"You idiot!"

Irene stumbled back, and looking at Fang Zheng who was running towards the monster that Amelia had transformed into with a big sword in front of him, she couldn't help but roar in a low voice. As a hunter, Irene certainly knew how powerful this terrible monster was. In the history of Yharnam, there were several people who turned into terrible monsters because of excessive beast transformation.

The most famous one was Lawrence, the first Archbishop of the Healing Church. When he led an exploration team deep into the underground ruins, he could not hold on and eventually became a beast and turned into a terrifying monster. It was also the first case of a clergyman turning into a monster.

In that brutal battle, only one person survived. He killed the violent Lawrence and returned to the ground with his head. As for the others, they were all killed by the violent and beastly Lawrence.

After that, huge and terrifying monsters often appeared, and every time the church fought against these monsters, it suffered heavy losses. And now, that young man actually wanted to face such a monster on his own?

If Fang Zheng knew what Irene was thinking at this moment, he would definitely tell her that when it comes to dealing with this thing... he is indeed a professional!

"roar……!!"

Seeing Fang Zheng rushing towards her, the monster Amelia roared angrily. She raised her enlarged palm and slapped Fang Zheng hard. Fang Zheng rolled to the side and landed right next to the monster's legs. Then he stood up, tightly grasped the sword in his hand and chopped down the monster's hind legs!

“——!”

With the flash of blood, the monster let out a miserable scream, turned around, raised its right claw, and swung it hard in the direction of Fang Zheng. Fang Zheng quickly jumped back after succeeding in hitting him with his sword, just in time to avoid the monster's claw attack. But the monster's violent attack obviously did not end there. After missing the attack, it immediately raised its hands and clenched them together, then hammered down hard at Fang Zheng in front of it!

"boom!!"

The monster's fists slammed heavily on the ground, and Fang Zheng rolled over to dodge the attack. The next moment, Fang Zheng's legs suddenly kicked the ground, and then he raised his sword and jumped into the air. Then, Fang Zheng aimed at the monster's head and chopped it with all his strength!

“Ohhhhhh!!!”

Fang Zheng's series of attacks were so smooth that when his sword fell, the monster didn't even have time to react to what happened. She could only instinctively let out a painful wail, and then saw the monster collapse to the ground with a "bang". Fang Zheng, who had succeeded in his attack, did not stop there. Instead, he quickly took a step back, and the sword in his hand whistled through the air, and once again stabbed the monster's head with force.

"……how so……"

Watching the battle in front of her, Irene was stunned. She was sure that even in the heyday of the church, in order to defeat such a huge monster, the church would need to gather dozens of powerful hunters to unite to do it, but now, this young man actually beat the monster into this state by himself?

More importantly, during this process, he was not hurt at all by the monster? !

Just as he said, this outsider really knew how to deal with these terrible monsters, he was indeed a professional!

Where on earth does this person come from?

For a moment, Irene couldn't help but become curious. Although Yharnam is home to people from all over the world, there are also many strong warriors among them. Like Irene, she originally came here to seek a cure for her illness, and she voluntarily chose to stay because of the beast disaster. But even so, before coming to Yharnam, the enemies Irene faced were only humans, apart from the wild beasts in the mountains and forests.

Before that, she had never seen such a terrifying and huge monster!

But this stranger was obviously different. He seemed to be quite familiar with how to fight this huge monster. As a combat expert, Irene could see that Fang Zheng's every move and every technique had been integrated into his body's instincts.

The monster transformed by Amelia could easily wipe out an entire hunting team of the Healing Church, but at this moment it was like a husky, and besides being led by Fang Zheng, it posed almost no threat. It tried to attack the annoying enemy again and again, but Fang Zheng was able to dodge its attack at the critical moment every time, and seized the opportunity to counterattack.

Amelia was exhausted at this moment. Fang Zheng slashed at her with his sword one after another. Blood flowed from her body, and her counterattack became increasingly weak. Finally, after the monster's attack missed again, Fang Zheng swung the sword in his hand and slashed at her head. This time, the monster's head, which had originally seemed extremely hard, finally couldn't withstand Fang Zheng's attack. It screamed and fell to the ground completely.

At the same time, Fang Zheng also felt a force flowing through the weapon and entering his body again.

"call……"

Fang Zheng let out a long breath after putting down the sword in his hand. The battle just now reminded him of his training in the Dark Souls world. At that time, he had to face all kinds of huge monsters, some of which were even bigger than his whole body with just one hand, and a slap from them was enough to beat Fang Zheng into a pancake.

And now, to be honest, this monster isn't that difficult to deal with... huh?

Looking at the corpse of the monster in front of him, Fang Zheng suddenly frowned. He narrowed his eyes and looked the monster up and down carefully, then walked to its side and looked at the monster's claws.

"What's the matter, stranger?"

At this moment, Irene, who was standing aside, also came over. She originally wanted to help, but after watching Fang Zheng's fight, she consciously stood aside and became a spectator. After all, Irene's weapons were two short swords, and against such a huge monster... it was really a bit beyond her ability.

"No... I just think this thing looks familiar. I seem to have seen something similar somewhere..."

Fang Zheng stroked his chin and carefully examined the monster in front of him. Although he had never seen this monster before, some of its features made Fang Zheng feel very familiar. Of course, perhaps it was because the settings in many worlds were similar?

For example, the basic zombies in zombie movies and games are all like mass-produced in a factory, the only difference is whether they run fast or slow...

Forget it, I guess I won’t be able to find the answer for a while.

Fang Zheng shook his head and hid his doubts in his heart. Then he turned around and saw Irene carefully taking out a gold watch from the monster's left claw.

"What is that?"

Fang Zheng took a curious look at the gold watch, but he didn't care about Irene's unauthorized touching of the corpse. Considering the poor appearance of this boss, it was estimated that nothing good would drop from it.

"This is the Archbishop's keepsake..."

Irene looked at the pocket watch in her hand with a complicated expression. Even though Amelia had turned into a monster just now, her left hand had been tightly holding the pocket watch, as if it was the most precious thing in her life.

"It seems we can't get any clues here."

Fang Zheng only glanced at the pocket watch and quickly looked away. To him, these trivial past events were not important. What was important was that the archbishop who was supposed to provide him with clues had died without saying a word, and he didn't even repent or say a few key words before he died...

So what to do next?

Fang Zheng thought about it and decided to go back to the chapel to rest for a while before discussing the next thing. Besides... he also needed to give the "firewood" he got to the fire keeper to ignite the fire deep in his soul.