Chapter 255 Settling Down In Redrock (1/2)

Chapter 255 Settling Down In Redrock

"Get…get rid of us!? We-," the underling briefly glanced at his boss "No, I told you everything I knew! You can't do this to me!"

"You're a hunter, aren't you?" said Aldrich

"Y-yeah, but why does that matter!?"

"Then you knohat risks this job co the full well you're also flipping a coin One side dead, one side alive Tonight, both of you got unlucky" Aldrich pressed the gun against the back of the underling's head "Accept the results of the draw They won't change"

"Wait-wait!-,"

Aldrich fired the gun Instead of the echoing roar a norun would've blasted out on the wide-open wastes, there was instead un's built in silencer Standard issue for hunters that often needed to work in cities, dodging police and heroes

The underling's head jerked forward His body shi+vered once as lead gored through his brain,his nervous system jolt in one last death throe Then, he transitioned fully froht pool of blood started to already form around the head

"And you've already been ready to die," said Aldrich to the boss

The boss stared at him wordlessly and just closed his eyes Hebond with his crew Except for the newly onboarded underling, of course A bond close to fauy could stare down death without a whimper or a whine

Aldrich did not feelpests When it caear, and it became much harder for him to separate man fro of bones and flesh all waiting to rot and decay

An inevitable casualty Whether by quick bullet or the comparatively sloear and tear of time, there was no real difference to Aldrich

They were not useful to Aldrich as undead either, even if he could somehow tell Diamondback to leave and raise the Alter, maybe, but his power seeitiets

Not too worth the effort Fler'Gan was better

Aldrich nodded to Diamondback

Diamondback executed the boss with one quick shot of a crystal shard Clean Efficient That was how he did things Aldrich liked it

"About clean up" Aldrich stood up fro's corpse beneath him He looked around at the scene of devastation, the upturned cars, the blood pooled corpses, the scattered weapons, and sawto do this?"

"So us froh to draw attention on us but not far enough where they can't handle the clean-up for situations just like this," said Diamondback "I'll pack all the evidence we have up here, the bodies and guns and so on, and cram it all into the cars Afterwards, I'll toss the cars a couple et rid of"

"You foresaw this happening?"

Diaed Whenever he moved, the noise from his crystal body sounded like a series of clicks and cracks Notably, though, his diaid uniformly, bended flexibly to accommodate movement

Whatever crystal Diamondback wasfar more durable and far easier to shape

"I've been working as muscle for forty years," said Diamondback "Ever since I was fifteen Worked all the way back with Daz, Clint's pa and living legend I've picked up a thing or two about how things go in this line of dirty work"

Diamondbackthem over his shoulder Compared to his ed to children

"The blood?" Aldrich watched blood trickle down fro down like raindrops onglass across Diaet The Wastes round these parts are dry The earth is thirsty Greedy It'll suck the blood right up" Diamondback tossed the corpses on top of the two police cars

Aldrich saw that Diaht Whatever blood pooled on the cracked, parched earth seeped into it in a e earth were all that remained of the once warm and fresh blood, and even that would fade ainds carrying dust and h enough to handle yourself for a bit, aren't you? Your girl too, she's got attitude, and I bet she can back it up Drive the car down Try not to let the little girl see this" Diauns and other odd pieces of evidence he found along the way "I'll catch up soon"

"Thanks," said Aldrich "I owe you one"

"Yeah? Then treatfresh hunted ot a sweet tooth he's gotta satisfy"