Chapter 82: A Demon? (Extra Chapter for Monthly Tickets)

What?! I don't understand bird talk!

There was no time to worry about that. Even though I couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, I could make out a few words, like... X virus and V virus?

They also sounded anxious. Something must have gone wrong.

I couldn't wait any longer. I had to find out what was happening.

I carefully made my way along the side of the tent to its entrance. Two soldiers were standing guard there. They both seemed to be Chinese—

No, one of them wasn't.

He had yellow skin, but his features weren't quite like those of a Chinese person.

Demon, maybe? (Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

But that didn't matter. I looked around. The other guards were all far away, and I felt relieved. If the security here had been too tight, I might not have been able to do any effective scouting.

I took a couple of steps forward, picked up a small stone from the ground, and threw it some distance away.

"Clack!"

"What was that sound?!"

"What happened?"

They both cried out at once. At the same time, I pushed off hard and rushed over. The Big Kukri in my hand swept across one man's neck, and then—

Before he could make a sound, I was standing in front of him. I clamped a hand over his mouth as he started to cry out, then rested the Big Kukri against his shoulder.

"Don't move! Otherwise, your neck will be the next thing to get cut!"

Only then did the foreign-looking man's body slowly crumple to the ground. Blood bubbled from his mouth, and he clutched his neck with both hands, his face frozen in terror.

Ignoring the man who was as good as dead, I leaned close to the person