Chapter 111: Aftermath (1/2)

The Rozenstruik Empire's Hand-to-hand Combat Arts was a full-contact martial art that aimed to kill. Every move in this Combat Arts was devastating and almost impossible to defend against. But of course, just how a diamond needed a diamond before it could be scratched.

To shatter an enemy's bones, one's bones must be as strong as the bones of one's enemy or stronger. Doppelgangers were creatures whose hearts were innately kind and generous. They were pacifists and disliked fighting the most.

But despite the fact that they hated fighting and bloodshed.

They were still demi-humans...

And the bodies of demi-humans were just biologically resilient and stronger than the bodies of humans.

Calvin was just an average human.

He had the ancient notebook the Notebook of Secrets That Will Destroy Your Life, but he couldn't use it other than to confirm some facts or write some diary entry since Dandelion was still in hibernation after that grand escape eight months ago.

However, despite all of these, Calvin still used the Rozenstruik Empire's Hand-to-hand Combat Arts.

But why was he so confident?

It was because he knew what he was doing.

Calvin used Spiritualistic Magic to gather all the Mana that he had in his body to a single point which was his left fist.

Being reinforced by such a massive amount of Mana relative to the other body parts of Calvin's body made his fist far stronger than steel.

He may not be able to use the Rozenstruik Empire's Hand-to-hand Combat Arts in its full glory, but he was still capable enough to use the first style of the Combat Arts.

Asalraalaikum.

Asalraalaikum was a straightforward attack.

No fancy lights appeared around Calvin's fist as he executed this style, and he also didn't use any flashy moves preceding the execution of the attack. He merely clenched his fist and sent it directly towards the face of his pouncing enemy.

No tricks, no gimmicks, it was just a plain old punch.

But when that ordinary-looking punch connected.

It directly shattered the face of the doppelganger.

Puchi!

A squishy noise rang out followed by cracking sounds as Calvin's fist directly went straight through the man's face and pulverized his skull as well as his brain.

Splat!

Blood and brain matter instantly splattered onto the ground and the nearby walls. Calvin's clothes and his body weren't spared by the onslaught of the pungent blood and greyish brain matter.

A frown appeared on his face but he didn't clean up the mess.

Instead, he took another piece of crumpled paper and slapped it onto his forehead.

The piece of paper contained runes formed into dozens of logical threads. The primary function of the runecrafted piece of paper was to seal and manipulate. As soon as the piece of paper landed on Calvin's forehead, he fell onto the ground as his eyes rolled over into his head.

Before he lost consciousness, he dropped another piece of paper onto the ground.

The piece of paper had the words, ”The trail ends, Red Cloud.”

...

Bruce, Ashlynn, and James were assigned to Ouyang's Genuine Treasure House, Narcista Street, and Elmo's Woodworks. The Cavaliers paid close attention to Elmo's Woodworks for this was the only place where the mysterious leaver of clues or the rogue Predator visited twice.

At this moment, Bruce was casually chatting with some ladies.

Ashlynn was eating in a restaurant, while James casually perused the merchandise and furniture of Elmo's Woodworks. All three of them acted as if they weren't in a mission, especially Bruce who was trying his best to charm these ladies into his bed.

But in the very next moment.