Chapter 2089: Chapter 1406: Time for Murder and Arson!
"How are you?"
"Hoo...... ha...... hoo......"
Compared to Duanmu Huai, Mianmu Zuoniao was clearly somewhat fatigued, which wasn’t surprising. Her mind was abnormal, but her body was that of a normal human. After such intense combat, it was only natural for her to be exhausted.
However, facing Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, Mianmu Zuoniao closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, then reopened her eyes.
"No problem~~~ Zuoniao can still kill, keep killing, and can kill a lot more~~~"
Although the girl’s face and body were stained with blood, her expression remained as usual.
Yes, under the firelight, walking amid the sea of corpses and bloodstains, with blood on her face and a radiant smile...... this scene itself could drop your SAN?
Of course, he had no SAN left to drop.
"Then I’ll clean up inside, you handle the battlefield grooming."
Duanmu Huai gave the order, he could feel the atmosphere inside the cave gradually thickening with the presence of The Ancient Dominator. Next would be the battle between The Ancient Dominators, a fight in which Mianmu Zuoniao couldn’t participate, so it was safer for her to stay above.
"Got it~~~ Good luck, teacher~~~"
Carrying a blood-stained sword, Mianmu Zuoniao waved cheerfully at Duanmu Huai. Duanmu Huai nodded, then turned and walked into the cave.
The inside of the cave was pitch black; even the searchlight on Duanmu Huai’s helmet could only illuminate a small area. Duanmu Huai gripped his War Hammer, striding into the cavern, descending the steps. Before long, the originally narrow passage (narrow for Duanmu Huai) suddenly widened, transforming into a massive hollow.
The entire hollow resembled an underground lake, with walls all around overgrown with green moss and thick vines, and the ground covered in slippery wild grass. Within it, a building virtually identical to the shrine halfway up the mountain could be seen.
"Splash...... splash......"
Duanmu Huai walked into the water, reaching the shrine at the lake’s center, then opened the shrine——— inside was empty.
"Damn, was it taken away?"
Staring at the empty shrine, Duanmu Huai frowned. At that moment, a faint voice arose.
"Help...... help......"
"Hm?"
Hearing the voice, Duanmu Huai turned his head to look. In the illumination of the searchlight, he saw a woman curling her body, confined in a giant iron cage in the corner beside the shrine. As the searchlight fell upon her, she trembled and raised her head to look at Duanmu Huai, speaking up.
"Please, save me......"
It was none other than the woman Duanmu Huai had seen in the photos earlier, the daughter of the Hawk Moon Group leader, Yingyue Mio.
Only now, Yingyue Mio’s appearance had completely changed; her cheek was hugely swollen, lips split open, revealing elongated incisors from inside, while her ears had grown large and long, drooping over her shoulders. Thick visible fur had emerged on her body.
Duanmu Huai silently cast an appraisal.
Hm......
"You are already infected, there’s no saving you."
Frankly, Duanmu Huai was not surprised at all.
"Ah...... ah...... whimper......"
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s cold response, the woman curled her body, weeping incessantly.
"You are Yingyue Mio, right. I did receive a request to find you, but sorry, in your current state, I cannot let you leave here alive."
Duanmu Huai stared at the woman.
"However, I can assure you I will completely eradicate those bastards who did this to you, and the Evil God behind them."
"Really, really?"
Upon hearing this, the woman lifted her head, her bulging eyes fixedly staring at Duanmu Huai.
"Of course, that’s why I came here."
"........."
After a brief silence, perhaps Duanmu Huai’s outfit was rather persuasive, she nodded forcefully.
"I, I want to leave my father a few words...... my phone was taken by those guys......"
"No problem."
Duanmu Huai took out his phone and handed it over.
"Do you need video recording?"
"......... No."
The woman shook her head; evidently, she didn’t want her father to see her like this.
"Alright then."
Duanmu Huai opened the phone, and the woman took it, speaking softly for a while. Once the recording was done, she reluctantly returned the phone, along with the necklace around her neck, handing it to Duanmu Huai.
"This is a relic my mother left me...... I’m entrusting it to you."
"Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to bring them back."
Duanmu Huai took the phone and necklace and stored them away, then gazed at the woman.
"By the way, I have one last question for you. The shrine here should contain a book with a black cover; do you know where it went?"
"...... Those people took it below just now."
"Alright, thank you."
Duanmu Huai nodded, then glanced at the woman. The next moment, a tentacle abruptly shot out from the shadows behind the woman, piercing straight through her head. She didn’t even have time to react to what happened, and just like that fell to the ground, lifeless.
"Rest in peace."
Duanmu Huai took one last look at the lifeless woman in the cage, then continued onward.
After passing through the passage behind the shrine, Duanmu Huai reached an even larger chasm, and here, he finally spotted his target.
The Rabbit People who had fled earlier were currently encircling a gigantic statue, shouting loudly. The leading Rabbit Person was holding aloft a book bound in black, its followers seeming to chant or call out, praying. Perhaps due to sensing Duanmu Huai’s approach, these Rabbit People’s chanting grew more urgent and louder.
If it were an ordinary investigator, this would be the time to stop the cultists’ summoning. But Duanmu Huai would not do so; after all, once you can summon an Evil God, you can summon it a second time too, so he usually resolved problems at the root——— as long as the Evil God was destroyed, there was no need to worry about it being summoned again. Thus, Duanmu Huai merely stood there, coldly observing the scene.
Then the earth began to tremble, and afterward...... that enormous stone statue slowly rose from the ground.
It resembled the statues of Easter Island, but covered in weeds—although that was just a disguise. Soon, even larger sections emerged from beneath, its body completely entwined with tightly packed green vines, vibrant leaves swaying as if possessing individual awareness. At the top, there was a massive blooming flower, with petals resembling decayed purple cabbage leaves, and the center of the flower, the stamen, bore a resemblance to Alien-like sharp mouthparts.
The thick atmosphere of rotting plant matter wafted, nauseating.
"Finally appeared, huh."
Gazing at the Monster before him, Duanmu Huai sneered, his form subtly jolted, and in an instant, the Fearful Aura burst forth!
The Rabbit People’s screams and chants abruptly ceased, their bulging, non-human eyes wideneing, unparalleled terror transformed into an invisible Sharp Blade, mercilessly and ruthlessly shattering their last line of rational defense. Without pity, their lives were harvested——— as the Rabbit People rolled onto the ground, they became twisted corpse bearing expressions of sheer fright.
"———————!!"
At this juncture, the green Monster too sensed the impending peril, turning its head to glare at Duanmu Huai, roaring furiously.
And facing the Monster before him, Duanmu Huai gripped the Chainsaw Sword in his right hand while thrusting out his left, clenching tightly——— Promethium Sprayer within his hand’s flame suddenly emerged, illuminating the immensely dark cavern.
"Come on, Monster! It’s your time to die!!"
