Chapter 20: A Drastic Crisis!
Editor: Atlas Studios
Everyone had talked over this matter. They were prepared to rest for the night and take action the next day.
However, in the dead of the night, Quinlan, who had been resting, suddenly opened his eyes. He rushed to the window and pushed it open with great force.
He looked down to see that the place downstairs had been surrounded by patches of shadows.
It was packed with Strigoi!
At the same time, he sensed a terrifying yet familiar atmosphere.
"Enemy attack! The Master is here!" Quinlan yelled as he rushed to the corridor.
Abraham, Chen Gou, and Tony all woke up and rushed out of their rooms.
At that moment, the priests and attendants in the chapel screamed. The Strigoi had killed their way in!
"Why are there suddenly so many Strigoi in Manhattan?"
A doubt crept into Chen Gou's heart, but he didn't panic.
Most of them were ordinary beginner-level Strigoi. Although there were many Strigoi, they did not pose much danger to them. Even if they couldn't defeat them, they could still run.
Besides, there was also Quinlan, the "Warrior God" from the ancient Roman Colosseum.
As he was thinking about it, a rumbling sound came from the stairs in the middle of the corridor that led to the first floor. The entire church seemed to be trembling as if there was an earthquake.
A few seconds later, a terrifying figure appeared.
It was a huge Strigoi at least 2.3 meters tall clad in armor made of steel and dragging a huge sword shaped like a door plank upside down in its right hand.
The fresh blood that had just been spilled on it was still bubbling.
Chen Gou and Tony were appalled by the fact that they could still recognize its appearance. It was Uncle Shi Meng, one of the assessees of the Abyssal Assessment!
"He actually turned into a zombie!"
Chen Gou's expression turned ugly. Before they had entered, someone had deliberately told them that they should commit suicide rather than hesitate after being parasitized by bloodworms.
However, not everyone dared to kill themselves.
"This is bad! Shi Meng has turned into a Strigoi! The Master might already know… the secrets of the assessees and the Blue Wave World!"
At this thought, Chen Gou gasped.
The Master could let certain people retain their original consciousness after being parasitized, just like Augustin. With their consciousness around, their memory would naturally be retained.
"We're in deep trouble!"
Tony's expression turned ugly, as he had also recalled this.
Quinlan took the bone sword that was on his back and walked toward Shi Meng, whose body had expanded after becoming a Strigoi.
He executed a series of sword stances with a calm gaze. He had encountered countless enemies in the past 2,000 years and had defeated them all without a single loss. This was just one of them.
However, a petite shadow rushed out like lightning diagonally and then slashed with several strokes around him.
Quinlan blocked the shadow with his bone sword, and the metal weapons clanked against each other.
Within two seconds, he had been attacked with 12 strokes!
In other words, the Strigoi that had attacked him could perform an astonishing six moves in one second!
Anyone else would have been stabbed with at least two strokes.
After the sudden attack, the shadow jumped back and retreated two meters away, revealing its female figure.
She was clad in bloodstained dark-red leather armor and was holding a sword in both hands. She was actually one of the assessees—Mantha!
"It's not supposed to be hard to get through the last few days safely once one arrives in Manhattan. How did they get wiped out?"
Two members of the trio had already been transformed. Captain Cohan, who was the only remaining one, had most likely faced the same outcome.
As Mantha, who had transformed into a Strigoi, stopped Quinlan, Shi Meng continued to charge over.
Boom!
Tony, who was standing ahead, was sent flying as if he had been hit by a cannonball and crashed into Chen Gou. The two of them took a few loud steps backward before stabilizing themselves.
"Interesting. Come again!"
As though he was a provoked lion, Tony's eyes turned red and he roared madly. He charged toward the Strigoi-turned Shi Meng without any second thoughts.
He looked as if he wouldn't let it rest until he regained ground.
The Strigoi naturally wasn't afraid. Without hesitation, it charged toward him.
But… But…
A second later, when Tony was three meters away from Shi Meng, he dashed into the room on the side!
That was right!
The son of the Arslan Family wanted to escape shamefully.
Not only did he want to escape, but he was also prepared to leave Chen Gou, who was behind him, to the huge Strigoi.
However, Chen Gou wouldn't be trapped so easily.
During this life-and-death situation, a hand condensed by a flare suddenly shot out and grabbed his back before pulling him back and putting him in front of the Radiant Dawn, whom he had just summoned.
"F*ck…"
Tony turned livid and simply couldn't help but curse.
Boom!
Tony was once again sent flying.
This time, however, nobody could be his scapegoat. Chen Gou had dashed into the room on the side earlier.
"Take your time. I'm leaving first."
Chen Gou pushed open the window and was ready to jump out to escape.
Eventually…
"F*ck!"
His face turned livid. The Master and the progenitors were standing down there, and there were four of them!
According to the story, there had originally been three progenitors in the New World side of the United States and four after the Master had arrived from Europe.
They had initially been rivals, but they were joining forces now!
"Run! Why aren't you running?" Tony walked over and spoke with a sneer.
Even after enduring two ferocious slashes from the Strigoi giant, he was unscathed.
Chen Gou concluded that he wouldn't have been able to do that. It was no wonder that the Abyssal Knights outside thought highly of Tony. Chen Gou had to admit that Tony alone was quite strong.
"Stop struggling! Submit to us and join the Vampire Race. You guys will be able to retain your consciousness and attain eternal life!"
The progenitor standing on the far left, who was the tallest, was half a head taller than Shi Meng. Evidently, he was the evilest Master.
His voice penetrated the window, causing the Strigoi in the corridor to stop attacking.
"Progenitors, you guys are already working with him. Aren't you afraid that he will get rid of you all from the New World?"
Quinlan walked to the window and roared.
All this while, he had been working with the three progenitors of the New World and had helped them deal with the Master.
Now that they had come together, this was undoubtedly a betrayal against him!
"Quinlan, we've discovered a huge secret. The person beside you is not a Demon Hunter of this world, but of another world. They have invaded our world!"
"This is a war between the two worlds. We've been left with no choice."
"Right now, you have two choices. You can either join us or leave. We can let you go on account of our friendship."
The three progenitors of the New World each said a sentence and explained everything.
They indeed knew about the secret of the Blue Wave World.
The threat of a new world had made them temporarily put aside their past grudges and join forces.
Upon hearing that, Quinlan raised his sword toward them expressionlessly.
"It's not my war. The only reason I exist in this world is to kill the Master! It was, it is, and it will always be this way!"
This world had nothing to do with him. He only wanted to avenge his former lover.
Other than that, he couldn't find any meaning in life at all.
The great truth that the three progenitors had stated was completely useless to him.
"Then you can only be buried here, even though it's not what we want."
Boom!
The wall of the room along the corridor was blown apart, and Shi Meng approached with a group of Strigoi.
After being transformed into a Strigoi, not only had he retained the innate skills he had possessed as a human, but his primary attributes had also skyrocketed and were now far stronger than when he had been alive.
The same applied to Mantha. She had become twice as fast.
"I will actually die in such a place?"
Tony's handsome face looked desolate. He was young and energetic and thought that he would soon become a hero and make a name for himself after passing this Abyssal Assessment.
However, he was now going to die without achieving victory…
Chen Gou suddenly said while smiling at him, "Hey! Do you want to live?"
"You aren't worthy!" Tony replied disdainfully, "Who do you think you are when I'm not even sure if I'm going to make it out alive?"
Chen Gou minded his own business and said, "Let's make a deal. I'll take you out alive and you'll give me as remuneration a Skill Crystal or magical artifact no lower than the gold grade!"
"You're still coming on strong, aren't you?" Tony answered with a sneer, "Alright, I promise. You may start. Let me see how you're going to take me out."
"Watch me." Chen Gou cleared his throat.
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