Chapter 138: Quiet Alley (Part 4)

“Sa! Fall back quickly!”

“Run! I told you not to mess with the Saints! Ah, it hurts so much!”

“Poison! It’s poison! Aaaah!”

Hearing her companions’ screams made her feel the pain all over.

The other bandits who hadn’t been hit by arrows didn’t know what had happened, but they knew one thing for sure—they had to run.

“Cli cli cli—cli cli duo!”

The sound of rushing wind echoed again.

But Qiqi Duo wasn’t about to let them escape easily.

The second volley of six poison arrows struck, and in just two rounds, all the bandits were shot down.

This time, no more screams sounded out.

The dark forest suddenly fell into complete silence, only faint, sparse strange noises lingering.

As if nothing had happened, Qiqi Duo reassembled her Rune Longbow into a greatsword, hung it back on her shoulder, and sat down to meditate.

Captain Frolro and scout Karl acted like this was all very normal.

“Minotauros, get some rest. No practice today,” scout Karl said, leading Niubao back to the camp tent, making sure she didn’t stray too far.

“Sister Samimi, you must be very surprised. Actually, she is…” Captain Frolro approached Samimi, wanting to explain.

“Captain, don’t be surprised for me. I’ve known from the start she’s a Magic User. No need to explain. Everyone should rest early,” Samimi interrupted, closing her eyes to meditate.

(Ding! +1 Goodness Value!)

Poison! So poisonous!

This was the style of the stout Knight Qiqi Duo—fierce and decisive, always aiming for a one-hit kill, clean and ruthless, dangerously venomous.

The most terrifying common projectile magic attack in history: [Flesh-Melting Soft Arrow].

Unprepared creatures struck by it instantly lose all strength in their bodies.

They helplessly watch their flesh melt away in agony—painful, despairing, terrifying—until they become nothing but bare white bones.

It’s truly the most merciless way to die in history.

This is a [Life-Slaying Magic] with an [Anti-Creature Special Attack].

If the target has no defense, it’s lethal.

As long as there’s blood and flesh, even gods can be killed by it.

Strangely, no one knows why the skill is called Flesh-Melting when the bones remain intact.

It should be called “Flesh-Melting Soft Arrow” instead—it’s clearly a lazily stolen skill name.

If the enemy wears engraved armor or activates a Magic Shield, the Flesh-Melting Soft Arrow’s power drops drastically.

Especially Magic Shield, which is extremely effective against this kind of poison arrow attack because this killing magic has no shield-breaking capability.

But Qiqi Duo’s targets were very clear: she was here to kill monsters, not Knights or Magic Users.

Besides, Qiqi Duo was perfectly capable of killing Magic Users—she had plenty of ways to kill.

Her most commonly used method was poisoning!

Her magical talent was poison, and her magic power was poison.

Magic poison arrows were only her most basic attack among countless poison-killing techniques.

Others needed to carry poisons, but she could shape a deadly “Concentrated Poison Magic Orb” with her bare hands, lethal whether taken internally or applied externally.

So although Qiqi Duo looked like a heavily armored Greatsword Knight, she was actually a magic archer specializing in poison.

She was nothing like those genius girls in the hero squads.

Her first strike was always a killing blow, showing no mercy to any enemy.

At the same time, she was ruthless and unscrupulous—using any means necessary to achieve her goals, with a hundred ways to kill enemies stealthily.

At dawn the next day, the Demon Hunter Team set out early.

Samimi and Niubao saw the fate of the bandits who tried to ambush them last night—they had turned into piles of white bones lying around.

This was the first time Samimi had seen dead bodies since arriving in the other world.

Because of the Evil-Good System’s restrictions, she couldn’t kill indiscriminately.

Even without the system, as a lawful citizen, she wouldn’t kill recklessly.

Besides, killing those bandits wouldn’t reduce her Goodness Value—it would actually increase it.

She had just gained one point of Goodness Value!

Clearly, those bandits were evil criminals harmful to humans who deserved to die.

That said, Samimi decided to save her first kill for someone far more villainous.

She intended to avoid killing whenever possible, letting others do the dirty work.

After all, teammates killing villains also raised her Goodness Value—assisting in battle counted too.

“So poisonous, Qiqi Duo. I like it.”

If you asked Samimi how she felt seeing those white bones, she’d say she felt nothing—not sympathy, just relief.

She wasn’t foolish enough to be a saintly mother just because she traveled to another world.

If she were to be a saint, she would be a bloodthirsty saint ruling all.

If there’s a need for blood, she would answer without hesitation.

“Captain, let’s move out,” Samimi said as she stood.

It was her first day in the Demon Hunter Team, and her teammates had already unleashed a bloodbath, changing the tone drastically.

Was it still possible to turn back now?

No. Her goal was to change the miserable fate of the Cannon Fodder Squad, to resist that damned World Will, and to overturn the fixed ending set from the start.

She wanted to protect all the beautiful girls—because only she had the right to bully them.

The Demon Hunter Team packed up their tents, mounted their stamina ponies, and quickly left the murder scene.

The three black Knights were used to this kind of thing.

They were only about twenty years old, but had grown accustomed to such cruelty.

However, they found Samimi and Niubao’s lack of emotional reaction to the piles of white bones strange.

How could two young Nuns from the city be so used to dead bodies and white bones?

They were even younger—Samimi was only seventeen, and Niubao at most fifteen.

But Niubao, as a Half-Beast, grew fast; her physique was already similar to Samimi’s, even tending to surpass her in height.

At that moment, Niubao had become Big Niubao, and the Sister was becoming Mi Bao instead.

No one talked much along the way.

After last night’s events, everyone remained on high alert, eyes scanning the surroundings the entire time.

They had already left the Royal City’s safe shooting range, traveling not on the Great Trade Road but on a secluded path.

Every corner could hide merciless killers or even more terrifying bandits.

Welcome to the real other world—the difficulty level just jumped sharply.

Niubao rode her horse while studying a Skill book.

Everyone else held ropes, but she held a textbook, demonstrating incredible balance.

She was also the first to spot the sneaking bandits last night, alerting everyone to avoid the first wave of cold arrow ambush.

The Demon Hunter Knights all recognized that the adorable Niubao was no ordinary Beastman Nun.

“Miss Samimi, what exactly is the background of this Beastman Nun?” Captain Frolro asked.

“She’s the personal disciple of Knight King Shaya, trained in superb fundamentals by the Knight King himself.

But due to some issue, she was kicked out,” Samimi smiled.

“I wasn’t kicked out! The Sister just took away my Badge of Knighthood!” Niubao grumbled in protest.

“Alright, alright. Niubao wasn’t kicked out, she was politely asked to leave,” Samimi said.

Lately, Niubao had started talking more.

She was no longer the silent Niubao but gradually showing her own emotions.

This was a good thing.

Only with feelings could she, like Samimi, win every battle.

A soldier without feelings was cannon fodder.

Having emotions meant knowing how to deceive enemies in combat.

Stout Knight Qiqi Duo was a master of playing dumb, even better at deception than Samimi.

Right now, what Samimi wanted most was to strip off Qiqi Duo’s clothes to see what she was really like underneath.