Chapter 038: Virtue of Filth
Something is escaping at eleven o'clock!
Although Colin still didn't find anything from his naked eyes and smell, he believed in his feelings, decisively took out a handful of cracked bone spurs, and rushed towards that place!
This was the object that stabbed him in the waist in the previous incident.
Once stabbed by it, all organs in his body would quickly fail due to edema, and he would not be able to withstand it even if he was in the beast state.
Ta-ta-ta…
Just as I was ten meters away, I heard the sound of the time-stop effect about to end.
However, he has already arrived in front of the target location!
Relying on some kind of combat instinct, Colin gripped the bone spur handle tightly and poked hard into the "air" in front of him.
Click——
Faintly, the sharp front end of the bone spur seemed to pierce through a layer of hard protection, and then penetrate into something that felt like flesh.
In a flash, without waiting for any further thought, a picture suddenly appeared in Colin's mind...
In the picture, his head flew up, as if he had experienced another decapitation.
Immediately, before the time-stop effect completely disappeared, Colin decisively let go of the dagger and rolled to the left.
Buzz...
A deadly and secretive sound passed overhead.
After rolling over, Colin did not stand up immediately. Instead, he took advantage of the situation to lie on the ground, drew his gun in an instant, and shot at a seemingly empty place.
When the trigger was pulled, there was a flash of fire, and several bullets flew out and disappeared directly.
"Hit?"
Colin did not hear the sound of the bullet hitting the object, but under normal circumstances, it would have hit the house behind anyway.
There is only one possibility for this situation.
The bullet hit ...
However, because he couldn't see the target, he had no idea what the effect would be.
"Damn, this feeling of punching cotton is really uncomfortable."
Colin cursed softly, then turned over with his right hand on the ground, taking out bullets to reload his revolver while keeping an eye on his surroundings.
Once you are stabbed by that dagger, there is no way that nothing will happen to you!
All that's left is to wait.
Sure enough, after more than ten seconds, the sound of liquid dripping was suddenly heard at the three o'clock direction!
Colin immediately turned his head and saw a human figure emerging from the air, becoming increasingly clear.
The opponent's invisibility-like ability is becoming ineffective!
Colin perked up and realized that this was because the bone spur was working!
As he watched with full vigilance, he saw a humanoid creature wearing tattered armor and with a handful of white bone spikes stuck in its chest gradually take shape.
There was no flesh and blood under its armor, but a large amount of strange gelatinous substance. It had no helmet, and its head was wrapped in circles of dirty linen like a mummy. There was faint black blood oozing out of the linen, and no facial features could be seen.
In its only remaining left hand, it held a broken, rusty sword.
Colin even saw the holes made by his bullets on its body, but these holes had almost no effect on it.
At this moment, it seemed that the dagger was still taking effect, and its body became more and more swollen and filled with water, like a corpse that has been soaked in a pool and floated.
There was a sickening, foul stench in the air.
"It shouldn't belong to a living person anymore."
Colin lowered his eyes slightly, leaned forward, held the gold card in his left hand and the gun in his right hand, and assumed an attacking posture like a cheetah.
It was at this moment that the humanoid monster wearing tattered armor, dragging a rusty broken sword, moved its legs and walked towards him step by step, ready to launch a final charge.
However, before it took two steps, its body edema seemed to have reached its limit, like a blown-up balloon, with black pus oozing out of its pores and gathering into streams that dripped onto the ground.
With a body as swollen as a giant, it was difficult for him to even walk, let alone charge.
However, in order to avoid accidents, Colin used the golden card again when it approached the effective range.
This time, the loaded bullets were fired again, leaving six holes on the monster's body.
After the time stop ended, Colin first felt a strong sense of time dislocation, and then he noticed that the humanoid monster had fallen to the ground at some point, with nauseating black pus constantly oozing out of its six holes.
Just like a rotten watermelon with a hole in it...
The foul-smelling liquid flowed all over the floor...
"Is this the worst fate of being stabbed with this dagger?"
Colin's breathing stagnated slightly. He estimated that even if he didn't finish off the monster, it would not last long before exploding.
The results of the dagger's first actual combat use were enough to make people feel frightened.
At the same time, as it fell, mission information emerged in Colin's mind .
[You successfully killed a "Filthy Knight of Virtue".]
[Event 7 "Kill the monster guarding the door" has been completed. The reward content will be settled after returning. ]
"The Filthy Knight of Virtue?"
Colin finally knew the name of this monster and heaved a sigh of relief.
Although the entire normal time of this confrontation was less than one minute, excluding the two ten-second time stops, the psychological pressure it brought was indeed not small.
It's not that it's so strong, but that its ability is too weird...
Fortunately, it's all over now.
However, after taking a look at the corpse on the ground, Colin's eyes rolled, and he turned around and looked at his cheap subordinate, wanting to ask him to help pick up the bone spur.
When he turned around , he found that his subordinate had a strange expression. He was staring at him, and his lips moved a few times, as if he wanted to say something. But before he made any sound, his head suddenly fell off his neck.
It hit the ground with a bang.
Blood burst out from the broken neck into a blood mist, splattering into the sky like a bloody rain.
This... I didn't have time to rescue him!
Colin was stunned. He felt that his reaction was fast enough at that time , probably only one tenth of a second.
In the end, this still didn’t save Li Ming…
Is the sword so fast?
Also, why did it take so long for the head to fall off?
It's not scientific.
However, the blood rain did not last long. Li Ming's entire body quickly disintegrated and turned into gray mist, sweeping towards the flames in the church.
"Did you go back and read the message to revive?"
Colin roughly guessed the reason, but he didn't know how long the process would take. Helplessly, he turned around and looked at the corpse on the ground, and took out a monocle from his pocket.
[This is a strong person who can actively reduce his presence and restrain his aura, thus making it difficult for others to perceive him. When he was alive, he was extraordinary.]
[Based on his official name, "Knight of Virtue", we can guess that his abilities are related to the "Eight Virtues", and perhaps he represents "humility" among them. ]
"Does humility here refer to a tangible power, not just moral honor?"
Colin was thoughtful. He only noticed at this moment that after the monster died, there were actually a lot of footprints and a special smell at the scene. It not only reduced its own presence, but also reduced the presence of everything related to it.
Compared to simple invisibility, this ability is much more troublesome to deal with.
"Tsk, if one virtue represents a kind of power, then I wonder what effect the other virtues will have. One virtue is so terrible, what will happen if all eight virtues are added?"
Colin got a headache just thinking about it.
At the same time, he was a little curious as to whether the eight chivalrous virtues of this world had any connection with the eight virtues on Earth.
Is it just a coincidence? Or is it another work by a former employee?
Unfortunately, due to his limited understanding of the world, Colin could not guess much.
And at this moment, another message suddenly appeared in my mind.
[If you agree to hand over the body of the "Fallen Virtue Knight", you can get an extra 1,000 points and an item with corresponding characteristics. ]
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