Battlefield Reporter Chloe

Chloe, hiding in the shadows, stared in disbelief.

Although she knew beforehand that the Noble Red Society was planning revenge against Iver —the scale of this revenge was simply too vast! Princess Isabel was still inside, along with a large number of officials and merchants. The Bureau of Supervision and the Inspectorate were also present... Were you guys giving up the act?

Chloe had been wondering how they planned to assassinate Iver, given the tight security here. But when she saw the Deformed Limb Demon being forcibly recalled with a sacrifice, she couldn't hold back anymore.

Very well, Iver definitely not going to survive this time, and it won't be her turn to assassinate him.

The problem now is that she might not be able to escape either.

Greater Demon are demons with at least Fifth Level. There are probably fewer than a handful of Fifth Level Transcendent in the entire Avalon who could defeat them single-handedly in a head-on confrontation.

The Deformed Limb Demon is the weakest of the Greater Demon. At the same time, due to its low intelligence and lack of particularly complex abilities, it is also the easiest to contract and the most easily recognized of the higher -Greater Demon.

Even Chloe wouldn't dare provoke the Deformed Limb Demon.

Its limbs and organs can be deformed at will, which means that the assassin's "vital strike" ability is basically ineffective against it.

It is also immune to curses and poisons, has a very high probability of resisting laws and petrification, can keep up with Chloe's speed, has strength on par with Gordon, and possesses a powerful life force that can regenerate infinitely as long as it is not decapitated, as well as boundless energy that almost never feels tired...

The Deformed Limb Demon doesn't possess the bizarre and complex special abilities of other Greater Demon, but it doesn't really need them either. Its strength is simple and brutal, the kind of enemy assassins dread encountering most—one they can't outrun, can't defeat, can't kill, and can't withstand.

Unless Chloe successfully advances to the Fifth Level, being targeted and hunted down will definitely mean death. This is far more terrifying than the Bureau of Supervision.

Therefore, when she saw the Deformed Limb Demon, her first reaction was to run away.

If this Deformed Limb Demon were to run around aimlessly, it could easily pull Chloe out of the shadows when it passes Chloe.

But she can't escape!

Because of those damned Law Mage, who had the misfortune of sealing the wall... she originally had a special tool to break the barrier, but she used it up a few days ago. Now she has to wait for them to remove the seal themselves before she can leave. It's not a big problem, after all, Princess Isabel is trapped too, you have to let her out, right?

However, she gave up quickly.

Because those Demon Scholar had clearly pre-arranged a ritual here, fixing and demonizing the walls that had been sealed and opened to prevent entry and exit. Even the Law Mage set the seals couldn't break them themselves...

Not to mention the ordinary people on the second floor, even Princess Isabel wouldn't be able to escape anytime soon. The only one who could easily cut through the demon wall was Gordon, the Sky Knight, but he was now also entangled by the Deformed Limb Demon.

"You Avalon are really useless!"

Chloe thought bitterly, "Does it really have to be me Iris Person has to do this?"

This was clearly a spy infiltrated among the inspectors or supervisors preparing the venue. He took advantage of the opportunity to set up seals on the walls to prepare the demonic ritual in advance.

This is what a prepared Demon Scholar looks like.

For Demon Scholar, a skirmish is a completely different level of difficulty compared to an ambush.

... In that case, she must take advantage of the fact that the Deformed Limb Demon is restrained to find its summoner or contractor.

She couldn't actually defeat the Deformed Limb Demon, but that was when she was facing Deformed Limb Demon alone—assassins have their own solutions.

Unlike the Iron Hook Demon Deformed Limb Demon doesn't have teleportation abilities. It appears suddenly, either because it was just summoned or because its contractor used a sacrifice to bring it back to its side.

It clearly has an owner.

In the attack priority of the Deformed Limb Demon, normal people are prioritized over disabled people, and healthy people are prioritized over sick people. The younger the person, the greater the probability of being attacked. Iver is in a wheelchair, and under normal circumstances, the Deformed Limb Demon would never prioritize attacking him, so he must be manually controlled.

This operation has a delay, so it can't speak or perform overly complex actions...

Its limbs deform much slower than a normal Deformed Limb Demon, and its reaction speed is also much slower. Otherwise, Gordon would probably be strung together after a few rounds. It wouldn't be possible to have such a back-and-forth fight like this.

The controller, after all, is human; he lacks the instinct to manipulate limbs at will to evade attacks. His reaction speed is certainly not as fast as the Deformed Limb Demon's. For a demon like the Deformed Limb Demon, having a brain is obviously a weakness. But without a brain, it cannot be precisely controlled, leaving it only able to attack indiscriminately driven by anger and hatred towards healthy humans.

But even if Gordon can hold on for a while, he can't hold on for very long.

If Gordon's griffin companion were still around, and if he could fly and wage guerrilla warfare, he might have been able to hold off the enemy for a few more hours.

But as a cavalryman, an air force unit, he now had to stand alone on the ground and fight the Deformed Limb Demon head-on to protect the large number of ordinary people in the club. In other words, the Demon Scholar was still not used to the Deformed Limb Demon's body. Once he gradually adapted, that would be the moment Gordon was defeated.

Chloe must kill the demon's contractor when Gordon is defeated. The place is sealed off, so he must be inside.

A demon that has signed a contract will be immediately and forcibly repatriated if its contractor is killed.

So, with so many people on the second floor, how can we tell who the summoner is?

... Just kidding, she's not from Avalon, why would she need to distinguish?

If they look like anything, just kill them all.

Of course, we need to confirm this first. But we can't start doing anything first.

She needs to wait until Gordon and Iver are killed before she takes action to kill all the suspected targets. Otherwise, she won't be able to escape later.

She didn't want to be chased again—this time she had no life-saving items left, and she couldn't afford to be impulsive. She had to be much more cautious than last time. Once most of the people here were killed, she could turn the tables, kill the Demon Scholar, and run away.

With that thought in mind, Chloe took advantage of the chaos to leave the shadows under the camera and quietly wandered under the feet of the crowd, spreading towards the second floor.

Demon Scholar usually work in pairs. She easily found her apprentice.

The jar that was bounced back into her hand by the spell was called the "Eye of Fear." It was a ritual spell made from the fresh eyeballs of twenty humans who died filled with fear. Once activated by Dark Attribute Mana and shattered by an external force, everyone within a 30-meter radius would immediately be plunged into intense fear and chaos, running in all directions or attacking each other.

Although it's a very low-level ritual spell, it's quite useful. Even if a high-ranking transcendent being can use their will to be immune to this spell, the chaos it causes to others is enough to instantly disrupt the situation.

Chloe already had a can. She bought it from the Wild Elf bartender at the Pelican Bar before it was shut down.

If used properly, this thing can be used to accomplish very high-level assassination missions.

But a few days ago, in order to escape, she used it up almost pointlessly...

... But are you sure it's okay for you to just throw it out like that? This thing is usually used to set traps, right? Chloe thought to herself.

If that can were to fall, half of the lower-level superhumans below would be crippled. But if she threw the can from this height, even if it wasn't bounced off by magic, she herself would definitely be terrified.

Doesn't she realize how few meters the second floor is from the first? Is she really that young? A newcomer?

... So that's how it is. Was it used as a pawn to be abandoned?

Why would a mentor specifically send an apprentice who knows nothing about the mission details—does he think he can just run away? The Demon Scholar has no way of hiding himself; how could he possibly escape Glass Island right under the noses of the griffins?

Or is there someone in the capital who can meet him and temporarily protect him?

Ah, it should be the Minister of Trade.

Oh, it was you... You seemed to be in a hurry? I should share some credit for that feeling...

With that thought in mind, Chloe turned her gaze to the other side of the second floor.

This young apprentice also revealed something else—that her mentor should have been positioned symmetrically to her, at least thirty meters away. Including the throwing distance, that could be extended to forty-five meters...

Lurking in the shadows, she had roughly pinpointed the area where the mentor was located.

At that moment, she suddenly noticed that the Deformed Limb Demon had become anxious for some reason.

As if sensing some threat, it shifted its primary target from Gordon to Iver. Even after taking two blows from Gordon and exploding in two sprays of blood, it still insisted on attacking Iver, who was far from the battlefield.

"What are you doing, you devil!"

Chloe, who was watching from the shadows Gordon, thought with exasperation, "If you had just put in a little more effort, Gordon would have died! Once the continuous suppression stops, any priest here could have touched him with Illumination Spell and he might have recovered!"

Just as she was contemplating whether to throw a poisoned dagger at Gordon in the back while he was receiving treatment, she suddenly froze.

Because she saw an incomparably dazzling radiance burst forth, completely engulfing the entire club! Then, Iver pulled out a holy sword surging with fire and light from somewhere, easily severing the outstretched arm of the Deformed Limb Demon! The Deformed Limb Demon suddenly let out a wounded wolf-like whimper and abruptly withdrew. Hissing black smoke rose from its wound, and spiderweb-like golden-red cracks slowly spread from it.

... That's Divine Weapon! Only Divine Weapon could so easily sever the body of Greater Demon!

So this was his trump card! Chloe's pupils contracted, first feeling a sense of fear and relief that she hadn't made a move—then a strong desire for greed surged within her.

"I want this! I want it so badly!" She was just one step away from reaching the Fifth Level, having already killed over fifty powerful figures and high-ranking superhumans along the way. Yet, of all the people she had personally witnessed, only the leader of "Hawkeye" possessed a Divine Weapon! As greed grew within her, the Grandmother -green radiance of the Path of Adaptation overflowing from Chloe's soul... gradually became tinged with a shadowy blackness.

That is the influence of the Path of Love.

Chloe clearly saw that on the opposite side of the petrified demon apprentice, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man suddenly cried out in pain and shuddered violently, as if he had been suddenly awakened from a nightmare! Without a doubt, that person was the Contractor! Chloe noticed this. And she wasn't the only one who noticed.

Edward, who had been watching the second floor, immediately noticed him and, with a shout of "Arrest!", had him hoisted up!

The other Law Mage, though unaware of the situation, immediately cooperated with Edward's magic and cast Law Spell on the middle-aged man.

Law Mage gathered together is a terrifying sight.

As long as one isn't completely immune and the speed isn't so fast that it's impossible to lock onto, once the number of Law Mage increases, immunity is essentially non-existent.

[Stillness], [Silence], [Arrest], [Search], [Shackles], [Cage]...

Although the Law Mage subconsciously did not use any lethal Law Spell, the middle-aged man was instantly enveloped and completely controlled by layers of exceptionally gorgeous light effects!

Before he could even make a single move, he was bound by a dense array of silver-white chains and shackles, rendering him completely immobile.

It seemed that the enemy had been captured successfully, which made the Law Mage subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.

But only Bishop Maya was startled and shouted without hesitation, "Kill him now!"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the Deformed Limb Demon, missing an arm and shrunken, suddenly raise its head and let out a ferocious howl like a wolf.

The next moment, its speed suddenly increased several times over—

Instead of avoiding Iver, who was in a wheelchair, it launched a thunderous attack on Iver, who had just severely injured it, as if seeking revenge!