The next day.
The soldiers were being assembled in the middle of the camp.
Sullivan took the stage as he looked at all the knights that could come since a lot of them were still lying in bed because of their injuries.
There were at least two thousand people in here, which made it quite hard to do it.
However, he was determined to catch the aliens.
“I’m proud that you are able to follow me and fight against the aliens to this day. That’s why I will have to entrust you with an important task.” The commander looked at them before turning around, nodding to his officers.
The officers started going down the stage and took their positions.
“Today’s task is simple, but important. Officers!” Sullivan glanced at the nearest officer.
“1.”
The next officers immediately continued in rapid succession.
“2.”
“3.”
The counting continued, and eventually, all the officers had counted themselves. That was where he shifted his gaze to the soldier on the left corner, as if implying him to continue.
“17.”
Sullivan shifted his glance to the next person.
“1-18!”
They were panicking at first. The important task Sullivan asked was actually counting their number. Not a single soldier understood what was going on. There was no way Sullivan would waste too much time on this simple task.
After all, the aliens would be coming again.
However, the reason was revealed when the count suddenly stopped.
“229.”
After that number, all people turned their heads to the next guy, but surprisingly, the guy was startled and looked around as if he couldn’t open his mouth.
“Are you mute?”
“Hurry up and continue. Don’t embarrass yourself in front of the Sword Saint.”
“It’s 230. Hurry!”
The soldiers around him urged the guy to continue, but the guy panicked because he couldn’t utter a single word.
All of a sudden, an officer jumped toward this person. The latter wanted to react, but the officer grabbed his collar and tossed it toward Sullivan.
“What?” The soldiers were stunned, but what Sullivan did next shocked them.
Sullivan drew his blade and sent the soldier’s neck flying.
“!!!” The soldiers dropped their jaws to the ground.
“We are being punished for not being able to continue?”
“We will die?”
The knights were trembling in fear. They thought this was a simple task, but it turned out it wasn’t. They could die at any moment if they messed around.
As if he was trying to disrespect them any further, Sullivan poked the body with his sword.
He might even hang their heads on the wall at this point. They just never thought that the Sword Saint would be such a ruthless commander. All his outstanding achievements sounded like a lie.
But all of a sudden, he stabbed something from the body and scooped it out, showing a ball-like creature with small tentacles like that of tree roots.
“What is that?”
“An alien?”
They were confused as to what was actually happening. No one had been briefed about this situation. Even the officers were confused, albeit they were more loyal compared to the new soldiers, so they just executed his order without asking.
And it turned out he was trying to find an alien.
“This is… what is currently happening in our camp. The previous murders that have been occurring for the last few days were the result of this creature. They’re like parasites in your body. And today, I’m planning to purge them all.” Sullivan’s tone was cold.
He glared at the knights and said, “I’ve said this mission is a simple but important task. That’s why continue counting! Anyone trying to disturb the task will be treated as an alien and will be dealt as such. Continue!”
“231.”
The soldiers gulped down. They never thought that Sullivan was simply trying to solve the problem. They just followed his command once again, fully aware that there were aliens in the mix.
They didn’t know how the aliens could enter, but one thing was clear. The aliens were much more troublesome than they originally thought.
The count stopped once again, which made the surrounding people nervous.
He suddenly raised both hands as if he were trying to choke two people in front of him, but two officers suddenly came to restrain him.
After that, they threw him to the commander, where Sullivan personally finished him off. Once again, it was proven that the alien couldn’t speak.
The more they counted, the more aliens they found.
As if realizing that their doom was about to arrive, some aliens made their moves at the same time.
“!!!” The officers hurriedly stopped them, but there were more than aliens. They had to split themselves carefully to suppress the alien.
However, some aliens actually used this as a distraction. As soon as the officers were focusing on those aliens, they immediately attacked the people nearby.
Unfortunately for them, a pair of bandages captured some of them. A wolf pinned another alien on the ground, multiple blood spears stabbed another alien to the ground, and Yin Zhen kicked another alien into the air.
They were Nathan and Selena’s familiars. Since the ideas came from them, of course, they would join.
The aliens didn’t know how their weakness was exposed, but it was too late. All the aliens had been apprehended.
Sullivan executed every single one of them and showed the aliens.
It created a panic because some knights considered those people as their friends. However, they had never thought that their friends had been turned into aliens without them realizing it.
After this operation, Sullivan made them continue until the very end to ensure that no more aliens were hidden.
Of course, Nathan had also scanned the injured soldiers. It was probably because they were the same kin that the camouflaged aliens were never injured in the battle. It was as if other aliens recognized them.
And it seemed both Nathan and Selena’s plans worked completely.
In just a single day, they eliminated all the aliens within the camp.
As soon as all aliens had been eliminated, Sullivan shouted, “Look at what the aliens have done! Are you going to forgive them? They’re turning your comrades into one of them so that they can kill you and anyone else around you. There will be more and more victims if we let this go.
“That’s why tomorrow we’ll be killing the alien that causes this problem. Unleash your sadness and anger on those aliens. You hear me?”