'Tap!'
With a clear sound as his feet touched the ground, Fang Li descended from the sky and landed in the middle of the battlefield, surrounded by Mysterious Being corpses and pools of blood.
He glanced around, ignoring the dead Mysterious Beings and focusing instead on the numerous people lying nearby, all of them covered in injuries.
"Heroes?"
They were all Heroes who had come to fight the Mysterious Beings. But now, not a single one of them was still standing; every one of them had suffered serious injuries.
Fortunately, none of them were at death's door yet, for now, at least. If they weren't taken to a hospital in time, however, some of them would certainly die.
"Nothing I can do about it..." Fang Li pulled out his phone, preparing to report the situation to the Hero Association and have them send medical personnel over.
Before he could make the call, however, a faint voice filled with pain suddenly reached his ears.
"You're... S-Class, Rank 8..."
Fang Li's hand paused slightly. He turned toward the source of the voice.
Not far away, a Hero surrounded by more Mysterious Being corpses than anyone else was struggling to lift his battered face. He shakily extended a hand toward Fang Li.
"You're..." Information from the Hero Association's roster surfaced in Fang Li's mind. "A-Class, Rank 11... Stinger?"
Stinger was a fairly famous and popular Hero among ordinary civilians. He was an A-Class Hero ranked eleventh, and he fought using a spear-like weapon known as the Bamboo Shoot. He possessed enough strength to defeat Tiger-level Mysterious Beings on his own.
The countless Mysterious Being corpses lying around Stinger were proof of that. Yet even an A-Class Hero like him had still been defeated and left lying on the ground.
Fang Li walked over, supported Stinger's upper body, and asked, "Are you all right?"
"I-I'm fine..." Stinger's trembling hand grabbed Fang Li as he spoke in broken breaths. "You have to... go over there... The Mysterious Being hasn't... been defeated yet..."
There was hardly any need to explain. If all the Mysterious Beings had already been defeated, the Hero Association's emergency evacuation notice would have been lifted long ago, and the entire city wouldn't have been as silent as a ghost town.
"We... defeated all of the Deep Sea Race..." Stinger struggled to breathe as he continued. "But... there was one terrifying guy... He defeated all of us..."
In other words, the Mysterious Beings calling themselves the Deep Sea Race had all been taken down, more accurately, the foot soldiers of the Deep Sea Race had been defeated.
Even if there were a large number of Tiger-level Mysterious Beings, they couldn't possibly have defeated so many Heroes by themselves. Which meant that the true leader had finally appeared.
Just like the Wild Man Tribe in the past, there were the Wild Men serving as subordinates, and a leader standing above them.
"That guy... definitely has Demon-level strength... I couldn't even... withstand a single attack..." Stinger forced himself to deliver the last piece of information. "He's... still out there... You... have to hurry..."
After saying that, Stinger's head tilted to the side and he passed out.
Fang Li silently watched him. After carefully laying Stinger back on the ground, he took out his phone again and contacted the Hero Association.
By the time he ended the call, the Hero Association's emergency evacuation notice had already begun blaring throughout the city.
"Emergency Evacuation Notice! Emergency Evacuation Notice! The Disaster Level of the Deep Sea Race incident has been raised from Tiger to Demon! All residents of J-City, please evacuate to the shelters immediately! All residents of J-City, please evacuate to the shelters immediately!"
Thunder rumbled across the darkened sky, and the approaching storm clouds created an oppressive atmosphere.
Fang Li held his phone in his hand and raised his head, looking ahead. A cold, ice-blue light briefly flashed through his eyes.
...
At the same time, on a street some distance from the coast, a figure was slowly making his way forward.
He was a tall, heavily built Fish-Man with a humanoid appearance, a royal cape draped over his shoulders and a crown on his head.
'Tap... tap... tap... tap...'
His footsteps were steady and powerful as he walked forward at an unhurried pace.
'BOOM!'
A bolt of lightning struck the sky behind him, making for a fitting backdrop.
"Aah..." The Fish-Man stopped and raised his head toward the sky. "Looks like it's going to rain."
His voice carried a certain intelligence, but there was also an unmistakable viciousness and bloodlust behind it.
"What beautiful weather. Perfect for slaughtering humans."
The towering Fish-Man spoke those dangerous, cruel words with unmistakable delight. He was the leader of the Deep Sea Race… Deep Sea King.
"It's a little unexpected that all my subordinates were killed, but even if I'm the only one left, it doesn't matter. The ones who should rule this world are us, the people of the sea, not livestock that can't even breathe underwater. Humans, I will slaughter every last one of you. Not a single one will be left alive."
Muttering to himself, Deep Sea King continued walking with a savage grin on his face.
"Hm?" Just as Deep Sea King was about to continue forward, he suddenly seemed to sense something and raised his head.
Almost at the exact same moment, a voice reached his ears.
"If you're planning to slaughter humans, I'm afraid I can't allow that."
As the voice sounded, a man appeared directly in front of Deep Sea King.
He was just as tall and muscular as Deep Sea King, with bulging muscles covering his entire body. A layer of beard stubble covered his face, giving him a somewhat disheveled appearance.
The strange part was that the man was wearing a prisoner's uniform. There was also something indescribably peculiar about his expression and eyes.
Then the man spoke.
"After all, there are so many cute boys in this world. How could I possibly let a dangerous fellow like you go around hurting them?"
As he spoke, the man pointed at Deep Sea King and announced his identity.
"I'm the S-Class Hero ranked nineteenth, Puri-Puri Prisoner. For the sake of all the cute boys in this world, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to eliminate you."
Before Deep Sea King could react, another voice suddenly came from behind Puri-Puri Prisoner.
"Oh? So you're actually an S-Class Hero?"
A man who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, almost like an afterimage, suddenly stood behind Puri-Puri Prisoner.
He was also wearing a prisoner's uniform. He wasn't nearly as large as Puri-Puri Prisoner, but his build was otherwise fairly ordinary. Yet an aura of danger that Puri-Puri Prisoner himself didn't possess was faintly emanating from his body.
"I never expected there to be an S-Class Hero serving time in prison. And then you suddenly broke out of prison just to exterminate Mysterious Beings. Looks like there are quite a few Mysterious Beings in the Hero Association too. Still, thanks to you, I managed to escape as well. So I suppose I should thank you."
As he finished speaking, the corners of the man's mouth curled upward into a sinister grin.
"Now that you've let me, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic, out, don't blame me for causing a little chaos. I'll definitely get my revenge for being sent to prison."
"Sylvia Lyyneheym."
(End Of This Chapter)
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