3. The Sacred Excrement
Compared to the appearance of the bounty hunter, Lin Ke was even more surprised by the reason for their presence here! The girl’s words had already made it clear: the employer’s order was to seize the “relics” from this place!
This was probably just another case of commercial competition. Lin Ke didn’t have the confidence that her covert operation to take items from the relics could be kept completely under wraps. But who would have thought: this time, the hidden opponent was ruthless enough to even bring in a “bounty hunter,” someone who would abandon all principles for money!
In desperation, Lin Ke resorted to urgent measures!
“Which family is your employer from? I’ll pay double, just let me leave here and I’ll go collect my money from the Bounty Hunter Alliance tomorrow!”
“Paying double to settle privately” was a rather disadvantageous tactic against bounty hunters. If it weren’t for the fact that her timing was so special, and that what she was doing needed to remain confidential—she couldn’t afford to make a scene and damage these so-called “antiques”—Lin Ke wouldn’t want to be bled dry for nothing.
Generally speaking, most bounty hunters, who only cared about money, would readily agree to a proposal like “I’ll pay more to settle” and then disappear. In the past, there had even been incidents in the Meri United Kingdom where someone offered “I’ll give you ten times, you kill your employer!” and the employer was indeed taken out by the treacherous bounty hunter.
However, the trouble was: tonight, whether it was luck or misfortune, Lin Ke found herself face-to-face with one of the “very few” exceptions.
“Ah~ Sorry, for my own reasons, I can’t accept the option of settling with more money~”
Fxxk! Usually, it was hard to find an honest bounty hunter, and yet she happened to encounter one at such a critical moment!?
Just as Lin Ke was about to say something, one of her young lackeys couldn’t hold back any longer! The impatient young man pulled out a firearm and pulled the trigger at the girl!
“Hey! Wait!”
What use was it to blow someone away without even understanding the employer behind the bounty hunter? They had the numbers on their side; they at least needed to capture someone alive!
Lin Ke wanted to stop him, but it was already too late!
Yes… it was already too late!
Because… in the next moment, Lin Ke regretted not just the rookie’s lack of situational awareness in firing a gun, but rather… why she hadn’t brought along stronger subordinates.
After all, as far as the eye could see: the lackey had indeed fired, but the opponent remained unscathed. At the same time, accompanied by the clinking sound of colliding chains, a knife connected to the chains suddenly emerged at the lackey’s feet, plunging directly into his chest!
Lin Ke and all her subordinates were stunned!
The one who countered her lackey wasn’t some knife or gun, but… this, this bizarre thing!?
Could it be that this bounty hunter was some kind of magician from another realm!?
Immediately, even before Lin Ke could regain her senses, the body of the subordinate who had been pierced through was like milk tea sucked through a straw, accompanied by a sound that almost clawed at everyone’s eardrums. In a brief moment, it had already… transformed into a grotesquely disgusting yet undeniably valuable “human skin”!
“Ugh…”
As Lin Ke came to her senses, she immediately stifled the dry heaves that threatened to expel her dinner! At the same time, the thought of negotiating with this bounty hunter vanished completely!
The other party refused to accept more money, and their intentions clearly included the option of “killing”! What was there left to negotiate? The talks had collapsed!
“Fxxk! Why do I keep running into these monsters lately! Everyone, open fire!”
At this point, there was no time to worry about whether the relics were intact; they had to take down this extremely bizarre bounty hunter first!
“Fire! Fire!”
No matter what disgusting tricks she used! Could she get back up after being shot!?
All the subordinates who had rushed over immediately drew their guns and unleashed a barrage of firepower at the bounty hunter girl in their sights! Although this operation was primarily to excavate relics, Lin Ke had brought plenty of people for safety! In an instant, the glow of gunfire nearly illuminated the entire night!
However, in the next moment, a bizarre scene unfolded!
Lin Ke clearly saw that all the bullets fired by her subordinates… stopped right in front of the girl. It was as if time had truly stopped, with the bullets suspended before her!
“Ah… this is why I dislike starting a fight without reason; I had already given you a chance.”
Facing the bullets that were so close yet completely halted in front of her, the girl still had the leisure to scratch her head.
“‘Time’ seems to be running out, so don’t blame me~”
Then, as everyone was astonished by the scene before them, she simply pushed her hand forward…
It could be called an instinct, Lin Ke already sensed what was about to happen!
“Get down!”
While shouting, she ran behind a tree and crouched down!
The crisis, as expected, arrived in the blink of an eye! All the bullets fired by her subordinates were “returned” back! Those who hadn’t reacted quickly enough were immediately turned into sieves! However, even those quick enough to drop to the ground and wait for everything to pass, hoping to escape in a panic, found that “Death” had not yet lowered its scythe!
Suddenly, a chain emerged from the ground, its sharp tip piercing through those attempting to flee one by one! And as Lin Ke witnessed this scene, she swore: she would never eat BBQ again in her life…
A short sickle appeared in the girl’s hand, and then, with a gentle tug!
The scene from before happened again; the first person was immediately “peeled away,” followed by the second, third, fourth… until everyone had turned into remnants on the ground, and only then did the girl pull the chains back.
But it wasn’t over yet!
When Lin Ke raised her head again, she was shocked to see the girl who had just been standing on the ruins’ pillar now right in front of her!
“Hey… we’re all beautiful girls here, can’t you be a little less violent?”
“……”
Fear had long since robbed Lin Ke of her courage to speak. To be honest, just holding back and not letting anything slip out, for fear of being too embarrassed when the bodies were discovered, had already drained all her strength!
Could it be that she was really going to die!? What about her family? What about the Meri United Kingdom!? What would happen to the head of the family?
Ha, ha! fxxk, how pathetic is it that when facing death, she’s thinking about such trivial matters? Sorry, dad and mom, it seems I can’t… can’t reclaim the throne…”
The girl’s knife fell, and Lin Ke instinctively closed her eyes.
But…
There was no strange sensation; when Lin Ke opened her eyes again, the knife in the girl’s hand was hovering just a tiny bit away from her chest, and then it was retracted!
This… this girl isn’t going to kill me!? A change of heart? No, that doesn’t seem right!
Lin Ke quickly realized: the girl in front of her was a bit strange, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what was odd.
The girl turned her head to look around, then smiled happily.
“… Although I have a rough idea of the situation, big sister, you’re quite lucky! Anyway, I should be off work now, so I’m leaving~ No matter what you’re doing, it’s better to give up quickly~”
And just like that… she left!
She left so decisively! Lin Ke thought she might try to extort her!
How strange! But right now, who had time to think about that! All her people were dead! She needed to find reinforcements quickly!