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At that moment, not only Lili, but even the girls from the Loki Familia were stunned.
"Whoosh—!"
Moving so fast that a faint tearing sound echoed through the entire cavern, Bell shot toward a Hellhound. Before it could react, while it was still compressing flames in its mouth, the dagger in his hand suddenly slashed out.
"Slash—!"
A crisp sound of flesh tearing rang out.
The sharp dagger sliced straight through the Hellhound's neck, cutting through its tough hide and flesh with almost no resistance before emerging from the back of its neck.
"Thud—!"
Its head, trailing crimson blood, fell to the ground. After rolling a few times, it scattered into a pile of ashes.
Bell, still holding his slashing posture, was dumbfounded.
Lili, who had been about to raise her hand crossbow to support him, was dumbfounded.
Ais froze.
Even Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya stood there blankly, their eyes widening slightly.
Only Noah spoke calmly.
"Don't just stand there! Keep killing!"
"—Yes!" Bell did not have time to think about anything else. His figure turned into a gust of wind as he charged toward the Hellhounds.
"Slash—slash—slash—!"
A chaotic series of tearing sounds echoed rhythmically through the dark, damp cavern.
Whenever those sounds rang out, crimson blood sprayed into the air, and another Hellhound corpse fell.
These were mid-level monsters that even Lv.2 adventurers had to be wary of, yet now a rookie Lv.1 adventurer was slaughtering them one after another as easily as chopping vegetables.
In less than ten seconds, over a dozen Hellhounds had fallen to the ground. Their blood dyed the floor red, and silence returned to the cavern.
Standing amid the pile