Chapter 35: The Ripper on a Rainy Night

"Don't approach her!"

George Bernard Shaw, the "coffin designer", warns Emilia of the little girl with the voice of an old woman (or the old woman with the appearance of a little girl) that he had noticed something unusual in the four coffins that had absorbed the magic of Karen half a second earlier, but his warning was still half a beat slower.

Emilia's attack was simple and violent, with no tactical thinking at all, no cover for feints, no concealment of her intentions, and she rushed straight up, only to crash into a wall of ice that appeared at some point.

The wall of ice that should have completely blocked Amelia's path and froze her was shattered by the force of a blow that was incommensurate with her petite size, but Amelia's speed was slowed down slightly.

The fact that the ice wall was shattered was unexpected to Kalen, but she was still in control of the situation. This Milia just hit her spear head, Karen picked up the spear and picked up the thin body, Karen quickly swung the spear, and stabbed Emilia who was "rested" in the air dozens of times in a second, and the last heavy blow knocked Emilia out of the air, and the little girl's body crossed a long parabola and fell into the dense dead woods behind, and there was no trace to be seen.

At the same time, the four coffins made of ebony exploded, and a large amount of ice and snow was thrown from them - this is the anomaly that Bernard Shaw perceived, and the coffin absorbed more magic from Karen than its own load, and "burst" like an overfed stomach.

At the same time as his companion was sent flying, "Hook Soul Snatcher" Tegar quietly threw out the iron hook, this strange weapon seemed to have the ability to think, and went around in a big circle and attacked Karen from behind. "Again!" Karen, who had already noticed, swung her spear backwards to block, but the hook suddenly changed direction, and instead of making contact with the spear, she turned a corner and attacked Karen, who returned to defend herself, but the hook changed direction again.

The chains that connected the hooks seemed to extend indefinitely, and with the sharp hooks, like a serpent, Ting stretched out Tegar's will and flew around Karen, looking for any chance to "bite" her.

"Jumping up and down, that's all you have?"

Boredom, Karen's feet were lifted, and the huge cold air spread out in all directions, and the iron hooks and chains that were still dancing flexibly just now were instantly frozen, and the iron hooks and chains that had become extremely fragile in the ultra-low temperature were shattered, and the range of the cold air expanded endlessly, and the snow of death fluttered in the scorched black woods. After the coffin was destroyed, Karen reclaimed her magic, and as long as she could use magic, the few debris in front of her would not be a problem at all - Karene thought.

But in the face of the ice that can make anything fragile, or the snow of death that can suck life energy out of it at the slightest touch, George Bernard Shaw did not panic in the slightest, and he struck the iron vertebrae six times with his hammer in a row.

Six black dots appeared in the sky and fell sharply at an extremely fast speed.

Six brand-new coffins tore through the barrier formed by the Snow of Death and landed beside Karen in the shape of an equidistant hexagon, enveloping her.

Unlike the four coffins made of ebony that were destroyed by Karen just now, these six coffins were made of an unknown black metal. The lid of the coffin opened automatically, but no one or anything came out of it, but like a greedy whale, it swallowed the snow and ice around it, along with the magic that kept the cold air together.

Within seconds, the snow and ice disappeared, and the temperature gradually returned to normal.

"What is this?" Karen's body trembled slightly. The efficiency of these six metal coffins in absorbing magic was far better than the four ebony coffins that she had destroyed just now, making the little advantage she had so hard to regain disappear before it could be fully revealed.

"You may feel like you have a great advantage, but we will always have a way to restrain you. George Bernard Shaw sneered, "Let me explain it to you." The 'Coffin of a Foreign Land' that you destroyed just now, although it has the same function of absorbing magic power as these 'Coffins of Silence', its effect is not as good as one-tenth of that of the 'Coffin of Silence'. ”

"The Coffin of Silence?" Karen, looking up and down at the six strange metal coffins.

"Don't doubt it. Each 'Coffin of Silence' can hold the magic of 3 or 4 Ring Mages, and there are a total of six 'Coffins of Silence' here, do you think you can summon ice and snow as you like?" George Bernard Shaw explained his proud work in a proud tone.

"I thought it was a big deal, but it just made me unable to use magic. Then I'll smash your precious coffins one by one. Before she could finish speaking, Karen threw her spear at a "coffin of silence".

But while the spear was flying, it was entangled in an iron chain with an iron hook. "What?" Karen's stunned surprise that when her magic was sucked away by the Coffin of Silence, the already broken hooks and chains had recovered on their own.

"You can't use magic, but you can still control this spear freely, probably because the spear contains a soul. Tegar said in a deep voice, "Now this soul is mine." ”

"Don't!" Karen's voice snapped, and she rushed towards Tegar in a hurry.

But a familiar petite figure stood in her way.

"It's you again!" Karen, staring at the monster in front of her, dressed in the skin of a little girl, was furious.

"Hey...... "Amilia's original cute and delicate features were distorted.

The part that was continuously pierced by the spear, the skirt became fragments, and black blood continued to flow out from the wound, indicating that Emilia's body did not have the ability to recover automatically, but with this injury, she was still able to fight so vigorously, which shows that the sturdiness and strength of this "little girl" body far exceed the comprehensible range of normal people. The rusty, blunt kitchen knife doesn't look powerful, but every slash has a lot of power. Karen, who lost her spear, drew her short sword pinned to her waist and rarely unsheathed to resist, but despite her strong strength as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, she could only fight evenly in the mutual slashing with Amelia; no, the balance of power was only superficial, in fact, Karen was losing one by one, because Amelia's kitchen knife was getting stronger and faster, and Karen was unintentionally in love with the soul attached to the spear, and gradually fell into disadvantage, and finally, only heard a "bang", her short sword broke.

The loss of the short sword made Karen discover another situation, the reason why she was temporarily at a disadvantage was not simply because she was concerned, but because her opponent still had the ability to break her defenses. Because many parts of the armor on the body are inexplicably falling apart, and these parts are not touched by the kitchen knife at all. Upon closer inspection, Karen noticed that a thin black mist surrounded Amelia.

I see! Karen suddenly realized.

Emilia slashed wildly, just to distract her, the real purpose of this guy was to splash her blood everywhere, Emilia had intended to injure herself from the beginning, and then let the particles of blood with strong corrosiveness float around her, forming a mist similar to thick acid, which would corrode her armor.

"Ripper on a rainy night!" Karene snapped.

Hearing this, Emilia snapped, the fluttering kitchen knife stopped, and her body jumped back a few steps. "I didn't expect that there are still people who remember this name. Emilia smirked.

"I didn't expect that the infamous 'Rainy Night Ripper' turned out to be a woman, and she was also a child. Is the rumor of a 'solar eclipse and a dark star' true?"

"Oh, you know the 'eclipse star'. Hehe......" Emilia smiled wickedly as an answer to Karen.

The so-called "Rainy Night Ripper" is a mysterious serial killer who has been active for a hundred years and has terrified many countries on the three continents of Olopa. Legend has it that on a rainy night, this guy will haunt the streets of the city, looking for someone to attack. The victims are all young women born on the same day, the same month and the same day of the same year, among them, there are women who have fallen into the dust and betrayed **, there are also women from good families, and even young ladies from aristocratic families. The women who were brutally murdered were brutally disemboweled, and all their internal organs were removed. The "Ripper on a Rainy Night" has been roaming around many countries to commit crimes, brutally killing more than 100 people, and the military and security forces of the country where the crime occurred, as well as the Central Church See, have also gone out; after many years of investigation, they have never been able to bring this serial killer to justice; let alone arresting the murderer, they do not even know anything about the identity and appearance of the "Ripper on a Rainy Night." Because no one has ever witnessed it.

The most detailed account of the "Ripper on a Rainy Night" is the murder of a noble lady - the only case in which a victim other than a woman has appeared. The young lady was returning to her count's father's mansion in the rain in a carriage, followed by a guard of eight sergeants. The carriage was attacked on a bridge over Guò, the guards were knocked down in an instant, no one survived, the carriage was destroyed, and the lady inside was missing, and six hours later, the army in charge of the search found the body of the young lady disemboweled and eviscerated by the embankment, less than two kilometres from the place of the crime. Because the armor of the dead guards showed signs of corrosion and disintegration, and then they were killed with a knife, so people at the time deduced that the murderer was carrying corrosive materials such as strong acids, and this "rainy night ripper" must have been a tall and strong man, otherwise it would be impossible to take down 8 well-trained guards in such a short time.

However, this "Ripper on a Rainy Night", after 19 months of frenzied crime and killing 152 lives, suddenly disappeared and has never been seen again, and no similar cases have occurred again.

Of course, laymen may not be confused about the motives of this "Ripper on a Rainy Night", but the city-state of Nailo, as one of the three forces of the undead, is very clear about the purpose of this murderous act. From the appearance to the disappearance of the "Rainy Night Ripper", a total of 152 people were killed, except for the 8 guards who were unlucky because of blocking the way, the remaining 144 people were all young women, and more coincidentally, these 144 victim women who were born on the same day, the day they were born happened to be a once-in-a-century total solar eclipse. It is said that among the lost ancient dark magics, there is a magic called "Eclipse of the Stars", which requires 12 sets of female internal organs born on the day of the total solar eclipse to perform a sacrifice ritual that takes place 12 times. The 2nd power of 12 is exactly 144. If the spell is finally completed, the caster will be able to gain mystical powers in the sinking sun and dim stars. But at the beginning of the ritual, the caster's blood will turn into strong acid, which will turn from the pores into sweat and emit into the air during strenuous exercise, and the reason why the "Rainy Night Ripper" chose to commit the crime on a rainy night is to let the rain wash away the acid mist around him.

So many clues finally designated Emilia - this seemingly harmless little girl, who was the "opener on a rainy night" 100 years ago. And not the "strong man" that those incompetent people guessed back then.

"It really surprised me, but unfortunately, the 'Eclipse and Star Darkness' you practiced was not complete. Before she could finish speaking, Karen suddenly rushed forward, her strength and speed suddenly increased, and she rushed into the acid mist that surrounded Emilia.

Emilia raised her knife to meet it, but Kalian's figure suddenly flashed and disappeared in front of Amelia, and just as Emilia was struggling, Karen's figure appeared behind her, raised her left foot and kicked Emilia in the back without a wound, kicking her whole body away. But at the same time, the iron boot on Karen's left foot was also corroded.

"It's amazing to see that my 'Eclipse Star' is incomplete. Emilia patted the dust off her dress and stood up casually, "But if I could get you, the entrails of this woman with great dark powers, it would be perfect!" Emilia turned sharply, her eyes glowing with a terrifying red.

Her body suddenly changed rapidly, her breasts swelled, her figure suddenly became taller, and the flower skirt that originally fit could only barely cover her waist. In the blink of an eye, a young girl grows into an adult woman with a beautiful body. At the same time, her voice also changed from a hoarse old woman's noise to a crisp and pleasant young female voice: "Hand over your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys!"

At the same time, he threw the kitchen knife at Karen.

Karen, who sensed that something was wrong, immediately dodged, but the huge shock wave generated by the kitchen knife hitting the ground still threw her whole body over.

After a few somersaults on the ground, Karen barely managed to steady, one of the horns of the helmet broke, and a strand of long pale hair flowed from the mutilated part of the helmet. "This guy!" Karen, gritting her teeth, looked at Emilia before casting her anxious gaze on the spear caught by the hook.

I saw that the spear was shaking violently, like a bound human being struggling tenaciously. In order to protect the soul inside, Karen set up 72 defenses on the spear, so that Tegar's iron hook could not hook the soul away at once. But this is only a stopgap measure after all, and after a long time, no matter how many defenses there are, they will eventually be completely broken through.

"Alright, alright. Rest for a while, and I'll take care of the rest. While Emilia and Karen were fighting, George Bernard Shaw, who had been crouching on the ground, said without raising his head, "It's time to make a big fuss, 'Coffin of Noise'." ”

At this time, I only saw that on the ground in front of Bernard Shaw, he had driven 8 nails into them, distributed in a strange pattern.

On the other hand, the three companions were fighting the enemy in front, but the white-robed long-haired strange man had been watching from behind, not saying a word, and not giving a helping hand