The Last Alchemist

Chapter 126 Light and Shadow (Part 2) (34)

From the moment he discovered the hoof prints leading to the bedroom area, Rosen had a vague feeling that the shadow demon was nearby, and he was mentally prepared, but when he actually discovered the shadow demon, he was still shocked.

‘Annie said that the shadow demon is extremely fast, far beyond the reaction limit of ordinary people, and is good at hiding its body with the help of light and shadow changes. The best response is to retreat and keep a distance, and find a corner as a defensive position. ’

‘Veronica said that in a dormant state, the shadow demon's five senses will become quite dull, and this is the best time to sneak attack! ’

‘The light in the bedroom is very dim, flash bomb, yes, use flash bomb! ’

‘Damn, Petain is right behind me, this guy is a big drag! ’

In an instant, Rosen's adrenaline surged, and his whole body entered a state of combat readiness. He slowly retreated, and while retreating, he signaled Petain with his eyes to follow.

When Petain saw Rosen gesturing at him, he could not understand Rosen's intention. He asked in confusion: "Doctor Pasteur, what's going on?"

As Rosen said this, he immediately felt an unusual noise coming from the cabinet under the bed, and the shadow demon became suspicious.

"Oh, damn it!"

Rosen cursed in his heart. He knew that at this time, any hesitation would be fatal. The only element of fighting with the shadow demon was speed!

He stepped back suddenly and knocked Petain into the office area where the desk was. At the same time, he pulled open the flash grenade pull ring with his left hand, and threw the flash grenade into the bedroom with a little force.

'Swish~~Swish~~~'

In the flash grenade, aluminum powder, magnesium powder, strong oxidant sodium nitrate, and rosin mixed together and began to burn violently, producing a terrifying high temperature, and at the same time, there was a burst of white light.

"Ah, so bright, is this holy light!?" Master Petain shouted subconsciously.

"Ah~~~~~"

At the same time, a piercing scream appeared in the bedroom, just like the noise made by someone using an iron needle to scrape the glass back and forth, which made people feel sick.

Pétain couldn't resist it, and rolled around on the ground with his hands covering his ears.

Rosen gritted his teeth and endured it. If it were before, he would definitely not be able to resist it, but now, he has the physique of an undead, and his body is much stronger than before. Although it is uncomfortable, he can barely bear it.

He squinted his eyes, raised the musket meat grinder, pointed the muzzle at the wooden bed, and waited for the shadow demon to appear.

About half a second later, Rosen saw a vague black shadow appear from the right side of the big bed. It was so fast that even though the room was shrouded in a blazing white light, its figure still looked vague, as if there was a cloud of fog around its body.

Rosen had been mentally prepared, but when the time came, he still couldn't react.

At the critical moment, he could only barely aim at the approximate range where the black shadow was and pull the trigger repeatedly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The meat grinder gun was equipped with 12 silver alloy split bullets in total. At this critical moment of life and death, Rosen had no idea of ​​saving ammunition and just fired as fast as possible.

During the first four shots, the blurry black shadow kept dodging left and right. Until the fifth shot, its body suddenly stopped and a piercing scream of "Ah~~~~~" came out of its throat again.

This scream was even more piercing than the previous one. The sound waves seemed to have condensed into a solid steel needle, constantly piercing Rosen's ears.

Rosen's vision was blurred for a moment when he was shouted. The only thing he could do was to keep retreating, all the way to the corner of the wall, and at the same time, he kept shooting in front of him without stopping, not seeking to hit the opponent, but only to make the opponent feel cautious and dare not attack without authorization.

Indistinctly, he saw the black shadow suddenly rushing towards the wooden screen on the side, smashing the wooden screen into pieces, and then smashing the glass window, and jumping out of the window directly.

As soon as the black shadow jumped out, the scream suddenly weakened.

Rosen endured the discomfort and ran to the window. He saw a faint black shadow running wildly on the grass slope of the yard at an incredible speed. In less than half a second, it was out of the yard and ran into a remote alley outside. After a few seconds, it disappeared completely.

The speed was too fast. Rosen didn't dare to chase, and he couldn't catch up.

He felt a sharp pain in his ears, the veins on his forehead were throbbing, his vision was still blurry, and his stomach was nauseous.

He had to sit down with his back against the wall and rested for more than three minutes before all the uncomfortable symptoms disappeared one by one. He sniffed the air and found that there was a pungent smell in the air, similar to sulfur and blood.

He looked at the ground and found that a large amount of yellow-red liquid similar to pus and blood was dripping on the ground, especially on the floor of the bedroom. There was so much of this liquid that it looked like a basin had been overturned. And in this liquid, there were a lot of things like minced meat.

'My fifth bullet should have hit the shadow demon. Judging from the bloodstains, the guy should be seriously injured. ’

He turned his head to look at Master Petain, who was protected behind him, and saw him lying on the ground motionless, as if he was dead.

‘This guy must not die, otherwise it will be a big trouble. ’

He reached out to feel Petain’s breath and heartbeat, fortunately they were both there. Looking carefully, he found that this guy’s eyes were slightly open, and his eyeballs were still moving, and he seemed to have not lost consciousness.

“Hey~ How are you?” Rosen patted Petain’s face hard.

“It hurts!” Petain’s voice was very light, but still clear.

Rosen breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to pull Petain up from the ground, put him on the bed in the bedroom, and then waited patiently.

After several minutes, Pétain coughed violently, spit out thick phlegm, and woke up completely.

He looked at Rosen with lingering fear and asked weakly: "Doctor Pasteur, is that the devil?"

Rosen nodded: "That's right."

"How is it now? Was it killed by you?" Pétain asked again.

Rosen shook his head: "It was injured by me and ran away. It was as fast as flying, and I couldn't catch up."

Pétain breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "Doctor Pasteur, fortunately you are here, otherwise I would have died today. Oh God, there is a devil hiding in my home, and he is talking to the magician." They colluded together and harmed me together, God. Wuwuwu.”

He was a grown man, but as he spoke, he started crying like a child.

Rosen didn't know how to comfort him, as all kinds of thoughts came to his mind.

‘The Shadow Demon ran away, but was seriously injured. With Anne’s ability, she should be able to track him down. But what should the magician do? ’

'The magician must be nearby. There was so much noise in the battle just now. He will be back soon. How should we deal with it then? ’

At this moment, there was the sound of "dong dong dong" chaotic footsteps in the stairs, and at the same time a rough voice came: "Master Petain, I am the captain of the city guard, Fellman, are you okay?"

Fairman?

Rosen was slightly startled. Isn't this guy the captain of the bridge guard? When did you become a city guard?

As soon as he finished his thoughts, Rosen saw four or five soldiers dressed as city guards appearing at the door of the bedroom. The leader was the steel-armored warrior Fellman he saw at the bridge that day.

He stood at the door of the bedroom and said humbly: "Master Petain, I passed by the door when I was on patrol and heard terrible screams coming from the house, so I came to check. Are you okay?"

Petain had recovered a lot. He waved his hand and said, "It's nothing serious. You can go back."

Although the devil's matter was serious, it was a family scandal and he didn't want more people to know about it.

Naturally, a civilian soldier like Ferman couldn't afford to offend the Marquis Pétain. Seeing that he seemed unwilling to let him interfere, he bowed slightly and prepared to leave.

Looking at Fairman, Rosen's heart moved slightly, and he had an idea to deal with Magician Brown.

He shouted: "Warrior, wait!"

"What's the matter?" Fairman turned to look at Rosen.

Rosen whispered in Petain's ear: "Master Petain, with all due respect, when I was investigating the magician's room just now, I also found something strange. Such a thing convinced me that the magician is very likely to be seriously injured. Do you think it is related to the murder case?"

Pétain was startled and asked: "What murder case?"

"Countess Adele was assassinated. I found Countess Adele's moon wand in the magician's bedside table."

"Hiss~~" Pétain took a breath, and then became furious: "Well, you Brown, you are hiding the devil and plotting against me. You actually went to assassinate the countess for a small magic wand. How can our Pétain family do this? Let’s tolerate such scum!”

He went whoring, and he contracted syphilis. Although it was not a good thing, he paid for it. Everyone had a good time, and it was a good time to hang out. At most, he would be stigmatized for his excessive debauchery, but he did not violate the law. What Brown did was murder, or the murder of a countess. This matter was serious, so serious that even the status and reputation of Marquis Pétain could not bear it, and an explanation must be given.