The sun began to set.

The café reverberated with melodious piano music, and Mary sat at the table, sipping her coffee while looking out. Through the windows, you can enjoy the view of the city outside. As far as the eye can see, the ancient city glows with an enchanting aura in the light of the setting sun, not counting the monsters that roam in the dark, of course.........

"Looks like the food here is pretty good."

Duanmu Huai's voice sounded in Mary's ears, and she turned her head helplessly, and saw Duanmu Huai, who was sitting opposite her, picking up a fork and stuffing a piece of cake into her mouth. He didn't sit on a wooden chair like Mary, but sat on a large sofa——— which Duanmu Huai had dragged directly from the lobby of the coffee shop, after all, the ordinary quadrangular chair couldn't support his weight at all.

The manager and the waiter pretended not to see it, and in any case, there was only one of them for a day today, so it didn't matter.........

"I often come to this kind of shop in the fog."

While stirring the coffee with a spoon, Mary said with emotion.

"Every day after school, I would come to Mrs. Lady's shop with Xia Li and Angelica, drinking black tea, eating snacks, and chatting. At that time, the restaurant was always full, and there were couples and families who came to eat, and everyone enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere while enjoying it, but ........."

With that, Mary glanced at the empty hall of the coffee shop.

"It's a deserted place."

"There's no way, after all, if you can continue to open your doors now, this boss already has a conscience. Judging from the craftsmanship, it is indeed a conscience, otherwise it would not have been able to open for so long. ”

Duanmu Huai also casually commented that although he is not a gourmet, he can still taste whether it is delicious or not, at least the cakes and desserts in this store are really good, and the coffee is also quite delicious.

In addition, it is still open at this time of year......... The boss is quite persistent.

Oh, speaking of which.........

"One more trouble."

Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and shouted at the counter, but the boss nodded and continued to work silently.

“……… Mr. Duanmu, that's not how coffee shops are enjoyed. ”

Seeing Duanmu Huai finish eating the pastry in front of her like a cloud, Mary was speechless.

"It's all the same, eat, and pay attention to the mood, and how can you fight if you don't eat for a while?"

Duanmu Huai naturally doesn't care about Mary's complaints, maybe because of the eldest lady's background, the little girl is always a little bourgeoisie, but for Duanmu Huai......... Whether it's a coffee shop or a beef noodle restaurant, it's almost the same, you can fill your stomach.

"Girls love this."

"Ann also likes to drink tea and chat with Gu Leiya, it seems that the two of them don't eat much, so I don't understand what this kind of just drinking tea and chatting means——— oh, it's the same as us men bragging while drinking beer."

"Uh......... I don't think it's the same thing? ”

Thinking of the rude men she saw in the tavern laughing and waving the wine glasses in her hands, Mary broke into a cold sweat——— how could this be compared to her own tea time with Xia Li and the others?

"I think it's about the same."

Duanmu Huai pouted.

"Men like to brag, women like to gossip, and it's happier to drink something to moisten their throats and talk, isn't it all like that?"

"Hey..............."

Mary knew that she couldn't convince Duanmu Huai, so she sighed silently, and then looked at the scenery outside again.

"Mr. Duanmu, let's do this......... Is that really right? ”

"What do you want to say?"

"Those werewolves, vampires, maybe we can not just kill them, but capture them and find a way to free them.........

"It's possible, but that's not what the trial court does."

Duanmu Huai stuffed the last piece of cake into his mouth, then took a sip of coffee and swallowed it in one gulp.

"The court is not open for good, Mary, we are not the police, we are not the court, we are not going to think about what the motives of these guys are, what the reasons are. We only recognize the results......... Whether they were transformed into alien monsters voluntarily or by force, no matter how pitiful their origins, their very existence poses a threat to humanity and must be purified and destroyed. For us in the courtroom, that's as simple as that. ”

Duanmu Huai spread out his hands.

"I know that, but ......... Every time I see people begging for mercy from us, I can't bear to do it........."

"It's normal."

"Huh? Is it normal? ”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Mary looked at him with wide eyes in surprise.

"I thought Mr. Duanmu was going to call me weak or something........."

"Aren't all people like that? Everyone has different ideas and opinions, and as long as you prioritize them, then it's not a big problem. I've killed a lot of people along the way, but I know exactly what I'm fighting for, and I'm alien......... It is absolutely not allowed to exist. ”

"I can't be as strong as Mr. Duanmu."

Mary lowered her eyes and sighed, while Duanmu Huai smiled and reached out to pat her on the head.

"You're strong enough."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, you know you're soft-hearted, but you don't choose to give up, it's good to recognize your weaknesses, it's better than some megalomaniacs. If you're crying and crying and crying to me here, it's so scary, you can't stand it and don't want to do it, then you're really cowardly. ”

"That......... Mr. Duanmu ........."

Mary looked at Duanmu Huai curiously, this fierce face seemed to be full of emotion at the moment.

"Why are you able to continue? I mean it all......... Destroy the evil gods, destroy the aliens, and fight for the Inquisition......... Sorry, I don't know what to say, but I want to know, why did you start doing this? ”

"Uh-huh..............."

Hearing Mary's inquiry, Duanmu Huai fell silent, and at this moment, the clerk also came over with a brand new meal, put it in front of Duanmu Huai, and then left cautiously.

"Strictly speaking? I don't want to die. ”

“…………… Ay? ”

I have to say that this answer was really unexpected by Mary, who had expected to hear something even greater for the survival of mankind.

"Don't you think it's incredible?"

Looking at Mary's slightly surprised expression, Duanmu Huai smiled.

"Yes, to be honest, I don't think you're taking any risks, Mr. Duanmu......... It even seems to me that several times you have actively put yourself in danger........."

"What are you afraid of, I've crossed over, I have the aura of the protagonist, and I'm afraid I'll die?"

"Huh?"

"Okay, just kidding."

Duanmu Huai picked up the fork and forked another piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"To be honest, I really just wanted to live at first, after all, there are so many things that threaten my life, and if I don't try, I'll end up sooner or later. Until now, too, the Inquisition's strength is not enough to fight the ultimate enemy, and once they are fully recovered, the entire galaxy will be doomed, and I will have no place to hide at that time, so I can only accept the fate of either fighting them to the death or surrendering and waiting for death. So I need strength, I need to strengthen the Inquisition, I need more strength to be able to fight it. ”

Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai took another sip of coffee.

"The second point is simpler, maybe, I think I'm good at it."

“？？？”

Hearing this, Mary was somewhat confused, and Duanmu Huai smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Can you imagine me sitting in an office in a white shirt and working as an office worker?"

"Uh..............."

Looking at Duanmu Huai, Mary thought for a moment, then shook her head in a dejected manner.

Even with her imagination as a bard and writer, she couldn't imagine that such a fierce man with eight-pack abs would sit at his desk and do things honestly.

To be honest, Mary felt that if the boss scolded Duanmuhuai for fishing at work, Duanmuhuai would directly pick up the keyboard on the table and smash the other party in the face.

On the contrary, the appearance of him charging on the battlefield in steel armor and wielding a war hammer was already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and this was the first thing that Mary thought of.

"So you see, maybe I'm good at that."

Duanmu Huai spread out his hands, in the original world, he couldn't even find a job, he could only swipe orders. Maybe Duanmu Huai didn't think about doing similar work at that time, but unfortunately the environment of that world didn't give him this opportunity.

And now, he thinks maybe he was born to do this, rushing into battle, wielding a war hammer, and smashing everything in his way into meat sauce.

Perhaps he is indeed fit to be a judge.

"Alright."

Duanmu Huai finished the last piece of cake, put the money on the table, and then stood up.

"It's time, and it's time for us to do it."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Mary turned her head, and under her gaze, she saw that the originally clear sky was already covered with dark clouds, and the icy wind was howling.

Immediately afterward, heavy rain poured down.

"Boom Boom ..................!!"

The sound of lightning through the walls was unusually dull, and there was a dead silence in the opulent hall, which had been a place of luxury and pleasure. Every night, countless handsome men and women haunt the area, enjoying the supreme pleasure of the senses, but now, only the cold and stiff atmosphere is left here.

Dark figures sat or stood, their eyes fixed on the TV in the room. And on the TV, a news presenter is broadcasting the news.

“…………… In view of the chaotic situation, the government will launch a crackdown on the gangsters, and from now on the entire city will be under martial law, and no one will be allowed to go out without permission......... Failure to do so will be treated as a suspect arrest ........."

"Human action is becoming more and more obvious."

An old man with gray hair stood up and glared at his compatriots around him.

"It's all your stupidity! They can't allow us to exist, and once it's exposed, then we're facing nothing but annihilation, and after so many years, don't you understand it? There is no way we can build a city that belongs only to us, and we cannot rule it all! ”

"But we can't go back now."

Just then, another young man stepped forward.

"Humanity clearly wants to wipe us out completely, and we must fight back!"

"No, we should retreat and get out of here........."

"Getting out of here? How to leave? Do you use secret passages? Humans have locked down the entire city, and they won't give us a chance at all. ”

"I'm more curious about how they found us."

At that moment, another woman spoke.

"Many of our compatriots have lost contact with them, not only them, but I have also heard that many werewolves have also been wiped out, and even their base areas have been completely destroyed......... How do humans tell us? If they can locate us and find us easily, then we can't escape anywhere we hide, can we? ”

“…………………”

Hearing the woman's question, the others stopped talking, as the woman said, every day these days, vampires have lost contact with the secret hole they used to hide. It is not known if they left, or if they were wiped out......... Of course, hopefully the former, and if it is the latter, then they will also be in a rather bad situation.

"Maybe we should ........."

"Boom!"

However, before the words were finished, suddenly there was a heavy noise outside, which made everyone stunned, and then saw the man who was arguing with the old man just now hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie.

"What's wrong? What's going on out there? Answer me? ”

On the other side of the intercom, however, there was a dead silence. At the same time, heavy footsteps came from outside the gate.

"Knock......... Boom......... Knock ..............."

The footsteps were not loud or fast, but it seemed to have some kind of magic that restrained the movement of everyone present, and it seemed that even their bodies had turned into sculptures, and they could only turn their heads and stare at the gate.

Waiting for that almost inescapable moment to come.

"Knock !!"

Under the gaze of everyone, the heavy, luxurious gate was smashed open, and then, a tall man in steel armor and armed with a war hammer walked in.

"Hey, good evening, guys."

Duanmu Huai took off his helmet and looked at the vampires in front of him viciously, revealing a hideous smile. And just by seeing this terrifying face like a devil, even the vampires were shocked, their bodies began to tremble, and the strength of their bodies disappeared, although they had already died, but now, they seemed to clearly feel that death and destruction were like a flood, with an incomparable and powerful momentum, appeared in front of them.

And at this moment, they could only hear the cold, deep voice of Duanmu Huai in their ears.

"I'm sorry, it's time for your party to end."

(End of chapter)