Evil Spirit Murder

"Go open the door!" Qin Ran told Aili Jones, then charged toward the ground-floor door leading to the back garden.

Though rust had made the door impossible to open, that was only under ordinary circumstances.

Bang!

Qin Ran kicked the door near its handle.

The entire door flew off, frame and all.

Qin Ran's Strength had already reached C-. When he attacked with his legs, his Strength and Agility rose by three ranks, putting that kick at B- level.

A wooden door and frame stood no chance. Even iron ones would have given way.

The door and frame arced through the air and landed in a flower bed. Qin Ran fixed his gaze on Raul, who lay on the ground.

The man, wrapped from head to toe in a trench coat and bandages, groaned in pain.

A dagger was lodged in his lower abdomen.

He was barely conscious.

At least, he seemed dazed when Qin Ran spoke to him.

"Raul? Raul?"

Qin Ran called his name while checking his injury.

From what he had learned through [Medical Treatment: Bandaging], Qin Ran judged that the wound was not deep. Without treatment, though, it could still cause serious trouble.

Footsteps sounded rapidly behind him.

Aili Jones approached with a refined-looking man.

"I'm Sydney!"

"Like the rest of you, I came here after receiving an invitation from Nikelei the Spirit Channeling!"

"I used to be a doctor. Leave him to me!"

The newcomer spoke as soon as he arrived.

Then he scooped up the injured Raul and carried him into the house.

Qin Ran frowned at how easily he lifted a grown man.

Sydney did not look particularly strong.

His frown deepened when Sydney opened his backpack inside and took out an assortment of medical equipment.

"A coincidence?"

Qin Ran thought back to