The ride was rough, and the engine was screaming as the cargo truck did its best to follow Tabitha down the gravel road, with the other vehicles falling further behind.
Rae and Niall had found their way to the lead vehicle, only appearing among the troops sitting in the back with one perplexed cleric once they were already comfortably settled on the floor.
"Can you tell me what is so important that we had to turn around? We were expected to be the reinforcements for a group of Overlords who were fighting a large invasion force. They're going to be pissed that we're not coming." The driver asked timidly.
"That was us. That fight is already over. But we learned what is happening and why. It's crucial that we get the information to the Cathedral so that they can properly protect what needs to be guarded." Karl explained.
The man's eyes briefly flashed pure black, and his scent changed just a little. A transformed spy, Karl was certain of it.
[Rae, check all the humans in your truck to see if they're actually human, or something else disguised as human. I think that my driver is a spy.] Karl instructed.
That put all the beasts on high alert, and overhead, Hawk began to scour the auras of all the soldiers.
[The driver of yours and the driver of one of the other trucks don't match the rest of the soldiers. They're not the same thing.] Hawk updated.
That was good enough for Karl.
"Incoming on the left." Karl warned his driver, who turned to look out the window, right as Karl hit him in the back of the head with a [Disintegrate] attack.
The head vaporized, and Karl was about to throw him in the passenger seat when the body began to grow.
So, he threw him out the passenger window.
[Hawk, tell me what that dead driver turns into. The body should be far enough from the road that the other drivers don't see it.] [Some sort of Giant. Four arms, blonde body hair.] Hawk updated, then swooped down to grab the body and toss it into his space.
It was a young Giant, still with the perfect skin of one who hadn't seen a life of combat or exposure to the elements, but already at the Commander Rank. Whatever species that was, it had to be a powerful one if it could hit Commander before it had even finished puberty.
[I killed the truck with the other suspect in it. He also turned into a Giant.] Rae updated.
Karl wasn't sure what she meant by killed the truck, but dead was dead, and it looked like they had removed the spies from their convoy.
Overlord Othello climbed out of the canvas covered bed and into the passenger side through the window.
"Care to explain what that was all about? And do you even know how to drive?" She asked.
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