Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 46: Three on One Justice
No one could have imagined that this serial killer case would eventually lead to chaos among multiple parties and overturn the rotten foundation of this city.

"When you smell a foul odor, it's likely something has been rotting for a long time. When you can smell toilets on the street, I'm afraid the city's drainage system is completely rotten."

"Well, it seems a bit disgusting. To put it politely, let's smell the stench of corpses on the road and see if there are corpses under your feet. If you don't see any, dig a little deeper and avoid the spray of corpse water. Uh, it seems even more disgusting."

At this time, Rean already vaguely knew the reason for Maria's madness.

The Tail-Cut Case lasted no more than one or two years at most. So, for the eighteen or nineteen years before that, she was indeed a good nun in an orphanage. What ultimately drove her crazy? Li En didn't want to understand.

He knew that unfortunate people often had many differences and difficulties, which were beyond his comprehension.
"What does it have to do with me? The greatest mercy I can offer her is to liberate her in the real world. If she's guilty, kill her first. We can then discuss the cause and effect, the gains and losses, and how to correct the situation."

Even though he was a little shaken inside, Rean's words remained calm.

Understanding and respecting, and then sending the criminal to his death, is what he intends to do.

Compared to him, Larry is too "innocent". She actually considers the reasons why criminals commit crimes. This is a very dangerous signal for law enforcement officers.

Then, let me, the "senior", give you some guidance.

"Since we are Paladins, we should follow the Paladin's way. First, we will judge the person, and if he is guilty, we will execute him."

Judging and understanding the difficulties are left to professionals, and are limited to living criminals.

All he could do was to get rid of this capital criminal and prevent the festering area from spreading further.

She's killed a lot of people, right? If we let her go, will she continue to kill? So, why hesitate? Kill her first.

"After we kill her, we'll investigate who gave her this power."

The meaning of Li En's words is very straightforward. First solve the problem, then deal with the cause of the problem.

Rean has already noticed something is wrong. He is afraid that there is a huge hidden power behind Maria.

Perhaps, they have already taken deep roots in this city.

"Get ready to deal with her reinforcements. She can't possibly be raising these little beasts alone. We might be facing at least an organization."
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"That psychopathic woman is indeed soft-hearted. I'll just say it, she's full of lies and doesn't deserve the slightest bit of trust, but in the end, I was the one who was sent out to run errands."

The horn disciple "Heike" was very upset. It was neither comfortable nor safe for him to lead a few small animals walking in the cave alone.

Especially those mercenaries were like mad dogs, they would hack at him without saying a word when they saw him. Sometimes Haike wanted to ask, are you the cultists or am I the one, how could I be so crazy.

She also vaguely realized that with the release and death of a large number of cubs, the "atmosphere" here was already very wrong.

All kinds of living creatures' instincts will be aroused, and those manic mercenaries have begun to fall into it. Feeling threatened, they are full of aggression.

What made Heike uneasy was that her beast factor, which was becoming increasingly difficult to control, would be further activated here.

"That woman... She'd harvested these 'little horns' before, so I wouldn't have to make this special trip. Haha, she said it so decisively, but she's soft-hearted. She should have finished harvesting before leaving."

Heike was still muttering at this time, but with the killing along the way and the power of embracing the beast, her appearance had become significantly different from the "human form" when she first arrived in this area.

The twisted ankles grew into deer-like hooves with reversed joints.

The body of about 1.7 meters was forcibly stretched and thinned to more than 2 meters. The cloak that originally covered the entire body was like a piece of rag wrapped around the upper body.

Her inhuman appearance could no longer be concealed. Her skin was as pale as frost, like a frozen corpse, and her fangs were visible from under the mask. The most eye-catching thing was the long, curved horns on her head that looked like dead branches.

A slender and ghostly being, speaking human language as it moved, trying to maintain its increasingly sparse humanity.

This relatively closed cave has gradually turned into a temple for beasts as the little beasts awaken, hunt, and evolve.

The ones who have the greatest impact are not the outsiders, but these transformed monsters in human skin.

The small animals around him looked at him silently, without even needing a "token" to guide them like Maria.

In fact, her two horns are the material for the keepsake.

The herd will follow the stronger one in the group.

"Clap!"

The monster imitating a human crushed the mercenary's skull, which was still open-eyed, and continued forward.

She never thought about it. Seeing a monster like him in such an environment, who would not take the initiative to attack?

Perhaps, in her subconscious, she is still the same ordinary woman as before.

"If you ask me, Boss Diego should just kill that woman and then search for the gems himself. Haha, then I can get a piece of the pie."

The monster who tries to maintain his humanity by muttering is actually losing more and more of his humanity.

"Oh, I found it. Here, here."

Turning a corner, she found the secret door to the safe room.

Fingers as slender as withered bamboo pressed against the mechanism on the wall, and the rock door slowly opened with a click. She looked at the children still asleep in the secret room, counting them one by one with her fingers, revealing a satisfied smile.

"One, two. The little guys are all here. That woman isn't lying. How about I eat two first? It doesn't matter if the count doesn't match. I can just say I got lost along the way."

The innocent child has an irresistible attraction to this completely depraved beast.

The mask covering the ugly face was removed, revealing the sharp mouth and fangs beneath the single eye that occupied more than 70% of the face.

It came closer, sniffed, and slowly opened its bloody mouth, like a python's mouth, ready to swallow a sleeping head first.
"boom!"

But the shield that was thrown suddenly knocked him away along with his mask.

The damage was not serious, but it was extremely insulting. That extremely ugly one-eyed ghost face was completely exposed to the world.

"Ha, ugly thing, no wonder you need to wear a mask."

When it comes to taunting, Rean, who just jumped out, is quite talented.

"Ugly? Me? Me? Back then, I was a famous beauty." The beastman was still subconsciously mumbling in denial.

"Huh, you, a woman? Sorry, I really didn't realize."

Rean's words were a direct humiliation to the orcs who could no longer survive in the orc world.

It turned around suddenly, a blue flame seeped out of its single eye, and an inhuman roar came from its throat. Its anger made it forget its human language.

It tried to curse the man who humiliated it, but all it could do was let out an extremely unpleasant low roar, as if a threatened beast was baring its fangs.

"Sin Domain Judgment."

In response to his angry stare, this bastard man even used light to humiliate him, and his photophobic one eye blinked in the light.

When Heike's full attention was drawn to Rean, the climbing raiders had already reached their position.

"Snapped!"

A stone hit the mechanism, and the door suddenly closed, separating the secret room where the humans, animals and children were.

"Die! Evil!"

Accompanied by a roar, "Spider-Man" fell from the top of the cave, dragging spider silk, and did a standard Spider-Man flying kick.

This kick hit Heike right in the face!
But before he could stand firm, the young female knight had already started a new round of outburst. Just as the senior said, don't think too much, just kill her first and talk later.

"Sin-breaking Slash!"

For the cave at the top of the spider walk, there was nothing on Larry's four arms.

But all her holy light was concentrated on the two remaining swords.

The two swords drew a silver half-arc, intersecting delicately at the monster's throat and chest. In just a moment, she swung four swords in succession.

This time, the blood-red sinner was hit directly.

The huge wound pierced by the Judgment Strike gushed out a large amount of blood, and the other wounds were also not light.

Who said that the Paladin can't sneak attack? In the Paladin team brought by Rean, everyone has learned sneak attack. The ones who can't sneak attack are the good kids from the academic school.

As long as I shout before (or during) the strike, it won't be considered a sneak attack! It won't be considered a violation of the knight's oath.

"Erosion Armor." The one who tried to use the ultimate move was Dimon who was charging towards him.

An equally massive figure slammed forward, knocking the counterattacking Haike back repeatedly.

At this moment, Damon actually rescued Larry. Larry, who took off his armor in order to climb, was actually quite vulnerable.

The spider clan's bones are known to be fragile and can be directly injured by a single collision.

No race is perfect, at least not at a low level.

"Snapped!"

Dimon, who was acting as a meat shield, was also knocked away by Heike's strange counterattack the next moment.

Most of its wounds had healed, but the wound caused by the "Judgment Strike" was still bleeding profusely, making it wail in pain.

And what is even more painful is actually already here.

"Break the Evil." Rean's holy sword, wielding silver light, has arrived in front of him.

The Paladin team, which had no chivalry at all, successfully completed a righteous three-on-one battle under the leadership of Rean!

(End of this chapter)