Star Railroad: Great Guardian of Beloberg

"Ok?"

Alex looked at the street outside and found something strange. Many people were fighting with a strange humanoid creature. The strange humanoid creature was swinging the vehicle as a hammer. The people fighting him were all wearing suits, and the methods they used were different from those of the usual fate walkers.

Alex frowned at the aura, which gave him a very ominous feeling, a pure concept of evil. But it was very weak. So weak that he would die if he looked at it.

"It's the demon hunters from the Public Security Bureau fighting the [Demons]." Silver Wolf glanced outside and then explained, "The people of New Babylon are very strange. They have no fear and are prone to evil. When they are completely dominated by desire, some people's bodies will undergo certain genetic mutations and become inhuman, or half-orc demons. Their strength will increase by 20-200%, and they will have special abilities, but the price is that they completely lose their rationality. Of course, most demons have the ability to change at any time. They are the real behind-the-scenes masters of this world. The strongest group is the [Lords]."

"I thought 'demon' was just an adjective, but I didn't expect it to be a noun." Alex looked thoughtfully at the battle on the street in the distance. The demon was not strong, or rather, those demon hunters of the public security were very strong. It didn't take long before the demon was dismembered into pieces and cremated on the spot.

Silver Wolf paused for a moment, paused the game, and said, "Didn't Kafka tell you this?"

"No one has said anything specific, and I haven't asked." Alex blinked and said, "Are you implying that Kafka's words also come from the power of the Devil? She can also... transform?"

"I don't know. She never told us about the past." Silver Wolf spread his hands, snorted and said, "Are you scared?"

"No, more excited."

"Hey, pervert!"

"Silver Wolf, pause the game for now. Blade, let's eat together." Kafka came out with the dishes, took off her scarf and said, "Alex and I have already eaten. You are responsible for clearing these dishes."

"Okay~" Silver Wolf responded weakly, jumped down from the bay window, and started to eat. Kafka walked to Alex's side in front of the window and saw the scavenger cleaning up the mess in the distance. She already understood what had just happened and said, "Is this your first time seeing a [Demon]?"

"Well, it's a little different than I imagined."

The street cleaner was using a high-pressure water gun to wash the blood-stained streets. Kafka smiled and said, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"

"Yes." Alex didn't like to hide things, so he asked, "Can you transform?"

"I'm sorry, no, you little pervert with a weird sexual fetish." Kafka spread her hands and said, "In fact, when I awakened the word spirit technique, I also thought I would become a demon, but unfortunately, I am not a special person."

"special?"

"According to some great lords, those who have the ability to turn into demons are the chosen ones." Kafka folded her arms, leaned against the window, looked up at Alex, and said, "Not everyone is qualified. There are also many people like me who have awakened some strange abilities that are not part of their destiny, but cannot fall into evil. For me, this is a good thing. What's wrong? I see some worry in your eyes."

"I encountered the Ancient Beast on the way here." Alex paused and said, "Although it's different, my first reaction to the evil demon just now was that it was a creature that didn't belong to the universe. Are the genes of the Babylonians the same as those of people on other planets?"

"I've checked it out, and the final result is that there is basically no difference." There was no need for Kafka to talk to Alex in a roundabout way. The other party was concerned about these things because he was worried about her, so she said directly: "All I can say is that each world has different secrets. The company has also studied the secrets of Tianyi Wu, but there is no conclusion."

"If there is anything different from the universe here, it's only the star core."

Kafka paused and said, "The people here have been exposed to the radiation from the star core, so it's not surprising that they have become what they are. So, are you thinking about how to solve the problem of 'fear'?"

"It's always a bit awkward to let someone else fulfill your woman's wishes, isn't it?"

"You are really straightforward."

Kafka smiled and said, "Come on, now that you are here I can go for a walk on the street. Don't you want to know my past? I'll take you to see it."

The nights here are not safe. Once night falls, gunshots can be heard in all directions - even though this is a relatively safe place on the entire planet. It was drizzling in the sky. Kafka was wearing a windbreaker and Alex was wearing a suit. They held an umbrella and walked out of the city and the abandoned urban area like passers-by.

Empty wasteland.

"It's right here." Kafka pointed to a place where there was nothing and said, "It's been here since I can remember. To the east is the city of Hejian. To the west, on the other side of the river, is a gathering place of anarchy, Jinqian City. There is also a big city lord, and bloody fights often occur there."

“There is no sign of any building here.”

"A powerful bomb destroyed everything here." Kafka smiled and said, "This used to be an orphanage. I have no father or mother, and my only memory is everything in the orphanage. Of course, those are not very good memories. After all, we orphans are also a kind of commodity, carefully cultivated by a great lord who likes to eat children. Therefore, there used to be a high wall here, blocking us from the outside world. I naively thought that the world only had a small safe haven like the orphanage."

Kafka was calm as if she was telling a story that had nothing to do with her. Alex put his hand on her shoulder to pass on the warmth and said, "Let me guess, you must have demolished the orphanage?"

"No." Kafka shook her head and said, "I lived here until I was twelve years old. I received a good education and developed a strong body. With naive thoughts, I thought I was adopted by a kind person, and walked out of the orphanage with my godmother. I was dressed up beautifully, wearing beautiful clothes I had never seen before, and was sent to the box of the concert hall like a gift."

"The symphony in my ears was so beautiful. I didn't know there was such beautiful music in the outside world." Kafka smiled and said, "I was placed on the coffee table, my body was tied up, and a mark was drawn on my head with a pen. It was not until the group of distinguished guests surrounded me with knives, forks and saws that I realized that they didn't want to adopt me, but wanted to eat me."

Feeling the increasing strength in Alex's hand, Kafka comforted him, "It's okay, we're not scared. I just thought it was ridiculous. I didn't expect to be deceived for so long, and then..."

"I said: If you like eating people so much, then eat yourself."

As the melodious music played, the people in the VIP room were eating their own flesh and blood. The young girl slowly broke free from her restraints until the blood flowed from the VIP room to the first floor. Then she stepped on the blood barefoot, looked at the hellish scene, and left with an expressionless face.

"I was quite popular in the orphanage. Several older children took good care of me. Even after I was adopted, they still wrote to me." Kafka's eyes showed some nostalgia, and she said, "It's too long ago that I almost forgot what they looked like. Later I found out that those letters were forged by my godmother. They may have already been eaten by the devil. How about revenge for them?"

"I had no goals in life, but I suddenly found something to do. I was very happy. That was to be a demon hunter." She spread her hands and said, "So, Hunter Kafka was born. It's a very simple and clichéd story, isn't it?"

"If I hadn't awakened my abilities at that time, I might not have been able to see you."

Alex sighed. For a girl, it was almost certain death, and the most cruel way to die. However, Kafka shook her head and said, "No, a few years ago, after a dream, I became able to speak."

So, it was not an unintentional remark at that time, but an intentional choice of how someone else would die.

It's so young, but it can already tease its prey. It seems that the dangerous temperament in it is innate.

Kafka has been indifferent since she was a child and would not let anyone get into her heart. Now she is probably more cheerful than before.

"What a dream."

"It's a blurry dream." Kafka looked up at the starry sky and said, "I only remember that there was a huge spider-like thing, and the web it wove entangled its desperate prey. Let's go, to the next stop, I'll take you to see Kafka's starting point as a hunter."

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, you two are alone in the wilderness. I'm going to kill you if you do this."

A shouting voice came from behind, and a middle-aged man in a shirt and glasses came up with a briefcase and said, "A cheating couple? I don't believe in love at all."

Kafka and Alex looked at each other, revealing a speechless and mocking expression. The office worker, who looked like an ordinary middle-aged man, untied his tie and said, "But since you believe me, I can be merciful and bury your broken parts together, so that you can be inseparable forever. I am really kind-hearted, so kind."

"Why do you want to kill us?" Alex spread his hands and said, "We have no grudges against each other."

"Because..." The man was confused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Blood looks good when it comes out of the aorta."

"It seems like they are all psychopathic murderers."

As soon as Alex finished speaking, the shirt of the man in front of him was stretched open, revealing his ape-like and wolf-like appearance. He opened his beastly mouth and looked at the two people in front of him greedily.

"Anyone you meet is a demon?" Alex looked at Kafka in confusion, and Kafka spread her hands and said, "To be precise, the only ones who dare to wander around outside at this time are demons. And people like us who have nothing to do?"

"Stop chattering, it's so annoying! Just shut up!"

The demon ran on all fours towards the two men, and Kafka glanced at Alex, seeing him sizing up the demon in front of him with interest, and she understood what to do.

"listen to me……"

"do not move."

The demon, which was originally running fast, suddenly stopped moving its body. Its feet raised a cloud of dust on the ground and it slid motionlessly in front of Alex. Even its eyeballs were frozen, and the ferocity of hunting was still left in its eyes. It stopped in a funny posture.

Gradually, the fierceness in his eyes turned into dull obedience.

"When did your word magic become so powerful?"

Alex was a little surprised. In the past, Kafka's words were very powerful, but more like a kind of hypnosis. Now it seemed to have become a direct domination. The moment the other party heard it, there was no way for him to resist.

"No." Kafka spread her hands and said with a smile, "It's just more effective against demons than others."

Hey, hey, hey, the demon you dreamed of is not the demon king, right? Alex shook his head and looked at the monster in front of him carefully. From the appearance, it was somewhat similar to the ancient beast he had seen, and both were inhuman beings. Although it also exuded a "bad" odor, this kind of evil still belonged to the category of human evil, and was not worth mentioning compared to the "beast".

Alex had a guess in his mind. The only thing that had ever affected the world was the star core, and in the star core there was a star god whose true identity could not be determined. The black tower believed that the demon in New Babylon might have a direct or indirect relationship with that demon.

Could that person be related to the ancient beast? Alex looked at the demonized person in front of him. Could that star god be like Greedy, a dual existence of the ancient beast and the star god?

Speaking of which, one of the seven witches of the seven deadly sins on the magic planet also had a strange process of beast transformation.

What lies in the unknown firmament, and what role does mystery play in it all?

Then why did Aha conduct experiments to create witches? It can be concluded that the incident on the magic star was caused by Him. The last time they met, Aha did not give Alex much chance to speak and left directly. However... Alex did think of a possibility.

Give him a taste of his own medicine. The ancient beast created Azir, and Joy used the power in the star core to create the witch. Perhaps Aha's calculations went further than he thought.

Many Star Gods have already started to make plans. Aha, who seems to be watching the show, may have already been in the game.

When I first saw IX, Aha was not there by chance, but was just waiting for me to arrive.

"Alex?" Seeing Alex remained silent, Kafka asked with concern.

"Nothing, I just thought of something related to those high and mighty beings." Alex raised his hand and pressed it on the beast's head. He closed his eyes and sensed it for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not the ancient beast I thought of, but their method of transforming into a demon is worth studying."

He picked up his phone and sent a message to the company to see if there was any record in the database. At the same time, he raised his hand, cut off a piece of flesh and tissue with ice, froze it and stuffed it into the portable trash can, saying, "I'll ask someone to confirm it later."

The company doesn't have much data on ancient beasts, only some skeletal specimens. Alex now really regrets not being able to catch one alive a while ago. It seems that greed is more about destroying corpses and traces, so the disappearance of ancient beasts from people's sight... is it the myths and fictional historians who are helping?

Let's give this specimen to Ruan Mei. She would probably be very interested in studying this seemingly dangerous thing.

"Perhaps, by unlocking the secret of demonization, we can unlock the truth of losing fear." Alex flicked his fingers, and the demon in front of him turned into shattered ice and disappeared. He said, "Let's continue with the topic just now. Isn't this world ruled by demons? Why are there demon hunters? Especially official demon hunters."

Kafka led Alex to the abandoned city with a folding umbrella. She said, "Although no one needs order, New Babylon is in contact with the universe after all, and the Riverlands is also an important cosmic trade port. Demons also like money, delicious and beautiful things. They are willing to use some superficial order to restrain some forces that do not belong to them. So the seven demon lords joined forces to support the puppet government and obtained a legal license for plunder and killing. The Riverlands is already the safest place. At least they really have a group of demon hunters who hunt demonized people in the city. Well, they will also issue wanted orders. Hunt some hostile forces and those who dare to challenge their status."

"Most demon hunters are either destiny walkers, demons themselves, or people with special abilities like me." The two walked and came to an abandoned square in an abandoned city area, but Alex had already noticed that there were quite a few people in front of them. She took out a mask and gave one to Alex.

“The party doesn’t show its true colors.”

"Then why did you give me a clown mask?" Alex looked at the mask and thought it looked like Aha. Kafka smiled and explained, "A clown means a demon hunter who does not belong to an organization. If there is an organization, there will be a pattern tattooed on the mask."

The two walked forward slowly, and soon a scrutinizing gaze came over from the darkness. Kafka took out a coin in her hand and flashed it, then took Alex to the regular gathering of demon hunters.

"Someone is not wearing a mask." Alex saw a middle-aged man with gray hair and a red windbreaker leaning against the wall. There were many demon hunters here, but he was the only one who was not wearing a mask.

"The strongest man here is Alighieri." Kafka whispered in Alex's ear, "He has killed probably four figures of demons."

"Demon hunters have all sorts of reasons. Some, like me, become demon hunters out of nothing. Others want to make money by hunting their own kind. Of course, there are also those who hate demons to the core."

Kafka took Alex to a bulletin board covered with wanted posters for demons. Demon hunters were reckless and more terrifying than demons in the eyes of many people. From lords to ordinary demons, no matter if the government paid or other demons who were against the great lords paid, as long as they could collect the bounty, they would kill anyone.

"Yes, you are."

Alex saw another wanted poster for Kafka, and the reward was quite high.

"Of course, I am also a 'devil'."

"Succubus is more like that."

Kafka couldn't help laughing out loud, attracting the attention of other people around her. Some people immediately became wary after seeing Kafka's windbreaker and hair color.

Obviously, wearing a mask alone is not of much use.

In this universe, everyone likes to identify people by their hairstyle and hair color.

Chapter 232 Diablo

This abandoned fountain square is a black market for these demon hunters who are not "official". They exchange information about wanted characters here, and also sell some weapons and medicines. It is a fixed opportunity place. Demon hunters are not illegal, but they need to be officially registered. Most of the hunters here have patterns on their masks, which means that they have their own organizations behind them.

When Kafka walked to the notice board, the people who were originally whispering began to keep silent, and a dangerous and silent atmosphere was brewing. They all recognized Kafka, the famous demon hunter who had killed the great lord. The demon issued an unimaginably high wanted order for this. Everyone knew that if they could kill Kafka, they could live a life of enjoyment in the next life.

Justice and morality are scarce here, only interests and selfishness are the main themes of the New Babylon. Some people have already put their hands on the guns. Of course, Kafka doesn't care about all this.

"I once met a demon hunter named Bayonetta." Kafka continued to narrate her past to Alex, and said with a smile: "She was a very powerful hunter. Even now, her legend is still circulating in some places. I learned gun fighting from her, of course, I only learned half of it. She used four guns and could control the guns with her feet."

Kafka's thoughts seemed to have returned to her teenage years. A rare look of reminiscence appeared on her face. She said, "She had black hair like you, and liked black coats and black tights. Following her, I learned a lot of combat knowledge."

"What about her later?"

I didn’t expect Kafka had a master.

"Gone. After challenging the legendary demon, he disappeared."

"The legendary demon?"

"Yes." Kafka looked at Alex and said, "On this planet where people don't know what fear is, there exists a demon king named [Lord of Fear] - Diablo. His story began in the age of the star core, and then disappeared with Bayonetta's challenge. I really want to learn from this demon king named Fear, but unfortunately, I have been looking for him for many years and there is no news about him."

"If you don't want to die here, don't do it." While the two were talking, Alighieri, who was praised by Kafka as the strongest demon hunter here, leaned against the wall without a mask and said, "Why can't I understand that you have to live to spend money. Can you deal with someone who can take away the great lord single-handedly?"

Many people were calmly surrounding Kafka and Alex. Kafka looked back at Alighieri, the weathered old man in a red leather jacket raised his hands and said, "Ma'am, I don't mean to do anything. Please don't hurt me."

Behind the masks were greedy eyes. Alex glanced at everyone here and said, "What would you do under normal circumstances?"

"Kill them. Of course, this is a special period, so I will make them forget that they have seen me." Kafka said calmly. After leveling up in the universe, everything here is no longer a concern for her. At most, the strength is equivalent to more than ten ordinary fate walkers. Even if it is ten times, she is confident that she can kill them all on the spot.

Kafka did not lower her voice when she spoke, so that everyone around could hear it. As soon as these words came out, the low pressure quickly spread, and even the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was like gunshots, guiding everyone's heartbeat.

"Let's go back."

Alex said nothing, but snapped his fingers lightly, and the power of nothingness instantly enveloped everyone. He took off his mask and opened his umbrella again, saying, "The following is the story of how you become a demon hunter."

"Then there's nothing much to say. It's just a boring hunt." Kafka and Alex left here side by side, and said softly: "Later, Elio found me and offered me something I couldn't refuse, so I transformed myself from a demon hunter to a star core hunter."

"Maybe, it hasn't changed, right?"

Kafka smiled at Alex and said, "There's not much I can do to help you, but whether it's a demon, a star core, or a star god, as long as you need it, I will bring it to you."

"No." Alex denied, "You can do a lot of things. At least you are good at taking care of children."

"If that's the case," Kafka moved closer to Alex and teased him, "Then you have to work harder."

The two chatted and laughed as they left the abandoned square. Only after they were far away did the people here resume their actions. They continued their conversation and actions as if nothing had happened. Only Kafka's wanted poster on the notice board was smiling, looking at everyone here as if mockingly.

For Kafka and the Star Core Hunters, it was half vacation and half imprisonment, unable to move freely. For Alex, it was a way to be lazy and leave his hometown. Kafka would wait for news from Elio before setting out, while Alex would wait for Beloberg to complete the verification test in Yepela before returning home to go to the next navigation location together.

In Alex's absence, Belloberg was also changing.