A strong smell of blood spread through the room. A scream rang out—it came from a woman around twenty years old who had happened to pass by. She was probably a wandering prostitute from the brothel, commonly known as a whore.
The necromancer crouching on the chandelier tensed. It stood about 1.4 meters tall, with grayish-white bandages wrapped around both hands, each gripping a long dagger that gleamed coldly.
It was obvious that this necromancer did not want to alert too many people. After all, this was the Royal Capital of the Saint Sodin Kingdom.
"Shh."
Su Xiao raised a finger to his lips, signaling the wandering prostitute to stop screaming and go back where she had come from. However, the wandering prostitute continued shrieking at an extremely high pitch, clearly traumatized by the corpse on the floor.
Su Xiao chipped a pebble from the wall, held it loosely in his palm, and pressed his thumb against it.
With a bang, the pebble shot out. After breaking through a layer of air, it flew toward the wandering prostitute.
Smack!
Fragments of skull and splattered brains sprayed across the wall. The wandering prostitute, her head pierced through, collapsed with a thud.
"She was too damn noisy."
Su Xiao looked toward the necromancer frozen in place.
"She... isn't that your... kind?"
The necromancer spoke. Her voice was somewhat feminine, and her command of human language was stiff.
"I gave her a chance. So... you're next."
Dragon Slayer Flash slid from its sheath in Su Xiao's hand, and his aura grew sharper.
The necromancer clenched both hands. Energy surged through the two long daggers she held, dazzling green energy enveloping them completely.
The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet cracked across a wide area. This was his first time fighting a necromancer, and judging