Netherworld Retrograde

36: Chapter 17: Commit Suicide, Gunman!

_2 36: Chapter 17: Commit Suicide, Gunman!

_2 “But currently, this guy only has two knights,” the detective thought, formulating a plan.

Since only one knight could fight, there were many things he could still do.

Then, the detective raised his hand and pointed the revolver in his hand at the middle-aged woman who could no longer stand.

It was a strange scene.

From their standpoint, they were supposed to be allies.

The middle-aged woman burst into panicked cries, “What are you doing?

Don’t…don’t do this… Dad, save me!”

Wang De’s expression indeed changed.

Of course, this was not due to any fatherly affection, as he himself was the murderer of his own kin.

But because only the kin he killed using the knights could replenish his lifespan.

If the third daughter were to be killed by the detective, he would lose one potential target from which he could extract lifespan.

“Heh heh,” the detective could not help but sneer upon seeing this.

Two knights, one occupied with Li Yelai, the other protecting Wang De.

If the detective shot, and Wang De didn’t want to lose lifespan, he would have to kill or protect the middle-aged woman immediately.

Considering the information that Wang De killed one person each year in the last ten days of September,

It suggested that Wang De could only devour their lifespan by killing someone under specific circumstances.

He would probably only be able to kill one while needing to protect the remaining few.

Who would he send to protect her?

The Double Blade Knight?

Then the detective’s second gun could just fire.

Although he lacked combat skill, his shooting accuracy was still good.

At this distance, the moment Wang De left protection, the detective was confident he could blow his head off with one shot!

The Long Spear Knight?

Don’t make me laugh.

If the Long Spear Knight disengaged from his fight, Li Yelai would attack Wang De immediately.

Even if the Double Blade Knight guarded, Wang De would still be in danger, and it might even limit the Double Blade Knight’s teleportation ability.

Of course, he had another option, which was to have the Double Blade Knight come directly to kill the detective himself.

But the detective could struggle a bit; as long as he wasn’t instantly killed, there was a chance to shoot Wang De several times.

Wang De coldly looked at the detective, “Don’t think of threatening me with this.

I already have great-grandchildren, great-grandsons at that.

I’m not short of kin.”

The middle-aged woman and the young man looked terrified, while the girl in the white dress stepped forward and took the pistol from the detective’s waist.

Pointing the gun at her own temple.

Both the detective and Wang De’s expressions changed, “What are you doing?”

He indeed couldn’t afford to waste kin.

He could only obtain lifespan once a year from the kin he killed.

And this year, with the assassination attempt on the second child having failed, he had very little lifespan left—days?

Hours?

Maybe even less!

To ensure safety, the safest option was to kill the kin present at the scene.

With three kin left, he needed to save at least one, or directly kill one to ensure he wouldn’t suddenly die of old age.

Now, seeing his favorite granddaughter about to commit suicide, how could he not be shocked?

The girl in the white dress looked at Wang De, her eyes filled with hatred, “Even in death, I won’t give this monster any lifespan!”

“Stop it, I never thought about killing you.

All these properties are yours.

Don’t do anything foolish!

I’m doing all this just to stay with you!” Wang De cursed internally, trying to placate the girl while moving closer to the brick house and calculating the timing.

As long as he could get inside the room, the detective’s bullets wouldn’t threaten him, and he could free the Double Blade Knight assigned to protect him.

However, just at that moment, a flurry of footsteps sounded from the stairs leading to the first floor.

The detective’s expression changed; the signal was cut off here, he couldn’t call for backup.

The only ones who could come were Wang De’s people!

And they indeed were Wang De’s people; Wang De had previously ordered the armed personnel to stay outside.

In reality, he had left a secret command.

The actual order was to come down immediately if he hadn’t returned in ten minutes!

Hearing the footsteps made Wang De’s heart rejoice; with these reinforcements, killing two Spiritual Ability Users wasn’t hard.

After that, what was there to worry about?

So, Wang De decisively spoke up, “Kill the one with the knife first!”

Among the two Spiritual Ability Users, Li Yelai was the more dangerous, naturally, he had to be killed first!

And at the very next second, he suddenly heard a crisp sound.

He looked around blankly and saw Li Yelai spring forth with a blade, cleanly slicing the long spear in the Long Spear Knight’s hands in two!

At the same time, the momentum of the blade didn’t stop, directly striking the thick plate armor of the Long Spear Knight.

Facing such thick plate armor, weapons like swords and blades often prove ineffective.

This is the terrifying aspect of Armored Soldiers.

Like on the ancient battlefields where the Wanyan Family’s Iron Fulu charged, they were indeed formidable.

But what if I brought out the Beiwei Army holding the Yue Character Banner, how would you respond then?

Part of the reason is that the Beiwei Army, while clad in heavy armor, also wields large axes capable of breaking armor effectively!

For the Spiritual Ability Users with Low Awakening, the defense of iron armor remains strong.

Moreover, the Long Spear Knight’s armor is no ordinary item; its Spiritual Resistance is excellent, significantly weakening the abilities of many Spiritual Ability Users.

But Li Yelai’s long-handled blade stabbed directly into the thick plate armor of the Long Spear Knight, brutally carving a huge crack at the knight’s chest.

In fact, this was the opportunity Li Yelai was looking for.

Facing an enemy capable of instant movement was too passive.

You chase as he moves; you guard as he attacks.

Against such an enemy, only a decisive strike will suffice!

After fully preparing his move, Li Yelai finally found his chance, as the weaknesses on the long spear and armor overlapped with a black line!

Then, he leapt forward to slash with his blade!

Thus resulted the scene before us.

The Long Spear Knight was critically injured and had to Flash Body backwards to retreat next to Wang De.

This left Wang De stunned, his eyes filled with terror.

Already able to severely injure the Long Spear Knight with a single strike, if the Double Blade Knight also couldn’t match Li Yelai, then he would indeed be doomed.

But fortunately, the backup he had arranged still came!

Watching the dozen armed personnel rushing down the stairs, Wang De immediately roared out an order.

“Kill him, quickly!

Use the hot melt!”

The armed personnel immediately raised their guns, and gunfire erupted instantly, with blood splattering everywhere.

Wang De felt a brief relief, but soon, he was standing there petrified.

Because, just a few dozen steps away, the armed personnel, whom he had thought were backup, suddenly all aimed their guns at their own teammates.

As gunfire rang out, all the armed personnel were killed by their own teammates, and in an instant, blood flowed copiously.

“What…

what happened?” Wang De, even the Detective, and the others were somewhat dumbfounded, completely unclear what had happened.

Were these people actually here to stage a suicide?

While the other Family members and the butler could only vomit incessantly upon watching this scene.

Yet, Li Yelai let out a sigh and said, “You finally came.”

“I thought he would just surrender.” A beautiful silhouette walked down the stairs, dressed in a dark red gown, beautiful and elegant.

But walking amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, she appeared especially eerie.

It was, unmistakably, Cheese!

She had been hiding in this building all along, and with her Path of Babbling ability, staying hidden was not difficult.

After spotting Li Yelai and the others, she followed far behind.

However, she was blocked by the armed personnel.

“So, just to be safe, I hypnotized them with the command, ‘If you attack an official Spiritual Ability User, immediately commit suicide,’” Cheese scanned the bodies beneath her feet, then turned her gaze to the distant Wang De and the two knights beside him: “Looks like I came just at the right moment.”

“You’ve been a great help,” Li Yelai approached Wang De with his blade and said, “Be careful, those two knights have Flash and Invisibility abilities.

Don’t get cut from behind.”

“As Summoning Items, and already having their armor broken by you.

Their Spiritual Resistance plummeted, that shouldn’t be a problem anymore.

Let me show you the power of the Ravings ability.” Cheese’s beautiful eyes turned towards the Long Spear Knight whose armor had been broken by Li Yelai, her cherry lips parted as she wielded her ability.

“[Listen to me] Commit suicide, gunman!”