Chapter 468: The Prey Has Been Slaughtered
Five days later.
“Ahhhhh——”
The crazy roar of beasts resounded throughout Yharnam, making the beast-like citizens tremble in fear.
The one who made this sound was naturally the Hierophant Beast, and only its roar could be heard throughout Yharnam.
At this moment, it was facing the siege of ten fully armed hunters.
These hunters are all wearing exactly the same clothes. Apart from their height, weight, and the weapons in their hands, there are almost no other differences. At first glance, they look like copy and paste.
Since the Cleric Beast was deployed in the Senn dungeon, it had never seen so many hunters appearing in the same frame. Its ferocity was aroused to the maximum. Its inflated arms suddenly threw itself into the air and smashed towards the group of hunters.
Faced with the danger that fell from the sky, the hunters not only dodged but also performed the same actions in unison.
Throw Molotov cocktails!
Nine out of ten incendiary bombs hit the priest beast, and flames immediately ignited on its hair. Wait, there were also two oil bottles among them?
Now the flame became a maggot on the tarsal bone, and with the help of the effect of the oil bottle, it continued to burn on its body. For a moment, people could hallucinate it as Lawrence.
The pain of the burning flames caused it to lose balance slightly when it fell, and it completely lost its aim, crashing hard onto the bridge deck. Although the bridge deck was shaking, the hunters present all kept their bodies steady, and no one staggered or even fell down because of the vibration.
Before the priest beast could get up, gunshots rang out and mercury bullets hit his body continuously!
"roar!"
It rushed towards the nearest and smallest hunter without stopping. It was obvious that the hunter lacked strength. In his hand, he held a hunting pistol and a walking stick. He stood there motionless, just raising the pistol towards it.
It immediately jumped to the side to dodge, even though the pistol could only cause minimal damage to it, but no one wanted to get hurt. Even though it was huge in size, it was very agile, so it was difficult to hit it in this situation.
Can you keep up with me, Hunter?
"Bang!"
The gun went off, and along with it was the howl of the priest beast. It covered its left cheek and screamed repeatedly. Even its charge lost its accuracy and it crashed into the edge of the bridge.
The blood couldn't be stopped from flowing out from between its fingers, and its eye was actually hit!
That hunter who looks like an underage girl actually has such precise aim!
It was almost about to rush out of the bridge and fall into the sea. The hunters were looking forward to it, but now it seems they are going to be disappointed.
Fortunately, people did not fight with a fluke mentality at the beginning. A strong man rushed over with a hunter's axe and jumped and chopped the priest beast hard, causing... He actually cut the opponent's skin and caused bleeding injuries!
"Sure enough, as more people challenge him, this guy's strength also gets stronger."
Not far away, Fann muttered to himself, then lifted his mask to smell the unique air of Yharnam, and shouted excitedly:
"Come on, everyone, let's start our hunt!"
These hunters are naturally all the survivors!
After five days of living in the dungeon, they have now become hunters who can use weapons skillfully. Perhaps their combat experience and skills cannot match those of senior adventurers like Leon in a short period of time, but their morale has already met the mentality that a hunter should have.
There are two completely different emotions in their eyes, one is filled with addiction to hunting, the other reveals calm rationality.
This is the special look they developed through five days of repeatedly repeating "addiction to hunting" and then upgrading their puppets to "purity of mind". In battle, they are neither violent nor brainless, which is the realm that most warriors yearn for.
The reason they were able to train themselves to this level in a short period of time is that they have to rely on repeatedly torturing themselves mentally. This is a strange way that ordinary people cannot do.
The amount of exercise they do in these five days is probably equivalent to the total amount of exercise they do in their entire lives.
The essence of the Senn Dungeon is that hard work will really pay off. The survivors who train so hard will naturally be rewarded, just like now.
"drink!"
Vann slashed the left leg of the priest beast with a knife, immediately causing a finger-long wound on the opponent. Although it was small, blood spurted out!
After five days of hard training, even when facing a priest beast with ten times the strength, he can cause more damage than when he first met this enemy!
The priest beast was about to fight back angrily when he heard the sharp shouts of an old woman not far away.
"Come and hit an old man like me if you dare. If I don't make you bankrupt, I'll let you kick my ass with your boots!"
This sentence has no offensive power, but the old woman's unique temperament and sharp tone make the sarcasm of this sentence extremely powerful. The priest beast slapped Vann casually and rushed towards the old woman Bell in anger.
Belle was like a savage old lady that would appear in every residential area. She showed a mean look to the beast. She also suddenly found that she had a talent for taunting and attracting the hatred of monsters. However, the talent seemed to be too good. Even her companions were a little fed up with her.
The hunters would naturally not sit idly by and watch Bell being attacked. Gunshots and hacking sounds rang out at the same time, and the priest beast was besieged from all sides.
Each attack seemed insignificant, but when these insignificant injuries accumulated, it became a horrific situation that was unacceptable.
This group of weak insects can actually hunt monsters when they gather together!
When it realized this fact, it became even more violent, and slapped two hunters away with lightning speed, and bit one of them directly with its bloody mouth!
The bitten hunter screamed, and a meat saw flew out of nowhere and hit the priest beast in the cheek, forcing it to open its mouth.
The unlucky hunter was pulled out of the battlefield by the previously mean-looking Bell to heal his wounds as soon as he fell to the ground. His stomach was pierced by the sharp teeth and he had to be treated in time. Bell was quite good at taking care of people and his expression had changed into one of the doting of an old man towards a young man.
"Attack according to the plan, just like we practiced!" Isa shouted.
It was not the first time for everyone present to see the priest beast. Everyone had fought with it to some extent. After all, if you don’t meet it, the puppet girl will not see you as if you were looking at air, and you will not be able to upgrade.
Today the hunters have made all the necessary preparations, and their purpose is naturally to hunt the priest beasts.
It is clear what to do after the hunt is successful.
The battle was fierce and tense, and there were always injured people, but they immediately returned to the battlefield after being treated. They would never give up the hunt until they were completely killed, and their vitality was stronger than that of cockroaches.
Bottle of incendiary bombs fell on its body, and meat saws, axes, canes and other weapons left scars on its body. The priest beast gradually showed signs of fatigue, and finally, with an incendiary bomb exploding near its head, its body fell to the ground helplessly.
"Go ahead, Vann!"
“Here it comes!”
Vann took the lead and jumped out of the crowd. He gathered all his strength in his arms and smashed the meat saw into the head of the priest beast. Blood spurted out like a fountain, instantly dyeing his whole body red!
The others attacked with all their might, leaving their own marks on the body of the priest beast!
“Ah——”
The Hierophant Beast fell to the ground, uttering a dying wail.
The hunters were excited. In the past five days, they had never inflicted such damage to the priest beasts. Now they would be successful soon!
People rushed up impatiently and were about to give it the final blow, but at this moment, it did something that no one expected.
Lying on its back helplessly on the ground, the priest beast stretched out its trembling claws and even clasped its hands together as if a priest was praying. At this moment, the beastliness in its eyes faded a lot.
The hunters stopped and looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.
The priest beast still has human consciousness? Then should we——
Before the hunters could figure out what to do next, the eyes of the priest beast were once again filled with extremely ferocious animality, and it suddenly attacked and smashed the nearest hunter into a meat paste.
People were stunned, and then they were filled with uncontrollable anger. They were just thinking about whether they could find a way to influence the other party, but the other party took advantage of this moment to launch a sneak attack.
Everyone rushed forward, venting their anger, and the already seriously injured priest beast fell to the ground again.
“Crack!”
Vann changed the meat saw into a long-handled state, walked up to the beast, and raised the meat saw high towards his head.
The priest beast raised his head with some trembling due to his serious injuries, and was about to clasp his hands together.
Fann chopped it down without any hesitation.
Blood was flying.
[Prey has been slaughtered]
A few large characters suddenly appeared before their eyes, as if the dungeon had witnessed their growth.
When the ferocious beast's head fell to the ground, it seemed as if something had finally erupted in people's hearts, and they all showed feelings of relief and excitement!
An unprecedented amount of blood echoes appeared in the body, and along with it appeared in front of everyone were the [Sword Hunter Badge], several [Monster Blood Pills], and various consumables. It was a huge harvest no matter how you looked at it.
“Yeah!”
People celebrated this hard-earned victory with each other, and laughter echoed on the bridge.
"elder brother."
Issa smiled and raised her hand.
"Um."
Fann also smiled and raised his hand, and the sound of crisp high-fives echoed.
He finally succeeded in hunting down the elite monster, but the smile on his face only lasted for a short time. The same went for the others. They all turned their heads to look at him, as if waiting for Vann to give orders.
"We have proven our strength. Even powerful beasts can be dragged down to hell by us."
Vann clenched his fists and people stared at him, waiting for him to say something that had long been buried in everyone's heart.
When he saw this scene, he felt an unprecedented passion in his heart. The excitement he felt now was not as great as when he hunted the beasts of the priesthood.
"It's time to retake our city!"
(End of this chapter)
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