A terrifying force erupted, and the head of this parasitic villager flew like a violently shot football, dragging his entire body into the nearby graveyard, where he lay scattered on the ground, his neck dislocated and broken, dying without a chance to burst.
It's similar to the game's setting.
Knife kills and physical attacks easily cause these Plaga Parasite Villagers to die instantly instead of bursting, mainly because the wind-up of these attacks is not threatening, preventing the Plaga parasite from reacting and mistakenly believing it won't die, thus losing the chance to burst.
"Where did he hide? (?? dónde se escondió?)"
"I'm going to chop you into meat sauce (Te voy a cortar en salsa de carne.)!"
"There's a foreigner here (Hay un forastero aquí.)!"
"He's over there (I know him Ahí está.)!"
"I'm going to kill you (Te voy a matar.)!"
"You can run but you can't hide (Puedes correr pero no puedes esconderte.)!"
"Grab him (Aang is coming Agárralo)!"
"Bastard, I'm behind you (Estoy detrás de ti.)!"
However,
Javier's whip kick did not deter the other Plaga Parasite Villagers; instead, more and more Plaga parasite villagers were approaching them, with a dense cacophony of voices all around and in their ears.
A very large number of torches were lit, and the eyes of every villager were blazing red, staring intently at Javier and Ada, who were surrounded.
With such a large number of villagers, even Javier and Ada, who had seen much, couldn't help but exchange glances and swallow hard. Was it still time to run...?
Chapter 30: Party
Looking at the large crowd of Plaga Parasite Villagers, their torches blazing, even Javier and Ada felt a bit timid.
This number could no longer be described as merely large, but terrifying. After all, for two people to escape such a siege was not just talk, but genuinely very difficult.
Of course,
Just as the two were on edge,
Luis, the culprit, scurried over to Javier and Ada. The three stood back-to-back, constantly using their pistols to repel the Plaga Parasite Villagers attempting to approach. Luis, completely unaware of what wrong he had committed, still asked with an air of self-satisfaction and a cheap grin:
"How was it?"
"Did I buy you enough time? Leon disappeared first, so that means you've already rescued the President's daughter from inside the church, right? Good job, guys, I knew you were reliable! It seems you haven't let my efforts go to waste!"
Luis, still boasting with a superior air, said this as his Mauser C96 pistol blew the heads off several Plaga Parasite Villagers.
But whether it was due to incredibly good luck or incredibly bad luck, every parasitic villager he shot down with his Mauser C96, after struggling and twitching on the ground for a while,
"Puff!"
Would get back up again, their heads and necks exploding, and sharp Plaga parasite tentacles would grow out, waving and spinning like scythes.
For every two Plaga Parasite Villagers Luis headshotted with his Mauser C96, one villager would burst and evolve. This instantly stunned the originally smug Luis, who looked at the Exploding Bug villagers in front of him with an awkward expression, as if saying... "Brothers, can you not mess with me? I was just trying to show off, do you have to slap me in the face repeatedly?"
And at this moment,
Javier glanced over and immediately noticed the masterpiece Luis had created in just a few seconds...
"Yes!"
"You certainly didn't let your efforts go to waste, Luis, but can you explain what's going on with these hundreds of Plaga Parasite Villagers that suddenly appeared?"
"I remember there weren't that many Plaga Parasite Villagers near this church area at all. You didn't happen to circle the village in Wolf's Valley and attract all the Plaga Parasite Villagers you could find, did you?"
"I told you to shake these guys off, what are you doing now? Leading the Japs into the village? Too... too... 'Ta-kun, this humble one knows a shortcut to the village where we can catch the Eighth Route Army?'"
Facing Luis, who was still completely oblivious, Javier twitched the corner of his mouth and couldn't help but mock him.
Luis, in fact, knew he was in the wrong but was just too embarrassed to admit it. Now that Javier brought it up, his expression became even more awkward. Damn it... how was he supposed to know his foolproof plan would suddenly go awry?
Luis had originally intended to lead these numerous Plaga Parasite Villagers, like relatives from all over, out of the village in Wolf's Valley and abandon them in the desolate wilderness to shake them off.
But the continuous appearance of villagers was simply too much for Luis to handle. Especially when, in addition to ordinary Plaga parasite villagers, there were also several chainsaw-wielding maniacs and Minotaurs chasing and hacking with axes, Luis realized something was wrong.
He had no time to shake off this group of freaks, which led to Luis's diversionary tactic completely losing its finesse and truly becoming a desperate escape plan. After circling the village once, Luis had led every villager he encountered to the church.
Regarding this,
Luis also felt very helpless.
He really didn't want everyone to perish together.
One should know that the Mauser C96 bullets he had previously carried in his sack were now mostly depleted, with only twenty or thirty left. If he hadn't dealt with dozens of Plaga Parasite Villagers along the way, the number surrounding them now would probably be even greater.
"Alright, that's enough,"
"You two big men stop bickering, my ears are getting calloused. The delay should be enough. We should figure out how to break through."
"In a moment, I'll use my grappling hook to swing onto the church roof, then use explosive crossbow bolts to clear a path for you. I'll follow shortly. You two go first, don't worry about me. I have a grappling hook, and once I get to high ground, these idiotic villagers can't do anything to me."
"After all, I'm also a qualified bounty hunter. I'll do a good job once I get paid. Of course, don't flatter yourselves, I'm only being this kind because the reward is several times higher."
Seeing that Javier and Luis still had the mind to bicker, Ada's brows furrowed, and she spoke in a slightly displeased, charming tone to stop them.
At the same time, she quickly formulated an escape plan. At this moment, Leon should have safely escaped with the President's daughter, Ashley. They couldn't stay and die, so they would escape when necessary.
And the only way,
Was to tear open an opening and escape.
Ada herself would use the grappling hook to swing to a high vantage point, bombarding from above, and then allow Javier and Luis to seize the opportunity to escape.
And just as she said, Ada wouldn't be so kind as to sacrifice herself to cover their retreat. The only reason she dared to do this was because Javier's previous reward was very generous, and she didn't want to take a lot of money and do little work.
Of course,
More importantly, Ada had enough confidence—the self-assurance that even if she covered their retreat, she could still escape safely.
With that said,
Ada completely ignored Javier and Luis, directly pulled out the grappling hook from her thigh, raised the muzzle, aimed at the church roof behind her, and fired it upwards.
"Bang--!"
"Whoosh--!"
With a crisp sound,
The sharp grappling hook instantly hooked onto the church roof, and the immense pulling force rapidly carried Ada's slender body upwards. Her vibrant red qipao swayed in the wind, coupled with the black scarf ribbon, like a fiery red butterfly.
"Thud...!"
With a muffled thud,
Her black high heels landed steadily on the high church roof. Looking at the dense crowd of Plaga Parasite Villagers, Ada's eyes were like an eagle's.
She quickly locked onto the easiest direction to break through and loudly called out to Javier and Luis below, reminding them:
"Retreat to the rear of the church, the southwest corner to your left. We'll break through in that direction later. That's where the number of Plaga Parasite Villagers is thinnest."
After speaking,
Ada unslung the crossbow from her back, loaded the remaining twenty-odd explosive crossbow bolts, and immediately fired the first arrow at the church entrance, aiming to help Javier and Luis create an opening first.
"Boom--!"
"Whoosh-----!!!"
A sound of something cutting through the air came,
The sharp arrow, like a black lightning bolt, swiftly exploded the head of a parasitic villager, pinning him to the ground. Although the parasitic villager's head was pierced, it still writhed and struggled, as if trying to burst.
But very quickly,
Accompanied by a series of "Drip drip drip" sounds...
"Bang... Boom--!!!"
With an explosion,
A fireball exploded in response.
Before the surrounding Plaga parasite villagers could react, several clustered villagers were instantly blown away, directly creating a huge gap.
And Ada's goal was precisely this: to gradually open up a gap and break out. Although some of these Plaga Parasite Villagers had a certain level of intelligence, in a true sense, they were still a bunch of idiots, completely unaware that their human wall encirclement had very obvious weak points.
One explosive crossbow bolt took effect,
Ada tasted a bit of success and continuously shot arrows into the parasitic villager encirclement below, doing her best to carve out a bloody path for Javier and Luis.
And the plan unfolded exactly as she expected.
Although the number of Plaga Parasite Villagers was large,
There were still many angles that weren't completely surrounded, leaving the human wall still very weak. In no time, a bloody gap was torn open. Approximately dozens of villagers were hit by the explosive crossbow bolts, their mutilated bodies lying scattered on the ground.
And seizing this opportunity,
Javier and Luis also escaped from the dense human wall of villagers and began to flee towards the rear of the church.
Past the church, behind the village was a valley. Once they crossed the valley, they could reach Salazar's castle, which was the starting point of the second dungeon.
However,
Just as Javier and Luis had escaped the encirclement, Ada's face, from her vantage point on the church roof, instantly changed, because she spotted a huge figure rapidly rushing towards the church.
"Roar roar roar--!!!"
Over two meters tall,
With human-like legs below, wearing faded blue jeans and leather boots, but from his waist to his chest, there was a long spine connecting, with sharp hooks on both sides of his body, like the hundred legs of a centipede.
His entire body was pale, like a long-dead corpse, his arms were incredibly thick, with sharp cutting claws on his fingers, and his back had huge, hook-like iron pincers that wielded like a spider or scorpion.
His bald head gleamed with crimson eyes,
A piercing roar assailed them, rushing towards the church at an incredibly fast speed. Undoubtedly... this figure, comparable to a humanoid Tyrant, was the village chief Mendez, who had been teased by Javier and Ada earlier—
And at this very moment,
It was the second phase of Village Chief Mendez.
Due to the explosive crossbow bolts, Village Chief Mendez was forcibly pushed into his second boss phase by Ada. Afterwards, Javier and Ada played a trick on Village Chief Mendez, using a cicada shedding its skin to escape the lake house.
They even, without the knowledge of the person involved,
Went to Village Chief Mendez's luxurious mansion and thoroughly ransacked it, stealing all the wealth he had accumulated over the years.
Therefore, this led to,
At this very moment, Village Chief Mendez had directly entered a berserk state. Upon learning that Ada and Javier were at the church, he couldn't help but pursue them, determined to devour Ada and Javier, this despicable duo, alive to appease his hatred!
"Damn it...!"
"This is trouble. Why did this guy come over too?"
Seeing this,
Ada didn't dare to linger any longer. After firing one last explosive arrow from her crossbow to attract attention, she decisively slung it onto her back, then pulled out her grappling hook and shot it directly towards the stone wall of the valley behind the church.
"I'm leaving,"
"I'm not really planning to stay here and party with you guys!"
Glancing back at the Plaga Parasite Villagers still gathered and rioting near the church, Ada swung away with her grappling hook without hesitation. As she said, doing a job for money is one thing, but if her life is in danger, Ada would flee first without a second thought.
Besides,
She had already cleared a bloody path for Javier and Luis, there was no need to continue delaying.
"Whoosh-----!"
And so,
Accompanied by a whooshing sound,
Ada swung away with the rope in an extremely elegant posture, flying and disappearing from mid-air amidst the shouts and curses of the Plaga Parasite Villagers. Countless crossbow bolts whizzed past Ada's red qipao skirt, completely missing her by a hair's breadth.
It was a pity that these Plaga Parasite Villagers wouldn't appreciate it. If Ada had flown over the church from this angle, one might have been able to glimpse a hint of spring beneath her qipao from a bottom-up perspective.