"Do you think that 'Owl' will come?"
The desert was covered with exposed red rocks, with one or two cacti occasionally seen. Ryan and Sakura were trekking between the hills carrying a pile of supplies.
As expected of a poor and barren place, there is absolutely no trace of civilization in this ghost place.
Sakura black tights were covered in dust, but they still couldn't hide her ridiculously good figure. She lowered her head and thought about it.
"I think so. He is the leader of the Cocoon. He will not stay out of it. Are you afraid of him?"
"That's not the case. I can only say that we have been spiritual friends for a long time." Ryan licked his lips. Of course he had been alert before, but now he was no longer human.
No matter how fierce that owl is, he is still a human being. Otherwise, there is no need for him to obey the orders of certain people. Wouldn't it be better for him to be the boss himself?
Sakura stopped talking immediately. In terms of combat power and achievements, Owl was far superior to her. Ryan tone was filled with pity, but when he thought of the 'Railgun', she felt that it was natural. After a long silence, she managed to utter a few words:
"Blood Hand and Owl are both legends, at least in our world. They are the targets and role models of countless killers."
"Hahaha, do you want to know why I quit doing this?"
"Because we need to concentrate our efforts on fighting the Honkai?"
"No, it's just that this killer world is too fucking immature. It's so awkward that I can't stand it."
Ryan laughed dryly a few times, quickened his pace and ran to the front, with the past flashing through his mind.
Organizations, rankings, blood contracts, even though there is advanced technology, they still use typewriters and telephones, revealing the elegance and rules of the dark world everywhere.
They are active in the shadows of the world, fighting each other and competing for territory, and the Cocoon that relies on the Fire Moth has a tendency to unify that world.
If there had been no collapse, he would have been happy to buy a dog and play a killer game, telling the story of an urban soldier king. Unfortunately, collapse destroyed these very rules.
Ying was stunned for a moment, then followed him with some resentment. She didn't like this world, and she didn't like Ryan denial of her past even more.
[Forget-Me-Not] is the fourth-ranked assassin, although the third-ranked [Black Mask] was trampled to death by this man as soon as they met.
However, he seemed a little nervous after entering the desert?
The two climbed up the hill, and Ryan stood on a big rock, looking around with an expressionless face.
Ying guessed right. Ryan was indeed a little uneasy, but this uneasiness had nothing to do with the Cocoon. There were too few clues, which made him suspicious.
'Could it be that a Herrscher was born here? That's impossible. The Fire Moth is not blind, but some Herrschers are very secretive and not so easy to detect.'
He changed too many world lines. Now every step is unknown. Not to mention the distant future, even Sakura should not be captured by him, not to mention the entire Cocoon pursuit.
The order and even authority of the Herrscher may change, and past experience is of little use. Really...
So exciting!
Ryan grinned, revealing his white teeth. Ever since coming to Qianyu Academy, he felt more and more happy, as if something in the dark was giving back to him.
"The remains of the indigenous village appear to have been destroyed by the Honkai beasts, and then the Honkai beasts tore them to pieces?"
He saw the remains of a village in the valley in the distance, his eyes twitched slightly, and he raised his hand and pointed: " Sakura, let's go over there and take a look."
Over there? What's so interesting about a village destroyed by Honkai beasts?
Sakura doesn't quite understand, but she suspects that Ryan motives are not pure, and he doesn't seem to take Cocoon seriously, but she will still follow him.
The village is in a valley. If Ryan hadn't been standing so high just now, it would have been difficult to find that there was a village there. When he got closer, he found that these natives were not as primitive as he had imagined.
There are several deep wells with iron buckets swaying in the wind. The thatched roofs are thick and professionally tied. The houses are arranged in a circle under the valley with a wooden platform in the middle.
What is this?
Ryan walked up, and the wooden boards creaked under his feet. Even though one side of the platform had collapsed, one could still tell that the craftsmanship was very high, much more refined than those houses.
There was a cross-shaped pillar in the center, and in front of it were some pottery jars, which had long been dry. Ryan picked one up and smelled it, frowning.
The smell of blood, is this thing an altar?
He was a little confused, but he thought it was normal for the natives to use living people for sacrifice. Just at this time, Ying, who had been searching everywhere, came back.
"I found something weird."
"What?"
"There are only torn apart Honkai beasts in the village, and no human corpses."
Um?
Ryan turned around and raised his eyebrows, which meant that there were still survivors, and the strangest thing here were the corpses of the Honkai beasts.
He jumped off the platform, looked at the corpses carefully, and became more and more confused.
Knight class, chariot class, and the Emperor class of Honkai...
Even if there were no complete corpses, Ryan experience allowed him to estimate that there were twenty or thirty of them. This number had already reached the level of medium-sized collapsey. He squatted down and picked up a broken spear.
The wood was well chosen, and the obsidian at the tip of the spear had been broken.
"With weapons like this, even a breakthrough level one can become a demon king, not even worthy of tickling." Ryan scratched his head. The Fire Moth used alloy machetes, powered exoskeletons, and electromagnetic rifles to deal with the Honkai beasts. Compared with these, these weapons were extremely primitive.
Unless this is the village where Superman lives in seclusion, everyone here is a freak like Kevin, and judging from the wounds on the bodies, it doesn't look like they were killed by weapons.
Ryan picked up the arm of the Collapse Emperor. Its surface was as hard as rock and the fracture was not smooth.
"It looks like it was torn off?" Sakura also squatted down, her hair falling on Ryan shoulders.
"It's a very rough fighting skill, using brute force to crush everything." Ryan narrowed his eyes and suddenly noticed that there was a certain pattern in these corpses.
They stretched further into the valley, blasted, ripped apart, and shredded.
"Why don't we leave here? I don't think it's a good idea." Sakura suddenly suggested. The valley ahead was pitch black, as if some demon lived there, which made people's hair stand on end.
Theoretically, he should retreat because the Cocoon is chasing him from behind, but Ryan could no longer suppress his curiosity and was eager to solve his own hypothesis.
"Let's go take a look. It won't be possible to find the Cocoon in a short time anyway."
Ryan brushed the dust off his pants and walked silently towards the valley. Sakura stood there for a while, then had to grit her teeth and follow him.
Woohoo——
The wind blew through the valley, and there was a sound like a ghost's howl. It was dusk and the vision was dim, but the corpses of the Honkai beasts on the ground were increasing. The wounds were similar to the previous ones, all torn apart by brute force.
Not long after they walked, the extremely narrow valley became wide again. It was an open space filled with graves of all sizes. Now Ryan and Sakura finally knew where the bodies of the villagers had gone.
"Someone collected the body and buried it neatly." Sakura said as she gripped the hilt of her knife and looked around warily.
The valley is about a hundred meters high, and the rock walls are covered with caves, but no human figures can be seen.
"This proves that the Honkai beasts were not killed by the villagers. They died at the hands of someone." Ryan took a deep breath and guessed who it was.
Falling from the sky, landing outside the range of civilization, altars, blood, and violent attacks, all clues point to a certain grumpy old man.
Kalpas, why are you here?
Ryan also tensed his muscles. He couldn't figure it out, and he was too lazy to think about it because no one knew where Kalpas fell. His brain began to recall at a rapid speed.
He seemed to live in a village until the Honkai beast destroyed the village. Yes, there are not many such ignorant natives who are isolated from civilization. At first I thought he was in Southeast Asia or Australia. In any case, he couldn't be in densely populated places like Europe or Shenzhou.
This is not important, what is important is his power——
He was the only person in the world to kill the Herrscher of Ice alone, and then was seriously injured and picked up by a nun. It was not until he was discovered by Sakura that he embarked on the journey of becoming a hero.
Sakura? Is fate really so strange?
He looked at the girl next to him, who looked puzzled, and Sakura even sensed a hint of resentment.
What does this have to do with me?
Of course Ryan couldn't say that you two were old enemies. Putting aside the fantasy element, even without Sakura, he would have run into this desert. It was just that Sakura by his side made everything seem extremely weird.
Never mind. It doesn't matter anymore.
Buzz buzz buzz...
The sound of propellers came from the sky. The two looked up and saw a rotorcraft approaching from a distance. Due to the interference of the Honkai energy here, detection such as thermal imaging was not available, and they could only rely on visual observation.
"He will find us within a minute. What should we do now?" Sakura voice became hurried. She realized that because of an accident, her choice was not very good.
"Change the plan. This time I got a surprise." Ryan sighed and looked up at the cave above stone wall.
There was a slender figure staring at him at the entrance of the cave, with messy white hair blowing in the wind and a mask on his face so his expression couldn't be seen. Only his light brown eyes looked real.
It was the extreme displeasure of having his nap disturbed, followed by the astonishing murderous intent.
That person...
Sakura pupils shrank sharply, and her muscles tensed up due to her killer instinct. Just as Ryan said, the meeting between the two had a sense of fate, but there was one thing that was completely different in essence.
Sakura hadn't done the Mantis surgery yet, and Kalpas was born strong, and she met him when he had lost his 'home' and was in the worst mood, so there was no nonsense for the grumpy old man to say.
Ryan decisively took half a step sideways, blocking Sakura behind him, and took on the gaze himself.
"Leave this person to me. Protect yourself. Your relaxing trip is over."
Sakura mind worked quickly, and she immediately realized that this person had nothing to do with the Cocoon, but that was not important, as that kind of hostility did not require the Cocoon.
Blood Hand needs to concentrate on dealing with him, while she will have to face the attack of Cocoon head-on.
"Be careful."
"Don't worry, I also want to try out my current abilities, and you just need to hold me back." Ryan gradually floated up. He hadn't tried his strength yet, but his IQ was definitely overwhelming.
Since Cocoon and Kalpas are not allies, then under my control——
You are each other's enemies!