Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 727 - 643 Cannibal Ghost

Amidst a dense forest, the trees here grow in a somewhat eerie manner, with thick, twisted branches devoid of leaves.

The sunlight streams down from the sky, passing through the gaps between the branches to the ground, making the entire forest appear even darker and distorted.

It's not just this forest; the entire surrounding environment is rather gloomy, even though it's under the scorching sun, there's always a coolness in the air.

Under a giant twisted trunk, Kane and his companions are lingering here, shrouded by the shadow cast by the trunk.

This shadow is vast and twisted, exuding a sense of evil.

At this moment, there is a long table in front of Kane, on which Kane's map is laid out.

And in everyone's hands beside him, there are enlarged maps detailing this vast area surrounding them.

Kane is pointing at his map, explaining something to the guild members.

"Our team will dismantle this important 'farm' alone and rescue all the children inside."

He then pointed to a small valley not far from their task location: "At this position, there's a large 'farming field.' The people here can be saved. They are ordinary civilians recently captured from other territories, still with independent consciousness."

"Raphael's team will lead three other Silver teams to complete this task. The other Silver teams will provide support here. We will leave a mark here and then use the Teleportation Gate to transfer the rescued people to this location."

"Your actions will be assisted by the Dark Servants, who will provide various real-time intelligence, offering support to help you engage in combat or retreat from danger more swiftly."

As soon as Kane had sorted out the tasks and the teams were set, they quickly began their operations.

"This time, there's a task with Mist involved. I hope everyone completes it well. Be careful on your way, and move out."

Once Kane finished speaking, he rapidly led Kreya and his team towards the previously marked location.

After they left the Snow Mountain Zone two days ago, they were almost at their destination. After another day's journey, they reached the edge of the Ogre Territory.

Due to their cautious and alert approach upon arrival, they were not noticed by the ogres.

Moreover, as soon as they left the Snow Mountain Zone and came to this area, they received the Mist's mission.

The mission's requirements were very clear: rescue those intelligent beings held as food by the ogre race.

Exterminate the ogre race as much as possible. This entire race has been given an extermination order, which means that every one of them will be annihilated.

As for why such circumstances arose, Kane had some guesses.

The Mist can least tolerate harm to ordinary people, and ogres don't just harm; they go straight to devour.

The total annihilation likely occurred due to failed attempts to communicate with the ogres, who stubbornly refused to change their ways.

This kind of mission is somewhat characteristic of the World Ring, perhaps.

In the World Ring, tasks are issued by Mist based on the surrounding conditions and some urgent matters for explorers to complete, with rewards for completion, and the consequences for failure are negligible.

This involves eliminating local races or explorers marked by Mist for not adhering to rules.

It also includes addressing sudden environmental disasters and various events that affect large ecosystems, most of which are man-made incidents.

And to annihilate some species groups that pose significant threats.

After all, the World Ring is formed by dungeons that were cleared, with a mix of all sorts of strange creatures that blend and form even more peculiar entities.

If these entities go unmanaged within the World Ring, once it connects with the outside world, it will bring greater consequences and be more difficult to handle.

Therefore, tasks issued by Mist are eagerly completed by explorers.

After all, this can be considered a win-win situation.

It seems this ogre race has angered the Mist quite a bit, showing a lack of awareness.

Since the desire to extinguish the ogre forces cannot be immediately realized,

Kane and his team decided to first raid the ogres' logistical farm and rescue the intelligent beings there.

By rescuing their own people, they could also advance the mission and severely disrupt the enemy's logistics.

They had actually already destroyed one farm, and the scene inside left them not only furious but also helpless.

The sight inside made the guild members exceptionally angry, marking the ogre race with a death tag in their hearts.

The races inside were human, having almost lost their will or soul, mere walking corpses.

As the area described, it was a breeding ground, and what was being bred were those mindless, foolish humans.

Even if rescued, they would be inactive, almost incapable of surviving independently, only lying down and consuming like pigs or dogs.

These can no longer be called intelligent beings, for they may be lesser than monkeys.

Thus, Kane and his team resolutely decided to abandon these humans who had completely lost their independent consciousness, focusing their strength on those still worth rescuing.

Facing such a situation, Kane and his team could only grant these beings a quick, quiet death, preferable to being devoured by the ogres.

However, according to the Dark Servants' intelligence, there are still two locations worthy of destruction and rescue.

One is the earliest 'farms' they found to be problematic.

Another place is where the ogres have captured the intelligent race from other dungeon forces in the past month.

Many of their original forces have already been occupied and destroyed by ogres. If no one comes to destroy the ogres' territory or rescue them, they will end up like that farm they saw before, turned into creatures like pigs and dogs.

Living in this world without dignity, becoming someone else's food.

In addition to this, there is a team of Dark Servants who will go to destroy those farms that have no rescue value.

And the entire team from the front-line Knight Territory of Bonona has already set out, attracting the attention of the ogres.

They dare to do so because almost all surrounding territories are suffering from ogre attacks and have no intention to attack Bonona.

In fact, many forces are seeking their protection.

Even though Bonona is still at the front line facing the ogre forces, they've indeed attracted many ogre soldiers to defend the front line.

Turning his attention away.

Kane and his team are already heading towards that important farm.

Along the way, Dark Servants act as the vanguard, killing those ogre soldiers blocking Kane and his team, preventing them from being discovered.

Kane opens Eagle Eye, looking at the group of buildings not far away.

It's a circle of circular buildings constructed in a ring, surrounded by towering walls.

The walls are about 6 meters high, with a width of one or two meters.

Then, through Meizike's Eye of Magic Power in the sky, he sees the inside of the walls.

The sight inside makes Meizike a little surprised.

Inside the walls are divided into four regions, each with large grasslands, suitable environments, and lots of flowers and trees.

In the corners of each region, there is a building, painted white with various soft and eye-catching colors for decoration.

The scenery inside and outside the area differs drastically, with an exaggerated contrast.

It's even a world of difference.

Inside, the area is divided into four zones, full of warmth and comfort.

Outside, it's dark, cold, and chilling, with very harsh weather.

Combining this scenario with the information previously known by the Dark Servants.

An idea that makes people sick and angry appears in Kane and his team's minds.

They roughly guess why this farm is so special and why the "food" inside is sent to tables full of gold-tier strongmen.

But before that, Kreya hugs Lilulu to calm her emotions.

"Calm down, Lilulu. We will soon rescue the people inside, and we must make these disgusting races pay the price. Now we need to stay calm."

Trembling all over, Lilulu nods and takes several deep breaths to force herself to calm down.

The sun has not completely set yet, and the entire sky is still slightly bright, not completely black.

Kane looks at the sky and says, "No rush. We'll move when it's completely dark, at midnight, when night is the best cover."

Hearing Kane's words, everyone nods, with no objections.

Since this area is a plain, Kane and his team found a small hill, dug a small upward sloping hole, and hid in it, allowing them to clearly observe the circular buildings not far away from that position.

A cloud floats in the sky, no different from the surrounding clouds, not to mention the cover of night.

If looked at carefully, perhaps one might notice that this cloud is much lower, positioned in low altitude.

Meizike also uses the Eye of Magic Power on Cotton Candy to carefully observe the area and analyze the troop distribution inside.

"There are a total of 12 ogre soldiers on the walls, all are agile types on all fours, patrolling back and forth on the walls with no time for rotation discovered."

"Each of the four area's exit gates also has four ogre soldiers, but whether there are any hidden ones is still unknown." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"The strength of each ogre soldier here has reached Silver Peak, possibly even bottleneck level."

After listening to Meizike's report, Kane nods.

"It seems this place is indeed very important to the ogre race. Now, all that's left is to wait."

After saying this, the few people fall silent, quietly observing the surroundings, waiting for night to fully arrive.

Finally, after a short wait, the entire sky darkens completely, plunging into total darkness.

Only the building group ahead still shows flashing lights.

Seeing this, Kane stands up: "It's time, let's move."

However, before stepping out of the area, they hear Meizike say, "Wait a minute, there's something happening inside."

Hearing this, everyone immediately stops, waiting for Meizike's reconnaissance.