Worse Than Beasts Attack Pattern

Panic filled the entire station.

Fang Li, who had been running, instinctively stopped in his tracks. Gazing at the shattered city gate and the Iron Fortress that had smashed through rows of houses, his fists clenched involuntarily.

"Has it begun?"

Terrified citizens scrambled past Fang Li in a desperate, panicked retreat.

The entire street was steeped in despair and fear.

Amidst this chaos, Fang Li alone stood rooted to the spot, unmoving, utterly out of place with his surroundings.

"Clang—clang—clang—clang—!"

The alarm bells still rang.

"Aaaaaaah—!"

Screams, indistinguishable as human or monster, echoed through the air.

"Bang—bang—bang—bang—!"

A dense volley of gunfire began to roar.

Clearly, the samurai of Aragane Station had already engaged the Kabane in battle.

But the situation was far from favorable.

"I wonder how Miss Ayame is doing now."

According to the original story, the head of the Yotsuyu Clan should have already received word by now and gone to confirm the escape route via the Iron Fortress, only to be ambushed by Kabane and ultimately killed.

Meanwhile, Yomogawa Ayame, waiting for news of her father, would be pressured by cowardly samurai. Left with no choice, she would begin moving toward the Iron Fortress to prepare for escape.

Of course, before that, Yomogawa Ayame would also gather the refugees of Aragane Station.

If all went well, she would eventually reach the location of the escape Iron Fortress.

"Better head over there first."

Having made up his mind, Fang Li prepared to move again.

Just then...

"Eeeeeek—!"

With a bloodcurdling scream, the citizens fleeing in panic turned their heads instinctively toward the street leading straight to the city gate.

Immediately, shrieks laced with extreme terror rang out one after another.

Fang Li abruptly halted his movement and looked ahead.

There, a shadow like a walking corpse burst forth, grabbing a samurai by the shoulder. It opened its mouth and sank its fangs into his neck.

Before the samurai could even scream, several more shadows lunged out, piling onto him and biting down in succession.

In an instant, blood splattered.

Like prey pinned down by a wild beast, the samurai was overwhelmed by Kabane, becoming their meal as his blood was drained drop by drop.

Witnessing this, cries of despair and terror erupted continuously from the fleeing citizens.

Some even forgot to run, staring blankly at the scene as if their souls had been ripped away.

In that moment, a Kabane lifted its hideous head. Its pupil-less eyes burned with savage light. Like a cheetah, it tensed its limbs, then suddenly sprang toward the nearest young woman.

The woman stood frozen, unable to react, trembling as she stared at the Kabane charging at her.

And in that instant, only one person moved.

"Shii—!"

With a crisp sound of air being split, a flash of cold light streaked past, plunging into the glowing heart of the Kabane that had lunged at the woman.

"Bang—!"

A sound like shattering glass pierced everyone's ears.

"Ugh..." The Kabane's ferocious face went slack. It slid down slowly and collapsed to the ground.

A single strike, instant kill!

This scene made every citizen's eyes go wide.

Especially the young woman, who stared at Fang Li—who had suddenly appeared before her just a second ago—completely stunned.

"What are you standing there for?" Fang Li held his Dagger, back turned to the entire street, and shouted loudly. "Hurry up and take shelter!"

The ordinary citizens finally snapped out of it. With screams, they fled once more in panic.

Including the young woman Fang Li had saved.

Only then did Fang Li breathe a slight sigh of relief.

After all, Main Mission Two had clearly stated that the more citizens survived aboard the Iron Fortress after it escaped Aragane Station, the richer Fang Li's rewards would be.

Even just for the rewards, it was necessary for him to lend a hand.

But this also meant that the attention of every Kabane on the street ahead was now fixed squarely on Fang Li.

"Aaaaaaah——!"

One by one, the Kabane let out bloodcurdling roars and charged straight toward Fang Li.

By then, the ordinary civilians had only just fled a short distance.

If Fang Li ran with them, the Kabane would catch up to the civilians before long.

Every Kabane possessed physical abilities far beyond an ordinary human.

Even Fang Li, with his AGI of 6, couldn't necessarily outpace those Kabane.

So, to keep the Kabane from giving chase, Fang Li had to stay behind and buy time.

Fortunately, only three Kabane were charging at him; the rest were still gnawing on the freshly caught prey by the roadside.

"Three, huh?"

Fang Li's expression turned eerily calm.

The dagger in his hand was gripped tightly.

His eyes transformed into a pair of Ice-Blue Demon Eyes.

Watching the three Kabane hurtling toward him, Fang Li didn't retreat—instead, he advanced, stamping off the ground and darting forward.

"Aaaaaaah——!"

Whether the three charging Kabane were enraged by Fang Li's arrogant refusal to back down, each of them let out even more terrifying roars, their speed increasing as they opened their fang-filled maws and lunged with savage howls.

But at that moment, Fang Li suddenly halted his momentum and, in a perfectly vertical path, veered sharply to the side.

Because their charge was too fierce, the three Kabane couldn't stop themselves when their prey abruptly changed direction; they simply barreled straight along their original path.

"That's why I say—you Kabane may have superior physical abilities, but your attack pattern of just blindly charging is way too easy to read. You're worse than beasts."

This, too, was one of the reasons Fang Li could easily kill Kabane despite his low stats.

These monsters...

"Are just too stupid!"

Having dodged to the side, Fang Li spun around and suddenly doubled back.

At that moment, the three Kabane brushed past him, leaving their completely unguarded backs exposed to his eyes.

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