Chapter 78

Seventy-Eight Mark

‘What? This guy was just a dead man, right?!’ Gregor thought in astonishment as he looked at Buck standing before him. When he first arrived at the top of the bell tower, he had seen the body lying on the ground. He judged it to be the leader of the Holy Communion who had been shot in the head by Elena. It should have been dead, so how could it suddenly stand up again?

‘Could it be an extraordinary item from the ‘Cup’? To even heal a fatal wound… this is too unbelievable!’

As he thought, Gregor glanced at the ruby at the top of Buck’s cane. He had rushed over when he heard Elena say that the leader had died, but who knew that the opponent would suddenly come back to life, putting him in a disadvantageous situation.

He could steadily k*ll one Thirster in a one-on-one fight, but facing two would be different…

“Ha… you finally got up!” Colif, wearing a mask, laughed and then forcefully pulled out his double-headed axe stuck in the wall.

“Our intelligence has been leaked; there might be a traitor. After we take care of this captain, we need to withdraw immediately!” Buck said with a serious expression while holding the ruby-tipped cane. After pulling hard, the outer sheath came off, revealing a slender sword blade—a cane sword.

“Of course, go to hell!”

Colif snorted coldly and swung his double-headed axe at Gregor. Gregor dodged to the side, only to see Buck’s cane sword thrusting from another angle. Gregor hurriedly dodged again, and the sword cut through his flowing clothes.

Gregor began to dodge frequently under Buck and Colif’s attacks. Although as a Shadow, he had an advantage in maneuvering and evading, the continuous assault from two Thirsters put considerable pressure on him. Thirsters, due to enhanced physical abilities, attacked much faster than ordinary people. Under their onslaught, Gregor found himself in a passive position.

The space on the bell tower roof wasn’t large, leaving limited room for Gregor to dodge. Buck and Colif took advantage of this, deliberately compressing Gregor’s movement space, gradually forcing him to the corner.

Hundreds of meters away, Elena, using her extraordinary vision, observed the battle on the bell tower roof, wanting to provide firepower support. However, because the target frequently moved quickly and occasionally hid behind cover, aiming became extremely difficult. To avoid friendly fire, she hesitated to sh**t.

“d*mn… didn’t his head get blown apart? Even if he’s a Thirster, he shouldn’t survive that!”

Elena complained, and at that moment, Gregor was gradually forced into a corner of the room, severely limiting his ability to dodge. In an open area, he could tangle with these two Thirsters for about ten minutes unarmed, but there wasn’t enough space on the small bell tower roof.

Finally, after barely dodging Colif’s thrust, due to lack of space to dodge, Gregor lost balance and fell. Seeing this, Colif immediately swung his axe, aiming to strike Gregor.

“Bang!”

At that moment, a loud gunshot echoed like thunder. Countless metal fragments were sprayed out from the thick barrel by the powerful impact of the gunpowder, scattering towards Colif like a flower. They hit Colif’s iron armor, and where the armor didn’t protect, the metal fragments pierced into his flesh. Colif was knocked down by the powerful impact and screamed in pain.

At this moment, at the staircase entrance of the bell tower room, a tall figure in a hunter uniform, wearing a mask, stood there. In his hand was a single-shot revolver smoking with blue smoke, the barrel thick. This was Turner, another captain of the hunter team.

Seeing this scene, Buck immediately changed his attack, swiftly thrusting his cane sword at Turner. Seeing this, Turner did not dodge but instead stretched out his hand to directly grab Buck’s sword blade. The gloved hand, wrapped in chains, firmly gripped the sword blade, preventing it from advancing. Even Buck, with his extraordinary strength, couldn’t break free.

At this point, Buck realized that the other party also possessed extraordinary power.

“Are you… also from the ‘Cup’?”

Turner remained silent, throwing the other hand-held pistol aside and then raising his massive fist to strike Buck. Seeing this, Buck tightly gripped the cane sword, exerting all his strength to pull it out, which caused him to be thrown backward, dodging Turner’s punch. Turner’s heavy fist struck the ground, shattering the bricks.

“Retreat!”

Seeing the increase in enemy numbers, Buck immediately decided not to stay any longer. He used his sword to slash open a bag of lime powder originally piled beside some wooden frames, intended for construction. Due to unfinished projects, many materials were haphazardly stacked in this bell tower and storage area.

Buck slashed open the bag of lime powder, causing the lime to scatter everywhere, momentarily blocking the view. Then, Buck grabbed Colif, who had just gotten up, and they both jumped out of the window of the bell tower, fleeing the scene.

“Cough… How can there be such a thing here…”

Struggling to clear the surrounding lime powder, Turner coughed and said. As the lime powder settled, he could see clearly again, but Buck and Colif were nowhere to be seen.

“d*mn, where did those guys run off to?”

“They just jumped down from there without hesitation,” Gregor, leaning against the wall, pointed at a window and said. Turner responded angrily.

“You saw them? Why didn’t you jump down and chase after them? Aren’t you fast?”

“Come on, unlike you ‘Cups’, I’m not good at taking falls. Jumping from this height would cost me half my life. If I’m unlucky, I’ll be done for. My speed comes from being lightened by ‘Shadow’, not strengthened by ‘Cup’.”

In response to Turner’s question, Gregor spread his hands and said. Turner shook his head disappointedly.

“Sigh… What a waste. Just when I thought I had a chance, those disgusting ‘bl**d Eaters’ escaped. I was hoping to crush their heads…

Turner continued talking and patted his fist, while Gregor smiled and continued.

“Don’t worry, I have a backup plan. While tangling with those guys, I managed to stick a landmark sigil on them. Now, with ‘Lamp’, we can track their movements immediately.”

After hearing Gregor’s words, Turner’s face brightened, and he said joyfully.

“Landmark sigil? You’re quite something, even with two attacking you, you still managed to stick a sigil? Alright, let’s find that nun immediately. We can’t let those guys escape today!”

Saying this, Turner and Gregor quickly descended the stairs of the bell tower.

…

A little time earlier, just as the flooded dock was about to engage in intense combat.

In the city of Igewent, opposite the Cedar Shirt Building, atop a high-rise, a white-haired girl was using multiple visions to closely monitor the secret entrances and exits of the An Yin Bureau.

She was now patiently waiting, waiting for the moment when the prey would emerge.

“Hurry up, I’m starting to get impatient…”

Gazing at the crowds below, Dorothy slowly said.