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“Fck… fck… f*ck!”

The man patrolling near the entrance desperately fled from the monster that had appeared from the darkness and slaughtered all his companions. It was like a mirage; it had suddenly emerged and wiped out his fellow members.

‘That peculiar outfit and those red pupils, no doubt about it.’

“The. Red Demon has appeared!!”

While he was shouting and sprinting for his life, his vision flipped upside down.

“Huh?”

His body swayed, and he toppled forward. There was no strength in his shins.

“W-what the hell…??”

In front of him stood what had once been his own legs. It was only then that he realized the horrifying truth: his legs were severed.

The moment this dawned on him, pain surged late as if it were vengeful.

“Ghuh!”

He clenched his teeth and glared into the darkness behind him.

Footsteps echoed from beyond the shadows.

A chill ran down his spine as every hair on his body stood on end.

It was him.

The monster that had built a reputation by killing our organization’s members for years—the ‘Red Demon,’ a top-tier target on the organization’s blacklist.

The crimson pupils stained like a bloodstain symbolized sheer terror just by looking at it.

Step.

The intruder slowly revealed himself from the darkness. His face was completely obscured, making it impossible to tell who he was. But with a rugged physique, he was certainly a man.

He warned with a trembling voice.

“Y-you! Do you really think you can get away with touching us? Do you even know how many of us are here?!”

The man received no response. Instead, the gaze peeking through the hood grew sharper.

His lips felt dry and his throat parched.

Should he beg for his life? But would that Red Demon even spare him?

Not that he could run away, as at that moment, a multitude of people rushed in from the corridor.

“Over here! The noise came from this way!”

He could see organization members armed to the teeth advancing towards him.

Seeing his comrades come to save him, the man shouted.

“Hey! This way! This way! Haha! You’re finished now, you can’t take on this many alone… Cough!”

Nova shoved a bullet into the man’s mouth.

The bullet burst forth, painting blood as it exploded his skull. The body with a hole in its head simply fell.

Just then, the incoming troops spotted Nova.

“There he is! Shoot him!”

Perhaps due to the earlier shout, they aimed their guns without hesitation. Nova, unaffected, calmly gazed at them from his place.

Dozens of bullets fired toward Nova.

But they kept narrowly missing him.

“Wha?!”

“Hey, why can’t you hit him!”

As if on a leisurely stroll, Nova walked toward them with an easy gait.

“Don’t make me laugh! I’ll pierce your face!”

Yet even the next bullet—

“Where are you aiming?”

Kept missing as if passing through.

“That can’t be!”

As they stood dumbfounded, they opened fire in panic. However, not a single bullet could touch Nova.

With a chilling gaze, he looked at them with his crimson pupils.

“Your eyesight, muscle movements, breathing—you’re all nothing.”

In an instant, Nova slipped between them, and in his hands appeared a pair of guns.

“This is how you shoot a gun.”

“What, what the hell!”

“This punk…”

“Everyone, get down on the ground!”

“Ugh!!”

“Cough!”

Without missing a shot, he struck down all their knees, sending them crashing to the ground.

What just happened?

“W-what the.”

“How the hell…?”

It seemed he shot haphazardly, yet the muzzle precisely penetrated their knees, incapacitating them.

The recently distributed revolver, which had only just arrived in the continent, was known for its hard recoil. Moreover, it could only be loaded one round at a time, yet this Red Demon was using it continuously.

“Well, this is nice. I have to say, your efficiency is impressive.”

Pointing the gun at one of the members, Nova casually inquired.

“How many executives do you have here?”

“W-what? You think I’d tell you that…”

Bang!

The member stopped speaking as a bullet brutally ended him. The muzzle then turned toward a nearby companion.

“How many?”

“U-uh… you crazy—”

Tatatatang!

The muzzle, seemingly uninterested in further dialogue, fired precisely at the center of the man’s forehead, opening a gory fountain.

In an instant, screams and bloodshed erupted.

“Yay~ isn’t this too scary?”

At that moment, Nova’s finger halted.

He pointed the gun toward the voice without bothering to hear more.

Bang!

But the bullet that was fired tore through the air for the first time.

What appeared to be a miss clearly carved the cheeks of the man.

“…That’s ridiculous accuracy… and such rapid fire too…”

The wound that should have healed by now continued to sizzle, burning without respite.

“What on earth… did he do to that bullet~?”

“I finally found you.”

As if spotting prey, his red eyes shone mercilessly.

“It’s been a while~ have you missed me?”

His tone was light, yet it emanated a disturbing atmosphere, a contrast to the endless abyss of darkness.

“Ned, Ned Orion.”

“You’ve grown a bit taller, huh? Quite the handsome man now, I see?”

The wicked aura spreading around him began to twist the very air he occupied, while some knelt in worship, and others trembled in fear.

Ned (LV.180)

Power: SSS+

Speed: SR

Toughness: SS

Magic Power: Unmeasurable

But just one soul wore a sinister grin, muttering.

“Can I finally see your ability stats?”

 

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