremely poor, but it has the power to seize the mind.

The real Major General Fan Tianzong had long been dead, and the one who slashed his own throat was essentially a Heart Stealer.

This was a conspiracy and an enormous disgrace for the Dawn Legion.

A Golden Level high-rank officer was unknowingly possessed by an Abyssal Heartstealer in his own camp.

If it had been a mole planted right from the start, that would be manageable.

However, if the Heart Stealer had infiltrated at a critical moment when the Dawn Legion was amassing forces to launch a major attack on the Calamity Sun Demon Country, then the situation could be dire.

This incident has captured the personal attention of the Dawn Legion’s Commander Zhao Jingyuan.

The truth was soon revealed.

From Fan Tianzong’s records and itinerary, he had returned home for a visit two years ago.

His behavior showed slight changes after that.

Perhaps it was not noticeable at the time, but now with such a major incident,

when looking back, everything matched the reactions after being controlled by a Heart Stealer.

This time, despite the Heart Stealer knowing there was a group of giant crocodiles led by a Golden Crocodile Monarch in the swamp, it still summoned Fang Zhou, Leng Feng, and others to form a vanguard squad to explore the swamp.

This was clearly a plot to kill with a borrowed knife, neither visible on the mountain nor the water.

The best outcome, of course, would have been Fang Zhou, Leng Feng, and the entire vanguard squad dying by the crocodile’s maw.

It would just mean adding a few bloody numbers to the casualty list.

Even if Fang Zhou, Leng Feng, and others escaped from the Hydra giant crocodile group’s siege, they wouldn’t be able to say anything.

The blame would fall on insufficient intelligence, entailing a task too dangerous for Fang Zhou and the others.

But the Heart Stealer failed to account for the reconnaissance squad, already devoured by the Hydra crocodile group, leaving the most crucial clue for latecomers like Fang Zhou and Leng Feng.

This led them to discover Fan Tianyou’s crime of knowing crucial intelligence but withholding it to harm his comrades.

With the evidence provided by Fang Zhou and Ning Danxin’s formidable suppression, the best outcome for this Golden Level Heart Stealer was to commit suicide on the spot.

If captured by the Dawn Legion’s military justice department, his identity as a Heart Stealer could not be concealed.

Perhaps more intelligence about the Calamity Sun Demon Country could be extracted through interrogation.

..........

Ning Danxin also learned this investigation conclusion from Fang Zhou.

Already troubled by the prolonged stalemate at the Hell Pit Fortress, hearing that Major General Fan Tianzong had been taken over by a Heart Stealer was even more vexing for her.

This matter was truly stifling.

Although, thanks to Fang Zhou’s strength exceeding the Heart Stealer’s expectations, and with the cooperation of elite warriors like Leng Feng and Zhuo Yue, a Golden Middle Rank Hydra Giant Crocodile King was killed alive.

Thus minimizing the entire incident’s loss.

Only at the cost of two Silver Level strongmen’s sacrifice, Major General Fan Tianzong, who had long been lurking within the Dawn Legion, was forced to reveal his hand and commit suicide.

But if this matter were to spread, it could make everyone in the Dawn Legion paranoid, severely damaging morale.

This is the most disgusting aspect of the Heart Stealer.

Originally, in the frontline army, comrades-in-arms would trust one another implicitly, entrusting their backs to each other.

However, under the bizarre ability of the Heart Stealer, this hard-earned camaraderie and trust nurtured through blood and sweat would be easily undermined.

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