The sun goes down and night falls.

The cold winds of late autumn make pedestrians on the road more and more hurried, especially in places like the East End, which do not have large bars and nightclubs, and after 8 p.m., there are no pedestrians, only the occasional patrol police car appears.

Outside the 'Ye Zhi Restaurant', the small blackboard hung out early-

Closed today.

It reads clearly like this.

Call!

The door of the restaurant is open, and the autumn breeze blows straight in.

Suddenly, the temperature in the restaurant began to plummet, especially when something appeared, and the wind became more and more chilly.

Qin Ran sat in the restaurant as if unconsciously, flipping through the newspapers of the day, and the [Sharp Standard Sword] was quietly placed on the bar in front of him.

Tread, stomp.

Heavy footsteps sounded in front of the alley.

A tall, muscular, one might even say burly man walked over.

With every step, there is a sound like a rubber tire hitting the ground.

Under such movements, the other party became more and more fierce.

Squeak, squeak!

The street lamp in front of the restaurant flickered rapidly again, making the already gloomy and slightly hideous face of the man who came over become gloomy and uncertain.

The other party looked at Qin Ran in the restaurant, and opened his mouth, revealing sharp teeth like sharks.

"Delicious prey!"

The other party stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and walked into the restaurant without stopping.

Squeak, squeak.

Immediately, there was a moan on the wooden floor beneath his feet.

The burly deceased didn't care at all.

It is well aware of how heavy its body is in pursuit of power.

It's normal to make a noise when you step on these floors.

And, in some ways, it took this as a compliment, just as it did when its gaze swept over the [Sharp Sword] at the moment, with a slight disdain, it was all from its nature.

The standard swords of Velites, Hastati, etc., in 'The Herdsman', of course, it knows.

In fact, it has eaten more than one such prey.

What does that taste like......

So beautiful!

So much so that after determining that the prey was a Velites or Hastati, it immediately couldn't wait to prepare for another hunt.

Although it didn't digest its previous prey, it didn't mind feeding itself.

After all, it is rare to see Willites and Hastati who are alone.

Therefore, after entering the restaurant, the other party stretched out his hands and rushed straight to Qin Ran like a bear.

Although Villites and Hastati are both fledgling rookies, they have also become different from ordinary people, and that kind of small means are no longer suitable to deal with these rookies.

What's more, it prefers to directly use the arm that has become stronger and stronger at the moment to tear the direct opponent.

Only in this way can the soul of the opponent be more delicious.

Is there anything more delicious than the soul of Villitus and Hastati?

Naturally, it was tortured and added with fear.

Woo!

With a gust of evil wind, the burly deceased's arms straddled the bar, and grabbed Qin Ran straight at him with both hands, Qin Ran raised the newspaper in his hand with his left hand, pasted it on the other party's face, and picked up the [Sharp Standard Sword] with his right hand and stabbed the opponent's throat.

Bite!

The tip of the sword stabbed the opponent's throat accurately, but there was a crisp sound of metal clashing.

The [Sharp Standard Sword], which itself has a strong attack level, after combining with the [Incineration] attribute, has an additional +1 in the face of the dead's attack, directly reaching the powerful attack level.

But even so, the tip of the [Sharp Standard Sword] still couldn't pierce the throat of the burly deceased.

"Hey, hey."

"Rookie, I'm not the same guy you've met before!"

The burly deceased snatched the newspaper that covered his face and sneered.

The other party didn't pay attention to the [Sharp Standard Sword] that was stabbed in the throat at all, and as soon as he raised his hand, he grabbed it towards Qin Ran again.

Woo!

There was another gust of evil wind blowing in his face, blowing the tips of Qin Ran's hair.

Qin Ran turned to one side and let go of this grasp, but the sword in his hand was sharpened.

The sharp blade swept past the burly deceased's thick arm, and sparks flew everywhere.

Again, there is no substantial harm.

The burly deceased smiled triumphantly again.

It likes to see these rookies fall into despair after repeated failures.

Therefore, when he saw Qin Ran take two steps back and make a stabbing motion, the burly deceased not only did not stop him, but instead pointed to his strong chest and beckoned at Qin Ran.

The meaning of provocation is self-evident.

Qin Ran raised his eyebrows, as if he was full of anger.

The next moment, the body jumped forward violently, and the sword in his hand pierced straight into the eyes of the burly deceased.

Sou!

The blade pierced the air like an arrow.

In the face of such a sword, the burly deceased did not panic and blocked his arms in front of his face.

Bite!

There was a slight tingling in his arm, which made the burly deceased feel more and more at ease.

This should be the opponent's strongest blow.

Among the Velites and Hastati it encountered, it was very good.

At least, it made it feel painful.

Do you want to take it down with that level of attack?

It's so far off!

"It's useless!"

"How can a rookie like you understand that my level is powerful!"

"Obediently let me eat you and be a part of me!"

As he spoke, the burly deceased grabbed the blade of the sword that was close at hand and pulled it hard.

Qin Ran, who didn't want to be dragged over, could only let go.

However, even so, he was rolled out of the bar with his body by a force beyond the limits of ordinary people.

When grasping the blade of the [Sharp Standard Sword], the burly deceased was certain in his heart, a Villitus and Hastati who had lost even their weapons were like tiger cubs without claws, and they were not its opponents in the first place.

Right now?

No need to worry at all!

Thinking of this, the burly deceased turned around.

And then......

The burly deceased saw Qin Ran carrying a gas canister with a metal hose.

Wisps of near-blue flames were erupting from the metal hose.

Especially when Qin Ran, who was carrying the gas canister, twisted the valve, the surging flames, like a dragon's breath, sprayed on the face of the burly deceased.

The flames formed by liquefied gas naturally did not have all the magic of dragon breath, but the high temperature of 1,000 degrees made the other party let out a miserable cry the moment it came into contact with the burly deceased's face.

The burly deceased ignored the metal slash, and his upper body was charred black between breaths.

"Ahhh

"Kill you!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

With an angry roar in his mouth, the burly deceased whose face was covered by the flames rushed towards Qin Ran with his impression.

The other party didn't notice it at all, and there was an extra chain between the unreal under his feet.

The power of the forward rush is mixed with the feet.

The burly deceased threw himself on the floor of the restaurant in a dog-eating posture entirely.

Click, click!

The wooden floor, which was already a little overwhelmed, finally collapsed completely at this time.

The burly figure of the deceased disappeared to the ground and fell into the basement storage room of the restaurant.

Bang!

The heavy impact sound echoed in the ground, and the burly deceased who was stunned shook his head, and subconsciously wanted to get up.

Then, suddenly, it noticed a sticky substance that was restraining its body.

"Maltose?"

The burly deceased lowered his head and looked at the thick layer around him, glowing with a faint golden syrup, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, there was a hideous smile.

"Do you think you can restrain me with this little trick?"

The burly dead man roared and struggled.

However, the more he struggled, the more frightened the burly deceased became.

Because, as it struggled, the maltose that covered half of the storeroom not only did not loosen, but stuck tighter.

To make matters worse, the cunning boy appeared overhead with a gas canister, and, in the hands of the cunning boy...... A large barrel of gasoline.

The twisted lid, the pungent smell, was enough for the burly deceased to know what he would face next.

"Wait!"

"I ......"

The burly deceased wanted to say something, but Qin Ran didn't talk nonsense at all, and after pouring the gasoline in his hand, he directly lit it with a homemade flamethrower.

"Ahhh

The screams of the burly dead reappeared.

The other party's struggle is becoming more and more intense.

It's a pity that it's completely useless.

The special maltose of mimosa is very viscous under normal conditions, but when exposed to high temperatures, this viscosity will become 20%.

Moreover, the special maltose will ...... Combustion!

The burly deceased who was coated in such a layer of maltose was like roasted meat brushed with a layer of honey in the flames, and quickly became crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

When a limit is reached......

Bang!

The burly dead exploded like this.

One illusory figure after another flew up from the other party's exploding body.

Qin Ran glanced at it.

There are five who are familiar, that is, the five who Emmy has collected and marked on the information before, and there are even more who are not familiar, there are more than twenty.

Among them, the most eye-catching are two young men with swords at their waists.

Unlike the other ghosts, the two young men with swords at their waists showed relief and gratitude on their illusory faces when they saw Qin Ran, especially the [Sharp Standard Sword] that was held by Qin Ran again.

When the other ghosts turned into fireflies and went to the distance, the two of them bowed to Qin Ran together before choosing to leave.

Suddenly, the five major source forces, which were already growing rapidly, accelerated again.

[Spiritual attribute breaks through a layer of seal, B→B+]

[Strength, agility, constitution, and perception break through a layer of seals, E→E+]

……

The spiritual attribute breaking through the seal again was Qin Ran's expectation, but the sudden breakthrough of the remaining attributes made Qin Ran feel surprised.

However, at this time, Qin Ran didn't think much about it.

Because, in such a strong breath that goes to a distant place, many cold breaths have begun to converge here.

There was no hesitation.

Qin Ran, who had been prepared, picked up the gas canister, a long sword in one hand and a metal hose in the other, and rushed out like this.

Long sword slash.

Flames burn.

One by one, the approaching dead disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And what didn't disappear was to go to the 'far side' again.

Almost instantly, the deceased who heard the invitation and came to watch scolded the burly deceased who could not die anymore.

What swallows Velites, Hastati.

What a big secret to show.

What is an alliance with tonight's battle.

Didn't you become a dead dog in the end?

Damn it!

Why listen to the invitation of that guy's subordinates and come here to make yourself uncomfortable?

When they thought of the other party's subordinates, these dead people all gritted their teeth.

That bastard is too good at drawing flatpies.

But what's the deal with the other party's magical ability to walk through the sun?

Is there really a secret?

Doubts kept coming to the minds of the deceased.

But the butcher behind them didn't have time to think about it, and they ran back to their lair.

Or the gutter that has no light underground, or the old house that has fallen into disrepair, or the morgue of a hospital.

But, no matter where it is.

The butcher was like a prophet of the future, always coming to the door, greeting them with his sword and then 'helping' them with his flames.

"The thrill of hanging someone?"

"How can it be compared to the dance in the flames, let's dance!"

"Stabbing someone with a knife?"

"No, what you need is an epiphany in the flames, and the wish can be fulfilled by itself!"

"Your wish has been granted?"

"No, no, without experiencing the baptism of fire, such a wish is not complete!"

……

In the midst of the flames, patches of distant breath began to appear in the 7th district of Aicheng East.

As the person in charge of the East 9th District, Bain quickly came to the restaurant as early as when there was a lot of smell of going to the 'far side' at the 'Ye Restaurant'.

Although he had sworn before that he would never come here.

But his duty as a 'herdman' forced him to come.

Then, he watched as Qin Ran, who had a long sword in one hand and a metal hose in the other, almost twitched the corners of his mouth, and cleared those dead.

He had never seen such a strange way of fighting!

It's a shame on the face of the 'herd'!

But......

This kid doesn't seem to be a member of the 'Herdsman'.

And, it seems to work.

After watching the flames spewed out by the remodeled gas canister, devouring one dead after another, the inexplicable Bane was a little moved.

But immediately, the herdsman shook his head.

No!

This is the evil way!

This is wrong!

This...... Just use it once in a while!

Bane became hesitant after watching another dead who had escaped from his hands turn into ashes in the flames, these dead who could escape his pursuit were so difficult, Bane naturally knew it, but these difficult guys were wiped out one after another.

Really, really......

I wanted to describe it in words, but I didn't come up with a proper word after thinking about it for a long time, and finally, as soon as Bane shook his head, he focused his attention on Qin Ran again.

At the same time, a doubt arose again.

How did he find the hiding place of these dead people?

It's not just that Bane wonders.

The same goes for the rest of the 'herdsmen' who have arrived.

They looked at each other and looked at Bane.

"What do you see me doing?"

"He's Eddard. Wang, the junior from the deep mountains, is not mine? ”

"Who knows if he learned it in the mountains?"

Bane faced such a gaze and said directly.

"Ed. What about the king? ”

"Haven't come back yet?"

A herder asked.

"I have such a capable junior, and I will also give myself a long vacation, how can I come back so soon."

Another herder said.

As soon as these words came out, all the herders, including Bane, who was investigating, nodded in unison.

However, the next moment, Bane was stunned.

Because, he saw Qin Ran rushing into the high school in the East 7th District.

And there, it's Ed. Where the king is missing!

Bane frowned.

Coincidence, right?