In just a few seconds, Frost plummeted from the clouds into the mud.
No, perhaps he had never truly reached the clouds. From the very beginning, he was merely a pawn on someone else's chessboard.
This realization completely drained the last bit of color from his face, which was already pale from the intense pain.
"I remember you saying," Lucas said, his gun pointed at Frost's forehead, a cold sneer playing on his lips, "that your ability is Ghost Shadow, allowing you to temporarily ignore physical collisions and flicker like a phantom?"
"Too bad, getting shot before you could activate your ability must make it impossible for you to concentrate and use it, right?"
Frost desperately tried to activate his ability, his body flickering violently between solid and ethereal, but the gun wound on his leg was like a maggot in his bone, each flicker bringing more intense tearing pain.
His face was ashen, and cold sweat drenched his back.
Lucas had guessed correctly.
"Lucas... brother..." His voice trembled uncontrollably. "We had an agreement... once I got that position... Goluthos would be yours. Why did you..."
Chloe:?
Chloe's pupils constricted sharply; she almost thought she had misheard.
A cold surge of anger instantly shot up her spine.
Is that something a human would say?
But before Chloe could question him, Lucas sneered, "Save it, you trash."
"Wait for you? Wouldn't it be faster if I took it myself?" His greedy gaze swept over Chloe. "Once we get rid of the Black Queen, the Black Queen will be leaderless, and won't they be at my mercy? By then, whatever I want, would I still need your charity?"
Frost felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his last glimmer of hope extinguished.
Colonel Domingo paced in front of Chloe, his corpulent face full of a false smile: "Miss Chloe, they say you are resourceful. And now? Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve? Come with us obediently, and I promise not to kill your... rebels."
Yes... not kill... just use them as consumables, to continue working for you, right?!
Chloe's eyes blazed with fury; she knew the true faces of these Jackals all too well.
However... this situation, she and Goluthos had already rehearsed countless times.
"Now? Now we have..." Chloe sneered at the words, her eyes showing not despair, but rather... excitement?
"Goluthos!"
Before she finished speaking, a small, dark figure shot out like an arrow from a nearby low flowerbed!
Its speed tore through the air, bringing with it a fishy wind, instantly tackling the unprepared Colonel Domingo to the ground!
The sudden change caught everyone off guard.
"Wuwah!"
Goluthos let out a beast-like growl from her throat, her hands, mutated into the "Fear Claw," gleamed with a chilling light. The sharp claws furiously tore through flesh and cut through bone, and blood instantly gushed out like a fountain.
Splashing red the surrounding earth and Goluthos's young face!
Domingo's agonizing screams abruptly ceased, leaving only the sticky sound of flesh being torn.
In just a few breaths!
Goluthos, covered in blood like an Asura from hell, slowly stood up.
Domingo at her feet was already unrecognizable, a bloody mess, only his eyes, dilated by fear and agony, still held the extreme horror of the inhuman sight before him. He likely died without understanding what Goluthos truly was.
Heh heh, just a passing Little Mute!
Several Soldiers, having reacted, pulled their triggers in terror.
Bang bang bang!
The bullets struck Goluthos, emitting dull thuds!
Sparks flew!
She only swayed slightly from the impact, taking half a step back, and her pale skin didn't even show a single mark!
Goluthos coldly surveyed the scene. Lucas and Boris retreated repeatedly in fright, their faces drained of color.
Didn't they say she was just a useless Little Mute?
How the heck can't even bullets harm her?
Damn it, the intelligence was fake!
Did this Frost still have a hidden card?
Treacherous!
Frost was also stunned.
If you were this strong, why didn't you say so earlier!
Serie also had something to say: if she had revealed her strength earlier, could she have reeled in so many big fish?
Task Triggered—
[Witch Task: Strike the First Blow!]
[Objective: Clear the New Reclamation Area]
[Reward: Each participating Witch receives Ability Point * 1]
Wow, everyone gets a share, Witches, come get your eggs!
[Main Quest: The First Step of the Revolution]
[Objective: Rescue the Reform-Through-Labor Prisoners in the New Reclamation Area (0/61)]
[Reward: Rebirth Chance * 1; for every 20 people successfully rescued, gain Ability Point * 1; if all 61 people survive, gain an additional Ability Point * 2, and grant Mad Eater Witch the ability "Black King's Demeanor"]
"Black King's Demeanor": You destroy enemies with iron fists and save the people with a compassionate heart; they will all remember you.
When encountering Saint Martan Soldiers, there is a 15% chance to directly induce a fear state in them. The admiration and worship of Black Queen organization members for you greatly increase.
A faint smile flickered across Serie's lips.
Don't worry, none... will escape.
And none... will die.
From a distance, chaotic footsteps and shouts could be heard, as reinforcing Soldiers rushed towards this bloody ground.
A Soldier hurried through a thick shadow, his flashlight beam sweeping wildly, but he overlooked the tall silhouette that was almost one with the darkness.
A muscular figure wearing a pale, eerie rabbit mask stood silently behind him.
That was Little Carrot. Deep within the mask's eyeholes, two points of crimson light glowed faintly, completely obscuring its adorable face and transforming it entirely into a terrifying rabbit monster.
"Terror Rabbitman" had already been triggered.
Charisma slightly reduced, Strength attribute increased!
The Soldier didn't even have time to gasp.
A pair of arms, covered in thick white fur and imbued with terrifying power, silently clamped around his body like iron pincers.
A bone-chilling sound of bones shattering suddenly erupted!
The next second, the Soldier was brutally torn in half by a brutal, inhuman force!
Scalding blood and internal organs gushed out like a broken dam, spilling onto the red earth.
The arriving Soldiers' flashlight beams converged.
Under the dazzling light, it was the Rabbitman, its fur soaked in blood and adorned with shattered internal organs.
It looked like a demon freshly crawled from hell!
The mind-shattering pressure of "Terror Rabbitman" had already taken effect!
Several unlucky Soldiers, upon witnessing this terrifying sight beyond comprehension, felt their legs turn to lead, and a chill shot from their tailbones to the tops of their heads—they froze in place in terror, even losing the strength to pull the trigger.
The situation had once again turned upside down!
Who was the hunter? Who was the prey? In this bloody chaos, the lines had long since blurred.
Lucas was terrified and turned to flee!
However, a figure that both haunted his dreams and filled him with dread to his very core had already blocked his only escape route.
"Oh, long time no see, huh?"
That familiar voice, so familiar it made his scalp tingle, drifted into his ears with a hint of playfulness.
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