100: Chapter 100 Decapitation Operation

A tense atmosphere permeated the General Staff Headquarters.

An old staff officer with gray hair stared intently at the screen and said in a deep voice:

"The primary objective must be to eliminate the Raven Flock!"

"If the Raven Flock is not removed, the power system will collapse sooner or later."

Another staff officer shook his head with a bitter smile: "Eliminate the Raven Flock? With what? All combat forces are currently on the front lines; we simply cannot spare any manpower."

"Moreover, there are too many of those ravens. We kill batch after batch, but there is no end to them."

"Unless..."

His voice trailed off.

Everyone looked at him.

"Unless what?" the old staff officer asked.

The staff officer pointed to a data module on the screen:

"The Raven Flock is only commanded by the Raven King."

"This is what we analyzed from previous intelligence. Ravens are creatures with a strict hierarchy; ordinary ravens absolutely obey the King's commands."

"If the Raven King does not die, the Raven Flock will not retreat."

"But as long as the Raven King dies, the flock will be leaderless, and those ravens will collapse without a fight."

The old staff officer's eyes lit up: "You mean..."

The staff officer said word by word: "It was just hit by the City Lord's Jade Condensation Light. Although it luckily survived, it is already heavily injured. Now it has retreated into the beast tide in the Main City District and is recovering."

"If we can organize an elite team, take advantage of its heavy injuries, penetrate deep into the beast tide, and kill it..."

"Then the threat of the Raven Flock can be completely eliminated!"

There was silence in the General Staff Headquarters.

Everyone was shocked by this bold idea.

Penetrate the beast tide.

Kill the Raven King.

It is a Gold Rank beast; even heavily injured, it remains Gold Rank.

It is the king of tens of thousands of ravens, with countless guards by its side.

It is in the core area of the beast tide, surrounded by fierce beasts.

This... is it possible?

The old staff officer was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "What about troops? Where do we have any spare troops now?"

The staff officer pointed to another area on the screen: "The teams for those gold-level crystal core weapon tower."

"Because of the power system fluctuations, many gold-level crystal core weapon tower have already misfired. The captains of those Gold Rank squads are currently idle."

"Gathering them together, along with the people currently protecting the Power Hub, is enough to form an elite team."

"We don't want quantity, only quality; we don't need Silver Rank."

"Those one hundred Gold Rank Beast Tamer are enough to hunt down one heavily injured Gold Rank beast."

The old staff officer stared at the screen, deep in thought for a full ten seconds.

Then, he slammed the table: "Let's do it!"

"Immediately issue an emergency mission—summon all available Gold Rank Beast Tamer, form a hunting team, penetrate the beast tide, and kill the Raven King!"

"Operation code name—Decapitation!"

The moment the order was issued, the squad badge on every captain's wrist vibrated violently.

A message appeared in the squad badge tasks.

[Global Emergency Mission · Decapitation Operation]

[Emergency Call: All Gold Rank Beast Tamer without tower defense missions, proceed immediately to Assembly Point No. 3 in the East District of the Main City District to form a temporary hunting squad]

[Mission Assembly Point: Top floor of the Dragon Palace Hotel in the Main City District]

[Objective: Kill the Raven King]

[Description: The Raven King is heavily injured, which is the best opportunity to kill it. Summon all available Gold Rank Beast Tamer to form a hunting team, penetrate the beast tide, and execute it]

[Mission Reward: Basic Military Merit + 500,000, distributed to participants based on contribution]

[Target Audience: Gold Rank Beast Tamer]

Around those gold-level crystal core weapon tower that had misfired, one Gold Rank Beast Tamer after another was killing beasts around the defense zone. The beasts that could enter the Inner City were of high level, just matching the strength of their squads.

However, this was still lower than the damage they caused using the gold-level crystal core weapon tower, and as time passed, they had already cleared the beasts in their assigned areas.

They could only wait and defend, or wait for maintenance personnel to repair the crystal core tower damaged by the Ink Feather Mist.

Because every team had a fixed defensive area, they could not leave at will to go elsewhere.

However, when they saw that blood-red mission line on their squad badge.

Their eyes lit up instantly!

Decapitate the Raven King?

That damn animal, the time has finally come for it to be settled.

More importantly, by accepting this mission, they could take the initiative.

Not to mention the 500,000 military merit, which made it even more worth a fight.

Plus, this was also an opportunity to save Fengling City.

Therefore, without any hesitation, those Gold Rank Beast Tamer stood up one after another, called their team members to guard the station, and then started rushing to the assembly point.

For a time, countless figures shuttled through the ruins of the Inner City.

Some rode flying Pet Beast, sweeping across from high altitude.

Some drove ground Pet Beast, speeding between buildings.

Some even walked directly, sprinting with their own strength.

Their goal was only one: slaughter that animal.

At the same time, after interfering with the Beast King and pointing out the direction of attack to the City Lord.

Qin Ce took over the duties of the Gold Rank squad.

He began controlling the gold-level crystal core weapon tower, attacking the beast tide in the Main City District, and suppressing the spread of the beast tide.

To be honest, that feeling was really great.

An ice-type shell blasted down, freezing a hundred meters in radius instantly; those Bronze and Silver Rank beasts turned into ice sculptures before they could even struggle.

Although the city defense system would take away 70% of the military merit, the remaining 30% was enough to make his score skyrocket.

In just over ten minutes, his military merit rose from over 60,000 to over 71,000.

His ranking rushed directly into the top ten of the Bronze list.

And it was still rising.

Because those beasts he froze were still being constantly recorded by the system.

At this speed, in at most another hour, he could even rush into the top three.

At this time, in the gold-level crystal core weapon tower where Qin Ce was located, the team members also received news of the emergency mission.

Soon, the sound of discussion arose within the team.

"Decapitation Operation!"

A team member shouted excitedly, "The Military Department is organizing a Gold Rank team to hunt down the Raven King!"

"Really? That animal has returned to the layers of beast tide in the Main City District!"

"So, they are summoning a hundred Gold Rank Beast Tamer!"

"500,000 military merit! I want to go too... but unfortunately, they don't want anyone below Gold Rank!"

They discussed it one after another, with excitement and anticipation on their faces.

Qin Ce was stunned when he heard this.

He quickly split a strand of mental power and put it into his own squad badge.

On the squad badge, the mission to recruit Gold Rank Beast Tamer was flashing with glaring red light.

[Target Audience: Gold Rank Beast Tamer]

Seven characters, like an invisible threshold, blocked him outside.

He was Bronze.

He didn't even have the qualifications to sign up.

But he knew he should go.

Not because of that 500,000 military merit.

But because he was the person who understood ravens best.

And his Nine-Star Insight could see through the Raven King's Ink Feather Mist.

Otherwise, why do you think the City Lord's strike earlier was able to so precisely cleave through the thick fog and expose the Raven King?

At this moment, Qin Ce's heart flew to the Main City District, to where the Raven King was.