Getting hit even while lying down...
In a mountain hollow that had temporarily escaped the devastation, two bounty hunters, their bodies secured by grappling guns, worked together to restrain the somewhat restless Shayle. They exchanged a glance, both utterly speechless.
That scumbag Roa truly lived up to his reputation as human trash. He even had to drag innocent bystanders into his mess.
Luckily, they had gotten out fast. Otherwise, the two of them would probably have been shaved down along with this now-bald mountaintop.
At that moment, the crackling bombardment on the mountain was still going on. Watching stones rain down and the rock around the grappling hooks tremble on the verge of collapse, Samael frowned and handed Shayle, tucked beneath his arm, over to his teammate.
"Natalia, to prevent the disease from spreading and Dead Apostles from proliferating, take this child outside the village to lie low first. Remember, try not to run into those Executors from the Holy Church."
"Why not just deal with this troublemaker on the spot?"
Natalia frowned and asked in return. As a professional bounty hunter with succubus blood in her veins, she did possess sympathy, but not enough to lavish it on a ticking time bomb like this.
"From the looks of it, she can still be saved. We should at least try. Besides, if we can solve this case, then if we encounter a crisis where Dead Apostle Transformation spreads on a large scale in the future, the Council will have a better way to handle it."
Samael explained thoughtfully, then narrowed his eyes with a smile and added the finishing blow.
"To put it simply, safely delivering this living 'Patient Zero' to the Council will raise your payment by at least half."
"So that's what this is about. You should've said