"High Priest, what do you want?"
"It wouldn't be good to let such a powerful and eccentric outsider roam around. If he gets infected and turns into a beast, he'll likely cause great losses to the hunters."
Amelia said.
"You're right, then I'll go and talk to him myself."
Beethoven nodded.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Maestro Beethoven."
Beethoven left, and the door closed again.
Amelia was left alone in the vast Main Sacrificial Hall once again.
She raised her head and looked at the skull on the Main Sacrificial Altar.
"Professor Dickens, perhaps this time you can rest in peace."
She stroked the gold pendant, murmuring to herself.
Black nails grow from the slender fingertips.
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"Are those guys really planning to keep following us?"
As Liu Zheng cut up the beast's carcass, he said somewhat speechlessly.
Almost as soon as he left the Church of Pain, the group followed him.
He's practically circled the entire New Yate now, and those people are still following him.
Anyone who didn't know better would think Liu Zheng some runaway young master, and those people were bodyguards sent by his family to play house with him.
"Well, perhaps your performance was too conspicuous, attracting the hunters' attention."
Anke wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.
Although he couldn't see the hidden people, the only one still wandering around with them at this hour was the hunter.
To be honest, it would be abnormal if no one was following them.
There's no way to describe Mr. Liu Zheng's behavior but as arrogant.
On Pale Night like this, they not only swaggered down the street, but even savagely broke into other people's homes, acting like robbers.
When encountering those terrifying beasts, instead of avoiding them, they excitedly rush forward and tear them to pieces, just like a butcher.
If wild animals weren't mindless, Anke would have suspected they were planning to join forces with the residents and hunters to attack them.
"No, I think I'm pretty low-key."
Liu Zheng said, sounding rather aggrieved.
He has only ever used tentacles and Cleaver so far; he hasn't even used any of the magical gadgets that the French Plane Tree gave him before he came here.
" Yate is a small place; maybe they've never seen anything like it."
Looking at the bright yellow Dragon Robe Cloak and cloak behind him, covered in thick bloodstains, Anke finally displayed the art of speaking that comes with adulthood.
"Mr. Liu Zheng, have you completed your procurement work?"
To avoid continuing to say things he didn't mean, he quickly changed the subject.
That's about enough.
Liu Zheng glanced at the purchase list and nodded.
We've basically bought all the food, wine, and medicine we need. We've also collected quite a bit of wild animal whips, kidneys, and tenderloin along the way.
The rest were all sorts of strange things, like the executioner's pork belly, the giant's neck, and the brain of a brain-sucking monster.
He asked Anke, but Anke didn't know where to get these things either.
However, the little girl Fula provided him with a clue.
Her father, Father John, often patrolled the cemetery near her home, where monsters John called "madmen" would sometimes appear, perhaps related to the " Madman's Eyeballs " on the list.
Since there were no other clues, Liu Zheng decided to go to the cemetery to take a look first.
If I can't run into a madman, running into Father John will do.
If they don't Beastification, send the father and daughter to the Church of Pain. Beastification, you'll get a set of wild animal ingredients, and maybe even the Blood Gem. Either way, you win.
If you don't run into either the madman or Father John, then just pluck some grass from the cemetery before you leave; you definitely won't be coming back empty-handed.
"Take its heart out."
Liu Zheng looked at Fula and gave the order.
"I... I dare not."
Fula looked at the gruesome death of the Hound Beast and said, her face pale.
Having followed Liu Zheng around the city for so long, she was no longer as afraid of wild animals as she had been at the beginning.
But the idea of dissecting wild animals by hand was still beyond her capacity to handle.
"You'll be meeting your father soon, so you should prepare in advance."
Liu Zheng said coldly.
"If I were to do it, his fate would be like those wild beasts we encounter on the road. Do you want your father to become livestock to be slaughtered?"
No, I don't want to.
Fula said in a trembling voice.
"Very well, then you must personally free him. And if your father is truly unfortunate, you will have to live with Anke's family from now on."
He pointed to Anke's stomach.
"Look at his belly, do you think he's capable of protecting you?"
"Mr. Liu Zheng, isn't that a bit hurtful? Actually, despite my big belly, I have quite a lot of muscle."
Anke tried to prove himself, but no Renhe and no cat paid him any attention.
"But I also lack the ability to protect others."
Fula looked at her thin body and said.
"You'll have it sooner or later, and the will to protect others is also a kind of ability."
Liu Zheng said meaningfully.
Along the way, he did encounter some small wild animals, which looked about the same size as Fula.
Although adults are the main recipients of Blood Therapy in Yate City, children inevitably get sick sometimes, and there are also parents who use Blood Therapy as a preventative measure.
"Will I become as powerful as you?"
Fula asked expectantly.
The person before him was likely more powerful than his father, and his demeanor was far more relaxed.
"Probably not."
Liu Zheng thought for a moment and then said.
He possesses the combined resources of the Bloodstained Restaurant and numerous powerful figures in Metropolis. For Fula to become as strong as him, she would have to drain the entire Yate dry.
"All right."
Fula pouted in disappointment, but finally made up her mind.
She gripped the Boning Knife with both hands, trembling as she plunged it into the beast's chest cavity, then severed the seemingly shrunken but actually resilient blood vessels.
Then, she put down the Boning Knife, dug out the shriveled black heart with her hands, and held it high in front of Liu Zheng.
I did it.
She said, tears streaming down her face.
"Well done."
Liu Zheng took the heart, then touched her head with his blood-stained tentacles.
Feeling the warmth and weight above her head, Fula smiled brightly.
Anke, who witnessed all of this, shuddered and began to doubt whether adopting Fula was the right decision.
The ' Holy Sword ' hunters, who were secretly observing all of this, also felt a chill, once again raising their awareness of just how strange this outsider was.
"What did the reply above say?"
"The squad leader asked in a low voice."
As the most elite hunter team, they naturally have means of rapid communication.
" Beethoven said he wanted to personally communicate with this outsider."
The hunter in charge of communications replied.
"What? Beethoven himself is coming?"
The captain turned around in shock.
"Yes, High Priestess Amelia also said she wanted to invite him to the Church."
"The communications hunter said."
"Just who is this outsider?"
The captain asked, somewhat puzzled.
"I don't know, only these two messages came from above."
Where are they going?
"The captain asked."
"Looks like they're planning to go to the Yadan Cemetery."
"One of the hunters replied."
" The Yadan Cemetery, isn't that the area under the jurisdiction of Blood Axe Workshop?"
The captain frowned.
The relationship between Blood Axe Workshop and the Church Hunters is the worst; they have even nearly come to blows several times.
"What should we do? Should we continue following them?"
"A hunter asked."
"Keep up. Whoever harbors evil intentions will find no place to hide under Beethoven's moonlight."
The captain answered without hesitation.
"Praise be to the master Beethoven."
All the " Holy Sword " hunters spoke in unison, then followed Liu Zheng and his group under the cover of shadows.
Chapter 3 will be updated later; I'm going out to grab something to eat first. I only had a bowl of rice noodles today.