Chapter 73 72 Murder! [1260]

Chapter 73 72.Murder! [1260]

(Extra for brother ‘Tiger Gate Smoke’ [2/5])
In the disconcerting night of Cadman City, Miss Firmis had just changed into a very formal, psychic armor for combat, in the style of a tight-fitting vestment, but also with an outer layer of leather armor for protection against physical attacks.

Her usual psionic sword had also been replaced with a more formal scarlet secret energy staff, the top of which was molded into the shape of a night bat spreading its wings, looking both mysterious and dark.

There is also a full set of scrolls placed on her combat belt, as well as several vials of alchemical drugs used in lieu of spell attacks.

Being so heavily armed meant that Missy was ready for a fierce battle to the death.

Behind her, Lady Adele was also filling her spare scarlet hand cannon with special alchemy bullets, while her thorny bayonet had just been temporarily enchanted by Missy’s hand.

The slender, sharp blade was wrapped in a subtle searing heat, capable of inflicting sustained searing damage to the opponent when it struck them.

It was a completely targeted restraint preparation for creatures like vampires that were weak to fire and light.

Before them was the unsettling darkness of the night, and from this tower they could look out over the shrinking vortex of psionic energy in the sky over the inner city of Cadman, something that would disappear from the material world entirely by the time tomorrow rolled around.

Provided they could survive until then.

“Are you sure your warriors will be able to finish the job of attacking Jed’s gang? Are you sure that those witch hunters will cooperate with you? You’re sure this won’t be discovered by Jed in advance?”

Missy asked, leaning on her psychic staff.

Behind her, Murphy was putting away the armor and psychic energy saber that Missy had changed out of earlier.

Don’t misunderstand.

This is not a perverted act of collecting the so-called “Furore Original Battlesuit”.

This is just preparing the rewards in advance for the young players after the completion of the “Main Line – Prologue” quest, and as a Main Line NPC, he must take this into account in advance.

The system will not give him the initiative to brush these equipment for the gift, he can only find a way to deal with all this, his small players will never imagine that the handsome Lord Murphy will actually back people as a humble “garbage man”.

Alas, it’s too hard.

Murphy sighed and threw the collected items into a special psychic bag that was designed to hold quest rewards.

Facing Missy’s question with uneasiness, he pulled out the polished Desire Ethnicity Blade and inserted it into the scabbard at his waist while answering slowly and methodically:
“I have faith in my warriors, they may be weak but they are by no means lacking in courage and intelligence, they can complete the raid, they may not be able to wipe out those vampires in their entirety, but the witch hunters will help them finish wrapping things up.

As for cooperation.
I do not doubt that.

Those witch hunters are communicative.

The two times my warriors have visited them have proved it; the leader of the other side is a man of intelligence, not a reckless man who only cuts people down.

There is no reason for them not to agree to this kind of merger.

As to whether Jed will find out .
I think your question is more or less redundant and a waste of time, you don’t really think that Jed would feel comfortable handing over the task of executing you to a rookie fringe like me, do you?”

Murphy rolled his eyes and said:

“I’m just a smokescreen he’s throwing out, Missy.

Whether or not I can take your head on my side is of no consequence to Jed at all, and the only reason he’s going to stage a false alarm is just to buy time for his companions to recover.

A steady stream of blood was being sent from the survivor camps to where they were, and one night had been enough for the vampires who had crawled out of hell to recover to six points of fighting strength.

You don’t think that you, a Celestial, can be so strong that you can face seven Silver ranked clan leader’s personal guards straight on and still be able to kill them back, do you?

Jed has been ready to finish you off himself for a long time.

He wouldn’t feel comfortable giving this job to anyone.”

“You know they’re recovering and you’re going to take the blood of the civilians under your command to feed them?”

Missy looked at Murphy with some exasperation:
“And you’re just using them as expendable?”

“Are you stupid?”

Murphy retorted nonchalantly:

“If you don’t keep giving them sweeteners, how can you make them willingly drink that poisoned blood wine at the last moment? Although the Daylight Potion is colorless and tasteless, you can’t underestimate Jade’s vigilance, okay?
They’ll sip the tasty blood and imbibe until the very end. Alas, most things that are addictive are harmful, I must remember that.

Let them drink.

One must always be fed when walking to the Yellow Springs, no?”

“What about Tris?”

Missy asked again rhetorically:

“Are you that comfortable leaving Tris in Maxim’s hands? That guy’s foolish loyalty is a double-edged sword, Jed’s had him for twenty years, and you’re not afraid he’ll turn against you? You obviously care so much about Tris”

“You think Tris is easy to deal with? It seems my esteemed King of Scrappers disguise is really effective.”

Murphy grunted.

Walking over to the edge of the tower looking at the gradually brightening sky, he touched the ancient walls looking down at the ash strewn old city below and whispered:

“Let me tell you this, when I found Tris in the ruins of the city, there was a Star Realm Beast beside her that she had taken down, I don’t know how strong that guy is but I don’t think it should have much of a problem eating you.

Tris is a gold-ranked psychic energy master, although she lost most of her power due to your father’s assassination, she still has the power to defend herself.

If Jade loses her mind and runs to attack her, Tris will definitely give me a surprise.

She knows exactly what she’s doing.

A smart woman will always help the man of the house in her own smart way, and in that regard, you are both slow and arrogant to confront the shortcomings.

It’s so far off that I can’t help but worry about your future partner.”

This slightly flirtatious reply silenced Phimis.

After a few seconds, she sighed:
“Occasionally, I really envy the weird relationship between you and Tris, it’s not like the vast majority of vampires I know get along, instead it’s like one of those human families.

My father once asked me to stay away from Tris, he said that Tris would bring disaster.

But as it turns out, she doesn’t.”

“My warriors depart!”

Murphy glanced at the 40 small players on the Core Treasure Pearl who had come online at almost the same time at the same time, he let out a long breath, estimated the time, and said:
“Be ready to move in an hour! Protect yourself, Missy, but don’t worry too much, if you are unfortunate enough to die, I will prepare a tombstone for you that fits your status and pay homage to it every year.”

“Can’t you say something auspicious?”

Missy spat viciously, then looking at Mrs. Adele, who maintained her silence next to her, she said:
“Adele follow you, it’s really easy to play yourself in with this bit of strength of yours.”

“No! This is a hunt.”

Murphy said, waving his hand:

“We are a united pack of wolves about to fight a pack of mindless tigers and leopards over territory and food, and it will be a fight to the death and a bloodbath!
As one of the strongest members of the pack, Adele has her own goals and missions.

I don’t need protection!
This point in front of me is just a gentle breeze before a raging wind, and if I can’t even get past this hurdle, perhaps being given an eternity of silence would be the merciful end I deserve.”

He turned back to the silent Mrs. Adele and held out three fingers, saying:

“Your task is three! That is the minimum requirement, can you do it?”

Mrs. Adele looked up.

A certain light danced in those blood-red eyes, and with a whoosh, she slashed her bayonet sharply in her hand, and inserted her scarlet hand cannon into the combat belt at her waist.

In her distinctive smoky voice she said:
“If I take out five . My lord, may I make an offensive request?”

“It’s up to you, Lord Murphy is not shy about rewarding those with outstanding abilities.” Murphy shrugged and grinned.

White teeth in the dark night reflection let that neutral handsome face also surfaced a touch of uncommon arrogance, he short down to snap the wooden ladder to climb down the tower, said:

“So, ladies, remember to be safe when attending the ball, and we’ll see you later.”

“Whoosh, whoosh.”

Two wind-breaks cut overhead, and the sound of the wind as the blood-colored batwings flapped nearly lifted Murphy out of the air.

Seeing the two slender figures disappearing into the night sky, the vampire who was sour in his heart but had not yet been able to grow his own wings skimmed his lips, and while climbing down the wooden ladder in the swaying of his cape, he spat fiercely in his heart:
“Being able to fly is a big deal, huh? After I complete the Black Iron Trial and grow my own wings, I’ll fly when I go to the restroom! Ch.”

And at the same time, in the silent flight side by side above the dim clouds of the dark night, Mrs. Adele reached out and pulled her hood as she said to Missy in a mute voice:
“Just now . I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist .”

“It’s all right, Adele, it’s the way you have to go.”

Femis’ long black hair was blown by the cold wind under the night, holding her staff she said softly:

“Don’t resist the call of your heart, it’s hard to say goodbye, but fate has warned that attachment to the past is a detriment to both you and I. It’s time for you and I to say goodbye and thus embark on two different paths in life.

Happy hunting in the darkness. Descendant of Murphy.”

Lady Adele let out a choked sob.

After a few seconds, she flew forward and embraced the petite Missy in a hug, leaving an icy kiss between her eyebrows in a constant whirl to the latter’s amazed perception.

Like a last blessing and farewell, she responded in a trembling voice:

“And all the best for your cocoon rebirth, my only friend, Duchess Phemis.”

Lady Adele then gave a strong push, and the two figures separated in the clouds, before whizzing off in two directions.

Never to cross paths again.
—
“This is the last batch of blood to be sent to Jed’s gang, courtesy of several virgins in the camp.”

In a large tent at the survivor’s camp, Dirtbike Juho looked at the blood in crystal vials in front of him with a look of disgust:
“These motherfucking vampires are really fucking good at drinking, they don’t want the old ones, they don’t want the men’s ones, they don’t want the married ones, they want the blood of purity.

In order to satisfy their perverted requirements, the poor little girls in the camp have suffered old age, and a few of the thinner ones are almost anemic.

Those are the NPCs we saved with our own hands!

These bastards deserve to die!
Disgusting! Nasty!”

“Burn them!”

The Chosen Fighting Gray Man, grasping a war spear and carrying another shotgun behind his back, having just witnessed two of his paperboy assistants being drawn blood as well would now be filled with rage that had nowhere to be vented, and said viciously:
“Never let them die so easily!”

“Exactly!”

The invincible Tyrannosaurus Rex Carriage beside him agreed with a disdainful face:
“Why don’t you say that our Lord Murphy is honorable and righteous? As a vampire, he never draws blood recklessly, and when he really can’t help it, he only drinks the hot blood of his enemies.

Mrs. Tris is even better, she drinks but doesn’t suck blood and is still so sexy and beautiful. Compared to them, these old, ugly, bitchy vampires deserve to go to hell.”

“Don’t worry, righteous us, aren’t we inviting to send them to hell with our own hands? Hehehe.”

With a gloomy face, Brother Woo Meow twisted open several bottles of fine wine and poured them into a large glass, then took the daytime potion Maxim gave her from Lumina and twisted off the cap to evenly pour those potions into the fine wine and shook it well.

Lin Bei Dogpatch, who worked part-time as the chief bartender in one of the bars, took over the rest of the work.

This tall and thin Minnan old man rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, expertly pouring the wine into the blood and shaking it repeatedly with a special technique, and finally garnishing it with a few fresh raspberries and lemon slices.

“It’s all done, the Blood Cocktail!”

Lin Bei dog paddled the finished blood wine and placed it in a basin of crushed ice, and then watched as the blood wine was put into a special carriage and sped towards Cadman City.

The other small players were already waiting outside the tent, and on the table in front of them were the finely crafted weapons and gauntlets that Lumina had just brought over on a plate cart.

These were the Seiko – Recruit level weapons that Maxim and Murphy had scavenged in the city over the past few days.

They were all weakly enchanted and much better than the standard recruit weapons that the smaller players were currently equipped with, which was basically the same as giving the players a wave of enhancements before the battle started, but Maxim made it clear that these weapons and gauntlets were on loan to them, and they could only be retained in their own hands if they won the group battle.

In other words, these are the “experience version” of the good stuff.

“I’ll say it again, so listen up.”

Sister Pomegranate, who only had 30 minutes left in the game, stood in front of the small players as she crossed her arms and shouted:
“The witch hunters have spread out outside the city, our combat objective is to drive Jed’s gang out of the city, kill them if you can, don’t force them if you can’t.”

“The most crucial thing is that we mustn’t scatter, our strength is relatively weak, once we separate it’s easy to be killed by those guys in seconds.”

Next to the Happy Stick, he took the role of the commander-in-chief of the operation, and he also got himself a board, on which was the topographical map of the “combat area” drawn by the gray man himself.

Rod brother hand holding a wooden bar, pointing to the three directions on the topographic map, said:
“The three directions are commanded by me, Brother Meow Meow and Good Pigeon, use the arithmetic beads to make contact, and attack at the same time when we receive the signal, we are individually weak, our only advantage is that we dare to fight and can kill them by surprise, so tactics and so forth are unnecessary, when the time comes, no matter what it is three, seven, twenty-eight, rushed in to slash and slash and it’s over!
Focus on pressing them into the house to stop them from flying around, and then force some of them to spread out!

Shovel!

Are your camp guards in position yet?”

“Thirty musketeers! No problem!”

Shoveler responded with a raised hand:
“I’ll lead them on the perimeter for sniping, as well as the Cadmanian self-help army in the city who have been given orders to find their own positions in the city, led by their respective decapods.

We casual players won’t be able to rush with you guys.

We’re not skilled enough to fight melee, and we’ll only provide fire support.”

“Very well!”

Happy Stick nodded in satisfaction and said:

“Lumi girls with shooting specialization go operate that advanced hunting crossbow supported by the witch hunters, set it up on the high ground and shoot wherever there are more people! We’ll count it as a win if we drive those awesome silver vampires out of town.

What else is wrong?”

“Me me me!”

Khaki Tony Too, dressed in a veteran’s gauntlet, stood up, leaning on his cool big axe and holding his arithmetic jewel, and shouted:
“I imported a piece of ‘battle music’ into my personal interface, so everyone can now fight in their own BGM! Battle power has been greatly increased mouth teeth!”

“Fancy!”

Happy Stick chortled:

“Just have a unifying charge. All right, let’s do it, guys! Those stupid vampires dare to get in our way, we’ll kill them today!
This is our territory, and it’s ours! Any motherfucker who sticks their paws in it, we’ll cut him down!
Now, listen to my order!
Let’s go!”

“Ding!”

The familiar sound of mission updates rang out in unison on the small player’s character screen.

[Prologue – The Last Night of Cadman City

Quest 4: Teeth of Darkness
Description: Lord Murphy’s rule over Cadman City has been provoked by the ignorant, but this may also be the arrangement of fate, no legend can advance to the end peacefully, and the so-called warriors should bravely stand proudly on the top of the mountain to accept the gale blowing.

The storm has blown up, and you have no choice but to face the wind forward.

Either win!
Or die!
Warriors, use your blades to proclaim to the fools whose land this is! Take the form of wolves and devour them, and let them cry out for having strayed into your forest!

Objective: Attack and delay Jed’s gang until Murphy has finished decapitating the enemy leader.

Reward: Standard – Veteran Protector [6/6], Seiko – Recruit Weapon [1/1], and the opening of the next quest.]

“For the sake of Lord Murphy and our grand plan! Charge!”

“Ouch, fuck them!”

(End of chapter)