22. I want to kill you two, or be killed by you two (Seeking votes at the beginning of the month~)

There was a name error in the last chapter; Lin Ke should be Ni Lu, my apologies.

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In the dark and chaotic space between the buildings, Lin Ke, who pulled me out, and I felt as if we had fallen into a parallel world devoid of life. Clearly, the capital’s night was filled with vibrant lights and revelry, yet at this moment, it was eerily silent, even the crows dared to occasionally let out a caw to assert their presence, as if they had spotted some long-dead prey.

Lin Ke hadn’t called for any reinforcements; let alone reinforcements, even her subordinates she had stationed at the scene were falling one after another in a bizarre “pop.” She held my hand, intending to return to safety using the most primitive methods, but…

How naive, Miss Commander. What you’re doing is nothing but a waste of energy; we might have already been targeted. By a beast, or perhaps by a hunter, the “bounty hunter” you mentioned.

“Come out, don’t just hang there like a bat.”

Turning around, I looked into the surrounding darkness and chaos. In truth, I saw nothing, but… the script of death was already closing in, ready to slap me in the face, making me believe that the enemy was lurking nearby like a vulture, “circling.”

“With no high-tech gear, what are you pretending to be, Batman?”

The attitude of “certainty” spread immediately into the depths of the darkness along with the words. Was it because I had already sensed them? Or was it simply because the “prey was almost caught”? The chaotic black veil of darkness before me lifted, revealing a figure sitting atop a building, waiting for us. The black robe made her seem to merge with the night, only the danger radiating from her and the death script that had reappeared for me were strikingly clear.

【Bounty hunter appears.】

This must be the killer who had just “cleaned up” everyone in that building, and they likely did so to create a better environment to deal with me and Lin Ke. After all…

【Ou Qi Li De was killed by the bounty hunter.】

【Lin Ke was killed by the bounty hunter.】

My death script is one thing; I’ve long been accustomed to such life-threatening situations. But this time, a death script had also appeared for Lin Ke, and I fear… this is the price of being too close to me; danger and the death script have already spread to her as well.

Sigh… Lin Ke, I told you long ago that having a meal with me wouldn’t be so “delicious.”

In the next moment, Lin Ke’s reaction was even more intense than mine! Because… it seemed she recognized the “bounty hunter” in front of us!

“That outfit… Hey, she’s the bounty hunter who took out all my people before! She’s the reason we lost the ruins!”

It’s her!? Then she must be…

Before I could process it, Lin Ke, who understood the principle of “characters die from too much talking,” had already reacted!

She shot a middle finger at the other person, and then…

“Fxxk you, b*tch!”

The curse was immediately followed by the sound of gunfire, but the other party… didn’t even move! Whether Lin Ke was just quick on the draw or there was some other reason, I didn’t have time to think.

The other side probably wouldn’t give me that chance!

In my line of sight, that figure stood up at the edge of the rooftop.

“Strange, you know me?”

“Fxxk! I’ll never forget you in my life!”

“Forget it, it’s not important anyway…”

It was the voice of a young woman. In the next moment, I saw her pull something out of her pocket, examined it closely, and I could clearly feel her “appraising” us. Lin Ke is the Grand Commander of the Kingdom; if she was targeting her, was there really a need to check her appearance? Could it be that she was after me?

I didn’t have time to think deeply, because after a brief confirmation, that figure already had an answer.

“Confirmed, it’s you two. So, I’m a bounty hunter, and the job I recently took on is to collect the lives of you two~”

This was probably the most polite “killer” I had ever encountered.

“Today, I ran into a few more people than expected, so it took a bit longer, and now I’m in a bit of a rush, so I won’t give you two time for last words~”

But politeness aside, the hostility from the other side was genuine! There was not a hint of joking; she was here to take our lives!

【The bounty hunter has killed Oujili De!】

“Then, it begins~”

The words from the other party approached me alongside the script of death. What kind of weapon did she wield? What methods of attack did she possess? What hidden tricks did she have up her sleeve? By the time an ordinary person realizes this, they would likely have already lost their head!

The movement that leaped into the air without a care for the current position; the way her hand seemed to ‘throw’ something; more importantly… the so-called “magic” that I could somewhat sense—everything about this moment proved that the voice I was hearing, belonging to a girl who was a bounty hunter, was far from that of an ordinary “killer” in the United Kingdom of Meri.

Naturally, those in black from the United Kingdom of Meri, who merely relied on imported firearms and could only spray bullets, stood no chance against this kind of “magician” entangled with the mystical arts.

So…

I had to pull Lin closer to me at the first opportunity!

Because, unfortunately, this bounty hunter had taken on a job that might be considered “high difficulty”~

“【You are aware of the opponent’s methods of attack.】”

“【You possess the power to counterattack.】”

“Zelus!”

After the “prophecy” from the light fairy Ikusis, the power of the shape-shifting fairy Zelus condensed the magic I had extracted through the “prophecy” into claws, transforming into shadows that reached for the blade that had suddenly appeared behind me!

Then, with a strong tug!

The blade, tethered by a chain, emerged from the ground, but the point of connection was clearly with the bounty hunter! As I pulled, she stumbled and fell from the air, flipping over before standing steadily in front of us.

“!”

Surprised? You should be, because it’s not over yet!

In the next moment, the claw formed from shadows appeared behind her. Although the bounty hunter had reacted quickly and rolled away to a distance, the violent movement inevitably… caused her hat to be pulled off, revealing her true appearance!

“Wow… magic…”

Lin looked at me as if a deity had descended from the heavens. Sister, can you at least feel a bit more of a sense of crisis right now!

As my gaze fell upon the bounty hunter, who had revealed her true face due to the fallen hat, she stood up again. As for her posture…

I could only frown at that.

The girl with short white hair, at this age, becoming a “killer” seems to evoke pity, but… her ears, sharp and not belonging to any human, seem to mock our self-delusion. A white-haired elf, then, her true situation is unlikely to match her outwardly cute appearance.

“Fairy envoy? Hmm… no wonder it’s so strange.”

Realizing she had already “exposed” herself, the girl twirled the stray hair by her ear, then… lowered her voice.

“But now, you all have to die a little faster.”

With a fairy by my side, I still had a bit of confidence in my ability to resist! However, in the next moment, all my efforts felt utterly futile; the script of death unfolded, leaving me not even a sliver of opportunity!

【Ogilvy was killed by the white-haired elf.】

A simple and brutal death script, as if mocking my resistance, telling me: the white-haired elf before me had merely underestimated her opponent and suffered a setback.

Now, she intended to get serious!?

“Otherwise, there won’t be enough ‘time.'”

In the blink of an eye, something had appeared in her hand, a purple glow shining in the darkness.