Thud! Thud! Thud! Many people were running on the street when suddenly all the animals started crying and wailing. A dog, who used to be a royal, bit its owner. Birds were striking and biting people.

Townsman exclaimed, “What is happening? What curse is this?” They ran away from the animals, with wounds and cuts on their bodies. Confused, “Why our head have word sinner, what am do wrong am just a bread merchant?”

The group of people continued running in fear.

Swoosh! The squirrel jumped from the wall and rushed towards man’s face. Squeak! Click! Biting his eye.

Arrrrrgh! Pain rushed, losing his balance and falling to the ground. He desperately tried to kill the squirrel, but it was too fast and bit his other eye.

Hoooowl! “Help! Help!, my eyes! It dark!” He cried out for help, but people ignored him and continued to run for their lives.

Puck! shovel fly fast hit that squirrel. A gardener-like man tried to help, hand reached tried to grab blind eye man.

Chomp! Suddenly, the dog bit his arm, want to use a shovel to attack that dog, Chomp! another dog bit his arm. Causing him to lose his balance and fall near the blind man. Squirrel returned with red eyes shorn. its mouth opened wide, ready to bite the blind man.

“What the cures!” The bread merchant exclaimed. Fear when he saw the scene in front, but could do nothing, only moved his feet forward.

Suddenly, he noticed a man on the street wearing a white robe with the words “Knight of Holy: 1” written on it. The bread merchant’s heart filled with hope, finally finding someone who could help them.

“Sir Knight! Please help us, animal in town are crazy, attacking us all.” touched knight arm, begged for the help. Another person approached, also seeking help from the knight.

“Where are those sinful animals?” the knight spoke in a stern voice.

The bread merchant hesitated upon hearing the stern voice but gathered their courage and pointed towards the alley where the animals had come from, “Sir, animals are over-”

Splash! An iron blade with red blood emerged from his chest.

“Urg!...” merchant’s eyes widened in shock, trying to say something, but blood fell from their mouth. “G-Gurgle... G-Gurgle,” not long, life faded out of his eyes.

People trembled, terrified by what they had witnessed.

Ahhhhh! screamed loud before rushing away.

Slosh! knight pulled the blade out, and kicked the lifeless body fell to the ground. Above the knight’s head, the number 1 slowly changed into the number 2. The knight smiled and exclaimed, “Good... good. Now I can return to being a member of the Holy Order. This is so good, killing sinners and receiving rewards.” They raised their hands with a crazed expression in their eyes and shouted, “Praise the holy tower!”

Thud! Thud! A woman ran fast, her face filled with fear and tears streaming down her cheeks. She was horrified by what had just happened “Why Knight kills him—”

Whoosh! The black thing rushed at people behind her.

Looked back, her heart drop. It’s a black leopard! That has a chain and a Holy Knight badge around its neck.

Chomp! Chomp! “Help, Help!” The leopard was devouring a man in front of her, “Arggggh!”

Hueeik! Tears fell out of her eyes, “I can’t stay outside... I have to hide.” As she looked around, she noticed an old man standing in front of a nearby house, waving at her. Without hesitation, the woman turned and ran towards the house. Many other people followed suit.

Leopard noticed. It turned, jumped and pursued over.

Women and some people rushed come to the house, but leopard also came close, old man had no choice forcefully closed the door.

Bam! leaving one man outside. He desperately knocked on the door.

Pluck! Pluck! Pluck! his hand injured, leaving a bloody mark. “No, no, don’t leave me alone, no no no.... Argh!”

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!

All people inside, everyone held their breath, trying to stay as quiet as possible. It didn’t take long for the man’s cries to end, and blood seeped under the door.

Splash, splash, thud, thud, the beast slowly moved away.

Wheeze! Huuu! People inside could breathe again. The woman sat on the floor, crying uncontrollably. The old man approached her with a sad expression and gently patted her shoulder.

Woman looked at him and trembled as she said, “T-Thank you.”

The old man smiled and replied, “It’s finally over, kid... I’m the one who should thank you.” The woman’s eyes widened in shock.

Squish! Knife was shoved into her heart.

Everyone was stunned. In just a second, the men that closer in the incidence shouted “What the hex, old man! What are you doing?”

The old man calmly responded, “Son... My theory was right... I could sense it.” As he spoke, the words “Red Sinner” on the old man’s head slowly transformed into “Peasant: 0.”

The men were confused, questioning what had just occurred. “How can that—”

Swoosh! A crossbow bolt flew through the air.

Thud! struck the chest of one of the men. He instinctively turned to see who had shot him and noticed a robust man with a crossbow on his arm, accompanied by his wife and child.

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The crossbow man, with dark eyes, apologized, “Sorry, my family had to survive.”

“What—” The man tried to speak, but was interrupted by the old man.

“The Holy always provides a path to redemption! This is our redemption, by helping the Holy cleanse the sinners, we will receive a new life!”

The man with the arrow in his chest cried out, “This isn’t true... it’s hell!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Argh! No, no, no Swoosh! Only the sound of the crossbow bolts and people’s cries rang out of the wicked house.

Meanwhile, in the alley, a small animal bit into something, its body covered in blood. Words on squirrel’s head transformed into “No sin”, it dropped eyeball and crawled towards a nearby nutshell.

In another alley, a large black cat walked slowly, leaving a trail of dripping blood in its walked. Its head displayed the words “Holy Beast: 13.”

In front of the church, there is a mountain of corpses and blood, with gore scattered everywhere. Amongst the chaos, there is one man dressed as a saint, surprisingly clean and without of any bloodstains. On his head, it had “Saint of Holy Tower: 1327.”

Eeon said, “This place has no more sinners... Connect to the holy tower, unit code X70153, Sky Piecer Unit. Requesting access to the next target.”

His holy book shone a little, monotonous sound out, “Request accepted. To the south of the unit, there is a group of sinners.”

He repeated, “confirmed the task, unit will move south,” and slowly walked in that direction.

A monotonous sound resonated, “May the holy tower shine upon you.”

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Bam! Bam! Bam! Two young men fly out from a nearby house, causing dust and scraps of wood to scatter. They slide and land on the floor, covered in blood and bruises.

Huf, huf, Rain took a deep breath, his torn shirt revealing a bandage soaked in red once again. Both of his hands remained intact just have some bruises, with one carrying a pan. On his head, the title “Saint Follower: 0” displayed.

Rave was in better condition, with only dust and dirt on his shirt. However, his hair was now wet, much to his displeasure. Over his head, the white title “Peasant: 2” appeared.

Smack! tap, tap, Aria slowly emerged from the house, her dress stilled intact but with some stained with dusts and dirts. On her head, it read “Saint of Holy Tower: 0.”

“Why was your mother so strong? How could such an elegant lady possess such monstrous power? Did she eat elephants as snacks? She demolished that house with a single punch. That cursed Rockman.” Rave said.

“I’ve told you, she’s not my mother, and arguing about it is pointless.” Rain said.

“Why did my words change color, and what did this number two mean? I was just trying to help people and save them from vicious animals. Was it a good thing?” Rave asked.

“Good, if you think like that, but not everyone saw it that way. Some viewed it as a hunting game instead.” Rain said.

Rave was astonished by Rain’s words. “Ah, I see. The holy tower was truly wicked. That can think of something like this.”

“Yes, and we also had to thank that genius boy from the far east continent. They really knew how to manipulate things like this. If we survived this, we should go kick their butts together.” Rain said.

Rave nodded, saying, “Hah, I liked your idea.”

Aria bent her knee, causing the ground to crack, and then dashed towards the two.

“Jump!” Rain said. Rave prepared to jump. But suddenly Rain noticed something. Rain warned, “No! She’s tricking us. Get down close to the floor!” He pressed Rave’s head down while he remained standing tall.

As Rain mentioned, Aria pretended to lower her kick, but used it as a pivot point to swiftly turn and execute a back kick in the air instead. However, before the attack could connect, Rain was already prepared with his right hand for a Pan Slashed upward parry against Aria’s kick.

Pling! The frying pan flew high into the air. Rain reached a hand out to grab her holy book, but Aria struck her leg down on Rain’s body.

Swiftly, Red Rave helped Rain. He used both hands to block the impact.

Crack! Causing Rave’s leg to become stuck in the cracking floor, blood being coughed out.

Rain’s fingertips were just able to touch her holy book. However, Aria leaned her body back and quickly kicked her other leg up, positioning her legs like a pair of scissors. Rain used both hands to block, but her monstrous power was too strong.

Pluck! The force caused Rain to be sent flying up into the sky along with his frying pan.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! The Golden Hair Saint quickly ran and dashed towards Aria’s blind spot, holding a white crystal in her hand, aimed at Aria’s book.

However, Aria seemed to have eyes on her back. She leaned her body close to the floor and swiftly attacked Ella’s head with both knees.

Ella, using her hand to touch Aria’s knee, dodged the attack by somersaulting.

Aria bent her arms back and performed a backflip, exiting the fight area.

The two ladies flipped and rotated to opposite locations.

Thud! Aria landed from a distance and looked at the new incoming enemy.

Thud! Gang! Rain and his frying pan also landed beside Ella.

Rain reached out his hand to help Rave.

He grabbed it. Crackle, crack, Rave finally freed his leg from the floor.

Rain looked at Ella and said, “Ella, you’re faster than I expected,” while pointing at his own nose.

Ella looked at Rain, wanting to say something, but noticed Rain pointing at his own nose. “Ah,” she realized she had a nosebleed on her face. She used her shawl to wipe it, but unfortunately she used the hand that was holding the crystal, making it harder to wipe it, her nosebleed even messier. “I already packed purify-codex it in this crystal. Just touch it to her book, it will automatic remedy her. How are things on your side?”

Rain had a wry smile at Ella, cause Ella’s face, which now had more blood stains. He continued to point his finger up and down. “Close, I think. Next time should be the end.”

Ella wiped her nose left and right, but it still wasn’t in the right spot. It ended up looking like a red mustache. “You both go distract her. I’ll find a chance from her blind spot,” she said.

Rain pointed to his upper lip. “Okay, but be careful. She’s already used to our fighting style,” then pointed left and right and drew a mustache.

Ella and Rain stared at each other, their eyebrows furrowing lower towards their eyes. Ella moved mouth first. “Help me! What are you waiting for?”

“Ark! Finally.” Rain grabbed the other side of her shawl and helped her wiped out blood. Ella take a back a little, but let Rain wipe away the blood, now her face clean and clear.

Crack! From afar, the ground beneath Aria’s feet cracked wide, forming a web-like shape. Even her face displayed a new expression, revealing her anger. She lowered her eyebrows and stared at Rain.

“Rockman, your mother is furious. She staring right at you,” Rave said.

Rain felt a cold sweat forming on his face. He was the only one who received the death sentence from Aria’s eyes. “Ah, sorry... I knocked on the death door.”

Ramble! Black cloud over head cried, Drip! drop! drop! Plop! Plop! Rattle! raindrops fall down.

Rain reached out and touched the raindrops. “Yes, I really knock on the death door.” Eyebrow lower, he had a serious face.

Aria began gathering water droplets, slowly forming them into a floating water ball beside her.

Ella looked at Rain. “Tell your friend,” she said.

Rain nodded and said, “Brother, I know you—”

“I know. Just tell me where the others are,” Rave interrupted.

Rain smiled and pointed his finger to the south. “Everyone is there, including Ria,” he replied.

Rave nodded. “Stay alive, don’t die. If you die, she will cry. I don’t like that,” he said, then ran towards the south.

Ella, can you call Scotoma Area?

“Yes, I can, but will she accept my call in her current state?” Ella asked, tilting her head in confusion, why he asked her to create a fighting area.

“I will receive the call instead of her. Her badge with me,” he said.

“Ah, finally found the long-lost thieving raccoon,” Ella remarked as she took out her book. “This land is as white as paper, no right and wrong can taint on this will, thou will you accept the call?”

“Nah, I legally traded with her,” Rain replied as he took out Aria’s badge. “Accepted!” he declared.

A white rectangular line appeared on the floor, covering the designated area. Aria’s water ball grew larger, resembling the head of an elephant. Golden Saint and Rock-03 legs waded through the water on the floor, adjusting their stances, ready to fight. The white crystals on Ella’s hand emitted a dim light amidst the continuous rain.