You don't even want to call me godfather

Zoya also looked at Skadi. She really thought the melody was very good, and that was the best way to describe it with her vocabulary.

Even if no one can understand the rhythm of these tunes, they can all feel the sadness in them.

Skadi saw everyone's reactions. These lyrics came from her hometown, and no one could understand them except for her race from the deep sea.

The team leader looked at all this with some nonchalance.

He knew that most people in the group were more or less afraid of Skadi, but they were unwilling to reject her.

When she first came to the mercenary group, the terrifying power and brutal fighting style had already been deeply imprinted in everyone's mind.

Monster, this was what most people in the group initially thought of her.

Skadi doesn't mind showing her strength to others, nor does she mind being treated like a monster.

She is like a person who is out of touch with the world. Instead of trying to please others deliberately, she prefers a lifestyle that goes with the flow.

No one dared to provoke her. The two girls who tried to understand her were only a minority. Besides being a "monster", everyone's impression of her was probably only the sad songs that were often heard.

"Roar--"

A chilling roar was heard in the distance, like that of a wild beast, but it was not a wild beast.

Skadi's singing was interrupted as a result. She suddenly stood up and put the symbolic sword on her back.

While others were still stunned by the roar of wild beasts or Skadi's singing, she was alone, rushing towards the city.

……

"Roar--!!"

"Uh!"

The howling of the giant wolf made Lappland's eardrums hurt. Looking at this huge monster, fear rose in her heart. She supported her body with two swords and stood up.

Letting go of the hand that was covering the injured eye, Lappland opened his only remaining eye and watched the entire body of the monster emerge from the smoke.

The monster shook its huge body, and black and purple flames rose and burned on its body.

"Ah... If possible, I would rather you kill me with your own hands, Koshe..."

Lappland wiped the blood from his face and held both swords in front of him.

"How can I be willing to die with this monster that I can't even understand..."

The monster's deep purple eyes popped out from behind its eyelids, staring at her intently, and it took steps towards her.

coming!

Lappland's nerves tensed up instantly, and at the same time, the monster's pace suddenly quickened, and it opened its ferocious mouth towards her.

"Ding!"

The long knife hit the hound's teeth but did not cause any damage. Instead, Lappland was forced back a few steps.

She tried to steady herself but failed. Her long combat experience prompted her to quickly raise another long knife while retreating to block the claw that followed.

The sharp claws came whistling with flames, and even if Lappland blocked it, he was still knocked away due to the huge difference in strength.

"cough--"

She rolled on the ground several times, hit the outer wall of a house, and stopped.

The knife that she had used to block the claws was also stained with the purple-black flames, and the flames quickly spread to the hilt, forcing Lappland to discard the long knife.

"Ah... this is not good..."

Lappland felt pain. She didn't know how many bones she broke in the collision, but now she didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Looking at the monster getting closer and closer to her, Lappland helplessly stretched out her only movable hand, grabbed a brick that was smashed out of the wall, and struggled to stand up.

But it was all in vain. Not to mention standing up, she couldn't even feel her legs.

It seems... I'm going to fall into the hands of this twisted monster?

Past scenes flashed through his mind one by one, Koshei, Texas, and the past times he had spent with them. Lapland closed his eyes, as if he had given up hope of living.

No! I won't die so easily!

Lappland suddenly opened his eyes, exerted force with his arms, and forced himself to stand up against the wall.

She dug the brick she had grabbed earlier out of the wall and threw it at the monster, which was only a few meters away from her.

"Snapped."

But this attack was no different from a child's fist to the monster. It raised its claws and slapped the brick away, then grabbed Lappland.

"Something unexpected."

"what?"

After Koshe asked Msisha for help, he turned his back and smoked silently, pretending not to hear the fight between the giant wolf and Lappland behind him.

But Msissa's voice suddenly rang in Koshe's mind.

"My followers can't hold on any longer. The hounds have met the hunters."

"Ding!"

Koshe turned around and saw that just when Lappland was about to be torn apart by the claws, a figure stood between them.

Skadi held the greatsword firmly in her hand, holding the hound's claws firmly, then pushed forward and lifted its claws upwards.

"Roar!"

The hound was very dissatisfied. It roared at the uninvited guest, tilted its head, opened its mouth wide and bit down.

But this powerful blow was also blocked by Skadi. She turned the sword horizontally, with the tip and hilt of the sword pressing against the upper and lower jaw of the hound respectively, and the two men fell into a stalemate.

But Skadi didn't seem to want to waste time with the hound. She raised one foot and kicked it hard in the chin.

"Awwww——"

The hound was hit hard and let out a wail. Its mouth that was biting the sword loosened and it was kicked out.

As it was kicked to the side, the hound stuck its claws into the ground. After sliding for a few meters, it stopped and shook its head, which was dazed by the kick. It was angry and ready to attack again.

But Skadi had already arrived in front of it, and the moment it steadied itself, the greatsword slashed into the hound's body along with her arm.

"Roar--!!"

The hound roared in pain. It had never been injured before, but this time it was cut by Skadi's sword. A blood-like liquid poured out, dripping onto the ground and emitting wisps of smoke.

Skadi did not stop. She did not react at all when the blood splashed on her body. She pulled the sword out of the hound's body and slashed at it once again. The hound, sensing the danger, raised a paw, but was unable to block the powerful attack from the deep-sea hunter.

"laugh--"

The long sword was deeply embedded in the hound's wrist. Skadi exerted force again and cut off the claw.

No, I can’t win at all.

For the first time in his life, the hound wolf felt confused. The few swords he just fought made his limited wisdom doubt who the monster was.

The hound, which had always been the only one to kill others, had the idea of ​​running away for the first time.

But Skadi would never give it time to think, nor would he give it a chance to escape. After cutting off one of the hound's claws, he slashed upwards with another swift sword.

You can’t dodge this sword.

The blade of the greatsword gradually became larger in the hound's eyes. At the critical moment, the hound kicked its legs and rushed towards Skadi.

Its body gradually twisted as it pounced towards Skadi, emitting a purple smoke.

"Want to run away?"

After a very brief thought, Skadi gave up swinging and instead kicked the hound.

After being kicked several meters away, the hound fell heavily to the ground.

Skadi followed the hound closely, and as it landed, she used her sword to disperse the purple smoke.

But the scene before her was beyond her comprehension.

Where the hound landed, there was no trace of it. There was only a distorted space, which kept generating angular spaces.

Suddenly, a black and purple flame ignited on the ground in front of him and quickly spread far away.

"Did you run over there?"

Feeling the flame that had a similar feeling to that of a hound, Skadi ran in the direction of the flame without hesitation.

"What kind of monster is this woman?"

Koshe was confused and Msisha was silent.

Msisha had just deliberately used fire to lead Skadi away. He was now one with Koshei. If Skadi noticed Koshei and sensed the aura of Msisha on him, he was not sure whether he could save Koshei from that woman's hands since he could not show his true self in the real world.

"That's right, Lappland!"

Koshe realized something, he threw away his cigarette butt, and looked towards the place where Lappland had just been, but Lappland was no longer there.

"Want to chase after him?"

"She's injured and can't run far." The nearest hiding place to this street is the forest. Outside the forest is the landing pad where the Cascade family transports supplies to the outside world of Syracuse. Koshe said, "I can roughly guess where she will go. Although I sympathize with Lapland, the death of the godfather cannot be dealt with lightly."

As he said that, Koshei prepared to rush to the woods with his dagger in hand. He did not find his pistol on the ground. It might have been destroyed by the hunting dogs in the previous battle, or it might have been taken away by Lappland. If it was the latter, then it would be a big problem.

“Ding ding… Gululu…”

Suddenly, several objects fell in front of Koshei. They were smoke bombs. They released a large amount of smoke, surrounding Koshei and blocking his sight.

'Msisha!'

"No, you and I have the same vision."

Koshei kept alert to his surroundings, covering his mouth and nose to avoid inhaling smoke.

But there seemed to be something else mixed in the smoke, and he felt his vision becoming increasingly blurred.

Suddenly, someone covered Koshe's head with something from behind and strangled his neck, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"Uh……"

In panic, Koshe tried to struggle and stabbed the person behind him with a dagger, but because his vision was blocked, he only scratched the other person's arm.

"What the hell are you waiting for!"

A voice muffled by the mask reached Koshe's ears.

Immediately afterwards, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps, and the second man kicked the dagger out of his hand.

Koshe grabbed the thing that was strangling his neck, but the previous battle and the blood transfusion in the morning had greatly reduced his strength, and he was unable to defeat the person behind him.

Then, the man who kicked away his dagger took something and hit him on the head.

Once, twice, three times, the heavy blows on the head and the suffocation caused by the people behind him gradually made him lose the strength to resist.

Finally, Koshe stopped struggling and his consciousness gradually sank into the depths.

Chapter 36: Surrounded

"What the hell is going on..."

In the woods, Lappland dragged his injured body through.

The woman who chased the hound gave Lappland the opportunity to escape. Now she didn't care what the monster was. What she encountered today was already bizarre enough.

After walking a short distance, they would be out of the woods. Looking at the lights at the end of the woods not far away, Lappland quickened her pace slightly.

Further ahead is the helipad. As long as she can get there, she can escape from Syracuse.

"Uh!"

There was a sudden sharp pain in the injured eye. Lappland covered his left eye. The wound that had just healed a little opened again and blood flowed out.

"If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my eye..." Lappland stopped and rested for a while with one hand leaning on a tree next to him. "Koshe, you really don't know how to be gentle with women..."

Taking a few deep breaths, Lappland continued to move forward.

But she suddenly felt a gaze staring at her, with murderous intent.

"Did they catch up..." Lappland held the only remaining long knife and turned his head while running, "No, that's not right, it's not Koshe."