Chapter 358: Done Nothing Wrong!
Rae let out a long sigh as her head sank back into the pillow, dejected. "Not much to report. The members we faced... they took some kind of vile poison. Made it so when they died, their bodies dissolved into putrid shit. No recognizable traces, no corpses, nothing proper left to identify. There were attempts to capture a few alive, but... it was like some remote kill switch was in place. The moment they were restrained—snap. Dead instantly, after which came the slime cosplay attempts."
"The explosive bastard, though, beat the living shit out of me. But we kept him busy until the dungeon overflow spat out so many monsters that, by the time backup arrived, he had no choice but to make a run for it."
"So troublesome..." Kaiden grunted.
Riven finally looked up from her desk. "There is one piece of good news."
Kaiden’s gaze turned to her.
"We found the agent who leaked information on our movements. It was a member of the Association. He was the one who gave away the data of your registration for the dungeon undertaking with Runewoven. That’s how they knew where you’d be."
Aria’s silver eyes narrowed. "Has he been questioned?"
Riven went silent, her gaze sliding away.
Nyx’s lips curled into a sly smirk as she purred, "Let me guess. He turned into ’putrid shit’ as well, hmm?"
Rae’s chuckle wheezed out from behind her casts. "Bingo."
"Haaah... So what now? I imagine you won’t be back to action for a bit."
"Yeah, it’ll take a few days," Rae replied. "In the meantime, you’ll likely have to get reacquainted with Agents Hugh and Oren."