Dudian and the others followed the young man in black armor, left the residential building, and went outside the community. They walked in the direction where they had been separated from Scott and the others before.
After walking for a while, two walking corpses staggered out on the street ahead. Seemingly sensing the body heat of Dudian and the others, they immediately turned around and walked towards them, obviously accelerating their pace.
Dudian gripped his short sword and stared intently at the back of the hunter. If the hunter abandoned them and fled, he would immediately lead Mekin and the others to turn around and run. After all, they had no way to resist these walking corpses in a direct confrontation.
However, when the young man in black armor saw these two walking corpses, he only frowned slightly. The next moment, he took out a sharp dagger from the strap beside his leg and took the lead in a running start. At the moment of approaching the two walking corpses, he suddenly twisted his steps, and his body crossed. Like a black whirlwind, there were two sounds of "poof poof". It was the heads of the two walking corpses that broke off from their necks and fell to the ground.
Instant kill!
Dudian and the others watched with their pupils constricted and their faces filled with horror.
Although they knew that the hunter's duty was to hunt these monsters, they didn't expect him to be so terrifyingly powerful. This was simply a one-sided massacre!
The young man in black armor flicked the blood off the dagger and casually inserted it into the strap beside his leg. He turned back to look at Dudian and the other four who were stunned, gave a faint smile, and waved his hand, signaling them to follow.
Dudian and the other four quickly caught up.
Dudian noticed that the dagger beside the hunter's trouser leg was extremely sharp. Their short swords were completely inferior in comparison. It was estimated that the blade was made of excellent steel. In contrast, his short sword, after continuously cutting off the necks of the walking corpses, the blade edge had already curled back. Only the part near the hilt was still a bit sharp, and the front part had already curled into a strip.
"The things in their heads..." Just as Dudian was about to bend down to collect them, the young man in black armor noticed and say in a low voice, "Don't waste time. Hurry up and follow."
Dudian frowned slightly but still gave up on continuing to collect them. He memorized this location, planning to come back and collect them when he had the opportunity. After all, this thing might be something the hunter was already used to seeing, but to them, it was a large fortune.
As they continued on their way, they encountered more and more scattered walking corpses. However, along the way, the young man in black armor didn't let Dudian and the others get injured. Every time they encountered walking corpses, he would take the initiative to attack and easily kill them with his dagger. His speed was much faster than that of the walking corpses, and he was obviously trained in close combat. His fighting skills were extremely proficient, making it impossible for the walking corpses, whose attacks had no pattern, to touch him at all.
Dudian followed behind and observed and learned in silence. Only then did he realize that in this era of cold weapons, people had developed close combat techniques to an extremely profound level. Just the killing combat techniques demonstrated by this young man in black armor left Dudian in admiration. He killed people as easily as cutting grass, with clean and decisive movements. Even with an injured arm, he was not at all hesitant.
Was this the kind of warrior cultivated on the verge of life and death?
"Hunter sir, will you, will you save Scott and the others? There are a lot of them, and they should be not far from here..." Mekin summoned up his courage and asked. The young man in black armor had protected them along the way, making them feel that he didn't seem to be bad at heart, and they gradually developed a good impression of him. As for the matter of the hunter eating Sham's food and water earlier, they had long since ignored it.
The young man in black armor snorted coldly and said, "What do you think I am, a medical worker?"
Mekin was stunned. Just then, the young man in black armor's face suddenly changed. He turned back and looked towards a place on the street. Dudian noticed that the place he was looking at was the place where they had first fled, and also the street where the walking corpses had first appeared!
Vaguely, Dudian seemed to feel the ground under his feet trembling slightly, as if a tall building in the distance was collapsing, and there was a faint rumbling sound.
The young man in black armor narrowed his eyes, and a trace of bloodlust flashed in them. He looked up and scanned the surrounding buildings. Soon, his gaze locked on the top of a nearby tallest office building. The building was already covered with moss and vegetation, and the windows were as rusty and dilapidated as if they were falling apart. He stared at it for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face. He lowered his head and said to Dudian and the other four, "You stay here. Without my order, you must not leave!"
Dudian's face changed and he said, "Then what about you?"
"I have something to do and will be back soon." The young man in black armor looked serious and said coldly, "Remember this clearly. Without my order, you are absolutely not allowed to leave. If anyone leaves here without permission, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Having said that, he looked at the four of them with a cold gaze and said, "It's better to remember my words. Otherwise, even if you return to the consortium, I will skin you alive!"
After that, he looked back at the previous position, sneered, turned around, and left quickly. Like a black and agile cat, he rushed towards the front of the office building, got in, and disappeared from the sight of Dudian and the other four.
"This, this..." Mekin was a bit stunned. "Where is he going?"
Dudian looked at his disappearing back, and a sense of unease welled up in his heart. Suddenly, he thought of the bow and arrow on the young man in black armor's back.
The tall building, the bow and arrow...
His pupils suddenly constricted. An archer lying in ambush from a high position. Could it be that they had been used as bait by the young man in black armor to lure something?
"Run!" Thinking of this possibility, Dudian suddenly roared and quickly ran towards the office building. Before the young man in black armor climbed to the top of the building, they must escape from this area as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they made any move at that time, they might be shot and killed on the spot by the other party!
Having witnessed the other party's means of killing walking corpses earlier, he had no confidence in protecting himself from being shot under the eyes of a hunter who was good at using a bow and arrow.
Mekin, Zach, and Sham were a bit stunned and puzzled. However, their long-standing trust still made their bodies subconsciously follow behind Dudian. While chasing, Mekin quickly said, "Dian, what's going on? Why are we running? If he finds out, we..."
Dudian had a bit of a good impression of the young man in black armor earlier when he saw him killing walking corpses and protecting them all the way. But now that impression had completely vanished. He said coldly, "We are very likely being used by him as bait to lure his prey into the trap!"
"As bait?" Mekin, Zach, and Sham were stunned. Soon, they thought of the possibility, and a chill ran down their spines.
Dudian had already run to the bottom of the office building and was breathing lightly. When he turned back and saw that Mekin and the other three had caught up, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Go around to the other side and don't let him find us."
Zach's face looked grim and he said, "If we run into him later, he probably won't let us off easily. Even if we manage to avoid him and return to the Great Wall, he won't treat us kindly."
Dudian's gaze was cold and he said coldly, "Then we'll kill him!"
Hearing this, Mekin and the other three were taken aback, and then they looked at him in disbelief.
Mekin couldn't help but say, "Kill him? My god, do you know what you're saying? He's a hunter. How can we kill him... No, how can we possibly kill him? Even if we could, it would be a serious crime!"
"Dian, are you sure?" Sham's face turned slightly pale and he said, "If your speculation is wrong and he just asked us to stay there while he left for some personal business, wouldn't we be..."
Dudian was slightly taken aback. This possibility did exist. However... how could he take the risk?
He only had one life. If his speculation was correct, staying there would be the same as waiting for death! Obviously, the thing that a hunter with the ability to easily kill walking corpses needed to use bait to hunt must be extremely terrifying. By the time they saw that thing, it would basically be certain that they couldn't escape!
Although there were many other possibilities, this was the most likely one he could think of. If he was wrong... then he would go all the way with it!
Dudian thought of the desert assessment three years ago and the three-star alchemist, Rosyard, who had died at his hands. The hesitation and confusion in his heart immediately vanished. This was a choice. Perhaps it was just a possibility based on his speculation, and even this possibility was wrong, but he still had to make a decision, which was to kill!
"We've already left that place. Whether the speculation is right or wrong, we must kill him! Otherwise, we'll be suppressed by him all the time in the future, and we might even die at his hands!" Dudian said resolutely with a cold gaze.
Mekin and the other three looked at his determined gaze and took a deep breath. They hesitated a bit. After all, participating in the act of killing a hunter would make them murderers. For any decent citizen, the word "murderer" was too heavy!
Dudian also looked at them, waiting for their choice. At the same time, he was a little scared in his heart. If they chose not to participate but also knew about his plan, what should he do?
He didn't dare to think any further. In the short time since he had come here, he felt that a door to evil that had been closed in his heart had slightly opened a crack, releasing many evil thoughts.
However, there were some things that were his bottom line, and he didn't want to cross them.
Roar!!
Just then, suddenly, a low growl came from the corner where the few of them had been before.
Dudian and the others couldn't help but look over, and they were immediately horrified, their faces turning pale.