The Veilshade City Divine Guards who had spread out from Divine Grace Pharmacy earlier returned from nearby, just in time to see Han Shuo and Lolth fly away from its tallest building. They immediately gave chase.
At the same time, an irritable roar came from the direction they had come from: "Fuck, that was an illusion!"
The voice belonged to Salohawqi, Divine Guard Captain of the Sixth Division. He had led a group of Divine Guards in pursuit for ages before finally catching up with the demon head disguised as Lolth. Salohawqi immediately sensed something wrong with its aura. Then the demon head turned insubstantial and swiftly vanished, and Salohawqi immediately realized they had been chasing an illusion.
Salohawqi could sense the demon head's flight path, but just then, cries of alarm came from behind him. He immediately knew he had fallen for the Lure-the-Tiger-Away-from-the-Mountain Stratagem. Ignoring the fleeing demon head, he hurried back and joined the squads of Divine Guards pursuing Han Shuo and Lolth.
"Hasgreen is dead! Hasgreen is dead!"
"The master is dead! The master has been killed!"
Shouts from Veilshade City's Divine Guards and the people of Divine Grace Pharmacy rang out from inside the pharmacy. News of Hasgreen's death spread at once, immediately reaching every Divine Guard nearby.
All the Divine Guards in Veilshade City were incensed. Despite their layers of tight defenses, the killer had actually returned to Divine Grace Pharmacy and slain Hasgreen as well. Such a brazen attempt to wipe them out to the last man treated every Divine Guard in Veilshade City as nothing. He had shown them no regard whatsoever.
What they found hardest to accept was that the killer had actually succeeded. An insult-this was a blatant insult and provocation!
"What?" Salohawqi reeled as though struck by a heavy