Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 17 The Murder of the Criminal Hunter
Chapter 17

Standing by the window of the mysterious study, Rosen raised his God-Slaying Crossbow and locked onto Bennett with his God-Hunting Demon Eye.

Bennett searched back and forth on the rooftops of nearby buildings. Finally, when the distance between Bennett and Rosen was within sixty meters, Rosen pulled the trigger of the Godslayer crossbow and the crossbow fired simultaneously.

The combined Nen energy from the enhancement and emission systems inside the gun barrel explodes, giving the bullet a supersonic muzzle velocity.

However, the bullet did not produce a sonic boom, nor even the whooshing sound of a normal firearm bullet passing through the air.

Because the bullets made from spiritual paintings are infused with a large amount of spiritual energy, and with the help of the energy technique "Invisibility," the bullets can become ethereal and hide themselves to the greatest extent. However, even so, Bennett still detected the bullets when they were within ten meters of him.

However, the distance was already very close; the bullet would hit Bennett in less than one-thirtieth of a second.

In that instant, Bennett's shoes suddenly propelled him to a super-fast three-meter teleportation.

The bullet grazed past him, and just as Bennett breathed a sigh of relief, the bullet suddenly veered off course, turning around as if it were alive, automatically targeting and striking Bennett.

At this moment, the pendant around Bennett's neck unfolded into a Sequence 9 elemental shield.

The bullets struck the shield, inflicting considerable armor-piercing damage. After breaking through most of the elemental shield's thickness, the bullets exhibited the characteristics of a spirit beast, continuing to charge into the elemental shield like a living creature.

Bennett's expression was grim, and his left hand activated its spiritual power to release a repulsive aura of extraordinary ability.

In an instant, his right hand drew a six-round-fire Punishment revolver from its holster at his waist. Following the trajectory of the bullets that had just been fired, the barrel roared and fired six bullets in a single burst. These bullets did not travel in a straight line but instead spiraled through the air.

Any hunter who uses firearms is ashamed to use a gun if they can't determine the source of a bullet's trajectory.

Bennett's counterattacks were not only incredibly fast, but his bullets were also automatically enchanted with elemental power to increase damage and apply special effects.

However, Bennett's imagined scenario of elemental bullets freezing an area of ​​tens of meters and controlling the enemy turned out to be just freezing a dilapidated house.

Bennett's eagle eye saw no signs of life, indicating that the enemy was clearly no longer within his attack range.

However, only a second had passed between the attack and his counterattack. How could the enemy have run so fast? The faster the movement, the greater the noise. His extraordinary senses did not hear the sound of rapidly moving footsteps.

Just as Bennett was wondering what was going on, he sensed danger approaching again.

Hawkeye spotted a crossbow bolt that appeared out of nowhere. By then, Bennett didn't have time to reload the Punishment Revolver. He instantly drew his spare revolver, held it in his left hand, and fired a three-shot burst at the approaching arrow.

The crossbow bolts exploded in mid-air, but Bennett still couldn't find any trace of the enemy.

At this moment, not only Bennett was filled with doubt and surprise, but Rosen, who was standing behind the window, was also stunned.

He had thought that by ambushing Bennett from the mysterious study, he could at least severely injure him, given that the enemy was in the open while he was in the dark. However, the result was completely unexpected. His God-Slaying Crossbow was easily countered by a volley of fire from both ends, and Bennett was much stronger than he had anticipated.

Only then did Rosen realize the real difference between a newcomer like himself and a veteran like Bennett.

Besides the significant difference in spiritual strength, the bigger difference lies in the number of extraordinary objects and the number of acquired extraordinary abilities. Apart from his two innate abilities of spiritual attachment and telekinesis, he has not mastered any of the extraordinary abilities he learned on his own.

In contrast, Bennett used at least four extraordinary artifacts and five extraordinary abilities. He was only able to fight Bennett from the mysterious study. If he were to fight Bennett head-on, even with the physical enhancement he had gained from his Nen, he wouldn't be able to dodge Bennett's first counterattack and would be frozen in place on the spot, losing all ability to resist.

Where do you learn acquired superhuman abilities?

Rosen frowned.

As far as he knew, other nations of the World Government were unaware that the extraordinary abilities of the Principality of Blazing Shadow were almost monopolized by nobles. Even if ordinary people managed to accumulate enough gold coins to awaken their spirituality, obtain magic potions, and successfully change their profession, they still lacked the conditions to learn extraordinary abilities later in life.

If you want to learn extraordinary abilities, you either need to join a noble family with a lineage or enter the official academy of the Blazing Shadow Kingdom.

The former loses some freedom, while the latter can only dream of it without exceptional talent.

Bennett wasted several months on Sani's employment, which suggests that it wasn't just a matter of being paid a large sum of money. Bennett is very likely a superhuman trained by Viscount Redstone, otherwise, it's impossible to explain how Bennett has such a wide range of methods.

Now was not the time to think about such things, so Rosen turned his attention back to Bennett.

It seems that relying solely on the God-Slaying Crossbow without the assistance of extraordinary abilities would be insufficient to defeat Bennett. In that case, he had no choice but to use his ultimate trump card. Without hesitation, he removed the Artist's Magazine and threw it out the window, just as Bennett was walking up to examine it closely.

The artist's magazine has a cubic meter of space inside, enough to store a huge amount of drawing paper.

Besides creating some spiritual paintings of bullets and crossbow bolts, Rosen also created a large number of spiritual paintings of TNT. TNT is much easier to paint than bullets and crossbow bolts, since TNT is just some yellow powder.

Dozens of TNT units materialized out of thin air after leaving the window and detonated instantly.

Through the window, Rosen saw countless rays of light and heat rushing towards him. Fortunately, he had worn sunglasses beforehand, so his eyes were not hurt. As for Bennett, who was surrounded by dozens of TNT explosions at close range, his triple defenses were blown apart one after another, directly causing serious damage to his body.

Bennett survived this level of injury because he used Sequence 8 Spirit Walk in the moment of life and death.

Normally, only Sequence 6 can enter the Spirit Realm in their true form. Spirit Realm Walking is a weakened prerequisite ability for entering and exiting the Spirit Realm. At most, it can only allow Bennett to enter the Spirit Realm for a few seconds to avoid damage, and he can only come out of the same place he entered.

Bennett had already taken some damage from the explosion when he went in, and he took some more damage from the aftershocks when he came out.

So although the person didn't die, their condition plummeted to rock bottom.

Although Rosen did not expect Bennett to still be alive, he never put down the Godslayer crossbow in his hand. The moment Bennett appeared, he fired bullets and crossbow bolts one after another. Bennett, who was already at the end of his rope, was completely overwhelmed by the explosive psychic damage.

Bennett never found the enemy's location and breathed his last in frustration.

At the same time, the extraordinary hunting ability of the Godslayer Crossbow was activated, and Bennett's corpse was instantly captured by the spirituality contained in the last bullet, and then formed into orbs of light in the radiance of the spirituality.

Rosen picked up a pen and paper and quickly drew a metal net bag. He then leaned out the window and brought all the orbs of light back to the mysterious study.

Ignoring Bennett's charred remains, he closed the window and began to tally his spoils.

(End of this chapter)