Chapter 12: The Hunters

Tiffany's team swept the streets of Dazca to the city of Dazca, eventually reaching the city school that had been bombed to rubble by the artillery camp, and after rummaging through the rubble for a long time, the soldiers of the team found several recognizable human corpses, and dug through the scorched earth to find some clothing, medals, and tattered documents representing the identity of the rebels.

"Look, this is indeed the headquarters of the rebels!"

"Great, the artillery battalion didn't make a mistake!"

"You have to trust the Empire's intelligence services~"

The soldiers of the squad who confirmed the successful completion of the mission stood elated in the ruins of the school, and Merlin behind Tiffany was also relieved, fortunately there were no children in the school. And Bazelle, who was holding back the pain in his shoulder, next to Merlin, felt that Tiffany, who was facing away from them in front of her, looked so cold at the moment, and her body was full of danger.

Bazere secretly wondered: Without confirming whether the information is accurate, and directly letting the artillery battalion attack, sweeping here to confirm that it is the headquarters, naturally everyone is happy, but if the imperial intelligence is wrong, this is just a school that is still running, so what?

Tiffany gave the order to shell the bombardment, but only said that it was not our problem, but the responsibility of MI6. How resolute and cold-blooded this is, is this kind of murderous aura really the body of a fifteen-year-old girl?

Tiffany, who confirmed the fall of the rebel headquarters, did not intend to let the team stop and rest, but continued to give orders vigorously:

"Inform the artillery battalion, clean up the battlefield, occupy the Dazka government building, broadcast to reassure the citizens, and we continue to sweep the remnants of the enemy in the city!"

............

Half a month later, the Empire was in the city building of Dazka in the province of Indo-Bengal

"Congratulations to the Holy Maiden for being promoted to major, this counterinsurgency successfully suppressed the rebel headquarters and basically wiped out the rebels in the city with the strength of only one hundred and ten people, such a meritorious feat is really worthy of the name of the Apocalypse!"

Bishop Mujik, who was in charge of delivering the letter of appointment issued by Antonio, looked at Tiffany, who was sitting in the mayor's office in front of him, and smiled and congratulated.

"It's just a rabble, I don't care about the matter here, but I would like to ask Bishop Mujik, when will we leave for the Holy See?"

Tiffany lazily lay on the chair in the mayor's office, her legs resting on the table, her fingers ruffling the curls around her ear, and asked casually with her head down.

"This ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to leave for a while. ”

Tiffany's brow furrowed slightly.

"Oh, is there anything else that needs to be done?"

"Yes, although all the Holy Pullers of the Knights have arrived at the Holy See, except for the Holy Maiden and Putzmores' squad, a series of military affairs have been properly handled by Lieutenant Colonel Recton, and several members of the Templar Tower have been selected, just waiting for the Holy Maiden to go, old man, I also know that the Holy Maiden is in a hurry to start the Holy War, but...... It's just that... Temporarily... It is indeed not possible to do what the saint wants. ”

Mujik slurred, smiling embarrassedly.

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"It's not a secret, the empire of Dazca City will send people to take over the management, it stands to reason that the Holy Woman can immediately go to the Holy See to prepare for the holy war, but within a few days since the Holy Maiden recovered Dazca, several administrative officials in Indudri, Calcutta and other places have been assassinated, even if the city halls are heavily guarded, they have not been spared, originally the new mayor of Dazca today came with me, but ...... Holy Maiden, please look at this ......"

Bishop Mujik then handed Tiffany a document.

Tiffany, who was half-recumbent, jumped up from her seat, took the file and opened it, which contained several black-and-white photographs.

Tiffany saw that the contents of the photos were all the same, all photos of the murdered officials when they were found, and the deceased in the photos showed a terrible death, his head was either broken into several pieces, or more than half of it was missing, and it looked like it had been shattered by a blunt object rather than injured by ammunition, and one of the photos also captured a nearby wall, which had a large hole in the wall, which seemed to have been blasted with some kind of weapon.

Blood flowed from the deceased's head and covered the periphery of the body, and the right side of the body was deliberately smeared with the blood of the deceased into a character of "Om" in the ancient Indusanskrit script.

This symbol symbolizes the three great gods of the Hindu religion of the Bharamon faith, the great Brahma god, the god Shiva beast, and the god Shinu.

The most recent photograph also has a place name drawn in blood, Dazka.

The assassins, then, must have been Indo-Ducid nationalists or religious fanatics who hated the Church and the Empire's rule, and the Imperial government officials in Dazca were his next target.

After reading it, Tiffany said unmovingly:

"It's just a stupid act of revenge, judging from the photos, there is a contradiction in the method and concealment, if the assassin can bypass the tight guards, there can't be a large number of people, and there is a high probability that they are not ordinary people. If the number of assassins is in the single digits, what can they change?"

"What the Holy Maiden said is very true, but it is precisely because of this that the new mayor of Dazca has not dared to take office, and your godfather means to let the Holy Maiden settle this matter. ”

Mujik still said with a smile.

"Well, please also ask the bishop to spread the news, just say that the new mayor has taken office, just wait in the government building, let the assassin have the courage to come, I will wait for him here. ”

With that, Tiffany sat back in her seat, her legs on the table again, her hands folded in front of her chest, her two slender little hands each grasping the other arm, and she closed her eyes expressionlessly and stopped talking.

Mujik looked at Tiffany, who was ruthless on the surface, and knew that she was a little irritable, so he took the door and went out of the mayor's office.

Tiffany was indeed a little upset, she shouldn't have been entangled by these miscellaneous soldiers like Indu, she had more important things to do, and the time left for herself might be running out, or even too late.

She didn't have time to spend time in Indu, she was just desperate to start a holy war and find out about that person......

Now I can only wait for the hunter to send to the door, I just hope that he can come soon, if he doesn't come for a few days, he will have to apply directly to Antonio for an appointment even if he disobeys the godfather.

Hunting is a dualistic act in which the hunter can hunt the prey, but it may also be killed by the prey in turn, but ......

Who's the prey?

............

A few days later, at noon, Tiffany was sleepy-eyed sipping the Celestial Dynasty tea treasures from her hometown of Crowley's father's collection, Qimen Black Tea.

After sipping slightly, sigh its tea fragrance, it really has a distant group aroma, not to lose it is a heroic in tea, and it is really better than the replica product planted by Yindu.

However, just as Tiffany & Co. was indulging in the fragrant and elegant taste of the Celestial Empire Tea Treasure, a deafening explosion suddenly came from behind her, and the walls of Tiffany's mayor's office collapsed, and the debris instantly flew away and hit Tiffany's seat, followed by a steely fist rushing from behind Tiffany.

Before the punch touched Tiffany's seat, Tiffany felt the wave of air from the punch wind pressing down heavily on her, and Tiffany's blonde curls flew forward.

As the fist drove into the room, it was a wheat-skinned young man who looked no more than twenty or so, his head and hands were bandaged, his upper body was exposed, his muscles were bruised, and although his figure was not as unrestrained and burly as Bazere, he was also extremely strong.

It rushed with a fist, thundering, and came straight to Tiffany's head.

Just as the steel fist was about to shatter Tiffany's back against the seat, Tiffany threw the teacup away, and suddenly raised her right foot and kicked upward, kicking the huge desk in front of her behind her, and the whole person took advantage of the momentum to slide back from the seat, dodging the powerful punch.

The desk that flew towards the youth and the chair behind Tiffany were pierced by the youth's right fist.

The young man was slightly surprised to see that Tiffany had dodged the blow, and even more surprised when he saw that the enemy in front of him was a beautiful girl.

However, this surprise was only fleeting, and then his other left hand immediately turned into a fist, directly slicing the table and chair embedded in his right fist horizontally along his arm, untying it and continuing to swing his fist after Tiffany.

Looking at the young man's steel fists, Tiffany finally understood where the hole in the wall in the photo came from, and why the heads of the assassinated officials were all broken.

However, what puzzled Tiffany was that he was located on the third floor of the mayor's office, which was surrounded by ordinary low-rise houses in the Indu slums, and there were no neighboring buildings as a springboard.

Tiffany did two backflips in a row, opening up a long distance, and as soon as her left foot hit the ground, she immediately ejected again, rushing towards the young man, running left and right, and then leaping sideways, forming a line with her whole body, and kicking the intruding enemy with her magically blessed feet.

Indu Youth didn't dodge, took a step back with his right foot, toe inward, and then twisted his right shoulder to the left with his waist force, and swung out a straight uppercut, using his arm to catch the stab from Tiffany's feet.

Tiffany's silver boots and the young man's right arm collided with each other with an oppressive thud.

After the force dissipated, Tiffany, who was in free fall backwards, once again held the ground with her right hand, and her whole body rotated 360 degrees to the right with her right hand, increasing her magic power, and once again using a roundhouse kick to kick the enemy.

The young man still didn't dodge, but crossed his fists to defend himself, and Tiffany's legs slashed heavily into the young man's arms, and the huge force of the collision made both legs feel a little sore and numb.

However, after receiving the physical kicking skills blessed by Tiffany's magic, Indu Youth only took half a step back. The offensive then continued.

Tiffany was a little surprised, and she immediately thought of a possibility. Looking at the young Indu who kept rushing towards her attack, Tiffany kept jumping back to dodge, and she was going to test her suspicions.

When Tiffany flashed to the big hole in the wall blasted out by the youth, she suddenly pulled away from the young man and jumped to the side without relaying her strength, and shouted:

"Merlin!

At this moment, the two doors that opened inward opposite the hollow door in the wall were kicked open, and then a fierce and rapid burst of gunfire rang out, and it was Bazere and Merlin who each held a light machine gun and fired wildly at the Indu youth.

It stands to reason that with such an ambush, normal people will be beaten into a sieve in an instant.

However, the body and limbs of the young man suddenly twisted into various strange angles, his arms and calves seemed to be broken in reverse, his neck leaned back nearly 180 degrees, and his waist and abdomen contracted like a snake and twisted continuously, avoiding all the bullets that came from the shower.

In the end, his body formed a swastika that resembles the ancient Sanskrit character of the Indo-Du religion, but this picture does not seem to conform to the original meaning of the swastika: tranquility, beauty, and peace.

On the contrary, it looked very deformed and strange, and the young man looked a little like an abstract idol in the Indu religion at the moment.

"Magic-level magic?"

Tiffany didn't expect him to have such a means to dodge all the bullets of Merlin, who had a reputation as a sharpshooter before joining the Crusaders, and if this was done by magic, then this was by no means the realm of ordinary people's magic.

This was really beyond Tiffany's expectations.

"Bazere, Merlin is using a magic weapon to cover. ”

When the two of them heard this, one set up the Magic Guide Rifle and began to aim intently, and the other took out a magic dagger and stepped forward to fight.

The young Indu sneered at the two of them, and even though he was about to smash the slash at his own Bazere's skull with a single punch.

However, at this time, Merlin suddenly lit up with a silver flash on the muzzle of his rifle, which made him instantly sweat and hair, and instinctively sensed the danger.

A silver beam of light shot out from the Focused Magic Magic Rifle.

Shocked that this was no ordinary bullet, the young man hurriedly unleashed his strange form again, his body and limbs twisting sharply to one side, barely avoiding the silver beam, and dodging Bazelle's slash with the push of his twisted arm.

The silver beam exploded in the corner of the wall behind the young man, and the two pieces of wall connected above the corner immediately broke off and fell downstairs, and the floor of the entire room was also implicated and cracked directly......

Bazere, who had failed to slash, was a broken log that staggered and slashed his dagger into the table and chair on the ground. The tables and chairs were immediately burned to ashes by the white fireworks.

The young man instantly returned to his normal arc, quickly retreated a few steps back and widened the distance, and then looked at the miserable situation of the walls and broken wood in the room, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Recalling the dangerous scene just now, the originally disdainful heart was also shocked at this moment, and the originally plain face became gloomy, thinking that it would be like a bag to hunt down the ghost officials of the empire.

I didn't think about the carelessness of the moment, and almost turned the original play into a death!

However, as he pondered this, a blue arc of lightning instantly split from Tiffany's palm, which had already circled to the side.

The arc speed was extremely fast, and it was hitting the young man's body, and the young man who was hit was startled and immediately rolled to the side to dodge.

But the young man was only slightly stunned for a moment, and then looked down at his body, which was not only unscathed, but even had a trace of recovery.

With a puzzled look in his eyes, he turned to look at Tiffany, who was holding the spell with his left hand on his outstretched right hand.

"I guessed correctly, the electric shock has no effect on you, you are really a magic user of the electric elemental attribute!"

Tiffany asserted to the young man in front of her, and then slowly put away her posture and straightened the confrontation.

The young man on the opposite side clenched his fists when he heard this, and at this time, Merlin and Bazereh also withdrew to Tiffany's left and right, and the four did not immediately fight, but began a brief and tense confrontation......