Chapter 260: Operation Wolf Slayer. (Part 49)
After willingly entangling himself in the whole mess taking place inside the hotel, Dante asked his resident AI to keep track of the raid force and see if he could learn a few things about their objectives.
Doing so proved to be more difficult than it seemed, seeing as their communications had far better encryption than the average NIM, but it wasn’t long before Volcan cracked the code, allowing him to listen in on the conversations between the warship floating over the district and those infiltrating the hotel.
It was through this method that Dante learned about the heroes looking to steal the Moon Dagger when they went to the collection room, not to capture Klaus Stahlwölfe.
That was quite the shocking development, but one thing seemingly remained unchanged. The main objective of the raid was still to capture the Stahlwölfe scion, and although the teams tasked with it were swapped at the very last minute, the heroes were still trying to finish that objective.
Dante’s desire to kill the heroes was nothing more than a reckless endeavor. His fight against the three Raven Heart members should have been a wake-up call to avoid putting himself in risky situations, but he kept on pushing his luck even as things escalated beyond what he could safely deal with then persisted until his own body started protesting loudly.
Dante was forced to admit defeat. No matter what he tried at that point, he could never take out the remaining heroes, nor could he defeat the furry bastard who made it his mission to get in Dante’s way despite acting like a mindless beast the whole time.
That said, leaving just like that would have undoubtedly left a very bad taste. Dante didn’t want to give the heroes the satisfaction of having won, and that was what sparked this one brilliant idea in his mind, so instead of leaving them be and running, he turned his sights to a different target and made one final attempt.
The whole thing was a gamble since he didn’t know if the furry bastard would interfere, but from the looks of it protecting the other heroes was his main objective all along, which is why he was too late to react when Dante went after someone else.
Though he hated his kind with a passion, Dante didn’t have anything personal against Klaus Stahlwölfe, at least not until the rich bastard crossed him earlier. He didn’t know what prompted him to do it, nor did he care about the reason. The bastard made himself a target, so Dante had more than one reason to go after him.
The blue demons had vanished at some point, using their perfect camouflage to mask their presence. Volcan had made preparations for this exact situation, however, so finding the rich scion wasn’t too difficult.