Chapter 19 The Black Sickle

"This... could this be the sickle known as the Sealed Object?"

A thought flashed through Soren's mind, and he immediately realized something.

In the memories he had extracted, the monster had clearly shown fear towards that sickle, which meant that the sickle-shaped object was definitely not ordinary. It was very likely to have cursed properties.

Moreover, its design completely matched the description of the Night Black Sickle of Hypnos given by the gang executives.

Thinking further, he recalled that the guy who attacked the gang headquarters had fled near Green Street and was suspected of hiding in the underground tunnels. Soren immediately determined that the sickle in the monster's memory was most likely that very item!

"So that guy actually ran here? The sickle is here, but is the guy dead or did he escape?"

Soren thought it was likely that the guy was dead too.

That place was the monster's lair, and it was unlikely that a living person could enter.

...

Although he had gleaned an unexpected piece of information from the memory fragments of the monster's corpse, this did not change Soren's current predicament in any way.

Regardless of whether the sickle was a sealed object or had some incredible uses, it was in the depths of the sewers and could not solve his immediate crisis.

Moreover, although Soren had gained some "sewer layout maps" in his mind, the monster's consciousness was very different from that of humans. Even if Soren now found these pipes familiar, that was all. Apart from the tenement building exit, he could not think of a better escape route.

But at this moment, the monster tide surged out from the depths of the caves, blocking the subway tunnel tightly, and the only exit became a dead end.

Not far away, the gunfire from the Steam Party guys had gradually become sparse.

The greater the commotion, the more aberrant monsters would naturally be attracted.

Fortunately, they had strong firepower, attracting most of the firepower for Soren and Kai, otherwise the monsters would have torn the two of them to pieces in an instant.

That "Redhead" Kuntu was still holding on, using flame spells to set everything ablaze, covering a wide area and causing the monsters to let out piercing screams.

However, magic-based sorcerers, like gunmen, had high damage but obvious weaknesses.

Once they were caught in close combat, their melee capabilities were very poor.

Moreover, even if Kuntu was using semi-mechanical casting, there were still casting intervals.

The dense, tidal wave of monsters would use this gap to rush up and take a few bites.

As fewer and fewer of his gang members survived around him, that guy's death was also expected.

On the other hand, Soren and Kai's situation was not very good either.

The two fought and retreated, forced into a culvert that looked like it was for draining water away from the tunnel.

The advantage was that at least they only had to deal with the monsters in front of them, instead of being attacked from all sides.

But the disadvantage was that more and more monsters were gathering outside, making it increasingly difficult for them to break through.

...

"This is bad... there are too many monsters, and we're injured. It's unlikely that we can break through, so we can only wait for rescue."

However, Kai's words also contained an element of self-comfort.

The Steam Party, a group of fully armed guys, had been wiped out here. Even if the Green Street support troops received the news, they might not be able to rush in to save them.

Unless... a cadre personally came.

But the two of them might not be able to hold on until then.

Thinking of this, Kai mechanically swung his blade while cursing angrily, "Damn it, how can there be such a large-scale aberrant monster group in the city's sewers!"

This was also what Soren found strange.

The outer city had dense dark spiritual energy, so it was not surprising to find monsters. But the aberrant conditions in Old Lingdun City were limited, and people often cleaned it up. Why were there so many monsters in the sewers?

The density of monsters in these sewers was definitely abnormal.

Moreover, according to the All-Knowing Eye's identification, they were all aberrant monsters that had mutated due to special environmental factors.

For some reason, the aberrant monsters in the sewers had undergone undirected mutations, awakening many strange abilities.

Like the wall-crawling monster with a long proboscis, the behemoth of flesh, the long-armed, long-legged tall man, the corrosive monster that could spray acid...

It was these monsters with ranged attacks that were beating Soren and Kai back again and again.

"..."

Soren listened to Kai's curses without replying, his index finger on the trigger becoming somewhat numb.

There were simply too many monsters, so even without deliberately aiming, he could hit them easily.

But after killing so many, new monsters continued to pour in.

...

"I'm going to use explosives to collapse the hole, Captain, be careful!"

"Okay!"

During a break to reload, Soren took the opportunity to throw a grenade, blowing away a group of monsters and relieving some of the pressure.

He felt that there might be some problems in these sewers, but now was not the time to consider that.

Fortunately, there was Kai, a melee professional, otherwise Soren, no matter how good his marksmanship was, would have been submerged by the monster tide after firing only a few shots.

Looking again, Kai's condition was getting worse and worse due to the continuous high-intensity combat, and he was dealing with it with increasing difficulty. Without hesitation, Soren decisively chose to use a directional blasting bomb to collapse part of the pit.

This would narrow the exit and reduce the monsters' attack space.

But in doing so, they would not be able to get out either.

With a "bang", rubble fell, accurately blocking most of the hole.

Kai also seized the opportunity to use [Blade] to cut several boulders from the top of his head, blocking the last bit of the passage, and the two of them collapsed there.

Outside the rocks, the sound of monsters "shuffling" and digging could be heard.

Those sharp-toothed monsters were digging very fast, and these rubble piles probably wouldn't hold for long.

Soren and Kai seized the rare opportunity to catch their breath, bandage their wounds, and reload their ammunition.

In this life-and-death situation, Soren did not hide anything, and took out the remaining alchemical bullets and loaded them into the [Three-Headed Hound]'s revolver.

Kai wasn't used to firearms, so he stuffed a few grenades on his body.

The acid sprayed by the monsters and the wounds licked by the proboscises made the two of them look very disheveled, but fortunately, after cleaning the wounds and injecting healing potions, they were fine.

After doing all this, they probably had a few minutes of rest.

Kai looked at Soren and said with emotion, "I'm afraid we won't be able to get through this hurdle today..."

As Kai, who had been in the gang since childhood, had long been prepared to die in the streets, he was quite calm when he said this.

He thought he would see some fear on Soren's face, but he found that this guy was always calmly loading ammunition, without a trace of fear or panic.

Kai thought of the scene where he had counter-killed the Steam Party members earlier. Even now, he still felt like he was dreaming.

The two of them actually counter-killed thirty of them?!

Heh, it was worth it.

Kai couldn't see why Soren was so calm, and asked in confusion, "Soren, aren't you nervous at all?"

Soren didn't explain much: "I'm just a little cold by nature."

Kai revealed a look of realization: "Oh."

Probably feeling like he was about to die, Kai suddenly became more talkative.

"Soren, I didn't expect you to know 'Gun Kata'..."

"Yeah, I've been practicing my marksmanship hard."

"Is that the famous gun, the [Three-Headed Hound]?"

The two could be considered to have become friends in adversity. Now they didn't know if they could survive, so Soren felt that there was nothing to hide, after all, this gun was too recognizable.

He nodded lightly: "Yeah."

Hearing this answer, Kai looked at Soren's bald head and smoky makeup, as if he had guessed something, and suddenly became interested.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked with a mischievous look: "Could it be... are you the son of 'Iron Head' Ivan?"

"..."

Soren's eyelids twitched as he listened, and he didn't know how this guy's brain circuit could have made that connection.

Kai guessed that it definitely wasn't, but it was also a bit of fun in the midst of suffering, and he joked, "Don't worry, I'll keep your secret."

Soren explained: "No, I killed him."

"You actually killed Ivan?"

Kai listened with disbelief. This was even more shocking and explosive news than being a bastard.

Ivan was an old-fashioned killer in the Crow Gang. He was a professional even more troublesome than the previous "Iron Gorilla" Sith, and he wasn't someone that ordinary people could kill.

But after thinking about Soren's combat power before, Kai guessed that he had many secrets.

This young "gun expert" who knew Gun Kata must have an extraordinary background.

But in the gang, many people have secrets about their past. He didn't ask any further, and said seriously: "If we can get out alive, I will keep your secret."

"Yeah."

Soren didn't say much.

Not to mention that he had already exposed some of his cards today, and it would be superfluous to hide them any further.

In fact, after thinking about it carefully, there was only one secret about him that he couldn't reveal, and that was the identity of the original owner of this body.

As for the others...

The two S-class talents had no external characteristics, so as long as he didn't say it, no one else would know;

The profession of "Puppet Master" could be passed off as an ordinary puppeteer;

As for marksmanship, it would be exposed sooner or later in a gang where shootouts and brawls were commonplace.

Although they hadn't been in contact for too long, Soren felt that this Captain Kai was worthy of some trust.

Besides, he had saved his life before.