Belvo Hotel 1st floor lobby

Outside the window, the thunderstorm roared, and the rain beat against the tall floor-to-ceiling windows, and the thunderstorm seemed to show no signs of stopping.

"Suzu ......"

The footbell rang softly, suddenly, and suddenly, falling in the quiet air.

Arthur raised his eyes to look at Caesar, who was silently walking in front, and opened his mouth to break the silence: "...... Will there be a Hunter in every round? ”

"It depends on what [the judge] arranges."

Caesar kicked away a corpse lying on the side of the road, and she looked up and around, finally landing on the surveillance camera in the upper right corner of the hall.

The camera, following their footsteps, was moving.

(It seems that there are rats in the monitoring room...... ）

Caesar smiled faintly, raised his axe, and pointed the tip of the axe at the surveillance camera in a threatening manner.

At the same time, Colin, who was sitting in the surveillance room, raised his eyes to meet Caesar's eerie eyes, he shivered, hurriedly adjusted the screen, and removed the surveillance camera.

Seeing the camera turn away, Caesar put down the axe in his hand and walked towards the dining room on the right side of the hall. Arthur followed her, pulled a gun from the corpse at her feet, and hid the pistol while Caesar wasn't looking.

"The next time you meet a hunter, remember not to run head-on, there is only one thing you have to do, and that is to run." Caesar walked ahead and told Arthur without looking back.

“…… Who are they? Why are they all wearing hoods? Arthur frowned puzzled, "Are they NPCs too?" But the strange thing is that when [Judge] read out the rules of the game, he did not say that NPCs can also play the role of [Hunter]. ”

"There is a fundamental difference between hunters and you prisoners." Caesar paused and glanced at Arthur, "Hunters have the right to kill and immunity at all times, and in this world, hunters are almost equivalent to enforcers. ”

“…… Have you ever tried attacking a hunter? ”

“…… No. Caesar turned, stepping lightly through the icy hallway, "I never do anything that violates the rules of the game. ”

Her voice was soft, but resolute.

This seems to be her consistent way of doing things, obeying the arrangement of the system, obeying the arrangement of the [judge], and playing her role under the framework of the rules of the game in a proper manner, so that she can live here for a long time.

She held it up as the only truth.

Never questioned.

“…… Caesar. Why don't you get out of here. After a long silence, Arthur finally asked the doubts in his heart.

Caesar paused and stopped.

Arthur looked at the back of the little girl with the axe in front of him, and stopped with a little uneasiness.

He didn't know if this sentence had touched Caesar's scales.

But now that the question has been asked, there is no room for retraction.

Rather than that, it is better to ......

"You have two chances to leave, don't you, don't you want to get a pardon of acquittal?"

"I said I was looking for something." Caesar replied without looking back.

She lowered her head slightly, her low-hanging hair obscuring the side of her face, and her body exuded low pressure.

The two of them stood in front of the huge glass screen of the restaurant one after the other, and the quiet air, every sentence and every word seemed exceptionally clear, smashing into the air, making the thunderstorm outside the window even more noisy.

“…… Is there anything else you can't find here? ”

"Yes." Caesar paused for more than ten seconds and said, "I've been looking for a long time, and I've been wandering here, and no one can help me. ”

This answer seems a little lonely.

Like a child without friends, she is alone in the park after sunset looking for her lost toy.

There was no one to help her.

Arthur was silent for a few seconds, clenched his fists, steadied himself, and replied, "...... I can help you find it. ”

Caesar looked back at him, pursed his lower lip and said nothing.

She looked at him, as if to know how credible it was.

Those eyes that seemed to be congealed with blood looked at Arthur all unwell.

Her eyes were cold.

There is no temperature.

Her eyes were hollow.

It's like you've really lost something very important.

Arthur squatted down, raised his head slightly, and looked at the little girl in front of him.

Just like when they first met, when they first talked.

"So, what did you lose, can you tell me?"

“…… I lost someone. ”

"People?"

"Will."

A bolt of lightning pierced the night sky and illuminated the sides of their faces.

"Roar—"

At this moment, the sound of a beast roaring suddenly came from the restaurant next to him.

Before Arthur could react, he felt a hard pull on his collar, and he was pulled by Caesar, and the whole person fell to the side.

"Boom-" A huge explosion sounded in the restaurant, and in the next second, the huge glass screen around the two of them was instantly shattered, and a beast was knocked out by the shock wave of the explosion and smashed into the place where Arthur was originally squatting, and the black smoke and dust from the explosion instantly surrounded everything.

"Roaring ......"

Smoke billowed and the beast's throat rolled with a low roar, and it shook its three heads around its neck, pulling at the glass shards with its huge front paws, and it shook a little, its powerful limbs supporting its body, and it stood up again.

"Roaring ......"

It lowered its head in the middle, its left and right heads held high, and its six blood-red eyes stared at Caesar and Arthur, who were half-crouching on the ground.

Headset, there is a system prompt -

[Warning, warning, hostile creatures in front of you]

[Creature Name: Cerberus]

[Target location: 3 meters]

[Creature Class: V-]

Cerberus was about 1.6 meters tall, with the heads of three vicious dogs growing on his thick neck, standing tall pointed ears, each head had a pair of blood-red eyes, grinning, showing jagged canine teeth, and white saliva dripping on the ground, which corroded the floor tiles into several small holes. It had the long tail of a Spinosaurus, its limbs thick and powerful, its muscles well-defined, and a snake wrapped around its back, a venomous scaly snake spitting out letters and staring at Caesar.

Cerberus roared at Caesar, he clearly felt that Caesar's rank was above him, and although his eyes were fierce, he did not rush to attack.

Its left forelimb was slightly bent, and the curve of the flexion was somewhat strange, as if it had been fractured, and it also had a bullet hole left by a gunshot wound in its right abdomen, and the bullet hole was gushing blood, staining the floor tiles under the vicious dog's body red.

"Da, da, da......" There was a sound of footsteps from the thick smoke of the restaurant.

A man in black stepped out of the smoke, he stood on the shards of the glass screen, looked at the vicious dog that was barking at him a few steps away, and smiled contemptuously.

"What a wild dog to deal with." One-Eye raised the rifle in his hand, "But now I'll get a higher score if I clean you up." ”

"Don't talk too much, One-Eye."

Caesar's voice sounded behind One-Eye, and before One-Eye could react, he felt a sharp pain in his back, and an axe slashed at his spine, he gritted his teeth and turned to raise his gun to shoot, but Caesar suppressed the body of the gun with his elbow. Cerberus was alarmed by the rifle, and the enraged vicious dog roared angrily to avoid the rifle's fire, and landed next to Arthur on his forelimbs, and before Arthur could react, the dog on the left bit Arthur's wrist and dragged him into the dining room.

Cerberus scurried past Caesar, dragging Arthur into the smoke that had not yet cleared.

Caesar was distracted for two seconds, these two seconds made One-Eye see the opportunity, he held the body of the rifle and hit Caesar's throat with his backhand, trying to press her to the ground, but Caesar counterattacked one step ahead of him, she let go of the axe in her hand, lowered her head to avoid One-Eye's attack, held the gun with her left hand, and grabbed the trigger of the rifle with her right hand, and aimed the muzzle of the rifle at One-eye's right shoulder, and shot instantly!

"Bulging."

One-eye's right shoulder was instantly smashed into a sieve, the strap of the rifle broke, and One-Eye staggered a few steps to the ground.

Too lazy to talk nonsense, Caesar raised his gun and shot him in the head.

- This is what they said on the bus, either you die or I die.

Glancing at one-eyed, bloody head, Caesar took his rifle in hand, turned and rushed into the smoke.

Black smoke filled the restaurant, and the smell of burning was everywhere, and the gas involved in the respiratory tract was mixed with a large amount of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and other gases, and the partial pressure of inhaled oxygen was reduced, making the breath a little heavier.

Caesar coughed lightly, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she subconsciously slowed down her breathing rate to reduce the amount of toxic gases she inhaled.

"Damn one-eyed, it's good for nothing but fiddling with explosives."

She lowered herself and cursed in a low voice.

It was late at night, and the one-eyed explosives detonated at the entrance of the restaurant, blowing up the restaurant's lighting and reducing the visibility of the surroundings with the smoke that could not be dispersed.

"Dash...... ......The sole of his shoe stepped over the dust and debris left behind by the explosion, and Caesar clenched his rifle tightly, hearing a heart-rending wail not far ahead.

"Ahh

It was Arthur's voice.

Then, I heard the sound of something being chewed off and chewing.

"Click, click." The canine teeth rubbed against the hard bones, the flesh mixed with the nerve tissue, and they were bitten one by one, followed by the sound of swallowing.

It's eating.

This is its territory.

Caesar stopped, and she keenly heard the sound of some canine crushing against the dust on its forepaws, and the small sound of crumbling came and went, far and near, all around her. Sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, the intimidating sound of the three heads of Cerberus could occasionally be heard.

It's waiting.

Wait for her to be the most defenseless, attack her fragile throat, and swear that it is the owner of the area.

Dogs are animals with a strong sense of territory.

Any creatures that invade its territory are not allowed or leave.

Even if the enemy is higher in rank, it may not be able to defeat it when the enemy is in the dark.

"Roaring ......"

Cerberus's long tail dragged across the ground, corrosive saliva dripping at his feet, and it lay silently in the shadows, three dog heads and six pointed canine headphones sensitively listening to all the sounds around it, and the huge forepaws that stepped on the ground could sense the sound between square inches.

In complete darkness, canines are much more sensitive than humans.

It prevailed.

With murderous intent, Caesar stopped, closed her eyes, held her breath, tilted her head sideways, and after being deprived of vision, her hearing became more acute. She listened, listening to all the shredded sounds around her.

"Salad ......"

At three o'clock.

"Salad ......"

It was five o'clock again.

"Salad ......"

Two seconds later, a closer sound was heard at eleven o'clock.

"Kala."

A small fragment of bone fell to the ground.

Caesar opened his eyes in an instant, picked up his rifle, turned around, and fired in the direction of six o'clock behind him!

"Roar—"

Sure enough, the bullet broke through the smoke and went straight into Cerberus's dog, only to hear Cerberus roar angrily, and it raised its legs and ran towards her!

Caesar leaned back, and Cerberus crossed over her! Sharp canine teeth brushed her cheeks, and Caesar rolled halfway to the side before crouching on the ground, picking up his rifle and shooting in the direction of Cerberus!

Cerberus was struck in the head of a dog, and it wailed and fled deeper into the smoke! The rifle shattered a tall window in the distance, and also activated a fire extinguishing sprinkler in the dining room that had malfunctioned.

"Brush-pull—"

Water from the sprinklers sprayed down from the restaurant's circular arc, and the droplets mixed with the dust floating in the air, crushing the smoke from the explosion. Outside the broken window, there was a thunderstorm, and the raindrops mixed with the cold wind blew into the restaurant, blowing away the smoke in the restaurant.

"Boom—"

A white bolt of lightning illuminated Caesar's face.

Cerberus's spit corroded a small patch of skin on the right side of her face, revealing a red dermis under the black rotten flesh, and the muscles were faintly visible. She had a cold face, raised her hand, wiped the saliva from her cheeks, and her eyes were as cold as Shura.

A few steps away, Cerberus lowered his head and roared at her, one of the three dog heads had been killed by Caesar, and the other two had their mouths open, barking at Caesar.

"Ouch......"

Moans came from the corner of the dining room, and Caesar glanced at it and saw that Arthur was still alive. But he had already been eaten by Cerberus on his right forearm, and blood was running down the ground, and he was curled up on the ground, trembling in pain.

Caesar shifted to a position with a gun, and she took a few steps to the side, placing herself in opposite directions to Arthur, thus facing Cerberus and ignoring Arthur for a moment.

Cerberus lowered his body, and the remaining two canine heads bared their teeth and were ready to rush up!

But at that moment, the ears of the middle dog moved, and it seemed to hear something, and then, the head of the middle dog was raised, and he looked keenly in the direction of the glass window of the dining room.

Caesar followed Cerberus' line of sight and saw a huge figure running towards the restaurant from the rain! It's so fast, there's no time to react too much!

"Gurrah—"

There was a loud cracking sound, and a three-meter-tall figure smashed through the railing outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the restaurant and broke through the wall!

At the same time, Caesar and Arthur's headsets heard a system prompt -

[Warning, warning, hostile creatures in front of you]

[Creature Name: Storm Ape]

[Target location: 3 meters]

[Creature Class: V-]

"Roar—"

It was a giant ape-like creature, three meters tall, on all fours, with its huge forelimbs clenched into fists and half-bent hind limbs, smashing the grand piano in the dining room with one kick. A pair of green eyes exude murderous intent, and under the two huge pectoral muscles on the chest, the abdomen is full of human head-like protrusions arranged in a ring. The human heads bulged from under the epidermis of its abdomen, one by one surrounding the abdomen of the great ape, male and female, old and young, but all of them maintained the expression of screaming and horror when they died.

The ape roared and slammed his fist into the wall, smashing the painting into pieces, and the debris fell to the ground and was smashing on Arthur, who was lying on the ground.

Arthur moved around the corner, looking at the behemoth in front of him, almost reaching the dome, and the heads in the belly of the storm ape were staring at him, as if crying out about the terrible situation they faced before they died.

Suddenly, he saw that the right forelimb of the violent ape seemed to be holding something, and when he looked closely, he found that ...... It's a woman, a woman with only the upper body and still alive!

"Lorraine!"

Arthur was stunned, he watched in horror as the storm ape waved his forearm, and Lorraine was weakly held in the palm of the storm ape, revealing the front shoulders and head from the gap between the thumb and index finger of the storm ape, hearing Arthur's shout, she raised her head and glanced in his direction, but her eyes seemed to be unable to focus, her pale face was completely bloodless, she clutched the index finger of the storm ape, and the white joints were telling the pain she endured.

The next moment, the tyrannical ape lifted the dying Lorraine in his hand and brought it to his mouth.

"Click......"

Little by little, it ate the rest of her from her waist.

"Save ...... Save me......" Lorraine cried, her ears filled with the sound of the ape chewing her ribs, sniffing the stench from the ape's mouth, and she stretched out her arms weakly until she was swallowed whole.

After eating Lorraine's body, a head-like bulge gradually emerged from the ape's waist - it was Lorraine's head.

It turns out that every time a human eats a human, the violent ape will leave a little "mark" on itself.

It likes to eat humans little by little, starting with its feet.

This is the most brutal form of torture.

You need to endure the pain and despair of being eaten little by little, but not die immediately, as the amount of blood loss increases, you gradually lose the strength to struggle, and you can only watch yourself being eaten one by one, the lower half of your body, your abdomen, and finally the whole thing into the mouth of the giant ape, where you are chewed to death......