Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Intelligence
 

“Such a weak knight dares to come here…

If I could bring your head and medals back, I could exchange them for more ‘Blood Brew’, this really is a generous gift delivered to my door, hahaha~ha!”

Manic laughter continues.

This man named Pond from Scarlet Manor has now fully revealed his true form beneath his clothes.

Besides his worm-like lower body, his arms have transformed into giant mantis scythes, which can not only easily cut through rock but also contain the unique ‘scarlet’ attribute of Scarlet Manor.

It can infect with a high probability once it cuts target’s flesh.

At the same time, it can prevent regeneration and release a kind of blood bugs for a deeper invasion.

Because of the enhancement of ‘Blood Brew’.

This servant himself possesses agility, reactivity, and self-healing ability far beyond ordinary evil.

Moreover, he has grown deep red tentacles from his completely split jaw, which will bring a great mental pressure to knights.

Once touched by these deep red tentacles, the tips turn into needles and can instantly drain a living creature.

The curse attribute is targeted.

Knight Priscilla’s current methods can hardly hurt this Scarlet Servant’s body, it will be dangerous if the stalemate continues.

“Those apprentice knights are really good, they actually managed to break the opponent’s long-set blockade.

This scarlet creature has a high resistance to curses, I can’t kill it… I have to find a way to break free and report to the Knight Regiment.”

“Haha~Ah! What are you thinking!”

Scarlet Pond seizes the opportunity when the knight is thinking and suddenly accelerates.

Whoosh!

Something is cut open.

“You are worthy of being a knight, you can dodge it.”

Priscilla attempts to speed up by cursing herself, avoiding as much as possible.

Nevertheless, her clothes are still cut, and a long slit is left in the abdomen, hardly cutting open the leather tissue.

A kind of ‘blood bugs’ that is difficult to detect with the naked eye remains in the wound, trying to invade further.

But it immediately died under the influence of the Withering Curse.

Even so, the blood fog scattering in the air encircles around the wound, preventing the wound from healing

“Damn it…”

Just as Priscilla was preparing to use a high-level curse method to strengthen herself and flee.

Caw caw caw~

Lots of black crows suddenly flew in the corridor.

The dangerous crows fly past her body, quickly surrounding the Scarlet Servant.

“Crows?”

When Priscilla first saw the crows, she thought of the top manager of the Mysterious Department – Mr. Black White.

In the meantime, a figure flashes among the crows.

What Priscilla captured with her eyes is a mysterious man wearing a bird beak mask and draped in a black feather robe…through some body detail comparisons, it can be seen that this person is the scout in her team.

“This is… Nicholas? Why can he cast crow magic?”

While she was surprised, Han Dong had already approached the side of the Scarlet Servant.

Caw caw caw…

Dozens of crows tear at the target’s flesh with sharp beaks, mainly for interference.

“Where does this little thing come from?”

The Scarlet Servant does not want his target to escape and immediately splits his chin, neck, and even chest open.

Caw caw caw~

Within the split body, hundreds of red tubular tentacles grow.

Within a short time, all the crows generated by magic were drained.

Just as this Scarlet Servant was proud of himself.

A hand stretched out from behind him, gently patting his shoulder.

“Sure enough, your main power is absorption, not destruction…having my crows absorbed into your body feels nice, doesn’t it?”

The one lightly tapping his shoulder was none other than Han Dong.

As soon as Han Dong had first released the crow to scout out this area, he had determined this absorption characteristic of the enemy.

At this moment, the dozens of crows that had been absorbed had all become magic energy accumulated within the body of the Scarlet Servant.

There was only one thing Han Dong needed to do.

Through the touch of his palm, ignite all the magical energy that was stored within the servant’s body.

“You…”

Just as the Scarlet Servant started feeling the chaos of energy within his body, his face twisted in ferocity.

Bang!

Its upper body was completely blown off, and the thick blood mist scattered as a result.

During the explosion, under the concealment of the blood mist, Han Dong quietly took the metal syringe in his hand.

Squeak~~The needle was rapidly inserted into its plump blood bag (arse).

For a moment, the lower half of the Scarlet Servant’s body also completely withered.

The obtained blood quantity was obviously higher and denser than the amount from the blood bugs earlier, and the syringe was immediately recalled back into Han Dong’s body.

“Huh!? This isn’t dead yet!?”

Han Dong looked at the worm fragments scattered all over the ground.

To his surprise, they were still absorbing the blood mist in the air, gathering slowly toward a larger chunk of flesh.

“Hahaha~Ah! Haha!”

Not only that, but a piece of flesh connected to the vocal cords was still laughing madly.

‘Yellow Sand Secret Method’

With a raise of his left hand!

The yellow sand immediately covered the basement area, all the decayed bodies disintegrated into sand, and the laughter also instantly vanished.

The Scarlet Servant was now thoroughly dead.

“Such tenacious vitality… and it was merely a servant of the manor. Is the effect of “Blood Brew” this strong?”

The process of the swift and smooth execution was seen by Knight Priscilla.

She was unable to make judgment on this young, frail student.

At first, Han Dong showcased detective skills equivalent to a knight.

If it’s said that Han Dong himself had no combat abilities, focusing all his energy on improving his ‘detective’ skills, it seems plausible.

However.

Han Dong flexibly used crow magic. With the opponent’s ‘absorption’ characteristic, he detonated and destroyed them from within… killing the intruder from Scarlet Manor almost instantaneously.

This left Knight Priscilla in utter confusion.

“You… Are you a formal knight hidden within the academy?” This was the only plausible reason Priscilla could think of.

“Sister, you’re overthinking. I’m just a Mysterious Apprentice under Black White.”

“Student of Mr. Black White?!”

She had heard by chance about Mr. White Black taking on students, but had thought it to be rumors.

After all, when she was a Mysterious Apprentice, she knew very well that Mr. Black White was always busy. Not only was he the department head, but he also needed to use divination to predict potential threats to the Holy City, he simply had no time to take students.

Surprisingly, this turned out to be true.

And this student was standing right in front of her.

Now, Han Dong’s peculiar use of the Crow Magic made sense.

“I wouldn’t have needed to step in if the creature hadn’t restrained your curse, Sister.”

“Scarlet Manor is a brand-new force that has just emerged… Indeed, this red plague is related to them. We must report this news to the Knight Regiment.”

“Wait… Sister, could you tell me where is the Scarlet Manor located outside the city?”

“About a hundred kilometers north of the city, the mountain range in Alagard.”

“I see…”

With this, the information matched.

Abe. Rhein’s target was also located in this mountain range.

“What is the president of the association planning…”