Reborn: Rise of the Greatest Summoner

"Tell me what happened". Champion Onana demanded in a gentle tone even as he held the Nak Commander's hands and comforted him.

Commander Fong coughed blood.

"It came about 3 weeks ago…" He coughed.

"I didn't even detect its presence until I was already possessed".

Tears flowed from his eyes as he looked at the Nak Champion. "It's the Psychic Possession, my life was lost the day that I let myself become possessed".

"It happened in the night; I could only struggle without any success".

"After taking over my body, my soul became nothing more than a prisoner stuck in my own body. It took over control of my body, I could only watch helplessly as the enemy became the Commander of our first line of defense".

"Cough…" Commander Fong coughed violently as his life slowly slipped away out of his grasp, his breath became rapid.

Champion Onana grabbed his hands tighter. "Don't die on me now".

"Give me any clues, anything that you were able to know".

"Is it the only Psychic Specter that was sent?"

"Are there others?"

"Do you know any other victims like you?"

"Cough…" Commander Fong coughed violently again, veins popped across his neck, it was like he was fighting against death itself.

"I was able to read a bit of it's memories through brute force".

"It-it…" He coughed again.

"It arrived in Planet Darvis before coming here".

"Cough…!"

"I think #$%^*@ is also a victim".

"Who?"

"…"

Commander Fong stiffened.

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[Name: Commander Fong]

[Main Class: Pugilist]

[Sub Class: Nak Commander; Battle Strategist]

Level: 61

Grade: D

[Attributes: ???- Corrupted]

[Health Points: ???- Corrupted]

[Mana Points: ???- Corrupted]

[Active Abilities: ???- Corrupted]

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[Parasite: Psychic Specter!]

[Abilities: ???]

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Legolas furrowed his brows as he looked at the dead body of the young once promising Commander of the Nak Navy.

He felt troubled but he knew what he had to do at this moment.

He tapped Champion Onana. "He's dead".

"I know". The Champion said in a cold tone, then he raised his head to look at Legolas. "Do you think there are other affected?"

"I don't think, I know".

Champion Onana stood up. "By the way, how were you able to detect that something was wrong? I'm curious, if I'm not wrong, it seems it's one of those immortals that followed you that detected it first".

"I've always thought that they were strange and fascinating".

"What are they, really?"

Legolas forced a smile. "One day, perhaps, if our friendship becomes close enough, I'll tell you all my secrets including this one".

"As for now though, we need to search for more infected".

"Also, send a message to General Aztog in Planet Darvis so they can make countermeasures. At this point, we need to assume that our ranks have already been compromised, we need to prepare for the worst-case scenario".

Legolas had a grave look on his face. "The Cosmic Cataclysm just took a whole different turn with this discovery; I fear for our future".

"Let Horny Assassin follow you; he can detect if anyone is infected".

"With him, search one part of the Giant Nak Fortress".

"I'll search the other part".

At this point, Legolas already knew why he didn't discover the anomaly immediately. Compared to a player like Horny Assassin, due to having assimilated to Planet Darvis for so long, he no longer saw this world as just a game.

This was why he viewed everyone as real. The only times when he deemed to use his game interface was to check notifications mostly.

Unlike him though, the life of the players was entirely through the lens of the game interface. They were so used to it that everything that they did was through it, this was why Horny Assassin detected the red-named NPC immediately.

It was like a WhatsApp group. When left for a long time, it will automatically be muted until the user decides to finally unmutes it.

It was only now that Legolas unmuted it that he could see the names hovering above everyone, indicating if they were players or NPCs and if they were enemies or not. This just also thought him a lesson.

'I should never let down my guard, everyone can be an enemy'.

In no time, he and Champion Onana went on a sweeping raid across the Giant Nak Fortress. They would not rest at peace until they confirmed that there was no more mole of the enemy hidden in their base.

While all these happened, President Shanks through Champion Onana was already made the new Commander of the Giant Nak Fortress.

With his new authority, he monitored everywhere around the asteroid, making sure that nobody was able to suddenly escape unnoticed.

Also, he kept the infrared focus on to detect any Psychic Specter.

He also kept tabs with Akela and Bran. Both beasts were responsible for blocking off all routes out of the planet with their beast army.

During the period of this sweep to detect any hidden enemies, the atmosphere in the Giant Nak Fortress was tense as every warrior stood on edge.

An unknown enemy was always the most dangerous.

What of their comrade of years already became a spy of the enemy?

What of their spouse already became possessed by the enemy Psychic?

What if their superior was the spy?

The mood was filled with suspicion and apprehension. For 2 hours, Champion Onana and Legolas took their time to thoroughly investigate every single warrior that was assigned to mann the Giant Nak Fortress.

While all this happened, Horny Assassin collected free experience points.

[You have received new Grade D Mission: Investigation!]

[Mission Details: Army Commander Legolas and Champion Onana have deduced that there are moles among their ranks. Using your unique game interface advantage, help them sniff out the wolves in sheep's clothing.]

[Mission Reward for every successful Investigation: 15,000 Experience Points!]

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[You have completed Grade D Mission: Investigation!]

[You have been rewarded with 15,000 Experience Points!]

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[You have completed Grade D Mission: Investigation!]

[You have been rewarded with 15,000 Experience Points!]

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Considering that there were thousands of warriors manning the Giant Nak Fortress, by the end of the investigation, Horny Assassin left with a whooping account increase of tens of millions of Experience Points.

This player was left giddy even as the tension in the air also affected him.

After the investigation, Champion Onana and Legolas met again.

"No mole detected". Legolas said.

Champion Onana also shook his head.

Thinking of something, Onana nudged Horny Assassin as he drew his sword. "Confirm that the Army Commander is not affected".

Horny Assassin was nervous, he shook his head. "He is not affected".

"You are also not affected". Legolas said seriously.

Champion Onana nodded as the atmosphere turned even more tense, the same thoughts went through their minds. 'That leaves President Shanks'.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the Command room of the Giant Nak Fortress. There, President Shanks kept on supervising all the activities that went on in this asteroid that was the first line of defense of the Cosmic Cataclysm.

'It's now or never'.

Legolas took a deep breath before looking at him.

"…" He paused and held his breath.

Then, he heaved a sigh of relief. "He is not infected".

Champion Onana finally sheathed his sword.

The tension finally dropped.