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Chapter 294: The Scarlet-Haired Killer
🕑 Added 2025-07-12 06:34:15 +0000 UTCOn the gigantic crystal-stone street leading to the high ground on the eighteenth floor, a dark-skinned dog-person girl was running in a panic.
WHOOSH! Just then, Ais, enveloped in green wind, sliced through the air. With an elegant turn, she blocked the girl's path, freezing her expression. Hugging a grey package, the girl powerlessly sank to the ground. Ais watched this scene, looking conflicted, unsure of what to do.
"Miss Ais, what's wrong...?" Tens of seconds later, Lefiya also ran over, panting, and asked. She then stared blankly at the girl.
"What else could be wrong? There are only two possibilities. Either she's being hunted, or she possesses something valuable that a dangerous person is after. As for being the criminal, that's unlikely; her strength is too weak." Just then, a calm voice sounded, making the few of them look over. On the stairs, Blake walked over with unhurried steps.
"Could you tell me the specific situation, adventurer girl?" Blake then asked casually yet with an imposing presence.
"Uh...!" Hearing this, the dog-person girl instantly panicked, finally clenching her fists and nodding.
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On a huge high ground, half the height of the eighteenth floor, the dog-person girl sat quietly on a crystal. She took out a sphere wrapped in grey cloth from her package and began to explain herself.
"My name is Rulune. I'm from the Hermes Familia. I received a mission from a person in black clothes while walking at night. Although it felt very suspicious, the bounty was too generous, so I couldn't resist taking it. The mission was to receive this item from Mr. Hashana, the adventurer who was killed... The reason I ran away was because I was afraid of being found and then killed."
"...!" Hearing this, Ais subtly raised an eyebrow, and Lefiya looked at each other in surprise, not expecting so much hidden darkness. As for Blake, who already knew, he merely curled his lips. Though it might sound harsh, this Rulune was someone with a low IQ and a tendency to betray her teammates, at least in his opinion.
Accepting this inexplicable mission solely because of the bounty, without knowing the other party's identity.
Later, she didn't learn her lesson and accepted another request from the person in black, almost getting her Hermes Familia captain and other members killed. She was utterly brainless. If his adorable Ais hadn't been present both times, this girl would have died countless times over.
"Alright, we understand the situation. So, what exactly is this thing?" Blake then said calmly.
"This, I don't know either... It just feels a bit disgusting..." Hearing this, Rulune gave an embarrassed smile and unwrapped the cloth. In an instant, the true form of the sphere was exposed to everyone's eyes. At the center of the sphere, there was a fetal-like monster with its eyes closed, as if sleeping!
As Ais stared intently at the sphere, the monster inside suddenly opened its eyes and stared fixedly at Ais.
"......!!!"
And at that very moment of eye contact, Ais seemed to have been stimulated by something. Her golden eyes contracted violently, and she almost fell to the ground. At this, Blake raised an eyebrow and directly caught Ais, preventing her fall. Simultaneously, a gentle gust of wind swept by, and the sphere in Rulune's hand actually flew up and was re-wrapped in cloth. He knew that the item inside this sphere was related to the Impure Spirit and to Ais's past, but he didn't know anything beyond that.
"Ais, are you alright?" While the others stared blankly at the spinning sphere in the air, Blake asked gently.
"No, I'm fine." Hearing this, Ais covered her head, her expression very unsettled.
"For your safety, we'll temporarily keep this. Is that alright?" Blake then looked indifferently at Rulune.
"Uh, no problem." Hearing this, Rulune quickly waved her hands.
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BOOM
Just then, a series of explosions suddenly rang out, startling Ais and the two others who had just snapped out of their daze. They quickly looked down. In the town, monsters similar to the green man-eating flowers from the "Monster Feria" had appeared, bursting out from the ground of various houses and causing widespread destruction. Their numbers were in the tens!
"They finally came?" Calmly looking down at the scene in the town, Blake merely revealed a contemptuous smile.
The monsters appearing in the town were merely intended to delay the Loki Familia and other adventurers. The real main course was here.
HISS!
As Blake's whisper fell, several hissing sounds emerged from beneath the high ground. Then, dense cracks appeared in the ground around them, and several thick green man-eating flowers suddenly appeared, attacking them.
THWACK!
The moment the monsters appeared, Ais's eyes narrowed. She suddenly drew the long sword from her waist and charged forward. After a few flashes of sword light, Ais gracefully landed, and these monsters, before they could even attack, were cut into several pieces, instantly killed.
"Come out. Hiding is meaningless. You're here to take this thing, aren't you?" As Ais walked over with a calm expression, Blake casually gripped the sphere floating in the air. He looked at the crystal pillar to his right, a half-smile on his face.
"So I was seen through. It's a bit troublesome, but there's no other way." As soon as the words fell, a heavily armored figure, seemingly male, slowly walked out.
However, what was surprising was that beneath the male appearance, there was a mature female voice.
"Can you take off that human skin? It's really unsettling to look at." Blake said indifferently.
"Heh. It's not comfortable for me either. However, to evade your search, it was necessary." Hearing this, the figure sneered, then proceeded to remove all of her heavy armor, revealing a somewhat revealing, curvaceous figure. The male "human skin" was also torn off, and she tossed aside her helmet. She was clearly a mature woman with scarlet hair, and quite beautiful.
Of course, daring to bully Ais was enough to put her on Blake's list of enemies. Not to mention, in terms of cuteness, the adorable Ais completely outshone this woman.
