Chapter 193: Demon Hunting

"Roar!" As night just began to envelop Variante, a piercing scream filled with despair and fear echoed in a corner of the city, startling the already uneasy atmosphere of the metropolis.

Over twenty streaks of rainbow light shot across the night sky, heading towards the source of the scream. These were the Golden-ranked powerhouses capable of flight. Variante, being the largest commercial city in the Bayleaf Duchy, was home to a considerable number of such formidable beings (Golden-ranked).

The Dawn Church, having only a few Soul Intent-level red-robed archbishops in the entire Bayleaf Duchy, stationed one in Variante, highlighting the city's significance.

As a commercial hub, Variante saw a massive influx of caravans and adventurer groups from all over the country daily. Similarly, many man-eating monsters blended in, slaughtering humans in the darkness, feasting on their flesh.

In the eyes of many dark races, human cities were like large-scale farms, with humans as the cattle and sheep being bred within. With a bit of caution, filling their stomachs was an easy task.

However, now, within Variante, these dark races that regarded humans as food faced their doom, as a demon-hunting knight arrived in the city, initiating a sweep.

The monsters hiding in the city trembled, for on the first night of the knight's arrival, the largest demon in the city, the nephew of the Bayleaf sorcerer and a third-ranked marquis of the duchy, Mendoza Inok, was slain without regard for his status.

It was the second night, and the demon-hunting knight began sweeping through the entire city...

Over twenty Golden-ranked and above powerhouses hovered above a noble estate in Variante. Then, two of them saw the quiet, only-lit estate below.

After exchanging glances, their internal qi surged, forming two large hands that lifted the roof off the villa, revealing the scene inside to everyone.

The floor was littered with broken furniture in disarray. Around a long dining table split in half, lay the remains of over a dozen humanoid creatures with bat wings, and scattered around the estate were bat corpses.

"Fifteen low-ranking blood clan members and one mid-ranking, all instantly killed without the slightest resistance. Tsk, must be the work of the demon-hunting knight. Apart from a few Soul Intent-level elders, no one else in Variante possesses such combat strength."

"Tsk! A mid-ranking blood clan member managed to infiltrate our city, and it seems they've been here for quite some time." At that moment, a Golden-ranked powerhouse in knight armor landed, picking up a whole or rather half a bat corpse.

Hearing this, the clergy that had arrived turned sour.

"This is a blood clan's bat transformation, a top-notch secret technique for battle or escape. Yet, it couldn't withstand a single strike from the demon-hunting knight." A mage holding a wooden staff landed, inspecting the surroundings. "The demon-hunting knight's reputation is well-deserved."

"Hmph, if it were a blood clan prince performing the bat transformation..."

"They'd still meet the same fate of being slain." Another powerhouse chimed in. "Through the dark ages, the era of gods, and tens of thousands of years of history, according to the records, the demon-hunting knights have slain not less than a hundred blood clan princes."

"This demon-hunting knight has yet to fully grow." Among the Golden powerhouses, a psychic wave spread, and someone sinisterly said, "A high-ranking blood clan at the peak of Soul Intent could easily kill this Golden-ranked demon-hunting knight."

"Who's speaking? Show yourself!" The surrounding priests and paladins, upon hearing this, immediately became enraged. They were from the churches of the benevolent gods and had united to protect the demon-hunting knight from any harm by evildoers.

"It seems some unwelcome beings have infiltrated." A paladin, wielding a knight's spear and filled with rage, released a wave of pure white holy qi, sweeping it across everyone present.

The priests and paladins had no reaction to this sweeping wave of light, allowing it to pass through their bodies without effect.

"Hmph!" Seeing the obviously detecting holy light, several figures, either cloaked in grey robes or wearing metal masks to hide their faces, acted in unison to disperse the detection light.

The temple priests, focusing on these figures, cast a spell of evil detection, hitting them. Immediately, a dense black-red light illuminated, turning the surrounding ground blood-red as if stained.

"Kill!" Seeing the dense, nearly black-red light, several paladins drew their swords and spears without hesitation, their holy qi forming massive weapons crashing down.

To them, any being emitting such dense red light, whether human or not, deserved death. There was no mistake.

"Roar, humans!" Seeing the holy knights attacking, one of the masked Golden powerhouses let out an inhuman roar, his body rapidly expanding, bursting his clothes and bronze mask.

He was a monster in the guise of a human strongman, now revealing his true form. His head twisted and transformed, jaws extending forward, fangs protruding, and dark wolf fur sprouting from his skin. In moments, a towering werewolf stood before them.

"Rude brute!" Seeing the werewolf's transformation, someone among the masked group sarcastically commented, not bothering to lower their voice.

"Pretentious bats, your stench can be smelled from miles away." Hearing this, the werewolf raised his claw, unleashing four claw strikes towards the speaker.

"Hmph! Brainless indeed." Seeing the werewolf reveal himself and attack not the clergy of benevolent gods but him, the grey-robed speaker, hidden beneath the hood, let out two beams of red light.

"Clang!" The sound of a sword being drawn followed, a blood-red sword aura flying out, smashing all four claw strikes.

"Blood clan!"

Without further ado, the battle began. Merely investigating a mansion, the arriving powerhouses clashed, with the clergy of the benevolent gods encountering dark races. There was no room for compromise; upon sight, it was battle time.

"Hmph, too many years have passed, it seems even the long-lived have forgotten. You monsters hiding in the dark dare to act in a city with a demon-hunting knight."

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