Chapter 56

On his way to the headquarters, Sam found an army of human dolls. Some of them had a perfect human disguise, but most of them were on the move, attacking everyone, especially those who dressed like devil hunters.

Sam didn't know what to do. On one side, protecting Denji had a priority. But these dolls were too dangerous to be left to spread. After all, they had the power to turn anyone they touched into a doll.

What's the point of succeeding in his mission if he ended up living in a ghost city when all of this is over?

Because let's be real. He'd never met a human who had been turned by a devil turning into a human again.

The only choice he had was to cut through these guys and save as many people as he could.

As for Denji, that guy was blessed by luck from heaven… 'Not lucky, though. But he's a stronger survivor than a cockroach.'

Sam unsheathed his sword and started killing the dolls.

[+1000 XP] [+5000 XP] [+4000 XP]

The longer the arms of a doll, the more experience it provided.

'Let's be real; these guys are tougher than the clowns and zombies and more dangerous.'

Against a zombie, it took a bite to become one. Against a clown, nothing would happen. But against a doll, that's another deal.

'Seriously. No one fears the dolls yet the devil behind them is too strong.'

Sam was on guard all the time.

When he was done, he earned around 500,000 experience points. He looked at the army on the ground, and he breathed heavily, recovering in what seemed like an instant.

He then heard a few gunshots. Realizing that it might be the Public Safety people, Sam didn't hesitate to rush there.

On his way, he found four alluring women sitting by a coffee shop. Well, not all four of them, just two. All of them had heads with weird characteristics, like Power. One girl had a snake ponytail and big boobs. Another one had horns like cat ears, and she was quite curvy. One had an okay body, but her head… it was as if half of her brain was exposed, and her eyes were black with a heart shape inside. The last one was thin and had sewing on her face and mouth, her eyes had black ink around them. But she seemed more like an edgy human than a fiend.

'Geez, more freaks today.'

Sam didn't know what kind of power the four fiends had.

When it came to physical confrontation, he wouldn't worry.

But if they had some mental abilities, then he might end up doomed.

He reached into his pocket. An old candy that had been resting there was brought out and put in his mouth.

It was the one that stopped devils from affecting him in any way.

Just as Sam was about to attack them, he noticed the people from Public Safety being surrounded by toys.

'I'll come to these fiends later.'

He stopped and sheathed his sword. A bunch of air vortexes left his sword and appeared in front of the fellow devil hunters, cutting the toys in half.

"Oy, it's Sam."

"Sam. Isn't he dead?"

"Dead? Haven't you heard? He was announced back just the other week."

"Sam. Glad to have you back."

The couple of guys recognized Sam and waved their hands at him. He believed that he had worked with them on some occasional missions.

"Help us a bit. We're getting overwhelmed by these puppets."

One of them said.

"Yeah." Sam replied. "How about these fiends behind me? I should deal with them too."

He then turned and released an air-blade from his sword. The fiend who had horns jumped high in the air and exhaled a large amount of fire that enveloped the street. Sam used Flash-step skill. He vanished and reappeared, standing vertically on one of the buildings.

'This fiend isn't half bad. Quite hot, like Power.'

He then dashed, ready to cut her in half.

But he stopped in the middle of the way.

Sam had to bring his sword in defense.

A spark appeared in front of him. An image of a blond woman, very tall, appeared in front of him while holding a sword. She had short blond hair, an eye patch, and full lips. She gave him a cold look.

"You were attacking my girls."

Sam was very confused. He knew for a fact that she didn't teleport. Yet she managed to appear from nowhere and stop him.

Also, this girl gave the same feeling as Denji and the Katana man.

"Nope. Just doing my job, ma'am." Sam smiled. "Let me guess, you are the lesbian from China. I have heard about you."

"People like you used to call me the First Devil Hunter." She said, her eye showing coldness and boredom.

Sam quickly sheathed his sword. Using moonlight arc skill, he released a very quick attack that only light appeared in front of his sword.

The blonde girl vanished, successfully dodging the attack. Sam could only see a blur.

What followed almost shocked him.

There was an army of dolls in front of the two devil hunters he had come to rescue.

Guess what?

All of them had been cut in half.

And they don't seem to realize it.

Sam, trusting his devil hunter's sense, quickly squatted. He then used flash step to appear on the side.

"Sam, what happened?" one of the devil hunters asked.

"Yes. You sound paranoid." Devil hunter number two said.

They don't seem to realize it yet.

Sam smiled. "Guys, I'll show you a trick if you trust me."

They smiled back. "What are you saying at a time like that?"

"Close your eyes. Trust me."

They did as they were told.

The army of dolls started falling. After that, the heads of the two agents fell.

Sam didn't want them to feel afraid against certain death.

He then turned his head behind him. Sure. He had managed to dodge that attack. But the army of the puppet didn't stand a chance.

The fiends weren't there, so they must have escaped.

No. She simply ignored him.

'She stole my XP.'

Sam took a deep breath. He joined his eyebrows, veins appearing on his forehead.

'She stole my XP.'

Angry enough, he opened the system, stats.

'You want a speed fight; let's see how you would do against me now.'