At dusk, on a quiet tree-lined path in a certain suburb of Tivian, a large black carriage was speeding along. The coachman whipped the two horses pulling the carriage with all his might, trying to make them accelerate further. The coachman, dressed as a Hunter team member, had a face full of terror.
At this moment, behind the speeding carriage, a large group of monsters was chasing at high speed. They were covered in black fur, with pointed ears, blood-red eyes, fangs in their mouths, and four claws on the ground. They resembled black-furred apes but with more ferocious faces. These were beastmen, victims of Werewolf Extraordinary power.
Howling, seven or eight black beastmen were rapidly chasing behind the carriage. Their speed was incredibly fast, and they were quickly catching up to the carriage. The anxious coachman shouted a few words into the carriage, and then two black-clothed Hunter team members emerged from the front of the carriage compartment. They took out firearms and Stone Blades from their persons and attacked the pursuing beastmen from behind.
Firearms discharged, Stone Blades slashed through the air. Under the Hunters' counterattack, momentarily, bullets and wind blades shot towards the rear of the carriage. The beastmen who were hit splashed blood and fell to the ground howling and unbalanced, but after rolling on the ground a couple of times, they struggled to stand up and continued to pursue the carriage despite their injuries.
Although the Hunters' obstruction could not kill these beastmen with strong vitality, it still had a delaying effect. The Hunters continued to pour fire towards the rear, trying to prevent them from approaching.
Just then, within the woods beside the path, a roar of a beast suddenly erupted. Along with the tearing and shattering of trees, a massive black shadow burst out from the woods on the side of the carriage, leaping over the top of the carriage. After the black shadow swept past, before the two Hunter members who were counterattacking on the carriage could even react, large amounts of blood spurted from their bodies. One was cut in half at the waist, and the other's head was torn off, falling back into the carriage compartment.
Then, the black shadow landed on the ground and revealed its form. This was a giant, six to seven meters tall, black-furred humanoid wolf with a long snout, fangs, and muscular build. Its eyes were fixed on the carriage that was still wildly fleeing in the distance, and then with a leap, it rapidly attacked again. This time, it swung its giant claws and tore apart the coachman and the two horses pulling the carriage. After a huge gash was torn in the horses' flanks, they fell to the ground with a whimper. The iron carriage compartment that was being dragged along also overturned and fell to the ground, sliding towards the roadside in the distance.
Inside the carriage compartment, Vanya screamed and fell to the ground in a moment of imbalance. Davik, who was originally sitting, also fell to the ground with her. They felt the carriage slide for a long time before it stopped. The moment it stopped, Vanya propped herself up and struggled to stand, coughing as she spoke.
"Cough... cough... cough... Miss Dorothea, what's going on outside?"
"The Werewolf made a move. All the Hunters outside have been killed, and the horses pulling the carriage are also dead... It's basically impossible to escape," Davik, controlled by Dorothy, also slowly stood up and replied to Vanya. Vanya's face immediately turned panicked upon hearing this.
"Then, then what should we do? Since things have come to this, how about I try my best to see if I can escape..."
Vanya said in a panic. She had experience fighting Black Rank before, so she wondered if there was a glimmer of hope if she went all out. However, her suggestion was immediately rejected by Dorothy.
"No! With that guy's speed, you won't be able to escape! The situation this time is very different, you can't fight them!"
Speaking through Davik's mouth, Dorothy said this to Vanya. The last time they fought the Vampire, Vanya was able to barely fight back by relying on having ample preparation and taking the initiative to ambush, and Dorothy's main body was also by her side to assist.
And now, it was their side that was caught off guard. In addition, the other side not only had the Werewolf's main body but also a bunch of beastmen subordinates. Vanya trying to confront the other side head-on right now was absolutely impossible. This was a dead end!
Facing the critical situation before her, Dorothy, sitting in her carriage in the distance, frowned and pondered countermeasures with extreme concentration. And in just an instant, she had an idea.
Having thought of a plan, Dorothy immediately put it into action. She controlled Davik in the distance to tear open his shirt with his handcuffed hand and forcefully rip off the bandages wrapped around his body. Then, she forcefully picked up the scattered sharp debris on the ground and severely cut his wound, which had not completely healed in the first place, causing blood to flow out.
"Alright... Now I, Davik Jones, have my wound rapidly worsening due to the overturning just now. Treat me quickly!"
Speaking through Davik's mouth, Dorothy said this to Vanya. Vanya was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then immediately realized something and stepped forward, bent down, and began to treat Davik's wound.
On the other side of the carriage compartment, after the Werewolf had overturned the carriage and sent it sliding into the distance, he slowly walked forward. And behind him, the beastmen also quickly followed.
After a while, the Werewolf arrived before the overturned carriage. Under his will, the beastmen surrounded the carriage. Among the beastmen, in their midst, several normal human males walked out. Some of them were shedding their black fur, seemingly having lifted their beast form transformation. They were the Werewolf's normal Extraordinary subordinates.
With so many beastmen and Extraordinaries, plus the Werewolf himself, Vanya was no match for this level of combat strength.
Among these people, one of them wore a hat, a striped shirt, and had a pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks. He glanced at the carriage compartment a couple of times, and after examining it, he spoke.
"A Black Dog escort carriage pulled by two horses, protected by three Black Dogs. It should be correct! Mr. Smith, according to the intelligence, the person is inside this carriage! However, be aware that there should also be a Black Rank Healing Priest inside."
The man with the pointed mouth and monkey-like cheeks pointed at the carriage and said. And the Werewolf, upon hearing the man's words, took two strides forward, extended his claws, and pierced through the thin iron wall of the carriage compartment. Then he forcefully tore off a large piece of the entire iron wall, revealing the scene inside.
After tearing open the carriage compartment, the Werewolf saw the scene inside. What came into his view was the object he was supposed to rescue. Davik was lying in the carriage compartment, extremely weak, his shirt torn open, with a very terrifying wound on his body that was bleeding. And beside Davik, a Shining Light Church Sister wearing a white nun's habit and glasses was placing her hand on the wound, emitting an orange-yellow halo to help Davik heal. When she saw the carriage wall being torn open, she looked in terror at the ferocious giant wolf through the torn opening and let out a terrified scream.
Staring coldly at the Sister inside the carriage compartment, the Werewolf raised his claws, preparing to kill her directly. At this moment, the weak Davik spoke.
"Wait... wait a moment... she can't die..."
Hearing Davik's voice, the Werewolf stopped his hand, then continued to look at the extremely weak Davik and spoke.
"Davik, you're so heavily injured?"
"Cough cough... Yes... Mr. Smith, those Black Dogs were very ruthless... I have many serious injuries on my body, and they haven't fully healed... Just now... cough cough cough..."
Davik's words were interrupted by intense coughing, and at this moment, Vanya responded calmly.
"This, this Mr. Werewolf, Mr. Davik's injuries were already very serious, and the carriage overturning just now caused the wound to reopen and worsen. Please let me treat him, otherwise, it will be very dangerous."
Vanya said this to the Werewolf before her, and the Werewolf frowned and continued to question.
"You, Sister, you encountered this situation and didn't run but stayed here to help the prisoner heal?"
The Werewolf roared fiercely at Vanya, and Vanya, after being startled and trembling all over, replied calmly.
"I, I follow the teachings of the Holy Mother, treating every life with equality and kindness, always harboring forgiveness. Mr. Davik is in danger and on the verge of death before me; I cannot just stand by. Moreover, the mission I was assigned this time is to ensure Mr. Davik's safety..."
Vanya said to the Werewolf in a devout posture. The Werewolf couldn't help but be startled upon hearing this, then retorted.
"The teachings of the Holy Mother, huh? You mean you came to save someone, even someone who might have killed you, just for that, regardless of the danger?"
"That is natural. After all, if I hadn't saved him just now, someone would have died in vain because of it..."
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Still carrying a hint of panic, Vanya clutched her chest and spoke in a devout tone. The Werewolf sneered upon seeing this, then spoke with interest.
"Heh... there are still Holy Mother followers this devout in the world. Interesting..."
Just as the Werewolf was muttering, Davik cried out in pain again.
"Ah ah... Pain... So painful..."
"Please bear with it, Mr. Davik. I will help you treat it."
Saying this, Vanya continued to extend her hand to stabilize Davik's injuries. After his wound was once again illuminated by the orange-yellow glow, Davik's expression momentarily eased. He turned his head to look at the Werewolf and continued to speak in a weak tone.
"Ugh... Hah... Mr. Smith... My situation is very bad right now. Without treatment, I'm afraid I won't last long, so let's spare this Sister's life for now. Also... this Sister is actually of use to us..."
"Use? What use?"
"Cough cough... That's a long story. Time is short now. I'll tell you slowly once we reach a safe place."
Davik said with difficulty to the Werewolf. The Werewolf paused slightly after seeing the scene before him, and after a hesitant thought, he spoke as if making a decision.
"We'll talk about treatment after we get to a safe place. The Black Dogs could arrive at any time, so it's not advisable to stay here long."
The Werewolf said this, then he shifted his gaze to Davik's handcuffs and ordered his subordinates behind him.
"Shine the Hui Jian Lamp on them! Take them all away after confirming there are no traces!"
Obeying the Werewolf's words, the men standing before the beastmen immediately stepped forward. One of them took out a Hui Jian Lamp from his bag. After lighting it, he shone it on Vanya and Davik. At this moment, Dorothy suppressed her control over Davik, making him close his eyes and slump down, to prevent the Extraordinary effect manipulated by the Living Puppet from being detected. In other people's eyes, it seemed like Davik had closed his eyes because of the light from the Hui Jian Lamp.
The Werewolf's subordinates used the Hui Jian Lamp to detect Extraordinary effects on Vanya and Davik. Before coming to the An Yin Bureau, Dorothy had foreseen that they would pass through the Hui Jian Lamp inspection, so she had Vanya leave her Holy Bible at the hospital and not carry any Extraordinary items on her. Vanya, who was not in a Living Puppet state and carried no Extraordinary items, naturally passed the detection easily. However, when the light shone on Davik, traces of an Extraordinary effect were unexpectedly detected.
The Hui Jian Lamp in the Werewolf subordinate's hand emitted an alarm sound. Seeing this scene, Vanya was startled, wondering if Dorothy had not stopped the Living Puppet control over Davik. However, she then noticed that the Spirituality color displayed on the Hui Jian Lamp was actually golden yellow, which is the color of the """Lamp""". This meant that some """Lamp""" Extraordinary effect was working on Davik, and Dorothy's Living Puppet manipulation was clearly not of the """Lamp""" Spirituality.
Vanya's heart was filled with doubt, but there was no confusion in the eyes of the Werewolf Smith. His eyes quickly locked onto the source of the Extraordinary effect on Davik: the handcuffs he was wearing.
"Open those handcuffs."
The Werewolf commanded. Then, another one of his subordinates took out the key they had just found on the Hunter's corpse, opened Davik's handcuffs, and handed them to Smith. Smith examined the handcuffs for a couple of seconds after taking them, then snorted coldly.
"Hmph... Beacon. These Black Dogs love to do this, afraid the prisoners will run away."
Saying this, the Werewolf twisted the handcuffs in his hand into a distorted shape before throwing them aside. And sure enough, after the handcuffs left Davik, the Hui Jian Lamp stopped alarming.
It was obvious that these handcuffs were specially made by the An Yin Bureau, with a Beacon Sigil on them to prevent prisoners from escaping. After a prisoner escaped, they could use the Beacon on them to track them.
After dealing with the Extraordinary effect that could be tracked, Smith looked at Vanya. After staring at her, who was flustered, for a while, he spoke.
"Your piety has saved your life for now, Sister, but if you want to continue living, you'd better be honest.
"Take both of them! Let's go!"
After confirming that neither Vanya nor Davik had any Extraordinary traces on them, Smith gave the order with peace of mind. Afterwards, two beastmen stepped forward respectively. In her panic, Vanya was hoisted onto the shoulder of one beastman, while Davik was carried on the shoulder of the other.
'Is, is this Miss Dorothea's method? The immediate danger is resolved, but going with these guys... isn't it more dangerous afterwards?'
Vanya, carried on the beastman's shoulder, thought anxiously in her heart. Then, the Werewolf, leading the way on all fours, galloped into the woods beside the road. His subordinates and the controlled beastmen immediately followed closely behind. A large group of beasts thus rushed into the woods and disappeared.
After the beasts disappeared, only the scene of a tragedy remained. On the forest path at dusk, there was an overturned carriage and several bloody and gruesome corpses, while the culprits who had created this tragedy had already gone far away.
Not long after the beasts left, the cry of an eagle came from the sky. Then, a male eagle with a wide wingspan descended from the sky and landed on the overturned carriage.
After looking around, the black-feathered eagle focused its attention on the twisted and deformed handcuffs not far away. Then it raised its claws and began to carve on the carriage body. After a while, it carved out a crooked Prit word.
"Beacon"
Then, the eagle spread its wings and glided to the handcuffs, grabbed the twisted and deformed handcuffs with its talons, spread its wings, and flew into the sky, flying towards the direction where the beasts had disappeared.
After the eagle disappeared, time continued to flow. The setting sun on the distant horizon gradually sank, dusk faded, and night fell. After silence had enveloped the scene of the tragedy for an unknown amount of time, it was broken again.
From the distant horizon, a gust of wind suddenly roared. A black figure flew rapidly from afar in the wind towards this place, then landed on the scene. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed Edmund, wearing a trench coat.
Looking around, Edmund's face suddenly darkened upon seeing the scene of the tragedy before him. His fists began to clench, his teeth began to grit, and silent rage burned in his heart. In the end, he just gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence.
"Damned beasts..."
After Davik was long overdue to return, the hospital sent a telegram to the An-Yin Main Bureau to inquire. Upon receiving the telegram from the hospital, Edmund immediately realized that something had happened to the returning party. He immediately searched along the return route by flying, but it was still too late.
Looking at the tragic scene before him, looking at the missing prisoner, Edmund's clenched fists cracked. Then, unable to contain his anger, he punched the overturned carriage beside him, making a loud noise as he smashed the iron carriage body.
It was also at this moment that Edmund suddenly noticed the crooked word carved on the wooden structure of the carriage body beside him. Subsequently, the anger in his eyes faded, replaced by seriousness.