"How could that be? Those three were S-rank fugitives who had been hiding for a century. Mother Empress issued the highest-level arrest warrant back then, yet there had been no results for years. Three patrol investigation teams were even killed by them and dumped in the wilderness, with the patrols not even having time to send word. It's just that all the evidence from back then has now disappeared, so I had to come personally to eliminate them."
"Just who is this young man?"
The girl standing motionlessly where she was watched Zhang Chen remain at the villa entrance without making many moves, yet two people had already died, while Moses, the leader, was held aloft in Zhang Chen's single-handed grasp.
The tongue extending from Zhang Chen's palm wrapped around Moses's body, binding him completely and leaving him unable to move in the slightest.
"Kill him?" Zhang Chen asked for the girl's opinion.
"...Yes."
Zhang Chen's bearing was now entirely different from his earlier image as a passerby. His cold-blooded, unblinking manner of killing left the girl somewhat dumbfounded.
After the girl nodded, Moses in Zhang Chen's hand was directly swallowed into the mouth in his palm, still bound by the tongue, leaving not a trace behind.
"Can we leave now? I killed them, so you won't need to shirk responsibility later," Zhang Chen asked.
"Of course. Let's go."
As the girl passed Zhang Chen, her black Dual Pupils met his gaze. She knew that this man's strength was likely enough to threaten the very foundation of the Dark Realm, now that Shab. Niggurath was no longer governing it.
"Are you from the Devouring Realm?" The carriage sped toward the central region at a pace comparable to a high-speed train. After traveling for some time, the girl seated at the