adventurers in the sewers

A crimson beam of light blasted into the chimera's chest, pierced through its back, and stretched for hundreds of meters before slowly dissipating.

Clang—

The sword in Dai Na's hand was so hot that she could no longer hold it. The hilt fell to the ground, and the blade turned into molten iron and evaporated along with the light cannon.

The blue-haired girl, whose magic had been completely drained, suddenly collapsed to one knee, panting heavily as she tried to ease the pain in her meridians and muscles. Fine beads of sweat covered her forehead.

"Sister Daina, let me help you."

Merry quickly stepped forward, and with a wave of her wand, a complex green rune appeared out of thin air and merged into Dina's body.

This is a healing rune, a level 0 basic rune. Its effect is to heal minor injuries and restore a certain amount of stamina.

After receiving nourishment from the nanny, Daina's tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

She nodded to Merry before glancing at the pierced chimera.

The diameter of the light cannon just now exceeded three meters, and the temperature and impact force were even more exaggerated. Even among level 1 professionals, such a terrifying attack is very rare.

Therefore, even though this chimera was Eric's strongest trump card, obtained after sacrificing all his relatives, it was blasted away, losing most of its body.

The faces of his loved ones melted in the intense heat, and the twisted limbs that weren't directly hit quickly lost their vitality.

Eric stood there, stunned, watching the scene in disbelief.

"My family members were defeated so easily?"

Dai Na sneered and said:

"You think you're the only one who can hide? From the very beginning, Louis guessed that you had powerful combat capabilities, and he replenished my magic power immediately."

"I've been holding back all this time, waiting for you to reveal your hand first, so I can take that thing down in one fell swoop!"

"While my skills may not be as versatile as Noradore's, in terms of damage output, I'm the strongest on the team."

Eric's face was extremely gloomy, but he had nothing to say.

But at that moment, the chimera, which looked utterly wretched, suddenly moved, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Eric turned his head sharply and found that his chimera had not been completely destroyed, and Ryan, who was his upper body, was still alive.

This wasn't because Dina's light cannon missed its target, but rather because the giant silver shield in her hand neutralized most of the aftershocks of the light cannon, allowing her to survive despite suffering severe burns.

thump--

The chimera's massive body collapsed.

However, the flesh binding Ryan's lower body contracted on its own, and the powerful Silver Hunter squad leader was 'spit out'.

His lower body was mutilated, covered with corrosive digestive fluids, and he appeared to be limping.

Even so, Eric was still overjoyed!

"Ryan! I knew you were a good guy! Go! These guys are definitely at their last gasp, kill them!"

Ryan obediently stood up, holding his shield in a contorted posture, and charged headlong at Dina.

Dai Na was startled, but the lingering soreness and pain throughout her body left her no room to dodge.

Fortunately, Louis returned to the rescue in time.

He held the parasitic demon he had just killed in one hand, positioned it in front of Ryan, and slammed it against the opponent's large shield.

bang——

Louis, who possessed 12 points of strength, was forced back several steps by the head-on collision, which temporarily slowed Ryan's advance.

The impact left Louis feeling numb on half of his body.

Without a doubt, Ryan's power surpasses his, even though Ryan is already a manipulated corpse and has both legs missing.

Its power at its peak was likely above 15 points.

Fortunately, the Shield Guard's offensive capabilities are ultimately insufficient. As long as they can withstand the enemy's tank-like charge, things will be much easier from there.

Even if you let the Noradre undead soldiers circle around behind the enemy and fire their guns, they can turn Ryan into a pincushion.

However, now is not the time to slowly wear down Ryan, because Eric, seeing the situation was not good, was about to run away.

Watching Eric rushing into the distance, Louis didn't make a move and quickly looked at Nora.

Nora understood, raised her personal skeletal rifle, and fired a shot.

The white bone bullet was fired, piercing through the air, and appeared behind Eric in an instant.

Although the guy was constantly moving, Nora's sniping skills were masterful, and the bullet passed right through Eric's nape with unstoppable momentum.

The immense kinetic energy and the vast magical power inherent within the bone bullet exploded at this moment.

This shot didn't just leave a bullet hole in Eric's neck; it completely severed his neck, sending his head flying high into the air.

The latter's body remained in a forward running posture, and after running for more than ten steps, it finally lost its balance and fell to the ground.

Even a body blessed by the demon realm can only obediently await death after losing its head.

"nailed it."

Nora made a gesture, blew away the smoke swirling from the muzzle of the gun, and put the skeletal rifle back into her cloak.

Finally, the mastermind was taken down.

Louis breathed a sigh of relief.

Having achieved so many victories, if Eric were to escape, their first battle as professionals would not be perfect.

Even though Eric was dead, Ryan's corpse was still moving, though much slower than before, and its attacks had lost their rhythm.

Through this, Louis discovered that there was no parasitic demon inside Ryan's body; he was simply a demonized corpse that Eric had used as the chimera's brain.

This arrangement is actually not a problem. If it weren't for Dina's ultimate skill directly crippling the enemy, the chimera formed by Ryan and the Eric family would be much more troublesome than a single level 1 professional.

Louis fought Ryan for a while, and with Nora's help, he finally found an opportunity to flank him and cut off his head, bringing him to a halt.

Nora also cleansed up the servants who had been corrupted by the demonic power.

When everything at Hysen Estate had settled down, Louis looked around and saw only severed limbs and bodies, with blood staining everything red.

Even the gleaming walls of the manor were unfortunately struck by Daina's beam of light and blasted down.

The buildings in the manor fared even worse, as the chimeras that emerged from underground rampaged through them, causing many buildings to collapse.

Meanwhile, the notification sound from the cheat system kept ringing in Louis's ears.

Ronan and Ryan's corpses seem to still have some attributes remaining, and can be picked up.

"Logically speaking, these two have been dead for over a week. Could it be that the loss of their physical attributes is slowed down after being corrupted by demonic power?"

Louis secretly guessed to himself.

This is a good thing, as those are the corpses of two professionals; it would be a shame to miss them.

However, Louis did not rush to loot the corpse, because he suddenly realized that the Silver Hunter team had three members, but only two had appeared so far.

What about the last female team member?

The fact that no one outside knew about the Silver Hunter Squad's downfall is enough to show that the female member also failed to escape. Where is she now? She was also a legitimate professional, and we must care.

And what about the so-called sacrifice that Eric mentioned? Where was the sacrifice taking place?

As Louis pondered these questions, his ears twitched, and he suddenly heard a weak groan coming from afar:

"Help...help me..."

Louis's team members also heard the sound and turned to look at the source of the sound, only to find that it was coming from the deep crater created by the Chimera.

The voice sounded like a woman's.

Louis's heart skipped a beat. Could the person crying for help be the female member of the Silver Hunter Squad? Was she still alive?