Plague God and Butcher

Luo Ze moved quickly, and since Monya had grown up in this place, she was thoroughly familiar with the roads nearby. Before long, they arrived at where the local residents lived.

Having reached their destination, Luo Ze set Monya down. Looking at Ellie, who was burning with fever, he felt slightly worried. All he could do now was hope the villagers here had a doctor.

"I'll go say hello to the villagers here and be right back." Monya glanced at Luo Ze, then quickly turned around. She told him to wait where he was while she headed alone toward the residents' homes ahead.

She soon entered the residential area. Fortunately, it was not too late yet, and the villagers had not gone to sleep.

"Who are you?" The moment Monya entered the crowd of villagers, she caused quite a stir. There were not many humans left in Boke Village, so every villager knew one another well. Monya had changed greatly after leaving her hometown for several years, and many people did not recognize her at first, quickly questioning her.

"Ake, it's me, Monya! Don't you recognize me?" Monya looked at the young man who had questioned her and spoke excitedly. She had not seen an old acquaintance in years, and seeing one now left her unable to calm down.

"Monya? You're Monya? Didn't you escape Boke Village with Grandpa Yulis? Why did you come back?" The young man froze briefly, studying Monya carefully. After a while, he too spoke with excitement.

At the same time, many villagers who knew Monya recognized her as well.

"Isn't that little Monya? Why did you come back? Go, hurry and go! This place is hell—leave before Kashal finds out."

"Monya? You fool! Why did you come back?"

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The villagers were quite united. After staring at Monya for a long time, they all spoke at once, urging her to leave quickly.

Having lived here all their lives, they only knew this place as a living hell. They no longer wanted Monya to set foot here again.

"Monya? Why are you here? Where is Yulis?"

An old man's voice suddenly rang out, and many of the villagers instinctively fell silent.

Monya turned to look and discovered that the newcomer was the old village chief. She politely called out to him.

"Why did you come back? Don't you know what kind of place this is?"

The village chief spoke somewhat angrily.

"That old fool Yulis is an idiot too. How could he let you come back alone? What are we supposed to do now?"

Monya hesitated for a moment before saying to the village chief, "Grandpa Village Chief, we came back this time to kill Kashal."

Monya's words fell like a thunderbolt. Many villagers instantly fell silent, and even the village chief stood frozen in place, unable to speak.

"That's impossible. Leave quickly. Don't throw your lives away. Fishmen are simply impossible to defeat."

The village chief shook his head, a trace of despair in his eyes.

Only those who had lived under the fishmen's rule knew just how terrifying those monsters were.

It was not as though they had never hoped for a miracle.

But every single time, their hopes had been ruthlessly crushed by those fishmen.

Just like the Marines before—hadn't they come in great force to subjugate the fishmen, only to end up buried in the sea, becoming fish food?

They had long since fallen into despair.

"Grandpa Village Chief, we brought a very powerful pirate hunter to kill Kashal this time. He is famous throughout our South Blue, and many pirates have died beneath his sword. Kashal will not be an exception this time."

Monya continued.

"That's impossible. Even the Marines are no match for fishmen. Can a pirate hunter really be stronger than the Marines? Monya, you're still young. You must have been deceived."

The village chief still shook his head. The terror of the fishmen was like a scar deeply carved into their hearts, leaving them with no courage to resist at all.

Living was painful, but at least they were still alive. Once they died, there would truly be nothing left.

"Village Chief!" Monya was about to continue persuading him.

But at that very moment, Luo Ze's voice suddenly rang out.

"Sorry to interrupt your touching reunion, but do you have a doctor here?"

Luo Ze had waited where he was for a long time, but Monya had not returned. Ellie's condition was also worsening, so he simply walked in himself.

"Who are you?" The village chief looked coldly at Luo Ze.

"Village Chief, he's the pirate hunter I mentioned earlier." Monya hurriedly explained. The village chief's attitude had just given her quite a fright. If someone like Luo Ze was angered, things would become troublesome.

"Hmph! A pirate hunter? Who gave you the courage to challenge Kashal? You bastard, if it weren't for you, why would Monya have returned to such a dangerous place?"

The village chief glared at Luo Ze angrily. They had gone through great pains to secretly send Monya away back then, all so she could leave this terrifying place. Yet this foolish pirate hunter had brought Monya back to Boke Village.

At that moment, the village chief even wanted to kill Luo Ze.

"I don't want to argue with you. I'll ask one last time: is there a doctor here?" Luo Ze frowned. Under normal circumstances, anyone who dared provoke him like this would already be dead.

"No!" the village chief said coldly.

At the same time, a shocked scream came from one of the surrounding villagers.

"Village Chief, look! Isn't the one in that man's arms that demon brat?"

It had long been common knowledge among the villagers that Ellie would bring misfortune to the village.

That was why they had driven her out of the residential area half a year ago. Whenever she entered, they would mercilessly beat her back out.

Now, seeing Luo Ze bring this jinx inside, nearly every villager was furious.

"That's right! You damned man, not only did you harm Monya, but you want to get us killed too? Get out with that demon!"

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

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The villagers shouted more and more fiercely, roaring coldly at Luo Ze.

Luo Ze's gaze grew increasingly cold, veins bulging on his forehead.

In an instant, he drew his longsword, stomped on the ground, and flashed before the village chief.

He placed the sword against the village chief's neck, his voice utterly indifferent, like ice that had endured for a thousand years.

"I'll ask one last time. Is there a doctor?"

Luo Ze said angrily, pressing the longsword in his hand down slightly and scraping a line of blood across the village chief's neck.

"Luo Ze! Please, stop! There is a doctor!"

Monya's face immediately turned deathly pale. She looked at Luo Ze almost pleadingly as she spoke.

"Ake, aren't you a doctor? Hurry and save her!"

She anxiously called out to the young man from before, afraid that if this continued, Luo Ze might truly kill all the villagers in a fit of rage.

"Save her. Save her."

The village chief spoke in panic as well. He looked at Luo Ze in terror, as though he were looking at the Grim Reaper.