"Damn it..."


    Though Klein made use of the Clown’s ability to maintain a normal expression on his face, his heart was already in shock, even tinged with a touch of panic.


    But now he couldn’t provoke her; he had to think of a way to notify the captain first.


    All the extraordinaries in Tingen combined would probably have a hard time dealing with this situation now!


    But he had to remain calm.


    "I suddenly feel like talking about Lanerus with you."


    Megose suddenly beamed brightly downstairs, which made Klein and Leonard both feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.


    How did she know...


    Klein turned to look at Leonard, then glanced at Tao Yu, and finally let out a sigh.


    "I’ll talk with her; you guys go to work, don’t be late..."


    "Okay."


    Leonard wasn’t pretentious; he directly dragged Tao Yu and left.


    What?


    Going to work? Just like that, they’ve been conscripted?


    But Tao Yu didn’t resist. While seeing Klein inviting Megose in, he brushed past her.


    It wasn’t until Leonard had pulled Tao Yu a distance from the hotel that he quickly lowered his voice and said,


    "There’s big trouble. That woman has an offspring of an Evil God inside her! If we don’t handle it well, the whole of Tingen might be destroyed!"


    Initially, Tao Yu also knew that there was a problem with the woman and that it was a big trouble, but he never thought it would be this serious, which made him jump with fright.


    Destroy the city?


    Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?


    I didn’t feel it was that intense.


    Is the power in this world so sick?


    "Not yet, it’s still gestating, not yet born, but it is absorbing the resentment of those deceased workers from the factories, gathering the negativity of the entire city, and it will become stronger and stronger!"


    Leonard’s words made Tao Yu nod somewhat understandingly.


    Actually, this path also suits me quite well, negativity...


    Why did I choose Assassin back then? Isn’t that name a trap?


    "I’m going to find Heart of Mechanism and Punisher now, and you must go to Captain Dunn immediately and explain the situation! We need to be quick, and according to what I told you..."


    "Will he believe me?"


    "That’s why I’m going to find other Churches. Captain Dunn has seen you before. If you explain clearly, he will understand the seriousness of the situation."


    Hearing this, Tao Yu nodded, roughly understanding the other’s meaning.


    As of now, Tao Yu’s knowledge of the extraordinary was still seriously lacking.


    But he still felt that the sense of crisis that woman gave him before wasn’t as exaggerated.


    Actually, when Dunn used the dream on him, Tao Yu had already sensed something.


    The abilities of the extraordinaries from the Church of the Night might also be considered negative.


    This, however, slightly relieved Tao Yu. In times of absolute necessity, his own powers, as seen by the Church of the Night, should not be too evil, right?


    "It seems in this world, it really doesn’t matter the nature of the power, but the action. Negative power used for the right cause is divine!"


    "Hard work..."


    As he passed by Tao Yu, Dunn’s grey eyes looked at him and nodded,


    "... I hope you can always adhere to your true self, which is also the common pursuit of us extraordinaries..."


    When he heard Dunn’s words, Tao Yu, who was smiling and seeing him off, was slightly startled.


    Although what Dunn said was simple, Tao Yu vaguely sensed a farewell, a determination to face death head-on.


    "What is that thing he’s carrying..."


    Tao Yu stood at the doorway of Blackthorn Security Company, watching one clerical staff after another emerge from behind him and swiftly leave, spreading through the streets in all directions, shaking his head at the sight of Dunn, undeterred with the urn in hand,


    "Being alive is valuable, ah, death takes everything away..."


    He could feel that the official organization of extraordinaries was created to protect ordinary people from the influence of extraordinary things.


    And a captain, whose condition seemed not much different from his current normal state and who could only be considered from a backwater city compared to Becland, what else could he do to stop a spawn of an Evil God besides using his own life?


    Even Tao Yu felt that praying to his black mud could put his own life in danger.


    For them, it was the difference between life and death...


    After hesitating for a moment, Tao Yu took out the materials he had just bought and quickly set up a ritual in a corner, creating a Spiritual Wall that sealed off the area.


    "The Fool, out of time..."


    "... now faced with such an event..."


    After Tao Yu finished praying, he waited quietly without getting any response...


    ...


    *Thud*


    Klein’s chest was pierced by a distorted, twisted palm, and he spat out huge mouthfuls of plasma and fragments of viscera.


    Even then, Klein endured the intense pain throughout his body. Using The Fool’s control, he locked his legs around Megose in a scissor hold, using the wound on his chest and his broken ribs as an anchor, and with one hand, he managed to secure a cross hold on Megose.


    His free hand clutched an amulet.


    Struggling to speak with his blood-filled mouth, he uttered his last word,


    "Light..."


    All the Spirituality in his body poured into the amulet. The sunlight descended like a solid pillar from the sky, using Klein’s corpse as a guide, and struck Megose with force.


    *Waa Waa~*


    The cry of a baby sounded as the solid sunlight managed to hit and wound Megose, but it was still blocked by a vile, corrupting power!


    With a casual flick of Megose’s hand, Klein’s battered corpse was sent flying and landed heavily in front of the hurriedly arriving Dunn...


    He really had delayed them...@@@@