Chapter 202: Chaos (1/2)
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Just as system notifications flooded Calvin's vision...
The deformed man snapped with his fingers and the expressions of the three women suddenly paled.
The candles on their heads sunk into their skulls as their shrill screams filled the air.
Calvin furrowed his eyebrows.
He wasn't even done reading the system notifications that appeared right in front of him, yet when changes came over the battlefield.
”Come out, Mortician!” Calvin exclaimed in his heart as his shadow throbbed.
The figure of a cold and distant young man holding a scalpel and clad in a hospital gown manifested behind him.
The Mortician's eyes landed on the three women. His expression turned a little serious.
It seemed that he felt the foul strength coursing through the veins of the three women right now.
”What? Are you scared?” Calvin smiled.
The Mortician glanced at him in confusion.
He had no idea what to feel seeing Calvin's laidback attitude in the presence of these five monsters.
Stephanie was included, of course.
After all, it didn't take a genius for one to find out that Stephanie was already losing control of herself. The sight of the deformed man alone was enough to make her anger boil over as she rushed at the deformed man in hopes of capturing him and ending his life in her own hands.
”Sigh... She's hopeless.” Calvin whispered into the air, ”Mortician, you go and handle those three women.”
The Mortician stared at Calvin, but he didn't say anything.
”Are you trying to say that you cannot handle them?”
”Well, I understand... I mean, I know that you're still not that confident about yourself.”
”But come on, you're stronger now.”
”Also, I'm not really expecting you to defeat them. I just want you to hold those three back while I assist Stephanie in her battle, do you understand?” Calvin patiently explained.
The Mortician looked as if he understood what Calvin had said, but now. His eyes gleamed with doubt.
It was as if he was saying...
'Just how can this weakling assist such a monster in battle? Does he want to die?'
He was about to say something when he suddenly remembered the humiliation that he had suffered back in the asylum.
The Mortician's gaze went cold.
He didn't try to think about giving Calvin a warning anymore as he turned around and walked towards the three women.
Calvin chuckled in his heart.
'This guy... I never knew that he's that type of a person who's cold on the outside but hot on the inside.'
'Nevermind. His attitude is working out for me in the end, so why would I bother changing the status quo? But knowing his personality, I now have no idea if I can still safely talk to him about that after all of these...' He sighed in his heart.
The battle between Stephanie and the deformed man was heating up.
Having used his Authority as the disciple of Pestilence and Famine, the deformed man's strength soared to greater heights. But this increase in strength didn't come without a drawback.
The moment he revealed his true power, an immense hatred and rage overcame his senses and reasoning.
He wanted nothing else at this moment but to kill.
”AAAHHH!”
The deformed man rushed at Stephanie, the cloud of pests protected his body from all directions as Stephanie flew backwards in order to dodge the attack.
A seemingly annoyed expression appeared on Stephanie's distorted complexion as she repeatedly jumped backwards to widen the distance between her and the deformed man.
But the deformed man would never let Stephanie escape from his clutches.
He glared at the latter and audibly chanted.
”Our Lady of Pestilence and Famine, the representative of hunger, and the origin of sickness.”
”Thou heart is ruthless.”
When his words fell, an indescribable presence washed over the battlefield.
Stephanie's flying ability seemed to have been restricted by this indescribable presence as her speed came to a screeching halt.
”Heh...” The deformed man coldly snorted.
He leaped over to Stephanie's side and sent an attack towards her head.
The force that his attack carried was enough to pulverize Stephanie's skull into dust.
But there was something even faster than the deformed man's fist.
It was an object that looked to be a medallion of a crow basking beneath the sun.
Bam!
The deformed man's fist collided with the medallion and the strength of his fist instantly crushed it into ashes.
”What?”
He exclaimed in shock.
It was because the medallion had managed to absorb almost the entire force of his attack, giving Stephanie enough time to collect herself as she slammed both of her palms onto the ground and took flight once more.
”Shit, shit, shit!” The deformed man violently cursed.
He whipped his head in Calvin's direction and there he saw the young man holding a Slingshot in his hand.
A mocking smirk was on Calvin's face and it further incensed the deformed man, ”I should probably kill you before anyone else!” He cried out in anger before he made a mad dash towards Calvin's location.
The deformed man chased after him, but Calvin wasn't so stupid as to wait for the deformed man's arrival. As soon as the deformed man focused his attention on him. He made his retreat and lured the deformed man away from the village center.
Stephanie seemed to have regained some of her senses as she didn't chase after the deformed man.
Instead, she carried an attack on the three women along with the Mortician.
”FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!” The deformed man noticed the disturbance happening at the village center. His anger against Calvin was now so towering that it could probably pierce through the heavens, ”You slippery cunning bastard. I'll deal with you later. Once I'm done with those cheeky companions of yours, I'll make sure that you'll wish you were dead!”
He then turned around and assisted the three women in their battle against the Mortician and Stephanie.