Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 96 Sequence 8 pairs with Sequence 6
Lady Sharon's dagger, wreathed in black flames, hurtled toward Luze's chest. Her assassination was swift and ruthless, and her timing far surpassed that of Beatrice.

Having just dodged the ice spear, Lu Ze's body was in a state of disarray. Seeing the dagger piercing his chest, he could only twist his waist muscles with all his might, accompanied by the cracking sound of bones, and forcefully turn his upper body to dodge.

"boom!"

The pitch-black flames grazed his chest, and the terrifying heat made his face feel hot.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Sharon's missed attack, Luze rolled forward and bounced up like a ball. At that moment, he seemed like a top-notch acrobat, performing a series of somersaults to dodge the ice spears that came flying at him.

Mrs. Sharon sneered as she fired a volley of ice spears. Just as she was about to continue the chase with her dagger, she saw a metallic gleam suddenly appear under Lu Ze's armpit.

"Bang! Bang!"

Gunshots suddenly rang out in the quiet night.

As Luze curled up in mid-air, he had already drawn his revolver from its holster. Upon landing, two Demon Hunter bullets roared out from Sharon's blind spot.

He fired those two shots not to hit Mrs. Sharon, but to cause her some trouble and slow her down. Besides, firing shots in the middle of the night would naturally disturb the residents, and Mrs. Sharon certainly wouldn't want people to see her.

Now that things have come to this, Luzer has abandoned his plan to launch a sneak attack. Lady Sharon is clearly more powerful than Beatrice, possibly even of a higher order, and she was prepared for an attack on him long ago.

At this moment, he had transformed from hunter into prey.

The best thing a prey can do is to escape from its predator!

The bullets fired from the revolver momentarily slowed Mrs. Sharon, and faint sounds of commotion drifted from the surrounding houses. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Lu Ze didn't linger any longer and sped away. His sealed artifact only had a one-minute time limit; before that, he needed to get as far away as possible!
Fortunately, the East District wasn't far from the Tasok River. He only needed to run a dozen meters further, cross a block, and he could jump into the river. Just like the two assassins had done when they escaped, the river at night would be his greatest refuge.

So, relying on his keen hearing to dodge the black flames and ice spears that Mrs. Sharon fired intermittently, he fled towards the Tasok River with all his might. With only a few seconds left before the "Wind-Up Clown" stopped, he finally saw the dark river flowing through the night.

saved!
Lu Ze's spirits lifted, and he accelerated again, rushing up the riverbank and leaping into the river.
"Boom!"

The scene he imagined, enveloped in water, did not occur; instead, he fell onto the hard ice. Unable to react in time, his knees, head, and arms ached from the impact.

Oh no, Mrs. Sharon has frozen the river!
Lu Ze was startled and, ignoring the pain in his body, tried to get up. However, the ice was releasing a bone-chilling cold, making his movements extremely slow. Just as he stood up, he saw Mrs. Sharon already appearing on the riverbank.

Accompanying her cruel smile were seven jet-black flames floating around her, and an ice spike.

"Click."

The clockwork behind the clown had reached its end; the piercing laughter and the swaying of his head ceased, causing Luze's heart to sink to the cold bottom of the Tasok River.

"call out!"

A chilling white light swept over him, and a powerful force propelled him backward to the right, causing Lu Ze to fall again and land on the ice. He instinctively looked towards the source of the force and discovered that his right leg had been pierced by an ice spike, pinning him to the ice.

Intense pain and bone-chilling cold traveled up his spine and exploded in his brain.

"Well--"

He couldn't help but groan, his vision went black, and the crimson blood that flowed out congealed on the white ice.

Mrs. Sharon walked down from the riverbank, circled him a few times, and then smiled.

“Luckily, I had Triss’s blood with me, and I finally caught you. I think I hurt you, I’m so sorry,” Mrs. Sharon said in a coquettish tone. “But it’s much less serious than the harm you caused me.”

She touched her wounds and said.

What is she saying?
Lu Ze looked up at Mrs. Sharon. From her wounds, he seemed to detect a familiar scent, as if it came from himself. Could it be that she was the one he had cursed at the transportation company last time?

No, that person must be dead. So, she was the one who stopped me back then?
"The curse you gave me carries the aura of a true creator, so you must be a Mystic, right? I'm curious, why would a Mystic like you become a Night Watcher? But why did you come alone to track Triss without your teammates?"

Sharon asked.

Luze just gasped for breath and didn't answer.

Beside him, Ms. M watched all this calmly, seemingly with no intention of rescuing him.

"Don't want to say it?"

Seeing this, Sharon gently touched her disfigured face, her tone gradually becoming venomous and cold, "It's alright, I'll take you back and question you slowly. But before that..."

Seven flames flew out from beside her one after another, falling towards Lu Ze, who had nowhere to escape.

"First, let your handsome appearance become like mine!"

The pitch-black flames fell on Lu Ze and began to burn, engulfing his body in the blink of an eye.

"Ahhhhh!!"

pain!
A sharp burning sensation stimulated Lu Ze's nerves. Every inch of his skin was bathed in extreme heat, causing even someone accustomed to pain to scream out in agony.

He struggled on the ice, trying to extinguish the flames, but the black flames seemed to be attached to his flesh and could not be extinguished no matter what he did. Instead, they spread into his mouth and throat, making it impossible for him to even howl.

The strangest thing is that only Lu Ze's body caught fire, while his clothes remained intact!

Mrs. Sharon watched Luze struggle with a cruel, smug satisfaction in her eyes. Only after Luze was covered in wounds did she wave her hand with satisfaction, withdrawing the black flames.

Lu Ze lay curled up on the ice, motionless, only the slight heaving of his chest a testament to his life. The air was filled with the smell of burning, but it was quickly dispersed by the night wind.

"Don't think you can die easily. I will keep you alive until I have uncovered all your secrets and tortured you until I am satisfied."

Mrs. Sharon spoke the most terrifying words with a smile, slowly approaching Luze. Invisible spider silk began to appear around her, as if preparing to bind Luze and take him away.

The lingering pain continued to torment Luze's nerves. He awoke from his brief coma and struggled to open his fused eyelids.

Below me flowed the quietly flowing Tasok River, and above me was a deep black sky dotted with stars; time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Why is this happening?
Lu Ze asked himself blankly.

He had accepted being transported to another world. He asked for nothing more than to live a peaceful life with Cecilia. However, the Aurora Society, the evil god, the goddess, Ms. M, the human trafficking organization—everything was forcing him forward, and the threat of death constantly loomed over him.

Even now, he is still doing everything he can to save his sister's life, and this is the result he has received.

A fierce rage gradually welled up in his heart!

"go to hell."

He spoke softly to Mrs. Sharon with his broken throat.

(End of this chapter)