A Draw!? / Returning to the Main Ship with the Dolls

Facing the charge, Dukale waved his hand, and blood gathered at his feet, transforming into flying arrows.

But when the arrow collided with the oncoming doll, it actually passed right through it.

One second he thought these puppets were fake, the next second a sense of crisis surged through his body, and he transformed into blood to dodge the attack.

But the remaining two weren't so lucky.

They had barely steadied themselves, and before they could even feel fear and grief over their fallen comrades, they were pierced directly by rifles while still in shock.

Dukale was certain that the puppets that had killed his men were clearly illusory, fakes he believed to be created by illusion.

Why then did the counterfeiters kill their own subordinates?

It only becomes a physical entity when touched?

A not-so-good idea entered Dukale's mind.

The puppets then regrouped, preparing for their third charge.

With a wave of his hand, a pale red dome enveloped him, protecting him within.

This time, the first few of the rushing puppets collided with the protective shield, creating ripples.

At the moment of impact, several sharp, blood-red spikes extended from the protective shield.

This time, the Bloodthorn successfully pierced both puppets and tore them apart instantly.

Upon seeing this, the others stopped their attack and surrounded them.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the torn pieces of the doll being mended and repaired by other dolls in the distance, quickly restoring it to its original state.

The thought that these dolls could actually regenerate on their own made his expression even more unpleasant.

Chapter 176 A Draw!?

Not knowing how long this strange spell would last, Dukale chose the safest method—to stall.

After all, he had personally witnessed the girl using the puppet to cast a spell.

In his view, such temporary spells usually wouldn't last long. After all, a spell that could control someone of his level here couldn't be a small-scale one, and its energy consumption wouldn't be low.

Moreover, he discovered that although these puppets were strong, their attack methods were very limited. With such abilities and speed, they could have achieved much more, and if he were in charge of these puppets, they would have broken through his defenses long ago.

However, the opponent chose to give up after one defeat.

Since everyone tacitly chose to stall, the battlefield, which was fiercely fighting just a second ago, suddenly fell into calm.

Ten minutes later, the space shattered, and he reappeared in the same spot.

However, the cautious Dukale did not activate the defenses immediately. Instead, he waited a while longer and made sure no one was around before coming out.

He was naturally not in a good mood at this moment, after all, he had only heard that someone Theresis needed had been taken away by a mysterious organization, and since he happened to be nearby, he decided to come and take a look.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that not only had they failed to bring anyone back, but they had also lost an elite squad they had led.

Even though, as the ruler of the Royal Court, his subordinates dared not voice their opinions, it was undoubtedly a huge defeat for him.

After glancing around, he locked onto the direction the Rhodes Island group was heading and was about to give chase, intending to quell his anger with the blood of those three men. But as soon as he lifted his leg, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to harbor boundless malice towards him, and he felt immense danger from every direction, whether above, below, left, or right.

He stopped warily, scanning his surroundings, trying to pinpoint the source of any threat he might face...

Two minutes ago.

"Open the back door, they're back!"

Suika was in the car, suddenly spoke up.

Closure, sitting in the back, opened the car door, and then heard a series of "whoosh whoosh whoosh!" sounds as the wind cut through the air.

Then, one after another, the little puppets flew in from outside and sat down again.

"Ninety-nine, they're all here! But two of them seem to be..." Closure had been counting the number, immediately closed the car door after the last one got on. The two that had been torn and repaired looked slightly different from the others that were intact, and Closure it at a glance and said with some heartache.

"They are all wonderful children, and they brought something nice with them!" Suika looked at a doll holding a tattered strip of cloth.

"Closure!" A smile crept onto Suika's lips as she looked at the strip of cloth.

"What are you doing?" Closure looked over.

Do you have paper and pen?

"Yes, I have!"

"Do you know the full name of Kitten Egg Roll... oops, Blood Demon Lord?"

Of course I know.

"Write me one, and remember, it has to be the full name!"

"What do you need that cursed thing for..." Closure somewhat displeasedly, but obediently took out a notebook from her backpack, wrote the full name of Blood Demon Lord Dukale on a piece of paper, and tore it off for Suika.

"Send that person a seven-day gift package!"

After taking the paper, Suika wrapped the strip of cloth in it, and then took out a small doll from her waist that looked completely different from the other Shanghai Dolls and was much more worn out.

Then she handed the crumpled paper to the doll, which had been motionless until now. The doll reached out and hugged the paper to its chest.

After doing all this, Suika opened her satchel, took out two stone tablets made of Originium from the bottom, and handed one to Closure and Scout.

"What's this?" Closure took the item Suika handed her and examined it. Although she recognized it as Originium product, she didn't understand why Suika had suddenly given her this.

"This is a valuable item; I wouldn't give it away so easily unless it's a special circumstance."

You should take good care of it; it will definitely do you no harm.

"Maybe it can even save your lives sometime later."

Improving one's luck is too mystical; even if I told people, they might not believe me, so I simply won't say anything.

However, it wasn't very big, and it wouldn't affect their movement if they carried it in their pockets or hung it somewhere by a rope, so both of them accepted it.

Just after they took it, Suika clearly felt the temperature around her drop, then the Hina Doll in front of her opened its mouth, and the temperature around her warmed up again.

"Did the temperature drop a bit just now? Could it be that guy has caught up?" Closure crossed her arms and looked around warily.

"Catch up? If Dukale really catches up Closure, you'll cover our retreat!"

Suika turned her head and said with a pleasant expression, "?"

"Huh? Me? You're crazy!" Closure shuddered, then hugged a doll tightly to her chest, as if that would make her safe.

"Don't worry, it's better if he doesn't chase after us now. If he does, I don't know what kind of accident might happen to him!"

Suika glanced at the two of them. The kitten, Kitten Egg Roll, had withstood two rounds of negative luck, while Scout and Closure were currently in a state of overflowing luck thanks to the Great Fortune Sigil.

If Kitten Egg Roll dares to come, he'll probably really have to experience a scene from Final Destination firsthand.

Just as Suika had thought, once the curse was aimed at Dukale, he had no intention of continuing the pursuit.

At that moment, he only felt a stinging pain on his skin from the malice emanating from his surroundings.

Considering the strange puppet he had just encountered, he ultimately decided to abandon the pursuit.

After all, he was now all alone, and if he continued the chase, he wouldn't have any health packs to provide him with the "weapons" to fight.

Even if he were still the top Sarkaz warrior based solely on his own abilities, it would be very difficult for him to win if he encountered those puppets again—things made entirely of cloth and devoid of any blood.

Given that the Sarkaz assassin was quite skilled and there was no certainty about whether the enemy would provide reinforcements, giving up was the best option.

As for mission failure... he didn't fail. The moment he appeared, he discreetly separated a drop of blood and, without anyone noticing, slipped it into the body of the person in the car. Since he couldn't bring him back alive, he wouldn't let that guy reveal any more information.

He glanced in the direction the car had left, flicked his wrist, and then turned and left without a second thought.

"Even though it's a draw this time, I won't be so careless next time..."

Chapter 177 Bringing the Doll Back to the Main Ship

At that moment, inside the car some distance away, as the people were feeling relieved to have escaped, they heard a painful wail coming from behind the car.

Suika and Closure turned around and saw Viscount Scott, who was tied up there, writhing in pain.

A few seconds later, blood suddenly gushed from his face, his body stiffened, and he stopped breathing.

"This, this, this..." Closure was so frightened by what she saw that she kept burrowing into Suika's arms.

"Don't worry!" Suika patted her shoulder to reassure her before carefully approaching Viscount Scott, who was clearly dead.

There were some dolls sitting next to him before. To avoid danger, Suika had the dolls surround him, ready to use their skills to drag him into the domain at any time.

As she approached, the blood transformed into streaks of arrows that shot directly toward Suika's face.

Suika calmly reached out and grabbed at it.

A powerful suction force formed on her hand, drawing all the blood into it.

"We're already this far away, and they're still doing all this nonsense. How disgusting!"

After saying that Suika opened the car window and threw the blood out with great force.

After she finished, she clapped her hands and gave a thumbs-up to the still- Closure.

"Done, but unfortunately, this guy is beyond saving..."

"I didn't expect Dukale to have this trick up his sleeve; no wonder he's the leader of the Bloodfiend, one of the Ten Royal Court."

Suika sighed as she looked at the lifeless Viscount Scott.

He thought his operation was flawless and flawless, and even planned to brag about it when he returned to Rhodes Island. But he made a fatal mistake, causing the death of Viscount Scott.

Although this guy would be killed anyway, the way he died made her feel no joy at all.

If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have just killed him myself; at least I would have felt better.

She's still feeling a bit down about it.

Because they were worried about something going wrong, they didn't stop all night.

Scout drove until dawn, and only stopped by a stream after confirming that the Blood Demon Lord was no longer pursuing them.

After getting out of the car, Scout walked over to the body of the deceased Viscount Scott, carefully examined him, and then took out a body bag and, together with Suika, put him inside.

"Let's grab something to eat and rest for ten minutes before continuing our journey. We'll try to get back to Rhodes Island tonight." Scout took out his personal terminal to check his group's location and the distance to Rhodes Island.

They had taken the wrong path earlier because they wanted to stay as far away from the Blood Demon Lord as possible and it was nighttime, so they weren't on the way back. Otherwise, they would have arrived at Rhodes Island by now.

Now, it's over 300 kilometers to go back.

Three hundred kilometers is a journey that can be easily completed in less than four hours on a highway.

However, Terra has no highways, and often you have to pray that the road marked on the map is still there, otherwise you'll have to drive on it.

So getting back to Rhodes Island in one day is a testament to both luck and driving skill.

Can you handle it?

Driving while fatigued is absolutely unacceptable!

Suika was a little worried about Scout's condition, after all, he had driven all day yesterday and all night, and he still had to drive for almost the whole day today.

Even if the opponent is Terra Superman, and the body can withstand it, mental fatigue is not something that can be easily recovered.

"I'll drive during the day," Closure, readily agreeing with Suika's suggestion and volunteering.

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Of course, another reason was that she was worried that the guy behind her would jump out again, so she might as well hide in front, at least she felt at ease leaving her back to Scout.

Just as the vehicle was returning to Rhodes Island, in Londinium, beneath the Shattered Tower.

"You said all the people you took out died, killed by a Rhodes Island you didn't even know?"

And Scott, the prospector, wasn't brought back either?"

If Theresis didn't know that the man before her would never defect to Rhodes Island, she would have suspected him of being a traitor.

Based on what he knew of the remnants of the Babel, perhaps there were some methods involved.

But to kill a squad of elites in front of a Royal Court and escape unscathed sounds like a joke.

If Rhodes Island truly possessed such a master, would Theresa have died in the first place?

Thinking of this, he looked at Theresa, who was standing quietly not far away. She shook her head, indicating that she did not remember any person like the one Dukale had described on Rhodes Island.

Theresis looked to the other side.

"According to intelligence, the insectoids from Rhodes Island were active in Londinium a few days ago. Find their trail, trace their origins, and find out who that person really is."