Mated to the Beast of the Wasteland (Gillian and Merrick) novel Chapter 309

Chapter 309 He Will Have Nowhere to Run

Chapter 309 He Will Have Nowhere to Run

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His captor held a small lamp and moved with extreme caution. The man spotted Sylas the moment he regained consciousness.

He spun around and fixed Sylas with a stare, sharp killing intent rolling over the captive beastman.

He said, “You’re awake.”

Sylas asked, “You’re one of the Phoenixkin?”

The man let out a dry laugh. “Sharp thinker. No one who walked out of that lab is slow-witted.”

The vague remark made it clear he knew Sylas’ secret origins.

Sylas feigned confusion.

My background is top-secret. How has this man uncovered it? Could he have been part of the original research team all those years ago?

The man continued, “I have no time to answer your questions. Don’t even think about running. The shot I gave you will leave you helpless.”

He stared grimly at Sylas with open hostility.

Sylas recognized the narrow eyes unique to the Phoenixkin. He had never met this man before.

He realized this was one of the surviving fugitives. The dull ache behind his skull reminded him of the injection he had received. “What did you do to me? Why kidnap me? I’m just a low- ranking soldier. I have no value.”

The man shook his head, looking thoroughly pleased. “No value? You are far more valuable than you know.”

Violent killing intent surged inside Sylas’ chest. He understood the man had tampered with his body.

Refusing to wait passively for his fate, he shifted into his beast form and unfurled a massive serpent tail, ready to strangle his captor.

Things did not go as he planned. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, his limbs went limp, and he collapsed onto the stone floor. The serpent tail shrank back into human legs once

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The man said calmly, “I warned you not to struggle. Move again, and you’ll turn into a dead snake. A corpse has no research value at all.”

He showed no fear of Sylas’ counterattack. He grabbed the unconscious man by the collar and headed straight for the Central World Marker.

A common beastman saying echoed in his mind: there would always be a way out.

He had been utterly crushed when he watched the 9th Legion wipe out the source of the taint.

Luckily, he had planned ahead when he fused with Blue Phoenix. He split off one percent of the core code before the purge began. That small fragment had kept him alive through the mass execution.

Thatcher was dead. I will not die down here, too.

This was his only shot at survival. If he brought this experimental serpent beast back to Capital Planet, he might earn mercy. If he stayed in this wasteland, death was guaranteed.

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Merrick watched the surveillance clip Freya sent him. His gaze locked onto the familiar face.

A name popped straight into his head: Norris Lloyd.

He knew this man well-Norris was Sean’s son.

Thatcher had not come alone. The next question weighed heavily on him: how had Norris slipped past the arena’s detection barrier?

Freya’s follow-up message arrived right away, explaining that Norris carried a fragment of Blue Phoenix.

Now everything made sense.

By all rights, Norris should have targeted Merrick himself. After all, Merrick had killed Sean and been framed for the death of Norris’ mother.

Merrick muttered, “Why kidnap Sylas instead?”

He stared at Sylas’ bloodshot eyes in the footage. A suspicion took shape in his mind. He opened the White Griffin Wrist Terminal and began digging through old research files.

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The beastman piloting the Chelone Warship broke the silence. “Commander, should we turn the ship around to chase them? If we double back now, we might miss their trail entirely.”

Norris worked for Thatcher, so he was definitely heading for the Central World Marker to escape through the portal. Doubling back would only waste precious time.

Gillian had reported that four pear blossom stones had gone missing. Merrick held two of them.

Could Norris be carrying the remaining pair?

Merrick gave his sharp order. “Set a direct course for the Central World Marker. We will wait for them there.”

“Yes, Commander.” The beastmen aboard the warship increased speed and raced toward the Central World Marker.

After multiple rounds of clearing operations, the scaled parasite nest stood completely empty.

Merrick ordered his men to conceal the warships. The rest would secure the nest and arrest Norris the second he stepped into view.

He then headed down into the underground cavern alone.

The flower beasts’ root tendrils guided him, so Merrick reached the Central World Marker without delay.

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