Chapter 1040: Escape

"ah!!!"

With the sound of shattering glass, Godfrey was hit directly in the chest by the flying bullet. The powerful kinetic energy knocked him to the ground with his back facing backwards.

At the same time, the countless bone blades that were floating in the air and attacking on the street below suddenly stopped moving and fell directly to the ground from mid-air. The hunters who were originally being besieged looked at the scene in astonishment. These cruel and bloody bone blades suddenly malfunctioned, and the hunters did not react to what had happened for a while.

"Operator! The operator of those bone knives is behind the side window of House 14 opposite! I just hit him!" At this time, Elena, who was standing on the balcony, shouted loudly to her fellow hunters below. The hunters led by Gregor immediately reacted after hearing Elena's reminder.

"Let's go! Let's catch him!"

As he spoke, Greg led the hunters who were still able to move to the door of No. 14. Without caring about anything, he took out his pistol and fired a few shots to break the door lock, breaking into the building.

At this time, on the fourth floor, Godfrey, who was shot and fell on the floor, had his fingers twitching slightly. Then he gritted his teeth, sat up on the floor with a grim face.

“Ugh… ah…”

Grunting, Godfrey tore open the clothes on his chest with his hands, revealing skin that was cracked like stone. Blood was oozing from the cracks, and in the center of the radiating cracks that looked like a spider web, there was a bullet embedded in the cracks.

Gritting his teeth, Godfrey stretched out his hand and pulled the bullet head out of his chest. The bloody bullet head seemed to be severely squeezed and deformed as if it had been shot by something hard. After taking out the bullet, the rock-like texture on Godfrey's chest quickly disappeared, and the scattered cracks turned into tiny wounds.

"Hu... Hu... Hu... Why, why was I discovered, how did they see me here..." Sitting on the ground, Godfrey said with confusion and anger on his face. At this moment, he heard a burst of continuous gunfire below and the sound of many footsteps. He immediately realized that the building he was in had been invaded.

"I can't stay here any longer. I have to leave now..."

Knowing that his position was exposed and it was not advisable to stay here for long, Godfrey immediately found a cover and stood up. Then he waved the bone weapon in his hand, controlling the bone blades scattered on the street to fly back to him quickly, and flew back into the house through the window.

Then, Godfrey let the bone blade float beside him and began to walk down the stairs. Just as he reached the third floor, he came face to face with the hunters who were coming upstairs.

"There!"

Seeing Godfrey's figure, Gregor led the hunters behind him and rushed forward. Faced with this scene, Godfrey waved his hand, controlling the bone blades surrounding his body to shoot towards Gregor and his team. Gregor drew his sword and blocked several of them with clanging sounds. It was easier to block because they were shot from the same direction. The other hunters also found cover in time to avoid the bone blades, and those bone blades shot towards them hit the furniture, walls and other cover.

In the small and complex indoor space, Godfrey's ability was greatly limited. The limited vision made it impossible for him to exert his abilities, and it was even difficult for him to fight against Gregor and his team. His first attack was directly solved. However, Godfrey did not expect that this wave of attacks could cause any substantial and effective damage to Gregor and his team. The key was to delay.

The bone blades temporarily distracted the hunters, and Godfrey rushed directly towards the open window, collecting all the bone blades in the process. Suddenly, Godfrey and his bone blades were about to jump out of the back window on the third floor. Seeing this, Gregor immediately threw his blade at Godfrey. The blade hit Godfrey's shoulder and bounced off with a crisp sound.

Leaping down from the third floor, Godfrey grabbed the non-edged parts of the two bone blades with his hands, and used the suspension force of the bone blades to cushion his fall. He finally landed safely on the ground, which was the grass behind House 14, and then ran towards the woods in the distance. After Gregor chased him to the window, he only saw Godfrey's back disappearing into the night.

“Damn it!!”

Seeing this, Gregor angrily punched the door sill, and after taking a few deep breaths to calm down his angry mood, he turned around and spoke to the team members behind him.

"Contact the bureau immediately, contact the emergency team, and have them come over quickly. There are many injured here and they are in desperate need of treatment!"

…

In the woods at night, Godfrey fled all the way, panting. After a while, he walked out of the residential area and came to the green grove. He fled to the side of a road. After that, he walked along the road for a while and came under a tree where a carriage without a coachman was parked.

After collecting all the bone blades onto the carriage, Godfrey drove the carriage into the night. At the same time, a crow flapped its wings and slowly flew down from the sky, landing on the roof of his carriage, and was carried away by the carriage into the distance.

…

Somewhere in Upper Igwynt, among the high-end hotels on the riverfront.

In the clean, comfortable and well-decorated suite, a thin-looking man stood by the window facing the river, staring at the river in the darkness in front of him, silent and speechless with a serious expression. From time to time, he looked at the clock hanging on the wall, as if he was waiting for something.

After a moment, the door behind the sliding door was suddenly opened, and Godfrey walked into the room in a panic. After closing the door, he quickly found a place to sit down, and then began to breathe heavily. After gasping for a while, he tore off his clothes to expose his shoulder, where a bloodstain was visible at the moment.

"Are you injured? What happened? How is the investigation on that miracle kid going?" Looking at his companion sitting on the chair in front of him, the man named Oswan frowned, then spoke seriously, while Godfrey sighed and responded with a resentful tone.

"Huh... I screwed up... That kid was protected by some local black dogs. I wanted to catch her to see if she had any signs of being treated by the 'stone', but there was none. Instead, I was bitten by the black dogs by accident."

Oswan was slightly startled after listening to Godfrey's words, and then spoke with a hint of surprise.

"Local Black Dog? In Plit... except for a few cities, the Black Dog's power is not that strong. At most, he is a black-level director. Did you run into the director here?"