Somewhere in an unknown dark cabin, there was a nauseating smell of medicine.
There are many biological specimens hanging from the ceiling with thin wires. If you look closely, you can even find some human babies inside.
Various bottles, cans, and garbage were piled on the ground. In the center of the room was a large pot, in which a large pot of smelly and black medicinal materials was being brewed.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Accompanied by a whimper, an unkempt old man walked in from outside the house, dragging a man whose hands, feet and mouth were bound.
The old man was wearing a dirty black robe, and his hair was as fluffy as a bird's nest, as if it hadn't been washed in several years.
He dragged the man to the cauldron, took out a sharp dagger from his body, easily cut open the man's chest, took out the living heart from the chest cavity, and threw it into the cauldron in front of which the medicinal ingredients were being boiled.
Kicking the bloody corpse aside, the old man picked up a spoon and stirred it in the pot. Finally, he scooped a spoonful of the smelly liquid and drank it in one gulp, ignoring the boiling heat.
After smacking his mouth a few times, the old man tasted it carefully. A look of satisfaction soon appeared on his face, which looked like the bark of an old tree.
He continued to stir the pot rapidly with his spoon.
"Card!"
At this moment, there was a sudden movement from the ceiling.
The old man subconsciously looked up and saw a hole in the ceiling, and a round iron ball fell down.
The next second, dazzling fire burst out from the iron ball.
boom!
The violent explosion swept through the entire house instantly, and the shock wave tore apart the objects in the house, and finally slammed into the surrounding walls.
With a loud noise, the entire house collapsed and turned into ruins.
The billowing smoke and dust surged into the dark night sky. The old man flew out with the tail smoke, drawing a parabola in the air, and finally landed in the open space in front of the house, holding a staff that looked like a dead branch in his hand.
boom! boom!
Accompanied by two gunshots, fire lit up in the smoke, and two iron beads shot at the old man at extremely fast speeds.
The old man quickly waved the staff in his hand, spinning it like an electric fan, and easily flicked the two iron beads away.
Xu Cheng rushed out of the smoke, raised the homemade pistol in his hand, pointed it at the old man and kept pulling the trigger. His other hand reached into his backpack and took out a homemade improvised grenade.
The old man kept waving his staff to bounce the incoming bullets away. When he saw the grenade thrown by Xu Cheng, he immediately opened his mouth and spat it out.
A stream of black liquid spit out from his mouth and collided with the flying grenade.
The black liquid was extremely corrosive and instantly caused the grenade to detonate in the air, illuminating the night with dazzling firelight.
The old man pointed his staff at Xu Cheng, and a large number of tree roots burst out of the ground and wrapped around Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng threw away his pistol, pulled out the iron sword from his back, and cut off all the entangled tree roots with a few strokes of his sword.
"The hound of the Demon Hunting Club has a really sharp nose."
The old man mocked, spinning the staff in his hand rapidly like a juggling act, and finally knocked it hard on the ground. The soil in front of him turned into liquid and expanded rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, a three-headed hell dog with the size of a bull condensed.
"The demon hunting guild's dog is still here, and my dog is not a vegetarian either."
The old man pointed his staff at Xu Cheng and ordered: "Eat whatever you want, that will be your ration for today."
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The Hell Demon Dog roared, jumped up from the spot, and rushed down towards Xu Cheng from the air, its three mouths spurting out flames at the same time.
Xu Cheng rolled away, took out a smoke bomb from his body, and slammed it on the ground.
Thick smoke billowed out with a puff, shrouding both himself and the Hell Demon Dog in it, completely blocking his sight.
"Hmph, let's have some fun."
After the old man released the hell dog, he immediately put away his staff. The black robe on his body suddenly unfolded, and his whole body stood up from the ground, like a giant bat, disappearing into the night.
He knew that people from the Demon Hunting Guild would never act alone. If they continued to stay, they would most likely be besieged, so it was better to leave first.
In the dark night, the old man was like a bat, flying silently among the undulating buildings.
After passing through the towering city wall, he came to the grove outside the city, where there was an escape route arranged in advance.
As soon as he landed in the woods, the old man felt his legs sink, as if he had fallen into a pit and was tightly clamped by two animal traps.
He secretly thought, "Oh no, it's too late to run away."
In the surrounding woods, a large number of bows and arrows suddenly shot over, with a few simple grenades mixed in among them.
The old man couldn't escape for a moment, and his messy hair grew rapidly, wrapping his whole body.
boom! boom!
With several fierce explosions, his location instantly turned into several huge flames.
The fire dispersed the darkness and illuminated the grove.
Caroline stood under a big tree and watched this scene. She didn't expect that her junior brother, who had always had fantastic ideas, could produce something that was so powerful.
The flames quickly disappeared, leaving a huge crater on the ground. In the center of the crater was a ball of curled hair.
The hair parted, revealing the old man curled up inside, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
Although the hair isolated the damage from the explosion fragments, the strong shock wave still injured him.
"Oh it's you."
Seeing Caroline, the old man let out a weird crow-like laugh: "I'll tell you, the demon hunter will keep holding on to me."
"Dead crow!"
Caroline slowly drew out her two-handed sword and said solemnly: "This time, I won't let you escape again."
The old man's name is Death Crow, and he is a well-known dark wizard in Sauron. He was a wanted criminal of the Demon Hunting Society many years ago, and he likes to experiment on living people.
Caroline's parents died in his hands. Caroline has been tracking his whereabouts for many years. She found him once more than ten years ago, but unfortunately he escaped.
"I've had a lot of people say that in front of me and they're all dead."
The dead crow let out an unpleasant laugh, slowly stood up from the ground, and sighed: "Seeing your beautiful face, I think of your mother, what a noble elf lady, she is the most perfect in my life. The work, the beautiful wails and flesh, once kept me awake all night, and I will never forget it..."
Knowing that Death Crow was deliberately irritating her, the anger in Caroline's heart still rose and filled her chest.
She held the two-handed sword tightly, the silver-white armor on her body shimmered, and the cloak behind her moved automatically without wind.
"Go to hell and repent."
Caroline roared angrily and raised the two-handed sword in her hand. A large number of spirit particles poured into the sword, causing the blade to light up with a dazzling light.
She waved her hands forward, slashing out a bright sword light and shooting straight towards the Death Crow.
The dead crow did not dare to force the attack, and he lay on the ground regardless of his appearance. The sword light flew over his head and struck a big tree in the distance, directly splitting the tree that the two were hugging in half from the middle.
Caroline stepped on her foot and rushed towards the dead crow.
The dead crow was lying on the ground, its hair growing wildly, as if it had turned into a living thing, and like an overwhelming number of sharp arrows, it shot towards Caroline.
Caroline quickly swung the sword in her hand and cut off all the hair that was shot.
The number of hairs increased and spread all over the grove in an instant, surrounding Caroline.
Caroline was calm and collected, and quickly took out the two glass bottles that Xu Cheng gave her, and smashed them hard on the ground.
Flames rose into the sky and set the hair on fire.
"ah!"
Accompanied by a weird screaming sound, these hairs quickly shrank back under the burning flames, as if they had encountered a natural enemy.
Caroline chased after the dead crow, but stopped after running a few steps.
All the hair shrinks together, forming a huge cocoon at least four meters high.
The next second, a huge hand came out from inside and tore the entire cocoon into pieces, revealing a giant figure from inside.
This giant has skin covered with scales, holds a huge mace, has a bare head on its neck, and has a huge one eye.
The one-eyed demon from hell is also the most powerful summon of Death Crow.
The dead crow huddled motionless at the bottom of the pit, all its strength used to maintain control of the one-eyed demon.
He wanted to completely deal with Caroline tonight, eradicate the root cause, and avoid future troubles forever.
"Roar!"
The One-Eyed Demon let out a roar, strode towards Caroline, stepped on the ground with its huge soles, leaving deep footprints with every step, making the entire forest tremble.
Caroline's face was solemn, she waved the sword in her hand and aimed at the one-eyed demon with a sword light.
The one-eyed demon raised his hand to resist, and the sharp sword light cut a bone-deep wound on its arm covered with scales.
But the giant mace in its other hand was aimed at Caroline and hit her on the head.
Caroline didn't dare to take it hard and jumped back hastily.
boom!
The earth trembled violently, and a huge hole was created in the solid ground by this blow.
Caroline kept waving the sword in her hand, deflecting all the gravel coming towards her.
The one-eyed demon was extremely fast, waving his injured hand, and punched Caroline.
Caroline couldn't hide in the air, so she could only raise the sword in her hand to catch it.
With a bang, she was punched out of the air by the one-eyed demon and fell heavily to the ground.
The one-eyed demon then took a step forward, kicked Caroline, and kicked her out like a ball. She rolled continuously on the ground until she hit the trunk of a big tree and stopped.
Hearing the heavy footsteps, Caroline endured the pain and got up from the ground.
The one-eyed demon had already arrived in front of her, raised his mace, aimed it at her head and struck her hard.
Caroline wanted to dodge, but the severe pain in her hands and feet slowed her down.
At this critical moment, a figure rushed over from the side, hugged Caroline, and threw her aside.
boom!
The one-eyed demon's blow directly shattered the big tree behind Caroline, and countless fragments scattered like bullets.
The person who swooped over was Xu Cheng. He finally arrived from the city and hugged Caroline. The two of them were like bowling balls, rolling continuously on the ground.
The one-eyed troll picked up the mace and was about to continue chasing. Suddenly, something in the woods ahead attracted its attention.
It was a metal barrel leaning on the ground. The dark barrel mouth was pointed at the one-eyed demon, and something seemed to be burning inside.
The next second, there was a flash of fire in the barrel, and an explosive package bundled into a disc shape was shot out, hitting the one-eyed demon's head.
boom!
The violent explosion made the entire forest tremble.
The fuse of the explosive pack just finished burning, blowing the one-eyed demon's head to pieces.
Its huge body fell on its back and hit the ground hard.
"ah!"
The moment the one-eyed demon died, the dead crow lying behind also let out a cry of pain.
The death of the summoned object caused severe backlash to his soul as the summoner.
He endured the pain of tearing his brain, wrapped himself in a ball with his hair, swam quickly on the ground, and ran away.
But he didn't run very far when he found himself stuck in a quagmire. Black, viscous liquid covered his body, and a pungent smell spread into his nose.
"black oil?"
As a well-informed dark wizard, Death Crow instantly recognized this black viscous liquid as the black oil emerging from the ground.
His hair was sticky with black oil. Dead Crow turned around and was about to run back, but he hit Xu Cheng's simple mine hidden under the oil.
boom!
With a loud noise, the dead crow was blown away, and the oil stained on his body was ignited by the flames.
"Ahhhhh!"
The dead crow who turned into a burning man kept rolling on the ground, screaming and struggling. The sequelae caused by the backlash of his soul made it impossible for him to perform self-rescue actions.
Xu Cheng and Caroline watched this scene from a distance. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the dead crow dying in the flames and being burned to coke.
The Demon Hunters would rate the Death Crow as extremely dangerous. If you want to hunt him, at least a dozen senior members of the Demon Hunters would have to work together.
Tonight was to avenge Caroline, so only the senior sister and brother acted together. The whole process was extremely dangerous. If you were not careful, you would most likely be killed by the Death Crow.
Xu Cheng felt deeply grateful. Fortunately, alchemy in this era was more advanced, allowing him to restore firearms, bombs, and even heartless cannons.
Otherwise, the two of them would not be able to deal with the one-eyed demon just now.
Caroline stared blankly at the dead crow's burned body. She had hoped to avenge her parents since she was a child, and it had become an obsession after decades of perseverance. She didn't expect to succeed tonight.
She was in a daze until Xu Cheng patted her body and came back to reality.
At this time, Xu Cheng was lying on the ground, and Caroline was pressing on him, face to face.
Caroline looked down and met Xu Cheng's eyes.
Ten years have passed since we became senior brothers and sisters.
In Caroline's eyes, Xu Cheng has slowly grown from an annoying brat to a handsome young man who exudes charm, especially the two sharp corners on his forehead, which give him a different kind of charm. .
Five years ago, after the teacher Omar was accidentally injured during a mission, only Xu Cheng and Caroline acted together.
The two senior sisters and brothers have become the closest partners in countless battles.
Xu Cheng patted Caroline's waist with his hand again, signaling her to get up quickly and keep pressing him down for as long as she wanted.
Caroline did not get up. Instead, she pressed her face against Xu Cheng's chest and said as an excuse: "I'm tired, let me rest."
Xu Cheng rolled his eyes helplessly, but did not push her away.
The two lay quietly on the ground, motionless.
