Ambush

Paz Valley

Kronos had been lurking near a village for over five hours. During that time, he had sneaked in several times to gather Information through various means in order to assess the village's safety.

In the past few days, Kronos has entered four or five villages, and he has made his judgments in this way.

If you encounter danger on the road, that's just bad luck. But if you stumble into the stronghold of an evil organization, you're almost certainly going to die. So you must be very careful.

Fortunately, safety outweighed danger along the way.

After making so many assessments, Kronos was fairly certain that this place should be safe.

The villagers didn't have any strange expressions on their faces, nor did anyone worship any strange gods. Most of the young and middle-aged people still had jobs to do, so the chances of danger in this place were not high.

So Kronos found a secluded spot and began changing his clothes.

Actually, he wears Warlock's robe and keeps his Vampire Mask on when he travels, because he can still play the role while on the road.

However, gathering Information about Village was considered too low-class, so Kronos dressed in casual clothes and used the face of some random passerby.

Now that I'm getting ready to play the role of a "Warlock," it's natural to change clothes.

After changing his clothes and appearance, Kronos adjusted his state and then cast a Levitation Spell.

Having played the role so frequently over such a long period, Kronos had long since become intimately familiar with all the procedures.

He drifted into the Village and landed directly in the very center, so that more people could see him.

As usual, while the villagers were discussing amongst themselves, Kronos landed.

"Haha, I'm a traveling Warlock. I felt a connection with your village, so I came here to take a look. Interesting," Kronos said with feigned nonchalance.

After all, the Warlock he was playing had already changed his character, so his actions and words naturally had a different feel to them.

Just as Kronos was about to continue his role-playing, he heard a voice from his left.

"I knew it! This is how we caught you."

Then, a person jumped out from each of Kronos's sides, blocking Kronos from all directions and leaving him with no way out.

Kronos understood perfectly well that his predictable route had led to Ambush.

He initially thought they were a squad of Beyonder from the True God Churches and was about to surrender when he suddenly smelled a strong stench of blood emanating from these four people.

"Who are you?" Kronos suddenly became alert.

Looking around, although these four people were there to block Kronos's retreat, the villagers surrounding Kronos were also trapped inside. If a battle broke out, none of these villagers would survive.

This kind of behavior could never be the way True God church operates; even if they were pretending, they wouldn't do it this way.

The leader of the four laughed heartily and said, "We come from the Rose School to invite you to join us in worshipping the great God, our Mother Tree."

Kronos had initially guessed it was the Numinous Episcopate, since he had encountered members of the Numinous Episcopate on the way, but he never expected it to be the Rose School.

But this is also the most troublesome aspect, because the Rose School is ruthless, and one can easily be corrupted. Forget about fighting, even Sharf's extraordinary Werewolf Beyonder Characteristic in the original work were corrupted.

"How did you find me? I don't think I'm worthy of such a large fuss from you," Kronos said, stalling for time while his mind raced for a way out.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, we were originally going to carry out another mission, but unfortunately, we failed. So, we need to provide appropriate compensation to the school, and you're just the right person for that."

From these words, Kronos gleaned at least one Information: these individuals acted on their own initiative, so the situation of the younger sibling being beaten and the older sibling being beaten was unlikely to occur.

But that's not important. These four people in front of him are difficult to deal with. Kronos activated his Eyes of Mystery Prying as soon as these four appeared. Although he couldn't clearly see their Sequence, he could roughly judge that none of them were below him in Sequence, and the one in the lead was obviously above him.

This is arguably the most dangerous situation Kronos has ever faced. Although he still has Time Reload and protect himself, he can only withstand one such attack.

"Can I learn more about your organization? You can't expect me to join without knowing anything about it." This is just making conversation to stall for time.

Kronos knew far more about the Rose School and the Mother Tree of Desire than his rivals, but he needed time to plan his next move.

Those who follow cults are probably not very bright. The leader on the other side believed him completely and began to tell his story about the "holy religion" and the "one God" without any hesitation.

While discussing this topic, the four of them seemed to be caught up in a peculiar mood, completely unaware of Kronos's subtle movements. With a series of small actions, Kronos had already grasped the Elf Charm and the Ninth Law in his left hand, while also holding a handful of green powder in his right.

Given the opponent's vigilance, if their escape route hadn't been so tightly blocked, Kronos might have been able to seize an opportunity to slip away.

It wasn't that there wasn't a chance to prepare more; it was that there were no other means to prepare. Therefore, Kronos didn't hesitate at all and made his move directly.

The Elf Charm is crafted using the blood of Sequence Two Elf, and should normally be able to reach the attack power of Demigod. However, in order to ensure its continued use, its attack power is only barely at the Sequence 5.

Most members of the Rose School follow the Prisoner Pathway or Apothecary Pathway, but it's quite difficult to get Sequence 5 of these Pathway with Elf Charm.

The Prisoner's Sequence 6 is Zombie with strong defense, Sequence 5 is Wraith, which naturally weakens their physical attack power. The Apothecary's Pathway is best suited for Life Force, and each one is more resilient than the last, making them all difficult to kill with a single blow.

Therefore, the only strike from the Elf Charm in Kronos's hand was not intended to be aimed at the leader, but rather randomly selected one of the other three.

A bolt of Lightning struck the man without hesitation, killing him instantly without a word.

This completely stunned the other three. They all thought they had successfully won him over, but Kronos made his move directly, and with a deadly strike at that.

"Colin!" shouted the leader of the four.

It wasn't that they had a particularly good relationship; it was mainly because the mission had failed, and if they lost one or two more members, his guilt would be immense.

At this moment, Kronos saw clearly the Pathway and Sequence of the remaining three people, because they had all taken action.

Four or five people jumped out of the crowd and charged toward Kronos under the command of the leader, who was a Sequence 6 Zombie. The other two suddenly shrunk their arms, and tufts of short gray hair grew on the backs of their hands, while their nails became long, sharp and strong.

These are clearly pure members of the Rose School, all of them from the Prisoner Pathway.

Seeing that these people were starting to move, Kronos activated the second Charm in his hand.

He held the Ninth Law in his hand Majesty issued the Decree: "Transformation is prohibited here."

Logically, Kronos should have dealt with the Sequence 6 first, but he did the opposite, targeting the Sequence 7 several times.

This is because Kronos believed that he could deal with a Sequence 6 if he had set up his defenses and used his methods, but it would be difficult if there were several Sequence 7 interfering, so he had to completely eliminate the interference first.

This Decree truly reached the level of Demigod, so as soon as the words were spoken, the fur of the two Werewolf vanished instantly.

Seizing the opportunity, Kronos completely ignored the Zombie's movements and charged directly at a Werewolf, who was now holding a golden Walking Stick.

At this point, Kronos certainly wouldn't dare to rely on luck for a judgment, but his Machine Thinking instantly kicked in.

He slammed the Werewolf's head hard, without causing his brains to splatter, but the werewolf's forehead was ripped open and he collapsed on the spot.

They're definitely not dead, but they've absolutely lost their fighting ability immediately.

At this moment, the advantage of Machine Thinking became apparent, as the positions of the people behind him appeared clearly in Kronos's mind.

Kronos turned around and scattered a handful of Spell materials, which landed squarely on the last Werewolf and several manipulated corpses.

The moment the powder landed, a pale yellow flame ignited. This attack probably wouldn't do much damage to Sequence 6 Zombie, but it would inflict considerable damage on ordinary zombies and Werewolf.

In the blink of an eye, the Werewolf cried out in Affliction, and the limbs of several manipulated corpses began to dissolve.

However, the Zombie was completely unaffected and instead accelerated its charge towards Kronos.

However, by this point, Kronos had essentially achieved all his goals, and he was no longer afraid to face a Zombie that was not controlling the body.

The Zombie raised its fist and threw a straight punch at Kronos.

Kronos wasn't stupid; of course he wouldn't use his body to block Zombie's fist. Zombie's body could be as hard as steel, able to withstand Bullet and Cannonball. Even if Revolver its head and fired, it would at most cause dizziness.

If he were to fight him head-on, he would only end up getting hurt, so Kronos raised his Walking Stick.