Chapter 75

Chapter 75 “A Beatdown!”

Looking at the way things are panning out, Duncan, who was ready to generously announce he was the spy, immediately retreated. Like the rest of the people here, he’s also curious about what the girl has in store.

Intuition told him the girl in the black dress must have a plan; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so bold to expose herself.

Also, Duncan didn’t miss the two names mentioned by the cult leader: Dark Hound, and Annihilation Sect.

The Dark Hound was obviously referring to the giant black skeleton dog summoned by the girl. The Annihilation Sect needed no further elaboration that it’s an organization too dangerous to be registered at the city hall.

How many more strange dark sects are still nested in the gutters of this world?

While Duncan’s thoughts were spinning, the girl who summoned the dark hound had begun to fight by tightening her grip around the chains. She’s guarded in her posture, and that sarcastic smirk indicated the girl’s not fretting in the slightest: “Annihilation Sect... too bad for you, but I’m not with them. Unlike you mongrels who must work for some evil god to sleep peacefully, I only do things for myself!”

“You can’t deceive us with that statement. Only the Annihilation Sect knows how to summon the deep sea creatures! I advise you to stop resisting, heretic! This is the territory of the Sun! Even the curses of your dark hound cannot protect you!” The leader in the center of the assembly hall glared at Shirley and threatened, “Speak, what are you planning?! Annihilation and Sun are not aligned, but we have never been hostile. Why do you disguise your identity and blend into our sacred assembly?”

“I just wanted to get some information out of the not-so-bright heads of you mongrels.” Shirley grinned mischievously as a series of rattling sounds came from the chains connected to her body. Those chains were clearly alive in the way they squirmed with her chuckle. “Also, I said it already, I am not from the Annihilation~!”

But before Shirley could finish speaking, a series of crackling sounds had popped around the hall, setting the oil lamps into a burning frenzy. Before she knew it, small fireballs had risen from the torches and floated into the air, circling around and forming an entrapment around herself as the target.

It’s pretty obvious the experienced cult priest had used the delay he made to unleash this spell.

This time, the surviving cultists finally came back to their senses. Regardless of the shock in their hearts, everyone roared and rushed at the perpetrator. They threw daggers and swords through the air, and in response, Shirley unleashed a series of curse words and more attacks: “GO TMD your lord! You damn bastards!”

The giant hound broke through the air, this time not even letting the victims fly out and ripped them to shreds with his jaw and claws. Round and round Dog went, and death and screams continued until several thumping gunshots rocked the room....

The Sunists, with revolvers, finally found the gap they needed after so many of their comrades died. They were the cautious bunch and brightest since they kept their distance right from the beginning.

Brass bullets pierced the air there. Two landed on the metal chain and ricocheted off with sparks. The rest burrowed into Shirley’s flesh, causing the girl to wince at the pain.

“Uhhh...” Stumbling unsteadily for a while, she appeared weakened and ready to drop when the sound of iron whistled through the air again. “Dog! Help me block out the pain!”

The Dark Hound, slashing at the cultists on his own now, lets out a deafening roar. The next second, one of those gun-shooting cultists was directly blasted off from the shockwave and made a head-first impact to the nearest pillar, effectively becoming a mini version of Alice.

Duncan silently took two steps back as the undead hound continued his rampage. He didn’t want to interfere yet and lowered his presence – one for information, the other was that he didn’t want to get blood splattered on his new outfit. If he went home today and Nina saw the mess, he would never hear the end of it.

As for the one individual utilizing the meteor dog weapon, Duncan doubted the lady needed his help now...

She’s in good shape.

In fact, the whole battle lasted no more than a minute, just enough time for Duncan to recite the multiplication table twice. Then just as the girl clutched the chain connecting her with that hound called Dog, she froze and caught a glimpse of Duncan hiding in the corner.

Despite being stunned and confused by the calm appearance of this eccentric “cultist”, Shirley did not hesitate and flung Dog at the final target with unabashed hostility.