The Last Alchemist

Chapter 241 Marionette (22)

"Woo~~~Woo~~~"

The cold wind blew continuously from the direction of the Bishui River, making a whistling sound like the cry of ghosts as it passed through the streets.

The sky was also gloomy, and occasionally a few black crows would fly across the sky, making a noisy "quack quack" sound, which made the dock area even more desolate and silent.

In such a place, confronting an unknown existence is really not a pleasant thing.

Rosen turned his head and looked around.

The road he was on was very narrow, less than 4 meters wide, and the pile of scattered goods just blocked his way. He couldn't take a detour, and if he wanted to see the situation behind the pile of goods, he could only continue to move forward.

'There may be a monster hidden behind the pile of goods, but it may also be a survivor. The other party didn't come out, maybe because of nervousness and fear. ’

After thinking for a while, Rosen took a deep breath and secretly mobilized the energy in the energy pool, ready to explode at any time. After everything was ready, he moved step by step towards the pile of goods, and at the same time slowed down his tone: "Hi~ man, I'm here now. I really have no ill intentions, and I'm not a monster. I just want to help."

As the distance continued to get closer, the breathing sound behind the pile of goods became clearer and clearer. At this distance, the sound still sounded no different from that of ordinary people.

Rosen let down his guard a little: "It should be a frightened survivor."

At this time, he had walked to the side of the pile of goods. As long as he crossed a cargo box, he could see the true face of the hidden figure. He stopped, calmed down, and then walked forward again.

A few seconds later, Rosen saw the silhouette of the figure.

From the other party's body shape, this is a middle-aged woman in her forties, wearing a thick cotton coat and a tight cold-proof headscarf on her head. The specific appearance cannot be seen, but it can be confirmed that she is a survivor without a doubt.

Rosen breathed a sigh of relief and said in a slow tone, "Madam."

As soon as he said the name, the person suddenly turned her head and let out a creepy shrill laugh. Then, she kicked her hands and feet on the ground like a beast, and the whole person rushed towards Rosen like lightning.

At this moment, Rosen saw the face of this person. Her skin was dark blue and her eyes were glowing with oily green light. Her movements were as violent as a beast hunting, but there was no fluctuation on her face. She looked like she was wearing a mask of a middle-aged woman.

This change was so sudden that Rosen felt his heart beat violently and his feet stepped back involuntarily.

As a hunting master, he had dealt with all kinds of monsters. No matter how ugly or disgusting they were, he had seen them all, but he had never seen such a weird existence.

Seeing that the monster was about to pounce in front of him, Rosen's hand instinctively raised the musket in his hand and pulled the trigger hard.

"Bang~"

A shot went by, but it missed.

At the moment Rosen fired, the monster suddenly "jumped" to the side. The whole evasive action was without any signs, giving people a very mechanical and very silent feeling, just like a puppet, but the speed was abnormally fast.

The distance between the two sides was very close. After the opponent dodged, he immediately rushed forward and rushed to Rosen again in a blink of an eye. The opponent's hands were less than half a meter away from Rosen.

At this distance, Rosen could clearly see the wrinkles on the back of the monster's hand and the cracks on her nails. If you ignore the blue-black skin and the nails with a black metallic luster, just from the appearance, this is a pair of palms that have worked hard for many years.

At the last moment, Rosen's mind was concentrated, and the energy that had been accumulated for a long time burst out.

"Boom~~~"

A jet-like light flashed in front of Rosen, and the air was immediately given condensed energy, forming a violent shock wave, which moved forward madly and hit the monster.

There was a muffled sound of "dong~~", just like hitting a copper pot wrapped in worn leather, very muffled and a little crisp.

The monster was pushed backward by the violent airflow, and the clothes on its body were torn into pieces by the airflow, revealing a bloated body of a fat middle-aged woman wrapped in thick fat.

While the monster was in mid-air and out of control, Rosen quickly raised his musket, aimed at the monster's chest, and pulled the trigger continuously.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three huge bullets with a caliber of more than two centimeters hit the monster's chest accurately, and three bowl-shaped pits were made on the thick fat layer. After a moment, the pits disappeared without a trace, and everything returned to its original state, but the bullets were bounced away.

Rosen saw the whole process clearly, and his pupils shrank suddenly: 'What a tough skin, stronger than the dragon warrior Oramson! '

Fortunately, facing this particularly tough skin, Rosen also prepared a countermeasure.

He moved his left hand and pulled out the musket inserted in the holster of his left leg. The appearance of this musket was the same as the one in his right hand, but the bullets in the magazine were different. They were all armor-piercing bullets equipped with tungsten steel bullets, specially designed to deal with this kind of thick-skinned monsters.

With a "click", he opened the safety and aimed at the target at the same time. Rosen decisively pulled the trigger.

With a "bang", it hit, but not the chest as Rosen expected, but the waist wrapped in a circle of fat.

At the moment Rosen fired, the monster's toes had just landed on the ground, but even under such a disadvantage, she managed to balance her body in an instant, and made the best dodge in an instant, successfully avoiding the fatal blow.

"Puff~~" The armor-piercing bullet took effect, and a large hole was broken in the fat on the monster's waist, and the sticky black blood like asphalt immediately seeped out of the wound.

Rosen noticed that this strange blood instantly turned from liquid to solid like rubber after it came into contact with the air, tightly wrapping the wound.

The bleeding stopped immediately.

"Ha~~~~"

After the monster was injured, she laughed sharply again. She did not continue to attack, but turned abruptly, like a stiff puppet, jumping away.

The action was still very stiff, but the speed was as fast as lightning.

"Stay!"

Rosen shouted in a low voice, and quickly handed the armor-piercing musket in his left hand to his right hand, which was good at shooting. He raised his left arm as a gun rack to hold his right hand, quickly aimed at the back of the monster, and pulled the trigger continuously.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The gunshots rang out one after another, but each shot missed.

Every time Rosen locked his crosshairs on the target, the monster would suddenly change direction without warning, as if it knew what he was thinking, and dodge the bullet by a hair's breadth.

After three shots in a row, the monster had already rushed to the corner of the street. It made another lightning change of direction, rushed past the corner, and its figure disappeared, and the sound of footsteps was also rapidly fading away.

Rosen slowly put away his musket, reached out and wiped his forehead, and was actually covered with cold sweat.

This monster is very strong, but it is not enough to scare him. What really frightened him was that this monster, whether breathing or heartbeat, sounded exactly like an ordinary person, and it was impossible to tell them apart. Judging from the other party's attire and appearance, apart from the dark blue skin and eyes, the other features are that of a middle-aged woman who has reached middle age and is beginning to gain weight.

'This should be a transformed monster. I hope the situation has not reached the worst! ’

The worst case scenario is that there are no survivors in the dock area, and the reason why the number of bodies does not match is because all the bodies have been transformed into monsters.

As long as he thought that he might face thousands of terrifying monsters, Rosen felt a deep sense of fear in his heart.

Before he could recover, he suddenly heard frequent gunshots from another direction. The gunshots were dull and powerful, like war drums.

Rosen's heart moved: "Oh no, the destroyer I built for Veronica, she might have encountered a similar monster!"