Dunn had already seen the deaths of many companions, one by one leaving his side.
He even used special secret rituals to consu their extraordinary abilities, allowing them to continue accompanying him in his dreams.
But this ti, seeing this newcor who had just joined the team for two months, this young college graduate, his emotions still churned.
Looking at the nearly empty street due to the previous commotion, and at the twisted, deford monster in the middle of it.
Dunn opened the urn in his hand, plunging one hand directly into it
"You've successfully held it off; the next part is my job..."
With the twist of his arm, countless black threads sward in, binding the monster wounded by the radiance.
The sluggish deford monster was unable to struggle free for a mont and let out another baby-like wail.
In an instant, it seed Dunn was also affected; blood began to seep from the arm he plunged into the urn, the binding black threads beca chaotic, showing a tendency to let the monster break free.
But with a low growl, he twisted his arm again, and the sound of cracking bones resounded, with a surge of fresh blood.
The pitch-black threads from the urn seed to thicken once more.
Puchi~
His wrist broken, Dunn half-knelt on the ground with his face covered in blood, propping the urn with one hand and forcing his half-arm back into it.
Both sides were once again at a standoff.
The Holy Ashes themselves were a Sequence 4 Night Watcher level extraordinary item, belonging to the demigod tier.
But the one activating it was only Dunn, a Sequence Seven.
On the other side, the undeveloped offspring of the Evil God also had its own many disadvantages, having been hit by a Sun Fla Charm that Klein had used at the cost of his life, it wasn't any better off either.
Both were evenly matched.
However, as ti passed, if they could wait for the arrival of the Heart of chanism and the Punisher, the two other extraordinary organizations from the Church with the Sealing Items, it would be enough to control the situation.
"Just need to hold on a little longer, just a little bit..."
Dunn bore the pain engulfing his body and the nearing loss of control, and tenaciously suppressed his opponent.
However, at that mont, Puchi~
The wrist holding the urn fractured again.
But this ti it wasn't his self-sacrifice, but rather it was severed by the figure that had appeared.
The urn too fell into the hands of that figure.
"Hard work indeed, the power of the Holy Ashes of Saint Selena has weakened to just the right level; otherwise, it would be troubleso for to take it."
A voice ca from the side.
Forcing a look from his position on the ground, Dunn strained to see the newcor.
The arrival was dressed in a double-breasted pure black clergy robe, with a soft hat on his head, dark golden hair, and eyes so blue they seed almost black, with the most noticeable mark being one blinded eye.
Ince Zangwill, the fugitive archbishop who had stolen the Church of the Night's 0-08 Sealing Item!
"You~"
Dunn, nearly depleted, started the Sequence 4 Sealing Item and, coupled with the physical injuries, his voice was particularly hoarse.
"Oh, still not dead? That differs sowhat from my script; in that case, I'll have to personally..."
Ince Zangwill hadn't finished speaking when it seed dots of black appeared floating before his eyes, like droplets of floating ink.
As his pupils contracted that very instant, those floating ink drops coalesced and shot towards him.
Chaotic inkblades danced in the air, forcing Ince Zangwill to retreat in shock and anger!
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Puchi~
Multiple wounds appeared on Ince Zangwill's body; it seed if he were any slower, he would have been carved asunder by the blades.
"This isn't how the script goes!"
Shock registered on Ince Zangwill's face as he stared at the shadowy figure erging from the darkness, its face unclear.
He was sowhat unable to recognize what power the other was using—was it the Night? The Pray Mystics? No, none of those!
What was this?
Who was this person?!
Yet the object was already in hand; at this mont, he had no intention of ceasing his confrontation with the enemy.
As he was attacked, a feather pen instantly wrote a sentence in midair.
'...Although there were so unexpected events, gose, who had been freed from the lack of the Sealing Item's repression, launched a furious attack on the suddenly appearing figure...'
Tao Yu had, just a mont ago, missed his strike and was prepared to continue his pursuit, when suddenly, he sensed a whoosh of air from the side.
He had to give up on the figure getting further away, bringing his hands together, nurous shadows enveloped the distorted gose.
Sealing Skill!
Pure black Chains of Heaven materialized out of nowhere, piercing through the body of gose.
The Chains of Heaven, conjured from black mud, seed to beco pure black as well, resembling the Abyss, firmly fixing gose in place!
If gose were in his pri, he might be able to struggle, but having directly taken Klein's life-draining Sun Fla Charm and then been suppressed by the Sequence 4 Sealing Item,
In his current half-crippled state facing Tao Yu, he could only make futile attempts.
Raging roars ca from his mouth, accompanied by bouts of baby cries!
The infantile cries were eerily strange, as if the nearby pebbles were about to co to life, but to Tao Yu, whose body was saturated with Divinity and covered with an Etheric Body, it had no effect whatsoever.
"Such an awful noise, has anyone ever told you not to make such a racket?"
Tao Yu saw that Dunn was struggling to bear the crying and flung two big slaps at it.
He then hastened the sealing process.
The damage from the two big slaps wasn't severe, but they were highly insulting, and as a scion of the Evil God, its dignity couldn't tolerate such treatnt. It seed to twist even more frantically.
But as it prepared to continue, Tao Yu stuffed a handful of black mud into its mouth like feeding it feces.
This only enraged it further, causing it to struggle more violently.
Although the chains made a creaking noise.
It couldn't break free no matter how hard it tried. As black tadpole-like patterns slowly covered its body, its movents grew fainter and fainter.
Then there was a sensation of being covered by dark shadows, assimilated, absorbed, digested...
"It can also replenish the lost black mud? Excellent material. The 'Innate Demonic Body' really is no joke after its second deification..."
Tao Yu felt the black mud breaking down the creature, filling the gaps in the 'Innate Boundary Field,' and he couldn't help but marvel inside.
It really eats anything...
After stabilizing the scene.
He glanced at the fleeing people, then at Dunn, who still had a breath left, and Klein, who was already dead, and sighed.
Seeing Klein's body, Tao Yu felt a twinge of emotion. The young man had been quite a good person, and had helped negotiate many conditions for him.
A private room, hot showers, and even a personal toilet—giving him, the captive, a good sense of respect.
He looked at the severely damaged street, then at Dunn, who had fought desperately to prevent the spread of evil, and Tao Yu could sense the responsibility and mission they shouldered.
Tao Yu didn't like to shackle himself, but he absolutely wouldn't look down on these people who shielded others from the storm...
"Th—Thanks, who are you..."
Dunn was still bleeding and hadn't managed to get up, just rolling over on the ground with his broken arm, turning to look at this figure shrouded in darkness.
To so extent, it resembled the disguise of the Path of the Night Watcher, and the shadow manipulation of the Prayer Secret People.
"A passing believer. I've asked the Divine Spirit I worship, and He has given tacit approval to co..."
Tao Yu looked back towards the end of the street where Leonard was rushing over with another group of extraordinaries.
Seeing that the aberration was fully sealed, even partly digested, Tao Yu withdrew the shadows.
"Well done, now take a good retirent, and I hope you guys don't co after ..."
After bidding farewell, Tao Yu leaped up and landed directly into the shadows of a nearby street, then quickly vanished without a trace.
The partially digested aberration, now even more grotesque, also collapsed to the ground covered in strange black tadpole patterns, seemingly locking away its extraordinary powers tightly...
...
Tingen, Raphael Cetery.
Tao Yu watched as Klein's sister stood there with a vacant look, as Klein's brother and Leonard carried Klein's coffin over.
Looking at the photo that showed a scholarly air, even sowhat youthful and inexperienced.
Tao Yu couldn't help but sigh.
"Always talking about profit and loss, always cautious, always thinking thrice before acting, seems a bit ssed up..."
He had only just t Klein and his interaction with Dunn and the others could even be considered part of his arrest process.
But this group, despite being weaker and having less authority than himself, faced the scion of the Evil God without any hesitation, no second thoughts.
Didn't they know they could die? Most likely, they knew...
And yet they did it just to save a few ordinary lives.
This was hard to imagine in the culture of the Pioneers.
The lives of ordinary people didn't really have much to do with them, and it would have been safer to co back later with gathered forces. At most, a few more people would die.
But they didn't choose to do that.
Shouldn't safety co first...
The sky drizzled with a misty rain, Tao Yu looked up at the dreary sky, letting the rain fall on him, and left before the funeral ended, heading to the hospital to visit Dunn, who, after magical treatnt, was able to sit up.
Dunn was still wrapped in bandages stained with blood spots, staring blankly out the window.
Turning his head towards Tao Yu's entrance, his grey pupils blinked and nodded at him.
"I've helped you acquire the main ingredient for Sequence 7 'Witch.' It will be brought over along with the sealed item."
"Thank you."
Tao Yu pulled up a stool and sat beside him, peeled a fruit for Dunn, and casually asked,
"Aren't you afraid of dying?"
"Afraid? Of course, I'm afraid. But soone's got to do it, right? I'm the strongest in this city, no other way..."
Dunn leaned against the headboard, seemingly with a sigh.
"So powerful extraordinary items have various negative effects when used. It's best not to use them if you can avoid it."
Dunn raised his severed arm, gave Tao Yu a serious look.
"So are you saying I shouldn't learn from Captain Dunn?"
"Sort of, just a piece of advice..."
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