483: The losses were devastating!

“Could it be that there’s an organization in this secret realm that’s no weaker than our Cleric Alliance?”

Number Two’s expression was rather grim; he simply couldn’t accept such a result.

He wasn’t originally the leader of the Cleric Alliance; Number One, who hadn’t entered this secret realm, was.

But due to various reasons, coupled with his meticulous planning, he managed to turn Clerics Number Three through Number Twenty-One against Number One, orchestrating this conspiracy.

Almost all of the Cleric Alliance’s resources were with Number One, and precisely because of this, he had to accumulate strength through this secret realm expedition.

Only then, after leaving here, would he have the power to contend with Number One.

But who could tell him why someone was able to kill six Clerics within half a day!?

Although these six Clerics were all low-rank Clerics, if they attacked together, even an Intermediate Cleric would absolutely not be their match.

A man with a somewhat gloomy face thought for a moment and said to Number Two:

“Actually, I was watching the leaderboard just now, intending to see the current changes in personnel.

But as soon as I noticed Number Sixteen’s name disappear, I immediately checked on the previous people again.

As a result, Number Thirteen and Number Fourteen, who were on the list just two minutes ago, had already disappeared.”

His voice was low, but the meaning he conveyed was very clear.

The other three didn’t know the exact cause of death, but the remaining three were, in all likelihood, killed by the same person or group of people at the same time.

Number Two’s silver hair seemed to glow, and his chest heaved violently, indicating his extreme inner turmoil.

After a long while, he finally spoke:

“Don’t make any moves for now; something we don’t know about might be happening.

Once everyone returns, we’ll form a team and then go one by one to find and kill isolated Clerics.

I refuse to believe it; six people died, but we still have a full fourteen Clerics. I refuse to believe it…”

He hadn’t finished speaking when he suddenly heard his companion beside him say with a hint of fear in his tone:

“Number Twenty and Number Twenty-One also died; both died almost simultaneously!”

Number Two almost coughed up blood from anger; in the blink of an eye, their team had lost two more people!

His eyes were bloodshot as he roared at the person who spoke:

“Who else? Who all died? Speak it all out at once!”

The person was yelled at, paused for a moment, and said:

“Temporarily… not yet, but among the two who were acting with Number Twenty and Number Twenty-One, there was an Intermediate Cleric…”

He didn’t continue, but everyone already understood his meaning.

An Intermediate Cleric and three low-rank Clerics, how could they have failed?

What kind of existence were they facing then?

“Count up who died and which target they were hunting.”

“But one team all died…”

“Then use the process of elimination; after the other teams return, the remaining one is the person they went to find!”

Number Two’s tone was almost out of control; these people were his capital, but now nearly half of them were directly gone.

He even began to imagine that if he didn’t gain enough benefits this time, he wouldn’t even be able to face Number One’s wrath after getting out.

The other party had entered a special secret realm, but that didn’t mean he would never come out… that guy was absolutely not a benevolent person!

At this thought, Number Two’s expression showed an uncontrollable fear, but he quickly suppressed it.

He then adjusted his mood and began to wait for the others to return.

His attention was almost constantly focused on the leaderboard, and thankfully, no more of his own people’s names disappeared.

Gradually, teams returned, and most of the Clerics had smiles on their faces.

They handed over the storage rings they had obtained, but whether they had hidden anything for themselves, only they knew.

However, two people with terrified expressions returned, bringing back news that made everyone’s faces change:

“The Cleric we found before who used a bow and arrow, his attack method is very strange.

He can hide his attacks in the wind, sending them to people’s faces without anyone knowing!”

Number Two emerged from the crowd, looked at the two, and asked:

“So, you don’t even have a single wound on you; you directly abandoned your teammates?”

The two exchanged glances; they had indeed done so.

But on the way back, they had already coordinated their stories, so they immediately replied:

“No, it’s because we ran into another team, and the other Cleric was a guy who wielded a huge stone axe and could control rocks!”

Number Two’s eyes narrowed, flashing with dangerous light as he asked:

“So, you should have been eight against two, why did you still lose?”

The other person swallowed, then slowly said:

“Because the other Cleric directly used a Holy Skill, turning the situation into two against three.

In one encounter, Number Nineteen was severely wounded, and in the end, she told us to retreat quickly and bring the message back.”

The surrounding Clerics all looked disdainful; they wouldn’t believe the two’s words at all.

They generally understood each other’s character; these two most likely saw their companion severely wounded or even instantly killed and fled without looking back.

But the information revealed by the other party was very important, because the guy with the stone axe seemed to have a very powerful crowd control skill.

Before they could think more, two more people returned, with several charred marks on their bodies.

“What happened? Number Eight, why did two people in your team die?”

Number Two immediately stepped forward, because Number Eight, among these two, was the Intermediate Cleric they had mentioned.

With an Intermediate Cleric leading the team, it should have been a foolproof hunting operation.

However, two people in this team died simultaneously, and even the two who returned had sustained varying degrees of injury.

Number Eight directly collapsed to the ground, a look of lingering fear on his face as he said:

“High-Rank Cleric Status… definitely a High-Rank Cleric Status, we were tricked!”

Number Two was stunned by the words, then asked in disbelief:

“High-Rank Cleric Status? That guy using the greenish-white lightning is a High-Rank Cleric Status?”

Number Eight hummed in affirmation, pointing to his charred, electrocuted wounds all over his body and said:

“That guy was short and looked unthreatening; we originally thought it would be a very simple kill.

But he flew very fast, and we chased him for a long time before we finally trapped him in a pincer movement.

But none of us expected that he deliberately let us approach him simultaneously…”

As he said this, his gaze suddenly began to tremble violently.

The scene of the greenish-white lightning raging seemed to reappear before him once more.

“Number Fifteen and I were relatively close, which is why I could barely protect him.

The other two were directly turned into two charred corpses…”