"Whoosh—!!!"
Huge rocks flew over her head…
It was a close call; if she had reacted a moment slower, Ada estimated her head would have been smashed. Seeing Ada disappear, the Giant roared in anger, knowing that Ada, that pesky rat, had hidden again. Left with no choice, it could only turn its gaze back to Javier and White Wolf on the ground.
"Roar, roar, roar…!!!"
With its vision restored, and with its intelligence slightly improved due to the Plaga parasite's control, the Giant slammed its enormous fist against the wall.
With a loud "bang," debris continuously rolled down. Grabbing these rocks, the Giant, using the same method, hurled them fiercely in Javier's direction.
Even the surrounding dilapidated wooden shacks were not spared. Like crushing candy, countless broken wooden stakes rained down like a storm. This was an almost indiscriminate area attack. No matter how fast Javier ran, it would be difficult to dodge such an assault.
It can only be said that after being completely controlled by the Plaga parasite, the Giant's intelligence indeed showed very significant progress and improvement.
It knew its attacks had too much wind-up and low accuracy, so it adopted this long-range attack method to deal with the situation…
Of course,
this was not unsolvable.
The moment Javier saw the Giant pick up the debris from the ground, he knew things were not good.
He quickly pulled out a smoke grenade from his ring, pulled the pin, and threw it to the ground. A thick white smoke suddenly billowed up, and as the smoke spread, Javier disappeared instantly.
And at this moment,
the [Legendary Hero Appearance] buff skill activated again. Throwing a smoke grenade grants an invisibility effect within the smoke and another chance for a superhuman jump. The jump height can be over ten meters. Note: This skill buff can be used a maximum of three times per day…
A very practical old skill.
Just as countless rocks and wooden stakes were about to pour into the billowing smoke, Javier suddenly shot out from the smoke.
What was incredibly astonishing was his terrifying jumping ability. Without the aid of any tools, he could jump from a standstill, and to a height of tens of meters.
Like a cannonball fired from a barrel, he flew through the dense rocks, reaching the air above the Giant's back.
The two looked at each other.
The yellow Plaga parasite twisted grotesquely.
Upon discovering Javier was suddenly about to reach its weak spot on its back, it fell into a panic and immediately controlled the Giant to twist its head, and its huge palm fiercely clawed at its own head,
attempting to catch Javier, who was falling from high in the air…
But unfortunately,
Javier, suspended in mid-air, stared intently at the Plaga parasite's tentacles, letting its huge hands try to grab him.
Javier merely twisted his body rapidly in mid-air, like a highly skilled gymnast, constantly dodging and descending. He instantly passed through layers of obstacles, and his entire body landed steadily on the Giant's back.
"Bang…"
With a muffled thud,
he landed smoothly, scoring a perfect ten.
His feet were firmly rooted on the bulging muscles of its back.
The exposed Plaga parasite was right before his eyes, less than a few meters away. Unlike the Plaga parasites of other villagers, the Plaga parasite rooted in the Giant's back was yellow, surrounded by wildly flailing tentacles, like a living ginseng firmly embedded within, with white, eye-like material in the center.
"…"
"Good evening, Plaga parasite!"
Looking at the Plaga parasite within arm's reach, Javier calmly greeted it, then drew the Broken Knight's Sword from his waist, along with his Desert Eagle, and slowly walked towards it.
Seeing Javier approach, the Plaga parasite frantically waved its tentacles.
But unfortunately, these attacks had no effect. The Giant tried to reach for its own back, but due to its overly strong muscles, its hands simply couldn't reach its back.
Big guys who train too much at the gym also have this problem; due to overly developed muscles, they often can't scratch their sweaty, itchy backs.
In a fit of impotent rage,
the Giant could only frantically shake its back, attempting to throw Javier off. However… how could Javier give the Giant such an opportunity?
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—!!!"
The Desert Eagle instantly emptied its magazine.
Several powerful.50 caliber bullets poured out,
all heading towards the Plaga Parasite.
With no defensive capabilities, these high-caliber bullets pierced the body of the Plaga Parasite, and blood holes instantly appeared. The Giant's body control also stiffened in an instant, as if a toy car had lost power.
"Pfft—!"
And before it even had time to react,
Javier had already closed in with the Broken Knight's Sword, dodging the still-flailing tentacles. He leaped forward, and the sharp blade immediately plunged into the Plaga Parasite. Blood splattered out instantly. This satisfying feeling of the white blade going in and the red blade coming out was captivating.
"Crack…!"
With a little more force,
the rooted Plaga parasite was cut in half by Javier. The yellow ginseng, along with its roots, was severed and rolled from the Giant's back to the ground.
"Boom…!"
And almost instantly,
as Javier severed the Plaga Parasite, the colossal Giant's body was momentarily stunned, its struggling movements frozen in place. It suddenly trembled violently,
then quickly collapsed to the ground, creating a tremendous sound and clouds of dust, as if a hill had crumbled, shaking one's soul. The powerful Giant lost its life at that moment.
Simply because the Plaga parasite on its back was severed, it was extremely powerful, yet also extremely fragile…
"Awoooo—!!!"
And upon realizing that the Giant was truly dead,
White Wolf, who had been running on the ground to draw fire, suddenly stopped. Looking at Javier standing steadily on the Giant's back, it let out an excited howl.
As if praising and fawning, Javier, at this moment, was as powerful as a wolf king in White Wolf's eyes. To actually kill a Giant prey hundreds of times larger than them was simply unbelievable. White Wolf's gaze towards Javier, its master, was filled with adoration.
On the other side,
hearing the sounds from the valley below, which seemed to indicate the battle was over, Ada, who had been lying on the ground, slowly stood up.
Looking down through the crossbow's scope, she indeed saw the collapsed, dead, and lifeless Giant. Its massive body lay sprawled there, and on its back stood Javier, holding a broken sword.
Seeing this scene,
Ada was somewhat astonished.
She had only been dodging for less than a minute or two. What had happened during that time? Javier had actually dealt with this behemoth so cleanly, it was simply unbelievable.
Javier seemed to notice Ada suddenly peeking out. He shook off the blood remaining on his broken sword, grinned, and loudly said:
"Agent Ada, you've been ineffective in your duties, provided no useful fire support, and even abandoned your employer and ran away."
"The employer announces that the original reward of two hundred thousand US dollars will now be reduced by one hundred and fifty thousand US dollars. You'll only get fifty thousand US dollars as a token!"
At this declaration,
Ada's face instantly darkened. She thought this scoundrel was going to say something else, but she didn't expect him to deduct her salary? However, thinking about how she hadn't really helped much just now, Ada could only swallow her bitterness and reluctantly accept Javier's punishment. At least there were still fifty thousand US dollars; better than nothing…
…
On the other side,
The Grand Cathedral—
"Oh-ho…"
"To thank heaven for its grace, the Wolf's Valley's annual night harvest festival carnival has begun! Are you all ready? Yes… Yes, yes, yes! All of you, come here with your torches!"
"The church is the center of the festival. Please allow me, your elders and fellow villagers, to introduce myself. My name is Louis Sera, and I am the host of tonight's festival."
"Thinking back to when I was a child, I relied on my grandfather and received so much care and help from all of you. Now… it's naturally my time to return, having completed my studies, and repay you all. One by one, please don't rush. I will slowly help you all escape your suffering!"
After acquiring weapons from the Merchant,
Louis didn't hesitate at all.
He boldly and openly rushed to the entrance of the Grand Cathedral, holding a torch which he plunged into the ground.
He directly shouted to the surrounding Plaga parasite villagers like a loudspeaker, immediately attracting all their attention.
The Plaga parasite villagers who had been wandering around all began to gather towards the church, about forty to fifty of them, a truly terrifying number.
However,
Louis remained calm.
He continued his speech, gesturing wildly. Looking at the constantly converging and noisy Plaga parasite villagers around him,
Louis was practically in tears. It was wonderful, his hometown villagers had come to see him, this orphan who had returned home in glory, but it was also too painful. That damned Sadler had turned his hometown into this ghostly place.
Even more pathetic was that he only now fully realized his own mistakes, which was incredibly ironic.
However, nothing else mattered…
From a distance, Leon looked at Louis, who was gathering the monsters, with a hint of surprise on his face. Although he knew what Louis was going to do, this mentally deranged posture was too bizarre. Those were all villagers possessed by Plaga parasites.
Leon had suffered greatly at the hands of these villagers back then.
And as he saw more and more Plaga Parasite Villagers gathering around, Louis decisively raised the Mauser C96 pistol tightly gripped in his hand and fired frantically at the approaching Plaga Parasite Villagers.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—!!!!"
Bursts of intense gunshots rang out,
bullets whizzed out,
and the heads of one parasitic villager after another exploded, causing them to fall to the ground. Despite being a researcher, Louis's marksmanship was excellent, with high accuracy, much better than ordinary people's.
This was the courage he had cultivated since childhood from his love of knightly books, as many such books involved sealing demons and monsters.
However,
as more and more Plaga Parasite Villagers gathered around, some of the villagers whose heads had been blown off began to burst, one after another, into Exploding Bugs.
The probability of Exploding Bugs appearing at night was higher than during the day because Plaga parasites feared strong light. During the day, they were unwilling to expose their true forms to sunlight, especially at noon.
"Pfft—!!!"
Grotesquely shaped Plaga parasites suddenly burst from the villagers' necks, their sharp scythes tearing through the air. Once hit, they would cause very severe injuries.
Seeing this, Louis decisively fought and retreated, with no intention of fighting to the death. He gradually led this group of villagers to the other side of the Grand Cathedral, fleeing.
Louis had a sack tied to his waist,
containing over a hundred rounds of ammunition and a High-explosive grenade. He planned to lure these Plaga parasite villagers further away before the ammunition ran out,
and then create an opportunity for Leon to enter the church to investigate and see if he could rescue Ashley, the President's daughter, who was imprisoned, without a key.
"…"
"Sorry, Louis—"
And looking at the large number of Plaga parasite villagers slowly moving away with torches, and the now almost silent Grand Cathedral,
Leon, slowly emerging from the dense forest, couldn't help but sigh. Although this guy was glib, he was a very reliable fellow at critical moments.
And with that, Leon had no intention of wasting the opportunity Louis had created for him. He quickly rushed out of the dense forest, carrying his Garand Rifle and hunting shotgun, and gripping the Colt M1911 Handgun he had just taken out, he fired frantically at the remaining few Plaga Parasite Villagers.