'What? Wasn't this guy dead just now?!' Looking at Buck standing in front of him, Grego thought in surprise. When he first came up to the top of the clock tower, he saw the corpse lying on the ground. He judged it should be the Holy Communion Society leader who was shot in the head by Eilina earlier. He should have been dead, so how did he suddenly stand up again?
'Is it the Extraordinary item of ""Cup""? It can even save someone from a fatal injury, this is too outrageous!'
While thinking, Grego looked towards the ruby at the top of the cane in Buck's hand. He had originally rushed over to harvest the battlefield after hearing from Eilina that one of the opponent's leaders had died, but who knew the opponent suddenly came back to life, which put him at a disadvantage.
In a one-on-one situation, he could steadily kill a Thirster, but one against two was different...
"Ha... you're finally up!" Seeing Buck stand up, Clifford, wearing a full-face helmet, chuckled, then forcefully pulled out the double-headed axe that was stuck in the wall.
"Our intelligence has been leaked, there might be an insider. After taking care of this Captain, we'll retreat immediately!" Buck said with a serious face while gripping the ruby cane in his hand. With a forceful pull, the outer sheath of the cane was removed, revealing a slender blade within. This was actually a sword cane.
"Of course, go to hell!"
With a cold snort, Clifford swung his double-headed axe towards Grego. Grego dodged with a side step, only to see the sword cane in Buck's hand thrusting directly from another angle. Grego dodged again in a hurry, and the fluttering corner of his clothes was cut by the sword cane.
Thus, Grego began to dodge frequently under the attacks of Buck and Clifford. Although as a ""Shadow"" Extraordinary, he did have an advantage in mobility and dodging, he was also under considerable pressure from the continuous attacks of the two Thirsters. Because of their physical enhancement, Thirsters' attacks were much faster and stronger than ordinary people. Grego was in a passive situation under this onslaught.
The space at the top of the clock tower was not large, leaving not much room for Grego to dodge. Buck and Clifford took advantage of this, intentionally compressing Grego's movement space, gradually forcing him into a corner.
Eilina, hundreds of meters away, observed the battle on the top of the clock tower with her Extraordinary vision, wanting to provide fire support. However, due to the frequent and rapid movement of the targets during the engagement, and their occasional entry into cover, aiming was extremely difficult. To avoid friendly fire, she hesitated to shoot.
"Damn it... wasn't that guy's head blown off? Even a Thirster shouldn't survive that!"
Eilina complained, and at this moment, Grego had gradually been forced into the corner of the room, his dodging severely restricted. In an open area, even without a weapon, he could entangle with the two Thirsters in front of him for ten minutes or so, but there wasn't that much space for him to maneuver on the cramped top of the clock tower.
Finally, after narrowly dodging a thrust from Clifford, due to the lack of space to dodge, Grego lost his balance and fell directly. Seeing this, Clifford immediately seized the opportunity to swing an axe, which was about to hit Grego.
"Bang!"
Just then, a huge gunshot rang out like thunder. Countless iron filings and debris sprayed out from the thick gun barrel under the powerful impact of the gunpowder explosion, scattering towards Clifford like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, hitting the iron armor on Clifford's body. Where the iron armor didn't protect, the iron filings directly penetrated the flesh. Clifford was knocked to the ground by the powerful impact and screamed in pain.
At this moment, in front of the staircase entrance of the clock tower room, a tall figure wearing a Hunter Squad uniform and a mask was standing there. In his hand was a single-shot pistol with a thick barrel, emitting wisps of blue smoke. This was another Captain of the Hunter Squad, Turner.
Seeing this situation, Buck immediately changed his attack, quickly thrusting the sword cane in his hand towards Turner. Seeing this, Turner did not dodge, but instead reached out his hand and directly grabbed the blade of the sword cane thrusting towards him. His large hand, wearing an iron chain glove, gripped the blade of the sword cane tightly, preventing it from advancing even an inch, even with the enormous strength that Buck, as a Thirster, possessed beyond ordinary people.
At this time, Buck also realized that the opponent also possessed extraordinary strength.
"You are also... ""Cup""?"
Turner remained silent, threw the pistol he was holding in his other hand aside, and then raised his massive fist to smash at Buck. Seeing this, Buck gripped the sword cane tightly with both hands, exerted all his strength to pull it out, pulling the sword cane that Turner was gripping. The backward momentum allowed him to dodge Turner's fist. Turner's heavy punch smashed onto the ground, cracking the brickwork.
"Retreat!"
Seeing the increase in enemy numbers and realizing that the situation had deteriorated, Buck immediately decided not to stay any longer. He used his sword to cut open the lime powder that was originally piled on a wooden shelf nearby, which was intended for construction. This clock tower, like many other buildings in the warehouse district, had a lot of construction materials piled up randomly because it was unfinished and abandoned.
Buck forcefully cut open the lime powder bags, causing lime to splash everywhere, completely blocking the line of sight for a moment. Then, Buck pulled up Clifford, who had just stood up nearby, and directly jumped out of the clock tower window, escaping the scene.
"Cough, cough, cough... Why is there this kind of ghost stuff here..."
Effortlessly patting away the surrounding lime powder, Turner said, coughing. When the lime powder had mostly dispersed and he could see clearly again, he could no longer see Buck and Clifford.
"Damn it, where did those guys run off to?"
"They just jumped down from over there, didn't hesitate at all, just jumped." Nearby, Grego supported himself against the wall, standing up and pointing to a window, while Turner spoke in an annoyed tone.
"You saw them? Then why didn't you jump down and chase them? Aren't you quite fast too?"
"Please, I'm not as resistant to falling as you '""Cup""' guys. If I jumped from this height, I'd definitely lose half my life, and if I'm unlucky, I'd be finished directly. My speed isn't due to '""Cup""'s physical enhancement, but '""Shadow""' making me lighter, but not light enough to fly."
Facing Turner's question, Grego directly spread his hands and said, while Turner shook his head and said somewhat disappointedly.
"Phew... How boring. I finally thought I had a chance, but I didn't expect those disgusting 'Blood Eaters' to get away like this. I originally hoped to smash their heads in..."
Turner said while patting his fist, and Grego continued to smile and say.
"It's okay, I have a backup plan. While I was entangled with those guys just now, I found an opportunity to put a Beacon Sigil on them. Now, as long as we have a '""Light""', we can immediately track those guys."
After hearing Grego's words, Turner's eyebrows lifted, and he said with joy.
"Beacon Sigil? You're good, you were being beaten by two of them and still had the presence of mind to stick a sigil? Alright, let's go find that Sister right away. We can't let those guys get away today!"
Saying that, Turner and Grego quickly went down the clock tower stairs.
...
Time slightly rewinds to when the intense battle was about to unfold at the Sunken Wharf.
In the City of Igwinte, opposite the Cypress Fir Building, on the rooftop of a tall building, the white-haired girl was using multiple visions simultaneously, staring intently at the various hidden entrances and exits of the An Yin Bureau.
She was now patiently waiting, waiting for the moment when the prey would come out of the cage.
"Hurry up, I'm getting a little impatient..."
Staring at the crowds passing below, Dorothy said slowly.