The night was long, and two figures leaned against a tree and fell asleep together.

"Squeak, squeak," the leaves overhead sounded like something was flying by, seemingly getting closer and closer.

[Fangs and Diseased Teeth] An unusually large bat opened its mouth and lunged at the two people.

[Sixth Sense] Reed sensed danger, abruptly opened his eyes, and saw bats swooping towards him.

Reed swiftly threw a punch, landing it on the bat!

The bat was thrown back several meters by the immense force.

Reed quickly stood up because he could also hear other bat calls.

Noelle leaned against Reed's coat, but Reed's sudden movement caused Noelle to fall to the ground.

Noelle, who had just touched the ground, slowly opened her eyes and, as usual, used her hands to prop herself up.

But a few seconds later she suddenly remembered that she didn't have her hands. Noelle looked at Reid, who had stood up, and asked, "What's wrong? Why did you stand up so suddenly? It would have made me even dirtier if I had fallen to the ground!"

Reed didn't reply to Noelle, his eyes fixed on the red eyes in the tree.

Noelle looked over and was immediately startled. "What! What is this?! There are so many!"

Reed gripped his large sword tightly, assuming an attack stance; he had been holding the sword while he slept.

It was precisely to prepare for unexpected events, and sure enough, it happened.

Judging from the bats hanging upside down in the trees, there were probably more than 30 of them.

This number is really bad news, and Reed doesn't know anything about bats, nor does he know how to deal with them.

The only thing I know is that bats carry a lot of germs, so I should avoid getting attacked by them and instead just kill them with a single blow!

The twilight armor can withstand a lot of damage, but it may not be able to protect against germs.

As Reed watched the bats fly towards him, he swiftly swung his greatsword.

These bats have clearly improved; their ability to locate sounds is much stronger.

Red usually needed three strikes to kill a single bat, and upon seeing this, the bats all swarmed at him.

Five seconds passed in the instant they pounced...

The Twilight Armor triggered its effect, causing all bats on the field to suffer minor damage from four different types of attacks.

Some bats simply flapped their wings twice, fell to the ground, and died.

There were also some noticeable pauses and some imbalances, but at least they held up.

This sudden attack startled the bats, because their greatest ability is to locate objects by sound and evade attacks!

The sudden attack, coupled with the inability to hear a sound, threw the entire bat swarm into chaos.

While the bats were flying around haphazardly in the sky, Reed took out the spikes he had pulled out earlier.

Aim, then anticipate, use your thumb and forefinger to apply force, and then throw!

A bat was pierced through, a small hole was pierced in its wing, causing pain and loss of balance, and its entire body fell down.

The spikes were too faint to make a sound. Even if bats could locate objects by sound, the situation was chaotic, and the spikes made very little noise.

The bats had no time to react and were killed by Reed's needles one by one.

[A piercing scream] Some bats suddenly and inexplicably screamed; the sound was soft, but extremely piercing.

Reed didn't care about this negative buff, but Noelle, lying on the ground behind him, suffered the consequences.

Without hands, it's impossible to cover one's ears, and despite his noble birth, he had never experienced anything like it.

Lai Er kept his eyes tightly shut and gritted his teeth, feeling as if his eardrums were about to be ruptured by the screaming.

Red saw the squeaking bats, leaped over, and then killed them with a single blow.

The rest are the same, just jump and kill.

It was much quieter now. The remaining bats had all been killed by Reed, and some that had escaped had already fled.

Reed shook off the bat blood from his clothes, then bent down and poked at the bat with his foot.

These bats were three times the size of ordinary bats, and they all had eye problems.

One eye is very small, while the other is very large, and its teeth are like a pig's tusks.

Its fur is black, its eyes are blood red, and it rolls its eyes back after it dies.

Red stomped on a bat's stomach, crushing it and releasing undigested food.

It looks like the meat of some kind of animal...

After Reed turned his head back, Noelle slowly stood up, leaning against the tree beside her.

Noelle, her ears perked up, asked Reid in front of her, "W-what happened?"

Upon hearing this, Reed kicked the bat at his feet in front of Noelle, who was so frightened that she took several steps back.

"How disgusting... Is this a bat? It's so big? Ugh..." Noelle scoffed.

Reed simply nodded and was about to lean against the tree to go back to sleep.

Noelle quickly stopped her, saying, "With something like this happening, I can't stay here any longer!"

(???) "Moreover, the smell of blood will attract more wild beasts, not to mention the possibility of them seeking revenge against these bats!"

Reed leaned against the tree and thought about it; it seemed to be true.

Reed stood up and obeyed Noelle's order to stop.

Noelle looked around at the woods and felt more and more that there were bats everywhere.

"Let's go, it seems we're not far from Nevada."

Noelle moved even closer to Reid after she finished speaking, without Reid not noticing.

He snorted and walked forward, and as he walked, the sunrise gradually appeared.

The first rays of morning sunlight shone in front of the two of them.

Noelle gazed at the sunrise before her and exclaimed, "It's a sunrise... I haven't seen a sunrise that many times."

"I'm always woken up by my mom..."

Noelle saw Red walking ahead and asked, "Redner, have you ever seen a sunrise?"

Red was suddenly asked a question, and he thought about it carefully.

Reed replied, "I've seen it many times."

Noelle was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected Reed to have seen so many sunrises.

"What do you think? Is she beautiful?! I think she's quite pretty now..."

Upon hearing this, Reed replied without hesitation, "It looks terrible."

Noelle was a little annoyed. "Huh? Isn't it pretty? Don't talk nonsense!"

Reed didn't reply. He had already given his answer; there was no need for further pointless words.

Red did see the sunrise many times, but always from a back alley.

The sunrise there wasn't beautiful; the sky was shrouded in a hazy gray mist, and the air was filled with the smells of blood, rust, and other strange odors.

Sunlight filtering through the smoke didn't make it beautiful; the scene was more like an apocalypse.

It's like being in a post-apocalyptic world, inside a shelter, staring at the only light bulb...

Seeing it once or twice is fine, but after seeing it many times, it feels very depressing.

Red got up so early because he didn't want to be a target for robbery when he went out.

After that, the two remained silent and did not speak to each other. After walking for a while, they finally saw the wall in front of them.

To the left is a road with intact paving stones and exquisite decorations, and the guards standing at the entrance look extremely professional.

The right side looked dirty and messy, with no one guarding it. Looking in from the outside, you could see several dirty-looking pedestrians walking around.

They had arrived in Nevada. Noelle was overjoyed. The two walked to the left-hand entrance to the noble passage.

Upon seeing this, the two guards drew their weapons and blocked the entrance, asking, "This is the nobles' passage! Are you two nobles?"

After hearing this, Noelle said, "I am Noelle..."

Before Noelle could finish speaking, Reed covered her mouth with one hand.

The security guard became alert upon seeing the two's strange behavior.

Noelle shook her head and broke free, shouting at Reid beside her, "What are you doing?! Don't you know that?!"

Reed didn't answer, but held up one finger and pointed to something posted on the wall next to him.

Noelle glanced over instinctively...

[Wanted Notice for the Hypocritical Demon]

Bounty target: Noelle Nordtes

Reason for the bounty: The Nordtes family secretly uses cruel spells. An investigation has revealed that the Nordtes family has been involved in atrocities such as sacrifice, human trafficking, tax evasion, murder and robbery, collusion with cults, and the destruction of cities by demons!

A maximum arrest warrant has been issued! Nottedes is currently imprisoned and awaiting trial!

Only one cruel demon is on the run!

[Reward for capturing alive: 5200 coins]

They must live!

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